Henry Carter Hull

"This book examines the ways that policy and politics influence health--both the policies we think of as health policy, formally, and those that we don't. The author introduces the concept of the political determinants of health (modeled on the term social determinants of health) and describes the history of health legislation and explains how readers can use this knowledge to take social action"--

"Get the Summary of Thom Hartmann's The Hidden History of American Healthcare in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Other countries have shown us that affordable universal healthcare is not only possible but also effective and efficient. Taiwan's single-payer system saved the country a fortune as well as saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic, enabling the country to implement a nationwide...

Draws on the exploration of health care systems from around the world to examine the absence of universal health care in the United States and suggests an international model the author believes could work in America.

"Why Cope When You Can Heal? is an essential resource for doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals -- and the leaders who support them -- as they navigate the traumatic stress they have experienced and continue to face. COVID-19 has traumatized the world -- and no group has been more impacted than frontline healthcare workers. They've worked without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), witnessed mass death, and been...

The "hair-raising details of the second-by-second events" of a Special Forces medic's covert operations during the Vietnam War (On Point: The Journal of Army History Online). In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as the Studies and Observations Group (SOG) has spawned many myths, legends, and war stories. Special Forces medic Joe Parnar served with SOG during 1968 in FOB2/CCC near the tri-border region that gave them access to the...

The remarkable wartime experiences of Kit McNaughton Kitty's War is based upon the previously unpublished war diaries of Great War army nurse Sister Kit McNaughton. Kit and historian Janet Butler grew up in the same Victorian district of drystone walls, wheatfields and meandering creeks, except many decades apart. The idea of this young nurse setting out on a journey in July 1915 which would take her across the world and into the First World War took...

The words of Unknown Warriors resonate as powerfully today as when first written. It offers a very personal glimpse into the hidden world of the military field hospital, where patients struggled with pain and trauma and nurses fought to save lives and preserve emotional integrity. The book's author was one of a select number of fully trained professional nurses who worked in hospital trains and casualty clearing stations during the war, coming as...

On March 21, 1918, the 29th and 3rd Casualty Clearing Stations RAMC were encamped at Grévillers, just behind the front line, when Germany launched its final, massive offensive. These Field Hospitals were the lifeline to the rear for the unabated deluge of wounded which soon overwhelmed both units. All wards were full and operating theaters were working round the clock to deal with the endless queues for amputations and major surgery. In the words...