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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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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