"Bruce Jansson's thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in social work, nursing, and public health as well as those working in the health field of practice. The case examples are extraordinary, and Jansson provides the ideas, context, and theoretical base for readers to acquire the skills of advocacy in healthcare. This is by far the best advocacy book I have seen."
--Gary Rosenberg,
PhD Director, Division of Social Work and...

• Providing information to implement a new core healthcare requirement - patient involvement
• Including real case scenarios to illustrate the principles of effective PPI
• Following the unique Toolkit series format of flowcharts and layouts that guide the reader through each section

Speed and accuracy of diagnosis is the key to saving lives in emergency and critical care medicine. Careful visual inspection of the patient, the data (radiography, electrocardiogram), and related clues can often help providers choose the right diagnosis and ultimately the best treatment - but this knowledge comes with experience. This book provides 110 randomly presented visual diagnosis cases for self-testing, imitating real-life situations found in the emergency department setting.

Written by distinguished emergency and critical care...

• Features proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Neuroprotective Agents
• Part of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences series
• This book is ideal for graduate students, researchers and clinicians in neuroscience and neurology.

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This new edition of The Strategic Application of Information Technology in Health Care Organizations offers a peerless guide for health care leaders to understand information technology (IT) strategic planning and implementation. Filled with illustrative case studies, the book explores the link between overall strategy and information technology strategy. It discusses organizational capabilities, such as change management, that have an impact on an organization's overall IT effectiveness, and a wide range of IT strategy issues. The book covers emerging trends such as personalized medicine;...

Harm Reduction in Substance Use and High-Risk Behaviour offers a comprehensive exploration of the policy, practice and evidence base of harm reduction. Starting with a history of harm reduction, the book...

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• Explores current research linking aging, age-related diseases, neurodegeneration, and cancer.
• Includes papers presented at 13th...

• Wat levert nu precies waarde op voor de patient?
• Hoe haal je het maximale uit je mensen?
• Waar ligt je focus?
• En waarin kun je jezelf nog verbeteren?

Als je als leidinggevende in de zorg de lean werkwijze hanteert, kijk je elke dag wat er gebeurt op de werkvloer en wat er beter kan. Je verbindt team, patient en organisatie en stuurt op de best mogelijke patientenzorg.