Uveitis : A Quick Guide to Essential Diagnosis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46467
C. Stephen Foster, Stephen D. Anesi, Peter Y. Chang, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
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- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
Focusing solely on uveitis care, this quick reference guide will provide a compiled and easy to navigate differential diagnosis – making an often daunting task for clinicians easier, quicker, and more accurate by using a concise outline format to list the most critical aspects of a disease entity. Uveitis: A Quick Guide to Essential Diagnosis opens with a Diagnosis Flowchart, so that the reader can select the most probable diagnoses based on patient’s history and exam. From there the reader can…
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- Other Authors
- Foster, C. Stephen
- Anesi, Stephen D.
- Chang, Peter Y.
- Responsibility
- C. Stephen Foster, Stephen D. Anesi, Peter Y. Chang, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 347 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783030529741
- 9783030529734 (Print ed.)
- 9783030529758 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Uveitis - diagnosis
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Abstract
- Focusing solely on uveitis care, this quick reference guide will provide a compiled and easy to navigate differential diagnosis – making an often daunting task for clinicians easier, quicker, and more accurate by using a concise outline format to list the most critical aspects of a disease entity. Uveitis: A Quick Guide to Essential Diagnosis opens with a Diagnosis Flowchart, so that the reader can select the most probable diagnoses based on patient’s history and exam. From there the reader can then quickly turn to the corresponding chapter to learn about the most critical aspects of the disease entity: epidemiology, characteristic exam and imaging findings, prognostic factors, and treatment options. This book is written for ophthalmic care providers including general ophthalmologists, subspecialists, fellows, residents and optometrists and features research and contributions from institutions that are global leaders in uveitis care.
- Contents
- 1. Diagnosis Flowchart -- 2. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies -- 3. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- 4. Scleroderma -- 5. Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis -- 6. Sarcoidosis -- 7. Adamantiades-Behçet’s Disease -- 8. Polyarteritis Nodosa -- 9. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis -- 10. Relapsing Polychondritis -- 11. Pars Planitis -- 12. Multiple Sclerosis -- 13. Lens-Induced Uveitis -- 14. Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome -- 15. Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy -- 16. Sympathetic Ophthalmia -- 17. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome -- 18. Multifocal Choroiditis and Panuveitis -- 19. Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome -- 20. Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy -- 21. Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis -- 22. Serpiginous Choroidopathy -- 23. Subretinal Fibrosis and Uveitis Syndrome -- 24. Punctate Inner Choroidopathy -- 25. Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy -- 26. Syphilis -- 27. Lyme Disease -- 28. Bartonella -- 29. Tuberculosis -- 30. Leptospirosis -- 31. Brucellosis -- 32. Whipple's Disease -- 33. Rickettsial Diseases -- 34. Leprosy -- 35. Herpesviruses -- 36. Rift Valley Fever -- 37. Measles (Rubeola) -- 38. Rubella -- 39. Emergent Viral Infections -- 40. Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome -- 41. Candidiasis -- 42. Coccidioidomycosis -- 43. Cryptococcosis -- 44. Sporotrichosis -- 45. Pneumocytosis -- 46. Toxoplasmosis -- 47. Acanthamoeba -- 48. Giardia lamblia -- 49. Trypanosomiasis -- 50. Other Vector-borne Parasitic Infections -- 51. Toxocariasis -- 52. Ascariasis -- 53. Onchocerciasis -- 54. Loiasis -- 55. Cysticercosis -- 56. Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis -- 57. Schistosomiasis -- 58. Ophthalmomyiasis -- 59. Ophthalmia Nodosa -- 60. HIV-associated Uveitis -- 61. Endophthalmitis -- 62. Vitreoretinal Lymphoma -- 63. Ocular Leukemia -- 64. Ocular Metastasis -- 65. Uveal Melanoma -- 66. Benign Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Uvea -- 67. Juvenile Xanthogranuloma -- 68. Retinitis Pigmentosa -- 69. Intraocular Foreign Body -- 70. Drug-induced Uveitis -- 71. Uveitis During Pregnancy -- Appendix I. Sun Nomenclature -- Appendix II. Pharmacopeia.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Community and public health nursing : promoting the public's health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46571
editor Cherie Rector, Mary Jo Stanley.
(10th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
, c2021.
- Call Number
- WY 108 C734 2021
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
- Halifax Infirmary
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health, 10th Edition delivers an engaging introduction to the principles of public health nursing and employs a highly visual, student-friendly approach to guide students in developing the understanding and skills to confidently promote health, foster disease prevention, and protect at-risk populations — including older adults, homeless populations, veterans, refugees, and the LGBTQ community — whether practicing in acute care or commu…
- Call Number
- WY 108 C734 2021
- Other Authors
- Rector, Cherie
- Responsibility
- editor Cherie Rector, Mary Jo Stanley
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Alternate Title
- Community & public health nursing
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 928 p.
- ISBN
- 9781975123048
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community Health Nursing
- Health Promotion
- Nurse's Role
- Public Health Nursing
- United States
- Abstract
- Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health, 10th Edition delivers an engaging introduction to the principles of public health nursing and employs a highly visual, student-friendly approach to guide students in developing the understanding and skills to confidently promote health, foster disease prevention, and protect at-risk populations — including older adults, homeless populations, veterans, refugees, and the LGBTQ community — whether practicing in acute care or community and public health settings.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
- Halifax Infirmary
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Copies
- 3
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks use
Basic Radiotherapy Physics and Biology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46594
David S. Chang, Foster D. Lasley, Indra J. Das, Marc S. Mendonca, Joseph R. Dynlacht.
(Second edition)
Springer
, 2021.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Responsibility
- David S. Chang, Foster D. Lasley, Indra J. Das, Marc S. Mendonca, Joseph R. Dynlacht
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 380 pages) : illustrations
- ISBN
- 9783030618995
- Specialty
- Radiotherapy
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth : Intervention Approaches, Education and Research Directions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45252
Curren Warf, Grant Charles, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Online
Adolescent homelessness is a growing problem that results in a variety of health challenges. This text is a practical resource designed to promote effective interdisciplinary health and social care interventions targeting adolescents who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. It is based on extensive interdisciplinary experience, reviews of pertinent research and insights and contributions of leading professionals who are directly involved in the care of these young people. Divided into four…
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- Other Authors
- Warf, Curren
- Charles, Grant
- Responsibility
- Curren Warf, Grant Charles, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 443 p.) : 44 illus., 42 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030406752
- 9783030406745 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406769 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406776 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adolescent Health Services
- Homeless Youth
- Specialty
- Adolescent Health
- Health Services Administration
- Minority Health
- Social Medicine
- Social Work
- Abstract
- Adolescent homelessness is a growing problem that results in a variety of health challenges. This text is a practical resource designed to promote effective interdisciplinary health and social care interventions targeting adolescents who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. It is based on extensive interdisciplinary experience, reviews of pertinent research and insights and contributions of leading professionals who are directly involved in the care of these young people. Divided into four main sections, Section 1: (Chapters 1-7) section one is a review of the structure and professional involvement of program models targeting youth experiencing or at risk for homelessness to encourage broader understanding and utilization of principles and practices underlying effective programs and identify replicable components. Section 2: (Chapters 8-16) Section two is clinically focused with recommendations for working with adolescents and youth experiencing homelessness and interventions for common and significant medical and mental health conditions, and substance use disorders. Section 3: (Chapter 17) Reviews international agreements regarding stabilization and care of refugee youth and families, description of experiences of refugee children and youth in developed countries, and an outline of conditions from which refugee youth and families have left. Section 4: (Chapters 18 and 19) Engagement of homeless youth in research and future research directions to address needs of youth experiencing homelessness. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth is a first of its kind text for physicians, social workers, public health workers and any other individual that works directly with these vulnerable populations.
