Author

Prasad, Vinayak K.

Place of Publication

Baltimore, MD

Publisher

John Hopkins University Press

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - drug therapy

Antineoplastic Agents - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Drug Development - economics

Health Policy

Patient rights

United States

Abstract

"In this critical study of current cancer therapies, Dr. Prasad, an oncologist and hematologist, examines oncology practice and policy in the United States. His book is organized into four sections: (1) an overview of cancer drugs, (2) forces that distort cancer medicine and practice, (3) details about cancer research and practice, (4) recommended solutions on multiple levels (policy, practitioners, medical education, and pharmacology)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Basics of Cancer Drugs : Cost, Benefit, Value -- Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer : What Are They and Where Are They Used? -- Use and Misuse of Surrogates for Drug Approvals -- How High Prices Harm Patients and Society -- Hype, Spin, and the Unbridled Enthusiasm That Distorts Cancer Medicine -- Financial Conflict of Interest -- The Harms of Financial Conflicts and How to Rehabilitate Medicine -- Will Precision Oncology Save Us? -- Study Design -- Principles of Oncology Practice -- Important Trials in Oncology -- Global Oncology -- How Should Cancer Drug Development Proceed? -- What Can the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and -- Medicaid Services Do Tomorrow? -- What Can People with Cancer Do? -- What Can Students, Residents, and Fellows Do?

ISBN

9781421437637

9781421437644

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Goudreau, Kelly A.

Smolenski, Mary C.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

2018

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Advanced Practice Nursing

Health Policy

Nurse's Role

United States

ISBN

9780826169440

9780826169457

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Corporate Author

Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

486 p.

Subjects

Cannabis

Cannabis - drug effects

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids - therapeutic use

Medical Marijuana

Dose-Response Relationship, Drug

Health Policy

Risk Assessment

United States

Abstract

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

1 INTRODUCTION

2 CANNABIS

3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE

PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS

4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS

PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS

5 CANCER

7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE

8 IMMUNITY

9 INJURY AND DEATH

10 PRENATAL, PERINATAL, AND NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS

11 PSYCHOSOCIAL

12 MENTAL HEALTH

13 PROBLEM CANNABIS USE

14 CANNABIS USE AND THE ABUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES

PART IV: RESEARCH BARRIERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

15 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS IN CONDUCTING CANNABIS RESEARCH

16 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE CANNABIS RESEARCH AGENDA

APPENDIXES

ISBN

9780309453042

9780309453073

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

E-book available in HTML and PDF formats

Corporate Author

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research

Editor

Magrath, Ian

Place of Publication

Suffolk, UK

Publisher

Global Health Dynamics

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

112 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Series

Cancer control

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Neoplasms - therapy

Delivery of Health Care

Health Planning

Health Promotion

Health Policy

Health Services Accessibility

Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services

Population Surveillance

Developing Countries

World Health

ISBN

9780957607262

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 C2125 2016

Copies

Corporate Author

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research

Editor

Magrath, Ian

Place of Publication

Suffolk, UK

Publisher

Global Health Dynamics

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

152 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Series

Cancer control

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Neoplasms - therapy

Delivery of Health Care

Health Planning

Health Promotion

Health Policy

Health Services Accessibility

Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services

Population Surveillance

Developing Countries

World Health

ISBN

9780957607248

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 C2125 2015

Copies

Editor

Goudreau, Kelly A.

Smolenski, Mary C.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

2014

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Advanced Practice Nursing

Health Policy

United States

ISBN

9780826169426

9780826169433

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

83 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Risk Factors

Health Planning

Population Surveillance

Healthcare Disparities

Health Status Disparities

Health Policy

Health Services Needs and Demand

Delivery of Health Care

Health Services Accessibility

Socioeconomic Factors

Canada

First Nations

Metis

Language

English

Material Type

Report

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 C212m 2014

Copies

Corporate Author

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research

Editor

Magrath, Ian

Place of Publication

Suffolk, UK

Publisher

Global Health Dynamics

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

152 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Neoplasms - therapy

Early Detection of Cancer

Health Planning

Health Promotion

Health Policy

Health Services Accessibility

Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services

Mass Screening

Population Surveillance

Developing Countries

World Health

Abstract

Building capacity for cancer treatment in low-income countries with particular reference to East Africa by Ian Magrath and Simon Sutcliffe.

