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Key Features: - Comprehensive coverage of the ACA and its impact on each aspect of the U.S. health care system woven throughout the book. - New "ACA Takeaway" section in each chapter as well as a new Topical Reference Guide to the ACA at the front of the book. - Updated tables and figures, current research findings, data from the 2010 census, updates on Healthy People 2020, and more. - Detailed coverage of the U.S. health care system in straightforward, reader-friendly language that is appropriate for graduate and undergraduate courses alike.

Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. He also adds a powerful measure of moral witness: ecological destruction is greatly to blame for our current peril.”. - Dwight Garner, The New York Times. That bodes well for his new book, whose subject really is thriller-worthy: how deadly diseases (AIDS, SARS, Ebola) make the leap from animals to humans, and how, where, and when the next pandemic might emerge.”. - Kathryn Schulz, New York Magazine. “[ Spillover is] David Quammen’s absorbing, lively and, yes, occasionally gory trek through the animal origins of emerging human diseases.”. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.

In the new edition of this widely used book, Beaufort Longest provides a framework for understanding the formulation, implementation, and modification of health policymaking at both the federal and state levels. Discusses the ACA extensively, with examples of both its formulation and its implementation Expands coverage of policymaking s implementation phase Provides a new chapter on the role of courts in health policy and policymaking Includes more than 30 appendices, many brand new to this edition, to illustrate the policymaking process. The main purpose of the book is to provide a framework for students upon which they can develop an understanding of the public policymaking process, especially as it applies to the development of health policy at the federal and state levels of government. I think the book's organization around the policymaking process model is an important feature that gives the reader an opportunity to see the overall process, and then gain some depth in each component of the process.

In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. “This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession.... You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is.”. - Tara Parker-Pope, Wall Street Journal. “A laugh-out-loud funny book... one of those wonderful books that offers up enlightenment in the guise of entertainment.”. - Michael Little, Washington City Paper.

Key Features: - Comprehensive coverage of the ACA and its impact on each aspect of the U.S. health care system woven throughout the book. - New "ACA Takeaway" section in each chapter as well as a new Topical Reference Guide to the ACA at the front of the book. - Updated tables and figures, current research findings, data from the 2010 census, updates on Healthy People 2020, and more. - Detailed coverage of the U.S. health care system in straightforward, reader-friendly language that is appropriate for graduate and undergraduate courses alike.

Updated in its 10th edition, Contemporary Urban Planning provides readers with in-depth coverage of the historic, economic, political, legal, and environmental factors affecting urban planning as well as specific chapters on the various fields of planning. John M. Levy is a Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University, USA.

Presently, in the United States there is 6 to 12 million reported cases of head lice--its no wonder some of our common language is derived from these long-time parasites such as nit-picking, nitwit, and reviewing something with a fine-tooth comb.

Key Features: • New chapter on Adolescent Health--an important but largely uncovered topic in the existing Global Health literature. • Expanded chapter on Child Health with special attention given to immunizations. • Expanded coverage throughout on the topic of health disparities. • The latest information on nutrition including the Global Nutrition Report of November 2014 and the Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition of 2013. • New section on Pharmaceuticals. • More than 25 additional "Policy and Program" briefs that cover a range of key topics. Richard Skolnik has spent more than 40 years working on international development and global health and was formerly a lecturer in the Yale School of Public Health, the Yale School of Management, and the George Washington University School of Public Health.

Peppered with first-person narratives, which offer a unique perspective on the lives of those living with disease, this new edition has been fully updated with a visually enticing full color design, and even more photos and illustrations.

This most widely used textbook in the field has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect changes in the health care industry and the renewed focus on health care information technology initiatives. Frances Wickham Lee , DBA, is professor and director of instructional operations for Healthcare Simulation South Carolina at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).