"Sustainable healthcare sets out a vision for medical care of high quality, manageable cost and low impact on the planetary systems which sustain us. In tackling the major challenges of our age, such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and climate change, health services…
Containing case studies and resources for further information and action, this book is a practical guide to making healthcare more sustainable for healthcare professionals, managers, and students.
The first edition of Recovery of Schizophrenia was acclaimed on publication as a work of major importance. It demonstrated convincingly, but controversially, how political, economic and labour market forces shape social responses to the mentally ill, mould psychiatric treatment …
Global health is an area for study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global mental health is the application of these principles to the domain of mental ill-health. The most striking inequit…
Global health is an area for study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global mental health is the application of these principles to the domain of mental ill-health. The most striking inequit…
Suitable for a nursing and midwifery audience, this book outlines and explores professional roles and responsibilities in the context of inter-agency working. It also includes case examples and points for reflection and provides an analysis of children's rights and child protect…
Suitable for a nursing and midwifery audience, this book outlines and explores professional roles and responsibilities in the context of inter-agency working. It also includes case examples and points for reflection and provides an analysis of children's rights and child protect…
This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathemat…
This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathemat…
This book is the proceedings of the International Conference on Water Contamination Emergencies: Monitoring, Understanding, Acting held in October 2010. The fourth in a series of conference proceedings this book develops themes from three previous, highly successful Water Contam…
Adolescence is one of the most turbulent yet exciting phases in life. Increased autonomy brings with it new health risks ranging from drugs and sexually transmitted disease, to eating disorders and suicidal depression. Even though todays teenagers are more concerned with and edu…
This book examines the various chemical and physical antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization methods used for infection prevention and contamination control.
This comprehensive, carefully edited book, featuring contributions from world leaders in the development and application of these technologies, is the first to present stable isotope probing (SIP) and its related technologies in a single volume. It is recommended not only for st…
by Donnelly, J., NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Developing Strategies to Deal with Post-Conflict Trauma in Children, Kovacova, A., Osofsky, H., NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Developing Strategies to Deal with Post-Conflict Trauma in Children
fromNATO security through science series. Developing strategies…
Strategies which mothers, fathers, teachers, or any concerned member of the community can be trained to undertake in order to complement the work of mental-health professionals. This publication focuses on preventing trauma and dealing with its consequences in children and adole…
The sixth edition of this international bestselling emergency medicine handbook has been completely redesigned, revised and expanded to include the very latest evidence-based guidelines for interns, SHOs and junior doctors who are new to the emergency care setting. The text foll…