ISBN

9780957607217

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 C2125 2014

Copies

Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

83 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Series

System performance reports

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Risk Factors

Health Planning

Population Surveillance

Healthcare Disparities

Health Status Disparities

Health Policy

Health Services Needs and Demand

Delivery of Health Care

Cultural Diversity

Health Services Accessibility

Socioeconomic Factors

Canada

Language

English

Material Type

Report

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 C212e 2014

Copies

Author

Esmail, Nadeem

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Fraser Institute

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

53 p.

Series

Lessons from abroad : a series on health care reform

Subjects

Delivery of Health Care

Health Care Reform

Health Policy

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Author

Gaudette, Leslie

Da Prat, Christine

Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Publication Date

2010

Subjects

Cancer Care Facilities - manpower

Health Planning

Health Policy

Health Services Needs and Demand

Health Manpower - trends

Health Personnel

Delivery of Health Care

Health Services Accessibility

Canada

Notes

March 2010

Language

English

Material Type

Report

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Alternate Title

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer : progress report : Winter 2009

Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

28 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Research

National Health Programs - organization & administration

Health Services Research

Health Policy

Health Planning

Cancer Care Facilities

Canada

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 C216p 2009

Copies

Corporate Author

Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia

Editor

Coleman, Michel P.

Place of Publication

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Publisher

Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia

Publication Date

2008

Subjects

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - mortality

Neoplasms - therapy

Delivery of Health Care

National Health Programs - organization & administration

European Union

Health Planning

Health Policy

Europe

ISBN

9789616659208

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Alternate Title

Cancer control : knowledge into action : WHO guide for effective programmes : palliative care

Corporate Author

World Health Organization

Place of Publication

Geneva

Publisher

World Health Organization

Publication Date

2007

Series

Cancer control : knowledge into action : WHO guide for effective programmes module 5

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Palliative Care - organization & administration

Hospice Care - organization & administration

Health Planning

National Health Programs - organization & administration

Palliative Care - utilization

Health Policy

Guideline

ISBN

9241547345

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Corporate Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

Editor

Field, Marilyn Jane

Behrman, Richard E

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

xx, 690 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Terminal Care

Child

Health Policy

Patient Participation

Professional-Family Relations

Terminal Care - economics

Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence

United States

ISBN

9780309084376

0309084377

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

WS200 W567 2003

Copies

Editor

Moss, Margaret P.

Phillips, Janice Mitchell

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

[2021]

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Nurse?s Role

Health Equity

Health Policy

Population Health Management

Social Determinants of Health

Nursing - organization & administration

United States

Abstract

Contents:

Introduction : health equity does not equal health equality / Janice M. Phillips and Margaret P. Moss -- Nursing as a force for health equity / Joanne Disch -- Evidence-based policymaking / Myra Michelle DeBose, Ejim Sule, and Debbie Ann Jones -- Health equity and nursing education : past, present and future / Wrenetha A. Julion and Monique Reed -- Health equity and healthcare system transformation policy / Sinsi Hernández-Cancio and Noelle Thompson -- Genetics, health & policy challenges across the lifespan / Justina A. Trott and Sharon L. Ruyak -- The conceptual model of nursology for enhancing equity and quality : population health and health policy / Jacqueline Fawcett -- Integrating the social determinants of health into the clinical setting / Angela M. Moss and Christopher M. Nolan -- Structural determinants of health : an American Indian exemplar / Margaret P. Moss -- Global health equity for LGBTQI people and populations / William E. Rosa, Patricia Moreland, and Tonda L. Hughes -- Veterans and health equity / Linda A. Spoonster Schwartz -- Achieving health equity : exemplars in engaging global communities / Margherita Procaccini Clark and Franchesca A. Cifuentes-Andrade -- A health systems interprofessional approach to impact health equity / Barbara Wadsworth, Chinwe Onyekere, Karen Fitzpatrick Smith, Sandra Ross, Shonalie Roberts, Sharon Larson, and Barry D. Mann -- The critical discussion of race & racism toward achieving equity in health policy / Mia Keeys -- Pathways to achieving health equity : exemplars of community and intersectoral partnerships / Raj C. Shah and Heather Miller -- Politics and law at the root of health equity / Daniel E. Dawes and Nelson J. Dunlap -- The intersection of health literacy, health equity, and nursing practice / Diana Peña Gonzalez, Rachel Roberts, and Kirby Johnson -- The role of community health centers in health equity / Kevin C. Lo and Thomas Tsang.

ISBN

0826195067

9780826195067

9780826195074

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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