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This introduction to ancient medical systems asks how the experience of illness and the role of medicine were understood in the Greek and Roman worlds. Covering topics such as the development of anatomical knowledge, the book focuses on the place of medicine within changing types of societies.

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It is estimated that there are 60,000 excess Black American deaths annually compared with White Americans.

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Healing American Healthcare presents an undeniable case for universal healthcare in the United States. The authors' research, combined with their experience in the United States healthcare system, has given them the expertise to suggest that as a nation we can provide care for all, while reducing our overall cost of care by $1 trillion per year.

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Shows us the physical, emotional, social, economic, and legal effects of what the author calls "headless health care." This work illustrates with patient stories the profound impact psychological and behavioral disorders have on physical health and, conversely, the impact that medical illness has on mental health.

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Written directly to individuals who have experienced childhood trauma, this book provides essential information that allows victims to begin recovering from their immense pain and suffering, and empowers them to examine their specific issues in order to become a true survivor.

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A medical and social history of English spas and hydropathic centres from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries -- .

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Key sections include a historical overview of health education, a discussion of the design and use of health programs, a sample of outstanding programs, and an analysis of the research and evaluation methods employed.

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In this groundbreaking book, experts show what a difference support systems-family, friends, community and social programs-can make towards the recovery of the millions of people who suffer a traumatic brain injury each year.

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Medicine in the 19th century may strike us as primitive by today's standards, but widespread social change of the era brought about new ideas and practices in health and healing-all described in this engaging book.

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Examining a 300-year period that encompasses the Scientific Revolution, this engrossing book offers a fresh and clearly organized discussion of the human experience of health, medicine, and health care, from the Age of Discovery to the era of the French Revolution.

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In today's chaotic health reform environment, it is especially important for non-financial health care managers to have a practical guide to the tools and concepts they need to manage their human, supply, and equipment resources.

Today's health care managers, frequently, were yesterday's technicians, physicians, and nurses.

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In today's chaotic health reform environment, it is especially important for non-financial health care managers to have a practical guide to the tools and concepts they need to manage their human, supply, and equipment resources.

Today's health care managers, frequently, were yesterday's technicians, physicians, and nurses.

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This book offers a systematic review of major issues and trends in health care policy, including those related to physical health and disease trends, mental and behavioral health concerns, reorganizing the U.S. health system, and managed care and health care personnel.

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This book offers a systematic review of major issues and trends in health care policy, including those related to physical health and disease trends, mental and behavioral health concerns, reorganizing the U.S. health system, and managed care and health care personnel.

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This book exposes and examines how Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance plans combined with widespread business practices and fraud create inequity-the root cause of our dysfunctional health care system, and the reason for the rising cost of health care for all Americans.

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Health care reforms around the worldfrom Europe and North America to Africa, Latin America and Asiaseem to all be market-oriented reforms driven by international business interests and right wing political parties.

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Competitive health care markets are unable to produce the health status goals Americans have set for themselves.

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Presenting a brief analysis of health care systems in industrialized nations, the author includes the history, current realities, financing and delivery of services, as well as the impact of the systems on the core sociological variablesage, sex, social class, and race and ethnicity.

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The accessibility of health information on the Internet has revolutionized access to clinical information for health practitioners and patients.

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The accessibility of health information on the Internet has revolutionized access to clinical information for health practitioners and patients.

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Discusses the role of nutrition in alleviating or preventing illnesses and lists more than eight thousand brand and basic foods, covering calories, protein, fat, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.

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