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Emergency Medical Services

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309101743
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Emergency Medical Services written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical component of our nation's emergency and trauma care system, providing response and medical transport to millions of sick and injured Americans each year. At its best, EMS is a crucial link to survival in the chain of care, but within the last several years, complex problems facing the emergency care system have emerged. Press coverage has highlighted instances of slow EMS response times, ambulance diversions, trauma center closures, and ground and air medical crashes. This heightened public awareness of problems that have been building over time has underscored the need for a review of the U.S. emergency care system. Emergency Medical Services provides the first comprehensive study on this topic. This new book examines the operational structure of EMS by presenting an in-depth analysis of the current organization, delivery, and financing of these types of services and systems. By addressing its strengths, limitations, and future challenges this book draws upon a range of concerns: • The evolving role of EMS as an integral component of the overall health care system. • EMS system planning, preparedness, and coordination at the federal, state, and local levels. • EMS funding and infrastructure investments. • EMS workforce trends and professional education. • EMS research priorities and funding. Emergency Medical Services is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.

Medicine at the Crossroads

Author : Melvin Konner
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Medicine at the Crossroads written by Melvin Konner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1994 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As America at last begins to confront its health-care crisis, this insightful book by the acclaimed author of Becoming a Doctor offers a new look at our medical system. Drawing on case studies from around the world, Dr. Konner shows how foreign practitioners have found effective solutions to problems that still trouble their American counterparts.

Public Health at the Crossroads

Author : Robert Beaglehole
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521540476
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Public Health at the Crossroads written by Robert Beaglehole and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviewing epidemiological and demographic trends internationally, this book provides an overview of major health trends, summarises the current state of the world's health, and reviews recent estimates of the global burden of disease.

Medicine at the Crossroads

Author : Michael Attas
Publisher : Stellar Communications
ISBN 13 : 9781944952228
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Medicine at the Crossroads written by Michael Attas and published by Stellar Communications. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine at the Crossroads is a collection of essays based a column originally published in the Waco-Tribune Herald by renowned cardiologist Dr. Michael Attas of Baylor University. It touches on three perspectives - the physician, the patient, and the healthcare system - and addresses some of the most pressing questions in medicine today.

Dental Education at the Crossroads

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309176395
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dental Education at the Crossroads written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-01-12 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

Medicine at the Crossroads

Author : B. M. Bernheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Medicine at the Crossroads written by B. M. Bernheim and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads with Healthcare Reform

Author : Richard Allen Williams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 144197136X
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads with Healthcare Reform by : Richard Allen Williams

Download or read book Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads with Healthcare Reform written by Richard Allen Williams and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the success of Dr. Williams's widely influential book Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report, this new volume takes a fresh and timely look at the state of healthcare reform and the progress and problems we face in the pursuit of healthcare equality. This book focuses on how the elimination of disparities can be accomplished through targeted efforts made within the context of reform. Comprising the combined efforts of the nation's best health policy analysts, researchers, key opinion leaders and clinicians, this book addresses both current and impending legislation and future movements in healthcare. With the knowledge that the problem of disparities extends beyond the present political arena into the larger scope of all aspects of healthcare delivery, the authors provide critical analysis of the causation of disparities, insightful examples of what has worked, and a striking call to action with implementable strategies for advancing equality.

Adopting New Medical Technology

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309050359
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Adopting New Medical Technology written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What information and decision-making processes determine how and whether an experimental medical technology becomes accepted and used? Adopting New Medical Technology reviews the strengths and weaknesses of present coverage and adoption practices, highlights opportunities for improving both the decision-making processes and the underlying information base, and considers approaches to instituting a much-needed increase in financial support for evaluative research. Essays explore the nature of technological change; the use of technology assessment in decisions by health care providers and federal, for-profit, and not-for-profit payers; the role of the courts in determining benefits coverage; strengthening the connections between evaluative research and coverage decision-making; manufacturers' responses to the increased demand for outcomes research; and the implications of health care reform for technology policy.

Energy at the Crossroads

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026230368X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Energy at the Crossroads written by Vaclav Smil and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An objective, comprehensive, and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy. In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century's crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide to today's complex energy issues—how to think clearly and logically about what is possible and what is desirable in our energy future. After a century of unprecedented production growth, technical innovation, and expanded consumption, the world faces a number of critical energy challenges arising from unequal resource distribution, changing demand patterns, and environmental limitations. The fundamental message of Energy at the Crossroads is that our dependence on fossil fuels must be reduced not because of any imminent resource shortages but because the widespread burning of oil, coal, and natural gas damages the biosphere and presents increasing economic and security problems as the world relies on more expensive supplies and Middle Eastern crude oil. Smil begins with an overview of the twentieth century's long-term trends and achievements in energy production. He then discusses energy prices, the real cost of energy, and "energy linkages"—the effect energy issues have on the economy, on quality of life, on the environment, and in wartime. He discusses the pitfalls of forecasting, giving many examples of failed predictions and showing that unexpected events can disprove complex models. And he examines the pros and cons not only of fossil fuels but also of alternative fuels such as hydroenergy, biomass energy, wind power, and solar power. Finally, he considers the future, focusing on what really matters, what works, what is realistic, and which outcomes are most desirable.

