The health care reform debate in the United States raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and...

Health care is clearly in transition -- but to where? Managed or unmanaged care? HMO's or not? Are insurance companies and hospitals the enemy of h...

Health care is clearly in transition -- but to where? Managed or unmanaged care? HMO's or not? Are insurance companies and hospitals the enemy of h...

On October 12, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13813, entitled "Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United S...

Health care is clearly in transition-but to where? Managed or unmanaged care? HMO's or not? Are insurance companies and hospitals the enemy of heal...

This book is dedicated to the issues which drive and slow-down effective health care, i.e., regulation or the lack thereof, litigation and related ...

Quality gaps in the care delivered by the U.S. health care system result in preventable mortality and morbidity and contribute costs to the system,...

Sweeping changes are being proposed as Canadians examine our health care system. But what are the legal implications of health care reform? In this...

Besides death and taxes, constantly increasing health care spending has become inevitable in the United States. The root causes are difficult to un...

Proposals have been put forward to replace the current paper Medicare cards, which display beneficiaries’ Social Security numbers, with electronica...

The communication of health information is a critical determinant for the achievement and maintenance of health at the individual and population le...

Obesity is now considered a global epidemic. Central obesity is the state of excess adiposity in the abdominal region. It is associated with increa...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the racial/ethnic and socio-economic risk factors and strategies for the elimina...

Most U.S. residents want a society in which all persons live long, healthy lives; however, that vision is yet to be realised fully. As two of its p...

This book is an attempt to tackle some of the key global health challenges with a focus on the leading, emerging countries and mature free-market e...

Health education is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, ...

Parental support is a well-accepted determinate of children's physical activities. Effective health education strategies may also include facilitat...

The field of health education is of prime importance in a rapidly changing world where computers and the internet make the possibilities almost lim...

Menthol is widely used in consumer and medicinal products and has long been used in cigarettes, often as a flavour-characterising additive. In medi...

Health Facility Malpractice Cases A Management Prevention Guide

In this book, the health impacts of promoting walking to school as part of a comprehensive health impact assessment (HIA) were examined. The chapte...

In November 1994, the "Haut Comité de la Santa Publique" published its first general report on health in France. This not only took stock of the st...

How well are the French? What are the most important health-related issues for children of under 15 years of age, for young and older adults, for t...