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Global Health’s Evolution and Search for Identity
Emerging Infectious DiseasesDespite earlier attempts to define global health, the discipline’s boundaries are unclear, its priorities defined more by funding from high-income countries from the Global North than by global health trends.
Kevin M. De Cock
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Can the Philanthropic Imperative Enhance International Health Care?
, 2018 Elsewhere I have argued that, historically, the public and private funding of health care has been fueled primarily by four mixed motives, namely, the redemptive, the utilitarian, the prudential, and the charitable motives.
Carrick, Paul
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Overview of International Health in Postwar Japan
Health Systems & ReformThis commentary traces the emergence and evolution of international cooperation in the medical and public health fields in postwar Japan. It examines how trends in the nature of its international cooperation efforts reflected economic and social trends ...
Taro Yamamoto
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The International Migration and Recruitment of Nurses: Human Rights and Global Justice [PDF]
, 2008 The international migration of health workers – physicians, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists – leaves the world’s poorest countries with severe human resource shortages, seriously jeopardizing the achievement of the U.N.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Privatization and trade in health services: a review of the evidence.
, 2005 Health care provision, like other areas of welfare, has increasingly been subject to processes of privatization and contracting out, leading in some cases to an increased involvement of for-profit corporations.
Holden, Chris
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Background Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) requires an accurate patient‐specific quality assurance (PSQA) program. In clinical practice, this is usually performed using the γ‐index and the two‐dimensional gamma passing rate (2D %GP). A three‐dimensional (3D) index incorporating the patient anatomy could be more useful for the 3D dose ...
Christos Zarros +6 more
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The Last Taboo: Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Andi L. Shane
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Journal Report/13th International Congress on Occupational Health [PDF]
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose The dual‐layer multileaf collimator (MLC) in Halcyon adds complexities to the dose calculation process owing to the variability of dosimetric characteristics with leaf motion. Recently, an enhanced leaf model (ELM) was developed to refine the MLC model in the Eclipse treatment planning system. This study investigates the performance of
Ryohei Miyasaka +6 more
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