In the Quiet Light
In the Quiet Light: Reflections on Life, Disability and Meaning is a poignant collection of poems that invites readers to understand life through the eyes of young people with life-limiting conditions. Drawing on years of experience, the author offers a window into lives that resonate with universal human truths; resilience, acceptance, and the profound beauty found in the ordinary. These poems weave between the bittersweet and the joyous, exploring the complexity of lives that are often underestimated or misunderstood. With an honesty and empathy that will resonate, this collection gives voice to feelings that many cannot articulate themselves, reminding us that life's value is not measured by years, but by the depth of lived experience and the bonds that hold us together. Whether reflecting on the challenges, the shared laughter, or the strength found in embracing life, this collection shows how much we can learn from the perspective and wisdom of these young people. In the Quiet Light leaves readers with a deeper understanding of their own lives and the meaning that can be found in every moment. Step into a world where each word is a testament to life's enduring light and find comfort in its calm embrace.
Talking with Patients, Volume 2
Spoken language is the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in medicine, and, according to Dr. Cassell, "we must be as precise with it as a surgeon with a scalpel." In these two volumes, he analyzes doctor-patient communication and shows how doctors can use language for the maximum benefit of their patients. Throughout, Dr. Cassell stresses that patients are complex, changing, psychological, social and physical beings whose illnesses are well represented by their own communication. He proposes that both listening and speaking are arts that can be learned best when they are based on the way that spoken language functions in medicine.Accordingly, Volume I focuses on the workings of spoken language in the clinical setting. It analyzes such important aspects of speech as paralanguage (non-word phenomenon like pause, pitch, and speech rate), how patients describe themselves and their illnesses, the logic of conversation, and the levels of meanings of words.Volume II is a practical, detailed, how to guide that demonstrates the process of history taking and how the doctor can learn the most from the information that the patient has to offer. His arguments are amply illustrated in both volumes by transcripts of real interactions between patients and their doctors.
Relational Caring and Presence Theory in Health Care and Social Work
Three decades of neoliberal efficiency thinking about caring and care systems have resulted in a greater need for relationality in healthcare and social work than ever before. These support services extend beyond the giving of care and support to include the development of relationships between caregivers and their care recipients in their socio-institutional contexts. The culmination of over 30 years of research, this book provides an extensive and critical introduction to relational working in care, education and welfare. It explains what relational work is and proposes a new, human-orientated theory beyond the simple needs provision model. Demonstrating the kind of professionalism required for such work, it explores why it is as important to be present with and for people, especially those in precarious conditions, as it is to give care. This is essential reading for researchers, educators, quality officers, policy makers, students and practitioners interested in understanding the growing scholarship related to both care theory and presence theory.
Home Tube Feeding
This concise and practical casebook walks through 20 real-life-inspired case studies to help dietitians hone their skills in supporting adults who live at home with a feeding tube.Each case provides a unique challenge, from troubleshooting tube blockages and managing regurgitation to fostering independence in tube weaning and addressing psychosocial aspects of care. Whether you're an experienced clinician or just starting out, this book offers valuable insights into tailoring care for adults living with feeding tubes at home. It's not just about meeting nutritional needs, it's about improving quality of life and bringing dignity to every meal."Home Tube Feeding: A Mini Casebook" is a call to engage, reflect, and elevate your practice when supporting adults who live with a feeding tube.
Teaching Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Medical Education
Training in multicultural issues is an area of increasing focus in medical education internationally. In the United States specifically, the inclusion of the topic in training programs is among the key criteria established by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for approval of schools of medicine, where Standard 7.6 deals with "Structural Competence, Cultural Competence, and Health Inequities." This new textbook provides a culturally sensitive framework to address the major elements in the LCME Standard 7.6 and to address related requirements for including multicultural issues in the curriculums of medical schools around the world.Key Features The first book in the field to provide a framework to help approved medical schools and those in the submission process for approval in the United States to respond appropriately to Standard 7.6 in the LCME This framework also supports the design of culturally sensitive curriculums in medical schools outside the United States Provides specific guidelines to equip future physicians with the skills to take the culturally sensitive approaches they must use when assessing, diagnosing, and treating culturally diverse patients in order to ensure optimal outcomes for patients Helps medical educators and schools to specify where and how in the curriculum students are best trained to become culturally competent and the need also to display attributions of cultural humility during clinical encounters with clients/patients With a practical approach, the book provides invaluable hands-on guidance to students seeking to develop their skills, knowledge, and competence in this area. Additionally, by specifying where and how in the curriculum students can be trained to be culturally competent, the book serves as an essential reference for educators and medical schools seeking support in the development and implementation of a culturally appropriate curriculum.
My Calling
The Chronicles are an essential and informative read for hospice nurses, caregivers and others interested in end of life. Journey through 29 amazing stories of an Alaskan Hospice nurse with incredible people and learn about pain, symptom management and grieving. Through their love and loss, find encouragement and inspiration in these real-life lessons on this specialty of nursing not taught in the classroom. Hospice...Hospitum...Hospitality.
