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Globalization, Health and the Global South - A Critical Approach (Paperback): Jimoh Amzat, Oliver Razum Globalization, Health and the Global South - A Critical Approach (Paperback)
Jimoh Amzat, Oliver Razum
R1,220 Discovery Miles 12 200 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Globalization is a form of social change, reshaping the socio-spatial milieu in which humans strive, and in which health and disease are managed and controlled. And yet the effects of globalization are distributed unevenly, with opportunities open for some but not for all. Globalization, Health and the Global South is an important textbook for any student of this fascinating area. Examining the dynamics of globalization through the lens of the Global South, it highlights risks and vulnerabilities that affect different regions and contexts, exacerbating inequalities despite the continuing speed of global processes. The books takes a critical approach to the topic, offering readers a deep understanding of health discourses and discusses a range of key topics, including migrant health, the role of politics and diplomacy and the Coronavirus pandemic. Including further reading and end of chapter discussion questions, this essential textbook will be important reading for students across the health and social sciences.

Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes - Flexible Boundaries (Paperback): Hugh Armstrong, Susan Braedley, Jacqueline Choiniere, Janna... Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes - Flexible Boundaries (Paperback)
Hugh Armstrong, Susan Braedley, Jacqueline Choiniere, Janna Klostermann, Ruth Lowndes, …
R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its absence, while also increasing the need for it. Drawing on a range of research projects covering Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this book documents a broad spectrum of unpaid work performed by residents, relatives, volunteers and staff in nursing homes. It demonstrates how boundaries between paid and unpaid work are flexible, varying considerably with conditions, time, place and intersectional populations. By examining the complex labour process within nursing homes, this book provides insight and understanding which will be critical in planning for nursing home care post-pandemic.

Hospital Reimbursement - Concepts and Principles (Hardcover): Kyle Herbert Hospital Reimbursement - Concepts and Principles (Hardcover)
Kyle Herbert
R2,135 Discovery Miles 21 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Due to the countless variables that affect revenue and cost, the hospital reimbursement process is by far the most complex of any industry. Requiring only a basic financial background and a working knowledge of accounting, Hospital Reimbursement: Concepts and Principles supplies a clear understanding of the concepts and principles that drive the revenue cycle within a hospital setting.

The book explains the technical aspects of reimbursement in language that is easy to comprehend. It illustrates the complexities of the hospital revenue cycle and explains the Medicare and Medicaid financial models in detail. The text also addresses the Medicaid reimbursement methodology, the formulation of the Medicare blend rate, the computation of both DSH and IME, as well as other third-party payers. It also:

  • Covers the full range of services and procedures for which a hospital can receive reimbursement
  • Explains the difference between a for-profit and not-for-profit hospital
  • Contains chapters devoted to Statements of Operations (Income Statement) and Statements of Financial Position (Balance Sheet)
  • Examines governmental cost reporting including Worksheets A, A-6, A-8, A-8-2, B-1, B Part 1, C Part 1, D-3, D-5, and E Part A

Supplying readers with a foundation in coding principles, the text also includes a model for calculating the financial impact of variations in patient length of stay. It discusses the DRG and APC reimbursement models and details the computation of an outlier payment. In addition, it walks the reader step-by-step through the creation of a mock Medicare cost report for a sample hospital.

Introduction to Health Care Finance and Accounting (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Carol Taylor, Carlene Harrison, William Harrison Introduction to Health Care Finance and Accounting (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Carol Taylor, Carlene Harrison, William Harrison
R1,343 R1,196 Discovery Miles 11 960 Save R147 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gain a thorough understanding of the business side of health care with the practical approach in Harrison/Harrison/Taylor's INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, 2E. This health care finance book is specifically designed for readers with little or no accounting or finance background. The latest discussions detail cost reimbursement programs, economic factors driving the rising costs of medical services and health care reform -- from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 through future trends. Health care-related examples show you the importance of what you're learning as you study the basics of health care accounting and finance, from accounting fundamentals, operating the cash drawer and bank reconciliation through more complex issues of cash management, budgeting and variance analysis and revenue cycle management. Engaging case scenarios, helpful learning features and optional MindTap digital further reinforce what you learn.

