Acceptable risk in biomedical research : European perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40982
Sigmund Simonsen.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2012.
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- Online
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- Author
- Simonsen, Sigmund, 1972-
- Responsibility
- Sigmund Simonsen
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 293 p.)
- Series Vol.
- v. 50
- ISBN
- 9789400726789
- 9789400726772 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ethics, Research
- Human Experimentation - ethics
- Human Experimentation - legislation & jurisprudence
- Risk Assessment - legislation & jurisprudence
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Contents
- Part. I Initial Issues -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method and Material -- 3. Initial Conceptual Clarifications -- 4. Origins of the Requirement of Proportionality -- 5. The Purpose of the Requirement of Proportionality -- Part II. Which Risks, Burdens, and Potential Benefits Are Relevant, and How Should They Be Estimated? -- 6. Introduction -- 7. Which Risks, Burdens and Potential Benefits Are Relevant? -- 8. How to Estimate Risks, Burdens, and Potential Benefits -- Part III. The Assessment of Proportionality -- 9. The Requirement of Proportionality – Initial Clarifications -- 10. Therapeutic Research -- 11. Nontherapeutic Research -- 12. Nontherapeutic Research on “Vulnerable” Participants -- 13. Non-interference with Necessary Clinical Interventions and The No Harm Rule -- 14. Especially on Randomised Clinical Trials, Including Placebo Controlled Clinical Trials -- 15. Acceptable Risks and Burdens to Others than the Participant -- 16. Later Developments During the Course of the Research -- 17. Legal Effects of the Requirement of Proportionality -- Part IV. Summary and Conclusions -- 18. Summary of Results -- 19. Recommendations -- 20. Perspectives -- Appendix A: Legal Instruments -- Appendix B: Case-Law -- Appendix C: Case Examples.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Access to Primary Care and Preventative Health Services of Migrants
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42918
Aldo Rosano, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This salient volume surveys the state of access to primary care and preventive health services by migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers across Europe. Experts in public health and allied fields identify obstacles to healthcare interventions for migrants, including costs, legal status, health-related behaviors and beliefs, and cultural and language barriers. The book includes the latest data concerning access to specific preventive services (e.g., vaccinations, colorectal screenings), specific …
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- Rosano, Aldo
- Responsibility
- Aldo Rosano, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 115 p.) : 3 illus., 1 illus. in color
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319736303
- 9783319736297 (print ed.)
- 9783319736310 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emigrants and Immigrants
- Health Policy
- Health Services Accessibility
- Preventive Health Services
- Refugees
- Transients and Migrants
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Minority Health
- Abstract
- This salient volume surveys the state of access to primary care and preventive health services by migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers across Europe. Experts in public health and allied fields identify obstacles to healthcare interventions for migrants, including costs, legal status, health-related behaviors and beliefs, and cultural and language barriers. The book includes the latest data concerning access to specific preventive services (e.g., vaccinations, colorectal screenings), specific issues of women and sexual minorities, and the potential for health promotion in prevention. Best practices for improving access are outlined as a basis for public health and policy directives toward reducing health disparities between migrant and native populations. Among the topics covered: Access to medical examination for prevention among migrants Access and barriers to infant vaccinations, female cancer screening and colorectal screening among migrant populations; Provision and policy gap between the primary and preventive care required by and the care provided to LGBTQ+ migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers; Health related lifestyles and intermediate health conditions of migrants; Quality of primary healthcare and preventive health services provided to migrants; Adaptations of primary health care for migrants; Access to primary health care and policies on migration and health at a time of economic crisis. Dedicated to bridging research and policy gaps in this vital area, Primary Care Access and Preventive Health Services of Migrants is intended for an international audience of academics, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in public health and related disciplines.
- Contents
- 1. Foreword -- 2. Rights to primary care access and health prevention of non-nationals and migrants in the European Union Countries -- 3. Access and barriers to childhood immunization among migrant populations -- 4. Access to medical examination for primary prevention among migrants -- 5. Avoidable hospitalization among migrants and ethnic minorities in western countries -- 6. Female migrants' attitudes and access to cervical and breast cancer screening in Europe -- 7. Access to colorectal screening -- 8. Health-related lifestyles among migrants -- 9. Adaptation of primary health care for migrants: recommendations and best practices -- 10. Health policies, patterns, and barriers to migrants' access to primary health care -- 11. Access to primary care and preventive health services of LGBTQ+ migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers -- 12. Concluding remarks.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Competence Assessment in Dementia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29147
edited by Gabriela Stoppe on behalf of the European Dementia Consensus Network.
--Vienna:
Springer-Verlag
, c2008.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Stoppe, Gabriela
- Corporate Author
- European Dementia Consensus Network
- Responsibility
- edited by Gabriela Stoppe on behalf of the European Dementia Consensus Network
- Place of Publication
- Vienna
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 184 p.) : ill.
- ISBN
- 9783211723692
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Dementia - psychology
- Mental Competency - psychology
- Geriatric Assessment
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Psychology, clinical
- Geriatrics
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Contrast media : safety issues and ESUR guidelines
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33251
Henrik S. Thomsen, Judith A. W. Webb, editors.
(Third edition)
--Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2014.
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In 1994 the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. Subsequently the committee questioned ESUR members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines, and discussed these proposals with participants at the annual symposia of the society. The end result of this work was the successful first edition of this book, published in 2006, which was followed by an equally successful second edition in 2009. Thi…
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- Thomsen, Henrik S
- Webb, Judith A. W
- Responsibility
- Henrik S. Thomsen, Judith A. W. Webb, editors
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)
- Series
- Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging
- Series Title
- Medical radiology (Series)
- ISBN
- 9783642367243 (electronic bk.)
- 9783642367236
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Contrast Media - adverse effects
- Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
- Safety Management - standards - Europe
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiographic contrast media - Safety measures
- Radiographic contrast media - Toxicology
- Genitourinary organs - Imaging - Safety measures - Standards - Europe
- Notes
- Previous edition: 2009
- Abstract
- In 1994 the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. Subsequently the committee questioned ESUR members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines, and discussed these proposals with participants at the annual symposia of the society. The end result of this work was the successful first edition of this book, published in 2006, which was followed by an equally successful second edition in 2009. This third edition not only fully updates the previous edition, but also includes new chapters on complex topics such as use of contrast media in children and practical aspects of off-label contrast media use. The authorship includes members, past members, and non-members of the Contrast Media Safety Committee. Comprehensive consideration is given to the many different safety issues relating to iodine-based contrast media, gadolinium-based contrast media, microbubbles for ultrasound, and barium sulfate. The text includes chapters on both acute and delayed non-renal adverse reactions and on renal adverse reactions. All of the questions frequently raised in radiological practice are addressed. This book, presented in a handy, easy-to-use format, provides an invaluable, unique, and unparalleled source of information.
