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- Social Medicine
Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28243
by Sandro Galea.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2007.
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- Online
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- Author
- Galea, Sandro
- Responsibility
- by Sandro Galea
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Physical Description
- xi, 502 p.
- ISBN
- 9780387708126
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Promotion
- Population Health
- Preventive Medicine
- Public Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Medicine
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29629
edited by Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2009.
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- Online
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- Author
- Loue, Sana
- Other Authors
- Sajatovic, Martha
- Responsibility
- edited by Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9780387756592
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mental Health - ethnology
- Minority Health
- Minority Groups - psychology
- Psychosocial Support Systems
- Social Medicine
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Contents
- 1. Health and Wellness -- 2. City Living and Mental Health in History -- 3. Mental Health, Mental Health Courts, and Minorities -- 4. Migration and Mental Health -- 5. Media, Minorities, and the Stigma of Mental Illness -- 6. Minority Mental Health and Wellness: A Perspective from Health Care Systems -- 7. Social Support, Mental Health, Minorities, and Acculturative Stress -- 8. Religion and Mental Health Among Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S -- 9. Cultural Considerations Regarding Perspectives on Mental Illness and Healing -- 10. Gender and Minority Mental Health: The Case of Body Image -- 11. Family Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness -- 12. Family-Focused Psychoeducational Programs for Minorities with Serious Mental Illness -- 13. Socioeconomic Status: Risks and Resilience -- 14. Psychiatric Genetics: An Update -- 15. Substance Abuse in Minority Populations -- 16. Neurocognitive Testing of Minorities in Mental Health Settings -- 17. Stress and Resilience -- 18. Methodological Challenges in Research on the Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Quo Vadis Medical Healing : Past Concepts and New Approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29705
edited by Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich.
--Dordrecht:
Springer Netherlands
, c2009.
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- Online
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- Author
- Elm, Susanna
- Other Authors
- Willich, Stefan N
- Responsibility
- edited by Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- Series Vol.
- 44
- ISBN
- 9781402089428
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Philosophy, Medical
- Ethics, Medical
- History of Medicine
- Religion and Medicine
- Social Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical ethics
- Social sciences
- History of medicine
- Religion
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Policy Innovation for Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30465
edited by Ilona Kickbusch.
--New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag
, c2009.
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- Online
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- Author
- Kickbusch, Ilona
- Responsibility
- edited by Ilona Kickbusch
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9780387798769
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Social Medicine
- Organizational Innovation
- Public Health Administration
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Public Health Perspectives on Disability : Epidemiology to Ethics and Beyond
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29836
edited by Donald J. Lollar, Elena M. Andresen.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2011.
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- Online
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- Author
- Lollar, Donald J
- Other Authors
- Andresen, Elena M
- Responsibility
- edited by Donald J. Lollar, Elena M. Andresen
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- ISBN
- 9781441973412
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disabled Persons
- Public Health
- Social Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Medical ethics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Place and Health as Complex Systems : A Case Study and Empirical Test
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39105
Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying community health. The complexities of place (COP) approach is emerging as one such promising method. Place and Health as Complex Systems demonstrates how COP works, making an empirical case for its…
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- Castellani, Brian
- Other Authors
- Rajaram, Rajeev
- Buckwalter, J. Galen
- Ball, Michael
- Hafferty, Frederic
- Responsibility
- Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 82 p. : 8 illus.)
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319097343
- 9783319097336 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Environment
- Epidemiology
- Geography, Medical
- Public Health
- Social Medicine
- Spatio-Temporal Analysis
- Systems Analysis
- Abstract
- The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying community health. The complexities of place (COP) approach is emerging as one such promising method. Place and Health as Complex Systems demonstrates how COP works, making an empirical case for its use in designing and implementing interventions. This brief resource reviews the defining characteristics of places as dynamic and evolving social systems, rigorously testing them as well as the COP approach itself. The study, of twenty communities within one county in the Midwest, combines case-based methods and complexity science to determine whether COP improves upon traditional statistical methods of public health research. Its conclusions reveal strengths and limitations of the approach, immediate possibilities for its use, and challenges regarding future research. Included in the coverage: Characteristics of places and the complexities of place approach. The Definitional Test of Complex Systems. Case-based modeling using the SACS toolkit. Methods, maps, and measures used in the study. Places as nodes within larger networks. Places as power-based conflicted negotiations. Place and Health as Complex Systems brings COP into greater prominence in public health research, and is also valuable to researchers in related fields such as demography, health geography, community health, urban planning, and epidemiology.
