Disasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. This book examines indicators and triggers that guide the implementation of crisis standards of care.
Providing nutrient guidelines, this title presents the nutrient functions in the human body, the best method to determine... Læs mere
Discusses the role of vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and the carotenoids in human physiology and health. This title provides... Læs mere
Presents the links between common childhood vaccines - tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, polio, Haemophilus influenzae... Læs mere
Examines various aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to... Læs mere
The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. Congress directed the Department... Læs mere
Reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not... Læs mere
Calls for the federal government to create and fund the United States Global Health Service (GHS) to mobilize the nation's best health care professionals and other highly skilled experts to help combat HIV/AIDS in hard-hit African, Caribbean, and South-east Asian countries.
Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health is an assessment of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Research Plan and Budget to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities.