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Global Health Care: Issues and Policies
Author: Carol HoltzOVERVIEW
Global Health Care: Issues and Policies, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive resource for nursing students focused on critical and timely global health topics. Written by academic authors, scientists and health practitioners, the Fourth Edition provides students with a foundational knowledge of health policy issues from various geographical regions. The goal of this text is to impart a well-rounded perspective to how certain areas around the globe are oftentimes significantly impacted by world events.
Features and Benefits
- Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on global health
- Zika virus and the World Health Organization’s fight against Ebola in the Congo
- New coverage of global infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases
- New chapter on Native American health issues
- New content on global neurological health issues with specific coverage of pain management
- Overview of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
- Expanded content on child maltreatment and abuse
- Updated content on Occupational health
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Section I Global Health Issues, Policy, and Healthcare Delivery
- Chapter 1 Global Health: An Introduction
- Chapter 2 Global Health in Developed Societies: Examples in the United States, Sweden, Japan, and the United Kingdom
- Chapter 3 Developing Countries: Egypt, China, India, and South Africa
- Chapter 4 Global Perspectives on Economics and Healthcare Finance
- Section II Special Global Health and Healthcare Issues
- Chapter 5 Human Trafficking: The Pandemic of Modern Slavery
- Chapter 6 Social Determinants of Health
- Chapter 7 Health and Health Care of Native Americans (American Indians/Alaskan Natives/Alaskan Indians) in the United States
- Chapter 8 Global Perspectives on Mental Health
- Chapter 9 Global Major Neurological Issues
- Chapter 10 Global Perspectives on Selected Chronic Cardiovascular Diseases
- Chapter 11 Infectious Diseases from a Global Perspective
- Chapter 12 HIV/AIDs, Stigma, and Disclosure: A Need for a Human Rights Perspective
- Chapter 13 Global Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches
- Chapter 14 Global Perspectives on Diabetes, Respiratory Diseases, and Orthopedic Chronic Diseases
- Chapter 15 Global Perspectives on Violence, Injury, and Occupational Health
- Chapter 16 Global Perspectives on Nutrition
- Chapter 17 Global Perspectives on Environmental Health
- Chapter 18 International Social Work Practice in Health Care
- Section III Life Span Health Issues
- Chapter 19 Global Health in Reproduction and Infants
- Chapter 20 Global Health of Children
- Chapter 21 Global Health of the Older Adult
- Section IV Worldwide Health Issues and Trends by Specific Country
- Chapter 22 A Unique Perspective on Health Care in Panama
- Chapter 23 Health and Health Care in Mexico
- Chapter 24 Health and Health Care in Israel
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