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Health and Wellbeing in Late Life = Perspectives and Narratives from India
This open access book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a holistic understanding of late old age, and situates the aged person within the context of family, caregivers, clinical and other institutions. All through the book, the author discusses preparedness for an aging individual as well as the society in the Indian context. The book highlights inevitable but mostly neglected healt…
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- 9789811389382
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- XXV, 195 ill; lamp
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Handbook of Children and Screens = Digital Media, Development, and Well-Being…
This open access handbook synthesizes the current research about the impacts of digital media on children across development. Drawing on the expertise of scientists and researchers as well as clinicians and practitioners, the book summarizes research through interdisciplinary expert reviews. First, it addresses the cognitive, physical, mental, and psychosocial impacts on infants, children, and …
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- 9783031693625
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- XLI, 657 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Evidence-Based Medicine - A Paradigm Ready To Be Challenged? = How Scientific…
This open access book aims to clarify the term „evidence-based medicine“ (EBM) from a philosophy of science perspective. The author, Marie-Caroline Schulte discusses the importance of evi-dence in medical research and practice with a focus on the ethical and methodological prob-lems of EBM. The claims that EBM can herald a new theory of epistemology and a Kuhnian paradigm will be refuted. T…
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- 1
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- 9783476057037
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- IX, 148 ill; lamp
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Partizipative Forschung = Ein Forschungsansatz für Gesundheit und seine Meth…
Dieser Open-Access-Sammelband bietet eine fundierte Grundlage für den Einstieg in die partizipative Forschung allgemein und in die Partizipative Gesundheitsforschung. Es werden Forschungsansätze und Methoden für die Erhebung und Auswertung in partizipativen Forschungsprozessen vorgestellt und anhand von Beispielstudien diskutiert. Partizipativ forschen heißt, die Menschen, deren Lebens- und…
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- 9783658303617
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- XII, 262 ill; lamp
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Leveraging Data Science for Global Health
This open access book explores ways to leverage information technology and machine learning to combat disease and promote health, especially in resource-constrained settings. It focuses on digital disease surveillance through the application of machine learning to non-traditional data sources. Developing countries are uniquely prone to large-scale emerging infectious disease outbreaks due to di…
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- 9783030479947
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- XII, 475 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Pflege-Report 2024 = Ankunft der Babyboomer: Herausforderungen für die Pflege
Fragen der Versorgungsqualität gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Das gilt auch für die pflegerische Versorgung. Der Pflege-Report, der jährlich in Buchform und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, beleuchtet im Schwerpunkt 2024 die Ankunft der Babyboomer in der Pflege und stellt die Frage, welche Pflegestrukturen für diese Generation zu gestalten sind, Zudem präsentiert der Pflege-Report…
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- 9783662701898
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- XVII, 326 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data
This open access book is the first published guide about how to analyse data produced by the EQ-5D, one of the most widely used Patient Reported Outcomes questionnaires world wide. The authors provide practical, clear and comprehensive guidance in five concise chapters. Following an overview of the EQ-5D and its analysis, we describe how the questionnaire data – the EQ-5D profile and EQ VAS …
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- 9783030476229
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- XV, 102 ill; lamp
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Charting Spiritual Care = The Emerging Role of Chaplaincy Records in Global H…
This open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland), the United States, Canada, and Australia, this edited collection provides an overview of different charting practices and expe…
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- 9783030470708
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- XV, 232 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Managing Infodemics in the 21st Century Addressing New Public Health Challen…
This open access book on infodemic management reviews the current discussions about this evolving area of public health from a variety of perspectives. Infodemic management is an evidence-based practice underpinned by the science of infodemiology that offers guidance to better manage pandemic and epidemic risks and more quickly tackle new and resurgent health threats. Infodemic management ha…
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- 978-3-031-27789-4
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- XVIII, 144
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Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia: User-led Research and Untold Stories
This open access book explores the expectations surrounding dementia, what it ‘looks like’ and how people have been treated by others. It aims to raise awareness of the different types of dementia, and how they impact the brain, body, and lived experience, including experience of Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783031272233, 9783031272226
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- 146
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- 611.8 CHA c
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