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Curriculum for Culturally Responsive Health Care

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Step-by-step Guide for Cultural Competence Training

By Jeffrey M. Ring, Julie G. Nyquist, Suzanne Mitchell

£29.95 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Radcliffe Publishing Ltd

A user-friendly manual comprising a curriculum for residencies and medical schools. It describes teaching strategies that can prove engaging to learners and faculty alike, challenging them to grow in their attitudes, awareness, desire, knowledge and skills to practice culturally responsive medicine.

Improving Resident Health and Employee Attitudes in Long-term Care

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Why and How to Create Empowered Work Teams

By Dale E. Yeatts, Linda S. Noelker, Cynthia M. Creavy

£19.95 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Health Professions Press,U.S.

Delivers both a rationale for and implementation guide to creating empowered work teams (EWT) in long-term care settings. This work introduces the concept of EWTs and looks at how they work in different settings: traditional nursing homes, assisted living, and home care. It also shows you the steps necessary to implement EWTs from the scratch.

Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Beaufort B. Longest, Kurt Darr

£74.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Health Professions Press,U.S.

Deals with how to manage health care services, whether independent hospitals or networks of related health services. This book covers various things from general theories on organizational structures to the impact of technology in both medicine and management to a plethora of management issues, including motivation, leadership, and communication.

Making Healthcare Care

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Managing Via Simple Guiding Principles

By Hugo K. Letiche

£27.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Information Age Publishing

Tackles the question, is there 'care' in health care? This volume argues that, through narratives and through complexity based social theory, the complexity of each individual situation must be transcended through mindful listening and engaged dialogue.

The System of Care Handbook

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Transforming Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families

By Stroul, Beth A.

£47.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Brookes Publishing Co

Suitable for mental health professionals who are interested establishing and nurturing the development of systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families. This book includes examples and evaluation results, and discusses contextual issues and trends effecting the development of systems of care.

Doctors Serving People

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Restoring Humanism to Medicine Through Student Community Service

By Edward J. Eckenfels

£16.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Rutgers University Press

Physicians are medical scientists, drilled in the basics of physiology, anatomy, genetics, and chemistry. They learn how to crunch data, interpret scans, and see the human form as a set of separate organs and systems in some stage of disease. This title provides a working model of how to reform medical education in America.

Doctors Serving People

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Restoring Humanism to Medicine Through Student Community Service

By Edward J. Eckenfels

£44.50 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Rutgers University Press

The Contested Boundaries of American Public Health

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Colgrove, Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner

£47.95 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Rutgers University Press

A collection of essays, which attempt to understand what are, and what should be, the public health services' chief goals and activities. It examines the historical evolution of the profession and shows how public health is changing in the context of natural and human-made disasters and the politics that surround them.

The Contested Boundaries of American Public Health

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Colgrove, Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner

£47.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Rutgers University Press

Activism and LGBT Psychology

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jack Drescher, Judith Glassgold

£22.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Routledge

Brock Chisholm, the World Health Organization, and the Cold War

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Farley

£66.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Chisholm was one of the influential Canadians of the twentieth century - a world renowned psychiatrist, he was the first director-general of the WHO. Unlike the WHO's official histories, which place the organization in a political vacuum, this title focuses on the battles Chisholm and his allies waged during the early Cold War.

Health Care in America

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Separate and Unequal

By Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky

£47.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback M.E. Sharpe

Examines the root causes of the inequalities of the American health care system and discusses various policy alternatives. This book documents the demands on and the performance of our health care system for different population groups as defined on the basis of gender (women), age (children), race and ethnicity (African Americans, Hispanics).

Advanced Health and Social Care for NVQ Level 4 and Foundation Degree

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Completely Updated Modern Course Companion for Health and Social Care

By Frances Sussex, Peter Scourfield, David Herne

£30.00 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Heinemann Educational Publishers

Includes information on quality management and promoting health and well-being.

Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Freidson, Eliot.

£27.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Transaction Publishers,U.S.

