30 days to better thinking and better living through critical thinking : a guide for improving every aspect of your life
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26075
Linda Elder, Richard Paul.
(Revised and expanded)
--Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Education
, c2013.
- Call Number
- BF 441 E37 2013
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
Better critical thinking can transform your life and help you improve every decision you make! Now, in just 30 days, master specific, easy-to-learn critical thinking techniques that help you cut through lies, gain insight, and make smarter choices in every area of your life -- from work and money to intimate relationships. World-renowned critical thinking experts Dr. Linda Elder and Dr. Richard Paul show how to overcome poor thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions...…
- Call Number
- BF 441 E37 2013
- Author
- Elder, LInda
- Other Authors
- Paul, Richard
- Responsibility
- Linda Elder, Richard Paul
- Edition
- Revised and expanded
- Alternate Title
- Thirty days to better thinking and better living through critical thinking
- Place of Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Publisher
- Pearson Education
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 222 p.
- ISBN
- 9780133092561
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Thinking
- Judgment
- Quality of Life
- Abstract
- Better critical thinking can transform your life and help you improve every decision you make! Now, in just 30 days, master specific, easy-to-learn critical thinking techniques that help you cut through lies, gain insight, and make smarter choices in every area of your life -- from work and money to intimate relationships. World-renowned critical thinking experts Dr. Linda Elder and Dr. Richard Paul show how to overcome poor thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions... clarify what you really want... recognize what you don't know… ask better questions... resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy... critically evaluate what you're told by advertisers, politicians, your boss, and even your family… avoid worrying, conformism, and blame.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Beyond Assessment of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40153
A. George Awad, Lakshmi N.P. Voruganti, editors.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book fills a significant research gap in how to integrate quality of life data into relevant clinical care plans, and to broaden its applicability to pharmacoeconomic studies of antipsychotic medications and health policy decision-making. It also presents an argument for reformulating the concept of health-related quality of life in schizophrenia as a bio-psycho-social construct, which provides an opportunity to better explore the many factors underpinning the concept itself. International…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Awad, A. George
- Voruganti, Lakshmi N.P
- Responsibility
- A. George Awad, Lakshmi N.P. Voruganti, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 224 p. : 12 illus., 6 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319300610
- 9783319300597 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Quality of Life
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Abstract
- This book fills a significant research gap in how to integrate quality of life data into relevant clinical care plans, and to broaden its applicability to pharmacoeconomic studies of antipsychotic medications and health policy decision-making. It also presents an argument for reformulating the concept of health-related quality of life in schizophrenia as a bio-psycho-social construct, which provides an opportunity to better explore the many factors underpinning the concept itself. Internationally renowned experts from different scientific backgrounds and scopes of expertise each make arguments for the need to invigorate quality of life as a concept in schizophrenia, by broadening its usefulness for clinical and research efforts. The book represents an important addition to the extensive contributions of its editors, Dr. A. George Awad and Dr. Lakshmi N.P. Voruganti, to the field of quality of life.
- Contents
- Part I: Basic and Conceptual Issues -- Schizophrenia and it's sequelae -- Issues that slowed progress in the assessment of health-related quality of life in schizophrenia -- Social cognition and health-related quality of life in schizophrenia -- Conceptual issues in cultural adaptation and the role of culture in assessment of health-related quality of life in schizophrenia -- Part II: Methodological Issues -- A review of quality of life assessment measures in schizophrenia: limitations and future developments: a review -- Assessment of burden of care and quality of life of caregivers in schizophrenia -- Electronic technology and advances in assessment of outcomes -- Modern psychometric approaches to analysis of scales for health-related quality of life -- Part III: Beyond Assessment of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia -- Health-related quality of life as an outcome and mediator of other outcomes -- Using routine quality of life assessment to improve effectiveness of community mental health care -- Quality of life assessments in the development and clinical trials of new antipsychotics: pharmaceutical industry perspective -- Quality of life and health-costs: the feasibility of cost-utility analysis in schizophrenia -- Health-related quality of life in schizophrenia: health policy and resource allocation -- Beyond assessment of quality of life in schizophrenia: cultural, clinical and research perspectives from India: a case study -- Part IV: Reinventing Quality of Life in Schizophrenia -- Reinventing quality of life: refining the concept and going beyond assessments.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Care-Related Quality of Life in Old Age : Concepts, Models and Empirical Findings
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28158
edited by Marja Vaarama, Richard Pieper, Andrew Sixsmith.
