http://books.emeraldinsight.com/rss.asp Emerald Bookstore - Subject Browse en Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762313204 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762313204 Explores a variety of issues in health care system. This volume looks at health care from a sociological perspective that is focused on access, quality and satisfaction than cost. It is intended for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762306848 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762306848 Features reviews and research on topics in the field of health care management. This work also contains papers from the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762308026 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762308026 The papers included in this volume may be categorized loosely into four sections about health care management, including theoretical perspectives, the role and impact of managed care, the evolution of the health professions, and enhancing health care organizational performance. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762309610 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762309610 "Advances in Health Care Management". Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848551800 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848551800 Much of the debate about health policy in the US has focused on the availability of health insurance coverage and the number of individuals who are uninsured. It is known that the United States spends approximately twice as much per capita on health care, but there is little difference in population health between the US and other nations. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080448589 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080448589 The European chemical industry is the largest in the world but it is by no means the only source of occupational exposure to chemical hazards, because chemical products are both used and are bi-products in many diverse forms of work. This book is a study of strategic approaches to managing the risks of working with hazardous substances in Europe. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848556720 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848556720 Features reviews of health care management, linking concerns about health care workforce management with health care organization management issues. This book focuses on health care workforce management issues, including allied health professionals, nurses, and physicians, and on health care organization management issues. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762305599 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762305599 "Bioethics for Medical Education". Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848551602 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848551602 Deals with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving provision of health care as related to major health problems. This work examines social, demographic and structural problems, and a variety of health problems including chronic illnesses, mental illness, serious acute health problems, and disabilities that require health care. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762308088 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762308088 This text deals with issues of growing importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world. Papers deal with a variety of topics, including a focus on consumers and the varying roles the play in the emerging and changing US health care system. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762311477 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762311477 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762304820 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762304820 "Coercion in Mental Health Services: International Perspectives". Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848555440 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848555440 Focuses on processes related to recovery and unwinding from job stress. This book demonstrates that recovery research is a very promising approach for understanding the processes of job stress and relieve from job stress more fully. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312665 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312665 The effect that bioethics can have on policy decisions and health care delivery demand an enhanced approach to our understanding of such complex issues. This book shows how empirical social research can be used to illuminate and answer such quandaries. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762313112 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762313112 Contains three sections that cover, Human Rights, Public Safety, and Public Policy; Practitioner Responsibilities During Times of Epidemics; and Global Dimensions of Epidemics. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314539 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314539 Hospitals worldwide command the majority of various countries health care budget. This volume provides the reader with an insight in the complexity of the issue. It provides examples of such strategy in Finland and Australia. It is suitable for policymakers and hospital managers, and for students of health economics and health administration. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762306442 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762306442 Explores issues connected with health care providers, institutions, and patients. This volume features articles, the focus of many of which is on changing patterns of care delivery and provision of care, as it affects these important groups of actors within the health care system. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312498 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312498 Discusses the overall issue of health care disparities and undeserved populations. This book focuses on issues that relate to gender and provides papers on some other specific examples of undeserved populations: those with mental health concerns, those with concerns related to emotional well being, the elderly population and sex workers. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762307401 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762307401 Explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the providers of care. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559388733 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781559388733 Part of a series which focuses on health economics and health services research, this book discusses a variety of topics in the field. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT