Health Promotion and Health Services: Management for Change
ISBN: 9780195556148 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health Promotion and Health Services provides an innovative new framework for reorienting health services to become more health promoting. It outlines the tools necessary for health care managers and practitioners to implement organizational change.
Health Promotion and Health Services provides an innovative new framework for reorienting health services to become more health promoting. It outlines...
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227,43 zł |
The Epidemic Streets: Infectious Diseases and the Rise of Preventive Medicine, 1856-1900
ISBN: 9780198203773 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anne Hardy has drawn on a wide range of public health records for a detailed epidemiological investigation of the many infectious diseases--whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, smallpox, typhus, typhoid, and tuberculosis--in Victorian society. Hardy explores factors which helped to reduce fatality, focusing particularly on preventive medicine, and on the local and domestic circumstances affecting the diseases' behavior. This is a significant contribution to the historical debate that arose from Thomas McKeown's theory of modern population growth.
Anne Hardy has drawn on a wide range of public health records for a detailed epidemiological investigation of the many infectious diseases--whooping c...
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964,53 zł |
Quantitative Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs
ISBN: 9780300087512 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How successful are HIV prevention programs? Which HIV prevention programs are most cost effective? Which programs are worth expanding and which should be abandoned altogether? This book addresses the quantitative evaluation of HIV prevention programs, assessing for the first time several different quantitative methods of evaluation.
The authors of the book include behavioral scientists, biologists, economists, epidemiologists, health service researchers, operations researchers, policy makers, and statisticians. They present a wide variety of perspectives on the subject, including an... How successful are HIV prevention programs? Which HIV prevention programs are most cost effective? Which programs are worth expanding and which should...
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455,56 zł |
New Vaccines and Chemotherapy
ISBN: 9780306426599 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Viral Vaccines Joseph L. Melnick As with history in general, the history of vaccines needs to be reexamined and updated. My task is to look back to see what has been successful and to look forward to see what remains to be accomplished in the prevention of viral diseases by vaccines. Also, I shall refer to the pertinent material discussed at two recent conferences of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, on virus vaccines under development and their target populations in the United States (1985b) and in developing countries (1986). These reports, plus a third on Vaccine...
Viral Vaccines Joseph L. Melnick As with history in general, the history of vaccines needs to be reexamined and updated. My task is to look back to se...
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574,29 zł |
How Children Learn to Be Healthy
ISBN: 9780521524186 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the ways in which children learn to be healthy, this book examines children's understanding of health, from early childhood through adolescence, and how it affects their behavior and actual physical health. The study scrutinizes the ways in which parents, other children, schools, media, and children's home and neighborhood influence children's health, attitudes and behavior.
Exploring the ways in which children learn to be healthy, this book examines children's understanding of health, from early childhood through adolesce...
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192,98 zł |
Immunization - Childhood and Travel Health
ISBN: 9780632055814 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Immunization: Childhood and Travel Health provides an all-encompassing reference for all those working in primary care, secondary care paediatric wards, immunization centres and travel clinics, as well as medical students and candidates working for higher examinations.
The Fourth Edition has been comprehensively updated and the travel section completely revised. The book gives a thorough introduction to the history of immunization, vaccine technology and immunology, and compares international schedules of routine immunizations. Each vaccine is then presented separately, including... Immunization: Childhood and Travel Health provides an all-encompassing reference for all those working in primary care, secondary care paediatric ward...
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354,63 zł |
The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It
ISBN: 9780802092007 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout the world. In addition, sedentary lifestyles, poor diet, and obesity continue to be major causes of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It synthesizes a vast quantity of recent data on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of both clinical and public health interventions in addressing the risk factors of smoking and obesity. A large proportion of chronic disease is preventable. The... Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout th... |
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331,97 zł |
The Health Impact Smoking Obesity Wh
ISBN: 9780802094414 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout the world. In addition, sedentary lifestyles, poor diet, and obesity continue to be major causes of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It synthesizes a vast quantity of recent data on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of both clinical and public health interventions in addressing the risk factors of smoking and obesity. A large proportion of chronic disease is preventable. The... Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout th... |
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171,17 zł |
Handbook of Warnings
ISBN: 9780805847246 / Angielski / Twarda / 864 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A technical discussion that includes theory, research, and application, this book describes warning design standards and guidelines; aspects of law relevant to warnings such as government regulations, case/trial litigation, and the role of expert testimony in these cases; and international, health/medical, and marketing issues. Broken into thirteen major sections, the chapters cover theory, research, applications, and law, and many different perspectives on topics associated with warnings. The Selected Applications and Case Studies section highlights topics of interest and gives real world...
A technical discussion that includes theory, research, and application, this book describes warning design standards and guidelines; aspects of law re...
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1115,21 zł |
Vaccines : From Concept to Clinic: A Guide to the Development and Clinical Testing of Vaccines for Human Use
ISBN: 9780849311680 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed with academic vaccine researchers in mind, this book presents a road map of how a vaccine develops from an idea in a researcher's imagination, to the lab bench, through preclinical evaluation, and into the clinic for safety and immunogenicity. The result of the editors' own efforts to glean practical information on the steps necessary to manufacture, bottle, and test their vaccines for clinical trials, this book provides answers to researcher questions such as: How do I identify antigens that would produce effective vaccines? Can I produce a clinical lot of vaccine in my laboratory?...
Designed with academic vaccine researchers in mind, this book presents a road map of how a vaccine develops from an idea in a researcher's imagination...