--New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Vaarama, Marja
- Other Authors
- Pieper, Richard
- Sixsmith, Andrew
- Responsibility
- edited by Marja Vaarama, Richard Pieper, Andrew Sixsmith
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9780387721699
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Geriatrics - methods
- Health Services for the Aged
- Quality of Life
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Quality of Life
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Changes in the Brain : Impact on Daily Life
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41209
Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, Yael Goverover, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This informative text details the many changes in everyday life as the result of injury, illness, or aging affecting the brain. Experts across brain-related fields trace mechanisms of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, TBI, and dementia as they impact regions of the brain, and resulting cognitive, emotional, sensory, and motor impairments as they contribute to deficits in personal and social functioning. In addition to symptoms and behaviors associated with insults to the brain (and the ex…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Chiaravalloti, Nancy D
- Goverover, Yael
- Responsibility
- Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, Yael Goverover, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : 5 illus., 4 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9780387981888
- 9780387981871 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Activities of Daily Living
- Brain Diseases - complications
- Brain Injuries
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Quality of Life
- Abstract
- This informative text details the many changes in everyday life as the result of injury, illness, or aging affecting the brain. Experts across brain-related fields trace mechanisms of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, TBI, and dementia as they impact regions of the brain, and resulting cognitive, emotional, sensory, and motor impairments as they contribute to deficits in personal and social functioning. In addition to symptoms and behaviors associated with insults to the brain (and the extent to which the brain can adapt or self-repair), chapters provide cogent examples of how societal and cultural expectations can shape the context and experience of disability. The book's focus on everyday activities brings new clarity to diverse links between symptoms and diagnosis, brain and behavior. Included in the coverage: The aging brain and changes in daily function. Stroke: impact on life and daily function. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the impact on daily life. Everyday life with cancer. Real-world impact of HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment. Disability and public policy in America. Living after brain changes, from the patient's perspective. Rich in empirical data and human insight, Changes in the Brain gives neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and rehabilitation nurses a robust new understanding of the daily lives of patients, both in theory and in the real world.
- Contents
- 1. Neuroanatomy: The Brain–Behavior Relationship -- 2. The Aging Brain and Changes in Daily Function -- 3. Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Disorders -- 4. Parkinson’s Disease: Changes in Daily Life -- 5. Stroke: Impact on Life and Daily Function -- 6. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the Impact on Daily Life -- 7. Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Daily Life -- 8. The Impact of Epilepsy on Quality of Life -- 9. Cancer Survivorship -- 10. Real-World Impact of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment -- 11. Disability and Public Policy in America -- 12. Living after Brain Changes: From the Patient’s Perspective -- Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cost-effectiveness analyses in health : a practical approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27310
Peter Muennig.
(2nd ed.)
--San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass
, 2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Muennig, Peter
- Responsibility
- Peter Muennig
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 266 p.
- ISBN
- 9780470175064
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Health Care Costs
- Quality of Life
- Contents
- Introduction to cost-effectiveness -- Principles of cost-effectiveness analysis -- Developing a research project -- Working with costs -- Probabilities and models -- Calculating life expectancy -- Working with health-related quality-of-life measures -- Calculating QALYS -- Conducting a sensitivity analysis -- Preparing your study for publication -- Working with data -- Finding the data you need
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Describing death in America : what we need to know
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21097
Lunney, June R.
National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, and Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.
--Washington, DC:
National Academy Press
, 2003.
- Call Number
- WB 310 L963d 2003
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 310 L963d 2003
- Author
- Lunney, June R
- Corporate Author
- National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, and Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
- Other Authors
- Foley, Kathleen M
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- National Academy Press
- Date of Publication
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 109 p.