- Contents
- 1. The Complexities of Place Approach -- 2. Definitional Test of Complex Systems -- 3. Case-Based Modeling and the SACS Toolkit -- 4. Methods -- 5. Places Are Complex -- 6. Places Are Emergent and Self-Organizing -- 7. Places Are Nodes within Larger Networks -- 8. Places Are Dynamic and Evolving -- 9. Places Are Nonlinear -- 10. Places Are Subjective and Historical -- 11. Places Are Open-Ended with Fuzzy Boundaries -- 12. Places Are Power-Based Conflicted Negotiations -- 13. Places Are Agent-Based -- 14. Conclusion.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Social and Community Psychiatry : Towards a Critical, Patient-Oriented Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40094
Stelios Stylianidis, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This book presents the basic theoretical and historical concepts and it describes current perspectives and data, focusing on good practices in community psychiatry in Greece and in other parts of Europe. Concepts such as the biopsychosocial model, psychiatric reform, psychosocial rehabilitation and the recovery model, as well as new case management models are approached from a critical, anthropocentric perspective. The current socioeconomic crisis in Europe brings with it new realities in menta…
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- Stylianidis, Stelios
- Responsibility
- Stelios Stylianidis, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 518 p. : 12 illus., 9 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319286167
- 9783319286143 (print ed.)
- Other Subjects
- Greece
- Notes
- Translation of: Synchrona phemata koinonikes kai koinotikes psychiatrikes : gia mia kritike anthropokentrike psychiatrike / Stelios Stylianides. [Athena] : Topos Books/Motibo Publishing SA, 2014.
- Abstract
- This book presents the basic theoretical and historical concepts and it describes current perspectives and data, focusing on good practices in community psychiatry in Greece and in other parts of Europe. Concepts such as the biopsychosocial model, psychiatric reform, psychosocial rehabilitation and the recovery model, as well as new case management models are approached from a critical, anthropocentric perspective. The current socioeconomic crisis in Europe brings with it new realities in mental health systems. New forms of social suffering are forcing the psychiatric community to re-examine what is considered normal. In order to respond to the complexity of the newly emerging needs, social and community psychiatry has been compelled to broaden the objectives of intervention and research alike, developing new and dynamic relations with complementary scientific fields such as social anthropology, psychoanalysis and microeconomics. The present work is the result of collaboration between professionals from across these different fields.
- Contents
- Part I. Social Psychiatry -- 1. A Brief Historical Overview of Madness in Social Psychiatry -- 2. Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Social Psychiatry -- 3. Psychiatric Epidemiology and Its Applications in Social Psychiatry -- 4. Global Mental Health -- 5. Psychiatric Reform in Greece -- 6. The Contribution of Psychoanalytical Thinking and Practice to Social Community Psychiatry -- Part II. Applications of Social Psychiatry -- 7. Promoting Mental Health: From Theory To Best Practice -- 8. Social Suffering and Mental Health in Metropolitan Athens: A Qualitative Approach -- 9. The Recovery Model and Modern Psychiatric Care: Conceptual Perspective, Critical Approach and Practical Application -- 10. Mobile Mental Health Units on the Islands: The Experience of Cyclades -- 11. Community Child Psychiatry: The Example of Mobile Mental Health Units in the NE and Western Cyclades -- 12. A Modern-Day Community Daycare Centre in Operation -- 13. Assertive Community Treatment: Home Intervention for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems: Designing the Greek Model -- 14. Brief Psychotherapy in a Community Framework -- 15. Community Mental Healthcare for Migrants -- 16. Modern Technologies and Applications and Community Psychiatry -- 17. Assessment and Management of Domestic Violence Cases Within a Community Mental Health Services Framework -- 18. Sexuality of Patients with Serious Psychiatric Disorders in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Units -- Part III. Evaluation -- 19. Evaluation of Social Psychiatry Services -- 20. Implications of the Socioeconomic Crisis for Staff in Community PSR Units: The Case of an NGO -- 21. Staff Evaluation and Presentation of Organisational Culture in Mental Health Structures -- Part IV. Empowering and Rights in Mental Health -- 22. User and Family Participation in Mental Health Services -- 23. Involuntary Hospitalisation: Legislative Framework, Epidemiology and Outcome -- 24. The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Greece: Epidemiological Perspective and Community Implications -- 25. Afterword: The Economic Crisis and Mental Health.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Therapy of Social Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40460
Byong-Hyon Han.
(1st ed.)
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2016.
