Academic Global Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39760
Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the ed…
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- Swaroop, Mamta
- Krishnaswami, Sanjay
- Responsibility
- Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 144 p. : 7 illus., 4 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Success in academic surgery
- ISBN
- 9783319142982
- 9783319142975 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2194-7481
- Subjects (MeSH)
- General Surgery
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Abstract
- This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the educational, research and clinical collaborations needed to enhance understanding of surgical disease and improve surgical care worldwide. This source of current knowledge is the perfect tool for both students and young surgeons interested in a career in Academic Global Surgery, as well as those who wish to simply further their knowledge in this field.
- Contents
- Part 1. General Considerations -- 1. Global Burden of Surgical Disease and the Role of Academia -- 2. Promoting, Developing, and Sustaining Academic Global Surgery Programs -- 3. Ethics in Global Surgery -- Part 2. Career -- 4. Preparing and Sustaining Your Career in Academic Global Surgery -- 5. Balancing Global Surgery with Traditional Career and Life Demands -- Part 3. Clinical -- 6. Guidelines and Parameters for Ideal Short-Term Interactions: Disaster Relief -- 7. How to Set Up for an Ideal Long Term Clinical Interaction -- Part 4. Research -- 8. Current Research Needs and Priorities -- 9. Research Methods Appropriate and Applicable to Global Surgery -- 10. Funding for Global Surgical Programs -- Part 5. Education -- 11. Developing Educational Opportunities for Trainees on Both Sides -- 12. The Role of Educational Research in the Global Setting -- Part 6. Resources -- 13. Tools Useful for the Academic Global Surgeon.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Around the Globe for Women's Health : A Practical Guide for the Health Care Provider
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40692
Taraneh Shirazian, editor-in-chief ; Erin Gertz, co-editor.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2013.
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In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women's health providers. Around the Globe for Women's Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hem…
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- Shirazian, Taraneh
- Gertz, Erin
- Responsibility
- Taraneh Shirazian, editor-in-chief ; Erin Gertz, co-editor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 144 p. : 25 illus., 23 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781441982582
- 9781441982575 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Women's Health Services
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women's health providers. Around the Globe for Women's Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hemorrhage) and barriers to care (the unmet need for family planning, or limited radiotherapy in low-resource countries, for example). Around the Globe for Women's Health is a must-have resource not just for physicians considering working in another country, but all providers seeking to provide better care for diverse populations of women within the United States.
- Contents
- Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World -- Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting -- Obstetric Fistula -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy -- The Unmet Need for Family Planning -- Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site -- At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach -- The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment -- Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, Not a Right. Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings -- Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Communication skills for foreign and mobile medical professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32625
Kris Poel, Eddy Vanagt, Ulrike Schrimpf ... [et al.], authors.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2013.
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Around the world, the number of internationally mobile medical professionals is steadily increasing, posing potential difficulties for the good communication with patients and colleagues that is vital to satisfactory outcomes and personal professional success. Communication Skills for Foreign and Mobile Medical Professionals is an evidence-based communication resource book designed for all medical professionals who work in foreign countries, cultures, and languages. It offers a wealth of insigh…
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- Author
- Poel, Kris
- Responsibility
- Kris Poel, Eddy Vanagt, Ulrike Schrimpf ... [et al.], authors
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 145 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783642351129
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communication
- Foreign Professional Personnel
- Internationality
- Professional-Patient Relations
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medicine
- Language and languages
- Medical Education
- Abstract
- Around the world, the number of internationally mobile medical professionals is steadily increasing, posing potential difficulties for the good communication with patients and colleagues that is vital to satisfactory outcomes and personal professional success. Communication Skills for Foreign and Mobile Medical Professionals is an evidence-based communication resource book designed for all medical professionals who work in foreign countries, cultures, and languages. It offers a wealth of insights into doctor-patient communication, structured around the different phases of the consultation. The proposed strategies and tips will raise the reader's awareness of important recurring issues in face-to-face interactions and improve his or her ability to deal with them effectively. Common misunderstandings between doctors and patients with a different cultural/linguistic background are discussed in depth. Throughout, the emphasis is on patient-oriented medicine. The modular structure of the book will ensure quick and easy retrieval of information. Communication Skills for Foreign and Mobile Medical Professionals will be of benefit to a wide range of medical professionals, from senior nursing staff through to heads of department, in multilingual or intercultural contexts. It will also be of value to human resource managers, language trainers, and cultural mediators.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Basics of Interpersonal Communication in Health Care -- Structure of the Consultation -- General Communication Strategies and Skills -- Communication Skills Specific to the Consultation -- Special Challenges in Medical Communication -- Intercultural Challenges in Medical Communication -- Terminology -- Index.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Decentralizing health services : a global perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33694
Krishna Regmi, editor ; foreword by Prof. David J. Hunter.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand. Decentralizing Health Services explores a varie…
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- Regmi, Krishna
- Responsibility
- Krishna Regmi, editor ; foreword by Prof. David J. Hunter
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461490715 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461490708
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
- Health Care Reform
- Health Policy
- Health Services Administration
- Internationality
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health services administration
- Public health administration - Decentralization
- Health care reform
- Health Care Reform
- Politics - organization and administration
- Public health
- Health administration
- Social Policy
- Abstract
- Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand. Decentralizing Health Services explores a variety of applications of decentralization to health care delivery in both the developing and developed worlds. Outfitted with principles, blueprints, and examples, this ambitious text clearly sets out the potential role of decentralized care as a major player in public health. Its models of service delivery illustrate care that is effective, inclusive, flexible, and in tune with the current era of preventive and evidence-based healthcare. Contributors point out opportunities, caveats, and controversies as they: Clarify the relationships among decentralization, politics, and policy Differentiate between political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization in health care systems. Consider public/private partnerships in health systems. Explain how the effects of decentralization can be evaluated. Present the newest data on the health outcomes of decentralization. Explore some challenges and global issues of health systems in the 21st century. And each chapter features learning goals, discussion questions, activities, and recommendations for further reading. Heralding changes poised to revolutionize care, Decentralizing Health Services will broaden the horizons of researchers and administrators in health services, health economics, and health policy.