- ISBN
- 0309087252
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Terminal Care
- Data Collection
- Mortality
- Quality of Life
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Disability, Health and Human Development
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43964
Sophie Mitra.
--New York:
Palgrave Macmillan
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with multidimensional poverty, mortality, economic insecurity and deprivations in education, morbidity and e…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Mitra, Sophie
- Responsibility
- Sophie Mitra
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 177 p.) : 20 illus., 17 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9781137536389
- 9781137536372 (Print ed.)
- 9781349710706 (Print ed.)
- 9781349710690 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disabled Persons
- Human Development
- Quality of Life
- Social Planning
- Other Subjects
- Africa
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with multidimensional poverty, mortality, economic insecurity and deprivations in education, morbidity and employment. It shows that disability needs to be considered from multiple angles including aging, gender, health and poverty. Ultimately, this study makes a call for inclusion and prevention interventions as solutions to the deprivations associated with impairments and health conditions.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Human Development Model of Disability, Health and Wellbeing -- 3. Measurement, Data and Country Context -- 4. Prevalence of Functional Difficulties -- 5. Functional Difficulties and Inequalities through a Static Lens -- 6. Dynamics of Functional Difficulties and Wellbeing -- 7. Main Results and Implications.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
EHealth, care and quality of life
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33779
Antonio Gaddi, Fabio Capello, Marco Manca, editors.
--Milan:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The debate over eHealth is alive as never before. Supporters suggest that it will result in dramatic innovations in healthcare, including a giant leap towards patient-centered care, new opportunities to improve effectiveness, and enhanced wellness and quality of life. In addition, the growing market value of investments in health IT suggests that eHealth can offer at least a partial cure for the current economic stagnation. Detractors counter these arguments by claiming that eHealth has already…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Gaddi, Antonio
- Capello, Fabio
- Manca, Marco
- Bertolucci, S
- Gensini, Gianfranco
- Responsibility
- Antonio Gaddi, Fabio Capello, Marco Manca, editors
- Alternate Title
- E-health, care and quality of life
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages)
- ISBN
- 9788847052536 (electronic bk.)
- 9788847052529
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medical Informatics
- Telemedicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical informatics
- Medical telematics
- Quality of life
- Health Informatics
- Communications Engineering, Networks
- Telecommunication in medicine
- European Integration
- Interaction Design
- Abstract
- The debate over eHealth is alive as never before. Supporters suggest that it will result in dramatic innovations in healthcare, including a giant leap towards patient-centered care, new opportunities to improve effectiveness, and enhanced wellness and quality of life. In addition, the growing market value of investments in health IT suggests that eHealth can offer at least a partial cure for the current economic stagnation. Detractors counter these arguments by claiming that eHealth has already failed: the UK Department of Health has shut down the NHS National Program for IT, Google has discontinued its Health flagship, and doubts have arisen over privacy safeguards for both patients and medical professionals. This book briefly explains why caregivers, professionals, technicians, patients, politicians, and others should all consider themselves stakeholders in eHealth. It offers myth-busting responses to some ill-considered arguments from both sides of the trench, in the process allowing a fresh look at eHealth. In addition, it describes how the technical failures of previous eHealth systems can be avoided, examines the legal basis of eHealth, and discusses associated ethical issues.
- Contents
- 1. The debate over eHealth -- 2. Definitions of eHealth -- 3. An introduction to the technological basis of eHealth -- 4. eHealth and me: The implications of the Net for health care relationships -- 5. Legally eHealth -- 6. EU support to eHealth and cost-benefits -- 7. No (e)Health without (e)Research -- 8. eHealth policy -- 9. The high-tech face of eHealth -- 10. The data-driven revolution of healthcare -- 11. eEducation and eHealth: a call for action -- 12. Conclusions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
EQ-5D Value Sets : Inventory, Comparative Review and User Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28398
edited by Agota Szende, Mark Oppe, and Nancy Devlin.