My Calling
The Chronicles are an essential and informative read for hospice nurses, caregivers and others interested in end of life. Journey through 29 amazing stories of an Alaskan Hospice nurse with incredible people and learn about pain, symptom management and grieving. Through their love and loss, find encouragement and inspiration in these real-life lessons on this specialty of nursing not taught in the classroom.Hospice...Hospitum...Hospitality.
The Expanding Continuum of Gender-Based Violence
The second volume of The Expanding Continuum of Gender-Based Violence: Trauma-Informed Care examines the impact of violence on contemporary populations which may previously have been over-looked. In this volume, special focus is given to the intersectionality of vulnerable groups and the impact of marginalization on assessment and treatment. In an effort to bridge gaps in literature, the text addresses cultural influence and socio-political issues while advising on how to best apply the accrued knowledge when interacting with patients.Together, with Volume 1, this text intends to do the following: -Define the problem-Identify causes and risk factors-Design interventions-Disseminate information-Educate students and future professionals
The Expanding Continuum of Gender-Based Violence
The first volume of The Expanding Continuum of Gender-Based Violence: Trauma-Informed Care is a thorough examination of current knowledge on the way gender impacts both group and individual risk of violence. In this volume, interdisciplinary pro-fessionals focus on the presentation and assessment of trauma with a special focus on trauma-informed approaches. Special emphasis is placed on inclusive language recommendations in order to guide clini-cians and care providers in current best practices.Together, with Volume 2, this text intends to do the following: - Define the problem- Identify causes and risk factors- Design interventions- Disseminate information- Educate students and future professionals
Reimagining Medical Education: The Future of Health Equity and Social Justice
Inequities in health care and medical education have a long and complex history involving racism, sexism, ableism, exclusivity, and other forms of social injustice. Reimagining Medical Education: The Future of Health Equity and Social Justice, externally commissioned by the American Medical Association and part of the AMA MedEd Innovation Series, explores and addresses these ongoing issues. Using both theoretical and practical approaches, medical educators share a vision of medical education through a social justice lens. The resulting volume focuses on equity throughout medical education: improving the diversity of the student, faculty, and health workforce and ameliorating inequitable outcomes among minoritized and marginalized patient populations. This unique, change-oriented text.Shares knowledge and insight from a diverse team of authors who outline what an equitable future for medical education and health care can beProvides a thought-provoking account of the negative impact of centuries of asymmetry of powerOffers an aspirational vision of a just system for recruiting, training, and empowering the next generation of care providers and how to impact change at the individual, institutional, and population levelsCovers both medical school (UME) and residency program (GME) implementation strategiesContains practical, visionary guidance for faculty, staff, students, administrators, and leaders in medical educationAn eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Project Management in Health and Community Services
The new edition of this best-selling text presents the tools and techniques for effectively managing every kind of development and change in health and community services, while also balancing the needs of a range of stakeholders. It offers practical, problem-solving strategies based on real-life scenarios.A core competency for health and community service practitioners internationally, project management is a key challenge for both new and existing staff. This practitioner's guide uses project stories and examples to illustrate the core challenges that practitioners may face, including managing the project life cycle, project planning, execution and evaluation, risk management, handling change and building effective teams. Alongside new interviews with staff working across a range of sectors, this edition includes new content on career development and pathways as well as the growing integration of project methods into general management, and the impact of broader changes like digital innovation and transformation.Written by highly experienced authors, and underpinned by the latest research, this enlightening and practical guide is an essential resource for anyone studying or working in health and community services.
Healthcare Heroes
Guide for Future Health Professionals.This comprehensive guide is designed to assist parents of children or students and professionals pursuing careers in Medicine or other healthcare fields. It offers valuable insights and guidance on preparing for interviews, personal development, and presenting oneself effectively. The book focuses on providing foundational knowledge, soft skills, and ethical perspectives necessary for success in the healthcare industry. Using expert insights and real-world experiences, it covers key aspects such as effective communication, interprofessional collaboration, resilience, empathy, and innovation in patient care. Through practical advice and inspiring stories, this book serves as a mentorship beacon, encouraging readers to cultivate technical proficiency and a compassionate approach. It is a roadmap for individuals seeking to make a significant impact within the medical community.
Miscommunicating the COVID-19 Pandemic
This book tackles the infodemic--the rapid, widespread diffusion of false, misleading, or inaccurate information about the disease and its ramifications--triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on four Asian societies, the book compares and analyzes the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and its broad impacts on the public in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Singapore.Providing both a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of misinformation and cross-societal analyses of patterns, the book features in-depth analyses of the prevalence of COVID-19 misinformation and engagement and explores its consequences in an Asian context. The book sheds lights on these key questions: What types of infodemic messages circulate widely on popular social media platforms? What factors account for exposure to and engagement with debunked yet popular COVID-19 misinformation? How does exposure to widely circulated COVID-19 misinformation affect people's beliefs, attitudes, and adoption of preventive measures to cope with the pandemic? How do macro social differences condition the diffusion and impacts of COVID-19 misinformation? What intervention strategies can counter the misinformation? Presenting scientific insights and empirical findings on the pressing issues about infodemic, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of communication studies, political science, public health, crisis communication, and Asian Studies, as well as policymakers and practitioners who wish to acquire cutting-edge, evidence-based knowledge about combating misinformation during a global pandemic.