Conveys how medical people shape and organize the knowledge, perception, and experience of illness, as well as the substance of illness behavior, its management, and treatment. The authors believe that the understanding of specifically human rather than generally "animal" illness requires proper study of the social meanings surrounding illness.

Write Effectively

08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Quick Course for Busy Health Workers

By Tim Albert

£21.95 08 Aug 2008 Paperback Radcliffe Publishing Ltd

Many people are surprised by the range of what they have to write: reports, letters, applications, minutes, essays, protocols, policy statements, articles...the list goes on. This book sets out to help you by showing you what writing is all about. It gives you some tools that enables you to do it with confidence.

The Best Practice

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine

By Charles C. Kenney

£15.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback The Perseus Books Group

If "doctor knows best," why haven't quality and safety in medicine been more of a sure thing?

A Study in Corporate Transformation of American Health Care

02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By L.A. Schmidt

£19.95 02 Aug 2008 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Bureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Indigenous Health in Northern Australia

By Tess Lea

£31.50 01 Aug 2008 Paperback UNSW Press

Bureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts takes you on an intimate journey into the lives of people armed with the task of ending Australian Aboriginal disadvantage in the frontier north of Australia.

Telehealth in the Developing World

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Richard Wooton, Niv Patil, Richard Scott

£29.95 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd

The Hospital

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Armentrout, David And Patricia

£12.52 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Rourke Publishing

The World Health Organization

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Connolly, Sean

£17.23 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Smart Apple Media

Shifting Boundaries of Public Health

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Europe in the Twentieth Century

By Susan Gross Solomon, Lion Murard, Patrick Zylberman

£50.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Treats public health as a political endeavor by highlighting strategies to prevent or alleviate disease as a matter not simply of medical techniques, but of political values and commitments.

Discharge Planning Handbook for Healthcare: Top 10 Secrets to Unlocking a New Revenue Pipeline

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Easy Steps to Unlock a Hidden Revenue in Your Organization

By Birjandi, Ali Bragg, Lisa

£32.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Productivity Press

Hidden opportunities to improve profits in the healthcare industry abound in the area of discharge planning. This book shows hospital administrators and directors how they can tap into new revenue using the Six Sigma DMAIC model (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control). It includes a spreadsheet that can be used to track success.

AIDS in America

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hunter, Susan

£9.86 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Palgrave MacMillan

Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody's Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Care Abroad

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Woodman, Josef

£12.61 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Healthy Travel Media

Hope and Suffering

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Children, Cancer, and the Paradox of Experimental Medicine

By Gretchen Krueger

£23.50 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Explores how doctors, families, and the public interpreted the experience of childhood cancer from the 1930s through the 1970s. Pairing the transformation of childhood cancer from killer to curable disease with the personal experiences of young patients and their families, this title illuminates the twin realities of hope and suffering.

Biomedical Ambiguity

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Whitmarsh

£30.50 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Cornell University Press

Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Aahe Perez

£28.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Jossey-Bass

Examines the importance of ethnic and cultural factors for community health practice. This book describes useful theories, models, and practices for working with race, ethnicity, gender, and social issues. It covers demographics, disparities, complementary and alternative medicine, spiritually grounded approaches, and multicultural populations.

Obesity in America, 18501939: A History of Social Attitudes and Treatment

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Segrave, Kerry

£21.95 01 Aug 2008 Paperback McFarland & Company

Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cosby, Karen S.

£52.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Focuses on patient safety within the emergency department - where preventable medical errors often occur. This book provides an overview of patient safety within health care - the 'culture of safety', importance of teamwork, organizational change - and guidelines on issues such as medication safety, procedural complications, and clinician fatigue.

Outside the Hospital: The Delivery of Health Care in Non-Hospital Settings

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Health Care System

By Griffin, Don J.

£30.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Jones & Bartlett Publishers

If You Knew the Conditions: A Chronicle of the Indian Medical Service and American Indian Health Care, 1908-1955

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dejong, David H.

