The New Arthritis Breakthrough presents a groundbreaking medical therapy that has undergone rigorous clinical testing, demonstrating its unique ability to bring about long-term improvement and remission for a range of inflammatory arthritis conditions such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Lupus, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), Fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, Spondyloarthropathy, and other related ailments. This innovative approach offers hope and relief...

Today, this very day, 5,500 Africans will die of AIDS. If this isn't emergency, what is? The aWAKE Project, Second Edition is an updated collection of stories and essays geared toward educating and mobilizing Americans to help with the AIDS crisis in Africa. Action is needed for a continent on which five people die every minute from the deadly AIDS virus. aWAKE stands for: AIDS-Working toward Awareness, Knowledge and Engagement. Compiled of articles...

El debate sobre el modelo sanitario en tiempos de crisis es urgente. Las propuestas son múltiples y se hace necesario pensar detenidamente y con hondura. Pero lo importante es partir de la realidad. España tiene un buen sistema de salud. No podemos olvidar en medio de las sombras nuestros puntos más positivos. Tenemos unos buenos indicadores de salud, un bajo gasto sanitario público (7%), un elevado nivel de equidad, un alto nivel de legitimación...

Dr. Terrence Loftus is President of Loftus Health, a healthcare consulting company committed to educating and coaching the next generation of healthcare leaders on how to improve the delivery of healthcare. His new book, The Clinical Practice Program: A How-to-Guide for Physician Leaders on Starting Up a Successful Program, builds on the concept of the Seven Pillars. The Seven Pillars refers to the observation that successful programs are supported...

If you believe that America has the greatest health care system in the world then this book is probably not for you. The truth is that our health care system is riddled with deeply rooted flaws. It is certainly not the product of intelligent design. Too often it has put profits ahead of good science and cost-effectiveness. Unfortunately, the system is highly resistant to change because of all the powerful players who have a vested interest in the...

This timely comparative study assesses the role of medical doctors in reforming publicly funded health services in England and Canada. Respected authors from health and legal backgrounds on both sides of the Atlantic consider how the high status of the profession uniquely influences reforms. With summaries of developments in models of care, and the participation of doctors since the inception of publicly funded healthcare systems, they ask whether...

The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives, but many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public concerning which exposures have important effects on health and which are likely to have minimal or no effect. Kabat approaches...

To devote oneself to the study of beauty is to offer footnotes to the universe for all the places and all the moments that one observes beauty. I can no longer grab beauty by her wrists and demand articulation or meaning. I can only take account of where things touch. Part lyric essay, part prose poetry, Where Things Touch grapples with the manifold meanings and possibilities of beauty. Drawing on her experiences as a physician-in-training, Orang...

Along the Continuum of Care creates a mind shift for the case manager in the new paradigm to be effective agents of change and resource connectors. The urgent need to improve health outcomes is resulting in moment-to-moment changes in the world of case management. Along the Continuum of Care focus on helping health care professionals meet the new challenges with Health Care Reform. Case Managers must educate the senior leadership team about the financial...

Working in teams sounds simple but the reality is often more difficult within complex health and social care systems. This revised edition of this essential book brings together cutting edge thinking about teamworking, and considers how this can be turned into practice within the context of interagency settings. It introduces a range of theories, models, and research to demonstrate the benefits – and pitfalls – inherent in teamworking in collaborative...