Health Care Delivery

In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno — inventor of the Toyota Production System and lean manufacturing — shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the...

More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing ...

Previously published in HC as Dancing With Rose One journalist?s riveting?and surprisingly hopeful? in-the-trenches view of Alzheimer?s Nearly five milli...

New York Times Bestseller Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video 'Sugar: The Bitter Truth', has been viewed more than three million times. Now, in th...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America's COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? In Uncontrolle...

One Of The World's Premiere Cancer Researchers Reveals An Urgent Philosophy On The Little-known Principles That Govern Medicine--and How Understanding These...

The inspiring and hilarious story of Patch Adams's quest to bring free health care to the world and to transform the way doctors practice medicine • Tells ...

Emphasizing the importance of social context and cultural construction, Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health examines current issues in healt...

Weighing In takes on the "obesity epidemic," challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and...

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakenings and the TV series House, Dr. Eric Manheimer's TWELVE PATIENTS is a memoir from the Medical Director of Bellevue Hos...

In Health Care for Some, Beatrix Hoffman offers an engaging and in-depth look at America’s long tradition of unequal access to health care. She argues tha...

"This is an angry and a hopeful book, and, like everything Dr. Farmer has written, it has both passion and authority. Pathologies of Power is an eloquent ...

Cross-Cultural Caring: A Handbook for Health Professionals, Second Edition describes Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Chinese, Japanese, Iranian, South Asia...

Acclaimed for its strong theoretical framework and consistent organization, Arnold and Boggs' Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skill...

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawin...

Gentlecare offers a revolutionary new approach to Alzheimer's care. Author Moyra Jones' sensitive and insightful program for caring for those suffering from...

Something is profoundly wrong with the way we think about how we should live today. In Ill Fares The Land, Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and th...

Stepping back into everyday life after having faced a life-threatening illness is not as simple as it sounds. Now what? How do you pick up the pieces of yo...

NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, Second Edition provides a dynamic and insightful presentation of the leadership and management issues most important to C...

Psychotherapist Lawrence LeShan has worked with cancer patients for more than thirty-five years and his research has led people with cancer to find new, ef...

Masterfully written and artfully structured, Life on the Ground Floor is a celebrated humanitarian doctor's unique perspective on sickness, health and what...

The best-selling, groundbreaking classic by Norman Cousins on combating life-threatening illness through humor and patient participation in care. Anatomy o...

The landmark New York Times best seller that reveals how the explosion of sugar in our diets has created an obesity epidemic, and what we can do to save our...

The Author Describes Her Mormon Upbringing, Juxtaposing These Reminiscences With Discussions Of The Flooding Of A Wildlife Bird Sanctuary And Its Effect On ...

You Might Think The Biggest Problem In Medical Care Is That It Costs Too Much. Or That Health Insurance Is Too Expensive, Too Uneven, Too Complicated -- And...

The Goal Of This Book Is To Help You Better Understand Health Information By Teaching You About The Numbers Behind The Messages--the Medical Statistics On W...

An Important Check-up On Our Health-care System--and What Urgently Needs Fixing--from A Respected Doctor And Passionate Medicare Advocate. Dr. Danielle Mart...

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The national bestseller from the host of CBC Radio's White Coat, Black Art--now in paperback! In the high-pressure and complex setting of health care, a n...

Decisions Made By The Food, Tobacco, Alcohol, Pharmaceutical, Gun, And Automobile Industries Have A Greater Impact On Today's Health Than The Decisions Of S...

ICU nurse and bestselling author Tilda Shalof learns what nursing beyond the hospital really means. For the 350,000 professional nurses in Canada and 3 mill...

canada's Health Care, Which Comprises A Myriad Of Institutions And Practices, Is Often Referred To As Canada's Best-loved Social Programme. This Support I...

Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care provides nurses and other health care professiona...

"The new edition of Research Methods in Health continues to provide an excellent broad based introduction to the subject. New or expanded sections, for ex...

Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatize...