Administration & Policy

This reader provides a comprehensive collection of both classic writings and contemporary articles in the sociology of health and illness. It is organized into the following sections: * Health beliefs and knowledge* Inequalities and patterning of health and illness* Professional and patient interact... More

This reader provides a comprehensive collection of both classic writings and contemporary articles in the sociology of health and illness. It is organized into the following sections: * Health beliefs and knowledge* Inequalities and patterning of health and illness* Professional and patient interact... More

Get the straight facts about vaccines and make informed choices Do you wonder whether vaccines are safe and whether they are all really necessary? This completely revised and updated edition of the classic Vaccines: What You Should Know helps you sort through the latest information about vaccines i... More

Worldwide, agricultural employment is plagued with one of the highest levels of mortality among occupational groups. Occupational deaths among farmers in the 15-member European Community is more than twice that for all other occupations. In the United States, agricultural death rates are nearly five... More

Praise for Healthcare Fraud "Rebecca Busch has taken the cumbersome and complex subject of healthcare fraud and dissected it into well-defined parts. Her thoughtful discussion of how and where these parts provide opportunities for fraud--and how to detect and prevent it--is the essence of this work.... More

Applying state-of-the-art application of management and organizational thinking and research to health care organizations, this book targets those in health professions and health services management. This invaluable resource is grounded in contemporary research and thinking, and offers broad covera... More

Making Sense of Illness is a fascinating investigation into the social and clinical factors that determine what constitutes a "legitimate" illness in the twentieth century. By examining six case studies of diseases that have emerged within the past fifty years--from what we now consider to be "strai... More

In the US alone some 90,000 people die from superbugs--bacteria that have grown immune to antibiotics. Officials agree that this problem will only get worse with time and new alternatives must be found. One alternative that is being considered by scientists is a kind of virus called a bacteriophage.... More

Morality and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives provides a compelling assessment of the powerful role moral systems play in addressing matters of health and disease. Encompassing a wide range of academic disciplines, the essays draw on the fields of psychology, medicine, history, sociology, poli... More

A simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health care Offers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of method Fully updated wit... More

This anthology of articles collected by a cast of award-winning scholars in the field of public health illustrates that promoting and protecting human rights is fundamental to promoting and protecting health. New issues covered in this volume include: emerging technologies; family and health; respon... More

Since the publication of the first edition in 1988, Nursing lnformatics has been embraced as the premier reference for all health professionals seeking a state-of-the-art review of the role of information technology in the nursing profession. The rapid development of this field is now captured and c... More

A COMPREHENSIVE TEXTBOOK AND REFERENCE FOR QUANTITATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ANALYSIS FOR BOTH CHEMICAL AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS Environmental risk analysis is complex and interdisciplinary; this book explains the fundamental concepts and analytical methods in each essential discipline. With an e... More

Focusing on the mannagement of patient flows and resources in and between healthcare organizations, this book will include both a theoretical framework and case studies for practical use by students. Addressing one of the key challenges associated with the healthcare industry, this textbook leads re... More

Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's "Backdoor to Eugenics" was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies. Completely updated and revised, this work will be welcomed back into print as we struggle to understand the pros... More