- Contents
- 1. The Prevalence of Youth Homelessness in the United States -- 2. Youth Homelessness in Canada: An Overview -- 3. Interviewing Homeless Adolescents in the Context of Clinical Care: Creating Connections, Building on Strengths, Fostering Resilience, and Improving Outcomes -- 4. Homeless Adolescents: Identification, Outreach, Engagement, Housing, and Stabilization -- 5. Youth in Care: A Very High-Risk Population for Homelessness -- 6. Refugee and Migrant Youth in Canada and the United States: Special Challenges and Healthcare Issues -- 7. Social Pediatrics: A Model to Confront Family Poverty, Adversity, and Housing Instability and Foster Healthy Child and Adolescent Development and Resilience -- 8. Substance Use Among Young People Experiencing Homelessness: A Brief Motivational Enhancement Approach -- 9. Building an Effective System of Care for Adolescents Following Opiate Overdose: Stabilization Care, Residential Secure Care, Family and Community Engagement, and Ethical Concerns -- 10. Providing Clinical Care to Youth Experiencing Homelessness -- 11. Contraception -- 12. Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sexual Healthcare of Homeless and Street-Involved Youth -- 13. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- 14. Medical Care of Youth After Acute Sexual Assault -- 15. Suicide Risk and Intervention Among Homeless and Precariously Housed Youth -- 16. Common Dermatology Problems Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness -- 17. Challenges Faced by International Migrants and Refugees to the Health, Development, and Well-Being of Adolescents and Youth -- 18. Meaningfully Engaging Homeless Youth in Research -- 19. Conclusion: Next Steps for Investigation and Research.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Rare Sarcomas
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45266
Christine Chevreau, Antoine Italiano, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Location
- Online
This is a unique book focusing on the management of rare sarcomas, which pose an important challenge in Europe and in the US, as they represent nearly one quarter of all new diagnoses of cancer and have lower survival rates than common cancer. Discussing a range of tumors from clear cell and epithelioid sarcoma to solitary fibrous tumor and myxoid fibrosarcoma, this book provides invaluable expertise according to evidence-based guidelines and uses a patient-centered multi-disciplinary approach.…
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- Other Authors
- Chevreau, Christine
- Italiano, Antoine
- Responsibility
- Christine Chevreau, Antoine Italiano, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (v, 164 p.) : 29 illus., 24 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030246976
- 9783030246969 (Print ed.)
- 9783030246983 (Print ed.)
- 9783030246990 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Rare Diseases
- Sarcoma
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This is a unique book focusing on the management of rare sarcomas, which pose an important challenge in Europe and in the US, as they represent nearly one quarter of all new diagnoses of cancer and have lower survival rates than common cancer. Discussing a range of tumors from clear cell and epithelioid sarcoma to solitary fibrous tumor and myxoid fibrosarcoma, this book provides invaluable expertise according to evidence-based guidelines and uses a patient-centered multi-disciplinary approach. Each of the chapters discusses the forms of rare sarcomas both from an oncological and a pathological perspective. This book aims to help the sarcoma expert in improving the management, quality of care and outcome for patients with rare tumors, which have now been recognised as a public health priority. The authors are experts from specialist sarcoma centers focusing on the capacity to develop clinical guidelines, and to foster clinical, translational and epidemiological research for rare cancers.
- Contents
- 1. Clear Cell Sarcoma -- 2. Epithelioid Sarcoma -- 3. PEComas: An Uncommon Family of Sarcomas Sensitive to Targeted Therapy -- 4. Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors -- 5. Solitary Fibrous Tumours -- 6. Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma -- 7. Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma -- 8. Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma/Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma -- 9. New Born and Infant Soft Tissue Sarcomas.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medical Perspectives on Human Trafficking in Adolescents : A Case-Based Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45428
Kanani E. Titchen, Elizabeth Miller, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
Human trafficking is an increasingly large issue in medicine, particularly for the adolescent population. The pubertal and neurologic development of early- and mid-adolescence may serves as a foothold for trauma bonds and human trafficking. To date, there are few case studies of human trafficking in the medical literature. More often, these cases are missed, and human trafficking patients are unlikely to disclose their victimization to their physicians for multiple reasons. As a result, physici…
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- Other Authors
- Titchen, Kanani E.
- Miller, Elizabeth
- Responsibility
- Kanani E. Titchen, Elizabeth Miller, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 353 p.) : 8 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030433673
- 9783030433666 (Print ed.)
- 9783030433680 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adolescent
- Human Trafficking
- Specialty
- Adolescent Health
- Social Medicine
- Abstract
- Human trafficking is an increasingly large issue in medicine, particularly for the adolescent population. The pubertal and neurologic development of early- and mid-adolescence may serves as a foothold for trauma bonds and human trafficking. To date, there are few case studies of human trafficking in the medical literature. More often, these cases are missed, and human trafficking patients are unlikely to disclose their victimization to their physicians for multiple reasons. As a result, physicians fail to ask key questions and fail to notice important red flags for human trafficking. Research shows that this is primarily due to a lack of medical training and awareness and a resultant denial on the part of many physicians that victims of human trafficking present to their clinics or specialties. This book provides clinicians with a case-based guide to scenarios they may encounter in their practice that involve human trafficking. These cases include those involving sex trafficking and labor trafficking; male and female and transgender victims; victims from a range of racial, ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds; as well as presentations of adolescent and young adult victims to fields such as adolescent medicine, general pediatrics, neonatology, rheumatology, transplant medicine, and obstetrics-gynecology, in addition to the stereotypical presentations to emergency departments. Each case is followed by a discussion that highlights key aspects of human trafficking in adolescent and young adult patients. These discussions also reference the growing body of research on human trafficking, orient the reader to medico-legal aspects of reporting human trafficking in the adolescent and young adult populations, and feature useful questions, exercises, and resources to promote discussion among those medical professionals who interact with adolescent medicine and young adult patients. Written by physicians, legal advocates and lawyers, Medical Perspectives on Human Trafficking in Adolescents is the definitive guide for all clinicians who care for adolescent patients. It is also a useful resource for mental health professionals and social workers.
- Contents
- 1. Human Trafficking: Definitions, Epidemiology, and Shifting Ground -- 2. Adolescent Medicine: Physical and Neurocognitive Development -- 3. Human Rights and Human Trafficking of Adolescents: Legal and Clinical Perspectives -- 4. Medical Perspectives on Human Trafficking in Adolescent Sex Trafficking: A Review -- 5. Medical Perspectives on Human Trafficking in Adolescent Sex Trafficking: A Review -- 6. Technology/Sexting/Social Media -- 7. Child Abuse -- 8. Human Trafficking in the Foster Care System -- 9. The Psychiatric Patient -- 10. Human Trafficking in Adolescents and Young Adults with Co-Existing Disordered Eating Behaviors -- 11. LGBTQIA+ Youth and Human Trafficking -- 12. Homelessness, Unstable Housing, and the Adolescent Patient -- 13. The Patient with Substance Use -- 14. Human Trafficking in Suburban and Rural America -- 15. Boys Are Trafficked Too? -- 16. Surgery and ObGyn: Beyond the Chief Complaint -- 17. The Subspecialties -- 18. Medicolegal Aspects and Mandatory Reporting -- 19. Survivor Insights -- 20. Educating Our Students -- 21. Building Resilience and Fostering Prevention.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Prepare for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Examination
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45544
Muhammad Waseem, Isabel A. Barata, Jennifer H. Chao, David Foster, Noah Kondamudi, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book outlines the essential knowledge required for the management of critically ill and severely injured children. It is designed to facilitate successful completion of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Examination of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). Each chapter follows a Question & Answer format, covering major areas in pediatrics such as cardiology, dermatology, nephrology, surgery and trauma. The book concludes with a comprehensive practice test, allowing it to function as …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- Muhammad Waseem, Isabel A. Barata, Jennifer H. Chao, David Foster, Noah Kondamudi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 755 p.) : 201 illus., 152 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030283728
- 9783030283704 (Print ed.)
