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Handbook of Migration and Health (Hardcover): Felicity Thomas Handbook of Migration and Health (Hardcover)
Felicity Thomas
R6,431 Discovery Miles 64 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Migration is now firmly embedded as a leading global policy issue of the twenty-first century. Whilst not a new phenomenon, it has altered significantly in recent decades, with changing demographics, geopolitics, conflict, climate change and patterns of global development shaping new types of migration. Against this evolving backdrop, this Handbook offers an authoritative overview of key debates underpinning migration and health in a contemporary global context. The first major handbook in this field, this Handbook of Migration and Health provides a comprehensive global overview of issues relating to migration and health. The Handbook is organised into six main sections: theories and models of migration; rights and deservingness; vulnerability and precarity; specific healthcare needs and priorities; healthcare provision; and transnational and diasporic networks. Chapters focus on a wide range of migrant groups including refugees, asylum seekers, trafficked people, international students, healthcare workers, and diasporic communities. Bringing together the contributions of 58 leading researchers and drawing on case studies and examples from across the globe, the Handbook is intended as a scholarly, yet accessible reference tool for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in the field of migration and health. Contributors include: S. Bacci, L. Baldassar, C. Bennouna, J. Botfield, E. Chase, J. Cook, E. Duffell, R. Evans, J. Gideon, K. Hall, A.-C. Hoyez, D. Ingleby, H. Jayaweera, M.-A. Karlsen, M. Kilke, R. Labonte, Y. Lu, S. Mayell, L. Manderson, M. McKee, J. McLaughlin, C. McMichael, L. Merla, S. Meyer, P. Mladovsky, L. Newman, C. Newman, T. Noori, L. Nunez Carrasco, A. Odone, D. Oksen, S. Oram, M. Ormond, G. Ottosdottir, C. Packer, A. Pharris, O. Razum, B. Rechel, A. Reeske, A. Reid, V. Runnels, A. Sandgren, R. Shadwick, D. Sime, J. Spallek, D.L. Spitzer, L. Stark, J.E. Suk, A. Tianbo Zhang, T. Tillmann, F. Thomas, K. Vasey, J. Vearey, G.A. Williams, R. Wilding, S.S. Willen, H. Zeeb, A. Zwi

Health Care, the Market and Consumer Choice (Hardcover): Alain C. Enthoven Health Care, the Market and Consumer Choice (Hardcover)
Alain C. Enthoven
R3,844 Discovery Miles 38 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this well-documented book, Alain Enthoven develops the ideas of consumer choice and managed competition of alternative health care financing and delivery systems, as well as describing ways to improve quality and reduce the cost of health care. He demonstrates how these ideas could be applied in the American employment-based health insurance model, how similar ideas have been introduced in the British National Health Service; how these ideas have been applied in the Netherlands; and the need for integrated comprehensive care systems. This unique anthology traces the development of two important and related themes. Firstly, the 'output' of the health services industry has been produced by disaggregated physicians, nurses and other health professionals, hospitals, drugs and device companies that somehow combine to serve the patient. Progress in quality and the economy requires the services of these components to be integrated into coherent systems in which the incentives of all providers are aligned with the needs and wants of patients for quality affordable care. Secondly, the book argues that the framework that can provide such incentives, is an appropriately designed form of market competition among systems of care seeking to serve value-conscious patients. Public officials, scholars and policy analysts from developing countries will find here a set of ideas for how to improve incentives for greater value for money. Students of health economics, policy and organization, as well as journalists and public officials interested in the use of public policy to improve efficiency in health care systems, will also find much to interest them in this book.

E-Cigarettes and the Comparative Politics of Harm Reduction - History, Evidence, and Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Virginia... E-Cigarettes and the Comparative Politics of Harm Reduction - History, Evidence, and Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Virginia Berridge, Ronald Bayer, Amy L. Fairchild, Wayne Hall
R1,623 Discovery Miles 16 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This open access book offers the first in-depth study of the history and current debates surrounding electronic cigarettes comparing the UK, US and Australia. Since their introduction, e-cigarettes have been the subject of much public, media and regulatory attention, with discussion centring on whether these devices encourage or discourage smoking. This study delves into the history of policymaking and institutions in three countries which have taken different approaches to the regulation of e-cigarettes. In the UK, the tradition of harm reduction through nicotine has helped form a response which has endorsed e-cigarettes, though not without considerable controversy. In contrast, the US has a cessation-only anti-tobacco agenda, and Australia has effectively banned e-cigarettes. This book argues that each country frames the long-term use of nicotine differently and prioritises the health of different groups within the population of smokers or non-smokers, set against a broad backdrop of national responses to addiction. By taking this comparative approach, the authors explore the relationship between history, evidence and policy in public health more widely.

Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management in Home Healthcare - Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover):... Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management in Home Healthcare - Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover)
Jalel Euchi
R5,504 Discovery Miles 55 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With advancing technology and the digitization of the modern era, businesses are required to adopt the latest innovations computer science and information technology have to offer. The field of home healthcare must utilize the finest available operations management systems in order to remain relevant in a globalized world while also providing the best treatment possible to its patients. Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management in Home Healthcare: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that provides theoretical and empirical research on logistics management and transportation and scheduling routing and their applications in home healthcare and logistics. While highlighting topics such as hybrid energy, scheduling optimization, and forecasting techniques, this book is ideally designed for outpatient doctors and nurses, transportation professionals, logisticians, home healthcare managers, computer scientists, logistic engineers, health practitioners, academicians, researchers, and students.

Annual Report of the Provincial Board of Health of Ontario Being for the Year ..; v.1 (Hardcover): Provincial Board of Health... Annual Report of the Provincial Board of Health of Ontario Being for the Year ..; v.1 (Hardcover)
Provincial Board of Health of Ontario
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Logistics Engineering and Health (Hardcover): Hayfa Zgaya, Slim Hammadi Logistics Engineering and Health (Hardcover)
Hayfa Zgaya, Slim Hammadi
R3,043 R2,098 Discovery Miles 20 980 Save R945 (31%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents the research that resulted from a fruitful collaboration between many CNRS research laboratories, health establishments and industrialists. This research contributes to the study and the development of logistical systems, in particular health-oriented logistical systems, in order to manage and optimize physical, informational and financial flows. The authors examine optimization and modeling methods to facilitate decision support for the management of logistics systems in the health field, including solutions to problems encountered in the management of logistics flows and the study of systems incorporating these flows. In the first chapter, logistics engineering is presented whilst the second chapter introduces the study of real cases of transport, management crisis and warehouse management logistics systems. The third chapter is devoted to the study of hospital systems and emergency services and in the fourth chapter, the authors highlight the operational aspect of the hospital system thanks to an innovative modeling approach. Finally, mathematical and algorithmic models of scheduling, and dynamic orchestration of the collaborative workflow by a multi-agent system, are introduced.

Dark Psychology - Your Great Manual To Learn All The Dark Techniques Of Dark Psychology And Manipulation And Understand Mind... Dark Psychology - Your Great Manual To Learn All The Dark Techniques Of Dark Psychology And Manipulation And Understand Mind Control, Hypnosis And NLP (Hardcover)
Matthew Hall
R911 R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Save R128 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lacan with the Philosophers (Hardcover): Ruth Ronen Lacan with the Philosophers (Hardcover)
Ruth Ronen
R2,494 Discovery Miles 24 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Closely examining Jacques Lacan's unique mode of engagement with philosophy, Lacan with the Philosophers sheds new light on the interdisciplinary relations between philosophy and psychoanalysis. While highlighting the philosophies fundamental to the study of Lacan's psychanalysis, Ruth Ronen reveals how Lacan resisted the straightforward use of these works. Lacan's use of philosophy actually has a startling effect in not only providing exceptional entries into the philosophical texts (of Aristotle, Descartes, Kant and Hegel), but also in exposing the affinity between philosophy and psychoanalysis around shared concepts (including truth, the unconscious, and desire), and at the same time affirming the irreducible difference between the analyst and the philosopher. Inspired by Lacan's resistance to philosophy, Ruth Ronen addresses Lacan's use of philosophy to create a fertile moment of exchange. Straddling the fields of philosophy and psychoanalysis with equal emphasis, Lacan with the Philosophers develops a unique interdisciplinary analysis and offers a new perspective on the body of Lacan's writings.

Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Volume 106-4... Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Volume 106-4 (Hardcover)
Heather Hofmann
R1,946 Discovery Miles 19 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Heather Hofmann brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice. Communication is a core part of medical practice, and just as physicians increase their knowledge and hone clinical reasoning skills, so too must communication skills be refined. This issue provides an evidence-based review of patient-centered communication for the general practitioner, covering key communications skills commonly used in patient encounters, including challenges posed by modern medicine to effective communication. Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including addressing the challenges of cross-cultural communication; gender and health communication; eliciting the patient narrative; motivating behavioral change; breaking bad news; using technology to enhance communication; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on communication skills and challenges in medical practice, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Obstetrics and Gynecology, An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, Volume 7-3 (Paperback): Elyse Watkins Obstetrics and Gynecology, An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, Volume 7-3 (Paperback)
Elyse Watkins
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California for the Years ... and ..; v.2 (Hardcover): California State Board of... Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California for the Years ... and ..; v.2 (Hardcover)
California State Board of Health
R934 Discovery Miles 9 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [serial]; v.2 - no.1-12;suppl.1-3(1887-1888) (Hardcover): North Carolina State... Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [serial]; v.2 - no.1-12;suppl.1-3(1887-1888) (Hardcover)
North Carolina State Board of Health
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alone in a Crowd - A Story of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse's Struggles with Bulimia and Mental Wellness (Hardcover):... Alone in a Crowd - A Story of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse's Struggles with Bulimia and Mental Wellness (Hardcover)
Andrea Parmar, Mick Parmar; Edited by Mick Parmar
R807 Discovery Miles 8 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Updates in Thyroidology, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Volume 51-2 (Hardcover): Megan R... Updates in Thyroidology, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Volume 51-2 (Hardcover)
Megan R Haymart, Maria Papaleontiou
R2,548 Discovery Miles 25 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Megan R. Haymart and Maria Papaleontiou bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Thyroidology. Top experts in the field cover recent advances in the diagnosis and management of thyroid conditions, providing a contemporary view of updates in this challenging field. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including disparities in thyroid care; the use of LT4/LT3 combinations in treating hypothyroidism; minimally invasive procedures for thyroid nodules; less intensive management options for low-risk thyroid cancer; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on thyroidology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Annual Report - State Board of Health, State of Florida; 1915 (Hardcover): Florida State Board of Health Annual Report - State Board of Health, State of Florida; 1915 (Hardcover)
Florida State Board of Health
R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Floating Feathers - A Doctor's Harrowing Experience as a Patient Within Conventional Medicine --- and an Impassioned Call... Floating Feathers - A Doctor's Harrowing Experience as a Patient Within Conventional Medicine --- and an Impassioned Call for the Future of Care in America (Hardcover)
Ross I S Zbar
R679 R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Save R38 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Diabetes Management, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, Volume 49-2 (Hardcover): Lenard (Lenny) Salzberg Diabetes Management, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, Volume 49-2 (Hardcover)
Lenard (Lenny) Salzberg
R1,737 Discovery Miles 17 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Health Care Evaluations, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition): Robert J. Brent Cost-Benefit Analysis and Health Care Evaluations, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Robert J. Brent
R1,663 Discovery Miles 16 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation that can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment or intervention is worthwhile. In this thoroughly updated and revised second edition, Robert Brent expands the scope of the field by including the latest concepts and applications throughout all regions of the world. This book attempts to strengthen the link between cost-benefit analysis and the mainstream health care evaluation field, which is dominated by non-economists. The need to build a bridge between the two is more important than ever before, as the general understanding of cost-benefit analysis appears to have regressed.Case studies are used throughout to explain and illustrate the various methodologies being examined. In addition, the author now covers more of the statistical requirements that are necessary to understand and carry out health care evaluations, and follows an applied economics approach. Ultimately, he resolves a number of disputes and makes some new, but subtle, contributions by reinterpreting, correcting and extending existing work. The book covers the topic in an accessible manner, from the foundations to the frontiers of the field, and clearly explains all the necessary economic principles along the way. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Health Care Evaluations, Second Edition will be invaluable to students and researchers of health economics, public policy and health care policy, as well as policymakers and health care practitioners. It can also be used as a comprehensive introductory text by anyone with an interest in cost-benefit analysis. From this perspective, the new additional final chapter is particularly useful as it supplies a summary of CBA that highlights the main conclusions of the text in a single chapter. Contents: 1. Introduction to Health Care Evaluation 2. Cost Minimization and the Definition of 'Cost' 3. Types of Costs and their Measurement 4. External Costs 5. Social Cost of Taxation 6. Fundamentals of Cost-effectiveness Aanalysis 7. Further Issues of Cost-effectiveness Analysis 8. Fundamentals of Cost utility Analysis 9. Measuring Utilities in Cost utility Analysis 10. Cost-utility Analysis and Equity 11. Cost-benefit Analysis and the Human Capital Approach 12. Cost-benefit Analysis and Willingness to Pay 13. Cost-benefit Analysis and Equity 14. Methods for Measuring the Benefits of HIV/AIDS Interventions Index

