Animal Pharm: One Man's Struggle to Discover the Truth About Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD
ISBN: 9781905570119 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mark Purdey's life changed one day in 1984, when a Ministry of Agriculture inspector told him he must administer a toxic organophosphate pesticide to his dairy herd. Passionately committed to organic farming and convinced of the harmful effects of chemicals in the environment, he refused to comply. "It was as if my whole life became focused," he explained later. Before they had a chance to prosecute, Purdey took the Ministry to court and won his case. Those experiences led him to challenge the orthodox line on the origins of Mad Cow Disease and its human counterpart, variant CJD. Could the...
Mark Purdey's life changed one day in 1984, when a Ministry of Agriculture inspector told him he must administer a toxic organophosphate pesticide to ...
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76,68 zł |
The Truth About Health Care: Why Reform is Not Working in America
ISBN: 9780813543529 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This is health policy for grown-ups . . . Mechanic brings to bear his magisterial knowledge of some of the less-traveled pathways in the health care wilderness."-Health Affairs "A comprehensive and thoughtful discussion of the myriad reasons why substantial health care reform continues to be elusive . . . will be much appreciated by readers interested in increasing their understanding of the future of health care reform."-Journal of the American Medical Association "Mechanic, one of the longest abiding and most insightful observers of American health care, has diagnosed many of the system's...
"This is health policy for grown-ups . . . Mechanic brings to bear his magisterial knowledge of some of the less-traveled pathways in the health care ...
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145,47 zł |
Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--And How to Heal It
ISBN: 9780231146029 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume, the nation's leading advisors on health policy and financing appraise America's ailing healthcare system and suggest reasonable approaches to its rehabilitation. Each chapter confronts a major challenge to the country's health security, from runaway costs and uneven quality of care to declining levels of insurance coverage, medical bankruptcy, and the growing enthusiasm for health plans that put patients in charge of risk and cost. Bringing the latest research to bear on these issues, contributors diagnose the problems of our present system and offer treatments grounded in...
In this volume, the nation's leading advisors on health policy and financing appraise America's ailing healthcare system and suggest reasonable approa...
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382,94 zł |
Health for All Policy Framework for the Who European Region: 2005 Update
ISBN: 9789289013833 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the third update of the Health for All policy framework for the WHO European Region, adopted in September 2005. This concluded two years of work integrating the new knowledge accumulated since the previous update in 1998 and incorporating the results from broad consultations with countries and key partner agencies.
This 2005 update develops the concept of ethical, values-based governance. It also offers policy-makers the potential to put values into practice and action. A set of concrete tools is proposed that can be used to check national health policies or national health... This book is the third update of the Health for All policy framework for the WHO European Region, adopted in September 2005. This concluded two years ...
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113,81 zł |
Performance-Based Contracting for Health Services in Developing Countries: A Toolkit
ISBN: 9780821375365 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the presence of effective interventions, many developing countries are not on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for health due to the inadequate delivery of health services to the population. Contracting, particularly with nonstate providers, can improve the situation. This 'Toolkit' draws on a review of 14 real-life examples of health services contracting in different developing countries to conclude that performance-based contracting can rapidly secure improvements in the coverage and quality of publicly financed health services. Contracting is a mechanism for a...
Despite the presence of effective interventions, many developing countries are not on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for health due...
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141,96 zł |
Reforming Markets in Health Care
ISBN: 9780335204618 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprises a series of commentaries on the UK government's reforms in the internal health care market. This work examines the contribution of economics to the debate on the reforms, while seeking to make the analysis accessible to a general audience. It is a useful read for students and researchers of health policy and health economics.
Comprises a series of commentaries on the UK government's reforms in the internal health care market. This work examines the contribution of economics...
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294,75 zł |
Cost-consciousness in Health Care Quality Assessment
ISBN: 9783836481052 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The goal of assessing health care quality is to recognize gaps in performance and identify opportunities for improvement that will increase the health of individuals and society. The complexity inherent in health care systems, health care delivery and humans themselves, requires the development of complex measurement systems. However, greater complexity in measurement comes at a cost. In this work, the impact of data quality and limitations in the resources necessary to ensure accurate and reliable measurement through risk adjustment are explored. A new metric for ranking risk adjustment...
The goal of assessing health care quality is to recognize gaps in performance and identify opportunities for improvement that will increase the health...
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337,69 zł |
Without Your Consent: The Hijacking of American Health Care
ISBN: 9780981652801 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A case study in the fascinating field of medical ethics, this volume looks at truth-telling from multiple vantages--the philosophical roots, medical oaths, professional codes of behavior, ethics options, and laws regarding informed consent.
A case study in the fascinating field of medical ethics, this volume looks at truth-telling from multiple vantages--the philosophical roots, medical o...