The Economics of Health Care in Asia-Pacific Countries (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Teh-Wei Hu, Chee-Ruey Hsieh The Economics of Health Care in Asia-Pacific Countries (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Teh-Wei Hu, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
R3,478 Discovery Miles 34 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure, Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome addition to the literature. This book presents quantitative research on various aspects of health care reform and health policy in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US - nations diverse in their economic development, social demographic structure and health care expenditures. The book's main topic for discussion is the role of both government and health insurers in funding health care. The implementation of community-based, supplemental and national health insurance is explored, as are grants and the financing of hospitals and care for the elderly. The effectiveness of education as an input to health investment and the rehabilitation of patients are also examined. Aiming to close the gap between the existing economics research and the rapid pace of the development of Asian health care markets, this unique and timely book is a must read for policymakers, researchers, academics and students with a special interest in health economics, policies and services.

A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth - Key Themes in Maternity Care (Hardcover): Tania McIntosh A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth - Key Themes in Maternity Care (Hardcover)
Tania McIntosh
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in England into its wider social context, highlighting areas of change and continuity, and charting the development of pregnancy and birth as it emerged from the shadows and became central to social debate. A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth considers the significance of the regulation and training of midwives and doctors, exploring important aspects of maternity care including efforts to tackle maternal deaths, the move of birth from home to hospital, and the rise of consumer groups. Using oral histories and women's memoirs, as well as local health records and contemporary reports and papers, this book explores the experiences of women and families, and includes the voices of women, midwives and doctors. Key themes are discussed throughout, including: the work and status of the midwife the place of birth pain relief ante- and post- natal care women's pressure groups high-tech versus low-tech political pressures. At a time when the midwifery profession, and the wider structure of maternity care, is a matter for popular and political debate, this book is a timely contribution. It will be an invaluable read for all those interested in maternity care in England.

Closing the Care Gap with Wearable Devices - Innovating Healthcare with Wearable Patient Monitoring (Paperback): Michael... Closing the Care Gap with Wearable Devices - Innovating Healthcare with Wearable Patient Monitoring (Paperback)
Michael Kirwan, Harry Pappas, Michael Davis, Walter Maclay
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Patient-focused healthcare, driven by COVID-19 experiences, has become a hallmark for providing healthcare services to patients across all modalities of care and in the home. The ability to capture real-time patient data, no matter the location, via remote patient monitoring, and to transmit that data to providers and organizations approved by the consumer/patient, will become a critical capability for all healthcare providers. Of all the remote patient monitoring product designs, wearable medical devices are emerging as the best positioned to support the evolving patient-focused healthcare environment. This book is for those who are evaluating, selecting, implementing, managing, or designing wearable devices to monitor the health of patients and consumers. This book will provide the knowledge to understand the issues that mitigate the risk of wearable technologies so people can deliver successful projects using these technologies. It will discuss their use in remote patient monitoring, the advantages and disadvantages of different types of physiological sensors, different wireless communication protocols, and different power sources. It will describe issues and solutions in cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance, as well as setting them up to be used in healthcare systems and by patients.

Public Health Research Methods for Partnerships and Practice (Paperback): Melody S. Goodman, Vetta Sanders Thompson Public Health Research Methods for Partnerships and Practice (Paperback)
Melody S. Goodman, Vetta Sanders Thompson
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Translating research into practice involves creating interventions that are relevant to improving the lives of a target population. Community engaged research has emerged as an evidence-based approach to better address the complex issues that affect the health of marginalized populations. Written by leading community-engaged researchers across disciplines, each chapter covers a different topic with comprehensive guides for start-to-finish planning and execution. The book provides a training curriculum that supports a common vision among stakeholders as well as a survey of methods based on core MPH curriculum. Practical appendices and homework samples can be found online. Public Health Research Methods for Partnerships and Practice will appeal to researchers and practitioners in community or government sectors interested in conducting community-engaged work.