- 9783030283711 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Illness
- Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Specialty
- Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- This book outlines the essential knowledge required for the management of critically ill and severely injured children. It is designed to facilitate successful completion of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Examination of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). Each chapter follows a Question & Answer format, covering major areas in pediatrics such as cardiology, dermatology, nephrology, surgery and trauma. The book concludes with a comprehensive practice test, allowing it to function as a well-rounded reference and study guide. Prepare for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Examination is an essential resource for any clinician or trainee seeking a concise review of how to manage critically ill and severely injured children.
- Contents
- 1. Resuscitation -- 2. Critical Care and Transport -- 3. Emergency Medical Services -- 4. Environmental Emergencies -- 5. Asthma and Other Emergencies Treated Medically -- 6. Cardiology -- 7. Dermatology -- 8. Neonatal -- 9. Nephrology -- 10. Pediatric Neurology -- 11. Pediatric Gynecology -- 12. Infectious Diseases -- 13. Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases -- 14. Hematology and Oncology -- 15. Toxicology -- 16. Psychosocial Emergencies -- 17. Child Abuse -- 18. ENT -- 19. Pediatric Ophthalmology -- 20. Surgery -- 21. Trauma -- 22. Emergency Obstetric Ultrasound -- 23. Emergency Cardiac Ultrasound -- 24. Emergency Ultrasound in Trauma -- 25. Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound -- 26. Orthopedics -- 27. Procedures -- 28. Dental -- 29. Dental Procedures -- 30. Pediatric Burns -- 31. Snake Envenomation -- 32. Administration -- 33. Epidemiology -- 34. Biostatistics -- 35. Practice Chapter.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Examination Questions
- Location
- Online
Late Preterm Infants : A Guide for Nurses, Midwives, Clinicians and Allied Health Professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44127
Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This volume analyses the distinct care needs of late preterm infants and their parents by reflecting on the best available evidence to inform on practice and latest innovations in care. It addresses the spectrum of issues experienced by late preterm infants and their parents to ensure their health life trajectories. We define late preterm infants as those born between 34 to 36 weeks’ gestational age. The book uses creative writing prompts and a narrative style to gain insight and self-reflectio…
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- Other Authors
- Premji, Shahirose Sadrudin
- Responsibility
- Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 152 p.) : 20 illus., 8 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319943527
- 9783319943510 (Print ed.)
- 9783319943534 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant Care
- Infant, Premature
- Maternal-Child Nursing
- Pediatric Nursing
- Specialty
- Perinatology
- Abstract
- This volume analyses the distinct care needs of late preterm infants and their parents by reflecting on the best available evidence to inform on practice and latest innovations in care. It addresses the spectrum of issues experienced by late preterm infants and their parents to ensure their health life trajectories. We define late preterm infants as those born between 34 to 36 weeks’ gestational age. The book uses creative writing prompts and a narrative style to gain insight and self-reflection in and on practice to move the reader to embracing best practices. Issues such as mother’s physical and emotional health, father’s burden in postpartum period and neurodevelopmental outcomes of late preterm infants are specifically addressed. Areas of innovation are shared for consideration to prompt readers thinking about continuous improvement in quality of care. The book shares local and global perspectives to address the common concerns related to care of late preterm infants and their families, and to foster a partnership in promoting their health all across the globe. It is intended to any health care providers such as nurses, midwives, physicians and other allied care professionals like health visitors, community health workers.
- Contents
- 1. Who is the late preterm infant and what trouble can he potentially gets into after birth? -- 2. Mother’s physical health before delivery matters: what happens and why?! Why is hypoglycaemia a potential concern forlate preterm infants? -- 3. Mother’s emotional health during pregnancy matters: what happens and why?! -- 4. What do I need to know about the father of a late preterm infant to support him in the postpartum period? -- 5. The social organization of nurses’ work with late preterm infants in non-tertiary settings: say that again? -- 6. Why is it so hard to breastfeed a late preterm infant and what can I do to help parents? -- 7. Why is it so hard to breastfeed a late preterm infant and how to help parents? -- 8. Am I a frequent flyer? Taking care of late preterm infants and their parents in the community -- 9. Late preterm infants and neurodevelopmental outcomes: Why do I need to serve and return? Are there innovative therapies we can explore? -- 10. Perspectives from health care providers local to global: Words of wisdom. Personal reflections of caring for late preterm infants -- 11. The alternative facts about late preterm infants: You mean there are fake stories about me?
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Complex Knee Ligament Injuries : From Diagnosis to Management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44137
Fabrizio Margheritini, João Espregueira-Mendes, Alberto Gobbi, editors.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book, featuring a practical hands-on format, describes an up-to-date and comprehensive approach to the management of complex knee injuries. The aim is both to equip practitioners with reliable expert guidance and to foster consensus in a field characterized by continuing debate. Initial response and diagnostic evaluation are explained, surgical techniques appropriate for different injuries are fully documented, and advice is provided on the response to injuries in specific scenarios and pa…
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- Other Authors
- Margheritini, Fabrizio
- Espregueira-Mendes, João
- Gobbi, Alberto
- Responsibility
- Fabrizio Margheritini, João Espregueira-Mendes, Alberto Gobbi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 209 p.) : 153 illus., 106 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783662582459
- 9783662582442 (Print ed.)
- 9783662582466 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Knee Injuries
- Ligaments - injuries
- Specialty
- Orthopedic Procedures
- Abstract
- This book, featuring a practical hands-on format, describes an up-to-date and comprehensive approach to the management of complex knee injuries. The aim is both to equip practitioners with reliable expert guidance and to foster consensus in a field characterized by continuing debate. Initial response and diagnostic evaluation are explained, surgical techniques appropriate for different injuries are fully documented, and advice is provided on the response to injuries in specific scenarios and patient groups. Emphasis is placed on the vital role of precise diagnosis in establishing the optimal treatment approach, and full account is taken of the implications of the most recent anatomical and biomechanical data. Readers will also find recommendations on controversial topics, including the role of early surgical management, the use of autograft or allograft tissue, and the benefits of reconstruction (as opposed to repair alone) of the fibular collateral ligament and posterolateral corner structures. The authors are leading authorities from around the world with extensive clinical and research expertise in the field of knee dislocations.