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This book introduces novel and groundbreaking theories on social medicine, social medicine therapy and pharmacogelotology. Aimed at improving the global health care system in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the research included in this book represents a paradigm shift from traditional drugs to social medicine. Tracing the history of social medicine, from Natural Healing Power (NHP), Oriental Medicine's vitalism, to Homeostasis (Natural Healing Strength) and Reciprocity (Social Heal…
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- Han, Pyong-hyon
- Responsibility
- Byong-Hyon Han
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 253 p. : 5 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9789812877482
- 9789812877475 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Complementary Therapies
- Laughter therapy
- Social Medicine
- Abstract
- This book introduces novel and groundbreaking theories on social medicine, social medicine therapy and pharmacogelotology. Aimed at improving the global health care system in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the research included in this book represents a paradigm shift from traditional drugs to social medicine. Tracing the history of social medicine, from Natural Healing Power (NHP), Oriental Medicine's vitalism, to Homeostasis (Natural Healing Strength) and Reciprocity (Social Healing Strength), the book first focuses on laying the theoretical foundations. It then highlights how social medicine can be specialized into various social medicine therapies (i.e., aromatherapy, stone therapy, diet therapy, exercise therapy, light therapy, etc.), just like stem cells. This is followed by arguments that 21st century pharmacy should be a harmonious system where the replacement of traditional drug products (i.e., herbal, chemical, and biological products) with new social medicine takes precedence. To that end, the author focuses on the '4+2 system' with 4 representing diet, body, stress, and facial-image control, and 2 representing the complementary and alternative medical methods of evacuation(-) and filling(+). In the context of pharmacogelotology, the book then goes on to present findings on theories of laughter and laughter therapy practices, which are systematically examined and described in detail. Finally, it calls for the development of social medicine structures by governments that aim to help local authorities use their resources effectively, and for local governments to establish the long-term planning on social medicine therapy for healthy ageing.
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- Preface -- Chapter 1: Why Social Medicine? -- 1.1: The Rise of Social Medicine -- 1.2: Human-being: Homo medicus -- 1.3: History of Drug -- Chapter 2: What is a Social Medicine? -- 2.1: Concept of Social Medicine -- 2.2: Development of Social Medicine -- 2.3: Differentiation of Social Medicine -- Chapter 3: Therapy of Social Medicine -- 3.1: Concept & Scope for Therapy of Social Medicine -- 3.2: Classification for Therapy of Social Medicine -- Chapter 4: Pharmaco-gelotology -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: Laughter Theory -- 4.3: Laughter Therapy -- Chapter 5: Conclusion.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mental Health and Illness in the City
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44597
edited by Niels Okkels, Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Povl Munk-Jorgensen.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2017.
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This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an int…
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- Okkels, Niels
- Kristiansen, Christina Blanner
- Munk-Jorgensen, Povl
- Responsibility
- edited by Niels Okkels, Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Povl Munk-Jorgensen
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- Mental health and illness worldwide
- ISBN
- 9789811007521
- ISSN
- 2511-8323
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mental Disorders - epidemiology
- Mental Health Services
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Urban Health
- Notes
- "Living reference work."
- Abstract
- This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an international audience and includes contributions from clinicians and researchers worldwide.
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- Crime, Illegal Drugs, and Mental Health -- Development of Mental Health Services in a Major City in Latin America: Santiago -- Discrimination in Urban Settings -- Green Environment and Mental Health in the City -- History of Urban Mental Illness -- Homelessness and Challenges of Community Care -- Homicide and Suicide in Megacities -- Implementing Community Care in Large Cities and Informal Settlements: An African Perspective -- Institutions: Prisons and Asylums and the Deinstitutionalization -- Loneliness and Single-Person Households: Issues of Kodoku-Shi and Hikikomori in Japan -- Mental Health and Urban Life: Experiences from Colombia -- Mental Health Care in 11 Major Cities Over Two Decades -- Migration and Urban Mental Health in China -- Prospects and Challenges of Mental Health Services in a Major City in Latin America: Rio de Janeiro -- Religious Perspectives in Urban and Rural Mental Health in the Muslim World -- Review of Urban Mental Health -- Revisiting the Virtuous City: Learning from the Past to Improve Modern Urban Mental Health -- Urban Design and Mental Health -- Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cultural and religious sensitivity : a pocket guide for health care professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45677
Geri-Ann Galanti.
(3rd ed.)
--Oak Brook, IL:
Joint Commission Resources
, c2018.
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- Online
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- Author
- Galanti, Geri-Ann
- Responsibility
- Geri-Ann Galanti
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Oak Brook, IL
- Publisher
- Joint Commission Resources
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781635850468
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Competency
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Characteristics
- Patients - psychology
- Ethnic Groups - psychology
- Minority Groups
- United States
- Specialty
- Social Medicine
- Sociology, Medical
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
LGBTQ cultures : what health care professionals need to know about sexual and gender diversity
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45678
Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn.
(3rd ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Wolters Kluwer
, c2018.
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- Online
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- Author
- Eliason, Michele J.
- Responsibility
- Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 260 p.
- ISBN
- 9781496394606
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Culturally Competent Care
- Gender Identity
- Health Services Accessibility
- Sexual and Gender Minorities
- Specialty
- Sexual Health
- Social Medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease : New Philosophical and Scientific Developments
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43928
Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett.
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Palgrave Macmillan
, c2019.
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- Open access
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- Online
‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 ye…
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- Author
- Bolton, Derek
- Other Authors
- Gillett, Grant
- Responsibility
- Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 149 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783030118990
- 9783030118983 (Print ed.)