Professional Issues in Child and Youth Care Practice (Paperback): Kiaras Gharabaghi Professional Issues in Child and Youth Care Practice (Paperback)
Kiaras Gharabaghi
R1,618 Discovery Miles 16 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an overview of the core professional issues in the field of child and youth care practice. The author explores themes ranging from relationships and the exploration of Self to career building and field-specific approaches to management. The book is written from a pragmatic perspective, and serves both to advance current thinking in the field about professional issues as well as to provide the student of child and youth care practice and practitioners with practical and accessible approaches to developing a strong and sustainable professional identity. All of the themes in this book are explored within a context of ethical decision-making and practice approaches informed by a commitment to children's rights and empowerment. Throughout the discussions, concepts and themes are considered in relation to four specific lenses: the power lens, the diversity lens, the language lens and the transitioning from theory to practice lens. These lenses serve to ensure that the reader adopts a critical understanding of the professional issues in the field and is able to develop his or her own professional identity while mitigating the power and identity issues necessarily associated with being a practitioner in a helping profession. This book was published as a special issue of Child and Youth Services.

Our NHS - A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution (Hardcover): Andrew Seaton Our NHS - A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution (Hardcover)
Andrew Seaton
R615 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

An engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival—and the people who have kept it running   In recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have clapped for frontline workers and championed the service as a distinctive national achievement. All this has happened in the face of ideological opposition, marketization, and workforce crises. But how did the NHS become what it is today?   In this wide-ranging history, Andrew Seaton examines the full story of the NHS. He traces how the service has changed and adapted, bringing together the experiences of patients, staff from Britain and abroad, and the service’s wider supporters and opponents. He explains not only why it survived the neoliberalism of the late twentieth century but also how it became a key marker of national identity. Seaton emphasizes the resilience of the NHS—perpetually “in crisis†and yet perennially enduring—as well as the political values it embodies and the work of those who have tirelessly kept it afloat.

Practice-based Evidence for Healthcare - Clinical Mindlines (Hardcover): John Gabbay, Andree Le May Practice-based Evidence for Healthcare - Clinical Mindlines (Hardcover)
John Gabbay, Andree Le May
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions. Firmly rooted in real practice while drawing lucidly on a great breadth of theoretical frameworks, it examines afresh how clinicians use knowledge. Evidence-based practice has recently become a key part of the training of all health professionals. Yet despite its gold-standard' status, it is faltering because too much effort has gone into insisting on an idealised model of how clinicians ought to use the best evidence, while not enough has been done to understand why they so often don't. Practice-based Evidence for Healthcare is a groundbreaking attempt to redress that imbalance. Examining how clinicians actually develop and use clinical knowledge day-to-day, the authors conclude that they use mindlines' -- internalised, collectively reinforced, tacit guidelines. Mindlines embody the composite and flexible knowledge that clinicians need in practice. They are built up during training and continually updated from a wide range of formal and informal sources. Before new evidence becomes part of practitioners' mindlines, it is transformed by their interactions with colleagues and patients via their communities of practice and networks of trusted colleagues. To explore how mindlines work Gabbay and le May draw on a wide range of disciplines to analyse their detailed observations of clinical practice in the UK and the US. Their conclusions and provocative recommendations will be of value to all practitioners, health service managers, policymakers, researchers, educators and students involved in the promotion of evidence-based practice.

Health Disparities in the United States - Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health (Paperback, second edition): Donald A. Barr Health Disparities in the United States - Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health (Paperback, second edition)
Donald A. Barr
R1,205 R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Save R86 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice magazine The health care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide health disparities persist between different social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. Donald A. Barr's Health Disparities in the United States explores how socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact with socioeconomic inequality to create and perpetuate these health disparities. Examining the significance of this gulf for the medical community, cultural subsets, and society at large, Barr offers potential policy- and physician-based solutions for reducing health inequity in the long term. This popular course book, which has been fully updated, now incorporates significant new material, including a chapter on the profound effects of inequality on child development, behavioral choices, and adult health status. An essential text for courses in public health, health policy, and sociology, the second edition analyzes the complex web of social forces that influence health outcomes in the United States. This book is a vital teaching tool and a comprehensive reference for social science and medical professionals.

