Academic Global Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39760
Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the ed…
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- Swaroop, Mamta
- Krishnaswami, Sanjay
- Responsibility
- Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 144 p. : 7 illus., 4 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Success in academic surgery
- ISBN
- 9783319142982
- 9783319142975 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2194-7481
- Subjects (MeSH)
- General Surgery
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Abstract
- This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the educational, research and clinical collaborations needed to enhance understanding of surgical disease and improve surgical care worldwide. This source of current knowledge is the perfect tool for both students and young surgeons interested in a career in Academic Global Surgery, as well as those who wish to simply further their knowledge in this field.
- Contents
- Part 1. General Considerations -- 1. Global Burden of Surgical Disease and the Role of Academia -- 2. Promoting, Developing, and Sustaining Academic Global Surgery Programs -- 3. Ethics in Global Surgery -- Part 2. Career -- 4. Preparing and Sustaining Your Career in Academic Global Surgery -- 5. Balancing Global Surgery with Traditional Career and Life Demands -- Part 3. Clinical -- 6. Guidelines and Parameters for Ideal Short-Term Interactions: Disaster Relief -- 7. How to Set Up for an Ideal Long Term Clinical Interaction -- Part 4. Research -- 8. Current Research Needs and Priorities -- 9. Research Methods Appropriate and Applicable to Global Surgery -- 10. Funding for Global Surgical Programs -- Part 5. Education -- 11. Developing Educational Opportunities for Trainees on Both Sides -- 12. The Role of Educational Research in the Global Setting -- Part 6. Resources -- 13. Tools Useful for the Academic Global Surgeon.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Accidental Injury : Biomechanics and Prevention
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38971
(3rd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book provides a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental injury and prevention. The editors, Drs. Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum and John W. Melvin are recognized international leaders and researchers in injury biomechanics, prevention and trauma medicine. They have assembled renowned researchers as authors for 29 chapters to cover individual aspects of human injury assessment and prevention. This third edition is thoroughly revised and expanded with new chapters …
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- Yoganandan, Narayan
- Nahum, Alan M
- Melvin, John W
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 851 p. : 389 illus., 143 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781493917327
- 9781493917310 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- This book provides a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental injury and prevention. The editors, Drs. Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum and John W. Melvin are recognized international leaders and researchers in injury biomechanics, prevention and trauma medicine. They have assembled renowned researchers as authors for 29 chapters to cover individual aspects of human injury assessment and prevention. This third edition is thoroughly revised and expanded with new chapters in different fields. Topics covered address automotive, aviation, military and other environments. Field data collection; injury coding/scaling; injury epidemiology; mechanisms of injury; human tolerance to injury; simulations using experimental, complex computational models (finite element modeling) and statistical processes; anthropomorphic test device design, development and validation for crashworthiness applications in topics cited above; and current regulations are covered. Risk functions and injury criteria for various body regions are included. Adult and pediatric populations are addressed. The exhaustive list of references in many areas along with the latest developments is valuable to all those involved or intend to pursue this important topic on human injury biomechanics and prevention. The expanded edition will interest a variety of scholars and professionals including physicians, biomedical researchers in many disciplines, basic scientists, attorneys and jurists involved in accidental injury cases, and governmental bodies. It is hoped that this book will foster multidisciplinary collaborations by medical and engineering researchers, and academicians and practicing physicians for injury assessment and prevention and stimulate more applied research, education and training in the field of accidental-injury causation and prevention.
- Contents
- Introduction to and applications of injury biomechanics -- Automotive field data in injury biomechanics -- Medical imaging and injury scaling in trauma biomechanics -- Anthropomorphic test devices and injury risk assessments -- Restraint system biomechanics -- Computational modeling in injury biomechanics -- Computational analysis of bone fracture -- Skull and facial bone injury biomechanics -- Biomechanics of brain injury: a historical perspective -- Biomechanics of brain injury: looking to the future -- Neck injury biomechanics -- Upper extremity biomechanics -- Thorax injury biomechanics -- Impact and injury response of the abdomen -- Thoracic spine injury biomechanics -- Lumbar spine injury biomechanics -- Knee, thigh, and hip injury biomechanics -- Leg, foot, and ankle injury biomechanics -- Pain biomechanics -- Thoracolumbar pain: neural mechanisms and biomechanics -- Role of muscles in accidental injury -- Pediatric biomechanics -- Best practice recommendations for protecting child occupants -- Pedestrian injury biomechanics and protection -- Design and testing of sports helmets: biomechanical practical considerations -- Normalization and scaling for human response corridors and development of injury risk curves -- Injury criteria and motor vehicle regulations -- Civil aviation crash injury protection -- Ballistic injury biomechanics.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Advances in Vision Research. Volume I, Genetic Eye Research in Asia and the Pacific
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41924
Gyan Prakash, Takeshi Iwata, editors.
--Tokyo:
Springer
, 2017.
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This book presents the state of the art in genetic eye research in Asia and the Pacific. Though there has been an explosion of information on genetic eye research in western countries, more than sixty percent of the human genes involved in eye diseases in the Asian and Pacific population remain unknown. However, new efforts and a new awareness have sparked important discussions on the subject, and new plans are being implemented to discover the genes responsible for many eye diseases in the pop…
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- Prakash, Gyan
- Iwata, Takeshi
- Responsibility
- Gyan Prakash, Takeshi Iwata, editors
- Alternate Title
- Genetic Eye Research in Asia and the Pacific
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 523 pages) : 71 illus., 55 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Essentials in ophthalmology
- ISBN
- 9784431565116
- 9784431565093 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1612-3212
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Eye diseases - genetics
- Biomedical Research
- Other Subjects
- Asia
- Abstract
- This book presents the state of the art in genetic eye research in Asia and the Pacific. Though there has been an explosion of information on genetic eye research in western countries, more than sixty percent of the human genes involved in eye diseases in the Asian and Pacific population remain unknown. However, new efforts and a new awareness have sparked important discussions on the subject, and new plans are being implemented to discover the genes responsible for many eye diseases in the population. The book reviews the latest findings; its content ranges from genetic aspects of human migration to DNA sequence analysis, genome-wide association analysis, and disease phenotypes. The efforts of the Asian Eye Genetic Consortium (AEGC) are also discussed. The book's editors have been instrumental in developing strategies for discovering the new Asian genes involved in many eye diseases. All chapters were written by leading researchers working on Asian eye genetics from the fields of Human Genetics, Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Sensory Sciences, and Clinical Research. Advances in Vision Research, Volume I will prove to be a major resource for all researchers, clinicians, clinical researchers, and allied eye health professionals with an interest in eye diseases among the Asian population.