- Contents
- General Issues: Classification and Terminology -- Requests for Imaging using contrast agents: What information must be provided -- Off-label use of medicines: legal aspects -- Off-label use of contrast media: practical aspects -- Pharmacovigilance: When to report adverse reactions to contrast media -- What is required to get the authorities to approve a new contrast medium? -- A critical review of meta-analysis of adverse events after contrast media -- Iodine- and Gadolinium-Based Contrast Media: General Adverse Reactions: Acute adverse reactions to contrast media: Mechanisms and prevention -- Iodine-based contrast medium temperature and adverse reactions -- Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast media -- Renal Adverse reactions:Chronic kidney disease, serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) -- Contrast medium-induced nephropathy -- Dialysis and contrast media -- Other adverse effects: Pregnancy and lactation: intravascular use of contrast media -- Pheochromocytoma and contrast media -- Contrast media and interactions with other drugs and clinical tests -- Contrast media extravasation injury -- Iodine-based contrast media: Late adverse reactions to iodine-based contrast media -- Effects of iodine-based contrast media on blood and endothelium -- Effects of iodine-based contrast media on thyroid function -- Pulmonary effects of iodine-based contrast media -- MR contrast media: Gadolinium chelates and stability -- Diagnostic efficacy of gadolinium-based contrast media -- Radiography with gadolinium-based contrast media -- Acute adverse reactions to gadolinium-based contrast media -- Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and gadolinium- based contrast media -- Organ specific gadolinium-based contrast media -- Ultrasonographic Contrast media -- Barium Preparations: Barium preparations: safety issues -- Pediatric use of Contrast Media: Contrast media use in pediatrics: Safety issues -- Appendix: ESUR Guidelines on Contrast Media Version 8.1 -- Official publications from the Contrast Media Safety Committee of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Co-occurring Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders : A Practice-Based Handbook from a European Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39402
Geert Dom, Franz Moggi, editors.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book provides a comprehensive, state of the art overview covering both the diagnosis and the treatment of dual disorders--joint psychiatric and substance use disorders--in a way that is highly relevant to clinical work and the organization of care systems. It is designed to meet the real need for a European perspective on dual disorders, taking into account the realities of European treatment organization. All chapters have been written by European authors on the basis of existing European…
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- Dom, Geert
- Moggi, Franz
- Responsibility
- Geert Dom, Franz Moggi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 389 p. : 8 illus., 4 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783642453755
- 9783642453748 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Abstract
- This book provides a comprehensive, state of the art overview covering both the diagnosis and the treatment of dual disorders--joint psychiatric and substance use disorders--in a way that is highly relevant to clinical work and the organization of care systems. It is designed to meet the real need for a European perspective on dual disorders, taking into account the realities of European treatment organization. All chapters have been written by European authors on the basis of existing European treatment programs or guidelines and European research. Dual disorders are increasingly encountered by health professionals working in mental health and addiction care, and they represent a formidable challenge for caregivers, care organizations, and society as a whole. During the past decade, various approaches and programs have been designed to challenge the traditional gap between addiction treatment and mental health care. The overwhelming majority of the programs, however, have emanated from the United States. Given the vast differences between the European and U.S. health contexts, it can be questioned whether these American-oriented treatment programs are of value in European countries. Co-occurring Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders: A Practice-Based Handbook from a European Perspective therefore represents a timely and much-needed addition to literature on the subject.
- Contents
- Part I. General Aspects -- 1 Epidemiological Perspectives on Comorbidity Between Substance Use Disorders and Other Mental Disorders -- 2 Evolution of Mental Health and Addiction Care Systems in Europe -- 3 Integrated Treatment: The Model and European Experiences -- 4 Care for Patients with Addiction and Concurrent Disorders in Europe, The United States of America, and Canada: Similarities and Differences -- 5 The Pathogenesis of Dual Disorders: Neurobiological Perspectives -- Part II. Specific Disorders -- 6 Schizophrenia and Addiction -- 7 Substance-Induced Psychotic Symptoms -- 8 Mood Disorders and Addiction -- 9 Bipolar Affective Disorders and Alcohol Dependence: Comorbidity, Consequences, and Treatment -- 10 Personality Disorder and Addiction -- 11 Comorbidity of Anxiety Disorders and Substance Use -- 12 Posttraumatic Stress Disorders and Addiction -- 13 ADHD and Addiction -- 14 Addiction and Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 15 Dual Disorders: Mild Intellectual Disability and Substance Abuse -- 16 Non-Substance-Related Disorders: Gambling Disorder and Internet Addiction -- Part III. Topics of Interest -- 17 Assessment Strategies and Instruments in DD -- 18 Evidence-Supported Psychosocial Treatment for Dual Disorder Patients -- 19 Pharmacotherapy of Dual Disorders -- 20 Comorbidity of Smoking with Psychiatric Disorders -- 21 Violence and Substance Abuse in Psychotic Patients: A Forensic Psychiatric Perspective -- 22 Dual Disorders in Adolescent Populations -- 23 Somatic Problems and Dual Disorder Patients -- 24 Psychiatric Comorbidity in Heroin Maintenance and Methadone Maintenance Treatments -- 25 Toward a New Model of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Substance Use, and Somatic Care.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Critical Issues in Head and Neck Oncology : Key concepts from the Fifth THNO Meeting
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41445
Jan B. Vermorken, Volker Budach, C. René Leemans, Jean-Pascal Machiels, Piero Nicolai, Brian O'Sullivan, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This book offers a selection of the critical current issues and challenges in head and neck cancer. It covers most key concepts of the subject, from diagnostic challenges to multidisciplinary decision-making aspects in head and neck oncology. Starting with the Make Sense Campaign and examining its impact on clinical practice, readers also gain insight into current and novel therapeutic approaches, including radiotherapy, cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, as well as th…
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- Vermorken, Jan B.
