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Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care
An Introduction for Health Professionals
- 472 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care
An Introduction for Health Professionals
About this book
All health care students must be familiar with the basic concepts of health care in the United States. This introductory textbook presents vital information on health care careers and legal, ethical, financial, and policy issues that will help their future practice. It includes chapters on:
- careers in the health care profession;
- the complexity of health care;
- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
- professionalism in health;
- health care for special populations;
- the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards;
- research and advancements in health care;
- the future of health care.
Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care is unique in the way it highlights the important elements of each health career, including job requirements, length of study, and salaries. With the student in mind, this book is accompanied by a website that features detailed PowerPoints and test banks with more than 1,000 review questions.
Well-organized and easily understood, this overview provides a reliable, relevant resource and up-to-date reference. It is essential reading for all allied health students, including nurses, surgical technicians, dental hygienists, radiology technicians, medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, physician assistants, and more.
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Yes, you can access Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care by Jahangir Moini,Morvarid Moini in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Health Care Delivery. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Index
Page numbers in italics denote tables, those in bold denote figures.
9/11 terrorist attacks 259
abortion 38, 69–70
access to health care 4, 25–6, 410
accountability 175
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) 36, 47
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) 134
Accreditation Council on Optometric Education 136
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education 139
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools 153
acting out, as defense mechanism 352
acute care 13, 413, 414
acute disease 4
acute infective hepatitis (hepatitis A) 306, 307, 308
addiction rehabilitation 20, 20
Administration on Aging (AoA) 12, 198
administrative law 57
adolescents: alcohol consumption 250; obesity in 242; smoking among 249
adult day care 11
adult family care 19
adult foster care 18–19
Advance Payment ACO Model 47
advance practice nurses (APNs) 122
Advance Premium Tax Credit 42
advanced care directives 71
Advisory Committee for Women’s Services 192
aerobic bacteria 284
aerobic exercise 179
Aetna 49
Affordable Care Act see Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Africa: HIV/AIDS 305; malaria 236; tuberculosis 235; see also sub-Saharan Africa
African Americans see blacks
age, and immunity 293
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 400
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 108, 393, 401
aging population 5, 10–11, 215, 412; see also elderly people
AIDS see HIV/AIDS
air pollution 214, 219
airborne transmission 291
Alaska, and Medicaid expansion 46
Alaska Natives 86, 191, 193, 195, 201
alcohol consumption 4, 24, 25, 26, 27, 202, 247; adolescents 250; effects of 250; Hispanics 194; moderate 243; Native Hawaiians 196; women 191
alcoholism/alcohol addiction 20, 20, 26, 202
alcohols, as antiseptics/disinfectants 296
alternative medicine 145
altruism 167
Alzheimer’s disease 4, 11, 149, 191, 1...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables
- About the authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Unit I Health care today
- Unit II Financial management
- Unit III Professionals and professional practice
- Unit IV Patient populations
- Unit V Safety in the workplace
- Unit VI Communication in the health care profession
- Unit VII Predictions for health care in the United States
- Appendices
- Index