--Dordrecht, Netherlands:
Springer
, c2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Szende, Agota
- Other Authors
- Oppe, Mark
- Devlin, Nancy
- Responsibility
- edited by Agota Szende, Mark Oppe, and Nancy Devlin
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Series Vol.
- v. 2
- Series Title
- EuroQol Group Monographs
- ISBN
- 9781402055119
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Status Indicators
- Quality of Life
- Research Design
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Quality of Life
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Finding flow : the psychology of engagement with everyday life
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22192
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly.
--New York, NY:
Harper and Collins
, 1997.
- Call Number
- BF 575.H27 C848f 1997
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- BF 575.H27 C848f 1997
- Author
- Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Harper and Collins
- Date of Publication
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 181 p.
- Series Title
- Masterminds series
- ISBN
- 0465024114
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Personal Satisfaction
- Quality of Life
- Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Conduct of life
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Finding our way : leadership for an uncertain time
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23422
Wheatley, Margaret J.
--San Francisco, CA:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
, 2007.
- Call Number
- HD 57.7 W557f 2007
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- HD 57.7 W557f 2007
- Author
- Wheatley, Margaret J
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 297 p.
- ISBN
- 9781576754054
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Leadership
- Organizational Innovation
- Quality of Life
- Social Values
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Functional Preservation and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Radiotherapy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28171
edited by P. M. Harari, N. P. Connor, C. Grau.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Harari, P. M
- Other Authors
- Connor, N. P
- Grau, C
- Responsibility
- edited by P. M. Harari, N. P. Connor, C. Grau
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- Series
- Medical radiology. Radiation oncology
- Series Title
- Medical radiology (Series)
- ISBN
- 9783540732327
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy
- Quality of Life
- Treatment Outcome
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiotherapy
- Oncology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Guide to assessment scales in Parkinson's disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33375
Pablo Martinez-Martin, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Maria Joao Forjaz, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri.
--London:
Springer Healthcare
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Martinez-Martin, Pablo
- Responsibility
- Pablo Martinez-Martin, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Maria Joao Forjaz, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer Healthcare
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 96 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781907673887 (electronic bk.)
- 9781907673870
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Parkinson Disease - diagnosis
- Disability Evaluation
- Quality of Life
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Parkinson's disease - Diagnosis
- Neurology
- Quality of Life Research
- Contents
- Introduction -- Multi-domain scales -- Global severity assessments -- Movement disorders and disability scales -- Comprehensive non-motor symptoms assessments -- Non-motor disorders scales -- Mental aspects scales (cognition and neuropsychiatric symptoms) -- Quality of life scales.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A guide to end-of-life care for seniors
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat20329
Fisher, Rory.
University of Toronto. Interdepartmental Division of Geriatrics, University of Ottawa. School of Nursing.
--Ottawa, ON:
University of Toronto | University of Ottawa
, 2000.
- Call Number
- WT 166 G946 2000
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WT 166 G946 2000
- Author
- Fisher, Rory
- Corporate Author
- University of Toronto. Interdepartmental Division of Geriatrics
- University of Ottawa. School of Nursing
- Other Authors
- Ross, Margaret M
- MacLean, Michael J
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON
- Publisher
- University of Toronto
- University of Ottawa
- Date of Publication
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 189 p.
- ISBN
- 0968712207
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Terminal Care - Handbooks
- Quality of Life - Aged
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
A guide to end-of-life care for seniors
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat20724
--Ottawa, ON:
Health Canada
, 2000.
- Call Number
- WT 150 G942g 2000
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WT 150 G942g 2000
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON
- Publisher
- Health Canada
- Date of Publication
- 2000
- ISBN
- 096871227
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Terminal Care - Handbooks
- Quality of Life - Aged
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Handbook of Cancer Survivorship
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42682
Michael Feuerstein, Larissa Nekhlyudov, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The timely revision of this authoritative handbook gives a wide range of health care providers practical insights and strategies for treating cancer survivors' long-term physical and mental health issues and promoting healthy lifestyle habits. Details of new and emerging trends in research and practice enhance readers' awareness of issues faced by survivors so they may better detect, monitor, intervene in, and if possible prevent distressing conditions and potentially harmful outcomes. Of parti…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Feuerstein, Michael
- Nekhlyudov, Larissa
- Responsibility
- Michael Feuerstein, Larissa Nekhlyudov, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 419 p.) : 27 illus., 17 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319774329
- 9783319774305 (print ed.)
