Health Sociology

Appell für eine wirklich patientenorientierte Medizin! Krankenhäuser und Praxen haben sich in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr zu Wirtschaftsunternehmen entwickelt - zum Nachteil der Patienten und des Personals. Das System ist strikt auf Gewinn ausgerichtet, gleichzeitig ist eine enorme Verschwendung an menschlichen und materiellen Ressourcen zu beobachten. Überversorgung und Mangel sind die beiden Seiten einer Medaille. Die Corona-Pandemie hat es wie unter einem Brennglas gezeigt: Einerseits sind wir enorm leistungsfähig, andererseits schlecht organisiert und unterfinanziert.

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Good mental health is critical to the enjoyment of life, work, and relationships. This book provides practical step-by-step suggestions for improving work-life balance, mood, vitality, focus, and motivation. The practical self-assessments, strategies, and resources will enable you to take action in your own life. Other chapters discuss alarming rates of addiction to alcohol and opioids and suicide among men, mood disorders and options for managing them, quality of life, mental health, and finding meaningful purpose in life.

Discover simple things you can do in less than five minutes to live a healthier and better life. In Women’s Health Guide, holistic health coach Dr. Vita shows women how to take small steps to boost their energy and balance their hormones. This is a life-changing, step-by-step natural protocol to balance hormones and increase energy levels.

After the successful reception of the book Psychological Aspects in Times of Pandemic, where a number of issues from the perspective of psychological science are addressed related to the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of citizens, and after listeners' insistent requests for a book focused on healthcare personnel, came this book. The purpose of it is to offer updated information on the psychological aspects of those whom have been described as the battlefront against the advance of COVID-19 from a perspective of scientific psychology.

Cuando en la antigua Grecia un esclavo sufría una dolencia, el médico le aplicaba un remedio que aplacara la molestia para que volviera de inmediato a sus labores. En cambio, cuando era un hombre libre el que recurría a sus servicios, el médico acostumbraba a "retirarlo del mundo"; lo enviaba a un lugar silencioso y tranquilo para que pudiera escuchar su cuerpo, observar sus procesos internos y entender así qué quería decirle ese síntoma o malestar.

Can telemedicine fill the gap when Samantha loses her doctor? She learns more than she bargains for trying to keep her family safe. Through sharing her journey, Dr. Tom Davis and Dan Janal teach everything you need to know about getting great healthcare even though you and your doctor aren't in the same room. This is not just a great story but also essential reference tools to help keep you from harm the next time you have to use telemedicine to make yourself feel better.

There are two main classes of medicinal preparations - herbal and pharmaceutical. Pharmaceutical drugs are either synthesized or refined substances. On the other hand, herbal medicine is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as labelled and final medicinal products containing parts of plants (underground or aerial), plant materials, or combinations of both, as their main active ingredient.

Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback. In the mid-20th century, scientists actively studied the potential of drugs like LSD and psilocybin for treating mental health problems. After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are once again testing how effective these drugs are in relieving symptoms for a wide variety of psychiatric conditions, from depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder to posttraumatic stress disorder and substance addiction.

Award-winning journalist Vicki Mayk raises a critical question for football players and their communities: Does loving a sport justify risking your life? This is the insightful and deeply human story of Owen Thomas - a star football player at Penn, who took his own life when he was 21, the result of the pain and anguish caused by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

After serving as a nurse in WW2, Molly Corbally joined the brand-new NHS and became one of the first official District Health Visitors, attending to mothers and babies from all walks of life in the picturesque village near Coventry she came to call home. Social work was uncharted territory at the time, and Britain was very much worse for wear - TB, polio, measles and whooping cough were just some of the hazards new babies faced. Social conditions could also add to the problems, when poverty and alcoholism were rife.

In More than Medicine, LaTonya J. Trotter chronicles the everyday work of a group of nurse practitioners (NPs) working on the front lines of the American health care crisis as they cared for 400 African American older adults living with poor health and limited means. Trotter describes how these NPs practiced an inclusive form of care work that addressed medical, social, and organizational problems that often accompany poverty.

A brilliantly simple look at how we can fix healthcare without drastic policy change and political diatribes. Since FDR, the US healthcare system has been mired in politics and policy. All the while it has only increased in complexity and cost. Today half of all personal bankruptcies are attributable to healthcare costs. Many community hospitals are barely getting by with single digit profit margins. With a system teetering on the edge of a systemic crisis, we need to turn to a brand-new approach to rescue the US healthcare system.

Unknown to many, the vagus nerve is key to health and vitality. It regulates the automatic functions of the body, descending into the intestine through different organs such as the lungs, heart, liver, or kidneys. Not only is it a fundamental element for the proper functioning of the organism, it also constitutes the most direct link between the brain and the intestinal microbiome, essential for immune and anti-inflammatory functions.

Blind Trust in Doctors and Why It’s Killing You will open your eyes and show you the main reasons why you need to be in complete control of the medical decisions that concern your well-being. The medical industry could be killing you, and it’s time to regain control right now. If you want to be 100 percent in charge of your health, listen to this audiobook now.

This two audiobook bundle, Healthy Gut: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out, for a Healthy You, provides excellent value, it contains two manuscripts in one. It is an informative guidebook with an all-around, multifaceted, holistic approach to the immune system, autoimmune disorders, anti-inflammatory foods, healthy eating, sugar addiction and weight loss; you can listen and refer back to time and time again.

Since FDR, the US healthcare system has been mired in politics and policy. All the while it has only increased in complexity and cost. Today half of all personal bankruptcies are attributable to healthcare costs. Many community hospitals are barely getting by with single digit profit margins. With a system teetering on the edge of a systemic crisis, we need to turn to a brand-new approach to rescue the US healthcare system.

If you are tired of feeling sick and tired, now is your opportunity to take control of your health and unleash your natural healing potential with the resources and action steps you will learn in this book. Dr. Tim Smith, DC has made it his life mission to educate the public on the principles of real and natural health care for the transformation of people's health through the power of chiropractic and healthy living.

Zwei Hörbücher in einer Box! 1. "Psychologie der Massen": Was passiert mit dem Individuum, wenn es sich in einer Gruppe wiederfindet? Wie ist es zu erklären, dass intelligente Menschen sich in der Masse zu Dingen hinreißen lassen, die sie als Einzelne niemals tun würden? Gustave le Bon beschrieb 1895 in seinem Standardwerk diese Mechanismen. Es ist erstaunlich und spricht für den Autor, dass die eingängig erklärte Analyse zeitlos wirkt und die Hörer den Eindruck gewinnen, das Buch sei tatsächlich viel jünger. 2. "Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse": Was ist eine Masse?

This book presents the latest research on status generalization in a variety of settings, examining new interventions for its negative effects. Drawing from research in sociology, social psychology, education, organizations, mental health, and other fields, the book connects to several bodies of research that include stigma and stereotyping, exchange and power, and organizations. With its balanced, multidisciplinary approach to the challenges of social hierarchies and expectations, Unequals is an essential volume for all interested in status processes and inequalities.