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This book explores the emergence of epilepsy as a purely neurological disorder, in the second half of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the world’s first neurological hospital, the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic in London, and on its leading...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-06-19
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It is generally accepted that information and communication technology has the potential to support high quality, high-tech medicine, but up to now healthcare has lagged behind other sectors, such as service industries, in the implementation of such technology. Medicine...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-06-15
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Die Personalisierte Medizin (auch Individualisierte Medizin) eröffnet neue Perspektiven für Prädiktion, Diagnostik, Therapie und Medikamentenentwicklung.Die Auswahl von Medikation und Dosierung in Abhängigkeit individueller Besonderheiten durch den Nachweis von...
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Springer
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2014-05-16
Collection :
MedR Schriftenreihe Medizinrecht
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Why is governance of addiction so difficult? What can we learn from recent experiences and efforts in Europe? Governance of Addictions analyses the multidisciplinary research which has been used as a framework for understanding how governments formulate and implement...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-05-15
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Why is governance of addiction so difficult? What can we learn from recent experiences and efforts in Europe? Governance of Addictions analyses the multidisciplinary research which has been used as a framework for understanding how governments formulate and implement...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-05-15
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Universal Design, Design for All and Inclusive Design are all aimed at dismantling physical and social barriers to inclusion in all areas of life. Engagement in universal design is on the increase worldwide as practitioners and researchers explore creative and desirable...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2014-05-15
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This book is dedicated to the occurrence and behaviour of PHEs in the different compartments of the environment, with special reference to soil. Current studies of PHEs in ecosystems have indicated that many industrial areas near urban agglomerates, abandoned or active...
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Springer
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2014-05-14
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Natural disasters traumatize individuals, disrupt families, and destabilize communities.Surviving these harrowing events calls for courage, tenacity, and resilience. Professional planning requires specific types of knowledge of how people meet and cope with extreme...
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Springer
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2014-05-03
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Implement change that fosters sustainable growth and better patient care Health care projects depend on astute management of change. But more than anything else, they depend on leaders who pay attention, who understand the importance of starting right, and who know how...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-04-30
Collection :
Jossey-Bass Public Health
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The Environment and Health Atlas for England and Wales is an authoritative collection of over 80 full colour maps showing geographic patterns of common environmental exposures and diseases of public health importance, along with interpretive text, which gives an...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-04-24
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This book brings a fresh perspective on the emerging field of international food law with the first detailed analysis of the process and implications of domestic compliance with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement. It...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-03-20
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A hands-on resource filled with interactive activities to engage students' thinking and skill development This book contains ready-to-use lesson plans referencing both the National Sexuality Education Standards and the National Health Education Standards, and is...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-03-14
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Amid the ongoing changes in how health care is administered and financed, prevention-oriented care is a critical and cost-effective method for improving population health through primary care. As the key figure in promoting patients' health and prevention of disease,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-03-03
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Environmental public health is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the direct and indirect impact of exposure to environmental hazards on the public's health and wellbeing. Assessing and addressing the risks of chemical, ionising and non-ionising radiation,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-30
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Environmental public health is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the direct and indirect impact of exposure to environmental hazards on the public's health and wellbeing. Assessing and addressing the risks of chemical, ionising and non-ionising radiation,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-30
ePub
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Decisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a greater impact on today's health than the decisions of scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence of corporations has grown, governments around the world...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-01-21
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The globalization of trade and increasing international travel and migration poses huge challenges for health practitioners and policy makers who have to meet legal and policy obligations to provide health care of equal quality and effectiveness for all.
Migration,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-12-19
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Despite international and national guarantees of equal rights, there remains a great deal to be done to achieve global employment equality for individuals with disabilities. In OECD countries, the employment rate of persons with disabilities was just over 40%, compared...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-12-13
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In today’s challenging health care environment, health care organizations are faced with improving patient outcomes, redesigning business processes, and executing quality and risk management initiatives. Health Care Quality Management offers an introduction to the field...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-12-12
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This revised edition covers all aspects of public health informatics and discusses the creation and management of an information technology infrastructure that is essential in linking state and local organizations in their efforts to gather data for the surveillance and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-11-29
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