- 9783319774312 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cancer Survivors
- Neoplasms - psychology
- Neoplasms - rehabilitation
- Quality of Life
- Survivorship
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- The timely revision of this authoritative handbook gives a wide range of health care providers practical insights and strategies for treating cancer survivors' long-term physical and mental health issues and promoting healthy lifestyle habits. Details of new and emerging trends in research and practice enhance readers' awareness of issues faced by survivors so they may better detect, monitor, intervene in, and if possible prevent distressing conditions and potentially harmful outcomes. Of particular emphasis are different models of care that may be applicable to diverse clinical settings around the world. New or updated chapters cover major challenges to survivors' quality of life and options for health care delivery across key life domains, including: Adaptation and coping post-treatment. Problems of aging in survivorship, including disparities and financial hardship. Well-being concerns including physical activity, weight loss, nutrition, and smoking cessation. Core functional areas such as work, sleep, relationships, and cognition. Large-scale symptoms including pain, distress, and fatigue. Models of care including primary care and comprehensive cancer center. International perspectives PLUS, insights about lessons learned and challenges ahead. With survivorship and survivorship care becoming an ever more important part of the clinical landscape, the Second Edition of the Handbook of Cancer Survivorship is an essential reference for oncology specialists, primary care providers, mental health professionals, rehabilitation providers, as well as public health specialists, epidemiologists and policy makers.
- Contents
- Part I. Overview of Cancer Survivorship -- 1. Cancer Survivorship: A Bird’s Eye View from an Insider a Decade Later -- 2. Epidemiology -- 3. Adjustment to Life as a Cancer Survivor -- 4. Quality Care -- Part II. Unique Challenges -- 5. Disparities -- 6. Aging -- 7. Financial Hardship -- Part III. Problem Area: Symptoms -- 8. Fatigue -- 9. Distress -- 10. Pain -- Part IV. Problem Area: Function -- 11. Cognitive Dysfunction -- 12. Work -- 13. Sleep -- 14. Interpersonal Relationships -- Part V. Problem Area: Lifestyle -- 15. Physical Activity -- 16. Nutrition and Weight Management -- 17. Smoking -- Part VI. Health Care -- 18. Primary Care -- 19. Comprehensive Healthcare -- 20. International Perspectives -- Part VII. Future Directions -- 21. Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of Cancer Survivorship
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28187
edited by Michael Feuerstein.
--Boston, MA:
Springer
, c2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Feuerstein, Michael
- Responsibility
- edited by Michael Feuerstein
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- ISBN
- 9780387345628
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - psychology
- Quality of Life
- Survivors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Oncology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28825
Victor R. Preedy, Ronald R. Watson (eds.).
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Preedy, Victor R.
- Watson, Ronald R.
- Responsibility
- Victor R. Preedy, Ronald R. Watson (eds.)
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- ISBN
- 9780387786650
- 9780387786643 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cost of Illness
- Health Status Indicators
- Quality of Life
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of Life Course Health Development
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43154
Neal Halfon, Christopher B. Forrest, Richard M. Lerner, Elaine M. Faustman, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Inte…
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- Neal Halfon, Christopher B. Forrest, Richard M. Lerner, Elaine M. Faustman, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 664 p.) : 48 illus., 22 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319471433
- 9783319471419 (print ed.)
- 9783319471426 (print ed.)
