Updated and thoroughly revised, the second edition of this foundational text continues to cover all major topics of organization, financing, workforce, goals, initiatives, accountability, and metrics from the perspectives of academicians and officials in public health. This second edition is the only public health text to encompass the new ......
Health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers provide strategies for assisting distressed caregivers and improving quality of life for both caregivers and dementia patients. The volume's 14 chapters outline current problems in the area of caregiving, and then develop several solution approach
Benchmarks and Strategies for Management and Practice
This text provides benchmarks and a paradigm with which longer care facilities for older adults and people with disabilities can revitalise from clinical, institutional settings to person-centered, homelike environments. It describes how these benchmarks have been met through best practice examples and provides ways to address not only knowledge ......
The Many Faces of Mental Disorders--Adult Case Histories According to IC
ICD-10 Casebook uses selected case studies to demonstrate diagnosis and classification according to ICD-10. Arranged in the order of the classification system and written in an easy-to-read style, these case studies guide mental health professionals through a discussion of symptoms, family history, and findings.
HIPAA violation costs can be as high as $1.5 million per year or could result in jail time. Having a handy and concise guideline reference can protect health care professionals and their patients from missteps that could unknowingly cause violations. This inexpensive 6 page laminated guide can support managers, owners, privacy & security officers ......
This new edition of Healthcare Economics Made Easy has been revised and expanded to include comparative analysis of several western economies. It is aimed at those working in healthcare who need to understand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through a specialist health economics text.
Health Services Management: Competencies and Careers provides students in healthcare administration and management, public health, and other healthcare sectors with the necessary knowledge, practical understanding, and fundamental skills to become successful, confident, and empathetic health services managers in this exciting and growing field. ......
This is the only resource to provide a step-by-step framework and expert guidance for preparing a health policy analysis final paper or a capstone project for courses in health policy, public health, and health policy analysis. Building on a blend of theory and practical considerations for creating a successful policy analysis, the text guides ......
Arguing that health care should be a human right rather than a commodity, this title calls for a social covenant establishing a right to a standard of health care consistent with society's level of resources. By linking rights with limits, it offers a framework for seeking national consensus on a cost-conscious standard of universal medical care.
