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| 261 - 270 of 1000 Most Recent Health Policy Books, Journals and Periodicals |
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 | Social Health Insurance Systems in Western Europe (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
by Richard Saltman, Richard Busse, Josep Figueras
Publisher: Open University Press
Publication Date: Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Description: · What are the characteristics that define a Social Health Insurance system?
· How is success measured in SHI systems?
· How are SHI systems developing in response to external pressures? Using the seven Social Health Insurance countries in western Europe - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands...more
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 | Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters
Publisher: Shearwater Books
Publication Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Description: "In a clear, engaging style, Dr. Walters tells the tale of each disease like a detective story. He allows each mystery to unfold as it did in reality, often slowly, through the lives of the plants and animals involved, the first human victims, the government officials who tried to respond,...more
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 | Bioethics as Practice (Studies in Social Medicine)
by Judith Andre
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication Date: Monday, August 30, 2004
Description: Those who work in bioethics and the medical humanities come from many different backgrounds, such as health care, philosophy, law, the social sciences, and religious studies. The work they do also varies widely: consulting on ethical issues in patient care, working with legislatures, dealing with the media, teaching, speaking, writing,...more
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 | OSHA Penalty Policies Library Edition: Introductory but Comprehensive OSHA Training for the Managers and Employees
by Daniel, M.D. Farb, Bruce Gordon
Publisher: University of Health Care
Publication Date: Monday, August 30, 2004
Description: OSHA Penalty Policies helps managers understand the OSHA penalty process. It covers the OSHA penalties fact sheets, how to respond to a violation, how to assess serious and non-serious violations, common targets for OSHA citations, employer rights and responsibilities, and how OSHA inspectors follow up. Estimated time: 2-3 hours....more
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 | Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World
by John C. Goodman, Gerald L. Musgrave, Devon M. Herrick
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Description: Lives at Risk identifies 20 myths about health care as delivered in countries that have national health insurance. These myths have gained the status of fact in both the United States and abroad, even though the evidence shows a far different reality. The authors also explore the political and economic...more
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 | Health Care Policy: A Reader (Readings in Bioethics)
by Thomas A. Shannon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Description: Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. The goal of this series is twofold: first, to provide a set of...more
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 | Powerful Medicines : The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
by Jerry Avorn
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Description: Profiteeering pharmaceutical companies and the FDA have met their match in Dr. Jerry Avorn, a Harvard Medical school researcher and clinician. In Powerful Medicines, he brilliantly combines patient vignettes, scientific critique, and statistics to create a risk/benefit balance for prescription drugs. His premise: "Every drug is...more
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 | Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health
by Stuart Anderson, Reinhard Huss, Rob Summers, Karin Wiedenmayer
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Publication Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Description: The ready availability of essential drugs to entire populations is a key determinant of public health in all countries. Addressing the great inequalities in drug supply is one of the major challenges in international health. Many of the problems can only be tackled at a global level by agencies, governments...more
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 | Unfiltered: Conflicts over Tobacco Policy and Public Health
by Eric Feldman, Ronald Bayer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: Sunday, August 15, 2004
Description: Tobacco, among the most popular consumer products of the twentieth century, is under attack. Once a behavior that knew no social bounds, cigarette smoking has been transformed into an activity that reflects sharp differences in social status. Unfiltered tells the story of how anti-smoking...more
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 | The Essential Patient Handbook: Getting the Health Care You Need - From Doctors Who Know
by Alan B. Ettinger, Deborah M. Weisbort
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Publication Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Description: For the millions of Americans who are dissatisfied with their medical care. Written by two physicians with unequalled credentials, here is practical, no-nonsense advice for readers to get the help they need from their doctors. The book * walks readers through the...more
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Last Updated: 29 November 2007.
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