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Author : Eugene Nayigiziki Chabikuli
Release : 1996
Genre : Hospital architecture
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Book Synopsis Space, Tradition and Comprehensive Health Care by : Eugene Nayigiziki Chabikuli
Download or read book Space, Tradition and Comprehensive Health Care written by Eugene Nayigiziki Chabikuli. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2004
Genre : Health facilities
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Download or read book Healthcare Spaces written by . This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julie Fairman
Release : 2008
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Making Room in the Clinic by : Julie Fairman
Download or read book Making Room in the Clinic written by Julie Fairman. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Making Room in the Clinic, Julie Fairman examines the context in which the nurse practitioner movement emerged, how large political and social movements influenced it, and how it contributed to the changing definition of medical care. Drawing on primary source material, including interviews with key figures in the movement, Fairman describes how this evolution helped create an influential foundation for health policies that emerged at the end of the twentieth century, including health maintenance organizations, a renewed interest in health awareness and disease prevention, and consumer-based services.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Release : 2001-12-20
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 858/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Safe Passage by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Safe Passage written by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 2001-12-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions sets forth a vision for space medicine as it applies to deep space voyage. As space missions increase in duration from months to years and extend well beyond Earth's orbit, so will the attendant risks of working in these extreme and isolated environmental conditions. Hazards to astronaut health range from greater radiation exposure and loss of bone and muscle density to intensified psychological stress from living with others in a confined space. Going beyond the body of biomedical research, the report examines existing space medicine clinical and behavioral research and health care data and the policies attendant to them. It describes why not enough is known today about the dangers of prolonged travel to enable humans to venture into deep space in a safe and sane manner. The report makes a number of recommendations concerning NASA's structure for clinical and behavioral research, on the need for a comprehensive astronaut health care system and on an approach to communicating health and safety risks to astronauts, their families, and the public.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Release : 2003-02-01
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century written by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 2003-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