Health and Nutrition of Women and Children in Empowered Action Group States of India
This book tracks the progress of maternal and child health (MCH)--part of SDG3--in empowered action group states in India. It lays bare regional disparities and unfolds a range of issues relating to inequalities in access to MCH services, complex dynamics behind poor nutrition, health expenditure and impoverishment, structural bottlenecks of health system that hinder effective implementation of programmes; best practices adopted for improving MNCH indicators and appropriate strategies required for more informed policy.The volume: Examines the changing features of health and nutrition of mothers, new-borns and children between pre and post National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Studies reproductive health and well-being of mother and children Explores linkages between food, nutrition and health Examines the underlying factors determining poor health and nutrition Probes into health expenditure, their impoverishment and its bearing on access to maternal and child healthcare services Proposes strategic interventions to reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortality and improve nutritional status The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public health, especially maternal and child health specialists, gender studies, development studies and public policy.
The Politics of the Pandemic in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the political impact of the COVID-19 emergency in central and eastern Europe and Eurasia. Offering a theoretical framework linking the authoritarian, post-Soviet institutional legacy with patterns of political behavior, support and governments' policies, the expert contributors argue that domestic political regimes mediate and shape citizens' perceptions of public health crises, and the very regimes' political survival. The authors explore how the pandemic affected regime change, government stability, business groups and civil societies in more than 15 countries of the region from the discovery of the virus to the vaccination rollout. The studies rely on a broad range of empirical evidence from the region - survey, state statistics, ethnography and interviews.Formulating, explaining and empirically testing the causal mechanisms that drive political accountability and support through a cross-country comparison and in-depth case studies of popular and electoral support attempting to highlight any patterns specific to the region, this book contributes to studies of governance and political accountability in low-trust countries with authoritarian legacies and proclivities. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach that brings together area studies, history, sociology and political science, it will also be of value to those interested in systematic effect of political regimes on handling public health crises.
The 31-Day Guide to Caregiving
MARY BANKS' caregiving book is meant to encourage and support anyone who is taking care of the elderly, sick or disadvantaged. She talks about physical care, emotional care; such as being a good listener, talking and giving reassurance. Mary stresses the importance of taking care of yourself as a good caregiver. Mary was given many praises from family, friends, neighbors, doctors and nurses for taking such good care of her own mother before her mother made her transition. Her mother's driver, "Ray" sent a statement: "Please allow me to thank you Mary! I will tell you from what I witnessed that it was very pleasing to see you always there for her. I hope that I will be able to be like you for my mother and I wish that I have a daughter who would also treat me like you treated her." Mary wants every caregiver to be a good witness to others. Mary inspires you on each page. The book also introduces Jesus to anyone who doesn't know Him. Mary's series, "An Attitude of Expectancy" is part-memoirs and part-testimonial tips based on her years of recording life events. They are filled with stories that her relatives told her as a young girl. They all encourage people to learn to never give up and to strive for the very best. She writes that some of our problems may be there for a long time in order to teach us and in order for us to see how long it takes our hearts to become humble. Her books are filled with unexpected experiences, love, pain and even rejection. She compels people to check their circle for people who drain energy. This series of books encourages you to learn from mistakes. She shares testimonies in order to bless others. Her series explains that we are all born to love. Her books explain that success is not about our possessions; but rather about relationships. The series encourages forgiveness to gain complete love and peace within ourselves. Mary is the third child born to an African American family on Chicago's southside. She graduated from DePaul University and has six degrees including an honorary doctorate of divinity and a doctorate of Philosophy. She retired from law enforcement and spends time volunteering and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Her hope is that this series of books will allow people to know that they are never alone. GOD LOVES YOU!!!