- Contents
- 1. Foundation of Asian Eye Genetics Consortium (AEGC) -- 2. Japan consortium for whole exome analysis of hereditary retinal diseases -- 3. Whole-genome sequencing in genetic eye diseases in China -- 4. Targeted exome sequencing in Japanese patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa -- 5. Genetic Epidemiology of Congenital Cataracts and Autosomal Recessive Retinal Degenerations in Pakistan -- 6. Genetics of Cataract in Asia -- 7. Genetic analysis of families with retinal dystrophies -- 8. Whole genome sequencing in patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa -- 9. Retinitis pigmentosa in Korean patients -- 10. Retinitis pigmentosa in Chinese population -- 11. Retinitis Pigmentosa in Japanese Population -- 12. Cone Dysfunction Syndrome in Japanese Population -- 13. Leber Congenital Amaurosis/Early-Onset Retinal Dystrophy in Japanese Population -- 14. Paradigm of Susceptibility genes in AMD and PCV -- 15. Genetics and Pathology of Inflammatory Components on AMD -- 16. Genome wide association study of age-related eye diseases in Chinese population -- 17. Clinical Genetics of Retinoblastoma: An Asian Perspective -- 18. Molecular and Clinical Genetics of Retinoblastoma -- 19. Current research Perspectives in Understanding Diabetic Retinopathy -- 20. Genome-wide association studies of glaucoma -- 21. Genetic Complexity of Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma in Asians -- 22. Genotype-phenotype correlation for POAG in the Middle East Khaled Abu-Amero (Saudi Arabia), Alta-- 23. Corneal Dystrophies in India -- 24. Genetics of Corneal Endothelial Dystrophies: An Asian Perspective -- 25. Keratoconus in Asia -- 26. Genetics of Pediatric Eye Diseases and Strabismus in Asia -- 27. Keratoconus: Globally and in the Middle East; Epidemiology, Genetics and future Research -- 28. Genetics of Myopia -- 29. Ocular Implications of Gaucher Disease -- 30. Genetic background of Uveitis in Chinese population -- 31. Usher Syndrome in Chinese and Japanese Population -- 32. Homozygosity Mapping for Autosomal Recessive Ocular Diseases -- 33. Tools of Genetic Eye Research and Need for Clinical Research Collaborations -- 34. Eye Genetics: The Road Ahead to Quality Standards -- 35. Genetic Counselling in Asia -- 36. Epigenetic study in Asian Eye Diseases -- 37. Unique Asian Patients Population: An Opportunity for Drug Development -- 38. A Perspective: How can gene therapeutics help address ophthalmic health issues in Asia?
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- e-Book
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- Online
AIDS Activism, Science and Community Across Three Continents
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Robert Lorway.
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Springer
, 2017.
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This book critically examines the many complex entanglements between AIDS activism and HIV science. It takes readers on a medical anthropological expedition across time and space that highlights the stakes from the perspective of those most affected by the epidemic. Author Robert Lorway reveals how early in the HIV epidemic, amid inadequate government leadership, communities of people living with and directly affected by HIV and AIDS rose to become a vital force at the forefront of prevention r…
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- Lorway, Robert
- Responsibility
- Robert Lorway
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 153 pages) : 14 illus.
- Series Title
- Social aspects of HIV
- ISBN
- 9783319421995
- 9783319421971 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-6559
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - psychology
- Community Health Services
- HIV infections - psychology
- Patient Advocacy
- Sociological Factors
- Abstract
- This book critically examines the many complex entanglements between AIDS activism and HIV science. It takes readers on a medical anthropological expedition across time and space that highlights the stakes from the perspective of those most affected by the epidemic. Author Robert Lorway reveals how early in the HIV epidemic, amid inadequate government leadership, communities of people living with and directly affected by HIV and AIDS rose to become a vital force at the forefront of prevention responses. Yet now, more than three decades later, HIV prevention and treatment is increasingly being placed under the jurisdiction of clinical, epidemiological, and management scientific expertise. In this kind of context, where does activism figure into the possibility of more democratized collaborations between affected communities, scientists, and policy makers? Coverage draws upon the findings from an array of community research projects conducted in Canada, India, and Kenya over a 22-year period. It weaves together rich, original data sources that range from in-depth qualitative interviews, field notes, and primary and secondary archival document retrievals in these three regions. Offering a rich diversity in perspectives, this book tackles the broader themes related to global health policy, science, and transnational activism at the same time as it highlights the experiences and local arenas where debates about activism and science play out. In the end, Lorway questions the growing expectation for affected communities themselves to produce sound evidence to legitimize their advocacy projects. He calls for the planners and implementers of biomedically oriented HIV research and interventions to more meaningfully engage with communities in ways that de-monopolize decision making as a matter of ethics and improved scientific practice.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Section I. Canada: Professionalization -- 1. A Vital Response -- 2. Treatment Rebellions -- Section II. India: Techno-Bureaucratization -- 3. Geographies of Intervention -- 4. Documenting Sovereignty -- III. Kenya: Bioexperimentalization -- 5. A South-to-South Collaboration -- 6. The Logic of Verification -- Conclusion.
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- e-Book
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- Online
An International Perspective on Disasters and Children's Mental Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44638
Christina W. Hoven, Lawrence V. Amsel, Sam Tyano, editors.
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Springer
, 2019.
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This book provides a broad international perspective on the psychological trauma faced by children and adolescents exposed to major disasters, and on the local public health response to their needs. An outstanding quality of the book is that it draws upon the experience of local researchers, clinicians, and public mental health practitioners who dedicated themselves to these children in the wake of overwhelming events. The chapters address exemplary responses to a wide variety of trauma types, …
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- Hoven, Christina W.
- Amsel, Lawrence V.
- Tyano, Sam
- Other Authors
- World Psychiatric Association
- Responsibility
- Christina W. Hoven, Lawrence V. Amsel, Sam Tyano, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 439 p.) : 36 illus., 27 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Integrating psychiatry and primary care
- ISBN
- 9783030158729
- 9783030158712 (Print ed.)
- 9783030158736 (Print ed.)
- 9783030158743 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2522-5693
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adolescent
- Armed Conflicts
- Child
- Disasters
- Emergency Services, Psychiatric
- Mental Health Services
- Psychological Trauma - therapy
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - prevention & control
- Abstract
- This book provides a broad international perspective on the psychological trauma faced by children and adolescents exposed to major disasters, and on the local public health response to their needs. An outstanding quality of the book is that it draws upon the experience of local researchers, clinicians, and public mental health practitioners who dedicated themselves to these children in the wake of overwhelming events. The chapters address exemplary responses to a wide variety of trauma types, including severe weather, war, industrial catastrophes, earthquakes, and terrorism. Because disasters do not recognize geographic, economic, or political boundaries, the chapters have been selected to reflect the diverse global community’s attempt to respond to vulnerable children in the most challenging times. The book, thus, examines a diverse range of healthcare systems, cultural settings, mental health infrastructure, government policies, and the economic factors that have played an important role in responses to traumatic events. The ultimate goal of this book is to stimulate future international collaborations and interventions that will promote children’s mental health in the face of disaster.
- Contents
- Part I. Children in Disasters: An Overview -- 1. The Impact of Trauma on the Fetus, the Infant, and the Child -- 2. Public Health Responses and Therapeutic Interventions -- Part II. Terrorism -- 3. Boko Haram Insurgency and Nigeria’s Mental Health Response -- 4. The Army Public School Massacre in Peshawar, Pakistan -- 5. Children’s Mental Health After 9/11 and the Boston Marathon Bombing -- Part III. Earthquakes and Tsunamis -- 6. Chilean Children 7 Years After the 2010 Earthquake and Tsunami -- 7. Children’s Exposure to China’s Wenchuan Earthquake: Mental Health Sequelae -- 8. Children’s Mental Health Following the Haiti 2010 Earthquake -- Part IV. Nuclear Events -- 9. Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- 10. Responses to Children’s Mental Health Needs Following the Chernobyl Disaster -- 11. Child and Adolescent Suicide Risk Following the Chernobyl Disaster -- Part V. Extreme Weather and Geography -- 12. Psychopathology in Children and Their Caregivers Following America’s Hurricane Katrina -- 13. Use of Geographic Information Systems in Trauma Research -- Part VI. Parents and Children in Times of War -- 14. The Armenian Genocide and Its Intergenerational Effects -- 15. Promoting Mental Health for Children and Their Caregivers Affected by the Syrian Conflict -- 16. The Intergenerational Aftermath of War Captivity: The Israeli Experience -- Part VII. Refugees and Human Rights -- 17. Children Seeking Asylum: Mental Health and Human Rights -- 18. Children and Armed Conflict: A Child Rights-based Approach to Prevention and Mitigation -- Part VIII. Future Approaches -- 19. Preventing Future Terrorism: Intervening on Youth Radicalization -- 20. Mass Disasters and Children’s Mental Health: How General Systems Theory and Behavioral Economics Can Help.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Communicating about Risks and Safe Use of Medicines : Real Life and Applied Research
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45281
Priya Bahri, editor.