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- Health Service Decentralization: An Overview -- Health Systems and Decentralization -- Decentralization and Public Health: An Analysis of the Health System in Five Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico -- Decentralization and Governance in Health Care -- Fiscal Decentralization of Health Services -- Decentralized Planning Processes -- Measuring Health and Health Services -- Impact of Decentralization on Health Systems: Existing Evidence -- Participation in the New Public Health Landscape -- Public-Private Partnerships as Decentralization Strategy in Health Sector -- Gender Analysis and Use of Intersectionality in Health -- Decentralization of Health Systems: Challenges and Global Issues of the Twenty-First Century.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Designing and implementing global selection systems
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- Ryan, Ann Marie
- Other Authors
- Tippins, Nancy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Series Title
- Talent management essentials
- ISBN
- 9781444310924
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Internationality
- Personnel Selection - methods
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Eating, Drinking: Surviving : The International Year of Global Understanding, IYGU
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43949
Peter Jackson, Walter E.L. Spiess, Farhana Sultana, editors.
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SpringerOpen
, c2016.
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This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival.
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- Jackson, Peter
- Spiess, Walter E.L.
- Sultana, Farhana
- Responsibility
- Peter Jackson, Walter E.L. Spiess, Farhana Sultana, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 105 p.) : 32 illus. in color
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in global understanding
- ISBN
- 9783319424682
- 9783319424675 (Print ed.)
- 9783319424699 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-7784
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Food Supply
- Health Planning
- Internationality
- Nutrition Policy
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Sustainable Development
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival.
- Contents
- Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Eating, Drinking, and Surviving -- Globalization and Malnutrition: Geographical Perspectives on Its Paradoxes -- Drinking Water -- The Politics and Consequences of Virtual Water Export -- Integrated Water Resources Management as a New Approach to Water Security -- Surviving as an Unequal Community: WASH for Those on the Margins -- Challenges to Food Security in a Changing World -- Moral Economies of Food in the Socialist/Post-socialist World -- The Nutrition Transition in Developing Asia: Dietary Change, Drivers and Health Impacts -- Food Sovereignty and the Possibilities for an Equitable, Just and Sustainable Food System -- Food Security and Food Waste.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
Ethics, Law and Governance of Biobanking : National, European and International Approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39547
Deborah Mascalzoni, editor.
--Dordrecht:
Springer Netherlands
, c2015.
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Biobank research and genomic information are changing the way we look at health and medicine. Genomics challenges our values and has always been controversial and difficult to regulate. In the future lies the promise of tailored medical treatments and pharmacogenomics but the borders between medical research and clinical practice are becoming blurred. We see sequencing platforms for research that can have diagnostic value for patients. Clinical applications and research have been kept separate,…
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- Mascalzoni, Deborah
- Responsibility
- Deborah Mascalzoni, editor
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 277 p.)
- Series Vol.
- 14
- ISBN
- 9789401795739
- 9789401795722 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1875-0044
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biological Specimen Banks - ethics
- Biological Specimen Banks - legislation & jurisprudence
- Genetic Privacy - standards
- Genetic Research - ethics
- Health Policy
- Internationality
- Abstract
- Biobank research and genomic information are changing the way we look at health and medicine. Genomics challenges our values and has always been controversial and difficult to regulate. In the future lies the promise of tailored medical treatments and pharmacogenomics but the borders between medical research and clinical practice are becoming blurred. We see sequencing platforms for research that can have diagnostic value for patients. Clinical applications and research have been kept separate, but the blurring lines challenges existing regulations and ethical frameworks.Then how do we regulate it? This book contains an overview of the existing regulatory landscape for biobank research in the Western world and some critical chapters to show how regulations and ethical frameworks are developed and work. How should international sharing work? How design an ethical informed consent? An underlying critique: the regulatory systems are becoming increasingly complex and opaque. The international community is building systems that should respond to that. According to the authors in fact, it is time to turn the ship around. Biobank researchers have a moral responsibility to look at and assess their work in relation to the bigger picture: the shared norms and values of current society. Research ethics shouldn't only be a matter of bioethicists writing guidelines that professionals have to follow. Ethics should be practiced through discourse and regulatory frameworks need to be part of that public discourse. Ethics review should be then not merely application of bureaucracy and a burden for researchers but an arena where researchers discuss their projects, receive advice and practice their ethics skills.
- Contents
- Ethics Law and Governance of Biobanking: A Very Complex Normative Puzzle -- Biobanks: A Definition -- A Participatory Space Beyond the “Autonomy Versus Property” Dichotomy -- Intellectual Property and Biobanks -- Consent, Privacy and Property in the Italian Biobanks Regulation: A Hybrid Model Within EU? -- Data Protection Principles and Research in the Biobanks Age -- The New General Data Protection Regulation—Where Are We and Where Might We Be Heading? -- The Tension Between Data Sharing and the Protection of Privacy in Genomics Research -- Incidental Findings: The Time Is not yet Ripe for a Policy for Biobanks -- Biobanking Across Borders: The Challenges of Harmonisation -- Governing Biobanks Through a European Infrastructure -- EU Governance for Research and Ethics in Biobanks -- A Bold Experiment: Iceland’s Genomic Venture -- The Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu -- Management of the Ethical Aspects of a Local Mental Diseases Biobank for Research Purposes: The Italian Experience -- Biobank Governance in Spain: From the Autonomy of Research Ethics Committees to the Autonomy of Lay People -- Public Deliberation and the Role of Stakeholders as a New Frontier in the Governance of Science: The British Columbia Biobank Deliberation and the DePGx Project -- Making Researchers Moral.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Evidence Use in Health Policy Making : An International Public Policy Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43966
Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins, editors.
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Palgrave Macmillan
, c2018.
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This open access book provides a set of conceptual, empirical, and comparative chapters that apply a public policy perspective to investigate the political and institutional factors driving the use of evidence to inform health policy in low, middle, and high income settings. The work presents key findings from the Getting Research Into Policy (GRIP-Health) project: a five year, six country, programme of work supported by the European Research Council. The chapters further our understanding of e…
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- Parkhurst, Justin
- Ettelt, Stefanie
- Hawkins, Benjamin
- Responsibility
- Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 245 p.) : 1 illus.
