In Search of the Perfect Health System

In Search of the Perfect Health System
Author: Mark Britnell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2015-09-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1137496614

A practical, succinct guide to the major health systems around the world and what lessons can be drawn from each about improving health worldwide. The essays are designed to give the reader essential knowledge of the history, strengths, weaknesses and lessons of each health system.

In Search of the Perfect Health System

In Search of the Perfect Health System
Author: Mark Britnell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2015-09-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1350310662

Winner of the first prize in the Health and Social Care category at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2016. With chapters on 25 different countries, this practical and succinct guide to the world's major health systems explores what lessons can be drawn from each to improve health worldwide. Each chapter is an essay designed to give the reader essential knowledge of the history, strengths, weaknesses and lessons of each health system and provide a truly global health perspective – all in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Whether a healthcare manager or a student studying health systems, this accessible and engaging book provides a fascinating insight in to how health care is delivered around the world.

Human

Human
Author: Mark Britnell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2019
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 019883652X

Drawing on the author's experiences ranging from the world's most advanced hospitals to revolutionary new approaches in India and Africa, this book will challenge everything from the role of healthcare in the world economy to the training and leadership of the medical profession and the role of women in the workforce.

Health at Risk

Health at Risk
Author: Jacob S. Hacker
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0231146027

A collection of essays dealing with the health care system.

Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?

Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?
Author: Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1541797728

The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer. The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 -- not even close. In Which Country Has the World's Best Healthcare? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles eleven of the world's healthcare systems in pursuit of the best or at least where excellence can be found. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a global set of challenges -- in pursuit of the best healthcare in the world.

The Healing of America

The Healing of America
Author: T. R. Reid
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0143118218

A New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill "Important and powerful . . . a rich tour of health care around the world." —Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world. T. R. Reid's latest book, A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System, is also available from Penguin Press.

Perfect Health

Perfect Health
Author: Deepak Chopra
Publisher: Bantam Books
Total Pages: 327
Release: 1990
Genre: Health
ISBN: 9780553403244

The author's Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine, aimed to show how health and sickness are controlled by awareness at the level of quantum physics, where mind and body are one. Now Dr Chopra has written a practical guide to harnessing that healing power of the mind, a book based on the principles of Ayureda, a 5000-year-old system of mind/body medicine that has recently been rediscovered. The book provides a step-by-step programme of mind/body medicine tailored to the individual's need. The result is a plan for re-establishing the body's essential balance with nature.

Medical Sociology

Medical Sociology
Author: William C. Cockerham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1995
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This introductory text provides clear coverage of the ideas, concepts, themes, and research findings in the field of medical sociology. This edition (last, 1995) includes updated treatment of the dramatic decline in the professional power of physicians, the aftermath of the Clinton Administration's

Evaluating the National Health Service

Evaluating the National Health Service
Author: Martin A. Powell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1997
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

Powell draws on original research to examine health care before the NHS, and health care in other countries, to locate the service in its wider context. He analyses its successes and failures, and attempts to predict its future direction.