- 9783030119003 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Holistic Health
- Philosophy, Medical
- Social Medicine
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Social Sciences
- Abstract
- ‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent developments. The book confronts the rapid changes to psychological science, neuroscience, healthcare, and philosophy that have occurred since the model was first proposed and addresses key issues such as the model’s scientific basis, clinical utility, and philosophical coherence. The authors conceptualise biology and the psychosocial as in the same ontological space, interlinked by systems of communication-based regulatory control which constitute a new kind of causation. These are distinguished from physical and chemical laws, most clearly because they can break down, thus providing the basis for difference between health and disease. This work offers an urgent update to the model’s scientific and philosophical foundations, providing a new and coherent account of causal interactions between the biological, the psychological and social. Derek Bolton is Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, UK. He was awarded a double first in Moral Sciences and a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His subsequent professional career was in clinical psychology and he has published extensively in philosophy of psychiatry as well as basic and clinical health science. Grant Gillett is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His professional career was in Neurosurgery, punctuated by a D. Phil. at Oxford University in philosophy of mind and meta-ethics. He has published extensively in neuroethics, philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of medicine (particularly psychiatry), and the philosophy of medical and social sciences.
- Contents
- 1. The Biopsychosocial Model 40 Years On -- 1.1 Doing Well—But with Underlying Problems -- 1.2 Locating the Content of the Biopsychosocial Model -- 1.3 The General Model: Biopsychosocial Ontology and Interactions -- 2. Biology Involves Regulatory Control of Physical–Chemical Energetic Processes -- 2.1 The New Biology/Biomedicine -- 2.2 The Limitations of Physicalism -- 2.3 Current Biomedicine Is Conducive to the Biopsychosocial Model -- 3. Psychology Regulates Activity in the Social World -- 3.1 The Psychological as Embodied Agency -- 3.2 Biopsychosocial Conditions of Agency -- 3.3 The Socio-Political: Who Gets to Control What? -- 3.4 General Theory of Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4. Biopsychosocial Conditions of Health and Disease -- 4.1 Conditions of Biopsychosocial Life -- 4.2 Biopsychosocial Conceptualisation of Health Conditions -- 4.3 Locating Causes in Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4.4 Compare and Contrast Physical and Mental Health Conditions -- 4.5 Locating the Biopsychosocial Model.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Stigma of Addiction : An Essential Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44068
edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
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This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professi…
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- Avery, Jonathan D.
- Avery, Joseph J.
- Responsibility
- edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 220 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783030025809
- 9783030025793 (Print ed.)
- 9783030025816 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Behavior, Addictive
- Social Marginalization
- Social Stigma
- Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
- Vulnerable Populations
- Specialty
- Addiction Medicine
- Social Medicine
- Abstract
- This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professionals who work with individuals with substance use disorders and lay persons seeking to combat stigma and promote recovery. The Stigma of Addiction is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, students across specialties, researchers, public health officials, and individuals with substance use disorders and their families.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Self-Stigma and Addiction -- 3. “Bad Parents,” “Codependents,” and Other Stigmatizing Myths About Substance Use Disorder in the Family -- 4. The Stigma of Addiction in Romantic Relationships -- 5. The Language of Stigma and Addiction -- 6. The Stigma of Addiction in the Medical Community -- 7. Stigma and Addiction Treatment -- 8. Race, Stigma, and Addiction -- 9. Addiction Stigma in the US Legal System -- 10. The Stigma of Addiction in the Workplace -- 11. Stigma of Addiction in the Media.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Critical Dietetics and Critical Nutrition Studies
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44142
John Coveney, Sue Booth, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
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This second volume in the Food Policy series focuses on critical nutrition and dietetics studies, offering an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of the food supply and the actors in it through a new critical lens. The volume provides an overview of the growth of critical nutrition and dietetics since its inception in 2009, as well as commentary on its continuing relevance and its applicability in the fields of dietetic education, research, and practice. Chapters ad…
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- Coveney, John
- Booth, Sue
- Responsibility
- John Coveney, Sue Booth, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 175 p.) : 2 illus.
- Series
- Food Policy
- Series Title
- Food policy
- ISBN
- 9783030031138
- 9783030031121 (Print ed.)
- 9783030031145 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2365-4295
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Dietetics - ethics
- Food Supply
- Nutrition Policy
- Social Justice
- Specialty
- Nutritional Sciences
- Social Medicine
- Abstract
- This second volume in the Food Policy series focuses on critical nutrition and dietetics studies, offering an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of the food supply and the actors in it through a new critical lens. The volume provides an overview of the growth of critical nutrition and dietetics since its inception in 2009, as well as commentary on its continuing relevance and its applicability in the fields of dietetic education, research, and practice. Chapters address key topics such as how to bring critical dietetics into conventional practice, applying critical diets in clinical practice, policy applications, and new perspectives on training and educating a critical nutrition and dietetic workforce. Contributing authors from around the globe also discuss the role of critical nutrition dietetics in industry, private practice, and consultancy, as well the role of critical dietetics in addressing the food, hunger, and health issues associated with the world economic crisis. The authors designed the volume to be a reference work for students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Critical Nutrition, Critical Food Studies, and Critical Dietetics. Each chapter offers concise aims and learning outcomes, as well as assignments for students and a concise chapter summary. These features enhance the value of the volume as a learning tool.
