Author: Rickey Lynn Hendricks Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 296
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"By 1990, the Kaiser Permanente health care plan, with over 6.5 million members, was the largest health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States. Rickey Hendricks tells the story of the phenomenal growth of this plan and of its effect on health care. The Kaiser Permanente plan was to serve as a model for others due to its large scale and its combination of prepayment, group practice, complete facilities, and preventive medicine." "Hendricks begins by profiling the founder of Kaiser Permanente, Henry J. Kaiser, an industrial giant. Kaiser was the contractor in the 1930s for the Hoover and Grand Coulee dams. The workers Kaiser employed to build these dams were eager for health care, and Kaiser, knowing he had to honor workmen's compensation and health and safety laws, prepared to provide it." "Kaiser wanted to care for the working class while operating within the free-enterprise system. He thought such a plan should offend neither the Left nor the Right. But it did offend the latter. Solo practitioners affiliated with the American Medical Association felt threatened and ostracized doctors in the group plan. Some of the more conservative doctors charged that there was a communist influence in the plan. Kaiser exacerbated the situation by attempting an anticommunist purge himself. This merely alienated the plan's physicians." "Hendricks details how the plan was reorganized and decentralized in the 1950s following conflicts between the plan's physicians and Kaiser. The physicians asserted their collective authority and created their own culture within the corporate power structure." "Kaiser Permanente revolutionized national health care by offering a preventive, participatory model. Hendricks shows how Kaiser Permanente remains a major force in health care today because it transcends both the paternalism of individual doctor-patient relationships and the dependency of welfare capitalism."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Ulrich Bick Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3540784500 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 222
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Digital Radiography has been ? rmly established in diagnostic radiology during the last decade. Because of the special requirements of high contrast and spatial resolution needed for roentgen mammography, it took some more time to develop digital m- mography as a routine radiological tool. Recent technological progress in detector and screen design as well as increased ex- rience with computer applications for image processing have now enabled Digital Mammography to become a mature modality that opens new perspectives for the diag- sis of breast diseases. The editors of this timely new volume Prof. Dr. U. Bick and Dr. F. Diekmann, both well-known international leaders in breast imaging, have for many years been very active in the frontiers of theoretical and translational clinical research, needed to bring digital mammography ? nally into the sphere of daily clinical radiology. I am very much indebted to the editors as well as to the other internationally rec- nized experts in the ? eld for their outstanding state of the art contributions to this v- ume. It is indeed an excellent handbook that covers in depth all aspects of Digital Mammography and thus further enriches our book series Medical Radiology. The highly informative text as well as the numerous well-chosen superb illustrations will enable certi? ed radiologists as well as radiologists in training to deepen their knowledge in modern breast imaging.
Author: Kathy Gerwig Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199385831 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 281
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This volume examines the intersections of health care and environmental health, both in terms of traditional failures and the revolution underway to fix them. Authored by one of the pioneers in health care's green movement, it presents practical solutions for health care organizations and clinicians to improve their environments and the health of their communities.
Author: Lori Furbush Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1257014501 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 166
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Elemental Moves offers five short, simple wellness routines that draw from the healing systems of Yoga and Qigong, woven together with ancient Chinese wisdom. In 25 minutes or less each day, you can target your specific health needs with mindful movements and postures designed to enhance your energy flow and bring you back into balance--within yourself and with life and nature all around you.In this book, you will learn the foundations of Chinese medicine and Daoist philosophy, for a better understanding of how the Elemental Moves system can help you learn to release chronic stress and move with peace and tranquility throughout your day. These ancient sources honor the healing power of nature. Nature is filled with vibrant energy, and we are energy beings. Tap into the rhythms of nature and discover the abundance of energy medicine waiting for you. Foreword by Dr. Roger Jahnke, author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi.
Author: Craig J. Bryan Publisher: Guilford Publications ISBN: 1462536689 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 306
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An innovative treatment approach with a strong empirical evidence base, brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (BCBT) is presented in step-by-step detail in this authoritative manual. Leading treatment developers show how to establish a strong collaborative relationship with a suicidal patient, assess risk, and immediately work to establish safety. Proven interventions are described for building emotion regulation and crisis management skills and dismantling the patient's suicidal belief system. The book includes case examples, sample dialogues, and 17 reproducible handouts, forms, scripts, and other clinical tools. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309169054 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 296
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Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.
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