- Budach, Volker
- Leemans, C. René
- Machiels, Jean-Pascal
- Nicolai, Piero
- O'Sullivan, Brian
- Responsibility
- Jan B. Vermorken, Volker Budach, C. René Leemans, Jean-Pascal Machiels, Piero Nicolai, Brian O'Sullivan, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : 75 illus., 61 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319429090
- 9783319429076 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Abstract
- This book offers a selection of the critical current issues and challenges in head and neck cancer. It covers most key concepts of the subject, from diagnostic challenges to multidisciplinary decision-making aspects in head and neck oncology. Starting with the Make Sense Campaign and examining its impact on clinical practice, readers also gain insight into current and novel therapeutic approaches, including radiotherapy, cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, as well as the importance of adequate supportive care. Surgical interventions such as endoscopic surgery, salvage surgery, dentistry and implants are also discussed. Moreover, the changing respective roles of the involved caregivers are highlighted and extensively discussed. The chapters are based on the latest data presented at the 5th Trends in Head and Neck Oncology Conference and reflect the most up-to-date information in the field. Taking into account the ample current treatment options for patients with head and neck cancer and discussing side effects, survivorship issues and treatment in the elderly, this book provides and up-to-date coverage of all the critical topics in the field. Highlighting the increasing importance of decision-making in recurrent and metastatic head and neck cancer as well as quality of life and end of life issues, this reference book also emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach that plays such an important role in the outcome for this disease. Edited by a team of world leaders in Head and Neck Cancer this volume serves as an easy reference to the head and neck oncology practitioner and provides an up-to-date overview for specialists the field.
- Contents
- Part I. The Make Sense Campaign -- The Make Sense Campaign -- Part II. Head and Neck Cancer: a changing disease -- New epidemiologic aspects -- Biology of head and neck cancer -- Part III. Diagnostic challenges -- The changing role of the pathologist -- Molecular imaging in head and neck cancer -- Part IV. Multidisciplinary Decision Making & Head and Neck Tumor Boards -- Clinical decision making: how and when. Part V. Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer -- Pros and cons of endoscopic surgery -- Oncologic dentistry and implants -- Primary radiotherapy & concurrent chemoradiotherapy -- Treatment of viral-associated head and neck cancer -- Patient and treatment factors in concurrent chemoradiotherapy -- Part VI. Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck cancer: How and When to Treat -- The surgical approach -- When and how to irradiate -- Cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy -- Immunotherapeutic approaches -- Treatment in the elderly -- Supportive care -- Part VII. Quality of life issues -- Palliative care in the palliative disease setting -- Community palliative care and dying at home.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Congress
- Location
- Online
A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43973
Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà, editors.
--Cham:
SpringerOpen
, c2018.
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- Open access
- Location
- Online
This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. ; This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility processes or focusing on health and mortality…
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- Doblhammer, Gabriele
- Gumà, Jordi
- Responsibility
- Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 303 p.) : 28 illus., 18 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319723563
- 9783319723556 (Print ed.)
- 9783319723570 (Print ed.)
- 9783319891750 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Demography
- Epidemiology
- Family Characteristics
- Gender Identity
- Public Health
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Population Health
- Social Sciences
- Abstract
- This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
- This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility processes or focusing on health and mortality. Coverage looks at new family and partnership forms among the young and middle-aged, their relationship with health, and the pathways through which they act. Among the old, lifelong family biography and present family situation are explored. Evidence is provided that partners advancing in age start to resemble each other more closely in terms of health, with the health of the partner being a crucial factor of an individual’s own health. Gender-specific health outcomes and pathways are central in the designs of the studies and the discussion of the results. The book compares twelve European countries reflecting different welfare state regimes and offers country-specific studies conducted in Austria, Germany, Italy--all populations which have received less attention in the past--and Sweden. As a result, readers discover the role of different concepts of family and health as well as comparisons within European countries and ethnic groups. It will be an insightful resource for students, academics, policy makers, and researchers that will help define future research in terms of gender and public health.
- Contents
- Framework -- Summary and Research Implications -- Part I. Keynote Chapters -- Families and Health: A Review -- The New Roles of Men and Women and Implications for Families and Societies -- Sex Differences in Health and Survival -- Part II. Country Specific Chapters -- Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Household Position and Health in Twelve European Countries: Are They Associated with the Value Climate? -- Similarity of Perceived Health Between Household Members: The “Mutual Influences” Hypothesis -- Household Position, Parenthood, and Self-Reported Adult Health. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey -- The Contextual and Household Contribution to Individual Health Status in Germany: What Is the Role of Gender and Migration Background? -- Health-Risk Behaviour of Women and Men—Differences According to Partnership and Parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) Survey 2009–2010 -- Fertility Histories and Health in Later Life in Italy -- The Effect of Current Family Situation on Slow Walking Speed at Old Age.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century : A Person-Centred Evidence-Based Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43329
Jose´ Carlos Santos, John R. Cutcliffe, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This groundbreaking book has a number of features that set it apart from other textbooks on this subject: Firstly, it focuses on interpersonal, humanistic and ecological views and approaches to P/MH nursing. Secondly, it highlights patient/client-centered approaches and mental-health-service user involvement. Lastly, it is a genuinely European P/MH nursing textbook—the first of its kind—largely written by mental health scholars from Europe, although it also includes contributions from North Ame…
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- Santos, Jose´ Carlos
- Cutcliffe, John R.
- Responsibility
- Jose´ Carlos Santos, John R. Cutcliffe, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 585 p.) : 10 illus., 7 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Principles of specialty nursing, under the auspices of the European Specialist Nurses Organisations (ESNO)
- ISBN
- 9783319317724
- 9783319317717 (print ed.)
- 9783319317731 (print ed.)
- 9783319811147 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2366-875X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Evidence-Based Nursing
- Health Policy
- Mental Health Services
- Person-Centered Psychotherapy
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Nursing
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- This groundbreaking book has a number of features that set it apart from other textbooks on this subject: Firstly, it focuses on interpersonal, humanistic and ecological views and approaches to P/MH nursing. Secondly, it highlights patient/client-centered approaches and mental-health-service user involvement. Lastly, it is a genuinely European P/MH nursing textbook—the first of its kind—largely written by mental health scholars from Europe, although it also includes contributions from North America and Australia/New Zealand. Focusing on clinical/practical issues, theory and empirical findings, it adopts an evidence-based or evidence-informed approach. Each contribution presents the state-of-the-art of P/MH nursing in Europe so that it can be transferred to and implemented by P/MH nurses and the broader mental health care community around the globe. As such, it will be the first genuinely 21st century European Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing book.