- Contents
- 1. The History of Critical Dietetics: The Story of Finding Each Other -- 2. Critical Dietetics: Axiological Foundations -- 3. Swimming Upstream: Bringing Critical Dietetics into Conventional Practice -- 4. Awakening the Possibilities: An Exploration of Critical Nutrition and Dietetic Training and Education -- 5. Critical Perspectives in Clinical Nutrition Practice -- 6. Reshaping the Food System Using Food Democracy: Reorienting Consumer and Dietetic Practice -- 7. Critical Dietetics and Sustainable Food Systems -- 8. ‘Eating Right’: Critical Dietetics, Dietitians and Ethics -- 9. Food, Dietetics, and Imperialism -- 10. Social Justice, Health Equity, and Advocacy: What Are Our Roles?
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- e-Book
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- Online
Cancer and Society : A Multidisciplinary Assessment and Strategies for Action
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44213
Eric H. Bernicker, editor.
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Springer
, 2019.
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While a number of books have looked at the intersection between human health in general and other topics, such as climate change or diet, this book focuses specifically on cancer as it impacts and is impacted by social justice issues. The massive explosion of research knowledge of cancer immunology and genomics is holding out great promise of therapeutic advances, yet other human actions—climate change, pollution, business decisions, advertising – are fostering health inequalities as well as in…
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- Bernicker, Eric H.
- Responsibility
- Eric H. Bernicker, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 178 p.) : 15 illus., 14 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030058555
- 9783030058548 (Print ed.)
- 9783030058562 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Global Burden of Disease
- Health Planning
- Neoplasms - epidemiology
- Social Justice
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Social Medicine
- Abstract
- While a number of books have looked at the intersection between human health in general and other topics, such as climate change or diet, this book focuses specifically on cancer as it impacts and is impacted by social justice issues. The massive explosion of research knowledge of cancer immunology and genomics is holding out great promise of therapeutic advances, yet other human actions—climate change, pollution, business decisions, advertising – are fostering health inequalities as well as increasing risks. Those involved in cancer care and research are in a unique position to let their experiences and knowledge inform the public, yet very often have not taken strong public roles when it comes to discussing issues surrounding tobacco, climate change and health risks, financial toxicity of treatments, and diet choices. Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors and for medical oncologists, cancer researchers, occupational health workers, and related medical students, residents, and fellows, this book encourages oncologists to address public health care and the societal issues associated with cancer risk. This volume discusses the overarching theme of environmental justice and oncology, focuses on business and cancer (such as clinical trials, drug development and profits, and global disparities), as well as animals and cancer.
- Contents
- Tobacco and Social Justice -- Climate Change and Cancer -- Pollution, Cancer Risk, and Vulnerable Populations -- Causes, Consequences, and Control of High Cancer Drug Prices -- Clinical Trials: Not for the Poor and the Old -- Global Disparities: Can the World Afford Cancer? -- Cancer Quackery and Fake News: Targeting the Most Vulnerable -- The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Imaging -- The Hippies Were Right: Diet and Cancer Risk -- Protons and Prejudice: Finding Sense and Sensibility in the Development of a Costly Medical Therapy -- The Ethics of Animal Use in Cancer Research -- The Ecology of Cancer.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Rural Health Disparities : Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44276
Monica M. Taylor.
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Springer
, 2019.
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This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy and quality of life in these communities, concluding with a progressive vision for alleviating geographical health disparities on a local, national, and global scale. Chapters highlight models and ap…
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- Taylor, Monica M.
- Responsibility
- Monica M. Taylor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 60 p.) : 3 illus. in color
- Series
- SpringerBriefs in Public Health
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783030114671
- 9783030114664 (Print ed.)
