On March 2010, President Obama signed into law a comprehensive health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The...

This book concentrates on the epidemiology of corruption and disease transmission as a saturable interaction as well as case studies of infectious ...

Inflammation is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. It is a pro...

The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic was the first human pandemic in over four decades, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estima...

Global pandemic preparedness and response efforts are co-ordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Domestic preparedness efforts are led by...

On 11 June 2009, in response to the global spread of a new strain of H1N1 influenza, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak to b...

Pandemic influenza poses a threat to public health at a time when the United Nations' World Health Organization (WHO) has said that infectious dise...

Informed consent is in an unsettled state in both bioethics and the law. The central problem in both fields is the absence of a clear, general form...

A hernia is defined as a protusion or projection of an organ or a part of an organ through the body wall that normally contains it. The risk for in...

In the current fast-paced healthcare environment, there is a need for more timely access to high quality behavioral health services. Integrated Psy...

Developmental disabilities or neurodevelopmental disabilities (includes intellectual disability) are a diverse group of chronic disorders that begi...

It is very clear that children in every country experience abuse and neglect. The descriptions of the child welfare systems in different countries ...

For more than 50 years, the United States, which accounts for about half of global food aid supplies, has played an important role in alleviating m...

Traumatic stress caused by violence, terror, natural disasters, political conflicts and poverty — a partial list by far — is a public health concer...

This book presents topical research in the study of the preparation, procedures and complications of intubation. Topics discussed in this compilati...

In the human body, iron is present in all cells and has several vital functions: as a carrier of oxygen to the tissues from the lungs in the form o...

Globalisation has placed increasing demands on the FDA in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of drugs marketed in the United States. Drugs manuf...

Hospital emergency departments are a major part of the nation's health care safety net. Of the estimated 119 million visits to U.S. emergency depar...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

The discipline of knowledge transfer has existed for many years across disciplines, but has more recently gained exposure within the health care fi...

The book entitled "Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH): Biochemistry, Functions and Clinical Significance" provides a broad and authoritative review of the...