- Contents
- Part I. Principles and Approaches -- 1. Introduction: Remembering the Person: The Need for a Twenty-First-Century, Person-Centred European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Textbook -- 2. Oxymoronic or Synergistic: Deconstructing the Psychiatric and/or Mental Health Nurse -- 3. Service User Involvement and Perspectives -- 4. Taxonomies: Towards a Shared Nomenclature and Language -- 5. Theories of the Interpersonal Relationships, Transitions and Humanistic Theories: Contribution to Frameworks of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in Europe -- 6. An Introduction to the Art and Science of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy -- 7. Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytical Theory, Approaches and Clinical Relevance: Applying the Psychoanalytic Principles and Practices to Mental Health Nursing -- 8. The Biopsychosocial Approach: Towards Holistic, Person-Centred Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Practice -- 9. Trauma-Informed Care: Progressive Mental Health Care for the Twenty-First Century -- 10. Competences for Clinical Supervision in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing -- 11. European and Worldwide Mental Health Epidemiology and Trends -- 12. Mental Health Nurses and Responding to Suffering in the Twenty-first Century Occidental World: Accompanying People on Their Search for Meaning -- Part II. Settings and Contexts -- 13. Acute Inpatient Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Lessons Learned and Current Developments -- 14. Community Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: Contexts and Challenges—The Case of Nurse Prescribing and Recovery-Focused Interventions -- 15. Unearthing the Theoretical Underpinnings of “Green Care” in Mental Health and Substance Misuse Care: History, Theoretical Origins, and Contemporary Clinical Examples -- 16. Nursing People in Prisons, Forensics and Correctional Facilities -- 17. eHealth, Telematics and Telehealth -- 18. Public Health and Ecological Approaches: The Example of eHealth for Adolescent Mental Health Support -- Part III. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Competencies and Ways of Working -- 19. Forming and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships -- 20. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Core Competencies: Communication Skills -- 21. Group Work in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: The Case for Psychoeducation as a Means to Therapeutic Ends -- 22. A Family-Focused, Recovery Approach When Working with Families When a Parent Has a History of Mental Health Problems: From Theory to Practice -- 23. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing and Mental Health Promotion: An Eight Steps Path -- 24. Therapeutic Milieu: Utilizing the Environment to Promote Mental Wellness -- 25. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Nonphysical Competencies for Managing Violence and Aggression: De-escalation and Defusion -- Part IV. Human Experiences of Mental Health Problems and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Responses -- 26. Problems Affecting a Person’s Mood -- 27. The Person Experiencing Anxiety -- 28. Integrated Care – ‘Schizophrenia’: A Challenge for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing -- 29. Human Experiences of and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses’ Responses to Problems Related to Dementias and Cognitive Impairment -- 30. Problems Related to Substance and Alcohol Misuse -- Part V. Specific Challenges -- 31. Problems Related to Eating, Nutrition, and Body Image -- 32. Suicide and Self-Harm -- 33. A Systematic Perspective of Violence and Aggression in Mental Health Care: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding and Conceptualization -- 34. The Withdrawn or Recalcitrant Client -- 35. Confronting Goffman: How Can Mental Health Nurses Effectively Challenge Stigma? A Critical View of the Literature -- Part VI. Special Populations -- 36. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents -- 37. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Care of the Older Adult: Mental Health in Old Age -- 38. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses Care of the Client Who Presents with Both Mental Health and Substance Misuse Problems -- 39. Non-European and European Migrants in Acute Adult Inpatient Mental Healthcare: Dissociation and Identity -- 40. Working with Individuals Who Are Homeless -- 41. Mental Health Problems and Risks in Refugees During Migration Processes and Experiences: Literature Overview and Interventions.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe : An Examination of Policy Processes, Motivations, and Implementations in Four Countries
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42944
Alexander Haarmann.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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- Online
This timely study analyzes social, economic, political, provider, and patient factors shaping collective patient involvement in European health care from the postwar period to the present day. Examining representative countries England, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden, it documents the roles of providers and legislatures in facilitating consumer involvement, and the varied forms of patient input into hospital operations. These findings are compared and contrasted against the intent and ide…
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- Author
- Haarmann, Alexander
- Responsibility
- Alexander Haarmann
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxx, 350 p.
- ISBN
- 9783319645957
- 9783319645940 (print ed.)
- 9783319645964 (print ed.)
- 9783319878300 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care
- Europe
- Inpatients
- Insurance, Health
- Organizational Case Studies
- Patient Participation
- Specialty
- Policy
- Sociology, Medical
- Abstract
- This timely study analyzes social, economic, political, provider, and patient factors shaping collective patient involvement in European health care from the postwar period to the present day. Examining representative countries England, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden, it documents the roles of providers and legislatures in facilitating consumer involvement, and the varied forms of patient input into hospital operations. These findings are compared and contrasted against the intent and ideals behind patient involvement to assess the effectiveness of implementation policy, strengths and drawbacks of patient participation, and patient satisfaction and outcomes. The book's conclusions identify emerging forms of patient participation andápredict the impact of health policy on the future of European collective patient involvement. Included in the coverage: Patient involvement: who, what for, and in what way? The Netherlands: the legislative process to collective patient involvement England: formal means of public involvement'a continuous story of discontinuity Germany: Joint Federal Committee'the "Little Legislator" Sweden: reasons for a late emergence of patient involvement Lessons to be learned from implementing patient involvement. The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe will interest and inspire scholars and researchers in diverse fields, including social policy, sociology, political sciences, and nursing studies, as well as patient organizations, policymakers, and healthcare providers. .