- 9783030114688 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Planning
- Health Policy
- Health Status Disparities
- Public Health Administration
- Rural Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Abstract
- This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy and quality of life in these communities, concluding with a progressive vision for alleviating geographical health disparities on a local, national, and global scale. Chapters highlight models and approaches best suited to addressing this public health concern, suggesting action strategies focused around each of the three focus areas: 1. Public health: Elucidation of the contextual factors impacting the health of rural communities by: reporting statistical updates on a range of chronic and infectious diseases that disproportionately affect rural populations both globally and in the U.S.; providing discourse on the importance of addressing critical social determinants (global and national) that impede optimal health outcomes among rural populations; and, acknowledging the compositional factors of individuals who reside in rural spaces. 2. Public policy: Application of specific policy models to garner both public and political will towards sustainable policy change to improve healthy living in rural spaces. 3. Rural planning: Identification of national and international planning models that can be used to design strategic plans targeted to improve quality of life, create sustainable development, and establish economic well-being and growth in rural communities. Rural Health Disparities: Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches will find an engaged audience among non-profit organizations, planners, public health practitioners, policy analysts, and public interest groups, as well as rural health advocates and students enrolled in planning, public policy, and/or public health courses.
- Contents
- 1. National and Global Rural Health Crisis: Spatial Injustice -- 2. Environmental Injustices in Rural America -- 3. Public Health Solutions to Rural Health Disparities -- 4. Rural Health Disparities: The Policy Perspective -- 5. Rural Health Disparities: The Planning Perspective -- 6. Conclusion: A Progressive Vision.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Structural Competency in Mental Health and Medicine : A Case-Based Approach to Treating the Social Determinants of Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44311
Helena Hansen, Jonathan M. Metzl, editors.
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Springer
, 2019.
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This book documents the ways that clinical practitioners and trainees have used the “structural competency” framework to reduce inequalities in health. The essays describe on-the-ground ways that clinicians, educators, and activists craft structural interventions to enhance health outcomes, student learning, and community organizing around issues of social justice in health and healthcare. Each chapter of the book begins with a case study that illuminates a competency in reorienting clinical an…
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- Hansen, Helena
- Metzl, Jonathan M.
- Responsibility
- Helena Hansen, Jonathan M. Metzl, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxix, 230 p.) : 21 illus., 13 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030105259
- 9783030105242 (Print ed.)
- 9783030105266 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community Health Services
- Healthcare Disparities
- Public Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Justice
- Specialty
- Mental Health Services
- Social Medicine
- Abstract
- This book documents the ways that clinical practitioners and trainees have used the “structural competency” framework to reduce inequalities in health. The essays describe on-the-ground ways that clinicians, educators, and activists craft structural interventions to enhance health outcomes, student learning, and community organizing around issues of social justice in health and healthcare. Each chapter of the book begins with a case study that illuminates a competency in reorienting clinical and public health practice toward community, institutional and policy level intervention based on alliances with social agencies, community organizations and policy makers. Written by authors who are trained in both clinical and social sciences, the chapters cover pedagogy in classrooms and clinics, community collaboration, innovative health promotion approaches in non-health sectors and in public policies, offering a view of effective care as structural intervention and a road map toward its implementation. Structural Competency in Mental Health and Medicine is a cutting-edge resource for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, addiction medicine specialists, emergency medicine specialists, nurses, social workers, public health practitioners, and other clinicians working toward equality in health.
- Contents
- Part I. Structural Competency in Classrooms and Clinics -- Teaching and Testing Structural Competency in Pre-health Undergraduate Classrooms -- The Walking Classroom and the Community Clinic: Teaching Social Medicine Beyond the Medical School - This Ain’t No Tool, This Ain’t No Toolbox -- Reflections on the Intersection of Student Activism and Structural Competency Training in a New Medical School Curriculum -- The Structural Competency Working Group: Lessons from Iterative, Interdisciplinary Development of a Structural Competency Training Module -- Teaching Social Medicine as Collaborative Ethnographic Research and Advocacy on Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness -- Teaching Population Health and Community Health Assessment to Undergraduate Medical Students -- Part II. Structural Competency in Non-health Sector Collaborations -- Urbanism Is a Participatory Sport: Reflections on Teaching About Cities in a School of Public Health -- Promoting Collective Recovery in an Immigrant/Refugee Community Following Massive Trauma -- Is Poverty Making Me Sick? An Example of the Impact of Medical-Legal Partnership on Keeping Children Healthy -- Part III. Structural Competency in Community Engagement -- Program for Residency Education, Community Engagement, and Peer Support Training (PRECEPT): Connecting Psychiatrists to Community Resources in Harlem, NYC -- Relational Politics of Clinical Care: Lessons from the University of California PRIME-LC Program -- Allying with Our Neighbors to Teach Structural Competence: The Yale Department of Psychiatry Structural Competency Community Initiative (YSCCI) -- Community Health Workers as Accelerators of Community Engagement and Structural Competency in Health -- Part IV. Structural Competency in Policy Advocacy -- From Punishment to Public Health: Interdisciplinary Dialogues and Cross-Sector Policy Innovations -- Agents of Change: How Allied Healthcare Workers Transform Inequalities in the Healthcare Industry -- Physicians as Policy Advocates: From the Clinic to the State House - Part V. Bibliography -- Clinical Applications of Structural Competency: A Select Bibliography.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Health and Gender : Resilience and Vulnerability Factors For Women's Health in the Contemporary Society
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44406
Ilaria Tarricone, Anita Riecher-Rössler, editors.