- Contents
- Anatomy and Biomechanics -- Classification and Algorithm treatment -- Management in the emergency room -- Instrumental Evaluation -- Neurovascular associated injuries -- Surgical Timing. Surgical Techniques: ACL+Anterolateral capsular injuries -- PCL/MCL injuries -- PCL/PLC injuries -- Bicruciate injuries -- ACL/MCL injuries -- ACL/PLC injuries -- Acute Knee Dislocations -- Chronic Knee Dislocations. Specific Scenario: Associated bone fracture -- Osteotomy in chronic complex ligaments injury -- Complex knee injuries in the young adult -- Knee dislocation in obese patients -- Knee dislocation in athletes -- Complications in complex knee ligament injuries -- Rehabilitation/bracing -- Future trends in ligaments surgery: the role of biology.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Collaborative Problem Solving : An Evidence-Based Approach to Implementation and Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44362
Alisha R. Pollastri, J. Stuart Ablon, Michael J.G. Hone, editors.
--Cham:
Humana Press
, c2019.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book is the first to systematically describe the key components necessary to ensure successful implementation of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) across mental health settings and non-mental health settings that require behavioral management. This resource is designed by the leading experts in CPS and is focused on the clinical and implementation strategies that have proved most successful within various private and institutional agencies. The book begins by defining the approach before…
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- Other Authors
- Pollastri, Alisha R.
- Ablon, J. Stuart
- Hone, Michael J.G.
- Responsibility
- Alisha R. Pollastri, J. Stuart Ablon, Michael J.G. Hone, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 206 p.) : 11 illus., 9 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Current clinical psychiatry
- ISBN
- 9783030126308
- 9783030126292 (Print ed.)
- 9783030126315 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2626-241X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Group Processes
- Problem solving
- Specialty
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Abstract
- This book is the first to systematically describe the key components necessary to ensure successful implementation of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) across mental health settings and non-mental health settings that require behavioral management. This resource is designed by the leading experts in CPS and is focused on the clinical and implementation strategies that have proved most successful within various private and institutional agencies. The book begins by defining the approach before delving into the neurobiological components that are key to understanding this concept. Next, the book covers the best practices for implementation and evaluating outcomes, both in the long and short term. The book concludes with a summary of the concept and recommendations for additional resources, making it an excellent concise guide to this cutting edge approach. Collaborative Problem Solving is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and all medical professionals working to manage troubling behaviors. The text is also valuable for readers interested in public health, education, improved law enforcement strategies, and all stakeholders seeking to implement this approach within their program, organization, and/or system of care.
- Contents
- What is Collaborative Problem Solving and Why Use the Approach? -- CPS as a Neurodevelopmentally Sensitive and Trauma-Informed Approach -- How to Apply Implementation Science Frameworks to Support and Sustain Change -- Implementing CPS in Clinical Settings -- Implementing CPS in Educational Settings -- CPS in a Large Multi-Service Organization: A Case Study -- Implementing and Practicing Collaborative Problem Solving with Integrity -- Research and Evaluation of CPS Outcomes -- Using CPS to Foster Employee Success.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Embracing Complexity in Health : The Transformation of Science, Practice, and Policy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44501
Joachim P. Sturmberg, editor.
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, c2019.
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This detailed volume illustrates the transformative nature of systems and complexity sciences for practice, research, education, and health system organization. Researchers highlight the fresh perspectives and novel approaches offered by these interdisciplinary fields in addressing the complexities of global, national, and community health challenges in the 21st century. With the implications that these emerging fields hold for health still relatively underexplored, researchers from a wide vari…
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- Sturmberg, Joachim P.
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- Joachim P. Sturmberg, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 335 p.) : 77 illus., 64 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030109400
- 9783030109394 (Print ed.)
- 9783030109417 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care - trends
- Systems Analysis
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This detailed volume illustrates the transformative nature of systems and complexity sciences for practice, research, education, and health system organization. Researchers highlight the fresh perspectives and novel approaches offered by these interdisciplinary fields in addressing the complexities of global, national, and community health challenges in the 21st century. With the implications that these emerging fields hold for health still relatively underexplored, researchers from a wide variety of disciplines, including physiological, social, environmental, clinical, prevention, educational, organizational, finance, and policy domains, aim in this book to suggest future directions in health care and highlight recent advances in basic and clinical physiology, education, policy-making, and leadership. Among the topics discussed: Impact of genomic heterogeneity on bio-emergent properties; Harnessing Big Data to improve health services; Decision-making of women in violent relationships; Co-producing healthcare interventions; A socio-ecological solution to physician burnout. Embracing Complexity in Health: The Transformation of Science, Practice, and Policy is a highly relevant resource to practitioners in the field, students, instructors, and policy makers, and also should find an engaged audience among health and disease researchers, healthcare planners, health system financiers, health system administrators, health services administrators, health professional educators, and other health professionals. The trans- and interdisciplinary natures of health and health care are fostering a broad discourse amongst all concerned with improving patient care in an equitable and sustainable way. .
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- Part I. Introduction: A Systems and Complexity Science Understanding of Health -- If You Change the Way You Look at Things, Things You Look at Change. Max Planck’s Challenge for Health, Health Care, and the Healthcare System -- Fail Small, Fail Often: An Outsider’s View of Physiologic Complexity -- Part II. Physiology -- A Puzzling Question: How Can Different Phenotypes Possibly Have Indistinguishable Disease Symptoms? -- Complexity Sciences Dramatically Improve Biomarker Research and Use -- Analyzing Complex Medical Image Information: Convolution Versus Wavelets in a Neural Net -- The Mechanisms of How Genomic Heterogeneity Impacts Bio-Emergent Properties: The Challenges for Precision Medicine -- Part III. Health Care -- The Health System Quartet: Four Basic Systems—Cure, Care, Heal, and Deal—To Foster the Co-production of Sustained Health -- Humans and Big Data: New Hope? Harnessing the Power of Person-Centred Data Analytics -- Is Decision-Making of Women Concerning Their Violent Relationships Truly Nonlinear . . . and Why Is That? -- Co-producing Healthcare Interventions: Transforming Transdisciplinary Research to Develop Healthcare Services to Meet the Needs of Patients with Complex Problems - Part IV. Education and Leadership -- Coordinated Tension: The “Secret Sauce” to Enable Decision-Making in a Global Health Complex Adaptive System -- A Systems Perspective for Measuring Features of Transdisciplinary Knowledge Producing Teams (TDKPTs) -- How and Why Effective Leaders Construct and Evolve Structural Attractors to Overcome Spatial, Temporal, and Social Complexity -- Physician Burnout: A U.S. Public Health Crisis in Need of a Socio-Ecological Solution -- Part V. Health Systems and Policy -- Organisational Relativity—Changing Our Perspective on Health and Health Care -- A Systems Model of HIT-Induced Complexity -- Salutogenesis Revisited -- Disappointment-Driven System Improvement in Health Care -- A Study on the Modeling of Obesity.
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Operations research applications in health care management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42222
Cengiz Kahraman and Y. Ilker Topcu, editors.
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Springer International
, c2018.
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This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to operations research theory and applications in health care systems. It provides readers with all the necessary tools for solving health care problems. The respective chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of both basic and advanced concepts of operations research for the management of operating rooms, intensive care units, supply chain, emergency medical service, human resources, lean health care, and procurement. To fost…
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- Kahraman, Cengiz
- Topcu, Y. Ilker
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- Cengiz Kahraman and Y. Ilker Topcu, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer International
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 604 pages)
- Series Vol.
- 262
- ISBN
- 9783319654539 (print)
- 9783319654553
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Operations Research
- Health Services Administration
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to operations research theory and applications in health care systems. It provides readers with all the necessary tools for solving health care problems. The respective chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of both basic and advanced concepts of operations research for the management of operating rooms, intensive care units, supply chain, emergency medical service, human resources, lean health care, and procurement. To foster a better understanding, the chapters include relevant examples or case studies. Taken together, they form an excellent reference guide for researchers, lecturers and postgraduate students pursuing research on health care management problems. The book presents a dynamic snapshot on the field that is expected to stimulate new directions and stimulate new ideas and developments.