Health Care in Japan (Hardcover): Margaret Powell, Masahira Anesaki Health Care in Japan (Hardcover)
Margaret Powell, Masahira Anesaki
R4,217 Discovery Miles 42 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 1970s and 80s Japan experienced some deep-rooted social changes which affected attitudes to health care services among both professionals and consumers alike. Health Care in Japan provides an introduction to and overview of health and medical services in Japan at that time. It describes the historical development of modern medical care; the social, political, and cultural factors which have influenced the development of the system for the provision of health and medical services. It also discusses and analyses those aspects of the health care system which are of concern to the government and assesses how the existing system of health care will meet the needs of Japanese society in the future.

Promoting Individual and Organisational Learning in Social Work (Paperback): Sarah Williams, Lynne Rutter, Ivan Lincoln Gray Promoting Individual and Organisational Learning in Social Work (Paperback)
Sarah Williams, Lynne Rutter, Ivan Lincoln Gray
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In today's performance driven environment, maintaining service quality in social work is more important than ever. This book will help social work leaders and managers to understand the role that personal and organisational learning plays in the provision of services that are effective and responsive to the needs of service users, carers and the communities. Recent national policy drivers such as the Munro Review into Child Protection (2011) and the recommendations of the Social Work Reform Board (2010) have strengthened the need to embed and enable learning within the workplace. This book is part of a Leadership and Management series which enables managers to understand this need, and respond in a timely and effective way.

Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia - Critical Perspectives (Hardcover): Assa Doron, Alex Broom Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia - Critical Perspectives (Hardcover)
Assa Doron, Alex Broom
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides much needed insight into the relationships between health, culture, community, livelihood, and the nation-state, and in particular, the recent struggles of disadvantaged groups to gain access to health care in South Asia.

The book brings together anthropologists, sociologists, economists, health researchers and development specialists to provide the reader with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of South Asian health and a comprehensive understanding of cutting edge research in this area. Addressing key issues affecting a range of geographical areas including India, Nepal and Pakistan, this text will be essential reading for students and researchers interested in Asian Studies and for those interested in gaining a better understanding of health in developing countries.

This book was published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

Professional Issues in Child and Youth Care Practice (Hardcover): Kiaras Gharabaghi Professional Issues in Child and Youth Care Practice (Hardcover)
Kiaras Gharabaghi
R4,067 Discovery Miles 40 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an overview of the core professional issues in the field of child and youth care practice. The author explores themes ranging from relationships and the exploration of Self to career building and field-specific approaches to management. The book is written from a pragmatic perspective, and serves both to advance current thinking in the field about professional issues as well as to provide the student of child and youth care practice and practitioners with practical and accessible approaches to developing a strong and sustainable professional identity. All of the themes in this book are explored within a context of ethical decision-making and practice approaches informed by a commitment to children's rights and empowerment. Throughout the discussions, concepts and themes are considered in relation to four specific lenses: the power lens, the diversity lens, the language lens and the transitioning from theory to practice lens. These lenses serve to ensure that the reader adopts a critical understanding of the professional issues in the field and is able to develop his or her own professional identity while mitigating the power and identity issues necessarily associated with being a practitioner in a helping profession. This book was published as a special issue of Child and Youth Services.

The New Sociology of the Health Service (Hardcover): Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan The New Sociology of the Health Service (Hardcover)
Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan
R3,923 Discovery Miles 39 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Health service policy and health policy have changed considerably over the past fifteen years and there is a pressing need for an up-to-date sociological analysis of health policy. Not only have policies themselves changed but new policy themes ? such as evidence-based policy and practice, an increasing focus on a primary care led health service, a growing recognition of the need to address inequalities through public health policies and a focus on the views and the voice of the user and the public? have emerged alongside some of the old.

Following up the very successful The Sociology of the Health Service, this all-new volume covers a broad range of key contemporary health services issues. It includes chapters on consumerism, technology, evidence-based practice, public health, managerialism and social care among others, and incorporates references to new developments, such as regulation and incentivization, throughout.

The New Sociology of the Health Service provides a vital new sociological framework for analyzing health policy and healthcare. It is an important read for all students and researchers of medical sociology and health policy.