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, c2019.
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This book presents a concise and comprehensive overview of the most important protective and risk factors for women's health, and reviews the main areas of medical science from a gender perspective. Numerous scientific experiments and studies have shown how gender differences significantly affect the clinical presentation of physical and mental health disorders as well as responses to treatments. This text highlights these issues, while at the same time reflecting on the practical implications …
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- Tarricone, Ilaria
- Riecher-Rössler, Anita
- Responsibility
- Ilaria Tarricone, Anita Riecher-Rössler, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 328 p.) : 28 illus., 27 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030150389
- 9783030150372 (Print ed.)
- 9783030150396 (Print ed.)
- 9783030150402 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Status
- Psychology, Developmental
- Risk Factors
- Sex Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Women's Health
- Specialty
- Health Promotion
- Social Medicine
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- This book presents a concise and comprehensive overview of the most important protective and risk factors for women's health, and reviews the main areas of medical science from a gender perspective. Numerous scientific experiments and studies have shown how gender differences significantly affect the clinical presentation of physical and mental health disorders as well as responses to treatments. This text highlights these issues, while at the same time reflecting on the practical implications of the theoretical knowledge presented. It also examines the organization of social and health services, which should increasingly take into account the specificities related to gender differences and where equality is based on truly embracing these differences. The final part provides insights into the experiences and testimonies collected by the authors of the book. Written by a multidisciplinary team of medical, psychosocial and humanities professionals, this book is of interest to health professionals and medical students.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Fairness, Equality and Health: Towards a Gender-Oriented Perspective -- 2. The Woman in the History of Health -- 3. Gender Violence: Risk Factors and Social Vulnerability -- 4. Gender Violence: Protective Factors and Resilience -- Part II. The Bio-psicho-social Determinants of Health for the Women -- 5. Vulnerability and Protective Factors for Mental Health: A Rereading in Gender Perspective -- 6. Gender, Genoma, and Health -- 7. Women at Work -- 8. Women, Migration and Social Environment -- 9. For Media, “Women’s Health” Often Stands for “Beauty” -- 10. Health and Gender in Movies -- 11. Women in Music: The Case of Italian Opera -- 12. Sport and Gender -- 13. Diet and Gender -- Part III. Women’s Health at All Stages of Life -- 14. Motherhood, Childbirth and Perinatal Age -- 15. Childhood -- 16. Young Women in the “Digital Generation”—New Risks and New Opportunities -- 17. Sexual Health, LGBT, and Human Rights -- 18. Senility -- Part IV. Gender Aspects in Medical Disorders and Care -- 19. Heart and Vascular Disorders: Gender Differences in Acute Coronary Syndrome -- 20. Endocrine Disorders -- 21. Urogenital and Reproductive Disorders -- 22. Central and Peripheral Nervous Disorders -- 23. Psychiatric Disorders -- 24. Gender and Pain -- 25. The Brain-Gut Axis and the Gender -- 26. Infectious Diseases and Gender: Focus on HIV Infection -- Part V. Cure, Organization of Services and Gender -- 27. Social Services in Front of Feminine Social Disease -- 28. Primary Care -- 29. Towards Gender-Sensitive Mental Health Services -- 30. Guarantee Committee for Equal Opportunity, Employee Well-Being and Non-discrimination at Work (CUG) -- 31. Prevention of Violence and Emergency Services -- 32. When the Woman Is the Mother: The Work of Pediatrician for Caring Mothers and Children -- Part VI. Histories and Epilogues -- 33. The Association of the Teachers of the Bologna University (AdDU): A Story of Increasing Consciousness -- 34. The Vase of Flowers: A Tale for Preschool Children on Mothers’ Chemotherapy Side Effects -- 35. Women at School -- 36. When the Daughter is a Doctor.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Health Disparities : Weaving a New Understanding Through Case Narratives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44657
Adam Perzynski, Sarah Shick, Ifeolorunbode Adebambo, editor.
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, c2019.
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This uniquely accessible volume challenges professionals to understand—and help correct—health disparities, both at the patient level and in their larger social contexts. Dedicated to eradicating this ongoing injustice, contributors focus on marginalized populations, the role of healthcare systems in perpetuating inequities, the need for deeper engagement and listening by professionals, and the need for advocacy within professional education and the political/policy arena. The compelling case n…
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- Perzynski, Adam
- Shick, Sarah
- Adebambo, Ifeolorunbode
- Responsibility
- Adam Perzynski, Sarah Shick, Ifeolorunbode Adebambo, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 246 p.) : 25 illus., 22 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030127718
- 9783030127701 (Print ed.)
- 9783030127725 (Print ed.)