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- Part I: Overview - 1. A Taxonomy of Operations Research Studies in Healthcare Management -- 2. A Comprehensive Survey on Healthcare Management -- Part II: Medical Units in Hospital – 3. The Real Time Management of Operating Rooms -- 4. Mixed Fuzzy Clustering for Deriving Predictive Models in Intensive Care Units -- 5. Operations Research for Occupancy Modeling at Hospital Wards and Its Integration into Practice -- Part III: Care Process: Preparedness - 6. Evaluating Healthcare System Efficiency of OECD Countries: A DEA-Based Study -- 7. Healthcare Expenditure Prediction in Turkey by Using Genetic Algorithm Based Grey Forecasting Models -- 8. The Impact of Social Networks in Developing and Managing Chronic Care Models -- Part IV: Care Process: Precaution - 9. Design and Planning of Organ Transplantation Networks -- 10. Blood Supply Chain Management and Future Research Opportunities -- 11. Vaccine Supply Management -- Part V: Care Process: Diagnosis and Prognosis - 12. OR Applications in Disease Screening -- 13. Classification of Cancer Data: Analyzing Gene Expression Data Using a Fuzzy Decision Tree Algorithm -- Part VI: Care Process: Treatment - 14. Efficiency of Diabetes Treatment -- 15. A Multiobjective Solution Method for Radiation Treatment Planning -- Part VII: Medical Issues - 16. OR Models for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Management -- 17. Health Informatics -- 18. OR Applications in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management -- 19. A Categorical DEA Framework for Evaluating Medical Tourism Efficiency of “Top Destinations” -- Part VIII: Health Care Management - 20. Healthcare Human Resource Planning -- 21. Lean Healthcare -- 22. Procurement Management in Healthcare Systems -- Index.
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Ethnic Diversities, Hypertension and Global Cardiovascular Risk
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42737
Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gianfranco Parati, editors.
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, c2018.
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In the context of the most significant influx of migrants in European history, the objective of this book is to provide healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to effectively treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases in ethnic minorities. Acknowledging that the scientific and cultural training of health professionals on the specific health needs of minority groups is still limited and likely biased, the book sheds light on the different health policies in European countries…
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- Modesti, Pietro Amedeo
- Cappuccio, Francesco P.
- Parati, Gianfranco
- Responsibility
- Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gianfranco Parati, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 319 p.) : 27 illus., 16 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319931487
- 9783319931470 (print ed.)
- 9783319931494 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2366-4606
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Ethnic Groups
- Global Health
- Hypertension - etiology
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Global Health
- Sociology, Medical
- Abstract
- In the context of the most significant influx of migrants in European history, the objective of this book is to provide healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to effectively treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases in ethnic minorities. Acknowledging that the scientific and cultural training of health professionals on the specific health needs of minority groups is still limited and likely biased, the book sheds light on the different health policies in European countries as well as epidemiologic data on cardiovascular events among migrants. In addition, it presents an in-depth analysis of potential ethnic-group-specific drivers of global cardiovascular risk within this new and challenging framework—as well as issues related to its prevention and treatment. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, obesity, and metabolic syndrome is found to be higher among most minority groups than in the native population, yet their access to treatment and health services may be limited by cultural and language barriers. As health professionals are confronted with such intercultural challenges on a daily basis, specific training and dedicated publications are thus essential to accompany and foster a constructive development towards a pluralist and healthier society. This book addresses that need, offering a unique and revealing resource.
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- Part I: Ethnicity in the European context -- 1. Multi-ethnic populations in Europe; terminology and classifications -- 2. Migration, communicable and non-communicable diseases. Are we witnessing a paradigm shift? -- 3. Inequalities and health policies in the European countries -- Part II: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease -- 4. Ethnic disparities in stroke -- 5. Intracranial atherosclerosis in Asian populations -- 6. Coronary heart disease among non-Western immigrants -- 7. Hypertension and the Heart in Africa -- 8. Ethnicity and hypertension-related target organ damage -- 9. Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives for Africa -- 10. Ethnicity and atrial fibrillation: a counterintuitive phenomenon -- Part III: Drivers predisposing ethnic minorities to cardiovascular disease -- 11. Disparities in hypertension in the ethnic minority groups; beneficial aspects of minority ethnic group cultures -- 12. Type 2 diabetes in ethnic minority groups in Europe -- 13. Health needs and global cardiovascular risk of Chinese migrants in Europe: which peculiarities? -- 14. Overweight and obesity in ethnic minorities. Ethnic specific cut-off values of obesity indices -- Part IV: Ethnic specific issues for prevention and treatment of hypertension and global cv risk -- 15. New notions on salt sensitivity -- 16. Body image perception in ethnic minorities: implications for prevention -- 17. Risk assessment of future type 2 diabetes and prevention strategies -- 18. Screening strategies for type 2 diabetes and risk stratification in minority groups -- 19. Cardiovascular risk assessment models and ethnicity: implications for hypertension guidelines -- 20. Antihypertensive drug therapy in patients of African and South Asian ethnicity -- 21. Cardiovascular risk factors in migrants: beyond the first generation -- 22. Hypertension in pregnancy and related health outcomes in European ethnic minorities -- 23. Ethnic differences in left ventricular remodelling in athletes: implications for pre-participation visit.
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- e-Book
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Globalization and Health Inequities in Latin America
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42844
Ligia Malagón de Salazar, Roberto Carlos Luján Villar, editors.
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, c2018.
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This book critically analyses the influence of international policies and guidelines on the performance of interventions aimed at reducing health inequities in Latin America, with special emphasis on health promotion and health in all policies strategies. While the implementation of these interventions plays a key role in strengthening these countries' capacity to respond to current and future challenges, the urgency and pressures of cooperation and funding agencies to show results consistent w…
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- Malagón de Salazar, Ligia
- Luján Villar, Roberto Carlos
- Responsibility
- Ligia Malagón de Salazar, Roberto Carlos Luján Villar, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 306 p.) : 46 illus., 35 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319672922
- 9783319672915 (print ed.)
- 9783319672939 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Status Disparities
- Healthcare Disparities
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Other Subjects
- Latin America
- Specialty
- Policy
- Sociology, Medical
- Abstract
- This book critically analyses the influence of international policies and guidelines on the performance of interventions aimed at reducing health inequities in Latin America, with special emphasis on health promotion and health in all policies strategies. While the implementation of these interventions plays a key role in strengthening these countries' capacity to respond to current and future challenges, the urgency and pressures of cooperation and funding agencies to show results consistent with their own agendas not only hampers this goal, but also makes the territory invisible, hiding the real problems faced by most Latin American countries, diminishing the richness of local knowledge production, and hindering the development of relevant proposals that consider the territory's conditions and cultural identity. Departing from this general analysis, the authors search for answers to the following questions: Why, despite the importance of the theoretical advances r egarding actions to address social and health inequities, haven't Latin American countries been able to produce the expected results? Why do successful initiatives only take place within the framework of pilot projects? Why does the ideology of health promotion and health in all policies mainly permeate structures of the health sector, but not other sectors? Why are intersectoral actions conjunctural initiatives, which often fail to evolve into permanent practices? Based on an extensive literature review, case studies, personal experiences, and interviews with key informants in the region, Globalization and Health Inequities in Latin America presents a strategy that uses monitoring and evaluation practices for enhancing the capacity of Latin American and other low and middle-income countries to implement sustainable processes to foster inclusiveness, equity, social justice and human rights.