--Singapore:
Adis
, c2020.
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At the core of this book lies the question how to approach medicines, risks and communication as a researcher - or anybody planning and evaluating a communication intervention, or wanting to understand communication events in private and the media. With a view to tackle current shortcomings of communication systems and processes for improved implementation, patient satisfaction and health outcomes, a multilayered approach is presented. This combines multiple data types and methods to obtain a w…
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- Bahri, Priya
- Responsibility
- Priya Bahri, editor
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxx, 504 p.) : 32 illus., 30 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811530135
- 9789811530128 (Print ed.)
- 9789811530142 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Communication
- Health Education
- Pharmaceutical Preparations - adverse effects
- Risk Assessment
- Specialty
- Health Education
- Pharmacy
- Abstract
- At the core of this book lies the question how to approach medicines, risks and communication as a researcher - or anybody planning and evaluating a communication intervention, or wanting to understand communication events in private and the media. With a view to tackle current shortcomings of communication systems and processes for improved implementation, patient satisfaction and health outcomes, a multilayered approach is presented. This combines multiple data types and methods to obtain a wider and deeper understanding of the major parties and their interactions, as well as the healthcare, social and political contexts of information flows, how they interfere and which impact they have. Illustrated with real life experiences of safety concerns with medicines, worldwide active experts discuss the methods and contributions their disciplines can offer. With considerations on terminologies, tabulated overviews on communication types and outcomes, a patient-centred vision and plain language for non-medical readers, the book creates a platform for multidisciplinary collaborations amongst researchers as well as practitioners from communications, healthcare, the social sciences and pharmacovigilance. Importantly, it advocates for an active role of patients and highlights the achievements and aspirations of patient organisations. Finally, the book suggests establishing an inclusive discipline of humanities and epidemiology of medicinal product risk communication to realise full research potential. The authors are driven by the curiosity for communication as the most human behaviour, and as good health is amongst the basic human needs, medicinal product risk communication is an exciting research field of high global relevance.
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- 1. A Multilayered Research Framework for Humanities and Epidemiology of Medicinal Product Risk Communication -- Part I: Medicines in Real Life as Communication Challenges -- 2. Hormonal Contraceptives: Communication for Risk Awareness and Informed Choice, or a Public Scare? -- 3. COX-2 Inhibitors: Communication of Accumulating Risk Evidence and a Product Withdrawal -- 4. Isotretinoin: Communication for Preventing Birth Defects and Alerting of an Uncertain Risk of Suicide -- 5. Pandemic Influenza Vaccines: Communication of Benefits, Risks, and Uncertainties -- Part II: Tackling the Challenges: Methods for Medicinal Product Risk Communication Research -- 6. Ethical Frameworks -- 7. The Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences -- 8. The Social Sciences -- 9. Rhetoric and Science and Technology Studies -- 10. Media Science and Practice -- 11. Social Media Research -- 12. Design Science with a Focus on User-Centred Evaluation of Written Information -- 13. Dissemination and Implementation Science -- 14. Pharmacoepidemiology -- 15. Legal Frameworks -- 16. From Passive to Active: Patients as Contributors to Medicinal Product Risk Communication Research.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Ethics of Innovation in Neurosurgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44164
Marike L. D. Broekman, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
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This book covers all ethical aspects of introducing novel implants and procedures in neurosurgery in a structured way, addressing the current knowledge gap concerning ethical innovations in neurosurgery. Initially it explores the difficulties involved in defining when a procedure should be considered innovation, research, or care. To this end, it presents not only an overview of current literature, but also data from a recent survey among neurosurgeons in Europe. The book subsequently discusses…
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- Broekman, Marike L. D.
- Responsibility
- Marike L. D. Broekman, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 167 p.) : 1 illus.
- ISBN
- 9783030055028
- 9783030055011 (Print ed.)
- 9783030055035 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ethics, Clinical
- Neurosurgery - ethics
- Neurosurgical Procedures - ethics
- Specialty
- Neurosurgery
- Abstract
- This book covers all ethical aspects of introducing novel implants and procedures in neurosurgery in a structured way, addressing the current knowledge gap concerning ethical innovations in neurosurgery. Initially it explores the difficulties involved in defining when a procedure should be considered innovation, research, or care. To this end, it presents not only an overview of current literature, but also data from a recent survey among neurosurgeons in Europe. The book subsequently discusses the ethical issues related to innovation. These include: informed consent (what should a surgeon tell the patient and how should he/she do so), oversight (can any surgeon simply implant a novel spinal device?), the learning curve (when should a surgeon be allowed to perform a novel procedure?), vulnerable patients (how to innovate in the pediatric population or in an emergency setting), and conflicts of interest, as well as the ethics of paying for innovative treatments. In turn, the closing chapters focus on the evaluation of neurosurgical research and innovation. Are cultural changes necessary and how could innovation benefit from (international) collaborations? Given the range of topics addressed, the book offers neurosurgeons, residents, scientists, companies and hospital administrations a valuable guide to introducing novel implants and techniques in neurosurgery.
- Contents
- Part I. Innovation in Neurosurgery: Key Ethical Challenges -- 1. Defining Innovation in Neurosurgery: Challenges and Implications -- 2. Informed Consent for Neurosurgical Innovation -- 3. Ethical Challenges of Current Oversight and Regulation of Novel Medical Devices in Neurosurgery -- 4. Ethics of Neurosurgical Innovation: Oversight and Regulation -- 5. The Ethics of the Learning Curve in Innovative Neurosurgery -- 6. Innovation in Pediatric Neurosurgery: The Ethical Agenda -- 7. Conflict of Interest in Neurosurgical Innovation -- Part II. Payment for and Right to Innovation in Neurosurgery -- 8. The Ethics of Funding Innovation: Who Should Pay? -- 9. Public Pressure for Neurosurgical Innovation -- 10. Surgical Innovation for Terminal Illnesses: Do Patients have a Right to Access Innovative Treatments? -- 11. Ethics Committees, Innovative Surgery, and Organizational Ethics -- Part III. Evaluation of Innovations in Neurosurgery -- 12. Evaluating Awake Craniotomies in Glioma Patients: Meeting the Challenge -- 13. Ethical Considerations of Neuro-Oncology Trial Design in the Era of Precision Medicine -- 14. The Ethics of Passive Data and Digital Phenotyping in Neurosurgery -- 15. Research Ethics: When Innovation is Clearly Research -- Part IV. Innovation in Neurosurgery: Required Culture and Team Collaboration. 16. Innovation and Team Collaboration in Neurosurgery -- 17. Culture and Attitudes Supporting Ethical Innovation in Neurosurgery -- 18. Perspective: Future of Innovation in Neurosurgery.
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- e-Book
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- Online
The Ethics of Medical Data Donation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43957
Jenny Krutzinna, Luciano Floridi, editors.
--Cham:
SpringerOpen
, c2019.