Health Services Management
Health Services Management: Competencies and Careers provides students in healthcare administration and management, public health, and other healthcare sectors with the necessary knowledge, practical understanding, and fundamental skills to become successful, confident, and empathetic health services managers in this exciting and growing field. The text incorporates fundamental management competencies in every chapter and supplies relevant examples of managerial decision-making and problem-solving in various health service delivery settings. Written with Generation Z students in mind, this book takes on a straightforward approach to planning, organizing, directing, and leading, and imparts important knowledge on the science of evidence-based management. Health Services Management covers the roles and functions of health services managers and breaks down the variety of subjects they must understand to be thoughtful and effective. Chapters cover the dynamic challenges in managing interpersonal relationships, navigating leadership and change, and balancing professionalism and ethics to prepare future leaders for the obstacles ahead. Students are also given a better understanding of population health management and community collaboration, healthcare governance, strategic planning and marketing, human resource management, organizational design, project management, financial management, and much more. Health Services Management is a foundational textbook for anyone seeking a challenging and enriching career as a health services manager. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers. Key Features: Provides an easy-to-read text with an engaging style that will appeal to current and future health services managers Listen to more than 30 informational interviews with health services management professionals discussing career topics including roles, responsibilities, and the value of the health service management profession to clinicians and patients Features engaging professional development reflections and career boxes that provide guidance on the technical skills and professional insights needed to succeed in health services management careers Students have access to an online glossary featuring more than 700 key terms Qualified instructors have access to expanded Instructor Resources featuring chapter PowerPoints, Test Banks, an Instructor Manual with learning activities, discussion and essay questions for each chapter, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text
Intelligent Healthcare Systems
The book sheds light on medical cyber-physical systems while addressing image processing, microscopy, security, biomedical imaging, automation, robotics, network layers' issues, software design, and biometrics, among other areas. Hence, solving the dimensionality conundrum caused by the necessity to balance data acquisition, image modalities, different resolutions, dissimilar picture representations, subspace decompositions, compressed sensing, and communications constraints. Lighter computational implementations can circumvent the heavy computational burden of healthcare processing applications. Soft computing, metaheuristic, and deep learning ascend as potential solutions to efficient super-resolution deployment. The amount of multi-resolution and multi-modal images has been augmenting the need for more efficient and intelligent analyses, e.g., computer-aided diagnosis via computational intelligence techniques. This book consolidates the work on artificial intelligence methods and clever design paradigms for healthcare to foster research and implementations in many domains. It will serve researchers, technology professionals, academia, and students working in the area of the latest advances and upcoming technologies employing smart systems' design practices and computational intelligence tactics for medical usage. The book explores deep learning practices within particularly difficult computational types of health problems. It aspires to provide an assortment of novel research works that focuses on the broad challenges of designing better healthcare services.
Doctored
An Economist Best Book of 2025 So Far For readers of Empire of Pain and Dopesick, a "gripping story of medical groupthink and warped incentives" (The Economist) that follows how Alzheimer's disease treatment has been set back by corrupt researchers, negligent regulators, and the profit motives of Big Pharma. Nearly seven million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, a tragedy that is already projected to grow into a $1 trillion crisis by 2050. While families suffer and promises of pharmaceutical breakthroughs keep coming up short, investigative journalist Charles Piller's Doctored shows that we've quite likely been walking the wrong path to finding a cure all along--led astray by a cabal of self-interested researchers, government accomplices, and corporate greed. In this "riveting must-read master class in science journalism" (Gary Taubes, author of Rethinking Diabetes), Piller begins with a whistleblower--Vanderbilt professor Matthew Schrag--whose work exposed a massive scandal. Schrag found that a University of Minnesota lab led by a precocious young scientist and a Nobel Prize-rumored director delivered apparently falsified data at the heart of the leading hypothesis about the disease. Piller uncovers evidence that hundreds of important Alzheimer's research papers are based on false data. In the process, he reveals how even against a flood of money and influence, a determined cadre of scientific renegades have fought back to challenge the field's institutional powers in service to science and the tens of thousands of patients who have been drawn into trials to test dubious drugs. Piller "masterfully unfolds an epic tale of astounding fraud, scientific egos run amok, and steely heroism in the pursuit of truth, creating both a page-turner and a seminal account of deceit that will long be remembered alongside Theranos and Enron as a scandal for the ages" (Katherine Eban, author of Bottle of Lies).
The Gauntlet of Caregiving
This guide includes instruction, critical information, and organization forms to walk a non-professional through every step of experiencing the complete life care of someone else.
The Trouble with Medicine
This is the autobiographical journey of a female anesthesiologist in the American healthcare system where greed and lust for more is controlling everything we do. Are you tired, frustrated, and angry with the healthcare industry? Do you feel like you aren't getting the care you need even though you have health insurance? You are not alone. The Trouble with Medicine takes you on the journey of one female physician from growing up in Appalachia to becoming a medical doctor. Dr. Sheryl Walker courageously speaks up for those who feel like they can't or fear retribution if they do, as she shares her journey from medical education and residency training to working life thereafter. She describes gender discrimination, socioeconomic discrimination, specialty discrimination, and sexual harassment in the medical profession as well as the painful anatomy of a lawsuit in this deeply personal autobiographical account of what humans, and especially women, have had to endure during this process. Dr. Walker describes the disparities in healthcare as experienced by her family in an underserved area of America, as well as the disparities in patient care that she observed over nearly 50 years as a professional healthcare provider. She also delves into how the medical profession became the medical industrial complex, how many doctors have become slaves to bureaucracy, how healthcare dollars are going into personal wealth, and how doctors and hospitals in the early to mid-century shoulder at least some of the responsibility for it. The lingering question remains; can this be fixed? The Trouble with Medicine looks at the questions that must be answered, the complexities involved, and how all of us have a role in fixing the American healthcare system.
