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Participation in Health and Welfare Services
Professional Concepts and Lived Experience
Av Arne H. Eide, Staffan Josephsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
758 kr
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Today, healthy ageing and active, meaningful lives are core values and aims for international and national health policies. Health services are challenged to ensure that the recipients of their services are active participants in their own care and beyond. Participation allows patients to become …
Peer Research in Health and Social Development
International Perspectives on Participatory Research
Av Stephen Bell, Peter Aggleton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2592 kr
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Peer research is increasingly used in international academic, policy and practice environments. It engages members of a group or social network as trusted members of a research team working in communities and settings they are familiar with. Critics, however, point to methodological concerns with …
Governance Ethics in Healthcare Organizations
Av Gerard Magill, Lawrence Prybil
Inbunden, 2020
2582 kr
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Drawing on the findings of a series of empirical studies undertaken with boards of directors and CEOs in the United States, this groundbreaking book develops a new paradigm to provide a structured analysis of ethical healthcare governance.Governance Ethics in Healthcare Organizations begins by …
Ethics of Care
Moral Knowledge, Communication, and the Art of Caregiving
Häftad, 2019
690 kr
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Beginning with a focus on the ethical foundations of caregiving in health and expanding towards problems of ethics and justice implicated in a range of issues, this book develops and expands the notion of care itself and its connection to practice.Organised around the themes of culture as a …
Diverse Perspectives on Aging in a Changing World
Häftad, 2020
666 kr
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Focusing on under-researched aspects of social, economic and political change, this volume offers fresh insights into aging, older people and their families. It combines an international and interdisciplinary approach. Chapters explore the contexts in which family roles, institutional practices, …
National Health Services of Western Europe
Challenges, Reforms and Future Perspectives
Inbunden, 2023
2592 kr
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This book draws on research within neo-Weberian and neo-institutionalist perspectives to critically analyse National Health Services (NHSs) in Western Europe. Exploring the challenges posed by neo-liberal policies, it also looks at the impact of the role of the state, the medical profession, the …
Peer Research in Health and Social Development
International Perspectives on Participatory Research
Av Stephen Bell, Peter Aggleton m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
713 kr
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Peer research is increasingly used in international academic, policy and practice environments. It engages members of a group or social network as trusted members of a research team working in communities and settings they are familiar with. Critics, however, point to methodological concerns with …
Globalization and the Health of Indigenous Peoples
From Colonization to Self-Rule
Av Ahsan Ullah
Häftad, 2019
668 kr
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In 70 countries worldwide, there is an estimated 370 million indigenous peoples, and their rich diversity of cultures, religions, traditions, languages and histories has been significant source of our scholarships. However, the health status of this population group is far below than that of …
Children with Gender Identity Disorder
A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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How should we understand transgenderism, especially as it affects children and adolescents? Psychiatric manuals include transgenderism among mental illnesses (Gender Identity Disorder). Such inclusion is relatively recent, and even the words transsexual and transgender were coined only a few …
Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'
Governing Bodies
Av Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood
Häftad, 2012
927 kr
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Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different …
Researching Trust and Health
Av Julie Brownlie, Alexandra Greene m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
927 kr
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There is currently a lively debate ongoing in society about the nature of trust and the conditions necessary to establish and sustain it. Given the role of trust in bridging uncertainty, it is perhaps not surprising that as our consciousness of risk has increased, the role and nature of trust in …
Transformation of Contemporary Health Care
The Market, the Laboratory, and the Forum
Häftad, 2014
836 kr
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The past three decades have seen enormous changes in the organisation of health care. This book explores the role of knowledge production and technology on these transformations, focusing on the market (attempts to embed principles of economic rationality and efficient use of resources in the …
Globalization and Health
Pathways, Evidence and Policy
Av Ronald Labonté, Ted Schrecker m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
927 kr
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Contemporary globalization has had tremendous impact on health equity across the globe. However, no volume has systematically analyzed the relationship between globalization and global trends in health outcomes. This book consolidates and updates the findings of a global research project undertaken …
Gender Equity in Health
The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action
Häftad, 2012
900 kr
