TY - BOOK AU - Holtz,Carol TI - Global health care: issues and policies. SN - 9780763799649 (pbk.) AV - RA441.G57 U1 - 362.1 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Burlington, MA PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - World health KW - Cross-cultural comparison KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Global health issues, policy, and healthcare delivery: Global health: an introduction -- Global health in developed societies :examples in the United States, Sweden, Japan, and the United Kingdom -- Developing countries :Egypt, China, India, and South Africa -- Global perspectives of economics and healthcare -- Global perspectives on politics and public health policy: the case of Tobacco -- Ethics of end-of-life care from a global perspective -- Special global health and healthcare issues: Infectious diseases from a global perspective -- HIV/AIDS, stigma, and disclosure :a need for a human rights perspective -- Global use of complementary and alternative medicine and treatments -- Global perspectives on selected chronic cardiovascular diseases -- Global perspectives on diabetes, respiratory diseases and orthopedic chronic diseases -- Cancer as a public health problem: an overview for allied healthcare professionals -- Global perspectives on violence, injury, and occupational health -- Global perspectives on nutrition -- Global perspectives on mental health -- Global perspectives on environmental health -- Life span health issues: Global health in reproduction and infants -- Global health of children -- Global health of the older adult -- Worldwide health issues and trends by specific country: A unique perspective on health care in Panama -- Health and health care in Mexico -- Health and healthcare in Israel -- Establishing medical and nursing education programs in the country of Georgia -- ER -