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Country Doctor
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 11.65Have you ever had to decide what to do with a very large dead body on a Mexican beach, or an unidentified corpse by a Devonian cowshed when the herd is due in for milking? How should you deal with a drug runner rescued from the Caribbean Sea when he pulls a gun on you? And how would you react if one of your patients was abducted by aliens?If you are... more...
Rural Populations and Health
Wiley 2012; US$ 90.00Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation's more than 60 million rural residents. Rural Populations and Health provides an overview of the critical issues surrounding rural health and offers a strong theoretical and evidence-based rationale for rectifying rural health disparities in the United States. This... more...
Appalachian Health and Well-Being
The University Press of Kentucky 2012; US$ 50.00Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and the public lacks information about both their healthcare... more...
Rural Caregiving in the United States
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99Caregivers living in rural areas face daunting obstacles. In addition to the isolation and anxiety that many caregivers across the country experience, rural caregivers must also cope with limited access to uncoordinated resources and severe shortages of trained professionals. Although many research, policy, and practice upgrades have been made in response... more...
Rural Health
eContent Management Pty Ltd 2010; US$ 126.50?Rural Health? presents a range of analyses that question how well rural health models, services and knowledge improve health and wellbeing. It highlights the complexity of Aboriginal health, reiterating that there are no quick answers but a long process of developing cultural security and inclusion is required. In doing so, this title acknowledge... more...
Improving Access and Efficiency in Public Health Services
SAGE India 2010; US$ 25.95This book presents a systematic mid-term evaluation of the processes of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Indias biggest rural health programme. Data from District Level Health Surveys (DLHS), National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), and Sample Registration System (SRS) as well as primary data collected from field surveys and interviews... more...
Increasing Access to Health Workers in Remote and Rural Areas through Improved Retention
World Health Organization 2010; US$ 25.00Half the world's people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and poses a major challenge to the nationwide provision of health services. Its impact, however, is most severe in low income countries. There are two reasons for this.... more...
Female Genital Cutting, Women's Health, and Development
World Bank Publications 2007; US$ 9.99This strategy paper provides a comprehensive understanding of the issue of female genital mutilation/cuttingscope,challenges, opportunities, best practices, and how communities, development agencies, and national governments can work together to eliminate the practices on the ground. The World Bank is committed to assisting governments in ending... more...
Social Determinants of Indigenous Health
Allen & Unwin 2007; US$ 45.40A systematic overview of the impact of social and political factors on the health of Australia's Indigenous population. Australia's Aboriginal and Islander groups suffer ?Fourth World' standards of health: this book explains the causes for such poor healt more...
Rural Women's Health
Springer Publishing Company 2005; US$ 79.00Rural Women's Health encompasses the breadth and depth of the unique physical and psychological needs facing rural women throughout the United States and Canada, and identifies positive interventions and outcomes. Raymond T. Coward, founding editor of The Journal of Rural Health , along with five leading practitioners and researchers with contributions... more...