The End of Stigma? - Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness (Hardcover): Gill Green The End of Stigma? - Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness (Hardcover)
Gill Green
R3,910 Discovery Miles 39 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Centred on an analysis of a range of inter-related studies of illness and stigma conducted in recent years, this book makes a groundbreaking and timely contribution to understanding the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma. The postmodern era has been identified by sociologists as a time of fracturing and diversity in Western social development. Behaviour, lifestyle and identity are no longer the results of mass-production by social class and nation, but increasingly the quirky and unique eccentricities of the individual as consumer, reflexive citizen and free agent. Memorably, this process was characterised by Fukuyama as 'The End of History', as there is no longer the cultural space for the large-scale ideological battles of the pre-modern age. This book takes Fukuyama's notion and examines contemporary challenges tothe stigma associated with chronic illness. Award-winning author, Gill Green examines the cases of HIV, multiple sclerosis and mental illness, including substance misuse, to provide new insights into stigma in health - an issue that is of contemporary concern in the areas of medical sociology and health studies.

Medical Sociology and Old Age - Towards a sociology of health in later life (Hardcover): Paul Higgs, Ian Rees Jones Medical Sociology and Old Age - Towards a sociology of health in later life (Hardcover)
Paul Higgs, Ian Rees Jones
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social policy. By examining these perspectives, Higgs and Jones show how both standpoints have a restricted sense of contemporary ageing which has prevented an understanding of the way in which health in later life has changed. In the book, the authors point out that the current debates on longevity and disability are being transformed by the emergence of a fitter and healthier older population. This third age - where fitness and participation are valorised - leads to the increasing salience of issues such as bodily control, age-denial and anti-ageing medicine. By discussing the key issue of old age versus ageing, the authors examine the prospect of a new sociology - a sociology of health in later life. Medical Sociology and Old Age is essential reading for all students and researchers of medical sociology and gerontology and for anyone concerned with the challenge of ageing populations in the twenty-first century. This book is essential reading for all students and researchers of medical sociology and gerontology.

BTEC Entry 3/Level 1 Health and Social Care Student Book (Paperback): Jade Roots, Lynda Tann, Linda Winter BTEC Entry 3/Level 1 Health and Social Care Student Book (Paperback)
Jade Roots, Lynda Tann, Linda Winter
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Engage: Designed for the needs of the Entry 3/Level 1 learner with a full colour, spread-based approach, and topics broken into clear, bite-sized chunks to retain learners' attention. Lively activities, mini case studies and clear checklists and summaries help learners engage with - and remember - content. Achieve: Covering 11 units at Level 1 - enough for a Diploma, and 2 Units at Entry Level 3 - enough for an Award, so learners can be confident they have the content they need to achieve their qualification. Edexcel's own Assignment tips, written by BTEC experts, help learners to achieve their potential in assessments. Activities mapped to the assessment criteria in each unit, provide support and clear direction for learners, helping them to work towards the criteria. Progress: Prepares learners for employment with a focus on employability skills and definitions of key terms. Helps learners progress to BTEC Level 2 First by building their confidence with the style of BTEC qualifications.

Lean Design in Healthcare - A Journey to Improve Quality and Process of Care (Paperback): Adam Ward Lean Design in Healthcare - A Journey to Improve Quality and Process of Care (Paperback)
Adam Ward
R1,003 Discovery Miles 10 030 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book gives the reader an inside look at creating a new healthcare service using practical examples and scenarios one would face if doing it themselves. This book chronicles the journey of a fictitious healthcare delivery organization using the Simpler Design System principles based on Lean methodologies. While the characters and actual story is fictitious, it is based on the journey many healthcare systems and clients have taken, the issues they have faced, and the successes and failures they've had. Tools and approaches used are based on the actual work of Simpler. The story format engages readers and is intended to motivate and inspire executive teams to use the tenets of the book as a guide to launch their own successful implementation of an idea-to-launch methodology. Tools include those gleaned from actual application of Lean Product Development, Agile, Design for Six Sigma, and Design Thinking Principles. Through engaging storytelling and practical theory, this book is written from the perspective of a physician leader that agrees to be the executive sponsor for a service redesign. As the story progresses, the sponsor becomes fascinated with the process and becomes the first VP of Innovation within his organization.