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- Open access
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This open access book presents an ethical approach to utilizing personal medical data. It features essays that combine academic argument with practical application of ethical principles. The contributors are experts in ethics and law. They address the challenges in the re-use of medical data of the deceased on a voluntary basis. This pioneering study looks at the many factors involved when individuals and organizations wish to share information for research, policy-making, and humanitarian purp…
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- Krutzinna, Jenny
- Floridi, Luciano
- Responsibility
- Jenny Krutzinna, Luciano Floridi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 198 p.) : 1 illus.
- Series
- Philosophical Studies Series
- Series Vol.
- v. 137
- Series Title
- Philosophical studies series
- ISBN
- 9783030043636
- 9783030043629 (Print ed.)
- 9783030043643 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0921-8599
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Data Collection - ethics
- Ethics, Research
- Health Records, Personal - ethics
- Medical Records
- Specialty
- Ethics
- Medical Informatics
- Abstract
- This open access book presents an ethical approach to utilizing personal medical data. It features essays that combine academic argument with practical application of ethical principles. The contributors are experts in ethics and law. They address the challenges in the re-use of medical data of the deceased on a voluntary basis. This pioneering study looks at the many factors involved when individuals and organizations wish to share information for research, policy-making, and humanitarian purposes. Today, it is easy to donate blood or even organs, but it is virtually impossible to donate one’s own medical data. This is seen as ethically unacceptable. Yet, data donation can greatly benefit the welfare of our societies. This collection provides timely interdisciplinary research on biomedical big data. Topics include the ethics of data donation, the legal and regulatory challenges, and the current and future collaborations. Readers will learn about the ethical and regulatory challenges associated with medical data donations. They will also better understand the special nature of using deceased data for research purposes with regard to ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice. In addition, the contributors identify the key governance issues of such a scheme. The essays also look at what we can learn in terms of best practice from existing medical data schemes.
- Contents
- 1. Ethical Medical Data Donation: A Pressing Issue -- Part I. Conceptualising the Ethics of Medical Data Donation -- 2. Data Donation: How to Resist the iLeviathan -- 3. Data Donations as Exercises of Sovereignty -- 4. The Ethics of Uncertainty for Data Subjects -- 5. Incongruities and Dilemmas in Data Donation: Juggling Our 1s and 0s -- Part II. Governance and Regulation of Medical Data Donation -- 6. Posthumous Medical Data Donation: The Case for a Legal Framework -- 7. Medical Data Donation, Consent and the Public Interest After Death: A Gateway to Posthumous Data Use -- Part III. Implementing Ethical Medical Data Donation -- 8. The Personal Data Is Political -- 9. Personal Data Cooperatives – A New Data Governance Framework for Data Donations and Precision Health -- 10. Defining Data Donation After Death: Metadata, Families, Directives, Guardians and the Route to Big Consent -- Part IV. An Ethical Code for Posthumous Medical Data Donation -- 11. Enabling Posthumous Medical Data Donation: A Plea for the Ethical Utilisation of Personal Health Data -- 12. An Ethical Code for Posthumous Medical Data Donation.
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- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Family and HIV/AIDS : Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30912
Willo Pequegnat, Carl C. Bell, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Three decades into the HIV pandemic, the goals remain clear: reduce the number of infections, improve the health outcomes of those who are infected, and eliminate disparities in care. And one observation continues to gain credence: families are a powerful resource in preventing, adapting to, and coping with HIV. Recognizing their complex role as educators, mentors, and caregivers, Family and HIV/AIDS assembles a wealth of findings from successful prevention and intervention strategies and prov…
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- Pequegnat, Willo
- Bell, Carl C
- Responsibility
- Willo Pequegnat, Carl C. Bell, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 364 p. : 7 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9781461404392
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control
- HIV Infections - prevention & control
- Health Behavior
- Parent-Child Relations
- Primary Prevention
- Risk Factors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Maternal and infant welfare
- Social work
- AIDS
- Abstract
- Three decades into the HIV pandemic, the goals remain clear: reduce the number of infections, improve the health outcomes of those who are infected, and eliminate disparities in care. And one observation continues to gain credence: families are a powerful resource in preventing, adapting to, and coping with HIV. Recognizing their complex role as educators, mentors, and caregivers, Family and HIV/AIDS assembles a wealth of findings from successful prevention and intervention strategies and provides models for translating evidence into effective real-world practice. Chapters spotlight the differing roles of mothers and fathers in prevention efforts, clarify the need for family/community collaborations, and examine core issues of culture,ethnicity, gender, and diagnosis (e.g., minority families, adolescents with psychological disorders). Throughout, risk reduction and health promotion are shown as a viable public health strategy. Among the topics covered: The family as the model for HIV prevention. The role of settings in family-based prevention of HIV/STDs. Couples-based HIV prevention and treatment. Parents as agents of HIV prevention for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. Promoting family-focused evidence-based practice in HIV/AIDS care. Families and HIV medical adherence. A reference with considerable utility across the health, mental health, and related disciplines, Family and HIV/AIDS will be a go-to resource for practitioners working with families, researchers studying at-risk populations, administrators seeking to create new (or evaluate existing) prevention and care programs, and policymakers involved in funding such programs. From Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D., Executive Dean for Research and Research Training Chair,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami The editors and authors are to be commended for bringing together an impressive amount of findings on the role of families in preventing and addressing HIV infection. The book documents the tremendous progress in this program of research since the publication of Working with Families in the Era of AIDS IN 2000. While the book is focused on ethnic minority families and HIV, the strategies have application for all families coping with a range of chronic diseases and should be tremendously useful for research, public health care providers, and policy makers.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Part I: Overview of Family and HIV and Mental Health -- Families and HIV/AIDS: First Line of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention -- Family as the Model for Prevention of Mental and Physical Health Problems -- The Role of Settings in Family Based-Prevention of HIV/STDs -- Part II: Role of Families in Prevention and Care -- Parents as AIDS educators -- Mothers: The Major Force in Preventing HIV/STD Risk Behaviors -- Fathers and HIV: A Missing Factor in Developing Interventions but Not in the Lives of Their Children -- Communities and HIV -- Couples-based HIV Prevention and Treatment: State of Science, Gaps and Future Directions -- The Role of Families Among Orphans and Vulnerable Children In Confronting HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Collaborating with Families and Communities to Prevent Youth HIV Risk Taking and Exposure -- Families and HIV Medical Adherence -- Part III. Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Issues in Families -- Family-Based HIV Prevention with African American and Hispanic Youth -- Parents as Agents of HIV Prevention for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth -- Family-Based HIV Prevention for Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders -- Part IV. Implementing Family Systems Evidence-Based Prevention -- Adaptation of Interventions for Families Affected by HIV -- Promoting Family-Focused Evidenced-Based Practice in Frontline HIV/AIDS Care -- Part V. Challenges for the Future -- Future Directions for Family-Based Prevention and Treatment Research: Challenges and Emerging Issues.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Fire and Rescue Services : Leadership and Management Perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43361
Peter Murphy, Kirsten Greenhalgh, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles as first responders and guardians of public safety and prevention. The implications for international public health and safety programs are made clear as the services' recent history illustrates the comp…
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- Other Authors
- Murphy, Peter
- Greenhalgh, Kirsten
- Responsibility
- Peter Murphy, Kirsten Greenhalgh, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 240 p.) : 14 illus., 4 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319621555
- 9783319621531 (print ed.)
- 9783319621548 (print ed.)
- 9783319872438 (print ed.)
