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A study of medical care pricing and its social, political, and economic consequences.

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In this enlightening (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Volandes offers a solution to traumatic end-of-life care: talking, medicine's oldest tool.

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A top expert on decision-making explains why it's so hard to make good choices-and what you and your doctor can do to make better ones

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In time for the 2008 US presidential elections and following on the heels of Michael Moore's Sicko, 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care offers powerful ammunition in favour of a fundamental change to American health care

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This report highlights changes in general practice activity in Australia over the most recent decade (April 2001 to March 2011) of the BEACH program, a national cross-sectional study of general practice activity. Over this time 9801 participating GPs provided details of 981,000 GP-patient encounters.

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A travelling exhibition celebrating a national institution and colourful part of Australian life. Captures the events, personalities and the innovations that have made surf lifesaving in Australia the vibrant movement it is today.

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This is an account of the changing provision for the insane in north Wales from the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the millennium. It sets the history of insanity in the area against a background of social and cultural issues.

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An absorbing look at the role of disease and health policy in the construction of race, gender, and class and in urban development in nineteenth- and twentieth-century San Francisco.

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Clinical data mining in an allied health organisation: a real world experience shows how data-mining methodology can be used to promote quality management and research in the work of allied health professions. Australian authors.

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As costs continue to spiral upward and concerns about quality of care escalate, the debate has focused on how to finance health care. Why have costs risen in the first place And how can we improve the quality and affordability of care This book argues that these fundamental questions must be answered.

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Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you're looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of "Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors."

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The cleaner's cupboard at the old Moe Hospital is the now-legendary birth place of what has become the Monash University School of Rural Health. This is the history of the formation of Australia's first multidisciplinary rural health academic unit in 1992 and its evolution into a school.

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This book offers an introduction to many aspects of health and society in 20th century Wales, ranging from public health, to personal life-styles and household budgets, birth control and the incidence of deaths from childbirth.

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Focuses on how to resolve conflict peacefully. This title applies the tenets of Non-violent Communication to a variety of settings, including the workplace, the classroom, and the home. It features illustrative exercises, sample stories, and role-playing activities that offer the opportunity for self-evaluation, discovery, and application.

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Kid ni Not is intended for readers with failing kidneys. It describes the kidneys' functions, symptoms of kidney failure, and life saving choices of dialysis. Dialysis procedures are described, as are lists of ethnic foods with their food values of sodium, phosphorus, potassium, and protein, confirming to dietary restriction..

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