- Series Title
- International series on public policy
- ISBN
- 9783319934679
- 9783319934662 (Print ed.)
- 9783319934686 (Print ed.)
- 9783030066673 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2524-7301
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Health Policy
- Internationality
- Policy Making
- Social Planning
- Abstract
- This open access book provides a set of conceptual, empirical, and comparative chapters that apply a public policy perspective to investigate the political and institutional factors driving the use of evidence to inform health policy in low, middle, and high income settings. The work presents key findings from the Getting Research Into Policy (GRIP-Health) project: a five year, six country, programme of work supported by the European Research Council. The chapters further our understanding of evidence utilisation in health policymaking through the application of theories and methods from the policy sciences. They present new insights into the roles and importance of factors such as issue contestation, institutional arrangements, logics of appropriateness, and donor influence to explore individual cases and comparative experiences in the use of evidence to inform health policy. Justin Parkhurst is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (the LSE)’s Department of Health Policy, UK. He has conducted research on a range of global health policy issues and on the politics of evidence. He served as the Principal Investigator of the GRIP-Health programme of work. Benjamin Hawkins is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. His research focuses on the role of research evidence and corporate actors in health policy making. In addition, he works on European integration, multi-level governance international trade and political economy approaches to health policy. Stefanie Ettelt is Associate Professor at the Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Her work examines the tensions between structure and agency in explaining the influence of evidence and research on policy-making and health system governance, particularly from a comparative perspective.
- Contents
- 1. Studying Evidence Use for Health Policymaking from a Policy Perspective -- 2. The Many Meanings of Evidence: A Comparative Analysis of the Forms and Roles of Evidence Within Three Health Policy Processes in Cambodia -- 3. The Role of Evidence in Nutrition Policymaking in Ethiopia: Institutional Structures and Issue Framing -- 4. The Use of Evidence in Health Policy in Ghana: Implications for Accountability and Democratic Governance -- 5. Using Evidence in a Highly Fragmented Legislature: The Case of Colombia’s Health System Reform -- 6. The Politics of Evidence Use in Health Policy Making in Germany: The Case of Regulating Hospital Minimum Volumes -- 7. Electronic Cigarettes Regulation in the UK: A Case Study in Evidence Informed Policy Making -- 8. Ministries of Health and the Stewardship of Health Evidence -- 9. Evidence Use and the Institutions of the State: The Role of Parliament and the Judiciary -- 10. Evidence and Policy in Aid-Dependent Settings -- 11. Conclusion: Reflecting on Studying Evidence Use from a Public Policy Perspective.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
Global Health and Volunteering Beyond Borders : A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44469
Mildred M.G. Olivier, Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka, editors.
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Springer
, c2019.
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Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally. Healthcare professionals are increasingly interested in global health and volunteering in areas of acute need. The biggest challenge to health in many locales is the inability to access the health care system. When people do connect with medical services, medications and surgical opportunities for chronic disease (i.…
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- Olivier, Mildred M.G.
- Croteau-Chonka, Clarisse C.
- Responsibility
- Mildred M.G. Olivier, Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 303 p.) : 62 illus., 60 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319986609
- 9783319986593 (Print ed.)
- 9783319986616 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Characteristics
- Cultural Competency
- Global Health
- International Cooperation
- Voluntary Health Agencies
- Volunteers
- Abstract
- Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally. Healthcare professionals are increasingly interested in global health and volunteering in areas of acute need. The biggest challenge to health in many locales is the inability to access the health care system. When people do connect with medical services, medications and surgical opportunities for chronic disease (i.e. glaucoma, diabetes, or hypertension) are often not affordable or cannot be sustained for a long period of time. The contributions in this book focus on a respectful dialog with local people and a willingness to learn from new experiences on the part of the volunteer. Skills transfer from visiting personnel to local providers is featured as a means to enhance healthcare sustainability. An appreciation of differing cultures, an understanding of the local economic conditions and challenges, and strategies for collaborating with the existing medical establishment are foundations of successful volunteer experiences as highlighted in this book. Dimensions of global health such as professionalism, religious beliefs, ethical dilemmas, traditional medicine, and alternative strategies for service are addressed by experts. Written and edited by leaders in the field, many of whom have more than two decades of experience volunteering abroad, Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals imparts lessons learned to help the reader avoid initial mistakes, while making the global health commitment stronger.
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- 1. An Overview Of Global Health For The Healthcare Professional -- 2. Global Health Education -- 3. Perspectives On Global Health And Volunteerism For Health Care Providers: The Importance Of Preparation, Identification And Management Of Infectious Diseases And Mitigation Of Other Risks -- 4. What Could Go Wrong?: Providing A Moral Grounding To The Ethics Of Short-Term Medicine -- 5. Religious Foundations For Global Health Missions -- 6. Professionalism In Global Health -- 7. Technical Factors In Telemedicine Adoption In Extreme Resource Poor Countries -- 8. Encountering Traditional Medicine In Global Health Service -- 9. Humanitarian Relief: A Public Health View -- 10. Miltary Medicine And Global Health: A Core Competency -- 11. The Role Of Professional Societies In Achieving Global Health Security: Validating A Discipline Of Disaster Medicine And Public Health -- 12. Global Health Organizations: What They Are And How They Work -- 13. Cultural Sensitivity In Global Outreach -- 14. Country Spotlight: China -- 15. Country Spotlight: India -- 16 Recollections Of My International Experiences -- 17. Country Spotlight: Africa -- 18. Country Spotlight: Eastern Mediterranean -- 19. Country Spotlight: Caribbean -- 20. Cultural Considerations For Health Care Treatment Of Latinos In The United States -- 21. Similarities Greater Than Differences: A Doctor’s Perspective -- 22. International Foundations For Ophthalmology -- 23. Global Ophthalmology -- 24. Ophthalmology: India -- 25. Coda.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Global Health Collaboration : Challenges and Lessons
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42523
Margaret S. Winchester, Caprice A. Knapp, Rhonda BeLue, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This stimulating open access volume details the innovative work of the Pan Institution Network for Global Health in creating collaborative research-based answers to large-scale health issues. Equitable partnerships among member universities representing North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe reverse standard cross-national dynamics to develop locally relevant responses to health challenges as well as their underlying disparities. Case studies focusing on multiple morbidities and effects of urb…
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- Other Authors
- Winchester, Margaret S.