- Other Subjects
- United Kingdom
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles as first responders and guardians of public safety and prevention. The implications for international public health and safety programs are made clear as the services' recent history illustrates the complex challenges typical of functioning within local and national political contexts. Chapters take on a broad range of management, leadership, service delivery, and staffing concerns, including: Evolution and adaptation of fire and rescue services during periods of expansion and austerity; Civil protection as a local and national priority; Structural issues: assessments and improvements, collaborations with other services; Emerging social concerns: diversity, gender equality, the aging worker population; The concepts and consequences of heroes and heroism; Future directions for governance, transparency, and accountability. Fire and Rescue Services complements the earlier volumes in the Leadership & Management of Emergency Services series with equal parts realism and vision. It should interest a wide audience of public policymakers, public managers, and emergency service personnel, as well as academics and researchers.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Gathering Storm: Modernisation, Local Alignment and Collaboration. Fire and Rescue Services Under the Early New Labour Administrations from 1997 to 2005 -- 3. Consolidation and Improvement: Fire and Rescue Under the New Labour Administrations 2005–2010 -- 4. Another Turn of the Screw: Fire and Rescue Under the Coalition Government of 2010–2015 -- 5. Peer Challenge: A Sector-Led Approach to Performance Improvement in Fire and Rescue Services -- 6. Collaboration in the Emergency Services -- 7. Governance and Accountability to Service Users -- 8. The Making of a Hero: An Exploration of Heroism in Disasters and Implications for the Emergency Services -- 9. Older Firefighters: A Problem to Be Managed or a Resource to Be Valued? -- 10. Feeling the Heat? Management Reform and Workforce Diversity in the English Fire Service -- 11. The Use of Equality and Equality Frameworks by Fire and Rescue Services -- 12. Governance Matters -- 13. Scottish Fire and Rescue Services Reform 2010–2015 -- 14. Command and Control of Fire and Rescue Operations in Sweden -- 15. 2016 and the Future: Changing the Governance Paradigm as Well as the Operating Environment if Not the Financial Context.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Getting to Good : Research Integrity in the Biomedical Sciences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42644
Arthur L. Caplan, Barbara K. Redman, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book represents the first comprehensive, gold standard reader on research integrity in the biomedical sciences. Now more than ever, the responsible conduct of research (RCR) has become critically important as new technologies affect research practices in both positive and negative ways. Since learning to do science and practicing it brings researchers into contact with a vast array of ethical issues, it is critical to know the standards and how they are evolving. Indeed, research integrity…
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- Other Authors
- Caplan, Arthur L.
- Redman, Barbara K.
- Responsibility
- Arthur L. Caplan, Barbara K. Redman, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 583 p.) : 488 illus., 298 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319513584
- 9783319513577 (print ed.)
- 9783319513591 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - ethics
- Ethics, Research
- Publishing - ethics
- Abstract
- This book represents the first comprehensive, gold standard reader on research integrity in the biomedical sciences. Now more than ever, the responsible conduct of research (RCR) has become critically important as new technologies affect research practices in both positive and negative ways. Since learning to do science and practicing it brings researchers into contact with a vast array of ethical issues, it is critical to know the standards and how they are evolving. Indeed, research integrity requires scientists at all levels to operate ethically in a system that supports ethical practice. This unique, foundational text covers all the relevant areas -- subject protection, research misconduct and conflict of interest as well as newly quantified concerns about research bias and non-reproducibility, as well as other unique issues. Developed by renowned experts, this compelling title discusses the full range of practices and policies that should support research that is honestly produced and disseminated. It also specifically incorporates topics noted by the National Institutes of Health as essential and required for training in RCR. Getting to Good—Research Integrity in the Biomedical Sciences is a major contribution to the literature on bioethics and will serve as an invaluable resource for all researchers, students, administrators and professionals interested in research ethics and integrity.
- Contents
- 1. Methodology -- 2. Policy -- 3. Reproducibility -- 4. Human Subjects Protection -- 5. Responsible Authorship -- 6. Mentor-Mentee Responsibilities and Relationships -- 7. Plagarism -- 8. Peer Review -- 9. Research Misconduct -- 10. Whistleblowing -- 11. Confict of Interest -- 12. Date Acquisition, Management and Transparency -- 13. International Research Involving Resource-Constrained Countries -- Appendix: Montreal Statement on Research Integrity in Cross-Boundary Research Collaborations, 2013.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Global Health Collaboration : Challenges and Lessons
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42523
Margaret S. Winchester, Caprice A. Knapp, Rhonda BeLue, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
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- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
This stimulating open access volume details the innovative work of the Pan Institution Network for Global Health in creating collaborative research-based answers to large-scale health issues. Equitable partnerships among member universities representing North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe reverse standard cross-national dynamics to develop locally relevant responses to health challenges as well as their underlying disparities. Case studies focusing on multiple morbidities and effects of urb…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Winchester, Margaret S.
- Knapp, Caprice A.
- BeLue, Rhonda
- Responsibility
- Margaret S. Winchester, Caprice A. Knapp, Rhonda BeLue, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 107 p.) : 6 illus., 5 illus. in color
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319776859
- 9783319776842 (print ed.)
- 9783319776866 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Specialty
- Global Health
- Abstract
- This stimulating open access volume details the innovative work of the Pan Institution Network for Global Health in creating collaborative research-based answers to large-scale health issues. Equitable partnerships among member universities representing North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe reverse standard cross-national dynamics to develop locally relevant responses to health challenges as well as their underlying disparities. Case studies focusing on multiple morbidities and effects of urbanization on health illustrate open dialogue in addressing HIV, maternal/child health, diabetes, and other major concerns. These instructive examples model collaborations between global North and South as meaningful steps toward the emerging global future of public health. Included in the coverage: Building sustainable networks: introducing the Pan Institution Network for Global Health Fostering dialogues in global health education: a graduate and undergraduate approach Provider workload and multiple morbidities in the Caribbean and South Africa Project Redemption: conducting research with informal workers in New York City Partnership and collaboration in global health: valuing reciprocity Global Health Collaboration will interest faculty working within the field of global health; scholars within public health, health policy, and cognate disciplines; as well as administrators looking to develop international university partnerships around global health and graduate students in the areas of global health, health administration, and public health and related social sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, demography).
- Contents
- 1. Building Sustainable Networks: Introducing the Pan Institution Network for Global Health -- 2. Connecting the Dots: Cultivating a Sustainable Interdisciplinary Discourse Around Migration, Urbanisation, and Health in Southern Africa -- 3. Fostering Dialogues in Global Health Education: A Graduate and Undergraduate Approach -- 4. Intercultural Adaptation of the “Secret History” Training: From South Africa to Germany -- 5. Provider Workload and Multiple Morbidities in the Caribbean and South Africa -- 6. Project Redemption: Conducting Research with Informal Workers in New York City -- 7. Assessing Urban Health Data: A Case Study of Maternal and Child Health Data in Cape Town, South Africa -- 8. Conclusion: Long Term Prospects and Global Health Collaboration -- 9. Reflections: Partnership and Collaboration in Global Health – Valuing Reciprocity.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Healthy Cities : The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Value-Based Urban Planning
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41233
Evelyne de Leeuw, Jean Simos, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This forward-looking resource recasts the concept of healthy cities as not only a safe, pleasant, and green built environment, but also one that creates and sustains health by addressing social, economic, and political conditions. It describes collaborations between city planning and public health creating a contemporary concept of urban governance: democratically-informed process that embraces values like equity. Models, critiques, and global examples illustrate institutional change, community…
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- Other Authors
- de Leeuw, Evelyne
- Simos, Jean
- Responsibility
- Evelyne de Leeuw, Jean Simos, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxx, 515 pages) : 78 illus., 70 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9781493966943
- 9781493966929 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- City Planning
- Health Policy
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Urban Health
- Abstract
- This forward-looking resource recasts the concept of healthy cities as not only a safe, pleasant, and green built environment, but also one that creates and sustains health by addressing social, economic, and political conditions. It describes collaborations between city planning and public health creating a contemporary concept of urban governance: democratically-informed process that embraces values like equity. Models, critiques, and global examples illustrate institutional change, community input, targeted assessment, and other means of addressing longstanding sources of urban health challenges. In these ambitious pages, healthy cities are rooted firmly in the worldwide movement toward balanced and sustainable urbanization, developed not to disguise or displace entrenched health and social problems, but to encourage and foster solutions. Included in the coverage: Towards healthy urban governance in the century of the city; Healthy cities emerge: Toronto, Ottawa, Copenhagen; The role of policy coalitions in understanding community participation in healthy cities projects; Health impact assessment at the local level; The logic of method for evaluating healthy cities. Plus: extended reports on healthy cities and communities in North and Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East Healthy Cities will interest and inspire community leaders, activists, politicians, and entrepreneurs working to improve health and well-being at the local level, as well as public health and urban development scholars and professionals.
