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Towards Healthy Cities: Comparing Conditions for Change
ISBN: 9781409420668 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the conditions needed to make public and private investments in healthy cities most effective. The authors argue that three conditions are essential for such investments: citizen empowerment, corporate responsibility and a coordinated improvement of urban health conditions. Using an integrated approach to health in line with the Healthy Cities philosophy of the World Health Organization, case studies in Helsinki, Liverpool, London, Udine and Vancouver are not only used to demonstrate the relevance of these conditions, but also to show how actors in these cities are trying...
This book explores the conditions needed to make public and private investments in healthy cities most effective. The authors argue that three conditi...
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728,68 |
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Healing Home: Health and Homelessness in the Life Stories of Young Women
ISBN: 9781442613447 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on research that was awarded the Governor General's Academic Gold Medal, Healing Home is an exploration of the lives and health of young women experiencing homelessness. Vanessa Oliver employs an innovative methodology that blends sociology and storytelling practices to investigate these women's access to health services, their understandings of health and health care delivery, and their health-seeking behaviours. Through their life stories, Oliver demonstrates how personal and social experiences shape health outcomes. In contrast to many previous studies that have... Based on research that was awarded the Governor General's Academic Gold Medal, Healing Home is an exploration of the lives and health of y... |
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135,98 |
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Collaboration in Social Work Practice
ISBN: 9781843100928 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New or experienced social workers who are developing their collaborative practice with service users and carers and with other professionals, will find this book to be an essential source of knowledge, skills and issues for reflection. The authors explain how practitioners in social care, health and related sectors can work more effectively together in line with current developments in policy and practice, offering a critical appraisal both of the benefits and the challenges. The authors explore definitions of collaborative work, describe policy and research and give examples from their...
New or experienced social workers who are developing their collaborative practice with service users and carers and with other professionals, will fin...
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143,13 |
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Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor
ISBN: 9781849714174 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades. This has substantially increased the availability of health-related goods and services in all but the most remote localities, but it has created problems with safety, efficiency and cost. The effort to bring order to these chaotic markets is almost certain to become one of the greatest challenges in global health. This book documents the problems associated with unregulated health markets and presents innovative approaches that have emerged to address them. It outlines a framework...
There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades. This has substantially increased the av...
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165,11 |
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Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780415859738 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service agendas. The World Health Organisation has launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety. Millions of patients, according to the Alliance, endure prolonged ill-health, disability and death caused by unreliable practices, services, and poor health care environments. At any given time 1.4 million people worldwide are suffering from an infection acquired in a health facility. Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice explores the impact of legal systems on patient safety...
Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service agendas. The World Hea...
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223,41 |
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The Costs of Poor Health Habits
ISBN: 9780674422254 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poor health habits (drinking, smoking, lack of exercise) obviously take their toll on individuals and their families. The costs to society are less obvious but certainly more far-reaching. This investigation is the first to quantify the financial burden these detrimental habits place on American taxpayers. Willard Manning and his colleagues measure the direct costs of poor health habits (fire damage, motor vehicle accidents, legal fees), as well as collectively financed costs (medical care, employee sick leave, group health and life insurance, nursing home care, retirement pensions,... Poor health habits (drinking, smoking, lack of exercise) obviously take their toll on individuals and their families. The costs to society are les... |
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254,96 |
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Getting Risk Right: Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks
ISBN: 9780231166461 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation and confusion, amplified by the media, regarding what influences our health. In Getting Risk Right, Geoffrey C. Kabat shows how science works--and sometimes doesn't--and what separates these two very different outcomes. Kabat seeks to help us distinguish between claims that are...
Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or...
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153,41 |
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Technical Guide 230 Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Chemical Exposure Guidelines for Deployed Military Personnel: 2013 Revision
ISBN: 9781530973514 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Moderne Mythen Der Medizin: Studien Zur Organisierten Krankenbehandlung
ISBN: 9783531154251 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bilder vom guten Arzt, vom aufgeklarten Patienten, von der mitfuhlenden Krankenschwester, vom guten Sterben, von zertifizierten Krankenhausern, von funktionierender Technik lassen sich besser verstehen, wenn man sie als praktikable Schemata begreift, die ein Versprechen formulieren. An ihrem Entstehungsort, den Organisationen, funktionieren sie wie ein Kredit, der uns als Betroffene abzusichern scheint, obwohl die Zukunft ungewiss bleiben muss.
Bilder vom guten Arzt, vom aufgeklarten Patienten, von der mitfuhlenden Krankenschwester, vom guten Sterben, von zertifizierten Krankenhausern, von fu...
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Health Inequality: Morality and Measurement
ISBN: 9781442626102 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last decade, there has been an explosion of academic interest in health inequality. Although it is seldom stated explicitly, research into this area is inexorably tied to questions of morality and ethics. In this study, Yukiko Asada seeks to acknowledge the role that morality and theories of justice play in health inequality research, and to articulate the moral philosophy underlying this field of inquiry. Comprised of two distinct parts, Health Inequality first proposes a framework for measuring health inequality reflecting moral concern, then goes on to show how this... In the last decade, there has been an explosion of academic interest in health inequality. Although it is seldom stated explicitly, research into t... |
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Erectile Dysfunction as a Cardiovascular Impairment
ISBN: 9780124200463 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Erectile Dysfunction as a Cardiovascular Impairment organizes and summarizes the many aspects of biology and metabolism in cardiovascular and sexual function. Coverage includes how blood vessels are discovered to work, their role in hypertension, atherosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, oxidative stress, metabolic syndrome, and erectile dysfunction.