£35.71 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Lexington Books

Angels in the Er: Inspiring True Stories from an Emergency Room Doctor

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lesslie, Robert D.

£6.59 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harvest House Publishers

An emergency room doctor illuminates messages of hope while sharing captivating stories that demonstrate how hope turns emergencies into opportunities and each trial is a demonstration of God's grace.

Health, Illness and Culture

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lars-Christer Hyden, Jens Brockmeier

£60.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

A collection of essays that examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. It examines how 'narratives' have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or psychological trauma to express their stories.

Health Services

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sandstrom, Robert W. Lohman, Helene Bramble, James D.

£28.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Prentice Hall

Completely updated in a new edition and cutting-edge in focus, this book prepares readers for the rapid and continuing changes in private and public health policy that have changed--and continue to change--the work environment for occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written "specifically" from the therapist's perspective, it explains the principles and major structures of health services--"without" overburdening reader with the minutiae of these complicated programs--so they can understand how policies and systems affect their ability to serve patients and how they can be effective advocates during private and public policy change. Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, other rehabilitation professionals, e.g. Rehab Counselors, Vocational Rehab Counselors, Speech Language Pathologists, Rehab Nurses.

Quick Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Maria Estrada

£11.99 01 Aug 2008 Multimedia Item McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

InfoPOEMs Continuing Medical Education Credits

30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By CME

£15.86 30 Jul 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Women's Health and Social Change

30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellen Annandale

£21.99 30 Jul 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Outlines what an adequate feminist analysis of women's health might look like. This book is suitable for academics and students working in sociology, women's studies, gender studies, social medicine, social policy, nursing and midwifery.

Women's Health and Social Change

30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellen Annandale

£70.00 30 Jul 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Outlines what an adequate feminist analysis of women's health might look like. This title is suitable for academics and students working in sociology, women's studies, gender studies, social medicine, social policy, nursing and mid-wifery.

Gender Inequalities in Health

29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellen Annandale, Kate Hunt

£21.99 29 Jul 2008 Paperback Open University Press

Reflects critically upon the status of our knowledge about gender inequalities in health and develops an agenda for research. This work addresses a range of themes that are central to the development of the field. It focuses upon gender and health within industrialized nations including Britain, North America, Western and Eastern Europe.

The Insanity Offense

27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its

By E.Fuller Torrey

£15.99 27 Jul 2008 Hardback W W Norton & Co Ltd

A leading expert on mental illness outlines the tragic consequences of deinstitutionalization and sounds the call for reform. Torrey weaves together narratives of individual tragedies with sobering data on the nation's failure to treat the mentally ill.

Selling Teaching Hospitals and Practice Plans

25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

George Washington and Georgetown Universities

By John A. Kastor

£33.50 25 Jul 2008 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Why would a university renowned for its school of medicine ever sell its teaching hospital? This book presents an insider's view of why university medical centers decide to sell teaching hospitals, why the decision might be a good one, and how such transitions are received by the faculty and administration.

Biosecurity Interventions

25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Global Health and Security in Question

By Andrew Lakoff (University of California, San Diego), Stephen J. Collier

£17.50 25 Jul 2008 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

HIV/AIDS in Africa

24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Challenges and Impact

By Edith Mukudi

£13.99 24 Jul 2008 Paperback Africa Research & Publications

Lean Hospitals

23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark Graban

£23.99 23 Jul 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Inc

Explains why and how lean can be used to improve safety, quality, and efficiency in a healthcare setting. This book highlights the benefits of lean methods for patients, employees, physicians, and the hospital itself. It also describes how Standardized Work and error-proofing can prevent common hospital errors.

Health at Risk

18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

America's Ailing Health System - and How to Heal it

By Jacob Hacker

£29.00 18 Jul 2008 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Getting to the Heart of Individualized Care

By Sam Fazio

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Health Professions Press,U.S.

Drawing from a diverse body of research, this book illustrates the meaning of self and the importance of providing dementia care that recognizes and supports personhood. It provides strategies for restructuring the physical and social environment to facilitate person-centered care.