- Contents
- Part I: Healthy Cities in History -- 1. Cities and Health from the Neolithic to the Anthropocene -- 2. Equitable and Healthy City Planning: Towards Healthy Urban Governance in the Century of the City -- 3. From Health Care to the Promotion of Health: Establishing the Conditions for Healthy Communities in Canada -- 4. Healthy Cities Emerge: Toronto–Ottawa–Copenhagen -- 5. Healthy Cities Move to Maturity -- Part II: Regional World Perspectives -- 6. Healthy Cities in Africa: A Continent of Difference -- 7. Healthy Cities in the Eastern Mediterranean: From Sanitation to Comprehensive Policy -- 8. Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities in Latin America: Strong Histories, Committed Futures -- 9. Healthy Cities and Communities: The North American Experience -- 10. Healthy Cities in Europe: Structured, Unique, and Thoughtful -- 11. The Diversity of Healthy Cities in Asia and the Pacific -- 12. Healthy Cities, Urbanisation, and Healthy Islands: Oceania -- Part III: Grand Healthy City Challenges and Perspectives -- 13. Wrap-Up: Values and Governance for Urban Health -- 14. The Role of Policy Coalitions in Understanding Community Participation in Healthy Cities Projects -- 15. Greening the City: The Health Evidence of Urban Nature -- 16. Local Health Planning and Governance -- 17. From Urban Projects to Healthy City Policies -- 18. A Supportive Tool for Urban Health: Health Impact Assessment at the Local Level -- 19. Futures Thinking and Healthy Cities -- 20. The Logic of Method for Evaluating Healthy Cities -- 21. Healthy Cities: A Political Project Designed to Change How Cities Understand and Deal with Health.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Improving the quality of cancer clinical trials : workshop summary
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27146
Institute of Medicine.
--Washington, DC:
National Academies Press
, 2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Open access: download free PDF
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Corporate Author
- Institute of Medicine
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9780309116688
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Neoplasms - drug therapy
- Contents
- New clinical trial designs. Phase 0 trials -- Adaptive trial designs -- Targeting multiple pathways with multiple drugs -- Preclinical model systems -- Molecular imaging. Current and developing methods -- Challenges of molecular imaging -- Screening for predictive markers. The challenges of clinical validation -- Bioimaging predictive markers -- Clinical translation -- Panel discussion -- Costs of clinical trials. Regulatory costs -- Patient accrual -- Global outsourcing -- Time is money -- Public-private collaborations -- Regulatory issues. Regulatory barriers to innovation -- Patient advocacy perspective -- Regulation of in vitro diagnostics -- Regulatory issues in improving cancer clinical trials -- Reports from the case study discussion groups. Adaptive trial design -- Phase 0 trials -- Imaging -- Use of proteomics/genomics to assign therapy in lung cancer -- Use of genetics/genomics to assign therapy -- Concluding remarks.
- Access
- Open access: download free PDF
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Injury Research : Theories, Methods, and Approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30947
Guohua Li, Susan P. Baker, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
From the long-held popular belief, "accidents will happen," it is now recognized that this needn't be the case. More and more, injury is being seen as no accident, not only predictable, but preventable and an important public health issue requiring rigorous study and multiple levels of intervention. To this end, Injury Research: Theories, Methods, and Approaches assembles a team of multidisciplinary experts from around the globe. Early chapters provide a solid foundation for gathering injury d…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Li, Guohua
- Baker, Susan P
- Responsibility
- Guohua Li, Susan P. Baker, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 676 p. : 115 ill., 37 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461415992
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Epidemiology
- Trauma
- Abstract
- From the long-held popular belief, "accidents will happen," it is now recognized that this needn't be the case. More and more, injury is being seen as no accident, not only predictable, but preventable and an important public health issue requiring rigorous study and multiple levels of intervention. To this end, Injury Research: Theories, Methods, and Approaches assembles a team of multidisciplinary experts from around the globe. Early chapters provide a solid foundation for gathering injury data and monitoring trends. Research methods and injury-reduction approaches gleaned from public health, medicine, engineering, behavioral science, and other areas demonstrate both the intricacies of causation and the potential for intervention. The result is an authoritative and comprehensive reference relevant across professional fields, geared toward fruitful collaborations. Injury Research is a bedrock text for graduate students and researchers in public health, medicine, biomechanical engineering, safety engineering, and behavioral science working in injury control, violence prevention, emergency medical services, trauma care, risk assessment, accident investigation and litigation, traffic safety, home safety, vehicle and product design, patient safety, health promotion, and public policy. Professionals working in health departments, the insurance sector, health economics, environmental engineering, civil engineering, urban planning, law enforcement, and criminal justice should find it important reading as well.
- Contents
- Part I. Injury Surveillance -- 1. Surveillance of Injury Mortality -- 2. Surveillance of Injury Morbidity -- 3. Injury Surveillance in Special Populations -- 4. Surveillance of Traumatic Brain Injury -- Part II. Injury Causation -- 5. Forensic Patholoy -- 6. Determination of Injury Mechanisms -- 7. Ergonomics -- 8. Experimental Methods -- 9. Epidemiologic Methods -- 10 -- Qualitative Methods -- 11. Environmental Determinants -- 12. Behavioral Determinants -- Part III. Injury Outcome -- 13. Injury Profiling -- 14. Injury Severity Scaling -- 15. Triage -- 16. Prediction Rules -- 17. Biomarkers of Traumatic Injuries -- 18. Functional Outcomes -- 19. Injury Costing Frameworks -- Part IV. Analytical Approaches -- 20. Statistical Considerations -- 21. Video Data Analysis -- 22. Age-Period-Cohort Modeling -- 23. Multilevel Modeling -- 24. Geographic Information Systems -- 25. Spatial Regression -- 26. Social Network Analysis -- Part V. Approaches to Injury Reduction -- 27. Legal Approach -- 28. Public Policy -- 29. Environmental Approach -- 30. Technological Approach -- 31. Behavioral Approach -- 32. EMS and Trauma Systems -- 33. Systems Approach to Patient Safety -- 34. Intervention in Low-Income Countries -- 35. Implementing and Evaluating Interventions -- 36. Economic Evaluation of Interventions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Neurosurgical ethics in practice : value-based medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33355
Ahmed Ammar, Mark Bernstein, editors.
--Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Good neurosurgical practice is based not only on evidence, skills, and modern equipment, but also on good values. Young surgeons often learn about ethical behavior by observing the behavior of their teachers in different situations, but for several reasons, this is not enough. This book discusses the ethical issues that arise during the daily practice of neurosurgery. It will be especially informative for neurosurgeons, other surgeons, physicians, residents, medical students, and allied health …
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Ammar, Ahmed
- Bernstein, Mark
- Responsibility
- Ahmed Ammar, Mark Bernstein, editors
- Place of Publication
- Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783642549809 (electronic bk.)
- 9783642549793
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neurosurgery - ethics
- Neurosurgical Procedures - ethics
- Ethics, Medical
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Nervous system - Surgery - Moral and ethical aspects
- Neurosurgery
- Ethics
- Abstract
- Good neurosurgical practice is based not only on evidence, skills, and modern equipment, but also on good values. Young surgeons often learn about ethical behavior by observing the behavior of their teachers in different situations, but for several reasons, this is not enough. This book discusses the ethical issues that arise during the daily practice of neurosurgery. It will be especially informative for neurosurgeons, other surgeons, physicians, residents, medical students, and allied health care providers. The book is not a philosophical expose but an easily readable and highly practical road map on how to navigate ethically challenging situations in neurosurgical and other practice. The book is divided into five parts addressing general issues, patients' rights, end of life issues, neurosurgeons' duties, and neurosurgeons and society. The contributing authors are well-established neurosurgeons and other doctors with long experience and from different backgrounds. They discuss ethical problems encountered in everyday practice, introduced by cases, and in all, there are more than 50 neurosurgical cases drawn from real life. The editors introduce in the title and throughout the book the term 'value-based medicine' which reinforces that while modern medicine and surgery have come very far in technical aspects, the core of what we do must be based on the values embodied in bioethics.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction to Ethics -- 1. Brief History of Bioethics -- 2. Ethics Principles and Theories -- 3. Cross-Cultural Ethics -- Part II. Patients’ Rights -- 4. Patients' Rights -- 5. Informed Consent -- 6. Privacy and Confidentiality -- 7. Severe Neurosurgical Conditions in Children -- Part III. End of Life Issues -- 8. End-of-Life Care -- 9. Dying with Dignity -- 10. Brain Death -- Part IV. Neurosurgeons’ Duties -- 11. Neurosurgeons' Duties -- 12. Ethical Decision-Making -- 13. Errors -- 14. Workplace Ethics and Professionalism -- 15. Neurosurgical Innovation -- 16. Research Ethics -- 17. Consent in Emergency Clinical Research -- 18. Neuroethics -- 19. Training of Neurosurgeons -- Part V. Neurosurgeons and Society -- 20. Conflict of Interest -- 21. Priority Setting -- 22. Medicolegal Issues -- 23. Neurosurgeons and the Media -- 24. International Neurosurgery Collaborations.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Radiological safety and quality : paradigms in leadership and innovation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33784
Lawrence Lau, Kwan-Hoong Ng, editors.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Radiological Safety and Quality: Paradigms in Leadership and Innovation is a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectorial collaboration by international experts and leaders from academic institutions, radiology practices, professional organizations, regulatory authorities, UN and international agencies. Established principles and new concepts, challenges and opportunities, and examples of leadership and innovations are discussed to raise awareness, share experience and facilitate development of facil…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Lau, Lawrence S. W
- Ng, Kwan-Hoong
- Responsibility
- Lawrence Lau, Kwan-Hoong Ng, editors
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 471 pages)
- ISBN
- 9789400772564 (electronic bk.)
- 9789400772557
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Organizational Innovation
- Radiation Protection - methods
- Radiology - standards
- Safety Management - standards
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiology, Medical - Safety measures
- Radiation - Dosage
- Radiography - Image quality
- Imaging - Radiology
- Medical and Radiation Physics
- Human Physiology
- Abstract
- Radiological Safety and Quality: Paradigms in Leadership and Innovation is a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectorial collaboration by international experts and leaders from academic institutions, radiology practices, professional organizations, regulatory authorities, UN and international agencies. Established principles and new concepts, challenges and opportunities, and examples of leadership and innovations are discussed to raise awareness, share experience and facilitate development of facility-based or system-wide improvements in radiation safety, quality radiology, and patient care by procedure justification, optimization of protection and imaging data, and incident minimization. The 26 chapters by 53 experts and 11 messages from international organizations and agencies convey a common theme: there is no single panacea to improve radiological safety and quality but on-going leadership, innovation, collaboration, and stakeholder participation are needed.
- Contents
- Part I. Radiological Safety and Quality -- 1. Radiological Safety and Quality: Paradigms in Leadership and Innovation -- 2. How Radiation Protection Influences Quality in Radiology -- 3. Dose Assessment in the Management of Patient Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology -- 4. Monitoring of Medical Radiation Exposure for Individuals -- 5. UNSCEAR: Analysing Population Survey Data for Collaborative Development of Evidence-Based Radiation Protection Policies -- Part II. Procedure Justification, Protection Optimization, and Error Reduction -- 6. National, Regional and Global Radiology and Medical Imaging Referral Guidelines: Issues and Opportunities -- 7. Use of Imaging Appropriateness Criteria for Decision Support During Radiology Order Entry: The MGH Experience -- 8. Use of Referral Guidelines as a Justification Tool: National Perspective -- 9. Team Approach to Optimize Radiology Techniques -- 10. Advances in Technological Design to Optimize Exposure and Improve Image Quality -- 11. System for Reporting and Analysing Incidents -- Part III. Infrastructure Improvements -- 12. Promoting Public Awareness and Communicating Radiation Safety -- 13. Sustaining Praxis: Quality Assurance of Education and Training Programmes of the IAEA’s Division of Human Health -- 14. Professional and Regulatory Collaborations to Ensure Competency -- 15. Safety and Radiation Protection Culture -- 16. Improving Quality Through Lean Process Improvement: The Example of Clinical Decision Support -- 17. Clinical Audit and Practice Accreditation -- 18. The International Basic Safety Standards and Their Application in Medical Imaging -- 19. International Clinical Teleradiology: Potential Risks and Safeguards -- Part IV. Global, Regional and National Challenges, Actions and Opportunities -- 20. Leadership and Innovations to Improve Quality Imaging and Radiation Safety in Africa -- 21. Leadership and Innovations to Improve Radiology Quality and Radiation Safety in China: Regional, National and Global Perspectives -- 22. Status of Medical Diagnostic Radiation Safety in Korea -- 23. Euratom Initiatives and Perspective on Advancing Radiation Protection in Radiology -- 24. Bridging the Radiological Healthcare Divide with Social Entrepreneurship -- 25. From Volume to Outcomes: The Evolution of Pay for Performance in Medical Imaging -- 26. Global System-Based Quality Improvement in Radiation Medicine and Medical Imaging.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Research data management : practical strategies for information professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26230
edited by Joyce M. Ray.
--West Lafayette, IN:
Purdue University Press
, c2014.
- Call Number
- Z 667 R47 2014
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
It has become increasingly accepted that important digital data must be retained and shared in order to preserve and promote knowledge, advance research in and across all disciplines of scholarly endeavor, and maximize the return on investment of public funds. To meet this challenge, colleges and universities are adding data services to existing infrastructures by drawing on the expertise of information professionals who are already involved in the acquisition, management and preservation of da…
- Call Number
- Z 667 R47 2014
- Other Authors
- Ray, Joyce M
- Responsibility
- edited by Joyce M. Ray
- Place of Publication
- West Lafayette, IN
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 436 p.