Medicine at the Crossroads

Author : Bertram M. Bernheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medicine at the Crossroads written by Bertram M. Bernheim and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Medicine at the Crossroads

Author : Cordell E. Logan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781418400293
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Medicine at the Crossroads written by Cordell E. Logan and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine at the Crossroads represents a landmark in integrating the history of medicine into a cohesive structure for integrative medicine. It encompasses the earliest recordings of medicine, the significance of American medicine, the many new "diseases," and the correlation of all this with agriculture. This new book is the second edition of a decade of research to bring an integrated picture of what medicine is about. It covers the politics of medicine, the colorful personalities of frontier medicine, and how we stumbled into corporate medicine. This broad view is necessary to see where we are now and where we need to go. We need to heal ourselves as well as agriculture. In several places the book is rather technical. No apologies are made because only an informed public can make right decisions. The book makes an ideal reference for all medical students or for those considering medicine, no matter what path is chosen. It is a book for any person who wishes to become informed and is willing to be open-minded. Having a broad base of knowledge will equip a person to make intelligent decisions as new things and ideas come about. This book is not a standard "how to" cookbook because Dr. Logan wishes the readers to think for themselves. That is the tool we all need.

Medicine at the Crossroads

Author : Kennan Elkman Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980569704
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Medicine at the Crossroads written by Kennan Elkman Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Taylor's autopsy findings of Allopathic Medicine (not for the faint-hearted) has squarely laid the blame on avarice and ignorance. However the other entities of healing are alive and well, mutating and evolving. If we can acknowledge the old (and proven) and integrate them wisely, humanity's future will be well served. Crossroads lays out the blueprints for that integration.

Ten Thousand Crossroads

Author : Balfour Mount
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228004918
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Ten Thousand Crossroads written by Balfour Mount and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-01-16 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognized as the father of palliative care in North America, Balfour Mount facilitated a sea change in medical practice by foregrounding concern for the whole person facing incurable illness. In this intimate and far-reaching memoir, Mount leads the reader through the formative moments and milestones of his personal and professional life as they intersected with the history of medical treatment over the last fifty years. Mount's lifelong pursuit of understanding the needs of dying patients began during his training as a surgical oncologist at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1960s. He established the first comprehensive clinical program for end-of-life care in a teaching hospital in 1975 at McGill University's Royal Victoria Hospital, thus leading the charge for palliative medicine as a new specialty. His journey included collaboration with two storied healthcare innovators, British hospice pioneer Dame Cicely Saunders and American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, leading to a more fulsome understanding of the physical, psychosocial, and existential or spiritual needs of patients, their families, and their caregivers in the health care setting. This compelling narrative documents how the 'Royal Vic' team became internationally recognized as effective advocates of quality of life at the crossroad between life and death. From meetings with Viktor Frankl, the Dalai Lama and other teachers, to a memorable telephone chat with Mother Teresa, Mount recalls with appreciation, humour and humility, the places and people that helped to shed light on this universal human experience.

Medicine in Translation

Author : Danielle Ofri
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807073210
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Medicine in Translation written by Danielle Ofri and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a doctor Oliver Sacks has called a “born storyteller,” a riveting account of practicing medicine at a fast-paced urban hospital For two decades, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in the country and a crossroads for the world’s cultures. In Medicine in Translation she introduces us, in vivid, moving portraits, to her patients, who have braved language barriers, religious and racial divides, and the emotional and practical difficulties of exile in order to access quality health care. Living and dying in the foreign country we call home, they have much to teach us about the American way, in sickness and in health. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genetic Crossroads

Author : Elise K. Burton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503614573
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Genetic Crossroads written by Elise K. Burton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East plays a major role in the history of genetic science. Early in the twentieth century, technological breakthroughs in human genetics coincided with the birth of modern Middle Eastern nation-states, who proclaimed that the region's ancient history—as a cradle of civilizations and crossroads of humankind—was preserved in the bones and blood of their citizens. Using letters and publications from the 1920s to the present, Elise K. Burton follows the field expeditions and hospital surveys that scrutinized the bodies of tribal nomads and religious minorities. These studies, geneticists claim, not only detect the living descendants of biblical civilizations but also reveal the deeper past of human evolution. Genetic Crossroads is an unprecedented history of human genetics in the Middle East, from its roots in colonial anthropology and medicine to recent genome sequencing projects. It illuminates how scientists from Turkey to Yemen, Egypt to Iran, transformed genetic data into territorial claims and national origin myths. Burton shows why such nationalist appropriations of genetics are not local or temporary aberrations, but rather the enduring foundations of international scientific interest in Middle Eastern populations to this day.

Crossroads

Author : Louise Carus Mahdi
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780812691900
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Crossroads written by Louise Carus Mahdi and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinkers and activists from many orientations and traditions are now coming together to explore ways to reconstitute rites of passage as a form of community healing for our public and personal ills. Crossroads is a comprehensive collection of over fifty cutting-edge writings on diverse aspects of the transition to adulthood. "In no uncertain terms, Crossroads opens our eyes to our responsibility to the adolescents who are now growing up without sacred rituals and hence without knowledge of spiritual roots in their culture. Many of the writers have first-hand experience and first-rate ideas of how to transform this cultural crisis. Crossroads also challenges us to integrate our own inner adolescent. Piercing insight with realistic hope " -- Marlon Woodman The Ravaged Bridegroom

Print Culture at the Crossroads

Author : Elizabeth Dillenburg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004462341
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Print Culture at the Crossroads written by Elizabeth Dillenburg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the importance of printing in early-modern Central Europe, revealing a complicated web of connections linking printers and scholars, Jews and Christians, from the Baltic to the Adriatic.