This book for graduate students and professionals articulates a clear four-phase framework for planning, creating, implementing, and evaluating multilevel community health promotion interventions that target individual, physical, and social environments.
This compilation of stories from more than 40 diverse nurse leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs portrays the winding and demanding paths that every nurse has braved in order to improve themselves, their patients' care, and the healthcare of today.
The concept of wellness entrenches an individualist model of health as a personal responsibility, when collectivist approaches would more readily serve the health and well-being of whole populations.
An urgent call to action on a rising-and preventable-trend. Each year in the United States alone, nearly 50,000 individuals die by suicide; more than 1.2 million others attempt it. John Bateson, former executive director of a suicide prevention center, examines this national tragedy from multiple angles while debunking common myths, sharing ......
Introduces professional moral courage as an essential competency in nurse executive leadership. The book provides a foundation and understanding of the role of professional moral courage in nursing practice, places it in the context of health care challenges, and identifies the characteristics and qualities required to lead in such situations.
Key Topics in Social Sciences is a collection of short articles summarising the most important concepts in sociology and psychology that nursing and healthcare students will need to understand. Each entry is intended to give a brief introduction to the topic as a prompt for writing essays and assignments. Arranged in alphabetical order so you can ......
Decoding the Social and Political Drivers of Pandemics from Plague to COVID-19
A compelling exploration of how socio-political factors like inequality and poverty exacerbate pandemics. In a world where millions perish from preventable diseases amid unprecedented wealth and technological advancement, Pandemics, Poverty, and Politics illuminates a central paradox of our times. This compelling work by a seasoned physician and ......
A critical examination of how inequality and cultural inertia hinder meaningful climate action. The challenges of climate change, like so many issues today, are not evenly distributed across social and economic lines. In this sobering exploration of the interconnected crises of climate change and social inequality, William M. Epstein examines how ......
Voices in Medial Sociology: Contemporary Perspectives provides health sciences students with a collection of articles written by sociologists, health care providers, public health professionals, lawyers, and students. The book exposes readers to the most salient issues in the field of medical sociology today. It covers controversial topics like ......
