This comprehensive and much-needed resource helps health care ethicists to meet the demand of challenges such as managed care, medical technology, and patient activism. Through a review of core principles and a rich selection of cases, practitioners and students will learn to apply ethics in the day-to-day administration of health care organizations. The authors are from the Park Ridge Center, the nationally acclaimed consulting and research firm.

Author: Philip J. Boyle, Edwin R. DuBose, Stephen J. Ellingson, David E. Guinn, David B. McCurdy
Hardcover: 448 pages
Company: Jossey-Bass (2001-06-15)
ISBN: 0787955582
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Author: Stephen Rollnick PhD, William R. Miller Phd, MD Christopher C. Butler
Paperback: 210 pages ISBN13: 9781593856120, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: The Guilford Press (2007-11-07)
ISBN: 1593856121
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In a clear, cohesive format, Delivering Health Care in America provides a comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the US health system from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality. Using a unique systems approach, it brings together an extraordinary breadth of information into a highly accessible, easy-to-read text that clarifies the complexities of health care organization and finance, while presenting a solid overview of how the various components fit together.

Author: Leiyu Shi
Paperback: 650 pages
Company: Jones and Bartlett (2007-09-05)
ISBN: 076374512X
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Build students' confidence when relating to different cultures in a health care environment. This concise, easy-to-read handbook tackles an often awkward subject in a direct, non-intimidating style. Students will explore all of the issues they need to be sensitive to, including cultural variations regarding personal space, dietary preferences, communication, symptom management, activities of daily living, and religious and health practices. The book includes two new chapters - Hmong Heritage and Somalian Heritage; two new sections in each heritage chapter; a Workforce Issues and a Health Conditions table that highlight commonly occurring health conditions and causes; and two bonus chapters online at DavisPlus. It discusses the 12 domains of Culturally Competent Care and examines how they apply to all ethnic groups; highlights specific instructions, guidelines, tips, warnings, intervention strategies and approaches; and, includes a language translator.

Author: Larry D. Purnell
Paperback: 426 pages ISBN13: 9780803620643, Condition: NEW, Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Company: F. A. Davis Company (2008-12-10)
ISBN: 0803620640
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Covering the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system, Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System is a clear and concise distillation of the important topics covered in Delivering Health Care in America by the same authors. Ideal for courses in health policy, allied health, health administration and more, this comprehensive revision clarifies the complexities of health care organization and finance and presents a solid overview of how the various components fit together. The Second Edition has been thoroughly updated with all new data, charts, and tables throughout. New content includes: Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP. Ongoing evolution in U.S. health care as a result of corporatization and globalization; The role of hospitalists; Updated content on Parts C and D of Medicare. including information on high-deductible health plans/health savings accounts as an insurance option; Updated content on primary care and community oriented health care development; Current development on hospital extensions to the community; Current development on nano technology; Current health policy issues; Current discussion on healthcare reforms, including future challenges posed by the increased need for long-term care.

Author: Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh
Paperback: 375 pages
Company: Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2009-03-05)
ISBN: 0763763802
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Maternity & Women's Health Care, 9th Edition takes a collaborative care approach to maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing that emphasizes the nurse's role on the care team. Easy to read and logically organized, it follows the nursing process and offers evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. Key topics include evidence-based practice, family, culture, community, and health promotion. Practical application exercises and comprehensive care plans help strengthen your maternity nursing skills.

Practical application approach follows the nursing process and emphasizes collaborative care and the nurse's role in health promotion and the family.Comprehensive nursing care plans provide examples of both normal and abnormal conditions.Nurse Alert boxes highlight essential nursing care information.Focuses on the importance of including the family in the continuum of care.Explores cultural considerations and the importance of assessing for and understanding cultural variations when providing care.Teaching for Self-Care boxes provide follow-up care instructions for patients transitioning from hospital to home.Medication Guides offer information about common drugs used during the childbearing process.

Evidence-Based Practice boxes explore research findings and their effect on clinical practice.Critical Thinking Exercises help you strengthen problem-solving skills by applying key concepts to realistic clinical situations.Community Activity Exercises introduce you to nursing care in a variety of settings.