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907,73 zł |
Prevention of Skin Cancer
ISBN: 9781402014352 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our series Cancer Prevention - Cancer Control continues to address the causes and prevention of cancer. In this volume, Hill, Elwood, and English bring together a rich resource summarizing the state of science underpinning the primary prevention of skin cancer. While skin cancer causes an increasing burden, particularly in populations of European origin, our understanding of the role of sun exposure together with the genetic components of skin cancer continues to grow. Given the emphasis on evidence-based medicine and public health prevention efforts, it is noteworthy that, although we can...
Our series Cancer Prevention - Cancer Control continues to address the causes and prevention of cancer. In this volume, Hill, Elwood, and English brin...
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574,29 zł |
Infection Prevention and Control
ISBN: 9781405140386 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Infection prevention and control is an essential component of care, and an issue high on the agenda for both nurses and patients. This concise, accessible text provides students and newly qualified staff with an invaluable guide to the essential principles of infection prevention and control, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and effective care.
Infection Prevention and Control addresses key aspects of infection control in everyday practice, together with more specific considerations in particular aspects of care. It explores risk assessment,... Infection prevention and control is an essential component of care, and an issue high on the agenda for both nurses and patients. This concise, access...
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223,59 zł |
The Environment for Children: Understanding and Acting on the Environmental Hazards That Threaten Children and Their Parents
ISBN: 9781853833267 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year, millions of children die of environmental causes and many more suffer serious illness or injury. Children are often the most vulnerable to the condition of their environment -and their health is an index of its quality - but their wellbeing is rarely given priority by governments or aid agencies. Ironically, the problems can be traced back to matters which can be treated straightforwardly and at relatively low cost - poor drinking water or food, or infectious diseases which can be controlled. This book gives a multidisciplinary account of the environmental health hazards...
Each year, millions of children die of environmental causes and many more suffer serious illness or injury. Children are often the most vulnerable to ...
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155,56 zł |
Crisis Call for New Preventive Medicine, A: Emerging Effects of Lifestyle on Morbidity and Mortality
ISBN: 9789812387004 / Angielski / Twarda / 772 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Of the ten most common causes of death in industrialized countries, at least two-thirds are lifestyle-related (i.e. poor nutrition, physical inactivity, overweight/obesity, cigarette smoking, alcohol/drug abuse and the environment, among others). The rapidly expanding elder population will put further demands on health care systems already burdened by the elderly and the poor. However, increasing age need not be associated with expanding health care costs if people improve their lifestyles. Healthier lifestyles would significantly reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease,...
Of the ten most common causes of death in industrialized countries, at least two-thirds are lifestyle-related (i.e. poor nutrition, physical inactivit...
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829,92 zł |
Medicina Moderna para los Tiempos Modernos: El Manual de Medicina Funcional para prevenir y tratar enfermedades desde su origen
ISBN: 9781517215064 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La practica de la medicina ha cambiado dramaticamente en los ultimos cientos de anos. Desde sus rudimentarios inicios, hasta un entendimiento muy detallado de las funciones y anatomia del cuerpo humano, nuestro actual conocimiento del ser humano nunca habia sido tan profundo. No solo las ciencias medicas han evolucionado, sino tambien muchas otras como la quimica, agricultura, astrologia y fisica solo por nombrar algunas. La "modernizacion" de nuestro estilo de vida ha traido confort y ha mejorado nuestra supervivencia, pero al mismo tiempo ha creado un medio ambiente que es muy danino para...
La practica de la medicina ha cambiado dramaticamente en los ultimos cientos de anos. Desde sus rudimentarios inicios, hasta un entendimiento muy deta...
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81,73 zł |
Beyond Malthus: The Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
ISBN: 9781853836565 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the bicentennial of Malthus' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite current hype of a 'birth dearth' in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that human numbers are projected to increase by over 3 billion by 2050. Populations in rapidly growing nations are in danger of outstripping the carrying capacity of their natural support systems and governments in such...
On the bicentennial of Malthus' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impact...
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197,05 zł |
How Children Learn to Be Healthy
ISBN: 9780521580984 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the ways in which children learn to be healthy, this book examines children's understanding of health, from early childhood through adolescence, and how it affects their behavior and actual physical health. The study scrutinizes the ways in which parents, other children, schools, media, and children's home and neighborhood influence children's health, attitudes and behavior.
Exploring the ways in which children learn to be healthy, this book examines children's understanding of health, from early childhood through adolesce...
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497,70 zł |
The Earthscan Reader in Population and Development
ISBN: 9781853832758 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reader provides information on population and development issues for those seeking the middle ground between technical and non-specialist material. It contains contributions to all the various aspects of the debate from the 1960s to the 1990s from a w
This reader provides information on population and development issues for those seeking the middle ground between technical and non-specialist materia...
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134,81 zł |
Primary Health Care: Medicine in Its Place
ISBN: 9781853831126 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Primary health care (PHC) began as a solution to problems in the developing world and is coming to be seen as a profound challenge to medical attitudes the world over.
Primary health care (PHC) began as a solution to problems in the developing world and is coming to be seen as a profound challenge to medical attitude...
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197,05 zł |
Drug Therapy for Stroke Prevention
ISBN: 9780748409341 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the USA and UK. It is a major cause of disability among adults and is a significant factor in dementia in later life and its incidence is on the rise. This book discusses specific medications that target the blood and vasculature and how these treatments can be used to complement other therapeutic measures, such as carotid endarterectomy. It covers the pharmacological methods used to address the risk factors in stroke, the major drug discoveries of recent years--antiaggregant, antithrombotic, and anticoagulant therapies--and also long established...
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the USA and UK. It is a major cause of disability among adults and is a significant factor in dementia i...
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596,51 zł |