- Contents
- Introduction -- Patient Involvement -- of Whom, What for, and in What Way? -- A Theoretical Framework for the Study -- Methodology and Study Design -- The Netherlands -- England -- Germany -- Sweden -- Comparison -- Bringing Four Cases Together -- Bibliography.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology in Europe : A Cross-Border Study Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43033
Kris Goethals, editor.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This study guide aims to make European trainees in forensic psychiatry and psychology and young forensic psychiatrists and psychologists aware of the differences and commonalities in forensic psychiatry and psychology in different countries within Europe and to enable them to learn from the approaches adopted in each country. The guide is divided into five main sections that address legal frameworks, service provision and frameworks, mandatory skills, teaching and training in forensic psychiatr…
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- Goethals, Kris
- Responsibility
- Kris Goethals, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 351 p.) : 11 illus., 6 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319746647
- 9783319746623 (print ed.)
- 9783319746630 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychology
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Forensic Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- This study guide aims to make European trainees in forensic psychiatry and psychology and young forensic psychiatrists and psychologists aware of the differences and commonalities in forensic psychiatry and psychology in different countries within Europe and to enable them to learn from the approaches adopted in each country. The guide is divided into five main sections that address legal frameworks, service provision and frameworks, mandatory skills, teaching and training in forensic psychiatry and psychology, and capita selecta. In addition, recommendations are made with respect to the practice of teaching and training across European countries. It is anticipated that the guide will provide an excellent means of improving specific skills and that, by learning about the offender/patient pathways in the different jurisdictions of Europe, the reader will gain a deeper understanding of the principles that govern methods and practices in their own work with mentally disordered offenders.
- Contents
- Part I. Legal Frameworks -- 1. Adversarial Versus Inquisitorial Systems of Trial and Investigation in Criminal Procedure -- 2. National Laws and Their History -- 3. Legal Approaches to Criminal Responsibility of Mentally Disordered Offenders in Europe -- 4. New Developments in Legal Systems and Their Impact on Forensic Psychiatry -- 5. The European Impact on National Forensic Psychiatry -- Part II. Service Provision and Frameworks -- 6. Mapping Offender-Patient Pathways -- 7. Organization and Funding of Forensic Psychiatric Facilities Across Europe -- Part III. Specific Skills -- 8. Challenging Language Barriers -- 9. Multi-agency Working -- 10. The Roles of Forensic Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Professional Experts, Service Providers, Therapists, or All Things for All People? -- 11. Forensic Psychotherapy in Forensic Mental Health -- Part IV. Teaching and Training -- 12. Teaching Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology in Europe -- 13. Specialist Training in Forensic Psychiatry in Europe -- 14. Impact of Service Organisation on Teaching and Training -- 15. Evidence-Based Treatment in Forensic Settings -- 16. A European Perspective on Risk Assessment Tools -- 17. Prioritizing Research in Forensic Psychiatry: A European Perspective -- Part V. Capita Selecta -- 18. A (Possible) Role for International Associations in the Development of Forensic Psychiatry Education and Training -- 19. Deinstitutionalization Versus Transinstitutionalization -- 20. Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry -- 21. Pathways to Radicalisation and Violent Extremism -- 22. Recommendations to the Practice of National Teaching, Training and Research.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970 : Concepts, Practices, and Ethical Challenges
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41743
Michael Stolberg.
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Springer
, 2017.
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This book on the history of palliative care, 1500-1970 traces the historical roots of modern palliative care in Europe to the rise of the hospice movement in the 1960s. The author discusses largely forgotten premodern concepts like cura palliativa and euthanasia medica and describes, how patients and physicians experienced and dealt with terminal illness. He traces the origins of hospitals for incurable and dying patients and follows the long history of ethical debates on issues like truth-tell…
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- Author
- Stolberg, Michael
- Responsibility
- Michael Stolberg
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages)
- Series Vol.
- 123
- Series Title
- Philosophy and medicine
- ISBN
- 9783319541785
- 9783319541778 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0376-7418
- Subjects (MeSH)
- History of Medicine
- Palliative Care - history
- Terminal Care - history
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Abstract
- This book on the history of palliative care, 1500-1970 traces the historical roots of modern palliative care in Europe to the rise of the hospice movement in the 1960s. The author discusses largely forgotten premodern concepts like cura palliativa and euthanasia medica and describes, how patients and physicians experienced and dealt with terminal illness. He traces the origins of hospitals for incurable and dying patients and follows the long history of ethical debates on issues like truth-telling and the intentional shortening of the dying patients' lives and the controversies they sparked between physicians and patients. An eye opener for anyone interested in the history of ethical decision making regarding terminal care of critically ill patients.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
History of the European Association for Haematopathology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29909
by Karl Lennert.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag
, c2006.
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- Online
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- Author
- Lennert, Karl
- Responsibility
- by Karl Lennert
- Alternate Title
- History of the European Association for Hematopathology
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- ISBN
- 9783540348887
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hematology - history
- Societies, Medical - history
- Other Subjects
- European Association for Haematopathology--History
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Information Infrastructures within European Health Care : Working with the Installed Base
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41659
Margunn Aanestad, Miria Grisot, Ole Hanseth, Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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- Open access
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- Online
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book consolidates experiences from across Europe on the design, development, implementation and evolution of inter-organisational information infrastructures for healthcare. It provides insights with practical relevance for those involved or interested in the planning and implementation of such infrastructures and includes 11 empirical cases on the introduction of core infrastructural arrangements in different national settings: six ca…
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- Aanestad, Margunn
- Grisot, Miria
- Hanseth, Ole
- Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni
- Responsibility
- Margunn Aanestad, Miria Grisot, Ole Hanseth, Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) : 37 illus., 21 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Health informatics
- ISBN
- 9783319510200
- 9783319510187 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1431-1917
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Computer Communication Networks
- Electronic Prescribing
- Health Information Exchange
- Telemedicine
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Medical Informatics
- Abstract
