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  • The General Practitioner

    by Kenneth Clute ...
    Series series Heritage
    An important and definitive study and critique of 86 general practices in Ontario and Nova Scotia, with particular attention to the quality of medical care and to problems of medical education and of the organization of medical care as these relate to quality. It was conceived by the College of General Practice of Canada and directed by Kenneth F. Clute. The book is addressed to all those who are ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Measuring Health

    Lessons for Ontario

    Series series Heritage
    Planning and evaluating any health care program is a formidable task: how do you measure the health of a population? This fundamental question has been approached from various perspectives in medical, administrative, and economic studies. This book provides a guide to health measurement literature and relates it to Ontario's current and prospective policy choices and to the federal context of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Extending Canadian Health Insurance

    Options for Pharmacare and Denticare

    Series series Heritage
    This study explores the policy options a provincial government might consider in extending health care coverage to the purchase of prescription drugs and dental care. It examines the major public policy objectives involved, such as spreading risk, redistributing wealth, and reducing the barriers to care, and evaluates alternative programs in terms of their costs and efficiency as well as their ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Your Face Never Lies

    What Your Face Reveals About You and Your Health, an Introduction to Oriental Diagnosis

    by Michio Kushi ...
    A quick glance in the mirror can tell you much about your health. The shape of your face alone reveals a great deal. Your posture, skin tone, facial structures, and handwriting can tell you even more. They all reflect the vitality of your constitution at birth, the quality of your diet, and the strengths and weaknesses of your internal organs.Your Face Never Lies will lead you beyond the narrow ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Restructuring Canada's Health Systems: How Do We Get There From Here?

    Proceedings of the Fourth Canadian Conference on Health Economics

    Edited by Raisa Deber, Gail Thompson ...
    Series series Heritage
    Is the Canadian health care system becoming a victim of its own success? It has done what it set out to do – provide universal access to all medically necessary health services without financial barriers to patients – but expanding technology, an aging population, and escalating costs strain its ability to continue. It is time to explore ways to reorient and restructure the health care system and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • It's All in Your Head

    The Link Between Mercury, Amalgams, and Illness

    Mercury is one of the world’s most poisonous substances, and yet dentists routinely use it in amalgams to fill our teeth. Forty years ago, Dr. Hal Huggins questioned this practice, and now legions of dentists, researchers, and citizens are adding their voices of concern.It’s All in Your Head looks at past research on mercury toxicity and dental amalgams as well as current scientific findings that ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • AIDS Care at Home

    A Guide for Caregivers, Loved Ones, and People with AIDS

    by Judith Greif ...
    An indispensable guide to every aspect of at-home care This thoroughly practical guide details the daily routines and unique concerns that are essential to quality at-home care of people with AIDS. From setting up a safe and comfortable environment to making medical and legal choices and solving emotional problems, each vital issue is covered in depth. Every caregiver and person with AIDS will ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Colon Health

    by Norman Walker ...
    Explains how to take proper care of the colon to prevent numerous ailments. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Health Against Wealth

    by George Anders ...
    The HMO system is supposed to stop greedy doctors and hospitals from viewing patients as sources of profit. But Health Against Wealth reveals that when you are confronting a medical emergency, the HMO system's cost-saving rules can jeopardize your life. This book, said the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is a "chilling portrait of the many ways in which HMOs can be hazardous to your health." ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive

    A Guide to Patient Power

    Dr. Sheldon Blau almost died after undergoing open-heart surgery—not from the surgery or heart disease, but from infectious bacteria introduced during surgery. His in-hospital experiences made him a better doctor, and inspired him to write How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive. The book describes the role of each member of the medical team, shows patients how to become active, effective members of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Second Sickness

    Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care

    Since the appearance of Waitzkin's The Second Sickness, a landmark book of the 1980s, American medicine has been dramatically transformed. Waitzkin's earlier edition used qualitative research to take readers inside the “black box” of medical decisionmaking. This new, fully updated and expanded edition retains the earlier edition's vivid approach and adds timely analysis of how managed care and ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Quinine and Quarantine

