Global Healthcare

by Holtz, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780763799649
• ISBN10: 0763799645
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-07
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

This revised edition equips students with up-to-date information on a variety of global health topics and perspectives. It prepares readers with a basic perspective of health policy issues in various geographical regions, and explains how they are affected by significant world events. *Contains up-to-date information on a variety of global health topics*Summary of health policy issues across the globe and how they are affected by significant world events*Cultural, religious, economic, and political influences are outlined to guide students through the text*Edited by a nursing professor who understands student needs; most contributing authors are nursing professors*Includes coverage of new infectious diseases as well as updated current diseases

Table of Contents

SectionI Global health issues, policy, and healthcare delivery
Chapter1 Healthcare in Developed Societies
Chapter2 Health Care in Developing Countries
Chapter3 Global Perspectives on Economics and Health Care
Chapter4 Global Perspectives on Politics and Public Health Policy
Chapter5 Global Health Care and Ethical and End-of-Life Issues
SectionII Special Global and Health Care Issues
Chapter6 Global Issues and Infectious Diseases
Chapter7 Human Rights, Stigma, and Disclosure in HIV/AIDS
Chapter8 Global Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Chapter9 Global Perspectives on Selective Cardiac Diseases
Chapter10 Global Perspectives on Diabetes, Respiratory, and Orthopedic Diseases
Chapter11 Global Perspectives on Cancer
Chapter12 Global Perspectives on Violence, Injury, and Cccupational Health
Chapter13 Global Perspectives on Nutrition
Chapter14 Global Perspectives on Mental Health
Chapter15 Global Perspectives on Environmental Health
SectionIII Lifespan Global Health Issues
Chapter16 Global Reproductive and Infant Health
Chapter17 Global Health of Children
Chapter18 Global Health of the Older Adult
SectionIV Worldwide Health Trends and Issues of Specific Countries
Chapter19 A Unique Perspective of Healthcare in Panama
Chapter20 Health and Healthcare in Mexico
Chapter21 Establishment of Medical and Nursing Programs in the Country of Georgia (former USSR)