- This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book consolidates experiences from across Europe on the design, development, implementation and evolution of inter-organisational information infrastructures for healthcare. It provides insights with practical relevance for those involved or interested in the planning and implementation of such infrastructures and includes 11 empirical cases on the introduction of core infrastructural arrangements in different national settings: six cases investigate the use of e-prescriptions and five the public platforms for patient-oriented eHealth services. Both are linked to different types of aims. E-prescription initiatives are usually seen as opportunities to improve healthcare delivery by systematic change (controlling medication costs, improving patient safety and providing rich information for policy making and performance management). Public platforms for patient-oriented eHealth services are seen as opportunities for change and innovation, aiming to strengthen the patients' role and facilitate a shift from provider-centered healthcare towards patient-centeredness. For both types of initiatives, there is a requirement to mix novelty with pre-existing infrastructural components. The cases are analysed by leading experts in health information systems through a common theoretical framework, exploring the role of the pre-existing sociotechnical basis, i.e. the installed base, and how it fundamentally impacts the evolution of information infrastructures. The book advances an "installed base sensitivity"" in decision-making both at the policy/strategy level and at the concrete eHealth design level and shows how practitioners and policy-makers can address the complexity of infrastructures that facilitate information flows across organisational boundaries.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Information Infrastructures in Healthcare -- 2. Information Infrastructures for eHealth -- 3. Information Infrastructures and the Challenge of the Installed Base -- 4. Strategies for Building eHealth Infrastructures -- Part II. E-Prescription Infrastructures -- 5. Maintaining the Pharmacy Model: The Catalan Electronic Prescription Infrastructure -- 6. The ePrescription Initiative and Information Infrastructure in Norway -- 7. Cultivating the Installed Base: The Introduction of e-Prescription in Greece -- 8. England’s Electronic Prescription Service -- 9. The Challenges of Implementing Packaged Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration Systems in UK Hospitals: Premature Purchase of Immature Solutions? -- 10. Medication Infrastructure Development in Germany -- Part III. Governmental Patient-Oriented eHealth Infrastructures -- 11. Navigating Towards Self-Care: The Catalan Public Patient Portal -- 12. The Norwegian eHealth Platform: Development Through Cultivation Strategies and Incremental Changes -- 13. Building National Healthcare Infrastructure: The Case of the Danish e-Health Portal -- 14. The Swedish Patient Portal and Its Relation to the National Reference Architecture and the Overall eHealth Infrastructure -- 15. The Origins of a Healthcare e-Booking System in the Municipality of Bologna.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care : Clinical, Ethical and Legal Challenges
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44502
Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. Ther…
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- Völlm, Birgit
- Braun, Peter
- Responsibility
- Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 343 p.) : 15 illus., 12 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030125943
- 9783030125936 (Print ed.)
- 9783030125950 (Print ed.)
- 9783030125967 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Long-Term Care - ethics
- Patients - psychology
- Prisoners - psychology
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Forensic Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. There is no agreed-upon standard for length of stay (LoS) in secure settings and patients’ detainment periods vary considerably across countries and even within the same jurisdiction. Thus far, little research has been conducted to identify factors associated with length of stay; consequently, it remains unclear how services should be configured to meet the needs of this patient group. This volume fills some of those gaps. Furthermore, it presents new research on factors associated with length of stay, both patient-related and organisational. Various approaches to the provision of care for long-term patients in different countries are explored, including a few best practise examples in this specific area of psychiatry. The book also addresses the perspective of those working in forensic care by reviewing quality-of-life research and interviews with patients. The authors of this volume come from a range of professional backgrounds, ensuring a certain breadth and depth in the topic discussion, and even includes patients themselves as (co-)authors.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Context -- 2. Asylums and Deinstitutionalization: The Penrose Hypothesis in the Twenty-First Century -- 3. Challenges in Comparing Health-Care Systems Across Different Countries -- 4. Long Stay in Europe: A Systems-Oriented Approach -- 5. Ethical Aspects of Long-Stay Forensic Psychiatric Care -- 6. Prevalence and Characteristics of Long-Stay Patients: Results from a Study in England -- Part II. Clinical Aspects of Long-Stay -- 7. Recovery and Strength-Based Practice in Long-Term Forensic Psychiatry -- 8. How to Measure Progress in Forensic Care -- 9. Enhancing Protective Factors in the Management of Violence Risk in Long-Term Psychiatric Care -- 10. Quality of Life in Long-Term Clinical Forensic Psychiatry -- 11. Occupational Therapy with Long-Stay Service Users -- 12. Challenges in the Treatment of Sex Offenders -- 13. Long-Stay and Ageing -- 14. The Experience of Long-Stay in Secure Psychiatric Hospitals in the UK: The Patient Perspective -- 15. Forensic Carers and Secure Inpatient Services -- Part III. Service Models and Alternative Provision -- 16. Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care: The Dutch Perspective -- 17. Long-Stay Services in German Forensic Settings -- 18. Forensic Psychiatric Care in Belgium -- 19. Challenges in the Provision of Forensic Services in the Baltic States -- 20. Complementary Model of Long-Term Care in Poland as a Result of the Political Transformation, Law Reform and Service Changes in Forensic Psychiatry -- 21. History and Organization of Long-Stay Forensic Care in Croatia -- 22. The Closure of Forensic Psychiatric Institutions in Italy -- 23. Attitudinal and Organisational Barriers to the Introduction of Long-Stay Services.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mobility of health professionals : health systems, work conditions, patterns of health workers' mobility and implications for policy makers
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32516
Frits Tjadens, Caren Weilandt, Josef Eckert, authors.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2013.
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This book on mobility of health professionals reviews, analyses and summarises published information and data as well as collected interview data from stake holders, including politicians, policy makers, health service managers and migrant health workers. It is based on the research carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project "Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf). The partners involved in the MoHProf project gathered evidence from 25 countries around basic questions and knowle…
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- Author
- Tjadens, F L J
- Other Authors
- Weilandt, Caren
- Eckert, Josef
- Responsibility
- Frits Tjadens, Caren Weilandt, Josef Eckert, authors
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 168 p. : 48 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9783642340536
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emigration and Immigration
- Europe
- Health Manpower
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Europe - Economic policy
- Migration
- Abstract
- This book on mobility of health professionals reviews, analyses and summarises published information and data as well as collected interview data from stake holders, including politicians, policy makers, health service managers and migrant health workers. It is based on the research carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project "Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf). The partners involved in the MoHProf project gathered evidence from 25 countries around basic questions and knowledge gaps relating to the international migration of health professionals, which involved an analysis of migration flows and evaluation of policies addressing migration. This book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the mobility streams, the motives and driving forces behind them and the impact on and challenges for health systems and draws conclusions and provides recommendations for future strategic planning, monitoring and the management of mobility of health professionals as well as further research and policy development needs.