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- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Equity, Globalization and Health -- 2. Global response to social and health inequities -- 3. Main challenges to reduce health inequities in Latin America -- Part II: Latin American Experiences -- 4. Redlacpromsa: The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Health Promotion managers -- 5. Denaturalizing "long-lasting endemic diseases": social mobilization in the context of arboviral diseases in Brazil -- 6. Health promoting schools: implementation challenges, barriers and lessons from a case study -- 7. Health in the School Program: practicing intersectoriality with territorial basis for the future of Health in all Policies. (SETP / HiP) -- 8. Strategic Analysis of Health Care Practices for Homeless in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil -- 9. Linking behavioral surveillance system to health promotion, and policy-making -- 10. Linking behavioral surveillance system to health promotion, and policy-making -- 11. La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca. The challenge of implementing sustainable territorial development. Critical factors and consequences in the reduction of inequities in health -- 12. Innovation in the small farmers' economy: good agricultural practices of Healthy Agriculture with associated rural enterprises in the Northern Cauca area in Colombia -- 13. Research in the Strategy of Healthy Communities in Mexico: Learning for the transformation of the practice against the Social Determinants of Health -- 14. Space management of health promotion: The dengue epidemic case in Perú -- Part III: Proposal -- 15. A bet for the reduction of health inequities in accordance to the conditions of the Latin American Region.
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Principles of Endocrinology and Hormone Action
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42946
Antonino Belfiore, Derek LeRoith, editors.
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, c2018.
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This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the current knowledge of the physiology of the endocrine system and hormone synthesis and release, transport, and action at the molecular and cellular levels. It presents essential as well as in-depth information of value to both medical students and specialists in Endocrinology, Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. Although it is well established that the endocrine system regulates essential functions involved in growth, reproduction, an…
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- Belfiore, Antonino
- LeRoith, Derek
- Responsibility
- Antonino Belfiore, Derek LeRoith, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 796 p.) : 125 illus., 92 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- Endocrinology
- ISBN
- 9783319446752
- 9783319446745 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2510-1927
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Endocrine System - physiology
- Hormones - metabolism
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Notes
- "eReference"--Publisher.
- Abstract
- This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the current knowledge of the physiology of the endocrine system and hormone synthesis and release, transport, and action at the molecular and cellular levels. It presents essential as well as in-depth information of value to both medical students and specialists in Endocrinology, Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. Although it is well established that the endocrine system regulates essential functions involved in growth, reproduction, and homeostasis, it is increasingly being recognized that this complex regulatory system comprises not only hormones secreted by the classic endocrine glands but also hormones and regulatory factors produced by many organs, and involves extensive crosstalk with the neural and immune system. At the same time, our knowledge of the molecular basis of hormone action has greatly improved. Understanding this complexity of endocrine physiology is crucial to prevent endocrine disorders, to improve the sensitivity of our diagnostic tools, and to provide the rationale for pharmacological, immunological, or genetic interventions. It is such understanding that this book is designed to foster.
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- The endocrine system -- Crosstalks between the endocrine, nervous and immune systems -- Hormone synthesis, secretion and transport -- Hormone receptors and signal transduction processes -- Mechanisms of control and termination of the hormonal action -- The classical endocrine system and endocrine glands -- The hypothalamus-pituitary axis -- The posterior pituitary -- The thyroid -- The parathyroids -- The adrenal glands -- The endocrine pancreas -- The testis -- The ovary -- Non-classical endocrine organs -- Hormone measurement and testing of endocrine function -- The endocrine regulation of energy and body weight -- The endocrine regulation of blood pressure -- The endocrine control of prenatal and neonatal growth -- Endocrinology of puberty -- The endocrine control of pregnancy -- Hormones and aging -- Principles of endocrine diseases -- Genetics and endocrine function -- Hormones and cancer.
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Promoting Safe and Effective Transitions to College for Youth with Mental Health Conditions : A Case-Based Guide to Best Practices
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42980
edited by Adele Martel, Jennifer Derenne, Patricia K. Leebens.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This concise and practical book provides an overview of how to safely and effectively transition adolescents with mental health conditions into a college environment. Therapeutic strategies to assess and promote readiness for transition to college are discussed in case-based chapters, which include case history, analysis of transition, clinical pearls, literature review, and helpful resources for clinicians, patients, and families. Filling a significant gap in the literature, this resource deli…
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- Martel, Adele
- Derenne, Jennifer
- Leebens, Patricia K.
- Responsibility
- edited by Adele Martel, Jennifer Derenne, Patricia K. Leebens
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 287 p.) : 18 illus
- ISBN
- 9783319688947
- 9783319688930 (print ed.)
- 9783319688954 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mental Health - Adolescent
- Adolescent Psychiatry
- Specialty
- Adolescent Health
- Mental Health Services
- Abstract
- This concise and practical book provides an overview of how to safely and effectively transition adolescents with mental health conditions into a college environment. Therapeutic strategies to assess and promote readiness for transition to college are discussed in case-based chapters, which include case history, analysis of transition, clinical pearls, literature review, and helpful resources for clinicians, patients, and families. Filling a significant gap in the literature, this resource delivers essential information for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who work with children, adolescents, and their families before, during, and after the transition to college.
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- Section I: Background Chapters -- The Practice Gap in Healthcare Transition: Focus on Young People Heading to College with a Mental Health Condition -- Essential Domains in Transition Planning and the Roles of Various Constituents -- The Range of Post-Secondary Options and Thinking about the Differences between High School and College -- Understanding Campus Mental Health Services and the Campus System of Care -- Adaptation of Pediatric Health Care Transition Guidelines for Use with Youth Heading to College with Mental Illness: Building a Toolkit -- Section II: Clinical Cases Focusing on Diagnosis -- "Perplexed in Translation": Bringing a Language Disorder to College -- "There is my way and then there is my way" - College Transition Challenges for a Student on the Autism Spectrum -- "Time is Not on My Side"—A College Student with ADHD and a Reading Disability -- "Rob's World: Evolving Psychosis and the Transition to College" -- "Coping with Highs and Lows": A student with bipolar disorder goes to college -- "Driven to Depression" Overachieving College Student with Recurrent Depressive Episodes -- "There's no Place Like Home": The Challenge of Going to College with Separation Anxiety Disorder -- "This Beer Should Do the Trick": College with a Social Anxiety Disorder -- "Anxiety Galore": Transition to College with Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- "Just Right" Transitioning to College with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder -- "My nightmares aren't just about calculus 101": Transitioning to College with PTSD -- "Too Much on My Plate": Transitioning to College with an Eating Disorder -- "Transition in the Weeds": Heading to College with Cannabis Use Disorder -- Stealing Youth: Personality Disorder goes to College -- Section III. Clinical Cases Focusing on Special Populations and Situations -- "Baby, Please Don't Change": Transitioning squared, transgender in college -- Juggling Priorities: Staying Sober in College as a Non-traditional Student -- Moving Forward by Taking Leave: A Paradoxical Path to Success -- Half a World Away: The Mental Health Journey of an International Student -- "If I Am Not an Athlete, Then Who Am I?": Portrait of a Depressed Student-Athlete -- The Challenge of Coming in First: Helping First Generation College Students Win Beyond Getting In -- Fostering Transitions to College: Considerations for Youth Aging out of Foster Care -- Summary: Lessons Learned.
