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  • Lights Outby T. S. Wiley

    Atria Books 2002; US$ 15.00

    When it comes to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and depression, everything you believe is a lie. Lights Out With research gleaned from the National Institutes of Health, T.S. Wiley and Bent Formby deliver staggering findings: Americans really are sick from being tired. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and depression are rising... more...

  • The Anatomy of Hopeby Jerome Groopman

    Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 16.00

    An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor?s discovery of how hope can change the course of illness Since the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why. ... more...

  • The Forgettingby David Shenk

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2003; US$ 15.95

    Afflicting nearly half of all persons over the age of 85, Alzheimer?s disease kills nearly 100,000 Americas a year as it insidiously robs them of their memory and wreaks havoc on the lives of their loved ones. It was once minimized and misunderstood as forgetfulness in the elderly, but Alzheimer?s is now at the forefront of many medical and scientific... more...

  • Health Communication in Practiceby Eileen Berlin Ray

    Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 67.95

    Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach offers a comprehensive examination of the complex nature of health-related communication. This text contains detailed case studies that demonstrate in-depth applications of communication theory in real-life situations. With chapters written by medical practitioners as well as communication... more...

  • Adopting Medicare Fee Schedulesby Barbara Wynn

    RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95

    In response to rapidly increasing medical costs in the California workers? compensation program, the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers? Compensation is recommending that the current fee schedule that determines the amount health care providers are paid be linked to Medicare fee schedules. more...

  • Assessment of 24-Hour Care Options for Californiaby Donna O. Farley; Michael Greenberg; Christopher Nelson; Seth Seabury

    RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95

    Proponents of a type of insurance program called 24-hour care--which would consolidate employers? health care benefits, and possibly disability benefits, for both work-related and non-work-related claims--believe that it could yield substantial workers? compensation savings for California. more...

  • Evaluation of Community Voices Miamiby Kathryn Pitkin Derose; Amanda Beatty; Catherine A. Jackson

    RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95

    An evaluation of Community Voices Miami (CVM), a project aimed at enhancing health care access and quality for the underserved in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The report concludes that CVM affected intermediate outcomes--raising awareness of issues, getting safety-net providers to collaborate, nurturing neighborhood-based solutions, and advocating... more...

  • Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Programby Donna O. Farley; Matthew J. Chinman; Elizabeth D'Amico; David J. Dausey

    RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95

    Documents the initiation and first two years of activity by the seven funded health-related programs set up under the Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act, evaluates their progress, and makes recommendations for future program activities and funding. more...

  • La réforme du système de santéby Don de Savigny; Harun Kasale; Conrad Mbuya; Graham Reid

    International Development Research Centre 2004; US$ 15.00

    En 1993, le Rapport sur le développement dans le monde laissait entendre que l?on pouvait réduire considérablement les taux de mortalité si l?affectation des ressources était plus conforme aux réalités locales. Le Projet d?interventions essentielles en santé en Tanzanie (PIEST) a été mis sur pied pour vérifier cette hypothèse. Après une décennie de... more...

  • Saludby Jean Lebel

    International Development Research Centre 2005; US$ 15.00

    Puede la gente ser saludable en un mundo enfermo? Muchos desastres ecológicos pueden imputarse directamente a la explotación descuidada del entorno, y los seres humanos actúan como causantes y luego como víctimas. Nuestra salud refleja exactamente la salud de lo que nos rodea, y esa es la base del enfoque de Ecosalud, que reconoce los intrincados lazos... more...