Why the U. S. Gets the Worst Childbirth Outcomes in the Industrialized World
by Jill Herendeen
In the light of the Occupy Wall Street movement, WHY THE U. S. GETS THE WORST CHILDBIRTH OUTCOMES IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD presents the bad news about our for-profit maternity system (which our mainstream media refuse to air) and why it is this way, and compares it with how the countries which get the best maternity results approach the jobs of maternity care, health care in general, and family support. Not only could the U.S. see solid improvement, it could be easily affordable, and even ch...
Lizard Bites & Street Riots
by Michael J. Manyak, Joyce M Johnson, and Warren J. Young
In today's world, we must all be ready and informed about medical and security issues while traveling. Combining the expertise of three world experts in travel, health and safety, Lizard Bites & Street Riots: Travel Emergencies and Your Health, Safety, and Security is a compact resource certain to save lives, increase comfort, and generate peace of mind; besides which, it is a mighty exciting read. The key is preparation and prevention. Lizard Bites & Street Riots informs you, in a concise, prac...
Coping with Coronavirus: How to Stay Calm and Protect your Mental Health
by Dr Brendan Kelly
Das Handbuch der gefahrlichen Guter ist das Standardwerk fur den Transport von Gefahrgutern. Es gibt Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften und zu Notfallmassnahmen bei Unfallen mit gefahrlichen Gutern sowie Hinweise fur die arztliche Erstbehandlung von Personen. Fur alle Gefahrguter, die im Hommel enthalten sind, wurden die GHS-Kennzeichnungen mit aufgenommen: Signalworte, Piktogramme, sowie die neuen Gefahrenhinweise (H-Statements) und Sicherheitshinweise (P-Stat...
Biostatistics (Probability & Mathematical Statistics S.) (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics, #800)
by Wayne W. Daniel
Encouraging the extensive use of computers, this non-calculus introduction to statistical methods and applications contains printouts from the SAS and MINITAB statistical software packages. The edition has been updated and revised to include new topics, such as logistic and stepwise regression techniques. Among the subjects covered are descriptive statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression analysis (simple, multiple, stepwise and logistic), contingency table ana...
A disturbing report of the current global crisis of new and resurgent diseases. This account investigates how and why diseases such as AIDS, legionnaires' disease, ebola, TB, and new forms of cholera and malaria occur. Karlen charts humanity's relationship with microbes, from the earliest hominids' probable encounters with bubonic plague, to the spread of infections through trade, conquest and empire, to the problems awaiting the human race in the near future. Using research from the fields of g...
Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement in Der Entwicklung (Essentials)
by Manuela Maack-Schulze, Anna Lina Kauffmann, Tina Bass, Karin Agor, Rolf Kaestner, and Hans-R Hartweg
This book examines how the digital revolution has reorganized the model of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues for a continued paradigm shift to digital healthcare. Katarzyna Kolasa sets the vision of healthcare 5.0 that relieves the burden on limited healthcare resources and creates better health outcomes by switching the focus from treatment to prediction and prevention. She advocates for a patient centric ecosystem that empowers patients to take control of their health via new...
Anyone can catch a sexually transmitted disease. STDs are widespread in all walks of life, regardless of gender, race, social status, or education. Seduced into complacency by the notion that "it can't happen to me," many sexually active teens and young adults are stunned when they are diagnosed with an STD. To drive home the risks and realities of unprotected sex, Dr. Jill Grimes narrates real-life stories of young people infected with STDs. The accounts of these young men and women, and their...
Une Meilleure Gestion Des Dechets d'Activites de Soins
by P Rushbrook and R Zghondi
Climate Change and Animal Health (CRC One Health One Welfare)
This benchmark publication assembles information on the current and anticipated effects of climate change on animal health. It empowers educators, managers, practitioners, and researchers by providing evidence, experience, and opinions on what we need to do to prepare for, and cope with, the largest threat ever to have faced animals on this planet. With expert contributors from across the globe, the text equips the reader with information and means to develop sustainable adaptation or mitigation...
Biological Odour Treatment (SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science)
by Pratima Bajpai
Showcasing the very latest technologies for neutralising the unpleasant—and sometimes dangerous—odours from industrial and waste management processes, this Springer Brief in Environmental Sciences covers physical, chemical and biological methods. The volume includes modern biotechnological approaches now making it cost-effective to tackle malodorous chemicals at very small concentrations. The book reflects the fact that odour affects us in several ways, which range from compromising our quality...
Acrylamide (Environmental Health Criteria)
Report of the panel on food and agriculture
We have learned not to take food seriously: we eat as much as we want of what we want when we want it, and we seldom think about the health and environmental consequences of our choices. But the fact is that every choice we make has an impact on our health and on the environment. In The Vegetarian Imperative, Anand M. Saxena, a scientist and lifelong vegetarian, explains why we need to make better choices: for better health, to eliminate world hunger, and, ultimately, to save the planet. Our in...
Aedes aegypti (Vector biology & control training & information materials slide set)
International Digest of Health Legislation (International Digest of Health Legislation)
Error Prevention and Well-Being at Work in Western Europe and Russia
A variety of psychological traditions and methodological approaches formed a body of human error research in different parts of Europe. This book overviews some of the traditions that have grown in West European countries and Russia, with a strong emphasis on contextual approaches. For the very first time, West European readers will have access to a Russian literature in this area. Western and Eastern psychologists are linked by common psychological roots but disciplines evolved in comple...