×


 x 

Shopping cart

Health systems & services

Results 1 - 20 of 784

Health systems & services

Hardback. This volume will examine deinstitutionalization's legacies approximately 50 years after reintegration began. It will highlight pressing issues around mental health treatment, social and health policy, and the lived experiences of those coping with mental illness that were or continue to be significantly influenced by deinstitutionalization reforms. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785604034
ISBN
9781785604034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.24

Paperback. This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that can be provided by an integrated multi-disciplinary team. Series Editor(s): Tomlinson, Patrick. Series: Delivering Recovery. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843103301
ISBN
9781843103301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804787000
ISBN
9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. This is the comprehensive guide to delivering personalisation in health and social care using person centred approaches. It covers what personalisation and person centred approaches are, the different elements involved, and how to carry it out with all those receiving care and support, from people with disabilities to people at the end of life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849051941
ISBN
9781849051941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.27

Hardback. In some countries, they call them the 'abandonados', the abandoned ones. They're the mentally ill and mentally disabled patients being warehoused in psychiatric asylums that are more run-down, more uncaring than the most brutal American prisons. This work contains images that reveal the inhumane treatment suffered by the mentally disabled. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 152 pages, 71 duotones, 1 DVD. BIC Classification: AJCR; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292719101
ISBN
9780292719101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.01

Hardcover. Part of the "Research in the Sociology of Health Care" series, this title deals with both macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving access to care, factors that impact access, patients as partners in care and changing roles of health providers. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 331 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857247155
ISBN
9780857247155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.08

Hardcover. Medical practices are increasingly subject to marketplace valuations, yet the process is fraught with pitfalls for those who don't understand the specific issues involved. Num Pages: 358 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KFC; KJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471370093
ISBN
9780471370093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.50

Paperback. Fully revised and expanded, the third edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics maintains a balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor to provide students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194662
ISBN
9781405194662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. This innovative text focuses on a key aspect of community mental health care -- Intensive Home Treatment (IHT). It examines the issues surrounding the provision of home treatment to individuals as an alternative to psychiatric admission. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861561893
ISBN
9781861561893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.49

Paperback. Advance directive (AD) is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent, or making informed choices about treatment, in the future. This book advises users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all legal and medical aspects of AD. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSM; LNTM1; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104834
ISBN
9781843104834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.53

hardcover. A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society s 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014. Editor(s): Narayan, Roger; Colombo, Paolo. Series: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBPC; TCB; TDCQ; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781119040385
ISBN
9781119040385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.96

Hardcover. A series of essays to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of HERU, the Health Economics Research Unit, one of the leading health economic institutes in the UK. Editor(s): Scott, Anthony; Maynard, Alan; Elliott, Robert. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KN; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470848838
ISBN
9780470848838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.72

Paperback. Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action examines the critical role both basic literacy and health literacy play in public health. The book develops an elaborated model of health literacy addressing the roles of fundamental, civic, science and cultural literacy. Series: J-B Public Health/Health Services Text. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787984335
ISBN
9780787984335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.99

Paperback. This text discusses and evaluates the two main approaches to advocacy: empowering the patients with information; and endorsing their needs by speaking out on their behalf. It aims to offer a research-based model which practitioners can use in their study or in everyday practice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3. BIC Classification: MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632049776
ISBN
9780632049776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.36

Hardback. Managing Change An in depth treatment of organizational change in hospitals. After Restructuring provides a mother--lode of insights and lessons that will be mined for years. A must read for all those committed to improving hospital performance in a radically changing health care system. ----Stephen M. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787940294
ISBN
9780787940294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.59

Hardback. Zoe H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center-whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury-struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359715
ISBN
9780822359715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.51

Paperback. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795934
ISBN
9780814795934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. The ageing of the population has enormous policy implications for health care. This important new textbook, written by a leader in the field, covers key questions such as the fitness of older people in the future, the widening inequalities in the health of older people and how health in old age reflects habits and behaviour in earlier life. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG; MBP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420879
ISBN
9781847420879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.35

Hardback. Revised and updated translation of: Le sida dans le monde: entre science et politique / Peter Piot. Paris: Odile Jacob, c2011. Translator(s): Garey, Laurence. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 figures. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166263
ISBN
9780231166263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation. The author offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226108834
ISBN
9780226108834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.05

Page 1 of 40

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!