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Paperback. This book is a practical, succinct guide to the major health systems around the world and what lessons can be drawn from each about improving health worldwide. The essays are designed give the reader essential knowledge of the history, strengths, weaknesses and lessons of each health system- all in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 colour tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496614
- ISBN
- 9781137496614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Elsevier - Health Sciences Division United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780323027571
- ISBN
- 9780323027571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.86
€ 40.99
€ 38.86
Paperback. An explosive polemic revealing how the NHS was butchered by reform - & how we can revive this national treasure while we still have the chance Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780743288
- ISBN
- 9781780743288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. The latest edition of the bestselling reader Understanding Health and Social Care combines classic works with newly commissioned material, offering readers unparalleled coverage of the key issues in health and social care. The breadth of material encompasses voices of service users, professional and lay carers, as well as academics and researchers. Editor(s): Johnson, Julia; De Souza, Corinne. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847870810
- ISBN
- 9781847870810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.83
€ 52.99
€ 49.83
Paperback. Population Health Science formalizes an emerging discipline at the crossroads of social and medical sciences, demography, and economicsan emerging approach to population studies that represents a seismic shift in how traditional health sciences measure and observe health events. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190459376
- ISBN
- 9780190459376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.90
€ 96.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 26 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KJMQ; MBPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498743259
- ISBN
- 9781498743259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
Paperback. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive set of instructions and examples of how to perform an economic evaluation of a health intervention, focusing solely on cost-effectiveness analysis in healthcare. Series: Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 72 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199227280
- ISBN
- 9780199227280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.78
€ 104.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; JMP; MBN; MBPK; MMJT. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198792079
- ISBN
- 9780198792079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.84
€ 86.84
Paperback. Argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore, creating more opportunities for patient choice will not improve health care. Illustrating the discussion with examples from diabetes clinics and diabetes self care, this book presents the 'logic of care' in a step by step contrast with the 'logic of choice'. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415453431
- ISBN
- 9780415453431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. A penetrating examination of how most Americans die today--how the patients and their families' conflicting desires about a "good death" collide with the politics and routines of American hospitals. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226426853
- ISBN
- 9780226426853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.46
€ 31.99
€ 24.46
Hardcover. This second edition offers both a comprehensive introduction to the patient-centered care model and best practices in this field. Thoroughly updated edition which provides a complete guide to patient-centered care, with applications for all health care organizations, professionals, managers, and students. Editor(s): Frampton, Susan B.; Charmel, Patrick A.; Planetree. Series: Jossey-Bass Public Health. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470377024
- ISBN
- 9780470377024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85
Paperback. Focuses on 50 key issues across the public health discipline. Readers can dip into the book to find a snapshot of the definition of the concept, or read it through like a regular textbook from start to finish. Editor(s): Wilson, Frances; Mabhala, Andi. Series: Sage Key Concepts Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412948807
- ISBN
- 9781412948807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.33
€ 48.99
€ 46.33
Paperback.
- Publisher
- RCPsych Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908020017
- ISBN
- 9781908020017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Paperback. Explaining the truth behind the screening statistics and investigating the evidence behind the hype, Margaret McCartney, an award-winning writer and doctor, argues that this patient paradox - too much testing of well people and not enough care for the sick - worsens health inequalities and drains professionalism. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Pinter & Martin Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780660004
- ISBN
- 9781780660004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.18
€ 13.99
€ 11.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBPC; MNC; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 110
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319274263
- ISBN
- 9783319274263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.25
€ 88.25
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the field of global health. This title is suitable for schools of public health, nursing, and medicine, and also in undergraduate and graduate classes in anthropology, sociology, political economy, and history, among others. Editor(s): Farmer, Paul; Kleinman, Arthur; Kim, Jim Yong; Basilico, Matthew. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 504 pages, 41 b/w photographs, 35 line illustrations, 12 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271999
- ISBN
- 9780520271999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.25
€ 45.99
€ 45.25
Paperback. Following extensive research in the UK, Bruce Cohen allows mental health users to tell their own stories (or 'narratives') of illness and recovery. Institutional and home treatment care is covered alongside controversial self-coping techniques such as drug-taking, spiritualism, alternative healing, sleep and watching television. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487506
- ISBN
- 9781137487506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Paperback. This highly original book examines, for the first time, how the patient movement, which works to improve the quality of healthcare, can actually be considered an emancipation movement when led by its radical elements. Num Pages: 272 pages, figures. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847427441
- ISBN
- 9781847427441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.14
€ 37.99
€ 36.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849055611
- ISBN
- 9781849055611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.19
€ 40.99
€ 40.19
Fold-out book or chart. .
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Sixth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469889900
- ISBN
- 9781469889900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.37
€ 47.99
€ 45.37
Paperback. The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations. Num Pages: 442 pages, 62 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226743103
- ISBN
- 9780226743103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.42
€ 48.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Radcliffe Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857756791
- ISBN
- 9781857756791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. The first book to bring together both advocates and critics of the personalisation agenda in English social care services to debate key issues. Editor(s): Needham, Catherine; Glasby, Jon. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSN; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447313427
- ISBN
- 9781447313427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.32
€ 34.99
€ 33.32
Hardcover. This multi-disciplinary volume brings together original research from diverse disciplinary backgrounds investigating how we can define and operationalise a bio-psychosocial model of ill-health to improve work participation in middle and later life. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNXC; MBP; MMRP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428080
- ISBN
- 9781847428080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.95
€ 102.95