- Knapp, Caprice A.
- BeLue, Rhonda
- Responsibility
- Margaret S. Winchester, Caprice A. Knapp, Rhonda BeLue, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 107 p.) : 6 illus., 5 illus. in color
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319776859
- 9783319776842 (print ed.)
- 9783319776866 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Specialty
- Global Health
- Abstract
- This stimulating open access volume details the innovative work of the Pan Institution Network for Global Health in creating collaborative research-based answers to large-scale health issues. Equitable partnerships among member universities representing North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe reverse standard cross-national dynamics to develop locally relevant responses to health challenges as well as their underlying disparities. Case studies focusing on multiple morbidities and effects of urbanization on health illustrate open dialogue in addressing HIV, maternal/child health, diabetes, and other major concerns. These instructive examples model collaborations between global North and South as meaningful steps toward the emerging global future of public health. Included in the coverage: Building sustainable networks: introducing the Pan Institution Network for Global Health Fostering dialogues in global health education: a graduate and undergraduate approach Provider workload and multiple morbidities in the Caribbean and South Africa Project Redemption: conducting research with informal workers in New York City Partnership and collaboration in global health: valuing reciprocity Global Health Collaboration will interest faculty working within the field of global health; scholars within public health, health policy, and cognate disciplines; as well as administrators looking to develop international university partnerships around global health and graduate students in the areas of global health, health administration, and public health and related social sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, demography).
- Contents
- 1. Building Sustainable Networks: Introducing the Pan Institution Network for Global Health -- 2. Connecting the Dots: Cultivating a Sustainable Interdisciplinary Discourse Around Migration, Urbanisation, and Health in Southern Africa -- 3. Fostering Dialogues in Global Health Education: A Graduate and Undergraduate Approach -- 4. Intercultural Adaptation of the “Secret History” Training: From South Africa to Germany -- 5. Provider Workload and Multiple Morbidities in the Caribbean and South Africa -- 6. Project Redemption: Conducting Research with Informal Workers in New York City -- 7. Assessing Urban Health Data: A Case Study of Maternal and Child Health Data in Cape Town, South Africa -- 8. Conclusion: Long Term Prospects and Global Health Collaboration -- 9. Reflections: Partnership and Collaboration in Global Health – Valuing Reciprocity.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism : A Cost-Benefit Analysis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43961
Helen Louise Ackers, James Ackers-Johnson, John Chatwin, Natasha Tyler.
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2017.
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low reso…
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- Author
- Ackers, Helen Louise
- Other Authors
- Ackers-Johnson, James
- Chatwin, John
- Tyler, Natasha
- Responsibility
- Helen Louise Ackers, James Ackers-Johnson, John Chatwin, Natasha Tyler
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 141 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
- ISBN
- 9783319483665
- 9783319483658 (Print ed.)
- 9783319483672 (Print ed.)
- 9783319839233 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Health Personnel - economics
- Internationality
- Volunteers
- Other Subjects
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Specialty
- Health Services
- Abstract
- This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in other sending countries.
- Contents
- 1. International mobility and learning in the UK National Health Service -- 2. Internationalisation and placement activity in the UK National Health Service -- 3. What do health workers learn on international placements? -- 4. Managing costs and risks -- 5. Conclusions: Towards a model for sustainable professional volunteering -- Appendix 1. Data collection and methods -- Appendix 2. The Sustainable Volunteering Project -- Appendix 3. The MOVE survey.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Health Without Borders : Epidemics in the Era of Globalization
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41694
Paolo Vineis.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This book discusses globalization and its impact on human health. The population of the world grew from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012, and over the past 50 years the mean temperature has risen faster than ever before. Both factors continue to rise, as well as health inequalities. Our environment is changing rapidly, with tremendous consequences for our health. These changes produce complex and constantly varying interactions between the biosphere, economy, climate and human health, for…
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- Author
- Vineis, Paolo
- Responsibility
- Paolo Vineis
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 108 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319524467
- 9783319524450 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Environment
- Epidemics
- Global Health
- Health Status Disparities
- Internationality
- Public Health
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Abstract
- This book discusses globalization and its impact on human health. The population of the world grew from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012, and over the past 50 years the mean temperature has risen faster than ever before. Both factors continue to rise, as well as health inequalities. Our environment is changing rapidly, with tremendous consequences for our health. These changes produce complex and constantly varying interactions between the biosphere, economy, climate and human health, forcing us to approach future global health trends from a new perspective. Preventive actions to improve health, especially in low-income countries, are essential if our future is going to be a sustainable one. After a period of undeniable improvement in the health of the world's population, this improvement is likely to slow down and we will experience--at least locally--crises of the same magnitude as have been observed in financial markets since 2009. There is instability in health systems, which will worsen if preventive and buffering mechanisms do not take on a central role. We cannot exclude the possibility that the allied forces of poverty, social inequalities, climate change, industrial food and lack of governance will lead to a deterioration in the health of large sectors of the population. In low-income countries, while many of the traditional causes of death (infectious diseases) are still highly prevalent, other threats typical of affluent societies (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases) are increasing. Africa is not only affected by malaria, TB and HIV, but also by skyrocketing rates of cancer. The book argues that the current situation requires effective and coordinated multinational interventions guided by the principle of health as a common good. An entirely competition-driven economy cannot--by its very nature--address global challenges that require full international cooperation. A communal global leadership is called for. Paolo Vineis is Chair of Environmental Epidemiology at Imperial College. His current research activities focus on examining biomarkers of disease risk as well as studying the effects of climate change on non-communicable diseases. "From morality to molecules, environment to equity, climate change to cancer, and politics to pathology, this is a wonderful tour of global health: consistently presented in a clear, readable format. Really, an important contribution." Professor Sir Michael Marmot Director, Institute of Health Equity University College London Author of "The Health Gap". "This book is a salutary and soundly argued reminder that the "common good" is not simply what remains after individuals and groups have appropriated the majority of societal resources: it is in fact the foundation on which any society rests and without which it collapses." Rodolfo Saracci Senior Visiting Scientist International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
- Contents
- 1. The Double Debt: Economic and Environmental -- 2. An Overview of What Global Health Is -- 3. Food -- 4. Climate Change -- 5. The Environment -- 6. The Economic Crisis -- 7. Cancer: A Time Bomb in Poor Countries -- 8. The Epigenetic Landscape -- 9. The Political Choices -- 10. Public Health as a Common Good.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment : The Next Frontier for Health Technology Assessment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41065
Laura Sampietro-Colom, Janet Martin, editors.
