Dynamics of British Health Policy (The State of Welfare)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hunter, David J.

Pollitt, Christopher

Harrison, Stephen

Social Sciences

Unwin Hyman

Osteoarthritis: The Facts helps patients and their carers better understand the condition, empowering patients with the knowledge and skills to actively take charge of their own health by knowing as much as they can about osteoarthritis, and finding out how this can be best managed.Part 1 details what osteoarthritis is, what causes it, who it affects, what the main symptoms are, how it is diagnosed, and what the long-term outcome is. Part 2 explains the potential aspects of management that can be used for osteoarthritis, including self-management strategies, exercise, diet, medications, surgical treatments, and alternative therapies. Osteoarthritis: The Facts also includes a useful resources section, including information on support groups and websites, providing the reader with an opportunity to educate and empower themselves with tools that will help reduce their suffering.

Osteoarthritis: The Facts (The Facts Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Arden, Nigel

Prieto-Alhambra, Daniel

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Oxford University Press

Desperately Seeking Solutions: Rationing Health Care

Following the Governments health reforms in 1991 rationing has been put firmly on the agenda. This book identifies and clarifies the numerous political and ethical issues surrounding rationing in healthcare. Drawing upon international examples it offers a critical overview of the approaches to rationing and makes practical proposals for its management.Desperately Seeking Solutions challenges the assumption that all health services are inherently subject to rationing as demand invariably outstrips supply and examines this within a comparative framework. The author critically evaluates the extent to which rationing has always existed and should exist within the NHS, although until recently it operated on an implicit rather than explicit basis and was bound up with clinical judgements rather than purely financial considerations. The author questions whether calls for explicit rationing are actually desirable and potentially feasible.

Desperately Seeking Solutions

Routledge

The Royal Marines

David J Hunter

Following the Governments health reforms in 1991 rationing has been put firmly on the agenda. This book identifies and clarifies the numerous political and ethical issues surrounding rationing in healthcare. Drawing upon international examples it offers a critical overview of the approaches to rationing and makes practical proposals for its management.Desperately Seeking Solutions challenges the assumption that all health services are inherently subject to rationing as demand invariably outstrips supply and examines this within a comparative framework. The author critically evaluates the extent to which rationing has always existed and should exist within the NHS, although until recently it operated on an implicit rather than explicit basis and was bound up with clinical judgements rather than purely financial considerations. The author questions whether calls for explicit rationing are actually desirable and potentially feasible.

Business & Money

Economics

Written for the one-term course, Essentials of Discrete Mathematics, Fourth Edition is designed to serve computer science and mathematics majors, as well as students from a wide range of disciplines. The mathematical material is organized around five types of thinking: logical, relational, recursive, quantitative, and analytical. This presentation results in a coherent outline that steadily builds upon mathematical sophistication. The final chapter, “Thinking Through Applications”, emphasizes the multidisciplinary approach of the text and contains case studies that integrate the fields of biology, sociology, linguistics, economics, and music. - New Activities: Each section in Chapters 1 through 5 now include new activities designed to be completed in class using inquiry-based learning - Previews: The former "Inquiry" problems have transitioned to "Preview" problems and have been revised to align with the new activities in the chapters. - Exercises: New and revised exercises are now found at the end of each chapter and identified by section. - Available with WebAssign Online Homework and Grading

Essentials of Discrete Mathematics

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Jones& Bartlett Learning

This bundle includes the print version of Essentials of Discrete Mathematics, Fourth Edition Edition and access to WebAssign.

Essentials of Discrete Mathematics with WebAssign

Science & Math

Mathematics

Partnership Working in Public Health (Evidence for Public Health Practice)

The United Kingdom’s reforms of the National Health Service and public health system now require a strong focus on partnerships, a move that has largely been met with praise. But a growing body of evidence shows that such partnerships are in fact very difficult to achieve and make effective. This book draws on a detailed study of recent public health partnerships in England―most of which have been made under the new Health and Wellbeing Boards―to assess their effectiveness. Ultimately, the authors argue that the current forms of partnership must be drastically rethought if they are going to succeed. 

Perkins, Neil

Sociology

Policy Press

The United Kingdom’s reforms of the National Health Service and public health system now require a strong focus on partnerships, a move that has largely been met with praise. But a growing body of evidence shows that such partnerships are in fact very difficult to achieve and make effective. This book draws on a detailed study of recent public health partnerships in England―most of which have been made under the new Health and Wellbeing Boards―to assess their effectiveness. Ultimately, the authors argue that the current forms of partnership must be drastically rethought if they are going to succeed.

Reforming Healthcare: What's the Evidence?

National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of health care reform research in England. Analyzing research from 1990 on, a team of leading UK health-policy academics consider the implications of this research for current debates about health care reorganization both in England and internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research reveals as successful in English health care reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health reorganization.

Medical Books

Powell, Martin

Greener, Ian

Harrington, Barbara E.

Mannion, Russell

Administration & Medicine Economics

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