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J. Timothy Harrington ● Eric D. Newman Editors 2012 Making It Happen
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Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation
Anthony G. Gallagher • Gerald C. O’Sullivan 2012 The spectacular developments in surgery and procedure based treatments brought to the agenda concerns about the training and development of skills by young doctors and the acquisition of modern techniques by experienced surgeons. There is a widespread recognition that the traditional system of skill development in the operating room is no […]
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Miguel Kottow 2012 A Proposal for Public Health Bioethics
Continue reading →Electromagnetic Fields, Environment and Health
Anne Perrin • Martine Souques Editors 2012 Human beings, like all living organisms, have always been exposed to natural radiations, some of which have enabled the development of biodiversity and which remain indispensable for life. Nowadays, our exposure to electromagnetic fields comes from numerous sources, both natural and artificial.
Continue reading →The South Texas Health Status Review
Amelie G. Ramirez • Ian M. Thompson Leonel Vela Editors 2013 A Health Disparities Roadmap Yet South Texas residents, who are predominantly Hispanic/Latino, struggle with lower educational levels, less income, and less access to health care. This puts them in greater danger of facing dire health problems such as obesity or cancer.
Continue reading →Social Neuroscience and Public Health
Peter A. Hall Editor 2013 Foundations for the Science of Chronic Disease Prevention The intellectual heritage of public health includes epidemiology, health services, community health, urban planning, and biostatistics. It most clearly does not include neuroscience. This is largely because of the vastly divergent epistemic stances of public health and neuroscience, rather than lack of mutual relevance.
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Bertalan Meskó 2013
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Lyle Berkowitz • Chris McCarthy Editors 2013 You have spent a lot of money on your electronic health record (EHR) systems and other healthcare information technology (HIT) projects… and you want to see results! You know that simply recreating paper-based processes on a computer will not significantly improve quality, efficiency or your financials.
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Stephen Goundrey-Smith 2013
Continue reading →HIV/AIDS Treatment in Resource Poor Countries
Yichen Lu ● Max Essex ● Chris Chanyasulkit Editors 2013 Public Health Challenges For public health workers in developing countries, working on AIDS prevention and control requires a broad range of social skills and special knowledge not taught in public health schools. Many of us from public health schools have often been impressed by what local AIDS workers […]
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