--Cham:
Adis
, c2016.
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- Online
A timely work describing how localized hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) complements general, "arms-length" HTA agency efforts, and what has been the collective global impact of HB-HTA across the globe. While HB-HTA has gained significant momentum over the past few years, expertise in the field, and information on the operation and organization of HB-HTA, has been scattered. This book serves to bring this information together to inform those who are currently working in the f…
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- Sampietro-Colom, Laura
- Martin, Janet
- Responsibility
- Laura Sampietro-Colom, Janet Martin, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 397 pages) : 39 illus., 33 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319392059
- 9783319392035 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- A timely work describing how localized hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) complements general, "arms-length" HTA agency efforts, and what has been the collective global impact of HB-HTA across the globe. While HB-HTA has gained significant momentum over the past few years, expertise in the field, and information on the operation and organization of HB-HTA, has been scattered. This book serves to bring this information together to inform those who are currently working in the field of HTA at the hospital, regional, national or global level. In addition, this book is intended for decision-makers and policy-makers with a stake in determining the uptake and decommissioning of new and established technologies in the hospital setting. HTA has traditionally been performed at the National/Regional level by HTA Agencies, typically linked to governments. Yet hospitals are the main entry door for most health technologies (HTs). Hospital decision-makers must undertake multiple high stakes investment and disinvestment decisions annually for innovative HTs, usually without adequate information. Despite the existence of arms-length HTA Agencies, inadequate information is available to hospital decision-makers either because relevant HTA reports are not yet released at the time of entry of new technologies to the field, or because even when the report exists, the information contained is insufficient to clarify the contextualized informational needs of hospital decision makers. Therefore, there has recently been a rising trend toward hospital-based HTA units and programs. These units/programs complement the work of National/Regional HTA Agencies by providing the key and relevant evidence needed by hospital decision makers in their specific hospital context, and within required decision-making timelines. The emergence of HB-HTA is creating a comprehensive HTA ecosystem across health care levels, which creates better bridges for knowledge translation through relevance and timeliness.
- Contents
- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment: The Next Frontier -- Part II: HB-HTA Case Studies from Around the Globe -- 2. Activity-Based HTA: Hospital-Based HTA Performed by Clinicians with Support and Quality Control, the Sahlgrenska University Hospital HTA-Centrum Experience (Sweden) -- 3. HTA Activities in Finnish Hospitals -- 4. Hospital-Based HTA in Denmark -- 5. Hospital-Based HTA at Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands: Welcome to Reality -- 6. Hospital-Based HTA in Three Spanish Hospitals -- 7. The “Comité d’Evaluation et de Diffusion des Innovations Technologiques” (CEDIT) in France -- 8. Hospital-Based HTA in Switzerland -- 9. The HTA and Innovation Unit at the A. Gemelli University Hospital (Italy) -- 10. Hospital-Based HTA in Turkey -- 11. The Evidence Decision Support Program Within the Surgery Strategic Clinical Network of Alberta Health Services in Canada -- 12. Hospital-Based HTA and Know4Go at MEDICI in London, Ontario, Canada -- 13. Technology Assessment at SickKids (TASK): A Health Technology Assessment Research Unit Devoted to Child Health in Canada -- 14. The Health Technology Assessment Unit (TAU) of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) (Canada) -- 15. Hospital-Based HTA at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (Canada) -- 16. The Health Technology Assessment Unit of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (Canada) -- 17. CHU de Québec–Université Laval: 10-Years’ Experience in Hospital-Based HTA (Canada) -- 18. The Penn Medicine Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Supporting the Quality, Safety, and Value of Patient Care Through Evidence-Based Practice at the Systems Level (USA) -- 19. Medical Technology Assessment at Kaiser Permanente: History and Description of Approach (USA) -- 20. The Role of Hospitals in HTA in Brazil -- 21. Hospital-Based HTA in Argentina: The Hospital Garrahan and Hospital El Cruce Experiences -- 22. HTA in a Public Hospital in South Africa -- 23. Hospital-Based HTA in a Public-Sector Tertiary Hospital in Singapore -- 24. Hospital-Based HTA in China -- 25. Hospital-Based HTA: The Australian Experience -- 26. Hospital-Based HTA in New Zealand -- Part III: Networks and Collaboration -- 27. Networks in Hospital-Based HTA -- Part IV: HB-HTA from Stakeholders Point of View -- 28. Hospital-Based HTA from Stakeholders’ Point of View: View from Hospital Stakeholders -- 29. Hospital-Based HTA from Stakeholders’ Point of View: View from Industry -- 30. Involving Patients in Hospital-Based HTA: Experiences, Approaches, and Future Directions -- 31. Clinician Perspectives on Hospital-Based HTA -- Part V: Lessons Learned -- 32. Hospital-Based HTA in 31 Organizations Worldwide: What Are the Lessons Learned? -- Part VI: Looking to the Future -- 33. Looking to the Future of Hospital-Based HTA: The Next Frontier.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Participatory Health Research : Voices from Around the World
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42587
Michael T. Wright, Krystyna Kongats, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This groundbreaking resource explores core issues in participatory health research (PHR) and traces its global emergence as a force for improving health and well-being, health care services and quality of life. The PHR approach is defined as including community members, health practitioners and decision-makers as co-researchers, using local knowledge to reduce disparities in care, advocate for responsive health policy, and accelerate positive change in society as a whole. The book's first half …
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- Other Authors
- Wright, Michael T.