Physician Workforce Diversity
This book offers a comprehensive summary of the current and historical trends in physician workforce diversity by residency training specialty and demographic identity group. This book serves as a one-stop source for physician workforce diversity from the perspective of training specialties, summarizing trends over time, historical barriers, and specialty specific interventions and solutions. Chapters provide a necessary foundational resource for medical educators seeking to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their programs and programming. It similarly supports health system and organizational leaders in understanding the current and historical landscape of DEI across medical specialties and demographic groups to inform their interventions and initiatives in an evidence-based manner. The book is divided into two sections: training specialties and demographic identity groups. In the first section, DEI within several of the largest medical residency training specialties is explored. In the second section, the representation trends of various demographic identity groups, including women and individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups, and deaf and disabled individuals, are discussed, as well as barriers and solutions to improving representation, equity, and inclusion. Each chapter will follow the same format: Relevant specialty- or demographic-specific literature is reviewed, discussing the rationale for workforce diversity and inclusion in that specialty or demographic identity group. Current data by race, ethnicity, sex, and other available demographics is discussed for various trainee and practicing physician categories across the training and professional continuum, such as practicing physicians, academic faculty, graduate medical education residents and fellows, residency applicants, and medical school graduates. Historical demographic trends are assessed over time. This is followed by a thorough discussion of specialty or demographic-specific strengths and weaknesses to DEI and related barriers, impediments, and interventions and solutions. This is an ideal guide for medical educators, department chairs in academia and private/community practice, health system leaders, healthcare organization board members and executive leaders, diversity thought leaders, search committees, and medical students and trainees, especially during their specialty selection process.
Hospital, Heal Thyself
Proven solutions to transform a healthcare system in crisis Part biography and part clear-eyed examination of a healthcare system in crisis, Hospital, Heal Thyself: One Brilliant Mathematician's Proven Plan for Saving Hospitals, Many Lives. and Billions of Dollars tells the story of enigmatic healthcare visionary Eugene Litvak, whose research and strategies have already been implemented at many top 12-ranked hospitals to save hundreds of millions of dollars and countless thousands of patient lives. While U.S. healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, Litvak's program described in this book offers tested, effective methods to trim those costs while simultaneously improving patient outcomes. Written by veteran prize-winning healthcare journalist Mark Taylor, this book includes compelling discussion on: How hospital and emergency room overcrowding has harmful and potentially deadly effects on patients and staff How Litvak's algorithms and complex mathematical theories help hospitals staff appropriately to safely manage patient flow How applying Litvak's unique patient flow interventions improves nurse retention in an era of mass nurse exodus Litvak's methods have been proven to work in the best hospitals in America and the world. Studies in the top medical journals confirm their success in reducing medical errors; hospital and emergency room overcrowding; nurse and physician burnout and stress and patient mortality rates. They've saved millions of dollars for each hospital adopting them, while improving patient satisfaction and outcomes, nurse retention, hospital efficiency and addressing healthcare disparities and inequities. Distilling complex ideas into accessible language, Hospital, Heal Thyself: A Mathematician's Proven Plan for Saving American Hospitals Many Lives and Billions of Dollars is a timely, essential read for all medical practitioners and healthcare administrators and staff who want to play their part in transforming modern healthcare, and the world, for the better.
Breakthroughs in Smart City Implementation
Breakthroughs in Smart City Implementation should give answers on a wide variety of present social, political and technological problems. Green and long-lasting solutions are needed in coming 10 years and beyond on areas as green and long lasting solutions for improving air quality, quality of life of residents in cities, traffic congestions and many more.Two Conasense branches, established in China and in India, report in six book chapters on initiatives needed to overcome the obvious shortcomings at present. Three more chapters complete this fifth Conasense book: an introductory chapter concerning Smart City from Conasense perspective, a chapter showing that not technology but the people in the cities are most important and a chapter on recent results and prospects of "Human in the Loop" in smart vehicular systems.
Ending Unequal Treatment
Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care impact individual well-being, contribute to millions of premature deaths, and cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Addressing these inequities is vital to improving the health of the nation's most disadvantaged communities--and will also help to achieve optimal health for all. In 2003, the Institute of Medicine examined these inequities in Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Because disparities persist, the National Academies convened an expert committee with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health. The committee's report reviews the major drivers of health care disparities, provides insight into successful and unsuccessful interventions, identifies gaps in the evidence base, and makes recommendations to advance health equity.
Diabetic Log Book
The diabetic Log Book is filled with 110 pages to Log your Insulin Dose, Carbohydrates, Blood Sugar, and Activity. Pages of notes are included after every log page. Stay healthy logging your glucose and insulin doses, and using the notes to add meal intake and activity levels throughout the day.
Social Work with Adolescents
Originally published in 1980, this was the first book to provide a wide-ranging discussion of social work with adolescents, and is composed of linked original papers by the Social Work Group and their associates at the University of Bath.The contributors discuss adolescent development and the experience of adolescents and focus on what social workers might actually do with and for these young people. Following a general discussion of social work method, using the framework provided by systems theory, there is exploration of counselling with the adolescent and his family, group work and neighbourhood work with adolescents, and the residential care of adolescents. In addition, the book examines issues of interprofessional co-operation between the services provided for adolescents, and discusses some of the personal issues which confront the social worker who works with young people.