- 9783030127732 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Healthcare Disparities
- Health Status Disparities
- Social Medicine
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Vulnerable Populations
- Abstract
- This uniquely accessible volume challenges professionals to understand—and help correct—health disparities, both at the patient level and in their larger social contexts. Dedicated to eradicating this ongoing injustice, contributors focus on marginalized populations, the role of healthcare systems in perpetuating inequities, the need for deeper engagement and listening by professionals, and the need for advocacy within professional education and the political/policy arena. The compelling case narratives at the core of the book illustrate the interrelated biopsychosocial components of patients’ health problems and the gradations of learning needed for practitioners to address them effectively. The book’s tools for developing a health disparities curriculum include a selection of workshop exercises, facilitator resources, and a brief guide to writing effective case narratives. A work of profound compassion, Health Disparities will be of considerable interest to researchers and practitioners interested in public health, population health, health disparities, and related fields such as sociology, social work, and narrative medicine. Its wealth of educational features also makes it a quality training text. "I was impressed when I read Health Disparities: Weaving a New Understanding through Case Narratives. As a patient who has experienced unpleasant situations in health care, I was moved to see that it was emotional and personal for the writers. The book confirms for me that the time is now for change to take place in our health care systems. I see this book as a light that can shine bright in the darkest places of health care. The editors have assembled a powerful book that provides all health professionals with specific steps they can take towards addressing and then eventually eliminating health disparities. A few steps that I really connected with were improving critical awareness, delivering quality care, listening and empathizing with patients and families, and advocating for changes. I recommend that anyone interested in working to improve health care obtain a copy of this book—it’s filled with useful information that every medical professional should know. The book reminds me of a quote by Wayne Dyer, 'When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.'" -Delores Collins, Founder and Executive Director, A Vision of Change Incorporated, Certified Community Health Worker. Founder of The Greater Cleveland Community Health Workers Association.
- Contents
- Part I. LBGT -- Part II. Race, Ethnicity and Culture -- Part III. Gender -- Part IV. Poverty -- Part V. Inequality -- Part VI. Immigration -- Part VII. Disability - Part VIII. Social Support -- Part IX. Addiction and Substance Use -- Part X. Aging -- Part XI. Technology -- Part XII. Education -- Part XIII. Mental Illness and Stigma -- Part XIV. Insurance -- Part XV. Fragmented Care -- Part XVI. Workshop, Activity and Facilitator Resources.
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- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Case Reports
- Location
- Online
Frontier Nursing in Appalachia : History, Organization and the Changing Culture of Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44745
Edie West.
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, c2019.
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This book provides a historical analysis of the Frontier Nursing Services in the Eastern Appalachians of the United States, as well as a review of the oral history tradition of former frontier and non-frontier nurses. The data was gathered from 2003 to 2007, and the historical part covers the years 1900 to 1970. The objective of the study presented here was to conduct interviews with former frontier and non-frontier nurses in order to better understand their family and personal relationships, a…
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- West, Edie
- Responsibility
- Edie West
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 234 p.) : 16 illus., 10 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030200275
- 9783030200268 (Print ed.)
- 9783030200282 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care - history
- Health Services Administration - history
- Nursing - history
- Poverty Areas
- Social Medicine
- Wilderness Medicine - organization & administration
- Other Subjects
- Appalachian Region
- Specialty
- History of Medicine
- Nursing
- Wilderness Medicine
- Abstract
- This book provides a historical analysis of the Frontier Nursing Services in the Eastern Appalachians of the United States, as well as a review of the oral history tradition of former frontier and non-frontier nurses. The data was gathered from 2003 to 2007, and the historical part covers the years 1900 to 1970. The objective of the study presented here was to conduct interviews with former frontier and non-frontier nurses in order to better understand their family and personal relationships, and the experiences that motivated their career choices. These interviews also give a voice to the working and middle-class women of the FNS. The emerging themes include moral inhabitability in work/education environments, the generational mix, nurse-physician and male-female relationships at the workplace, the role of technology, humanitarian versus financial rewards, and the public image of nurses. In addition, the book examines how the FNS shifted from a community/grass-roots structure to the corporate/business model of healthcare delivery employed today. In closing, it stresses the importance of explorig past nursing in order to better grasp present nursing. It also represents a testament to the professional work and vital contributions of frontier nurses.
- Contents
- 1. Background and Introduction -- 2. Rights and Claims: Culture and Communication in Appalachia -- 3. Place and Claims: Cultural and Communication in Appalachia -- 4. Centralized Versus Decentralized Structures in Appalachia -- 5. Moral Inhabitability and Work Environments -- 6. Gender and Role Assignments in the Institutional Hierarchy -- 7. Moral Inhabitability and Educational Environments -- 8. Recruitment, Retention and Morally Inhabitable Environments -- 9. Cultural Identity, Public Image and Frontier Nursing -- 10. Conclusions.
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- e-Book
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- Online