- Contents
- Introduction -- International mobility as a process -- Factors contributing to mobility of health workers -- Countries, structures and systems -- Some notions about the European dimension -- Managing mobile health workforces -- Conclusions, challenges and recommendations -- References.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Novel Psychoactive Substances : Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41851
Ornella Corazza, Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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In light of the recent emergence of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it. It presents the first comprehensive overview of the international regulation, policy and market structure of the NPS phenomenon, offering a guide to inform legislative discussions and demonstrating from a comparative perspective the different approaches used …
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- Other Authors
- Corazza, Ornella
- Roman-Urrestarazu, Andres
- Responsibility
- Ornella Corazza, Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 178 pages) : 8 illus., 6 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319606002
- 9783319605999 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Drug and Narcotic Control
- Health Policy
- Psychotropic Drugs
- Street Drugs
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Abstract
- In light of the recent emergence of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it. It presents the first comprehensive overview of the international regulation, policy and market structure of the NPS phenomenon, offering a guide to inform legislative discussions and demonstrating from a comparative perspective the different approaches used to address the rise of NPS to date. It covers topics such as organized crime, drug markets, clinical evidence on NPS, and different regulatory measures. Overall, this highly informative and well-structured repository of different experiences with NPS policy, law and regulation offers an essential primary source of evidence for anyone interested in the area of drug and NPS policy, health economics and public health.
- Contents
- 1. The Global Emergence of NPS: An Analysis of a New Drug Trend -- 2. Legislating NPS in the European Union -- 3. Regulation as Global Drug Governance: How New is the NPS Phenomenon? -- 4. Anti-Doping Challenges with Novel Psychoactive Substances in Sport -- 5. Exploring Novel Policy Responses to NPS and "legal highs" in New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom -- 6. Regulating NPS in the Middle East: A Critical Juncture -- 7. Finding Novel Policy Response to the Challenge of NPS in Kazakhstan: Reconsidering Existing Policy and the Work of Health Professionals -- 8. NPS Policy Pitfalls: The Implementation and Management Challenges Within the Prison, Police and Health Services in the United Kingdom -- 9. NPS: An Opportunity to Move From Blanket Prohibition to a More Functionalist Approach? -- 10. The Challenges in Interpreting National-Level Strategic Indicators: A Drug Enforcement Administration Analyst's Perspective -- 11. Harmonizing NPS Legislation Across the European Union: An Utopia? -- 12. New Psychoactive Substances: The Regulatory Experience and Assessment of Options.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Nutrition and Physical Activity : Health Information Sources in EU Member States, and Activities in the Commission, WHO, and European Networks
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40612
Nicole Wolfram ... [et al.], editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer New York
, c2008.
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Physical Activity and Nutrition Health Information Activities of the EU, WHO, other European Networks, and National Examples Edited by Nicole Wolfram, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Michael Rigby, Keele University, United Kingdom Rosa Guiseppa Frazzica, Centro per la Formazione Permanente e l'Aggiornamento del Personale del Servizio Sanitario (CEFPAS), Italy Wilhelm Kirch, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Many health information activities related to nutrition and physical activ…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Wolfram, Nicole
- Responsibility
- Nicole Wolfram ... [et al.], editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 582 p. : 15 illus., 1 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9780387748412
- 9780387748405 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Exercise
- Health Status
- National Health Programs
- Nutrition Surveys
- Nutritional Requirements
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Abstract
- Physical Activity and Nutrition Health Information Activities of the EU, WHO, other European Networks, and National Examples Edited by Nicole Wolfram, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Michael Rigby, Keele University, United Kingdom Rosa Guiseppa Frazzica, Centro per la Formazione Permanente e l'Aggiornamento del Personale del Servizio Sanitario (CEFPAS), Italy Wilhelm Kirch, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Many health information activities related to nutrition and physical activity have been initiated by various institutions and European networks during the past years. This report assembles findings from the World Health Organization, the EU, various European networks, and national health institutions to create a coordinated health database focusing specifically on physical activity and nutrition. The central role of these factors in long-term health and illness underscores the importance of these data to each nation's health status, and to the current state of its health monitoring, and reporting. This report provides recommendations for future health information activities on physical activity and nutrition. Whether the goal is identifying risk populations or heightening awareness of public health issues. This comprehensive volume: Provides health data for EU member states and candidate countries, as well as the European Economic Area. Analyses health trends and the effectiveness of current programs by country. Reviews data collection methods and features a full analysis of the database. Pinpoints emerging and unresolved health issues and offers recommendations for future initiatives and study. Physical Activity and Nutrition offers salient reading to professionals in public health, health promotion, international and global health, and disease prevention. Policymakers and others involved in the standardization of health and health awareness programs will especially be interested in this book.
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- 1: Background and Purpose -- 2: List of Contributors and Authors -- 3: Objective -- 4: Background Information -- 4.1: Defining Concepts -- 4.2: Geographical Coverage -- 5: Methods -- 5.1: DG's at the European Commission -- 5.2: WHO Section -- 5.3: European Networks -- 5.4: National data -- 6: Results -- 6.1: Analysis and Report on Health Information Activities on Physical Activity and Nutrition; The European Commission (DG SANCO) -- 6.1.1: Introduction -- 6.1.2: A Health Information System -- 6.1.3: Community Action in the Field of Public Health -- 6.1.4: In Summary -- 6.2: World Health Organisation (Europe) Position and Activities on Measurement of Nutrition and Physical Exercise -- 6.2.1: Introduction - In The Respective Roles of the WHO and the EC in Europe -- 6.2.2 The WHO and the Rising Challenge of Overweight and Obesity -- 6.2.3 The Total Population, Adults, and Children and Adolescents -- 6.2.4 The WHO and Measurement of Nutrition -- 6.2.5: The WHO and Measurement of Physical Activity -- 6.2.6: The WHO and Major Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors -- 6.2.7: Health Behaviour of School Children -- 6.2.8: The WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative -- 6.2.9: The WHO European Ministerial Conference 2006 -- 6.2.10 Summary -- 6.3: European Networks -- 6.4: National Examples -- 6.4.1: Introduction -- 6.4.2: Country profile sheets -- 6.4.3: Database entries -- 7: Conclusions and Recommendations.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pharmacovigilance in the European Union : Practical Implementation Across Member States
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43963
Michael Kaeding, Julia Schmälter, Christoph Klika.
--Wiesbaden:
SpringerOpen
, c2017.