Failures in Health and Social Care
This thought-provoking book examines breakdowns in the quality of health and social care over the past decade, exploring governance failures and the challenges of achieving lasting change.Failures in care have been manifest across many different settings. Drawing on examples from care of older people and end-of-life care, as well as from learning disabilities, mental health, maternity care and services for vulnerable children, Neil Small shows that the same sorts of problems are evident across these settings and that they are occurring up to the present day. Discussing culture change alongside levels of funding and the impact of prevailing political and economic orthodoxies, and through the lens of shifts of trust in society, this book argues that the concept of culture must be cast much wider than organisational and professional cultures if change is to be secured. This book engages with how to improve quality of care in the NHS and welfare systems more generally. Its case examples are from the UK but the issues of governance, culture change and shifts in the social contract that failures illuminate have an international relevance. It is important reading for those with an interest in health, social care, political science, and sociology.
AIDS and Adolescents
Originally published in 1997, Aids and Adolescents provided an insight into a wide range of adolescent issues which were rarely compiled in one volume at the time. Much of the HIV epidemic response had been at the individual level in the hope that this narrow focus would provide the key to containment and resolution of spread. However, over the ten years since the epidemic had taken hold, it was clear that paradigms were limited, input was uncritical and large cohorts were overlooked. In this text a series of contributions have been compiled to explore adolescent issues ranging from sexual behaviour and health education campaigns to HIV prevention and HIV/AIDS care.The chapters begin by giving an overview of adolescent problems, such as homelessness, pregnancy and gender, and explore why these problems are so often overlooked. We then move on to an examination of the facts and fictions associated with adolescent risk, challenging some of the basic current notions underpinning approaches to the subject at the time. Also included are particular focused studies of Australian adolescents' beliefs about HIV and STDs and also the American adolescents' perceptions of drug injection.Finally, the volume gives a focused view of those with HIV infection, with a review of findings of the time, neuropsychological and psychological factors. This overview provided some comments on merging issues and future directions. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Migrant Health and Resilience
In an era of escalating conflict-induced and climate-induced migration and cross-border interaction, transnational-competence (TC) preparation for displaced persons, members of their host communities, humanitarian responders, and health-care professionals is increasingly critical. Building on insights from those engaged with a range of humanitarian crises and global-justice contexts, along with multidisciplinary research findings, this cutting-edge volume provides practical guidelines for preparing stakeholders for effective short-term and long-term responses to challenges arising in the wake of population dislocation generated by armed conflict, persecution, and climate change. Addressing the need to equip humanitarian care-givers and care-receivers with valuable skills for working together across barriers and boundaries, the guidance presented in the book enables educators, trainers, and field-based multinational and local responders to enhance and evaluate the quality and sustainability of humanitarian efforts that promote and bolster resilience and belonging and augment well-being, justice, and sustainable development. It features comprehensive TC-teaching and learning strategies coupled with tailored on-site and remote approaches and methods. Authoritative and insightful, Migrant Health and Resilience will be essential reading for the staff of NGOs, international organizations, national and local governments, and professional bodies working in development and humanitarian-crisis contexts, as well as for students, higher-education instructors, scholars, and evaluators.
Empowered or Left Behind
Focused on the United States, this book summarizes the secondary impacts of COVID-19 due to the increased use of technology. Establishing the global response of social distancing, mandates for non-essential business, and working from home, the book centers on the disparate guidance provided domestically at the state and local levels. Marginalized populations are highlighted to identify areas where technology facilitated access and reach or contributed to difficulties catapulted by digital literacy or digital access issues. To explain how people may have been empowered or left behind due to a new and unique reliance on technology, this book is structured based on the social determinants of health domains. Specifically, this book explains how technology was an umbrella domain that impacted every aspect of life during the pandemic including access, use, adoption, digital literacy, and digital equity, as well as privacy and security concerns. Given this book's focus on the impacts to marginalized populations, there is a thread throughout the book related to the use of technology to perpetuate hate, discrimination, racism, and xenophobic behaviors that emerged as a twin pandemic during COVID-19. Part I explains the defining differences between primary and secondary impacts, as well as the unique guidelines adopted in each state. Part II of the book is focused on specific domains, where each chapter is dedicated to topics including economic stability through employment, education, healthcare, and the social/community context through access to services. Part III focuses on unique technological considerations related to COVID-19, such as mobile health-related apps and privacy or security issues that may have posed barriers to the adoption and use of technology. Finally, the book ends with a conclusion chapter, which explicitly explains the advantages and disadvantages of technology adoption during COVID-19. These exposed benefits and challenges will have implications for policies, disaster management practices, and interdisciplinary research.
