Minority Health in America: Findings and Policy Implications from The Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey -- by Carol Hogue, Martha Hargraves, Karen Scott Collins (Authors) (Book)
"This book assembles timely evidence from a major national survey regarding the different experiences of health care as it is being delivered to various minority members of our society--Hispanics,...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Horrendous Death and Health: Towards Action -- by Daniel Leviton (Author) (Book)
"Some kinds of death are caused by people, deliberately or accidentally. This work argues that horrendous death - by war, homicide, poverty and other man-made means - is the greatest public health...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Concise Guide to Ethics in Mental Health Care -- by Laura Roberts, Allen Dyer (Authors) (Book)
"Providing ethical care is the goal of every dedicated clinician and clinical trainee, yet fulfilling this ideal involves far more than simply being?or trying to be?good. Concise yet thorough, this...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding -- by Nancy Mace (Author) (Book)
"Nancy L. Mace, coauthor of The 36-Hour Day, has created the ultimate teachers' guide for dementia care training. Rich with information and with tools for effective communication between teacher and...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Health Work with the Poor: A Practical Guide -- by Christie Kiefer (Author) (Book)
"Christie W. Kiefer vividly brings home the meaning of poverty in people's lives as he examines both their access to?and their lack of?health care. Health Work with the Poor offers both health workers...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Handbook of Psychiatric Measures -- by American Psychiatric Association (Author) (Book)
"The Handbook provides clinicians working in mental health or primary care settings with a compendium of the available rating scales, tests, and measures that may be useful for caring for patients...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Double-Edged Helix: Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society -- by Peter Conrad, Jon Beckwith, Adrienne Asch, Catherine Ard, Joseph Alper, Lisa Geller (Authors) (Book)
"The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on both different population segments and society as a whole. The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Maryland Health Partners (Program)
Mental health services for people who are eligible for Medical Assistance and people who, becuase of the nature of their illness and financial needs, receive state subsidization for services
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Health Issues for Minority Adolescents -- by Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Judith Vanderryn, Phyllis Katz (Authors) (Book)
Adolescents are an underserved group in terms of health care. Poor and minority youth are particularly shortchanged in our current system. In view of the high incidence of many medical and...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Outcome Measurement in Psychiatry -- by Lloyd Sederer, Tal Burt, Waguih Ishak (Authors) (Book)
"This remarkable volume offers a critical analysis of outcome assessment, in psychiatry, which allows us to assess not only the measurable domains (i.e., symptoms, functioning, quality of life, and...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)