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This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and political science, who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest …
Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing
Social Justice as Praxis
Av Paula N. Kagan, Marlaine C. Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2842 kr
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*** Awarded First Place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in two categories - "History and Public Policy" and "Professional Issues" ***This anthology presents the philosophical and practice perspectives of nurse scholars whose works center on promoting nursing research, practice, and education …
Transnational Social Support
Av Adrienne Chambon, Wolfgang Schröer m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
900 kr
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In the context of ever-increasing globalization, transnational systems of support have emerged in response to the needs of transnational families, labour forces, and the communities within which they are located. This volume will be the first to systematically address transnational support research …
Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing
Social Justice as Praxis
Av Paula N. Kagan, Marlaine C. Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
927 kr
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*** Awarded First Place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in two categories - "History and Public Policy" and "Professional Issues" ***This anthology presents the philosophical and practice perspectives of nurse scholars whose works center on promoting nursing research, practice, and education …
Gender Equity in Health
The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action
Inbunden, 2009
2759 kr
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This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and political science, who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest …
Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People
Av Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
900 kr
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Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection …
Transformation of Contemporary Health Care
The Market, the Laboratory, and the Forum
Inbunden, 2012
2842 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The past three decades have seen enormous changes in the organisation of health care. This book explores the role of knowledge production and technology on these transformations, focusing on the market (attempts to embed principles of economic rationality and efficient use of resources in the …
Transnational Social Support
Av Adrienne Chambon, Wolfgang Schröer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2525 kr
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In the context of ever-increasing globalization, transnational systems of support have emerged in response to the needs of transnational families, labour forces, and the communities within which they are located. This volume will be the first to systematically address transnational support research …
Social Housing in Transition Countries
Av József Hegedüs, Martin Lux m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2759 kr
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This volume intends to fill the gap in the range of publications about the post-transition social housing policy developments in Central and Eastern Europe by delivering critical evaluations about the past two decades of developments in selected countries’ social housing sectors, and showing what …
Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People
Av Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
3082 kr
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Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection …
Health, Illness and Culture
Broken Narratives
Av Lars-Christer Hydén, Jens Brockmeier
Häftad, 2011
768 kr
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This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or …
Bombay--London--New York
Inbunden, 2002
815 kr
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First published in 2003.When Amitava Kumar left Patna, India, he envisioned himself as an up-and-coming citizen of the world, leaving behind the confines of Indian traditions. Yet like the wave of exiles that preceded him, he found that once we leave our past, we are defined by it: in the U.S. he …
Bombay--London--New York
Häftad, 2002
303 kr
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First published in 2003.When Amitava Kumar left Patna, India, he envisioned himself as an up-and-coming citizen of the world, leaving behind the confines of Indian traditions. Yet like the wave of exiles that preceded him, he found that once we leave our past, we are defined by it: in the U.S. he …
Researching Trust and Health
Av Julie Brownlie, Alexandra Greene m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2600 kr
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There is currently a lively debate ongoing in society about the nature of trust and the conditions necessary to establish and sustain it. Given the role of trust in bridging uncertainty, it is perhaps not surprising that as our consciousness of risk has increased, the role and nature of trust in …
Health, Illness and Culture
Broken Narratives
Av Lars-Christer Hydén, Jens Brockmeier
Inbunden, 2008
2842 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or …
Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'
Governing Bodies
Av Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood
Inbunden, 2008
2842 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different …
Globalization and Health
Pathways, Evidence and Policy
Av Ronald Labonté, Ted Schrecker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Contemporary globalization has had tremendous impact on health equity across the globe. However, no volume has systematically analyzed the relationship between globalization and global trends in health outcomes. This book consolidates and updates the findings of a global research project undertaken …