Entrustable Professional Activities and Entrustment Decision-Making in Health Professions Education
Since the turn of the millennium, competency-based education (CBE) has become a new standard for training in the health professions in many countries. Early work to operationalize CBE has included development of detailed frameworks of competencies that every physician should demonstrate. However, these models were criticized because of a lack of connection with the everyday work in health care, and with what it means to be a health professional. For that reason, the concept of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) was introduced in 2005, to supply the missing link between competency frameworks, and the practice of healthcare. EPAs are units of professional practice that may be entrusted to trainees once they show the competencies needed to execute them without supervision. EPAs constitute a holistic concept, requiring a coherent integration of various competencies. EPAs have become popular within competency-based programs in many countries, with numerous examples not only in medicine but in all health professions, including nursing, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, dentistry, and others. This book provides an overview of key foundational concepts related to EPAs. Beginning with a historical overview, the first chapter provides a definition and rationale for EPAs. While competencies are qualities of individuals, EPAs are units of work. The two can be seen as dimensions of a matrix. Almost all activities in health care draw upon multiple, integrated competencies (communication and collaboration skill, professional behavior, content expertise, etc.). Next, entrustment decision-making as an approach to assessment is explained, as well as the associated framework of levels of supervision, ranging from 'allowed to observe' to 'ready to be a supervisor.' The chapter concludes with a summary of important considerations for building an EPA program.The book has 24 chapters and is organized in five sections, regarding theoretical backgrounds, definitions and elaborations of entrustable professional activities, implications for curriculum development, implications for assessment, and implications for implementation of the management of curricular change and faculty development.Fifty authors from all continents have contributed to chapters in the book. All authors are active scholars in health professional education and have experiences with the use, development or research of entrustable professional activities and entrustment decision-making.
The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake
Are you looking for inspiration in a world often defined by relentless pressures and expectations? Do you crave a story that speaks to the enduring power of a single person to defy the odds and champion a cause bigger than themselves? Then *The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake* is a must-read. This captivating biography details the life of one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century, who dared to challenge a deeply entrenched societal order by fighting for the right of women to study medicine. Through a meticulous account of S. J.-B.'s life, from childhood through her struggles for a medical education and the founding of the first medical schools for women, author Margaret Todd reveals the raw, personal, and ultimately triumphant narrative of a pioneer breaking down barriers. This compelling story offers a unique look at the struggles women faced in the pursuit of higher education and professional opportunities. It underscores the power of an individual to be a force for positive change, particularly in a time when societal norms seemed set in stone. You'll discover how S. J.-B. navigated the complexities of Victorian society, faced fierce opposition, and ultimately transformed the landscape of medical education. With its vivid detail, insightful observations, and the personal insights found in S. J.-B.'s own diaries and letters, *The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake* is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and wanting to understand the remarkable efforts of those who paved the way for a more equitable world.This pocket-sized condensed edition provides a quick, effective introduction to the longer story told in the 574-page book published in 1918. A wonderful gift for a young friend, or an enticing complement to a crowded syllabus.
Coaching for Person-Centred Healthcare
This guide introduces a humanistic, solution-focused coaching model, using lived experience to demonstrate how profound changes in our healthcare experiences and system, for patients and staff, are possible; while also supporting readers to develop their own coaching skills.Combining research, theory, and practice shared through personal experience, readers are introduced to solution-focused, dialogic tools for use in promoting person-centred care. The first section of the book introduces the coaching model and explores its theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, drawing on theories from neuroscience, neurobiology, communication sciences, humanistic psychology, and positive psychology. The second section of the book transitions from theory and research into clinical practice, making evident the broad range of healthcare contexts and domains in which the humanistic, solution-focused approaches are implemented, as well as the profound personal and professional implications associated with their use. The third section of the book focuses on the lived experience of four people, focusing on their interactions with healthcare before and after their coaching training, emphasizing the difference a humanistic, solution-focused approach has made for them and their families.The final section then turns to organizational change and explores how solution-focused coaching provides insights, perspectives, and aspirations for system change. This engaging text is ideal reading for healthcare professionals, teachers, and leaders looking to develop and improve the care they deliver, the experiences of the people they are working with, and the organizations they deliver it within.
Redesigning the Us Mental Health Care System
One in five adults and one in six youth experience a mental health illness within a year. These common conditions are often managed within complex public and private care provision structures that are fragmented, siloed and difficult to navigate. These problems have become increasingly evident to stakeholders and policy makers, such that several states have started to modernize and improve their mental health care facilities and infrastructure. However, there are no guidelines for these efforts, meaning each group tends to tackle these problems in different ways. Redesigning the US Mental Health Care System brings together an array of experts working to spark lasting change in mental health care systems across the United States. Chapters explore how facility redesigns, accessibility of funding, technological advances, and other strategies can work in tandem to optimize the process of delivering services to people in need. By spotlighting these efforts to implement necessary changes--as well as providing real-life experiences from users and practitioners within these systems--Redesigning the US Mental Health Care System creates a vision of a unified continuum of care designed to serve people at the right time and in the right place.
