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A once charitable enterprise
This work, examines the transformation of American hospitals from a series of community- based charitable institutions into the large, bureaucratic system that existed by the end of the Progressive era.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn...
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Artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence: Why and How it is Revolutionizing Healthcare Management identifies a roadmap for the appropriate introduction of artificial intelligence in healthcare organizations that responds to the need of decision-makers and managers to have a clear picture of how to move in the dev...
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Body art
Providing a radical rethink that integrates tattoos and other body modifications within health, wellbeing, and positive psychology, this book disrupts the narrative of stigmatisation that so often surrounds these practices to welcome a broader discussion of the benefits they can offer.
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Building and improving health literacy in the ‘new normal’ of health care
Building and Improving Health Literacy in the 'New Normal' of Health Care identifies desirable paths of action to improve health literacy amongst patients, focusing on new technologies that could facilitate reducing health disparities. It is an essential read for policymakers and health care mana...
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Challenges and opportunities in healthcare leadership
This book addresses the challenges faced by healthcare leaders, such as managing interprofessional teams, payment reform, homelessness and the opioid crisis. It features authentic reflections and professional stories from leaders, offering insights and lessons. Each chapter includes scholarly com...
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Creative writing
Imagining new, introspective outlets for the support of mental and physical wellbeing, pracademic duo Mark Pearson and Helen Foster draw on their clinical and archival expertise to equip both healthcare professionals and general readers to unleash their creativity and unlock the comfort and creat...
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Dancing
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Channelling a new application for an ancient, beloved creative practice, dance experts and advocates Noyale Colin and Kathryn Stamp challenge all of us, no matter our age, circumstances or ability, to get our bodi...
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Developing and engaging clinical leaders in the “new normal” of hospitals
Providing a systematic review of previous literature about the increasingly worrying challenge in transforming doctors to clinical leaders, Lega and Pirino offer a qualitative analysis of different countries facing the issue of training this hybrid role.
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Fundamentals of market access for pharmaceuticals
This book provides a conceptual and pragmatic approach to the complexity of market access for pharmaceuticals across different types of economies and health care systems around the world, providing a comprehensive toolbox with key concepts and methods for students, executives from companies, publ...
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Games
Reimagining how we understand health, illness, life, and death, gaming expert Sandra Danilovic advocates for the potential games have to transform healthcare practices beyond the clinic or hospital in the way we care for each other and for ourselves.
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Gis jump start for health professionals
Now, more than ever, professionals can benefit from the power of location data, maps, and analytics in healthcare with this concise and focused workbook.
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Health and health care inequities, infectious diseases and social factors
This next volume in Research in the Sociology of Health Care covers a variety of important social factors and their relationship to health and health care inequities both in the United States and the rest of the world.
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Health management 2.0
With fresh insights for health professionals, this book promotes a modern interdisciplinary and dynamic approach to health leadership and management, and outlines international best practice for future teaching and training.
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Health policy in the united states
Written by a well-respected health and public policy expert, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the under-appreciated role of public health policy in the United States’ medical care industry. The book offers students: • an introduction to the fundamentals of health policy, with co...
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Healthcare in the age of finance capital
How the financialization of healthcare has eroded the quality of care, driven up prices, and worsened health inequalitiesFinancial actors and healthcare leaders increasingly view healthcare organizations as financial assets to be bought, sold, and managed for maximum profit, regardless of the eff...
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History
History has been a source of cultural fascination since ancient times, however little attention has been paid to its potential as a positive force for health and wellbeing, at least until now. Presenting the benefits of historical engagement, and practical tips for making the most of it, Anna Gre...
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Household self-tracking during a global health crisis
Household Self-Tracking During a Global Health Crisis provides a comprehensive and straightforward account of deeper health narratives managed through data tracking within households formed during a global health crisis.
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Integrated care
This book critically examines integrated care, looking at integration from an unconventional angle to reveal the tacit assumptions we make when we manage and change health services. Kaehne questions our premises on health services management, the motivations for change and the shortcomings of hea...
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Magic
Join magician, author, and psychologist Richard Wiseman as he journeys into the secretive world of magic and uncovers the surprising therapeutic and educational benefits of making the impossible possible.
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Mapping community health
Mapping Community Health: GIS for Health and Human Services explores a collection of real-life case studies about using geographic information system (GIS) technology to help build communities that improve health outcomes and increase accessibility to health care. The book also includes a “next s...
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Non-binary genders
Methodologically innovative in its use of mixed-media diary research, this timely book offers a focused sociological study of non-binary people’s identities and experiences in the UK. From negotiating a sense of legitimacy when ‘not feeling trans enough’ to how identities can shift over time, it...
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Painting
Easily digestible for even the busiest of readers, this book serves as a succinct, engaging, and informative guide on how the practice of painting can help improve or maintain health and wellbeing, both within and outside of professional settings.
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Resilient health systems
Since February 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic has strained health systems worldwide. This book explores the factors determining the ability of health systems to cope with and recover from a crisis, and therefore their level of resilience.
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Technology in healthcare
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. This book captures the learnings from the BigMedilytics project. The project aimed to transform Europe’s healthcare sector by using state-of-the-art Big Data technologies delivering better access to healthcare fac...
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Technology-enhanced healthcare education
Technology-Enhanced Healthcare Education promotes the best practices and lessons learnt from COVID-19 and highlights the importance and impact of using information systems to increase levels of health literacy.
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Transformative learning in healthcare and helping professions education
This book introduces transformative learning to build resilient professional identities in healthcare and helping professions. It offers strategies for coping with burnout and compassion fatigue, emphasizing resilience through first-hand stories and the importance of mentors and role models in pr...
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Transforming healthcare
Shedding light on current transformations in payment mechanisms and transparency of hospital performance data and prices, this volume of Advances in Health Care Management presents findings on hospital profitability, cost, and organizational structures.
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Video
As TikTokers, YouTubers and traditional artists continue to reimagine the video form, this book explores the value of this medium within medical practice and patient care, as well as everyday creative expression.
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