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- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. ; The book presents the results of an in-depth comparative study assessing the implementation of the EU Pharmacovigilance Directive in six EU Member States. By going beyond legal transposition and instead focusing on practical implementation, this study aims to close a gap in EU compliance research. Based on qualitative interviews with relevant actors in Germany, Poland, Portugal, France, Finland and the UK, the authors identify perceived chal…
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- Author
- Kaeding, Michael
- Other Authors
- Schmälter, Julia
- Klika, Christoph
- Responsibility
- Michael Kaeding, Julia Schmälter, Christoph Klika
- Place of Publication
- Wiesbaden
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 124 p.) : 13 illus., 12 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783658172763
- 9783658172756 (Print ed.)
- 9783658172770 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Internationality
- Pharmacovigilance
- Other Subjects
- European Union
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Health Services
- Pharmacy
- Abstract
- This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
- The book presents the results of an in-depth comparative study assessing the implementation of the EU Pharmacovigilance Directive in six EU Member States. By going beyond legal transposition and instead focusing on practical implementation, this study aims to close a gap in EU compliance research. Based on qualitative interviews with relevant actors in Germany, Poland, Portugal, France, Finland and the UK, the authors identify perceived challenges and best-practices, issue recommendations, and thereby contribute to a better understanding of the factors that incentivize or impede the practical implementation of EU law at the national level. The authors Dr. Michael Kaeding is Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Department of Political Science of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and holds an ad personam Jean Monnet Chair in "Understanding EU Decision Making and Member States´ Compliance with EU Policies". Julia Schmälter is a research assistant at the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Department of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Christoph Klika is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Pharmacovigilance -- The EU Pharmacovigilance System -- Timely and Correct Transposition of Pharmacovigilance Across Member States -- Practical Implementation in Six Member States -- Challenges and Best Practices in Perspective -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Practical Pharmaceutics : An International Guideline for the Preparation, Care and Use of Medicinal Products
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39230
Yvonne Bouwman-Boer, V'Iain Fenton-May, Paul Le Brun, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book contains essential knowledge on the preparation, control, logistics, dispensing, and use of medicines. It features chapters written by experienced pharmacists working in hospitals and academia throughout Europe, complete with practical examples as well as information on current EU-legislation. From prescription to production, from usage instructions to procurement and the impact of medicines on the environment, the book provides step-by-step coverage that will help a wide range of rea…
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- Other Authors
- Bouwman-Boer, Yvonne
- Fenton-May, V'Iain
- Le Brun, Paul
- Responsibility
- Yvonne Bouwman-Boer, V'Iain Fenton-May, Paul Le Brun, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 878 p. : 248 illus., 73 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319158143
- 9783319158136 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- This book contains essential knowledge on the preparation, control, logistics, dispensing, and use of medicines. It features chapters written by experienced pharmacists working in hospitals and academia throughout Europe, complete with practical examples as well as information on current EU-legislation. From prescription to production, from usage instructions to procurement and the impact of medicines on the environment, the book provides step-by-step coverage that will help a wide range of readers. It offers product knowledge for all pharmacists working directly with patients, and it will enable them to make the appropriate medicine available, to store medicines properly, to adapt medicines if necessary, and to dispense medicines with the appropriate information to inform patients and caregivers about product care and how to maintain their quality. This basic knowledge will also be of help to industrial pharmacists to remind and focus them on the application of the medicines manufactured. The basic and practical knowledge on the design, preparation and quality management of medicines can directly be applied by the pharmacists whose main duty is production in community and hospital pharmacies and industries. Undergraduate as well as graduate pharmacy students will find knowledge and backgrounds in a fully coherent way and fully supported with examples.
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- Prescription assessment -- Availability of medicines -- Oral solids -- Oral liquids -- Pulmonary -- Oropharynx -- Nose -- Ear -- Eye -- Rectal and vaginal -- Dermal -- Parenteral -- Irrigations and dialysis solutions -- Radiopharmaceuticals -- Biopharmaceutics -- Product Design -- Physical chemistry -- Microbiology -- Statistics -- Quality Risk Management -- Stability -- Raw materials -- Containers -- Human resources -- Occupational safety and health -- Premises -- Equipment -- Basic operations -- Sterilisation methods -- Aseptic handling -- Quality requirements and analysis -- Documentation -- Production, Quality Control and validation -- Pharmaceutical Quality systems -- Logistics -- Instructions for the use of medicines -- Impact on Environment -- Information sources -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Self-Reported Population Health : An International Perspective based on EQ-5D
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43930
Agota Szende, Bas Janssen, Juan Cabases, editors.
--Dordrecht:
SpringerOpen
, c2014.
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- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
The EQ-5D instrument, as a standardized, cross-culturally validated measure of self-assessed health has a hugely important role in understanding population health within and across countries. Over the past two decades a wealth of international population health survey data have been accumulated by the EuroQol Group from research conducted in many countries across four continents. One of the success factors of the EQ-5D instruments has been the easy availability of national or international sets…
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- Other Authors
- Szende, Agota
- Janssen, Bas
- Cabases, Juan
- Other Authors
- EuroQol Group
- Responsibility
- Agota Szende, Bas Janssen, Juan Cabases, editors
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 196 p.) : 14 illus., 9 illus. in color.
- ISBN
- 9789400775961
- 9789400775978 (Print ed.)
- 9789400775954 (Print ed.)
- 9789402402117 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Status Indicators
- Health Surveys
- Population Health
- Self Report
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Health Services Research
- Public Health
- Abstract
- The EQ-5D instrument, as a standardized, cross-culturally validated measure of self-assessed health has a hugely important role in understanding population health within and across countries. Over the past two decades a wealth of international population health survey data have been accumulated by the EuroQol Group from research conducted in many countries across four continents. One of the success factors of the EQ-5D instruments has been the easy availability of national or international sets of EQ-5D data, as well as clear explanations and guidance for users. There is an unmet need to produce a comprehensive book that captures up-to-date and expanded information of EQ-5D self-reported health and index values. EQ-5D population norms and cross-country analyses are provided from representative national surveys of 20 countries and additional regional surveys. This book will be a must for those who believe that how people report and value health is very important.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methods -- 3. Population Norms for the EQ-5D -- 4. Cross-Country Analysis of EQ-5D Data -- 5. Socio-demographic Indicators Based on EQ-5D -- Annex 1: EQ-5D Population Norms. National Surveys -- Annex 2: EQ-5D Population Norms. Regional Surveys.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Statistics
- Tables
- Location
- Online