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Diagnosis and Management of Breast Tumors : A Practical Handbook and Multidisciplinary Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43166
Michael Ola Idowu, Priti Anilkumar Shah, Mary Helen Hackney, Margaret Mary Grimes, Charles Edward Geyer, Jr., Douglas William Arthur, Harry Douglas Bear, editors.
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, c2018.
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This text is designed to present a practical and concise handbook on the diagnosis and management of breast diseases for quick reference by trainees and practitioners. It emphasizes the approach to diagnosis and management of breast tumors written from the perspectives of each member of the multidisciplinary management team (pathologist, radiologist, medical oncologist, surgical oncologist and radiation oncologist). The text is divided into two sections. The first section is written by each sub…
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- Idowu, Michael Ola
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- Michael Ola Idowu, Priti Anilkumar Shah, Mary Helen Hackney, Margaret Mary Grimes, Charles Edward Geyer, Jr., Douglas William Arthur, Harry Douglas Bear, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 255 p.) : 113 illus., 66 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319577265
- 9783319577258 (print ed.)
- 9783319577272 (print ed.)
- 9783319862347 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms - therapy
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This text is designed to present a practical and concise handbook on the diagnosis and management of breast diseases for quick reference by trainees and practitioners. It emphasizes the approach to diagnosis and management of breast tumors written from the perspectives of each member of the multidisciplinary management team (pathologist, radiologist, medical oncologist, surgical oncologist and radiation oncologist). The text is divided into two sections. The first section is written by each subspecialty with focus on the overview and management of breast tumors,current controversies and position statement,and emphasis on cost effectiveness and quality assurance. The radiology overview addresses questions such as when to perform breast imaging, the difference between screening and diagnostic mammograms, when to perform Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and ultrasound, the meaning of radiological descriptors, and lastly the cost effectiveness and quality assurance of radiologic assessment of breast tumors. The pathology overview addresses approaches to evaluation of breast biopsies and excision for calcifications, densities, distortion, asymmetry and masses, pitfalls to histologic interpretations, the utility of immunohistochemical stains when immunohistochemical stains are not helpful, quality assurance and cost effectiveness, and current controversies and position statements. Surgical, medical and radiation oncology overviews address when to treat and when to refrain, current treatment options or modalities and the factors informing choice, utility of genomics or molecular diagnostics in management, cost effectiveness and quality assurance, and controversies and position statements. The second section discusses common breast tumors (from the perspectives of each member of the management team) using the practical approach highlighted in the first section. The entities discussed include but are not limited to fibroepithelial tumors, papillary lesions, spindle cell lesions, in-situ and invasive carcinomas (including subtypes), vascular lesions, lymphoproliferative disorders and metastasis to breast. The uniqueness of this book is the focus on the integrated subspecialty approaches with perspectives from each subspecialty and emphasis on how each member of the multidisciplinary team can contribute to the optimal care of the breast cancer patient. The text aims to bridge the gap of the "what next" question and foster a comprehensive, team approach for trainees and practicing physicians by providing information about specific entities from diagnosis to treatment. The uniformity of the format of each chapter allows for quick reference. Generous illustrations and tables in the text enhance appreciation of the entities being discussed.
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- Part I. Overview of Evaluation and Management of Breast Diseases -- 1. Overview of Radiologic Quality Assurance and the Imaging Evaluation of Breast Lesions -- 2. Overview of Pathology Evaluation of Breast Lesions and Quality Assurance -- 3. Surgical Oncology Evaluation and Management of Breast Diseases -- 4. Breast Cancer: Overview of Decision Making by the Medical Oncologist -- 5. Overview of Radiation Oncology Evaluation and Management of Breast Tumors -- Part II. Representative Cases: Diagnosis, Management and Radiologic Pathologic Correlation of Common Breast Lesions/Tumors -- 6. Fibroepithelial Lesions -- 7. Papillary Lesions -- 8. Proliferative and in situ Ductal and Lobular Breast Lesions -- 9. Invasive Carcinomas -- 10. Miscellaneous Conditions.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Ultrasound Program Management : A Comprehensive Resource for Administrating Point-of-Care, Emergency, and Clinical Ultrasound
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43319
Vivek S. Tayal, Michael Blaivas, Troy R. Foster, editors.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader—from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs and services in the hospital or healthcare facility. The early chapters of this book focus on the leadership of your program whether in your department or institution. The second section centers on education at all levels recognizing that smaller …
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- Tayal, Vivek S.
- Blaivas, Michael
- Foster, Troy R.
- Responsibility
- Vivek S. Tayal, Michael Blaivas, Troy R. Foster, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 609 p.) : 230 illus., 181 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319631431
- 9783319631417 (print ed.)
- 9783319631424 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diagnostic Services - organization & administration
- Diagnostic Services - standards
- Ultrasonography - standards
- Specialty
- Ultrasonography
- Abstract
- This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader—from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs and services in the hospital or healthcare facility. The early chapters of this book focus on the leadership of your program whether in your department or institution. The second section centers on education at all levels recognizing that smaller machines have made ultrasound available for medical students to advanced practitioners. The third section provides detailed logistics on equipment, maintenance, and safety. The fourth section focuses on a quality improvement program and includes a chapter on the workflow process. For those with limited budgets we also offer a section on practical operating and educational solutions. The fifth section offers insight into hospital level credentialing, quality assurance, national politics, and recent issues with accreditation. This is followed by reimbursement and coding. The last section covers topics in specialized communities. Chapters focus on ultrasound in global health, emergency medical services, pediatrics, critical care, community and office based practices. Multiple US working documents including checklists, graphs, spreadsheets, tables, and policy appendices are included.
- Contents
- 1. Initial Approach to Ultrasound Management: Making Ultrasound Meaningful from the Start -- Section 1. US Leadership -- 2. Ultrasound Director -- 3. Job Search and Contract Negotiations -- 4. Institutional Point of Care Ultrasound -- Section 2. US Education -- 5. Introductory Education -- 6. Continuing Education -- 7. Undergraduate Ultrasound Education -- 8. Residency Ultrasound Education -- 9. Ultrasound Fellowship Programs -- 10. Point of Care Ultrasound Issues for Advanced Practice Providers and Nursing Programs -- 11. Simulation Medicine -- Section 3. US Machines and Equipment -- 12. Ultrasound Equipment and Purchase -- 13. Ultrasound Equipment Maintenance -- 14. Ultrasound Associated Materials and Equipment -- 15. Ultrasound Safety and Infection Control -- Section 4. US Workflow -- 16. Ultrasound Quality Improvement -- 17. Workflow and Middleware -- 18. Practical Operating and Educational Solutions -- Section 5. US Program Politics, Recognition, and Value -- 19. Politics of Point of Care Ultrasound -- 20. Credentialing and Privileging -- 21. Accreditation in Point of Care Ultrasound -- 22. Point of Care Ultrasound Reimbursement and Coding -- Section 6. US Special Communities -- 23. Global Medicine Perspectives -- 24. Pediatric-Specific Point of Care US Management -- 25. Ultrasound in Disaster and Pre-hospital Use -- 26. Community Ultrasound -- 27. Critical Care Medicine -- 28. Primary Care -- ACEP US Guidelines -- ACEP Emergency US Imaging Criteria Compendium -- ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Guidelines 2011 -- Suggested Reporting Guidelines 2011 -- Essential Machine Features -- Glossary.
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- e-Book
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Sarcoma : A Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment
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Robert M. Henshaw, editor.