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Differential Diagnoses: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France
ISBN: 9780801474842 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the United States spends 16 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, more than 46 million people have no insurance coverage, while one in four Americans report difficulty paying for medical care. Indeed, the U.S. health care system, despite being the most expensive health care system in the world, ranked thirty-seventh in a comprehensive World Health Organization report. With health care spending only expected to increase, Americans are again debating new ideas for expanding coverage and cutting costs. According to the historian Paul V. Dutton, Americans should look... Although the United States spends 16 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, more than 46 million people have no insurance coverage, ... |
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Debating Human Genetics: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy and Ethics
ISBN: 9780415451093 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human genetics, and related bio and techno-science. Drawing on recent interviews and data, collated in a range of public settings, it provides a unique overview of multiple publics as they 'frame' the stake of the debates in this emerging, complex and controversial arena. The book outlines key sites and applications of human genetics that have sparked public interest, such as biobanks, stem cells, genetic screening and genomics. It also addresses... Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human ge... |
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Using Knowledge and Evidence in Health Care: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
ISBN: 9780802096364 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the clinical, management, and policy levels, the use of knowledge and evidence in health care has become a worldwide priority. The contributors to Using Knowledge and Evidence in Health Care seek to broaden our understanding of the complexity involved in health care decision-making by integrating social science knowledge and exploring some of the challenges and limits of evidence in different health care contexts. Louise Lemieux-Charles and Fran?ois Champagne have brought together an esteemed group of scholars to provide a conceptual framework that illustrates the factors... At the clinical, management, and policy levels, the use of knowledge and evidence in health care has become a worldwide priority. The contributors ... |
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Invisible Wounds of War : Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery
ISBN: 9780833044549 / Angielski / Miękka / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the post-deployment health-related needs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury among servicemembers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the health care system in place to meet those needs, and gaps in the care system.
A study of the post-deployment health-related needs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury among...
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287,10 zł |
Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z
ISBN: 9780872897762 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide for libraries, policy makers, and those concerned with health care in America. It helps readers find information on long term health care spending, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, health insurance and the uninsured, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and more.
A guide for libraries, policy makers, and those concerned with health care in America. It helps readers find information on long term health care spen...
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467,73 zł |
Everyday I have no Control: The Influence of Perceived Job Control on Employee Health and Performance
ISBN: 9783639006186 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Military members have a distinctive work environment, where status within the hierarchy is clearly displayed on uniform dress and lower ranks are to dutifully obey the commands from above. The aim of this study was to explore the issues related to job control for military members. Perceived job control has been associated with individual health and productivity; however, until now has not been explored in the military context. The findings from this original research found important workplace factors to influence the perception of job control, which stem from three related areas: workplace...
Military members have a distinctive work environment, where status within the hierarchy is clearly displayed on uniform dress and lower ranks are to d...
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392,31 zł |
OECD Health Policy Studies Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies in a Global Market
ISBN: 9789264044142 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Politics of Health Policy: The U.S. Reforms, 1980 - 1994
ISBN: 9781557863188 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the federal health policies followed by Reagan, Bush, and Clinton and by the Democratic-controlled Congress. The book shows the connection between the crisis of health care and the correlation of class forces in America.
This book analyzes the federal health policies followed by Reagan, Bush, and Clinton and by the Democratic-controlled Congress. The book shows the con...
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229,49 zł |
Antidepressants and Labor Market Outcomes of Persons Living with HIV
ISBN: 9783639094930 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The work examines the effect of antidepressants on the employment of HIV-positive persons receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). It uses U.S. panel data (1996-2004) from the Women s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) and the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS). Regression models of employment control for: demographic characteristics, clinical indicators, physical and mental health summary measures and local area characteristics. Instrumental variables help identify antidepressant use. The results show that antidepressant use has a positive effect on the employment probability of...
The work examines the effect of antidepressants on the employment of HIV-positive persons receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). It u...
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292,99 zł |
Managed Care: Made in America
ISBN: 9780275959166 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on how a distinctly American product--managed care--got its start, how it works, and what needs to be adjusted in the future. As Birenbaum makes clear, this book is about social change. It is about doctors contracting with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and being subject to their rules; about the limited access to specialty care; and about the frugal use of hospital admissions and stays. Consumers and providers have had mixed experiences in these health-delivery systems. Birenbaum, a health-policy analyst, has created a synthesis of research studies and analyses... This book focuses on how a distinctly American product--managed care--got its start, how it works, and what needs to be adjusted in the future. As ... |
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Healing Together
ISBN: 9780801447983 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kaiser Permanente is the largest managed care organization in the country. It also happens to have the largest and most complex labor-management partnership ever created in the United States. This book tells the story of that partnership-how it started, how it grew, who made it happen, and the lessons to be learned from its successes and complications. With twenty-seven unions and an organization as complex as 8.6-million-member Kaiser Permanente, establishing the partnership was not a simple task and maintaining it has proven to be extraordinarily challenging. Thomas A. Kochan, Adrienne... Kaiser Permanente is the largest managed care organization in the country. It also happens to have the largest and most complex labor-management pa... |
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Boundaries of Contagion: How Ethnic Politics Have Shaped Government Responses to AIDS
ISBN: 9780691140193 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why have governments responded to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in such different ways? During the past quarter century, international agencies and donors have disseminated vast resources and a set of best practice recommendations to policymakers around the globe. Yet the governments of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean continue to implement widely varying policies. Boundaries of Contagion is the first systematic, comparative analysis of the politics of HIV/AIDS. The book explores the political challenges of responding to a stigmatized... Why have governments responded to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in such different ways? During the past quarter century, international agencies and donors ... |
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191,47 zł |