Erectile Dysfunction as a Cardiovascular Impairment organizes and summarizes the many aspects of biology and metabolism in cardiovasc... |
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Cleaning Pakistan's Air: Policy Options to Address the Cost of Outdoor Air Pollution
ISBN: 9781464802355 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The extent of urban air pollution in Pakistan--South Asia's most urbanized country--is among the world's most severe, significantly damaging human health, quality of life, and the economy and environment of Pakistan. The harm from Pakistan's urban air pollution is among the highest in South Asia, exceeding several high-profile causes of mortality and morbidity in Pakistan. Improved air quality management (AQM) in Pakistan can have notable economic and health benefits. For example, the estimated health benefits per dollar spent on cleaner diesel are approximately US $1-1.5 for light-duty...
The extent of urban air pollution in Pakistan--South Asia's most urbanized country--is among the world's most severe, significantly damaging human hea...
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Reformierung Des Gesundheitssystems -- Oder: In Welchem Gesundheitssystem Wollen Wir Leben?: Eine Disputation
ISBN: 9783531145426 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. gert wird. Die Konsequenz ist eine Konzentration und Schwerpunktbildung der wissenschaftlichen Tatigkeit, die aIle Zentren und Sektionen betrifft, so auch die Sektion Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaften, die urspriinglich zur wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Stiftungslehrstuhls Pflegewissenschaften an der Medizinischen Fakultat der halleschen Universitat gegrundet worden war. Dieser ist mittlerweile in eine regulare Professur uberfuhrt worden, so dass Gelegenheit fUr eine fachliche N euausrichtung der Sektion auf einen aktuellen Schwerpunkt des Gesund heitsbereiches besteht. Es sind nicht...
gert wird. Die Konsequenz ist eine Konzentration und Schwerpunktbildung der wissenschaftlichen Tatigkeit, die aIle Zentren und Sektionen betrifft, so ...
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The China-Us Partnership to Prevent Spina Bifida: The Evolution of a Landmark Epidemiological Study
ISBN: 9780826520265 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1983 two doctors, one from each side of the world, decided to form a partnership, and so began a scientific adventure that would improve the odds that babies could be born healthy and whole. Neural tube defects that severely disabled or killed babies were epidemic in China (where the folk term was guai tai--roughly -monster baby---for an infant whose embryonic neural tube doesn't completely close and whose head and neck may be misshapen or spine may protrude) and a significant problem in the United States, leading teams of researchers from the United States and China to combine...
In 1983 two doctors, one from each side of the world, decided to form a partnership, and so began a scientific adventure that would improve the odds t...
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The China-Us Partnership to Prevent Spina Bifida: The Evolution of a Landmark Epidemiological Study
ISBN: 9780826520272 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1983 two doctors, one from each side of the world, decided to form a partnership, and so began a scientific adventure that would improve the odds that babies could be born healthy and whole. Neural tube defects that severely disabled or killed babies were epidemic in China (where the folk term was guai tai--roughly -monster baby---for an infant whose embryonic neural tube doesn't completely close and whose head and neck may be misshapen or spine may protrude) and a significant problem in the United States, leading teams of researchers from the United States and China to combine...
In 1983 two doctors, one from each side of the world, decided to form a partnership, and so began a scientific adventure that would improve the odds t...
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Social Work Practice in Healthcare: Advanced Approaches and Emerging Trends
ISBN: 9781483353203 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Work Practice in Health Care by Karen M. Allen and William J. Spitzer is a pragmatic and comprehensive book that helps readers develop the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for effective health care social work practice, as well as an understanding of the technological, social, political, ethical, and financial factors affecting contemporary patient care. Packed with case studies and exercises, the book emphasizes the importance of being attentive to both patient and organizational needs, covers emerging trends in health care policy and delivery, provides extensive discussion of...
Social Work Practice in Health Care by Karen M. Allen and William J. Spitzer is a pragmatic and comprehensive book that helps readers develop the know...
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Decision Analytics and Optimization in Disease Prevention and Treatment
ISBN: 9781118960127 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a focus on healthcare decision making, this book systematically reviews decision models and techniques currently being used and/or being considered for disease prevention and treatment. The book is divided into three parts: optimization in chronic disease prevention; optimization in infectious disease control and prevention; and optimization in disease treatment and treatment technology. The first part of the book focuses on preventive screening decisions for early diagnosis of chronic diseases, i.e. breast cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc. The second part of the book...
With a focus on healthcare decision making, this book systematically reviews decision models and techniques currently being used and/or being consider...
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511,10 |
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Coalitions of the Well-Being: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9781107103047 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book shows that the design of electoral rules shapes how political leaders make health policies in response to social forces.
This book shows that the design of electoral rules shapes how political leaders make health policies in response to social forces.
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The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging
ISBN: 9780199336951 / Angielski / Twarda / 744 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Second Edition of the Handbook addresses the evolving interdisciplinary health care context and the broader social work practice environment, as well as advances in the knowledge base which guides social work service delivery in health and aging. This includes recent enhancements in the theories of gerontology, innovations in clinical interventions, and major developments in the social policies that structure and finance health care and senior services. In addition, the policy reforms of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act set in motion a host of changes in the United...
This Second Edition of the Handbook addresses the evolving interdisciplinary health care context and the broader social work practice environment, as ...
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1099,31 |
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Health
ISBN: 9781138174214 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in a clear, accessible style, Health introduces students to the valuable contribution sociologists have made to understanding health, illness and disease. In so doing, it challenges the adequacy of biomedical models, contrasting them with explanations offered by positivist, interactionist, structuralist and feminist sociologists. Aggleton, an experienced teacher, links the key debates within the sociology of health and illness with their implications for health care, and covers topics such as complementary medicine and AIDS. Students are encouraged to undertake suggested...
Written in a clear, accessible style, Health introduces students to the valuable contribution sociologists have made to understanding health,...
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