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Structural Approaches in Public Health
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 50.95That health has many social determinants is well established and a myriad range of structural factors ? social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental ? are now known to impact on population well-being. Public health practice has started exploring and responding to a range of health-related challenges from a structural paradigm, including... more...
Key Policy Issues in Long Term Care
World Health Organization 2002; US$ 40.50Demographic and epidemiological transitions will result in dramatic changes in the health needs of the world's populations. Everywhere, there is a steep increase in the need for long-term care (LTC). These trends reflect two interrelated processes. One is the growth in factors that increase the prevalence of long-term disability in the population.... more...
Transforming Health Care Through Information
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 79.99Through the use of case studies, this volume addresses the complex challenges involved in implementing technological change in healthcare organizations. more...
Evidence-based Health Communication
McGraw-Hill Education 2006; US$ 259.00Provides a review of the field of health communication and the kinds of evidence that have been collected concerning effective communication. This book also critically evaluates the kinds of training health professionals receive in communication skills and examines its relatively limited role in the curriculum. more...
M-Health
Springer 2007; US$ 169.99Presents a source of information that explores the present and future trends in the applications of emerging wireless communication and network technologies for different healthcare scenaria. This book provides different levels of material to researchers, computing engineers, and medical practitioners interested in emerging e-health systems. more...
Caring for People with Chronic Conditions
McGraw-Hill Education 2008; US$ 217.00The complex nature of many chronic diseases, which affect people many different ways, requires a multifaceted response that will meet the needs of the individual patient. Yet while everyone agrees that the traditional relationship between an individual patient and a single doctor is inappropriate, there is much less agreement about what should replace... more...
Beyond Survival
World Bank Publications 2006; US$ 9.99Beyond Survival breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health status, as a policy objective when setting priorities for health systems. This book reviews the Latin American experience... more...
Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2009
IOS Press 2009; US$ 167.00Cybertherapy - the provision of healthcare services using advanced technologies - can help improve the lives of many of us, both patients and health professionals, while tackling the challenges to healthcare systems. This book is divided in four main sections: Critical Reviews; Evaluation Studies; Original Research; and Clinical Observations. more...
The New Health Policy
McGraw-Hill Education 2009; US$ 172.00Analyzes the issues that form the nucleus of the 'new health policy' agenda. This book offers a comprehensive picture of the health policy challenges facing contemporary developed world health systems, as well as the strategies for tackling these. It is suitable for students of health policy and health care. more...
Tracking Medicine
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 21.99Written by a groundbreaking figure of modern medical study, Tracking Medicine is an eye-opening introduction to the science of health care delivery, as well as a powerful argument for its relevance in shaping the future of our country. An indispensable resource for those involved in public health and health policy, this book uses Dr. Wennberg's... more...