    Missouri Medicine through the Years

    Series Book 1 - Missouri Heritage Readers
    Presenting a fascinating overview of medicine in Missouri from the early days of epidemics to present-day technological advances, Quinine and Quarantine approaches the history of medicine as an integral part of the state's development.Examining the changing environmental risks and diseases that threatened Missouri over the years and the role of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers as prime routes ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Handbook of Health Economics

    Edited by J.P. Newhouse, A J. Culyer ...
    The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics. As a relatively recent subdiscipline of economics, health economics has been remarkably successful. It has made or stimulated numerous contributions to various areas of the main discipline: the theory of human capital; the economics of insurance; principal-agent theory; asymmetric ... Read more

    $157.99 USD

  • Get Rid of the Blues

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Varicose and Spider Veins but Didn't Know Who to Ask

    by Mary Johnson ...
    Eighty million Americans suffer from venous problems. The bad news is that vein disease is progressive, so even if it is mild and simply unattractive, it could progress to severe. The good news is that treatment is available and preventative measures may help stop the progression.As a nurse educator, writer and consultant, Mary T. Johnson, R.N. is an advocate for those who suffer from this ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Mindbody Prescription

    Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

    The New York Times bestselling guide to a healthy and pain-free life.Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause. In this acclaimed volume, Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions-including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises-are ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Guess What Came to Dinner?

    Parasites and Your Health

    Are you having difficulty shaking an illness? Have you been feeling chronically tired and listless? Do you have a health problem your doctor can’t identify? The cause may be parasites in your body. If you think that parasitic diseases happen only to people in Third World Countries, think again. The rate of parasite-related disorders in North American is skyrocketing.In this completely revised and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • Age through Ethnic Lenses

    Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society

    Edited by Laura Katz Olson ...
    An ever-more diverse America is getting older, but American policies are not growing with the needs of our ethnic and aging society. Age Through Ethnic Lenses explores the distinct characteristics and unique social, political, economic, and cultural situations of America's aged, while highlighting the common needs and objectives among all aging Americans. With portraits of Asians, Latinos, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare

    A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications

    This ground-breaking book addresses the critical, growing need among health care administrators and practitioners to measure the effectiveness of quality improvement efforts. Written by respected healthcare quality professionals, Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare covers practical applications of the tools and techniques of statistical process control (SPC), including control charts, in ... Read more

    $54.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Survive a Stay in the Hospital Without Getting Killed

    How to Survive a Stay in the Hospital Without Getting Killed is an easy-to-understand hospital-survival guide. This handbook explains what kinds of mistakes can and do happen in the hospital and how to prevent them from happening to you. It contains inside information and secrets as told by a nurse who has worked in various hospitals and healthcare facilities in different nursing departments, in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Positive Options for Living with Your Ostomy

    Self-Help and Treatment

    Series series Positive Options for Health
    An ostomy is an opening on the abdomen created by a surgeon to allow waste material to be expelled. The operation is performed as a lifesaving measure when the body's normal system for expelling waste no longer functions. With practical guidelines and emotional support for ostomy patients and their families, this book addresses all aspects of postoperative care as well as such sensitive issues as ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender and the Social Construction of Illness

    Series series Gender Lens
    Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition 'a rich and imaginative work.' In the extensively revised second edition of this successful text, the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Individual Decisions for Health

    Edited by Bjorn Lindgren ...
    Although economics is a relative newcomer to research into the determinants of good health, its significance should not be under-estimated. This book poses the important question of whether economic theory can be developed to explain why people engage in activities that are obviously a danger to their long-term health.In looking first at the indivi ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Long-Term Care Planning

    The basic motivators will drive people to want to learn more about this topic—fear, money, and insecurity. Consumers fear losing their life savings to LTC costs. Yet, they hesitate to buy insurance with an annual premium of $1,800 without knowing what it covers.In October of 2002 (one month after this book's release), the federal government will be rolling out a payroll deduction plan whereby all ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Planning, Markets and Hospitals

    by John Mohan ...
    Improving access to hospital services has been a goal of public policy in Britain for over seventy years, but the means by which this goal is to be attained have changed significantly over time. Drawing substantially on original research,lanning, Markets and Hospitals represents a systematic attempt to access the strengths and weaknesses of different forms of planning and coordination of hospital ... Read more

    $84.99 USD