Dark Psychology - Your Great Manual To Learn All The Dark Techniques Of Dark Psychology And Manipulation And Understand Mind... Dark Psychology - Your Great Manual To Learn All The Dark Techniques Of Dark Psychology And Manipulation And Understand Mind Control, Hypnosis And NLP (Hardcover)
Matthew Hall
R801 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R99 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
To Understand a Person - An Autobiography (of Sorts) (Hardcover): John Strauss To Understand a Person - An Autobiography (of Sorts) (Hardcover)
John Strauss
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community - The Relationship of Radical Individualism and Authoritarianism (Hardcover, New):... The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community - The Relationship of Radical Individualism and Authoritarianism (Hardcover, New)
Amy B. Siskind
R2,753 Discovery Miles 27 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall community represents one of the most fascinating and troubling social phenomena in the history of psychoanalysis and recent American intellectual history. In the only comprehensive study of the Sullivanian movement, Amy Siskind examines the historical and social processes that resulted in the creation of the Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community and its subsequent development into a totalistic community. Over a 35-year span (1957-1992), the Institute developed from a radical experiment in therapeutic practice, with patients and therapists living together in an innovative community on Manhattan's Upper West Side, into a totalitarian society wherein leaders and therapists maintained enormous institutional and personal power over the lives of patients and group members. In The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community: The Relationship of Radical Individualism and Authoritarianism, Siskind explores generally the development of cults based on 20th century social and psychoanalytic theory, and then investigates the particulars of this one community in great detail. The result is a unique exploration of how a movement originally intended to liberate individuals from a repressive society became, over time, more repressive than mainstream society itself.

Project LIFE - Stop Waiting for Your Happy to Happen (Hardcover): Christine Grauer Project LIFE - Stop Waiting for Your Happy to Happen (Hardcover)
Christine Grauer
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Multicultural Counseling Applications for Improved Mental Healthcare Services (Hardcover): Anasuya Jegathevi Jegathesan, Siti... Multicultural Counseling Applications for Improved Mental Healthcare Services (Hardcover)
Anasuya Jegathevi Jegathesan, Siti Salina Abdullah
R7,121 Discovery Miles 71 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The availability of practical applications, techniques, and case studies by international therapists is limited despite expansions to the fields of clinical psychology and counseling. As dialogues surrounding mental health grow in the East, it is important to maintain therapeutic modalities that ensure the highest level of patient-centered rehabilitation and care are met across global networks. Multicultural Counseling Applications for Improved Mental Healthcare Services is an essential reference source that discusses techniques in addressing different religions and cultures in counseling and therapy. The research in this publication provides a platform and a voice for Eastern therapists to contribute to the body of knowledge and build a more robust therapeutic framework for practitioners worldwide. Featuring topics such as psychotherapy, refugee counseling, and women empowerment, this book is ideally designed for mental health professionals, counselors, therapists, clinical psychologists, sociologists, social workers, researchers, students, and social science academicians seeking coverage on significant advances in therapy, as well as the skills, challenges, and abilities that practitioners facing diverse populations must manage on a daily basis.

Diseases and the Physical Examination, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Volume 106-3 (Hardcover): Paul Aronowitz Diseases and the Physical Examination, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Volume 106-3 (Hardcover)
Paul Aronowitz
R1,943 Discovery Miles 19 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Paul Aronowitz brings his considerable expertise to the topic of the Disease-Based Physical Examination. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as cancer, diabetes, endocrinopathies, movement disorders, HIV infection, valvular heart disease, and more. Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cirrhosis, congestive heart failure, delirium, dementia, and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the disease-based physical exam, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Handbook of Research on Advancing Health Education through Technology (Hardcover): Victor C. X. Wang Handbook of Research on Advancing Health Education through Technology (Hardcover)
Victor C. X. Wang
R8,935 Discovery Miles 89 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Internet serves as an essential tool in promoting health awareness through the circulation of important research among the medical professional community. While digital tools and technologies have greatly improved healthcare, challenges are still prevalent among diverse populations worldwide. The Handbook of Research on Advancing Health Education through Technology presents a comprehensive discussion of health knowledge equity and the importance of the digital age in providing life-saving data for diagnosis and treatment of diverse populations with limited resources. Featuring timely, research-based chapters across a broad spectrum of topic areas including, but not limited to, online health information resources, data management and analysis, and knowledge accessibility, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, academicians, medical professionals, and upper level students interested in the advancement and dissemination of medical knowledge.

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