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Springer
, 2017.
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The purpose of this book is to define and demonstrate how a multidisciplinary team can be organized, integrated, and utilized in the care of sarcoma patients. Real world experiences related by multiple sarcoma specialists working as members of a multidisciplinary team along with specific case examples highlighting sarcomas of bone and soft tissue in children and adults are presented in a framework geared toward practicing oncologists and surgeons in order to foster the creation and development …
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- Henshaw, Robert M
- Responsibility
- Robert M. Henshaw, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 586 pages) : 179 illus., 132 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319431215
- 9783319431192 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Patient Care Team
- Sarcoma
- Abstract
- The purpose of this book is to define and demonstrate how a multidisciplinary team can be organized, integrated, and utilized in the care of sarcoma patients. Real world experiences related by multiple sarcoma specialists working as members of a multidisciplinary team along with specific case examples highlighting sarcomas of bone and soft tissue in children and adults are presented in a framework geared toward practicing oncologists and surgeons in order to foster the creation and development of care teams for sarcoma patients. It is explained how a truly multidisciplinary approach, with one stop shopping, offers better standardization and delivery of care, streamlines patient education, facilitates discussions and decision making, and provides comprehensive support throughout the treatment process. All aspects of treatment are covered, from first-line treatments for different tumor types through to salvage therapy and the development of novel investigational agents. This book will be of benefit to all members of the medical community who have a role to play in the care of these complex patients, including therapists, nurses, mid-level practitioners, primary care doctors, and subspecialists.
- Contents
- Part I: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Care of Sarcoma Patients in the United States -- 1. Introduction and History of Multidisciplinary Care -- 2. The Role of Tumor Boards and Referral Centers -- 3. Academic and Community Collaboration -- 4. Pathology of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas -- 5. Musculoskeletal and Interventional Radiology in the Management of Sarcoma Patients -- 6. The Role of Surgery in the Multidisciplinary Care of Sarcoma -- 7. Specific Surgical Topics: A Multidisciplinary Management of Paratesticular Sarcomas in Adults -- 8. Specific Surgical Topics: Surgical Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors -- 9. Multidisciplinary Approach to Salvage of Unplanned Sarcoma Resections -- 10. Radiation Therapy for Sarcomas -- 11. Chemotherapy and Multidisciplinary Approaches to Pediatric Sarcomas -- 12. Chemotherapy and Other Systemic Approaches to Adult Sarcomas -- 13. Salvage Therapy and Palliative Care for Metastatic Sarcoma -- 14. Pain Management for Sarcoma Patients -- 15. Rehabilitation for Patients with Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- 16. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Physical Therapy for Patients with Sarcomas -- 17. Team Approach in the Management of Sarcoma Patients: Physician Extenders and Allied Health Professionals -- 18. Psychosocial Issues in Children with Cancer: The Role of Patient Advocacy and Its Impact on Care -- 19. Treatment Effects and Long-Term Management of Sarcoma Patients and Survivors -- 20. Follow-Up/Late Effects Clinics -- 21. Clinical Trials for Sarcomas -- 22. Novel Therapies and Future Directions in Treatment of Musculoskeletal Sarcomas -- Part II: International Approaches to the Multidisciplinary Care of Sarcoma Patients -- 23. Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment: An Australian Perspective -- 24. Multidisciplinary Musculoskeletal Oncology Care in Scotland: A Virtual Clinic -- 25. Limb Salvage in India -- 26. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Sarcoma in Beijing -- 27. Is It Reasonable for Orthopedic Surgeons to Do Chemotherapy for Patients with High-Grade Bone Sarcoma? A Paradigm for Treatment Individualization -- 28. The Current Situation and Experience of Multidisciplinary Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in China.
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Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue : A Paradigm Expansion in the United States
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41588
Makini Chisolm-Straker, Hanni Stoklosa, editors.
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Springer
, 2017.
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This clear-sighted reference examines the public health dimensions of labor and sex trafficking in the United States, the scope of the crisis, and possibilities for solutions. Its ecological lifespan approach globally traces risk and protective factors associated with this exploitation, laying a roadmap towards its prevention. Diverse experts, including survivors, describe support and care interventions across domains and disciplines, from the law enforcement and judicial sectors to community h…
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- Other Authors
- Chisolm-Straker, Makini
- Stoklosa, Hanni
- Responsibility
- Makini Chisolm-Straker, Hanni Stoklosa, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxvii, 457 pages) : 15 illus., 13 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319478241
- 9783319478234 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Crime Victims
- Health Policy
- Human Trafficking - prevention & control
- Patient Advocacy
- Sex Offenses
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This clear-sighted reference examines the public health dimensions of labor and sex trafficking in the United States, the scope of the crisis, and possibilities for solutions. Its ecological lifespan approach globally traces risk and protective factors associated with this exploitation, laying a roadmap towards its prevention. Diverse experts, including survivors, describe support and care interventions across domains and disciplines, from the law enforcement and judicial sectors to community health systems and NGOs, with a robust model for collaboration. By focusing on the humanity of trafficked persons, a public health paradigm broadens our understanding of and ability to address trafficking while adding critical direction and resources to the criminal justice and human rights structures currently in place. Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue is a sobering read; a powerful call to action for public health professionals, including social workers and health care practitioners providing direct services, as well as the larger anti-trafficking community of advocates, prosecutors, taskforce members, law enforcement agents, officers, funders, and administrators. "An extraordinary collection of knowledge by survivors, academics, clinicians, and advocates who are experts on human trafficking. Human Trafficking is a Public Health Issue is a comprehensive offering in educating readers on human trafficking through a multi-pronged public health lens." Margeaux Gray: Survivor, Advocate, Artist, Public Speaker.
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- 1. Introduction to Human Trafficking: Who Is Affected? -- 2. Sex Trafficked and Missed -- 3. The Lost Boy: How a Forgotten Child Became a Victim of Labor Trafficking -- 4. Sex Trafficking in the USA -- 5. The Ignored Exploitation: Labor Trafficking in the United States -- 6. Trafficking of Children Within the United States -- 7. Children at Risk: Foster Care and Human Trafficking -- 8. Sex Trafficking in Indian Country -- 9. LGBTQ Youth and Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking -- 10. The Multimodal Social Ecological (MSE) Approach: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Supporting Trafficking Survivors’ Psychosocial Health -- 11. Physical Health of Human Trafficking Survivors: Unmet Essentials -- 12. Trauma-Informed Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Trafficking Survivors -- 13. The Development and Psychology of Young Minds: Communities Can Prevent Exploitation and Facilitate Rehabilitation -- 14. Legal Supports for Trafficked Persons: Assisting Survivors via Certification, State/Federal Benefits, and Compensation -- 15. NGOs and the Anti-Trafficking Movement: Advocacy and Service -- 16. The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in the US Anti-Trafficking Movement -- 17. Research Informing Advocacy: An Anti-Human Trafficking Tool -- 18. Caring for Survivors Using a Trauma-Informed Care Framework -- 19. Sex Trafficking in One US City: Traditional Policing and Boston’s Shift to a Survivor-Centered Response -- 20. The Role of Community Health Centers in Addressing Human Trafficking -- 21. The Media and Human Trafficking: A Discussion and Critique of the Dominant Narrative -- 22. Human Trafficking: Perspectives on Prevention -- 23. Combating Modern Bondage: The Development of a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Human Trafficking -- 24. Moving Forward: Next Steps in Preventing and Disrupting Human Trafficking.
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