- 9783319836652 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Promotion
- Health Status
- Human Development
- Life Style
- Maternal-Child Health Services
- Quality of Life
- Social Determinants of Health
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Specialty
- Health Services
- Public Health
- Social Sciences
- Abstract
- This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Interdisciplinary chapters discuss major health concerns (diabetes, obesity), important less-studied conditions (hearing, kidney health), and large-scale issues (nutrition, adversity) from a lifespan viewpoint. In addition, chapters address methodological approaches and challenges by analyzing existing measures, studies, and surveys. The book concludes with the editors' research agenda that proposes priorities for future LCHD research and its application to health care practice and health policy. Topics featured in the Handbook include: The prenatal period and its effect on child obesity and metabolic outcomes; Pregnancy complications and their effect on women's cardiovascular health; A multi-level approach for obesity prevention in children; Application of the LCHD framework to autism spectrum disorder; Socioeconomic disadvantage and its influence on health development across the lifespan; The importance of nutrition to optimal health development across the lifespan. The Handbook of Life Course Health Development is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology/science; maternal and child health; social work; health economics; educational policy and politics; and medical law as well as many interrelated subdisciplines in psychology, medicine, public health, mental health, education, social welfare, economics, sociology, and law.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Life Course Health-Development Science -- SECTION I: EMERGING FRAMEWORKS -- 2. The Emerging Theoretical Framework of Life Course Health-Development -- SECTION II: LIFE STAGES -- 3. Preconception and Prenatal Factors and Metabolic Risk -- 4. Early Childhood and the Life Course: The State of the Science and Proposed Research Priorities -- 5. Middle Childhood: An Evolutionary-Developmental Synthesis -- 6. Adolescent Health: A Relational Developmental Systems Perspective -- 7. Emerging Adulthood as a Critical Stage in the Life Course -- 8. Pregnancy Characteristics and Women's Cardiovascular Health -- SECTION III: LIFE COURSE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MAJOR HEALTH CONDITIONS AND ISSUES -- 9. Early in the Life Course: Time for Obesity Prevention -- 10. Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention and Treatment through a Life Course Health-Development Framework -- 11. Life Course Health-Development in Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 12. Self-Regulation -- 13. A Life Course Health-Development Perspective on Oral Health -- 14. Life Course Health-Development Outcomes after Prematurity: Developing a Community, Clinical, and Translational Research Agenda to Optimize Health, Behavior and Functioning -- 15. A Life Course Approach to Hearing Health -- 16. Chronic Kidney Disease: A Life Course Health-Development Perspective -- SECTION IV: CROSS-CUTTING TOPICS IN LIFE COURSE HEALTH-DEVELOPMENT -- 17. Growth and Life Course Health-Development -- 18. From Epidemiology to Epigenetics: Evidence for the Importance of Nutrition to Optimal Health-Development across the Life Course -- 19. How Socioeconomic Disadvantages Get Under the Skin and Into the Brain to Influence Health-Development across the Lifespan -- 20. Health Disparities: A Life Course Health-Development Perspective and Future Research Directions -- SECTION V: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES -- 21. Core Principles of Life Course Health-Development Methodology and Analytics -- 22. Epidemiological Study Designs: Traditional and Novel Approaches to Advance Life Course Health-Development Research -- 23. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY) to Conduct Life Course Analyses -- 24. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to Conduct Life Course Health-Development Analysis -- 25. Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) in Life Course Health-Development Research -- SECTION VI: FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 26. Life Course Research Agenda (LCRA), Version 1.0.
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Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46394
Javier Martinez, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Rhonda Phillips, editors.
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Springer
, c2021.
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This handbook provides the latest research related to quality of life and sustainability, taking into account social, economic, environmental, and political/governance aspects as well as specific socio-spatial contexts. The volume includes contributions from established and upcoming scholars from various disciplines and geographical contexts (Global South and North). The varying cultural and socio-spatial contexts of the authors in the selected cases contribute to first-hand knowledge on the re…
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- Martinez, Javier
- Mikkelsen, Claudia Andrea
- Phillips, Rhonda
- Responsibility
- Javier Martinez, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Rhonda Phillips, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 550 p.) : 133 illus., 104 illus. in color
- Series Title
- International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
- ISBN
- 9783030505400
- 9783030505394 (Print ed.)
