Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Nesta obra, você encontrará referenciais para aprofundar o co­nhe­cimento em saúde e cuidado, passando pelas abordagens da saú­de ocidental, das práticas integrativas e complementares e da saúde consciencial, ampliando a compreensão dos elementos que com­põem essa dinâmica e favorecendo a autopesquisa e a auto­cons­ciência.

In this book, I hope to enlighten readers about the physician's life, and how the current medical climate has affected everything we do, every decision we make and our career satisfaction. The deterioration of the doctor-patient relationship has gotten worse and worse, fraught with mistrust from both ends of the stethoscope. If we are to turn the current situation around, we must understand the issues. My purpose is to inform and educate people about...

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Pour améliorer l'offre et la qualité des soins de santé primaires au Canada, un éventail d'initiatives visant à favoriser la collaboration interprofessionnelle ont été mises en place au début des années 2000, que ce soit les Équipes de santé familiale en Ontario, les Groupes de médecine familiale au Québec ou les Centres de santé communautaires au Nouveau-Brunswick. Or l'inclusion de professionnels de la santé autres que les médecins...

Sanitarians often wonder about the effectiveness of their site evaluations, whether or not the client listens and why noncompliance persists. Their academic training emphasizes a three-pronged approach (education, consultation and enforcement) toward the analysis and abatement of sanitation concerns; socio-economic factors, however, emphasize the use of legal means to gain compliance. Enforcement and legal actions push most clients toward short-term...

The growing older people population and their increasing needs for care is now presenting significant difficulties to both national government and local authorities because of constriction of formal caregivers and family units. Inevitably a change of this magnitude within the complex system in which older people services operate everywhere attracts a range of responses from the very enthusiastic to the very dismissive and hostile response. Thus, family...

Almost every patient who is hospitalized gets started on a medication. Most patients get started on multiple new medications and will continue some or all of their chronic medications. Alteration in pharmacotherapy is the most common medical intervention in hospitalized patients. Medication errors and side effects are unfortunately not uncommon and can potentially result in morbidity and rarely mortality. Even when mild, they increase patient dissatisfaction...

Este libro explora los significados, las posibilidades y los límites de la humanización de la salud principalmente desde la perspectiva de la bioética y de las ciencias humanas y sociales, renunciando a la racionalidad empresarial y a la retórica publicitaria que puede tener el concepto. Además, formula propuestas y sugerencias para una verdadera transformación cultural y estructural de las profesiones y de los servicios de salud, cuyo ejercicio...

There is nothing quite as important as training the next generation of physicians. In an increasingly complex and cruel world, finding a compassionate and skilled physician is truly a lifeline. Yes, of course we want our doctors to be up-to-date on all the latest medical knowledge and scientifically savvy; but, above all, we need physicians to be good listeners and caring practitioners. Conceptualized by thoughtful educators at Harvard Medical School,...