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Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation
Springer 2007; US$ 119.99Applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis methodology to provide health care administrators with specific benchmarking tools for performance evaluation. This book provides information of what is lacking in specific aspects of performance and then outlines the ways how these performance inadequacies can be improved. more...
Critical Thinking in Health and Social Care
SAGE Publications 2007; US$ 45.00`This book will serve well a diverse audience who are committed to the nation's health and well-being' - Dianne Willcocks, Vice Chancellor, York St John University This book equips practitioners with the knowledge and tools to critically examine practice in their own workplace. It presents a range of different approaches which are explained... more...
The Gold Standard
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 27.95Few things make people react more strongly to the changes going on in health care than the word standardization. Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. The Gold Standard takes up this debate to investigate the... more...
Experiencing Illness and the Sick Body in Early Modern Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis. more...
The Health Care Policy Process
SAGE Publications 1996; US$ 54.00The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop an understanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies, an analysis of the extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved at the different stages of the policy process and the ability to assess both the need and the scope for change. Taking... more...
Managing Projects in Health and Social Care
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95Managing Projects in Health and Social Care is designed for anyone who is asked to manage a public services project but who lacks the experience or training to feel confident in this role. The book shows how to use project management techniques to ensure that your project will be successful. The key dimensions discussed are: * budget * time * feasibility... more...
The Best Interests of the Child in Healthcare
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 61.95Topical and compelling, this volume provides an excellent re-evaluation of the ?best interests? test in the healthcare arena; the ways in which it has developed, the inherent difficulties in its use and its interpretation in legal cases concerning the medical care of children. Comprehensively covering both the English and Scottish position within... more...
Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 61.95Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law argues that the law governing the ending of life in England and Wales is unclear, confused and often contradictory. The book shows that the rules are in competition because the ethical principles underlying the rules are also diverse and conflicting. In mounting his case Richard Huxtable considers some familiar... more...
Intention and Causation in Medical Non-Killing
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 63.95Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the one currently used by the courts, based on grading different categories of killing into a formalized... more...
The Harm Paradox
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 61.95Offering the first comprehensive theoretical engagement with actions for wrongful conception and birth, The Harm Paradox provides readers with an insightful critique into the concepts of choice, responsibility and personhood. Raising fundamental questions relating to birth, abortion, family planning and disability, Priaulx challenges the law?s... more...