- ISBN
- 9781557536648
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Data Curation
- Database Management Systems
- Information Storage and Retrieval
- Libraries, Digital
- Research - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Information storage and retrieval systems
- Research--Information services
- Data libraries
- Electronic information resources--Management
- Digital libraries--Management
- Communication in learning and scholarship--Technological innovations
- Abstract
- It has become increasingly accepted that important digital data must be retained and shared in order to preserve and promote knowledge, advance research in and across all disciplines of scholarly endeavor, and maximize the return on investment of public funds. To meet this challenge, colleges and universities are adding data services to existing infrastructures by drawing on the expertise of information professionals who are already involved in the acquisition, management and preservation of data in their daily jobs. Data services include planning and implementing good data management practices, thereby increasing researchers' ability to compete for grant funding and ensuring that data collections with continuing value are preserved for reuse. This volume provides a framework to guide information professionals in academic libraries, presses, and data centers through the process of managing research data from the planning stages through the life of a grant project and beyond. It illustrates principles of good practice with use-case examples and illuminates promising data service models through case studies of innovative, successful projects and collaborations"-- Provided by publisher.
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Retinal Degenerative Diseases : Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39574
John D. Ash, Christian Grimm, Joe G. Hollyfield, Robert E. Anderson, Matthew M. LaVail, Catherine Bowes Rickman, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2014.
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This book will contain the proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (RD2012). A majority of those who will speak and present posters at the meeting will contribute to this volume. The blinding diseases of inherited retinal degenerations have no treatments, and age-related macular degeneration has no cures, despite the fact that it is an epidemic among the elderly, with 1 in 3-4 affected by the age of 70. The RD Symposium will focus on the exciting new developments a…
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- Ash, John D
- Grimm, Christian
- Hollyfield, Joe G
- Anderson, Robert E
- LaVail, Matthew M
- Bowes Rickman, Catherine
- Responsibility
- John D. Ash, Christian Grimm, Joe G. Hollyfield, Robert E. Anderson, Matthew M. LaVail, Catherine Bowes Rickman, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (lxi, 862 p. : 188 illus., 187 illus. in color)
- Series Vol.
- v. 801
- Series Title
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology
- ISBN
- 9781461432098
- 9781461432081 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0065-2598
- Abstract
- This book will contain the proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (RD2012). A majority of those who will speak and present posters at the meeting will contribute to this volume. The blinding diseases of inherited retinal degenerations have no treatments, and age-related macular degeneration has no cures, despite the fact that it is an epidemic among the elderly, with 1 in 3-4 affected by the age of 70. The RD Symposium will focus on the exciting new developments aimed at understanding these diseases and providing therapies for them. Since most major scientists in the field of retinal degenerations attend the biennial RD Symposia, they are known by most as the "best" and "most important" meetings in the field. The volume will present representative state-of-the-art research in almost all areas of retinal degenerations, ranging from cytopathologic, physiologic, diagnostic and clinical aspects; animal models; mechanisms of cell death; candidate genes, cloning, mapping and other aspects of molecular genetics; and developing potential therapeutic measures such as gene therapy and neuroprotective agents for potential pharmaceutical therapy. While advances in these areas of retinal degenerations will be described, there will be many new topics that either were in their infancy or did not exist at the time of the last RD Symposium, RD2010. These include the role of inflammation and immunity, as well as other basic mechanisms, in age-related macular degeneration, several new aspects of gene therapy, and revolutionary new imaging and functional testing that will have a huge impact on the diagnosis and following the course of retinal degenerations, as well as to provide new quantitative endpoints for clinical trials. The retina is an approachable part of the central nervous system (CNS), and there is a major interest in neuroprotective and gene therapy for CNS diseases and neurodegenerations, in general. It should be noted that with successful and exciting initial clinical trials in neuroprotective and gene therapy, including the restoration of sight in blind children, the retinal degeneration therapies are leading the way towards new therapeutic measures for neurodegenerations of the CNS. Many of the successes recently reported in these areas of retinal degeneration sprang from collaborations established at previous RD Symposia, and many of those will be reported at the RD2010 meeting and included in the proposed volume. We anticipate the excitement of those working in the field and those afflicted with retinal degenerations will be reflected in the volume.
- Contents
- Part I. Basic Processes: Development, Physiology and Function -- Part II. Basic Processes: RPE -- Part III. Basic Processes: Methodology -- Part IV. Genetics in Retinal Disease -- Part V. AMD: Novel Developments -- Part VI. Müller Cells, Microglia, and Macrophages -- Part VII. Degenerative Processes: Immune-Related Mechanisms, Genes and Factors -- Part VIII. Degenerative Processes: RPE and Fatty Acids -- Part IX. Degenerative Processes: Immune-Related Mechanisms, Genes and Factors -- Part X. Therapy: Gene Therapy -- Part XI. Therapy: Protection.
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- e-Book
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RNA and cancer
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32612
Jane Y. Wu, editor.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2013.
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In the last decade, it has become increasingly clear that RNA is not simply a messenger molecule directing protein synthesis. Rather, it has multiple, versatile functional roles in cells, especially in mammalian gene regulation, and thereby influences almost every aspect of cellular life. This book reviews recent progress in selected areas of RNA processing in which information of particular relevance to cancer development and therapy has been obtained. It opens by examining the coupling betwee…
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- Wu, Jane Y
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- Jane Y. Wu, editor
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
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- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 245 p. : 23 ill., 5 ill. in color)
- Series Title
- Cancer treatment and research
- ISBN
- 9783642316593
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - genetics
- RNA - genetics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medicine
- Oncology
- Human genetics
- Biochemistry
- Abstract
- In the last decade, it has become increasingly clear that RNA is not simply a messenger molecule directing protein synthesis. Rather, it has multiple, versatile functional roles in cells, especially in mammalian gene regulation, and thereby influences almost every aspect of cellular life. This book reviews recent progress in selected areas of RNA processing in which information of particular relevance to cancer development and therapy has been obtained. It opens by examining the coupling between transcription and splicing. Three subsequent chapters describe in detail cancer-associated aberrant RNAs, new methodology for their detection, and the functional impact on expression of important genes, including oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Further topics include the role of microRNAs in cancer and the possible involvement of the perinucleolar compartment. The implications for cancer of regulation of mRNA stability by cellular signaling are discussed, and the importance of splicing defects in the regulation of cell death genes is examined. The potential for the development of oligonucleotide therapeutics is then reviewed before the final chapter considers clinical perspectives on the study of RNA defects in cancer.All chapters have been written by internationally renowned experts. The book is intended for all with an interest in gene regulation and cancer biology, and especially for those not directly working on RNA biology, including clinicians and medical students. It is hoped that it will stimulate further innovative research collaborations between RNA biologists and cancer researchers, leading to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Coupling between transcription and alternative splicing -- Detection of alternatively spliced or processed RNAs in cancer using oligonucleotide microarray -- Cancer-associated perturbations in alternative pre-messenger RNA splicing -- Alternative splicing of tumor suppressors and oncogenes -- MicroRNAs in cancer -- The perinucleolar compartment: RNA metabolism and cancer -- Regulation of ARE-mRNA stability by cellular signaling: implications for human cancer -- Alternative pre-mRNA splicing, cell death and cancer -- Oligonucleotide therapeutics in cancer -- Clinical perspective on chemo-resistance and the role of RNA processing.
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- e-Book
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- Online