The Digital Transformation of the Healthcare System - Healthcare 5.0 (Hardcover): Katarzyna Kolasa The Digital Transformation of the Healthcare System - Healthcare 5.0 (Hardcover)
Katarzyna Kolasa
R3,765 Discovery Miles 37 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines how the digital revolution has reorganized the model of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues for a continued paradigm shift to digital healthcare. Katarzyna Kolasa sets the vision of healthcare 5.0 that relieves the burden on limited healthcare resources and creates better health outcomes by switching the focus from treatment to prediction and prevention. She advocates for a patient-centric ecosystem that empowers patients to take control of their health via new knowledge-based technologies such as next-generation sequencing (NGS), nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and digital therapeutics. Highlighting the mindset shift needed to transform healthcare and outlining in detail a futuristic vision of healthcare 5.0, this book will be of interest to academics and professionals of health policy, health economics and digital health.

Improving Healthcare Team Communication - Building on Lessons from Aviation and Aerospace (Hardcover, New Ed): Christopher P... Improving Healthcare Team Communication - Building on Lessons from Aviation and Aerospace (Hardcover, New Ed)
Christopher P Nemeth
R4,216 Discovery Miles 42 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Communications research in aviation is widely regarded by many in the healthcare community as the 'gold standard' to emulate. Yet healthcare and aviation differ in many ways, as do the vital communications shared among members of clinical teams. Aviation team communication should, then, be understood in terms of what lessons will benefit those who work in healthcare. In Improving Healthcare Team Communication, renowned experts provide insights from 'sharp end' operator research in high-hazard sectors that shed light on the performance of cognitive tasks including resource availability assessment, allocation, anticipation, prediction, trade-off decisions, speculation and negotiation. The book reports on recent field research to address what is known, and what needs to be learned, about team communication among operators. Students, clinicians and healthcare managers can find answers in it to the questions they face daily. How can healthcare information be better shared? What can we expect from its improvement, and how do we get there? Lessons learned from team communication research and experience in aviation and healthcare will point the way to improved patient safety.

Biobanks - Governance in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Herbert Gottweis, Alan Petersen Biobanks - Governance in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Herbert Gottweis, Alan Petersen
R3,774 Discovery Miles 37 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Taking a different approach to biobanks - genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy, this book draws attention to their political and governance implications. It argues that for biobanks to be created, shaped, maintained, and to operate properly, a number of interrelated conditions need to exist, from legal environment to funding mechanisms and social acceptance.

The book takes a comparative focus, with chapters on biobanks in Iceland, Estonia, Scandinavia, France, US, Japan, UK, Germany, Australia and Israel, and is divided into three parts which:

  • introduce the conceptual framework that underpins the volume
  • focus on biobanks as a challenge for governance
  • emphasize biobanks as a tool and site for governance.

This groundbreaking book makes clear that biobanks are a phenomenon that cannot be disconnected from considerations of power, politics, and the reshaping of current practices in governance. It will be a valuable read for scholars and students of genetics, bioethics, risk, public health and the sociology of health and illness.

Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Manufacturing Computer Systems Validation (Paperback): Orlando Lopez Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Manufacturing Computer Systems Validation (Paperback)
Orlando Lopez
R1,030 Discovery Miles 10 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Validation of computer systems is the process that assures the formal assessment and report of quality and performance measures for all the life-cycle stages of software and system development, its implementation, qualification and acceptance, operation, modification, requalification, maintenance and retirement (PICS CSV PI 011-3). It is a process that demonstrates the compliance of computer systems functional and non-functional requirements, data integrity, regulated company procedures and safety requirements, industry standards, and applicable regulatory authority's requirements. Compliance is a state of being in adherence to application-related standards or conventions or regulations in laws and similar prescriptions. This book, which is relevant to the pharmaceutical and medical devices regulated operations, provides practical information to assist in the computer validation to production systems, while highlighting and efficiently integrating worldwide regulation into the subject. A practical approach is presented to increase efficiency and to ensure that the validation of computer systems is correctly achieved.

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