Health care / edited by Jennifer Peloso
- Bib ID:
- 2179633
- Format:
- Book
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- Description:
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- New York : H.W. Wilson, c2002
- viii, 197 p. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0824210131
- Series:
- Reference shelf ; v. 74, no. 4.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface vii
- I. Treating Common Ailments and Diseases 1
- Editor's Introductions 3
- 1) A Healthy Lifestyle. Patrick Plaskett. New Times Naturally! 5
- 2) Heart Attack! Prevention and Treatment. Demetrios Georgiou.
- USA Today Magazine 7
- 3) Early Detection One Key to Stopping Lung Cancer. Gordon E. Katske.
- Business Journal 13
- 4) Prostate Cancer: Three Research Advances. Harvard Men s Health Watch 16
- 5) Skin Cancer Casts a Giant Shadow. Men 's Fitness 18
- 6) Adapting Benefit Plans to Fit New Detox Programs. Joanne Wojcik.
- Business Insurance 21
- 7) Depressed? What Makes You Ask? Suz Redfearn. Washington Post 26
- II. The Business of Health Care 31
- Editor's Introduction 33
- 1) What Price Health Care Quality? Len M. Nichols. USA Today Magazine 35
- 2) New Partnership Campaigns for "Covering the Uninsured." Nation 's Health 40
- 3) HMOs Aren't Shedding Tiers. Laura B. Benko. Modern Healthcare 42
- 4) Step Right Up. Lori Chordas. Best s Review 47
- 5) Medical Savings Account: The Health Insurance Secret. Steve Pielacha.
- Inside Tuscon Business 54
- 6) Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Rudy M. Yandrick. HR Magazine 56
- 7) The Bill for Rights. Carl E. Schneider. Hastings Center Report 62
- III. Women's Health 67
- Editor's Introduction 69
- 1) Women's State Health Rankings Improve Slightly. Nation s Health 71
- 2) Heart Disease and Women: Are You At Risk? National Heart, Lung, and
- Blood Institute. www.nhlbi.nih.gov 73
- 3) The Quiet Enemy. Marcia Mattson. Florida Times-Union 86
- 4) A Woman's Greatest Fear. Donald D. Hensrud. Fortune 89
- 5) "Why Don't They Just Eat?" Jennifer Pirtle. Health 92
- 6) The Menopause Decision: True Stories from Real Women.
- Dahpna Caperonis. Natural Health 96
- IV. Elder Care 103
- Editor's Introduction 105
- 1) Working with Clients with Alzheimer's Disease. Diane Y. Chapman.
- IDEA Health & Fitness Source 107
- 2) Not for the Elderly. Sanjay Gupta, M.D. Time 116
- 3) The New "War Against Aging." Irene Alleger. Townsend Letterfor
- Doctors & Patients 118
- 4) Fountains of Youth. Sharon Begley. Newsweek 120
- 5) Long-Term Blues. Pamela Sherrid. U.S. News & World Report 123
- 6) Dying in Peace. Wendy Murray Zoba. Christianity Today 127
- V. Alternative Medicine 139
- Editor's Introduction 141
- 1) Alternative Medicine. World Almanac & Book of Facts 143
- 2) Fact and Fiction About Chiropractic. From Alternative Medicine: A Selection
- of Articles on Complimentary and Integrative Therapies 146
- 3) Acupuncture. Monkeyshines on Health & Science 150
- 4) A Healthy Balance: How Homeopathy Helps the Body Heal Itself.
- Maria Rabat. Vegetarian Times 152
- 5) Herbal Medicine: Use with Caution and Respect. Brian T. Sanderoff.
- Generations 157
- Important Health Care Terms 167
- Bibliography 173
- Books 175
- Web Sites 177
- Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts 179
- Index 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Medical care -- United States
- Other authors/contributors:
- Peloso, Jennifer
- Copyright:
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