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Unpacking Global Health:
Key Concepts and Challenges Facing Our World Today
The aim of this book is to provide readers with an insightful overview of the basics of global health, highlighting some of the main areas of the discipline. We have used examples and statistics from various regions around the world to illustrate the interconnectedness of global health challenges and solutions. By examining these diverse perspectives, we show the importance of a global approach to health issues. Our goal is to inspire a greater understanding and appreciation of global health issues and to encourage readers to think critically about the role they can play in improving health outcomes for everyone everywhere.
Addressing Ableism: Navigating Disability in the American Healthcare System
We explore the history of disability in the United States, and then share personal narratives of people with disabilities discussing what people with disabilities go through and what their thoughts are on their treatment within the healthcare system. The book also explores the clinical side of this issue by delving into how medical professionals treat and view people with disabilities. In addition we look at what it is like to be a doctor with a disability and how their ability to work within the field has had a positive impact within the healthcare system. The book also explains the major legal and healthcare policies affecting the care of the disabled including a section on the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act on patient care. The book also gives the reader an overview of how today’s healthcare providers are being trained to treat people with disabilities. This is an important aspect of the book, because we get to understand the basic foundation of their knowledge and what can be done to improve their approach to care. The overall goal of this book is to examine the quality of care given to this patient population, and how patient care can be positively improved.
Improving Maternal & Infant Healthcare
in the United States
Pregnancy, while a natural process, can also pose significant risks to women’s health, including infections, chronic conditions, anxiety, and depression. Postpartum Depression (PPD) affects between 10% and 15% of women in the United States after childbirth, yet many struggle to access adequate treatment due to various barriers, particularly among low socioeconomic status (SES) women who face additional challenges. The goal of this book is to raise awareness about these disparities and challenges in maternal and infant healthcare. By providing a thorough examination supported by research and insights from healthcare professionals and experts, we aim to foster a deeper understanding of these issues. Our ultimate goal is to advocate for meaningful changes that can improve healthcare access, outcomes, and support systems for all women, especially those from marginalized communities affected by structural racism and socioeconomic inequalities.
Harmony in Healthcare:
Visions for the Mental Healthcare System
Mental health is not something to just brush over. It is just as critically important to one’s overall well-being as physical health. This is an idea that this book’s talented authors understand very well. We live in a time where mental health is slowly becoming a commonplace conversation, but we are not quite there yet. This book is meant to be a stepping stone. This book's mission is to begin a conversation about where we currently are with mental healthcare delivery and where we must go in the near future..
Protecting America:
Exploring New Needs from Our Public Health System
Prior to the pandemic, very few people truly understood the dynamics of our public health system. That all changed in March of 2020, when the public health system guided our every move and advocated every day for our protection. This book explains public health and then looks at some of the issues that currently face America and the rest of the world in terms of public health initiatives. Issues such as women's health, men's health, access to healthcare, population health, taking care of the elderly, dealing with a changing healthcare system, and providing needed services and resources in the area of mental health are all addressed by insightful contributors from the fields of public health and healthcare policy.
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Reasonable Expectations:
The Patient Side of Patient Centered Care
Co-authored by a team of 23 contributors, this book addresses how patients view patient-centered care. Using the Social Determinants of Health as a basis, the book explores if patient-centered care is really being practiced by the country's hospitals and medical practices. The book explores a wide range of issues including how a patient's education, gender and sexual orientation, economic status, age, social circle, and access to healthcare all affect the patient's perception of whether they are receiving the most patient focused care possible. The book also explores how throughout a patient's life, those perceptions change, and what are reasonable expectations of a patient throughout their life. The book ultimately answers whether the healthcare delivery system is meeting the reasonable expectations of patients, and if so, how, and if not, what needs to be corrected.
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Beyond Boundaries:
Has Telemedicine Really Improved Access to Healthcare?
This is a book about telemedicine and its impact on the practice of medicine from the provider's perspective and from the patient's perspective. Now that telemedicine has become part of the American fabric and is now an accepted option for patients and providers, the question we have set out to answer is whether telemedicine has increased access to healthcare in the United States or whether it has not, since its adoption in 2020.
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The Hodge Podge of Health:
A Collection of Insightful Commentaries About Our Health & Wellness
From the pages of Today's Patient, the online monthly magazine of The Power of the Patient Project: The National Library of Patient Rights and Advocacy, this is a collection of contributions from a talented group of columnists, who address the current issues in patient care and medicine in an easy-to-understand way. The book covers a wide range of subjects including wellness and exercise, healthy eating, women's health, men's health, mental wellness, patient rights, understanding treatment options, and improving the patient experience.
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