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Health systems & services

Hardcover. 224 pages, Illustrations. With increasing numbers of people travelling abroad for medical or cosmetic procedures, medical tourism is now a growing niche in the tourism market. This book looks at the background and rise of health tourism, new emerging facets of the sector, and examines how health related travel fits into a tourism framework. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: KNSG; MBP. Dimension: 250 x 176 x 20. Weight: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
CABI
Edition
First
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845936600
ISBN
9781845936600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.84

Paperback. Presents a simple overview of clinical governance in context, highlighting important principles required to function effectively in a pressurised healthcare environment, ensuring tomorrow's staff are competent to function effectively in any healthcare facility. Editor(s): Haxby, Elizabeth; Hunter, David; Jaggar, Sian (Consultant Anaesthetist, The Royal Brompton Hospital, London UK). Num Pages: 480 pages, 76 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBP; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199558612
ISBN
9780199558612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.41

Paperback. 'The Consultation', rewritten and retitled to become 'The New Consultation' is a useful aid for all doctors and their educators to increase the effectiveness of their consultations and to help to make them more patient-centred. It includes theoretical background as well as practical help for both consulters and teachers. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 figures and numerous text boxes. BIC Classification: GBC; MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192632883
ISBN
9780192632883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.86

paperback. Takes into account the developments in palliative care, offering advice on the aspects including drug treatment and psychological care. This handbook offers guidelines on bad news and communicating with the patient's relatives. It discusses the ethical issues in palliative care and the spiritual aspects of dying for people of different religions. Num Pages: 76 pages, frontispiece, line drawing, tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBPC; MJCL; VFD; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 4. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192625144
ISBN
9780192625144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.25

hardcover. Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this is a comprehensive look at the economics of wellbeing with coverage of history, research, policy, and practice. Editor(s): McDaid, David; Cooper, Cary L. Series: Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Volume V
SKU
V9781118608388
ISBN
9781118608388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Minkler, Meredith. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 77. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Third Edition, Revised
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813553009
ISBN
9780813553009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

hardcover. Approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States result from preventable medical errors. This figure is about twice the number of people who die in car accidents and five times the number of murder victims annually, and twenty times the number of servicemen and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the start of hostilities in 2001. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612341569
ISBN
9781612341569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

hardcover. This volume looks at the most successful existing strategies to promote wellbeing and mental health. It examines the latest research in the science of wellbeing and discusses the practical implications for improved learning, creativity, productivity, relationships, and health. Editor(s): Huppert, Felicia A.; Cooper, Cary L. Series: Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Edition
Volume VI
SKU
V9781118608357
ISBN
9781118608357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.29

paperback. Through ninety-five interviews with primary care physicians (PCPs) working in different settings, as well as medical students and residents, this book provides insight into the everyday lives of generalist physicians in the early twenty-first century - their work, stresses, hopes, expectations, and values. Series Editor(s): Apple, Rima D.; Golden, Janet. Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780813546766
ISBN
9780813546766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. A Shocking Expose of the Irish Health System Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; MBNH; MBP; MJCJ3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0017837
ISBN
9780340951323
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition provides a step-by-step approach to application of participatory approaches to qualitative data collection (including structured and unstructured interviews, observations, and group interviews) and data analysis (including constant comparative method, coding schemes, and theme memo). Editor(s): Israel, Barbara A.; Eng, Eugenia; Schulz, Amy J.; Parker, Edith A. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118021866
ISBN
9781118021866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.01

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; JHM; MBP; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816630486
ISBN
9780816630486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Incorporating investigative journalism, this title examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador. It recounts the story of radical health activism from its origins in liberation theology and guerrilla medicine during the third-world country's twelve-year civil war, through development of a 'popular health system'. Series Editor(s): Marshall, Mac. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 13 photographs & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JHMC; JP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813547367
ISBN
9780813547367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

hardcover. This book tracks the development of biomedicine in South Korea following liberation from Japan in 1945, covering the transition from Japanese imperial models of practice to an approximation of American and international models of health. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJH; HBJF; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804784115
ISBN
9780804784115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

hardcover. Based on the author's 30+ years of studying and teaching about the U.S. health care system, Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Health Care System provides clear and comprehensive tools to improve our declining health care system. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761963
ISBN
9780804761963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.38

paperback. Social workers provide more mental health services than any other profession, yet recent biomedical trends in psychiatry appear to minimize the importance of their traditional concerns, which focus on the social environment that accompanies mental disorders and their treatment. Editor(s): Kirk, Stuart A. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 478 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231128711
ISBN
9780231128711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.99
€ 35.85

Paperback. Focusing on the British NHS, this book reviews the key contemporary debates concerning health systems. Series: Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861349293
ISBN
9781861349293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861346308
ISBN
9781861346308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.34

Paperback. * A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made. * Pays attention to the social and political processes which structure what decisions are taken about health policy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745641744
ISBN
9780745641744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447301042
ISBN
9781447301042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.19

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