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Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People

Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems.

The Prevention of Tuberculosis (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1908, this book presents a study of tuberculosis. It looks first at its causes, before examining how the problem of mortality from illness had already been reduced.

Evolution of Preventive Medicine (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1927, this book provides a complete study of the beginnings and early development of preventive medicine. It looks at the subject's underlying principles and discusses the prominent writers of the past.

The Story of Modern Preventive Medicine (Routledge Revivals): Being a Continuation of the Evolution of Preventive Medicine

The Ministry of Health (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1925, this book explores public health and its administration. It looks at both local and central health administration and surveys the various departments including The Board of Education and The Home Office.

The Last Thirty Years in Public Health (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1936, this book is a continuation of Sir Arthur Newsholme's Fifty Years in Public Health and covers a wide variety of topics in relation to the subject.

In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses' Stories

The intimate, private, and heart wrenching stories told in this book, the first of its kind in Australia, will penetrate the hearts and souls of even the most hardened reader.

Mura Solwata Kosker: We Saltwater Women

Throughout her lifetime, Ellie Gaffney has been a strong advocate both within Australia and internationally of the interests and welfare of Torres Strait Islanders.

Fifty Years in Public Health (Routledge Revivals): A Personal Narrative with Comments

First published in 1935, this book provides a valuable contribution to the history of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

International Studies: Volume 2: Prevention and Treatment of Disease

First published in 1931, this book is the second of a three volume set which focuses on medical work, and in particular, public administration in relation to the prevention of disease.

International Studies: Volume 1: Prevention and Treatment of Disease

First published in 1931, this book is the first of three volumes that describe the circumstances of medical work in several European countries at that time.

International Studies: Volume 3: Prevention and Treatment of Disease

First published in 1931, this book is the third of a three volume set which focuses on medical work, and in particular, public administration in relation to the prevention of disease.

Assisted Living Administration: The Knowledge Base, Second Edition

Assisted living, the fastest growing residential option, burst upon the American landscape in the late 1980ís.

The Bedside Manifesto: Healing the Heart of Healthcare

""When I was in the hospital I was poked and probed and ultraviolated, but never touched," a patient told Dr. Jeff Kane.

Polycystic Kidney Disease Diet

Table of ContentsPolycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)Chapter # 1: OverviewChapter # 2: Autosomal Dominant PKDChapter # 3: Autosomal Recessive PKDPKD DietChapter # 1: IntroChapter # 2: What is it?

BTEC First Health and Social Care Level 2 Assessment Guide: Unit 6 The Impact of Nutrition on Health and Wellbeing

Take the guesswork out of BTEC assessment with sample student work and assessor feedback for all pass, merit and distinction criteria.

Gesundheitsmonitor 2010

""Bürgerorientierung im Gesundheitswesen" ist das Thema des Gesundheitsmonitors 2010.

Exposed How Politics Increased the Cost of Health Care In America

Government intervention favoring the pharmaceutical and insurance industries has reduced supply of health care providers and increased demand for services. The result is skyrocketing costs.

Gesundheitstipps für Frauen - Kalte FüBe, geschwollene Lymphknoten und Hautprobleme bekämpfen

Die eigene Gesundheit ist für viele Frauen eines der wichtigsten Themen im Leben. So wurde kürzlich im Zuge einer Untersuchung herausgefunden, dass Frauen dreimal so häufig einen Arzt aufsuchen, wie Männer.

Asthma: Relax You're Not Going to Die

This book explores how to breathe more easily with safe and effective natural therapies for asthma.

Improve Your Health With Spices

Nature has provided mankind with a gamut of fruits, vegetables, dairy products and other sources to maintain a healthy lifestyle. These natural sources of food are rich in vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and other essential nutrients.

Auxiliaire de vie et handicap

Souffrant d'une maladie orpheline à sa naissance, Jean-Marc Brien connaît les opérations, les soins et les centres pour handicapés, ainsi que les remarques acerbes de bien-portants et la lourdeur de l'administration.

Lifting Your Depression

The author gives an exposition of his discovery and a five-step program for making use of it to reverse depression.

Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 2014

Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. No other source provides this massive book's easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures, emerging technologies, patient populations, hospitals, clinics, corporations, research, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care and many other areas of vital importance.

Eight Questions You Should Ask About Our Health Care System: (Even if the Answers Make You Sick)

Charles E. Phelps provides a comprehensive look at our health care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of "the good, the bad, and the ugly" parts of the system-from technological advances (the "good") to variations in treatment patterns (the "bad") to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the "ugly").

Alzheimer's Early Stages

If someone you love has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, you may not know where to turn. The early stages can be the most difficult time for relatives and friends because they often don't know much about the disease, or how they can be of help.

Off Balance, The American Way of Health: A Pharmacist's Perspective on Why Drugs Don't Work

In Off Balance, The American Way of Health, author and pharmacist Dr. Leyla Ali's shares her unique perspective of a failing healthcare system in a colorful and easy-to-read format.

DECISIVE REFORM for OUR DYING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Dr. Stan Kardatzke is a physician who has practiced and taught clinical family practice for over 25 years.

Health Systems in Transition: Canada, Second Edition

The health care system in Canada is much-discussed in the international sphere, but often overlooked when it comes to its highly decentralized administration and regulation.

Living Healthy With Asthma

Asthma is a condition which requires special attention as sufferers usually belong to young age group and require life long management. The incidence of Asthma is on the rise with increasing levels of air pollution.

Patients Beyond Borders Focus On: Bumrungrad International

Patients Beyond Borders, TM the best-selling consumer reference guide for medical tourism, is pleased to announce the release of FOCUS ON: Bumrungrad International Hospital, profiling the renowned Asian destination that has treated more international patients than any other. Located in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand, this award-winning healthcare campus boasts many of Thailand's top doctors, including physicians trained at Johns Hopkins, the Cleveland Clinic, Stanford, MD Anderson, and the Mayo Clinic.

Entgegen aller Lehrmeinung: Alternatives Gesundheitssystem

Das deutsche Gesundheitssystem steckt voller Probleme und wird von Jahr zu Jahr teurer. Dipl-Pol.

Medical Industry's Death Panels: Greek Tragedy of a Lady Named Glenda

The book, Medical Industry's Death Panels: Greek Tragedy of a Lady Named Glenda, is a must-read for every adult, especially seniors, to understand the life-affecting pitfalls that are faced by anyone suddenly needing medical treatment.

The Potbelly Syndrome

This book clarifies the cause and consequences of hypercortisolism to help readers do something about it.

Managing Alzheimer's and Dementia Behaviors

Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis

Caring for the World: A Guidebook to Global Health Opportunities

As disparities in health care continue to widen between wealthy and impoverished nations, an increasing number of medical professionals are committing themselves to the growing field of global health.

You Must Wash Your Hands

Amira is a very curious four year old who loves to play and have fun. But she does not realize that there are germs everywhere!

Thoze Krazy Daze: An Introspective Review Into the Fun and Fear of Being Bipolar

Imagine you can look at your life with all its peculiarities, by analysing what you do and how you do the things you do but in an articulate way.

Surviving the Medical Meltdown

Government health care has never in the history of the world, anywhere, delivered the same quality of medical care as has the free market. As we have lost the battle for competitive health care, today we are traveling along the path to a centrally controlled Soviet-style system that means doctor shortages, limited availability of procedures, scarcity of specialized drugs, long wait times, and an overall increased cost for a decreased quality of our healthcare.