Broken Wings
Following an in-flight engine explosion, senior flight attendant Nattanya Andersen was diagnosed by the airline's medical team with a lasting condition of post-traumatic stress disorder. Previously story-free, Nattanya's resulting health problems started to emerge and her career had to come to a halt. The corporate denial of Nattanya's problems led her to fight back. "Broken Wings" is the gripping account of the struggle with her employer, as well as the net of entangled difficulties woven by the entire airline industry with the help and obstacles of multi-government bureaucracies and so-called unions, all shamelessly manouvering to maximize profits (which are, most times, a minuscule financial gain per passenger, but since airlines have nearly five billion clients per year...).The book grows to reveal the true and troubling general health issues afflicting professionals in the air. The airline industry is hoping that these rarely adressed insider's revelations injuring employees will not circulate among its paying customers (mainly frequent flying passengers!), as they are equally affected: the damaging consequences of insufficient air quantity and rarified oxygen, polluted (some times neuro-toxic) air quality, radiation exposure and other high-altitude consequences, turbulence effects, ensuing air rage, alcoholism, ... a host of other dangers, problems and symptoms all affecting long-term and short-term health. This is a comprehensive account of health hazards from flying in the 21st century.As pages turn, one dicovers the compelling drama, but - refreshingly - this courageous tale is not told from a powerless victim's position but with the use of ballance and humor for truth and justice. The passionate and caring soul of the author brings us to hope that, at some point, corporations will switch from a context of denial to a desire of monitoring and improving their employees' and customers' health and well-being. Finally available in the digital format, "Broken Wings" is a unique, fascinating, eye-opening must-read that will deeply touch all travel professionals and passengers.
Communication in Palliative Care
This practical, thought-provoking guide provides the unemotional, clear, and accurate advice necessary for communicating with patients in a palliative care setting - a pivotal aspect of being a palliative care expert that is so difficult to quantify and teach. It uses genuine anecdotes and case studies to bring theory to life and assist in everyday application.The revised edition includes sections on the conversation about assisted dying and how it feels to be on the other side of clinical communication as a patient or carer.Communication in Palliative Care is a wide-ranging, invaluable resource to palliative care professionals across all clinical settings.Features: Offers the lessons learned over a lifetime of care in practice from diagnosis into bereavement Addresses the topics of daily concern to palliative care professionals and carers working in oncology or with non-malignant disease and with the elderly across all clinical settings Presents a succinct summary of points and lessons from each case study
The Geopolitics of Health in South and Southeast Asia
This book analyses the complexity of South and SE Asia in international health, taking into account the impact of the geopolitics of the Cold War on the development of public health and development in the regions. It will be a valuable contribution to the History of Medicine and Health and Political Economy of South and SE Asia.
A Guide to Commissioning Health and Wellbeing Services
Are you a health and social care commissioner navigating the ever-changing commissioning landscape? With challenges such as limited funding, changing demands and global pandemics, we need to be clear on why, what and how we commission effectively. This book offers you a warm welcome into the often-complex world of healthcare commissioning. Amanda J. Hughes shares personal insights from her commissioning career and practical guidance that will demystify the commissioning cycle and ease the journey as you strive to achieve the best outcomes for the population. This book will help you to ensure valuable resources are directed to those with most need, that care is fair and accessible and that the solutions you put into place are sustainable for the longer term.
Beyond Lip Service
This book underscores the importance of moving beyond lip service or hollow platitudes to mobilize and expand the capacity of social justice movements to foster policy change and incubate new programs at the local, state, and federal levels. It was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Community Practice.
Resilient Health Care
This book promotes an understanding of the purposeful muddling that health care workers rely on to be better able to function and operate in the multitude of complex ecosystems we call "health care."The book argues the case for the importance of recognising and understanding muddling behaviours, practices and activities in order to create resilient care. The book demonstrates how resilient health care principles can enable managers as well as those on the frontlines to work more effectively towards interdisciplinary care by gaining a deeper understanding of real-world practices that manifest in everyday clinical settings. This is done by presenting a set of case studies, theoretical chapters and applications that relate experiences, bring forth ideas and illustrate practical solutions.Primarily aimed at people who are directly involved in the running and improvement of health care systems, it provides practical guidance. It is also of direct interest to health care professionals in clinical and managerial positions as well as researchers.Jeffrey Braithwaite is Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Professor of Health Systems Research and Director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Macquarie University (Australia). His research examines the changing nature of complex health systems and he has received over 50 different national and international awards for his teaching and research.Erik Hollnagel is Senior Professor of Patient Safety at J繹nk繹ping University (Sweden). He is a highly regarded international expert with significant contributions to a variety of fields ranging from nuclear power generation, aerospace and aviation to industry, transportation and, most notably, health care.Garthe Hunte is a Clinical Professor and Emergency Physician holding multiple academic and clinical leadership appointments across Canada. His research programme centres around how safety is created in complex socio-technical systems, and in the application of resilience engineering in health care.
Why You DON'T Want to be a Doctor
An inside view of the thoughts, emotions, and experiences of the "becoming a doctor journey", without a $200,000 price tag.