- 9783030505417 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2468-7227
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Quality of Life
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Sustainable Development
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Ethics
- Policy
- Abstract
- This handbook provides the latest research related to quality of life and sustainability, taking into account social, economic, environmental, and political/governance aspects as well as specific socio-spatial contexts. The volume includes contributions from established and upcoming scholars from various disciplines and geographical contexts (Global South and North). The varying cultural and socio-spatial contexts of the authors in the selected cases contribute to first-hand knowledge on the realities of sustainability issues affecting the quality of life. The authors apply a wide diversity of methods and tools, which facilitates a unique understanding of the interlinkages between quality of life and sustainability. The chapters are grouped in three main sections: concepts and foundations; tools, techniques, and applications; and innovations. The authors provide their own view and theoretical approximation of the dimensions of sustainability, in particular on how these dimensions play out in relation to quality of life. The combination of sustainability and quality of life concepts and perspectives is particularly important in unravelling the multi-faceted nature of human, urban, rural/spatial development.
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- 1. Introduction: Quality of Life and Sustainability, Socio-spatial, and Multidisciplinary Perspectives -- Part I. Foundations and Concepts (Theory, Conceptions of Sustainability and Quality of Life, Socio-Spatial Aspects) -- 2. Tenure Responsive Land-Use Planning as a Tool for Improving Quality of Life: The Perspective of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Guidelines for Healthier Public Spaces for the Elderly Population: Recommendations in the Spanish Context -- 4. A Multi-perspective Discourse on the Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Service Co-production in Global South Cities -- 5. Rwanda: Planned Reconstruction for Social Quality -- 6. A Theoretical Reflection Based on Children’s Opinions About Their Safety to Rethink Different Dimensions of Sustainability in Cities -- 7. The Nexus of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Their Link to Quality of Life: A Case of Urbanization in Ethiopia and India -- 8. Multiple Perspectives on the Meaning and Effects of Resiliency -- Part II. Tools, Techniques, and Applications (Case Studies and Methodologies) -- 9. Are Expanded Resilience Capacities Associated with Better Quality-of-Life Outcomes? Evidence from Poor Households Grappling with Climate Change in Bangladesh, Chad, India and Nepal -- 10. Sustainable Latin American Cities? Evaluation of the Sustainability of the City of Puebla (Mexico) Using Indicators -- 11. Quality of Life, Sustainability and Transport: The Case of Melbourne, Australia -- 12. Territorial Equity Measurement in Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) -- 13. Protecting Quality of Life: Protected Needs as a Point of Reference for Perceived Ethical Obligation -- 14. Geography and Quality of Life in Argentine Regions: Socioeconomic and Environmental Inequalities -- 15. A City for Whom? Marginalization and the Production of Space in Contemporary Bangalore, India -- 16. Risk Management of Groundwater Pollution, Sustainability and Quality of Life: The Gap Between Theory and Practice in an Intermediate City of the Global South (Mar Del Plata, Argentina) -- 17. Exploring the Association Between Health Disparities and Neighborhood Characteristics: The Case of Diabetes Mortality in DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia -- 18. Quality of Life in Relation to Urban Areas and Sustainability. Application Case: City of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina -- 19. Social Sustainability, Neighbourhood Cohesion and Quality of Life: A Tale of Two Suburbs in Calgary -- 20. Rural Smart Shrinkage and Perceptions of Quality of Life in the American Midwest -- 21. Ecosystem Services of Ecological Infrastructure and Quality of Life: Contributions to the Analysis of the Sustainability of the Urban and Peri-urban Area of Mar del Plata, Argentina -- Part III.. Innovations -- 22. An Innovative Practice of Social Sustainability: The Fight for a New Housing Legal Framework in Spain -- 23. Cities Rethinking Smart-Oriented Pathways for Urban Sustainability -- 24. Public Usable Space as a Catalyst for Quality of Life Improvement: The Case of Cape Town’s Social Farming Projects -- 25. The Potentials and Risks of Wadis in Cities in the Gulf Region -- 26. The Crossroads on the Path to Sustainability While Aspiring for a Better Quality of Life: A Case of Delhi -- 27. Urban Linkages: A Methodological Framework for Improving Resilience in Peripheral Areas: The Case of Arequipa, Peru.
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