Primary Care Revisited: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for a New Era

Book Overview

1.Renewal of Primary Care.- 2.Philosophy in Primary Health Care Policy and District Health Systems.- 3.Economics, Demands and Financial Considerations in Primary Care.- 4.Sustainable Health Care Systems.- 5.The Role of the Mass Media in Primary Care.- 6.Public Private Partnership in Primary Care.- 7.Care Models and Practices of Mental Health Care.- 8.Integrated Care and Roles of Community Health Practitioners.- 9.Community Health Centres and Capacity Building.- 10.Health in workplaces.- 11.Child and adolescent care.- 12.Men's and women's care.- 13.Ageing population and elderly care.- 14.Palliative care and end of life issues.- Social Context.- 15.Equity, quality and gate-keeping.- 16.Social responsibility and ethics in community health care.- 17.Health seeking behaviour - Doctor shopping.- 18.Non-government organisations and volunteers.- 19.Social marketing in health promotion and behaviours in lifestyle modification.- 20.Primary care in the context of environment and housing.- 21.Emergency services and preparedness for disasters.- Development, Research and Education .- 22.Knowledge management and transfer.- 23.Lifelong education for providers and community.- 24.Development and application and mobile technology and Internet-of-Things to aid primary care.- 25.Research needs and funding.- 26.A comprehensive framework for measuring primary care.- 27.The WHO Healthy City and health promoting schools movement.- 28.A comprehensive framework for measuring primary care.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811525234
• ISBN13: 9789811525230
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"