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National Academy Press
Pub. Date:
1993
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Starting p. 1) -- General Conclusions on the State of Access (starting p. 3) -- Defining Access (starting p. 4) -- The Committee's Indicators and Progress Toward Access Objectives (starting p. 5) -- Objective 1: Promoting Successful Birth Outcomes (starting p. 5) -- Objective 2: Reducing the Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases (starting p. 7) -- Objective 3: Early Detection and Diagnosis of Treatable Diseases (starting p. 8) -- Objective...
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Studies in health technology and informatics volume 187
Publisher:
IOS Press
Pub. Date:
2013
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Europe is facing a paradox: while governments try to curb public spending, the demands on our healthcare systems continue to rise. The use of smart technologies and innovation can help to address the challenges faced by healthcare systems today, such as an ageing population, a shortage of healthcare professionals and restrictions on financial resources. But despite increasing evidence of the benefits technology can bring, the healthcare sector has...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date:
1988
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Against the backdrop of national debate about female duties and well-being, this book follows middle-class women as they learned about physiology and hygiene through popular health literature, voluntary clubs, and schools in Boston. The pursuit of health also enabled the women to explore the nature of womanhood, and discover the meanings.
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Publisher:
Omnigraphics
Pub. Date:
[2020]
Edition:
First edition
Description:
Communication Disabilities Sourcebook, First Edition explains what voice, speech, and language are, and how communication problems may develop in a person. Various types of communication disabilities and their impact on the personal, social, and economic well-being of a person are discussed. It offers information about recovery models and rehabilitation techniques along with the rights and benefits of people with communication disabilities.
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Publisher:
Rodale
Pub. Date:
2010
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For all the talk about personalized medicine, our health care system remains a top-down, doctor-driven system where individuals are too often bit players in their own health decisions. In The Decision Tree, Thomas Goetz proposes a new strategy for thinking about health, one that applies cutting-edge technology to put us at the center of the equation and explains how the new frontier of health care can impact each of our lives.
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First published in 1935, this book provides a valuable contribution to the history of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Written as a recollection of the experiences and knowledge of Sir Arthur Newsholme, the book covers a period in which phenomenal progress was made.
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Publisher:
Springer
Pub. Date:
2005
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"This book describes the HealthePeople concept and how it places the person seeking and receiving care at its center by using information technology as the enabler. Driven by outcomes, HealthePeople encompasses the full range of care, from care at home or work to treatment in a distant emergency room, transforming the healthcare universe."--Jacket
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MR volume MR-1646
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Firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical service responders play a critical role in protecting people and property in the event of fires, medical emergencies, terrorist acts, and numerous other emergencies. The authors examine the hazards that responders face and the personal protective technology needed to contend with those hazards. The findings are based on in-depth discussions with 190 members of the emergency responder community...
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date:
2008
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In this title, mental health professionals and scientists, ranging from newly trained individuals to seasoned clinicians and researchers, tell their own and their families' stories of mental disorder, providing an unprecedented level of honesty and disclosure. The volume presents moving and inspiring narratives of serious mental disorder in individuals who have decided to focus their careers on mental illness in others.
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Studies in health technology and informatics volume Volume 200
Studies in health technology and informatics volume 200
Studies in health technology and informatics volume 200
Publisher:
IOS Press
Pub. Date:
2014
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Microsystems, smart textiles, telemedicine, mobile computing, smart implants, sensor-controlled medical devices, and innovative sensor and actuator principles and techniques have become important enablers, not only for monitoring, diagnosis and treatment in both inpatient and outpatient care, but also for personalized, preventive, predictive participative systems medicine. This book contains the proceedings of pHealth 2014, the 11th in a series of...