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31. Global Health Governance

    By Sophie Harman

    Series: Global Institutions

    In the light of scares about potential pandemics such as swine fever and avian flu, the issue of global health and its governance is of increasing concern to scholars and practitioners of medicine, public health, social work, and international politics alike. Providing a concise and informative...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
32. Health Economics

    An Industrial Organization Perspective

    By Xavier Martinez-Giralt, Pedro Barros

    Research in Health Economics has developed into a separate discipline during the last 25 years. All this intense research activity has come about through the teaching of courses on health economics, mostly at graduate level. However, the Industrial Organization aspects of the health care...

    Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
33. Sports Biomechanics

    Reducing Injury Risk and Improving Sports Performance, 2nd Edition

    By Roger Bartlett, Melanie Bussey

    When working with sports men and women, the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: reducing injury risk and improving sports performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of...

    Published November 2nd 2011 by Routledge
34. Designing Telehealth for an Aging Population

    A Human Factors Perspective

    By Neil Charness, George Demiris, Elizabeth Krupinski

    Series: Human Factors and Aging Series

    As simple and straightforward as two health professionals conferring over the telephone or as complex and sophisticated as robotic surgery between facilities at different ends of the globe, telehealth is an increasingly frequent component in healthcare. A primer on the human factors issues that can...

    Published October 10th 2011 by CRC Press
35. The Musculoskeletal System

    Edited by Philip James Adds, Somayyeh Shahsavari

    The Musculoskeletal System is an anatomy reference and revision guide combining detailed illustrations with a strong clinical focus to allow an easier correlation between anatomy and practice. A highly illustrated guide, separated in manageable sections by anatomical area, provides a compact...

    Published October 10th 2011 by CRC Press
36. Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation

    Policies, Practices and Skills

    By Clive Langman

    This text provides an overview of vocational rehabilitation (VR) practice, making it the perfect companion for students and practitioners with an interest in supporting people back to work and improving their sense of health and well-being. The book is divided into three parts: the first covers...

    Published August 18th 2011 by Routledge
37. Health, Illness and Culture

    Broken Narratives

    Edited by Lars-Christer Hydén, Jens Brockmeier

    Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

    This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or...

    Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
38. Pharmacy

    What It Is and How It Works, Third Edition

    By William N. Kelly

    Series: Pharmacy Education Series

    As the first baby boomers have reached 65, more prescriptions than ever are being dispensed, and the need for properly trained pharmacists is critical. Now in its third edition, Pharmacy: What It Is and How It Works continues to provide a comprehensive review of all aspects of pharmacy, from the...

    Published July 25th 2011 by CRC Press
39. Cultivating the Arts in Education and Therapy

    By Malcolm Ross

    The constituency for education and therapy in the arts is rapidly expanding beyond the conventional school and clinical settings to include the wider community. In Cultivating the Arts in Education and Therapy, Malcolm Ross integrates traditional Chinese Five Element Theory, also known as The Five...

    Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
40. Essentials of Functional MRI

    By Patrick W. Stroman

    During the last two decades, new developments in functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) have made it possible to detect changes in the brain over time, as opposed to the "snapshot" produced by conventional MRI. Essentials of Functional MRI breaks down the technical challenges for physicians,...

    Published June 6th 2011 by CRC Press