- Kongats, Krystyna
- Responsibility
- Michael T. Wright, Krystyna Kongats, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 278 p.) : 9 illus., 6 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319921778
- 9783319921761 (print ed.)
- 9783319921785 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Global Health
- Health Services Research
- Internationality
- Abstract
- This groundbreaking resource explores core issues in participatory health research (PHR) and traces its global emergence as a force for improving health and well-being, health care services and quality of life. The PHR approach is defined as including community members, health practitioners and decision-makers as co-researchers, using local knowledge to reduce disparities in care, advocate for responsive health policy, and accelerate positive change in society as a whole. The book's first half surveys themes essential to the development of the field, including evaluating PHR projects, training professionals in conducting PHR, and the ambitious work of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. International perspectives showcase the varied roles of PHR in addressing urgent local health problems in their specific public health and sociocultural contexts. Participatory Health Research benefits those teaching and learning about participatory health research at institutions of higher education and in community settings, addressing diverse fields including health promotion and disease prevention, medicine and public health, quality of life, social work and community development.
- Contents
- Part I. Central Themes -- 1. What Is Participatory Health Research? -- 2. Building Consensus, Celebrating Diversity: The International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research -- 3. Evaluating Participatory Health Research -- 4. Participatory Health Research in the Education of Health and Social Work Professionals -- 5. Demonstrating Impact in Participatory Health Research -- 6. Reviewing the Effectiveness of Participatory Health Research: Challenges and Possible Solutions -- 7 Kids in Action: Participatory Health Research with Children -- 8. PartKommPlus: German Research Consortium for Healthy Communities—New Developments and Challenges for Participatory Health Research in Germany -- 9. Participatory Health Research: An Indian Perspective -- 10. Participatory Health Research in Latin America: Scientific Production on Chronic Diseases -- 11. Participatory Health Research with Older People in the Netherlands: Navigating Power Imbalances Towards Mutually Transforming Power -- 12. Organizational Participatory Research in North America -- 13. Participatory Health Research in North America: From Community Engagement to Evidence-Informed Practice -- 14. Participatory Health Research International Experience from Four Portuguese-Speaking Countries -- 15. Participatory Health Research in South Africa -- 16. “Home Thoughts from Abroad”: Reflections on the History of Participatory Health Research in the UK.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pathogenesis and Treatment in IgA Nephropathy : An International Comparison
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40395
Yasuhiko Tomino, editor.
(1st ed.)
--Tokyo:
Springer Japan
, c2016.
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This book discusses the latest findings on the pathogenesis and treatment of IgA nephropathy. It particularly focuses on recently recognized initiation and progression factors and the varying treatment strategies in different regions, such as Asia, Europe, and the United States. More than 40 years have passed since Dr. Jean Berger first described primary IgA nephropathy ("Nephropathy with mesangial IgA-IgG deposits") as a new disease entity. Immunohistopathologically, IgA nephropathy is charact…
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- Other Authors
- Tomino, Yasuhiko
- Responsibility
- Yasuhiko Tomino, editor
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 342 p. : 46 illus., 10 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9784431555889
- 9784431555872 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA - physiopathology
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA - therapy
- Internationality
- Abstract
- This book discusses the latest findings on the pathogenesis and treatment of IgA nephropathy. It particularly focuses on recently recognized initiation and progression factors and the varying treatment strategies in different regions, such as Asia, Europe, and the United States. More than 40 years have passed since Dr. Jean Berger first described primary IgA nephropathy ("Nephropathy with mesangial IgA-IgG deposits") as a new disease entity. Immunohistopathologically, IgA nephropathy is characterized by the granular deposition of IgA (IgA1) and C3 in the glomerular mesangial areas with mesangial cell proliferation and the expansion of mesangial matrices. It is clear that IgA nephropathy is one of the most common types of chronic glomerulonephritis in the world. This disease may lead to end-stage kidney disease, with its enormous economic impact on healthcare everywhere. Efforts by many investigators around the world have gradually clarified various aspects of the pathogenesis and treatment of IgA nephropathy. However, there are many controversial strategies for the treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy throughout the world, as there are several limitations for treatment in each country. This volume provides nephrologists everywhere with an overview and comparison of both global and regional findings in basic and clinical fields in IgA nephropathy. It covers genetic variation, aberrant IgA1 production, and classification etiology, guidelines, and treatment goals, with all chapters written by top international researchers.
- Contents
- Part I. Pathogenesis -- 1. Is IgA Nephropathy a Single Disease? -- 2. Advances in Genetics of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy -- 3. Is IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) a Familial or Sporadic Disease? -- 4. Heterogeneity of Aberrant O-Glycosylation of IgA1 in IgA Nephropathy -- 5. Differences of Histological Classification Between the Japanese Histological Grade Classification and the Oxford Classification -- 6. Podocyte Injury and Significance of Urinary Podocalyxin and Megalin -- 7. Complement Activation -- Part II. Treatment -- 8. How Different Are the Current Understandings of Treatments for IgA Nephropathy? -- 9. Prognostic Indicators and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy in China -- 10. The Differences in Etiology and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy in Korea -- 11. Differences in Etiology and Treatment in Japan -- 12. IgA Nephropathy from the VALIGA European Study: Differences in Treatment Approaches Within Europe -- 13. Differences in Etiology and Treatment in Scandinavian Countries -- 14. The Implication of the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of IgA Nephropathy -- 15. Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for IgA Nephropathy: Difference from KDIGO Guidelines -- 16. Limitations of RAS Blockade in IgA Nephropathy -- 17. What Is the Goal for Proteinuria in IgA Nephropathy? -- 18. Beyond the Differences in Tonsillectomy in IgA Nephropathy: From Rationale To Indications in Patients -- 19. Is Tonsillectomy a Possible Treatment for IgA Nephropathy from Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)? -- 20. Validity of the Japanese Clinical Grade Criteria: Results from the Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study in IgA Nephropathy -- Column 1: Spontaneous Animal Model -- Column 2: Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Using an Animal Model.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pharmacovigilance : Critique and Ways Forward
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41366
I. Ralph Edwards, Marie Lindquist, editors.
--Cham:
Adis
, 2017.