Bright Futures for PDA

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents

By American Academy of Pediatrics, Joseph F. Hagan, Judith S. Shaw, Paula M. Duncan

£45.50 15 Jul 2008 Cd-Rom American Academy of Pediatrics

Includes information on health supervision guidelines, combining the knowledge of both the Bright Futures Guidelines and the AAP Guidelines for Health Supervision. This title also includes ten key areas of child development and child supervision standards.

Coding with Modifiers

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide to Correct CPT and HCPCS Lever II Modifier Usage

By American Medical Association

£63.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback American Medical Association

Contains CMS, third-party payer and AMA modifier guidelines to assist in coding. This book includes features such as: a teaching tool which gives instructors the ability to create and administer tests; and clinical examples which guide readers in determining the correct modifier to use.

Making Sense of AIDS

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Culture, Sexuality, and Power in Melanesia

By Leslie Butt, Richard Eves

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback University of Hawai'i Press

In Melanesia, rates of HIV infection are among the highest in the Pacific and increasing rapidly, with grave humanitarian, development, and political implications. This collection on HIV and AIDS in the Pacific region, gathers together accounts of the often surprising ways that people make sense of the AIDS epidemic in various parts of Melanesia.

The Contested Boundaries of American Public Health

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Colgrove, Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner

£47.95 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Rutgers University Press

The Contested Boundaries of American Public Health

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Colgrove, Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner

£47.95 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Rutgers University Press

Cultural Diversity in Health Care

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Morgan

£28.99 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc

Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Freidson, Eliot.

£26.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Transaction Publishers,U.S.

Mother's Little Helpers

12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrea Tone

£15.99 12 Jul 2008 Hardback The Perseus Books Group

The definitive history of America's tranquilizer culture--from the Miltown sensation in the 1950s to Valium in the 1960s and 1970s to Xanax in the twenty-first century.

Understanding Health Inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kevin Dew, Anna Matheson

£18.50 09 Jul 2008 Paperback Otago University Press

Quick-fix solutions to health inequalities are unlikely to be found in complex modern societies. This book uses a variety of approaches from different disciplines to explore the issues in four sections.

Oncogene Proteins

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

New Research

By Arthur H. Malloy, Earl C. Carson

£85.99 09 Jul 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Oncogene proteins are proteins coded by oncogenes. They include proteins resulting from the fusion of an oncogene and another gene (oncogene proteins, fusion). An oncogene is a modified gene, or a set of nucleotides that codes for a protein and is believed to cause cancer. This book contains research in the field.

Social Sciences in Health Care and Medicine

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Janet B. Garner, Thelma C. Christiansen

£85.99 09 Jul 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Health care and medicine are dependent upon a close interaction with social sciences and professions in order to effectively treat patients. This book presents issues, experiences and research in the field.

Prevention of Cancer

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

New Research

By Joel W. Rosenthal, William J. Carey

£85.99 09 Jul 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Presents the research on advances in genetics, molecular medicine, biotechnologies, and behavioural sciences that have an impact on primary, secondary and tertiary cancer prevention.

Nutrition for the Middle Aged and Elderly

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nancy E. Bernhardt, Artur M. Kasko

£85.99 09 Jul 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

The ageing process changes body composition and thus nutritional status changes as one gets older. At the same time the body becomes more susceptible to diseases and diet becomes an even more significant or at least visibly significant than in earlier years. This book presents the research in this field.

Business Planning in Public Health

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Orton

£35.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc

A Study in Corporate Transformation of American Health Care

05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By L.A. Schmidt

£19.95 05 Jul 2008 Hardback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Hope and Suffering

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Children, Cancer, and the Paradox of Experimental Medicine

By Gretchen Krueger

£23.50 04 Jul 2008 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Consumer Directed Healthcare

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A 360 Degree View

By Kim Slocum

£28.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Inc

Offers a different viewpoint to the US healthcare crisis. This book discusses how the system evolved and debunks various myths. Exploring potential solutions, it balances conflicting factors, including the movement to make healthcare patient-centered and the trend to transfer significant portions of financial risk to patients via high-deductibles.

Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Melony E. Sorbero, Donna O. Farley, Soeren Mattke, Susan Lovejoy

£20.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback RAND

Addresses one step in the process of moving from teamwork training to teamwork practices that improve outcomes of care. This work discusses a literature search, methods for selecting and testing candidate measures, measures highly rated by clinical experts, and results of measure testing on administrative data of the DoD health system.

InfoPOEMs Continuing Medical Education Credits

02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By CME

£17.61 02 Jul 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Medical Tourism: Your Complete Guide to Low-Cost Dental, Cosmetic, Medical Care & Surgery Overseas

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gahlinger, Paul

£10.96 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Sunrise River Press

Riding the Rollercoaster of State Medicine

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£25.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Clinical Press Ltd

Looks at the effect on medical science of politics, religion, money supply and social mores. This book looks at the problems facing UK's NHS and compares them with healthcare delivery in other developed nations from around the world.

The Dictionary of Health Economics

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anthony J. Culyer

£19.95 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

From Abscissa, through to the World Health Organization, this dictionary covers the field of health economics and related fields including epidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, demography, medical sociology, health policy, health administration and health service management, public health medicine and qualitative and quantitative research.

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mary T. Ewing

£45.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) offers federal matching funds for states and territories to provide health insurance to uninsured, low-income children in families whose annual incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid. Unlike Medicaid, which operates as an individual entitlement, SCHIP operates as a capped grant program.

The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How the New Quality Revolution is Transforming Medicine

By Kenney, Charles

£15.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback PublicAffairs

If "doctor knows best," why haven't quality and safety in medicine been more of a sure thing?

Systems of Care Handbook

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stroul, Beth A.

£41.18 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Brookes Publishing Company

This book is a comprehensive reference on how to set-up, maintain, evaluate, and continuously improve systems of care for childrens mental health at all levels of contact according to community resources, demographic demands, and local policy.

Doctors

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Leake, Diyan

£3.29 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Heinemann

Doctors

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Leake, Diyan

£11.38 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Heinemann

Essential Readings in Health Health Policy and Law

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Teitelbaum, Joel B.

£29.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Health in America

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Multicultural Perspective

By Raymond N. Nakamura

£79.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theory for Practice, Education and Research

By Fahy, Kathleen Foureur, Maralyn Hastie, Caroline

£19.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Books for Midwives Press

Midwives and healthcare providers are grappling with the issue of rising intervention rates in childbirth and trying to identify ways to reverse the trend. Intervention in childbirth has long-term consequences for women and their children. This work provides evidence-based ideas for restructuring the birth territory to facilitate normal birth.

Public Health Law

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Power, Duty, Restraint

By Larry O. Gostin

£26.95 01 Jul 2008 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Analyzes the major health threats: from infectious diseases and bioterrorism to chronic diseases caused by obesity.

Pharmaceutical Systems: Global Perspectives

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Global Perspectives

By Lilja, J.

£34.95 01 Jul 2008 Paperback John Wiley & Sons

Pharmaceutical Systems aims to provide a broad global account of the medicine sector today, from a social science perspective. It offers an understanding of the dynamic, social, economical and cultural processes which determine the organization of the medicine sector and the decision-making processes of the field in different parts of the world.

As a result, this book will be of particular value to those involved with social pharmacy programmes and masters degrees. It will also be of practical use to those in health care organizations, including those in drug regulation, public health and pharmaceutical marketing.

The book is written in a way that assumes little prior knowledge of medicine.

Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Global Health and Security in Question

By Lakoff, Andrew Collier, Stephen J.

£17.50 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Columbia University Press

Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--And How to Heal It

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

America's Ailing Health System - and How to Heal it

By Hacker, Jacob S. Calhoun, Craig

£9.50 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Columbia University Press

Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--And How to Heal It

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

America's Ailing Health System - and How to Heal it

By Hacker, Jacob S. Calhoun, Craig

£29.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Columbia University Press

Uncle Sam's Shame

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Inside Our Broken Veterans Administration

By Martin Kantor

£25.95 30 Jun 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

Exposes the broken Veterans Administration (VA) system that goes from the Washington boardroom to local treatment rooms to detail how all concerned - from the VA doctors to the vets themselves - compromise the VA system of medical care delivery and what needs to be done to make the necessary repairs.

Fair Effective and Efficient Targeting in Community Care

28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Implications of Need Utilisation Productivity and Efficiency Patterns

By Bleddyn Davies, Jose-Luis Fernandez

£65.00 28 Jun 2008 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Quantitative Methods for Health Research

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics

By N.G. Bruce, Daniel Pope, Debbi Stanistreet

£32.50 27 Jun 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Quantitative Methods for Health Research

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics

By N.G. Bruce, Daniel Pope, Debbi Stanistreet

£75.00 27 Jun 2008 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

An introduction to epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology for the health care community. This book covers contemporary health research methods such as survival analysis, Cox regression, and meta analysis. It includes self assessment exercises to help students explore and reflect on their understanding.

Caring for Hindu Patients

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Diviash Thakrar, Rasamandala Das, Aziz Sheikh

£24.95 20 Jun 2008 Paperback Radcliffe Publishing Ltd

Hindus form a significant proportion of society, and healthcare professionals in various settings and locations need an awareness of their beliefs and cultural expectations, to communicate effectively and provide care in an appropriate manner. This book provides that information in a concise and practical form.

A Doctor in Galilee

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Story and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel

By Hatim Kanaaneh

£60.00 20 Jun 2008 Hardback Pluto Press

Features the story of how the author fought for the human rights of his patients and overcame the Israeli authorities' cruel indifference to their suffering. This work shows how grass roots organisations can loosen the Zionist grip upon Palestinian lives.

A Doctor in Galilee

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Story and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel

By Hatim Kanaaneh

£18.99 20 Jun 2008 Paperback Pluto Press

Understanding Health and Social Care

18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Introductory Reader

By Corinne De Souza, Julia Johnson

£19.99 18 Jun 2008 Paperback SAGE Publications Ltd

Offers coverage of the key issues in health and social care. This book makes the links between theory and practice. It is suitable for students studying at undergraduate level across the wide spectrum of health and social care.

Understanding Health and Social Care

18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Introductory Reader

By Corinne De Souza, Julia Johnson

£60.00 18 Jun 2008 Hardback SAGE Publications Ltd

Biopolitics of Breast Cancer

18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism

By Maren Klawiter

£46.50 18 Jun 2008 Hardback University of Minnesota Press

The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Getting to the Heart of Individualized Care

By Sam Fazio

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback Health Professions Press,U.S.

Bright Futures for PDA

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents

By American Academy of Pediatrics, Joseph F. Hagan, Judith S. Shaw, Paula M. Duncan

£45.50 15 Jun 2008 Cd-Rom American Academy of Pediatrics

Coding with Modifiers

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide to Correct CPT and HCPCS Lever II Modifier Usage

By American Medical Association

£63.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback American Medical Association

Crisis Communication and the Public Health

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Matthew W. Seeger, Timothy Sellnow, Robert L.) Delete (Ulmer

£49.50 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Hampton Press

Covers the fields of crisis communication, health communication, and public health and focuses on the issue of crisis communication and the public health.

Harry Goes to the Hospital

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Story for Children About What it's Like to be in the Hospital

By Howard Bennett

£6.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback American Psychological Association

Harry loves macaroni and cheese, but when he gets sick, he can't eat it! He gets so sick that his parents take him to the hospital. Harry doesn't like having to meet lots of new people, getting poked with needles, and staying the night in a strange place, all the while feeling sick to his tummy.

The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James E. Allen

£27.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback Springer Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.

Reflects the changes in the domains of practice for nursing home administrators. This guide features - over 800 test questions; and, over 1000, Key terms and concepts.