JosseyBass: All New Public Health & Health Services Titles

Culture and Health: Applying Medical Anthropology

Michael Winkelman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Culture and Health offers an overview of different areas of culture and health, building on foundations of medical anthropology and health behavior theory. It shows how to address the challenges of cross-cultural medicine through interdisciplinary cultural-ecological models and personal and institutional developmental approaches to cross-cultural adaptation and competency. The book addresses the perspectives of clinically applied anthropology, trans-cultural

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Public Health Genomics: The Essentials

Claudia N. Mikail — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recognized genomics as a priority area in public health education. To help public health students and professionals achieve proficiency in the language of genetics and attain genomics competencies delineated by the CDC, this book offers an introduction to basic molecular genetics and discusses the relevance of genomics to such key public health issues as environmental health, ethnic health disparities, health

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Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations, 2nd Edition

David W. Young — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The thoroughly revised second edition of this popular text provides students with a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles, concepts, and techniques that guide managerial decision-making in health care. Tools and frameworks for financial decision support and decision-making processes are provided, as are tools and models for evaluating and reviewing long- and short-term resource allocation decisions. The book covers full-cost accounting

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Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes, 2nd Edition

Meredith Minkler (Editor), Nina Wallerstein (Editor) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Minkler and Wallerstein have pulled together a fantastic set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field. In addition to a fine collection of case studies, this book puts the key issues for researchers and practitioners in a historical, philosophical, and applied, practical context

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Putting Patients First: Best Practices in Patient-Centered Care, 2nd Edition

Susan B Frampton (Editor), Patrick A. Charmel (Editor), Planetree (Editor) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The second edition of Putting Patients First showcases what Planetree facilities and the Planetree organization have learned about the commitments, conditions, practices, and policies that are needed to do more than give lip service to being--patient-centered.--It should be read by every student, nurse, physician, administrator, trustee, policy maker, and lay person who is committed to creating healing environments, holding facilities accountable

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To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology, Volume XII

Stephen L. Isaacs, David C. Colby — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the RWJF strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the on-going anthology of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides an in-depth look into the programs it

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