Author: Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk RNC PhD FAAN, Shannon E. Perry RN CNS PhD FAAN
Hardcover: 1216 pages
Company: Mosby (2007-02-23)
ISBN: 0323043674
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The battle over health care reform has reached a turning point. We can try to fashion new policies based on old ideas—or we can acknowledge today's demographic and economic realities. In Health Care Turning Point, health policy expert Roger Battistella argues that the conventional wisdom that dominates health policy debates is out of date. Battistella takes on popular misconceptions about the advantages of single-payer plans, the role of the market, and other health policy issues and outlines a pragmatic new approach.

Few would disagree that the current system is broken. Employer-supplied health insurance no longer works; it imposes a heavy burden on American companies when they compete against international firms and creates insecurity and instability for American workers. But, Battistella asserts provocatively, a government takeover of health insurance patterned after Medicare and Medicaid won't work either. With a battered economy and an aging population, the country simply can't afford it. Battistella argues that contrary to popular belief, single-payer coverage will not lower health spending but would encourage overconsumption and drive costs up. The most efficient and affordable way to reform health care, Battistella contends, is for consumers to take ownership of it. If consumers were responsible for buying their own health insurance (as they are for buying their own car and home insurance), he argues, they'd look for value and demand greater price and quality transparency from providers. Health insurance would be more like other forms of insurance and focus on major expenses, with routine care paid for out of pocket.

The economic shibboleth that the principles of market competition don’t apply to health care is nonsense, Battistella says. We won't achieve real health care reform until policy makers adjust to this reality and adopt a more pragmatic view.

HEALTH CARE TURNING POINT'S MYTHS ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM Health care is a social good that should be free to all. Single-payer coverage lowers health spending and eliminates social and economic health disparities. Prevention generates big savings. More health spending will stimulate the economy and have a positive effect on health status and longevity. Canada provides a desirable blueprint for U.S. health reform. The principles of market competition aren't applicable to health care.

Author: Roger M. Battistella
Hardcover: 160 pages
Company: The MIT Press (2010-03-31)
ISBN: 0262014076
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The Best Selling Text in the Field

Updated for the New Era of Health Care IT

"This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book available for the field today."
—Mark L. Diana, PhD, assistant professor and MHA program director, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University

"With health care information technology now in the national policy spotlight, this book should be required reading for every health care administrator and student."
—Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, chairman, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology

"The book provides an excellent overview of foundational principles and practical strategies—a valuable reference for health administration and health informatics students and professionals."
—Eta S. Berner, EdD, professor, Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama, Birmingham

"The authors skillfully provide the tools necessary to facilitate movement from a paper-based to an electronic health record environment while championing the importance of managing in such an environment."
— Melanie S. Brodnik, PhD, director and associate professor, School of Allied Medical Professions, Ohio State University

"Deploying health care information technology today is like navigating whitewater in the midst of a raging storm. Leveraging investments while introducing significant change is no easy task. It requires focused attention, a spirit of collaboration, and a willingness to learn from others. This book is written for the IT leader who is willing to tackle these challenges."
—Stephanie Reel, CIO and vice provost for Information Technologies, Johns Hopkins University

Author: Karen A. Wager, Frances W. Lee, John P. Glaser
Paperback: 544 pages
Company: Jossey-Bass (2009-06-02)
ISBN: 0470387807
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Health Administration

Author: George D. Pozgar
Hardcover: 552 pages
Company: Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2006-12)
ISBN: 0763739278
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Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 5th Edition enables readers to analyze policy issues, enhance their political knowledge and skills, and prepare for leadership roles in policy-making and public health. This resource cultivates the development of valuable skills including conflict management, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change -- essential abilities for any nurse assuming a leadership role in today's changing health care environment.

**Solid breadth and depth of content covers both policy and politics.
**Contributors include many leading nurse experts in policy and politics.
**A diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and levels of content to appeal to many nursing audiences.
**Policy Spotlights provide key information on specific policy issues such as complementary therapies, reimbursement, social security, childcare and Medicare issues and options.

Author: Judith K. Leavitt, Mary W. Chaffee, Diana J. Mason
Paperback: 1104 pages
Company: Saunders (2006-10-30)
ISBN: 1416023143
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