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- Online
Written by experienced authors, this book offers expert personal views on what the current problems in pharmacovigilance are and how they should be solved. This book stems from thoughts and ideas discussed in a series of meetings of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), where concerns were raised that the current pharmacovigilance system is not delivering optimally to improve therapeutics in clinical practice. Pharmacovigilance of the future must be an active and integral par…
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- Other Authors
- Edwards, I. Ralph
- Lindquist, Marie
- Responsibility
- I. Ralph Edwards, Marie Lindquist, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Adis
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 205 pages) : 16 illus., 3 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319404004
- 9783319403991 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Internationality
- Pharmacovigilance
- Abstract
- Written by experienced authors, this book offers expert personal views on what the current problems in pharmacovigilance are and how they should be solved. This book stems from thoughts and ideas discussed in a series of meetings of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), where concerns were raised that the current pharmacovigilance system is not delivering optimally to improve therapeutics in clinical practice. Pharmacovigilance of the future must be an active and integral part of health care delivery, and focus more on science and practices that support health professionals and patients in day-to-day care situations. To achieve this, a dynamic and sustainable development of vigilance must take precedence over the current excessive preoccupations with data processing and regulations; all aspects of medicines use and their effects need to be considered; and all stakeholders must be involved and engaged in an open and constructive debate. The work is essential reading for anyone who has an interest in safer use of medicines. It is intended to be equally challenging and rewarding, and sets out to stimulate a continuous debate on how pharmacovigilance can better meet the needs of health professionals and patients to achieve the aim of wise therapeutic decision making.
- Contents
- 1. Teaching Pharmacovigilance in University -- 2. Lost in Regulation -- 3. What Is the Future of Pharmacovigilance and How Can We Make It as Good as Possible? -- 4. Some Other Ideas About the Future of Pharmacovigilance -- 5. Best Safety Practices Now and in the Future -- 6. Is There a Benefit from the Medical Literature Monitoring Service of the EMA? -- 7. The Unified Drug Safety-Clinical Database -- 8. Behind the Scenes: ‘Silent Factors’ Influencing Pharmacovigilance Practice and Decisions -- 9. Shaking Up Culture and Communication in PV [V6] -- 10. Pharmacovigilance Indicators: Desiderata for the Future of Medicine Safety -- 11. Thoughts on Pharmacovigilance in the Future: There Are More Weber-Effects -- 12. Effective Treatment Matters: Revitalizing Pharmacovigilance -- 13. Broadening the Scope of Pharmacovigilance -- 14. Herbal and Traditional Medicines, Now and Future -- 15. The Concept of ‘Health’ -- 16. Impact of Referral Procedures on the Interaction of RMP and PSUR -- 17. Other Sources of Information for Monitoring Drug Safety: Now and in the Future -- 18. Ecopharmacovigilance.
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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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- Open access
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- 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
Psychosomatic medicine : an international primer for the primary care setting
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33427
Kurt Fritzsche, Susan H. McDaniel, Michael Wirsching, editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Holdings
- Halifax Infirmary: v. 49, 1987 - v. 57(1-2), 1995.
- Location
- Online
Psychosocial problems appear within a medical context worldwide, and are a major burden to health. Psychosomatic Medicine: An InternationalPrimer for the Primary Care Setting takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of biopsychosocial basic care (such as recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, basic counseling, and collaboration with mental health specialists) and provides relevant information about the most common mental and psychosomatic problems and disorders. …
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- Fritzsche, Kurt
- McDaniel, Susan H
- Wirsching, M
- Responsibility
- Kurt Fritzsche, Susan H. McDaniel, Michael Wirsching, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Holdings
- Halifax Infirmary: v. 49, 1987 - v. 57(1-2), 1995.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461410225 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461410218
- ISSN
- 0033-3174
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Internationality
- Mental Disorders - diagnosis
- Primary Health Care
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medicine, Psychosomatic
- Mental health
- Primary care (Medicine)
- Abstract
- Psychosocial problems appear within a medical context worldwide, and are a major burden to health. Psychosomatic Medicine: An InternationalPrimer for the Primary Care Setting takes a uniquely global approach in laying the foundations of biopsychosocial basic care (such as recognizing psychosocial and psychosomatic problems, basic counseling, and collaboration with mental health specialists) and provides relevant information about the most common mental and psychosomatic problems and disorders. The scope of the book is interculturalit addresses global cultures, subcultures living in a single country, and strengthening the care given by physicians working abroad. This clinically useful book outlines best practices for diagnosing the most common biopsychosocialproblems and mastering the most common communication challenges (e.g. doctor-patient conversation, breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients, family and health systems communication and collaboration). Every chapter integrates basic theoretical background and practical skills and includes trans-culturally sensitive material, important for work with patients from different cultures. Psychosomatic Medicine: An InternationalPrimer for the Primary Care Setting serves as an excellent resource for clinicians hoping to gain and develop knowledge and skills in psychosomatic medicine.
