Principles and Practice of Emergency Research Response

Principles and Practice of Emergency Research Response 2024-1

Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth S. Higgs 2024 The need for principled, practical guidance on ethical, scientifically sound infectious disease research preparedness and research response is clearer than ever following the COVID-19 pandemic. Ironically, during the COVID-19 pandemic progress on this book on emergency infectious disease research, then based largely on the Ebola experience in West Africa, came […]

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Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer

Gail Garvey Editor-in-Chief 2024 Indigenous and Tribal peoples—from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and cancer care. It considers cancer incidence, mortality, prevalence, survival, and inequities for Indigenous and Tribal peoples globally. Most importantly, it extends beyond issues and challenges, to offer an Indigenous-knowledges, strengths-based approach to successful health interventions, research projects, research translation, and living […]

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Gute Kinderschutzverfahren

Gute Kinderschutzverfahren

Jörg M. Fegert • Thomas Meysen Heinz Kindler • Katrin Chauviré-Geib Ulrike Hoffmann • Eva Schumann Hrsg. 2023 Tatsachenwissenschaftliche Grundlagen, rechtlicher Rahmen und Kooperation im familiengerichtlichen Verfahren Kinderschutzverfahren können zu bedeutsamen Einschnitten in die Lebensrealität von Kindern und ihren Familien führen. In Kinderschutzverfahren sind verschiedene Professionen (Recht & Justiz, Sozialpädagogik, Entwicklungspsychologie, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und […]

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Das ethische Mandat von Pflegekammern

Das ethische Mandat von Pflegekammern 2024

Andrea Kuhn 2024 Entwicklung einer Programmtheorie aus Perspektive der Gesundheitsförderung Nach dreißig Jahren Professionalisierung der Pflege in Deutschland sind Worte Silvia Käppelis heute noch genauso wahr. Das Land Rheinland-Pfalz gibt dem Heilberuf Pflege mit der Pflegekammer ein Instrument an die Hand, berufliche, politische und moralische Fragen zusammenhängend zu beantworten. Seit 2014 kann die professionelle Pflege […]

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Infections in Surgery

Infections in Surgery

Stefano Bartoli Francesco Cortese Massimo Sartelli Gabriele Sganga Editors 2025 Prevention and Management Despite proper precautions and intraoperative measures, healthcare-associated infections remain a major concern, increasing overall morbidity and mortality. These infections are acquired by patients receiving medical care and represent the most frequent adverse event affecting patient safety worldwide. The most common healthcare-associated infections […]

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Towards Sustainable Good Health and Well-being

Towards Sustainable Good Health and Well-being

Torstein Hole • Marit Kvangarsnes Bodil J. Landstad • Elise Kvalsund Bårdsgjerde Sandra Elizabeth Tippett-Spirtou Editors 2025 The Role of Health Literacy The 2030 Agenda, also known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), unanimously adopted in 2015 by all United Nations Member States, provides a comprehensive and collaborative framework for global peace, prosperity, and sustainability. […]

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Primary Adrenal Malignancies

Primary Adrenal Malignancies

Guido A. M. Tiberio Editor 2025 Had I not been working at Brescia University and its referral hospital, Spedali Civili di Brescia, I would not have had the opportunity to edit this book. By chance or by necessity, in fact, a team of dedicated clinicians, intrigued by adrenal pathologies, set up an active clinical and […]

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