- Contents
- Part I. Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care -- 1. What is Psychosomatic Medicine? -- 2. Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care -- 3. Objectives of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine in Primary Care -- 4. Traditional Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine -- Part II. The First Contact—Basic Interventions -- 5. The Doctor-Patient Relationship -- 6. Doctor Patient Communication -- 7. Family Medicine -- 8. Balint Group -- Part III. Recognition and Treatment of Most Common Clinical Presentations -- 9. Depressive Disorders -- 10. Anxiety Disorders -- 11. Somatoform Disorders -- 12. Psycho-Oncology -- 13. Psycho-Cardiology -- 14. Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- 15. Addiction -- Part IV. Developing Psychosomatic Medicine in International Settings -- 16. Systems Development of Behavioral Health in Primary Care -- 17. The Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in China, Vietnam and Laos: The ASIA-LINK Program -- 18. Psychosomatic Medicine and its Implementation in the Latin America Region -- 19. Psychosomatic Medicine in Iran.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Quick Guide to Good Clinical Practice : How to Meet International Quality Standard in Clinical Research
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41519
Cemal Cingi, Nuray Bayar Muluk.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This brand-new book offers a reference guide to understanding and applying the rules for properly conducting clinical trials to meet the international quality standard, Good Clinical Practice, provided by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH). The work offers an updated perspective on the clinical research landscape within the context of the clinical trial regulatory frameworks in Europe and the USA. In addition to providing a historical review and a detailed definition of GPC reg…
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- Author
- Cingi, Cemal
- Other Authors
- Bayar Muluk, Nuray
- Responsibility
- Cemal Cingi, Nuray Bayar Muluk
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319443447
- 9783319443430 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - standards
- Clinical Trials as Topic - standards
- Data Accuracy
- Ethics, Research
- Internationality
- Total Quality Management - standards
- Specialty
- Research
- Abstract
- This brand-new book offers a reference guide to understanding and applying the rules for properly conducting clinical trials to meet the international quality standard, Good Clinical Practice, provided by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH). The work offers an updated perspective on the clinical research landscape within the context of the clinical trial regulatory frameworks in Europe and the USA. In addition to providing a historical review and a detailed definition of GPC regulations, it includes step-by-step explanations of all the requirements that researchers should bear in mind when designing and performing new trials. Further topics covered include: ethics of clinical research; the drug development process and evolution of regulations; investigator and sponsor responsibilities; and clinical trial protocols. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the book represents a valuable read also for researchers, pharmacists and all professionals involved in applications to the ethic committees, whose approval is required for new clinical studies.
- Contents
- 1. Clinical Trials: Historical Aspects and Importance and New Drug Developments -- 2. The Definition of GCP -- 3. The Principles of GCP -- 4. The Drug Development Process and Evolution of Regulations -- 5. Planning Clinical Research -- 6. Preparation of Ethics Committee (IRB) Proposal -- 7. Preparation of Informed Consent -- 8. Preparation of Findings Tables -- 9. Setting the Ideal Statistical Methods -- 10. The Duties of a Clinical Research Coordinator -- 11. The Duties of Clinical Researchers -- 12. The Phases of Clinical Studies -- 13. Safety in Clinical Trials -- 14. Setting the Size -- 15. Setting the Ideal Method -- 16. Ethics of Clinical Research -- 17. Recruitment and Enrolment -- 18. Why we need Clinical Consent and Other Documentation -- 19. Monitoring the Trial -- 20. Inspection -- 21. Ethics: Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee(IRB/IEC) -- 22. Responsibilities of the Investigator -- 23. Responsibilities of the Sponsor -- 24. Clinical Trial Protocols.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Starting Life as a Midwife : An International Review of Transition from Student to Practitioner
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44047
Michelle Gray, Ellen Kitson-Reynolds, Allison Cummins, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
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- Location
- Online
This volume explores the unique challenges midwifery graduates face as they move into practice. It identifies the similarities and differences in midwifery education, regulation, and clinical practice faced by graduate midwives in all continents, examining the various support systems available for graduate midwives in many countries, and identifying the common strategies (formal and informal) and approaches that have proved to be effective in supporting midwifery graduates. The book volume brin…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Gray, Michelle
- Kitson-Reynolds, Ellen
- Cummins, Allison
- Responsibility
- Michelle Gray, Ellen Kitson-Reynolds, Allison Cummins, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 204 p.) : 19 illus., 18 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319938523
- 9783319938516 (Print ed.)
- 9783319938530 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Internationality
- Midwifery - education
- Professional Practice
- Specialty
- Allied Health Occupations
- Obstetrics
- Abstract
- This volume explores the unique challenges midwifery graduates face as they move into practice. It identifies the similarities and differences in midwifery education, regulation, and clinical practice faced by graduate midwives in all continents, examining the various support systems available for graduate midwives in many countries, and identifying the common strategies (formal and informal) and approaches that have proved to be effective in supporting midwifery graduates. The book volume brings together the experiences of new midwives starting out in registered practice, to share the challenges and triumphs during their transition to confident practitioners. It identifies, explains and details both established and innovative new mechanisms in place to support new midwives in each country, and examines the effects the experiences of transitioning to practice may have on future professional practice, resilience and sustainability. Lack of support during the new-graduate transition to practice has been associated with early attrition from the midwifery profession. Stress, disillusion, and horizontal violence have been identified as factors that influence midwifery attrition rates. Exploration of the various support mechanisms currently available in different countries may stimulate the sharing of best practices in providing new midwives with transition to practice programmes and generate further research. Each chapter is harmonized to facilitate the comparison between countries, and the maternity services context is explained using each country’s specific legislation, regulation and registration of midwives. The preparation of midwifery students for qualified practice is outlined to explain how midwifery students are trained and socialized into the profession, mentored in their placements and then transitioned to registered midwife status. This book appeals to midwives, managers, educators, and newly graduated interested in international midwifery practice.
- Contents
- 1. ‘Birth of a Midwife: The Transitional Journey from Student to Practitioner’ -- Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders) -- 3. Midwives in Brazil: Education, Regulation of Practice and Professional Association -- 4. The Transition to Clinical Practice for New Registrant Midwives in Ontario, Canada -- 5. Ethiopia -- 6. Midwifery in Germany: Practice, Education and Transition for Newly Qualified Midwives -- 7. The Transition of New Midwives into Registered Practice Within Hong Kong -- 8. Midwifery in Iran -- 9. Blooms and Mushrooms: Midwifery Experience in Jamaica -- 10. Embracing Life as a Midwife in Aotearoa/ New Zealand: Transitioning from Student to Midwifery Practitioner -- 11. Transition to Practice for Newly Qualified Midwives in the Netherlands -- 12. The United Kingdom.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
