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Informationen zum Autor Patricia A Cholewka, Mitra M. Motlagh Klappentext Ill health hampers a country's social and economic development by triggering a vicious cycle of unsustainable resource use. Given the recent outbreaks of worldwide calamities such as famine and natural disasters! international attention has increasingly focused upon disease detection! prevention! and treatment. Serving an unmet need in the marketplace! this text highlights mounting evidence of the relationship between human capital and socioeconomic development and poses management strategies from international and interdisciplinary sources. Scholars and practitioners in the health and sustainable development fields address such issues as healthcare and education! funding for healthcare services! and the impact of legal and political policies on healthcare needs. Zusammenfassung Ill health hampers a country's social and economic development by triggering a vicious cycle of unsustainable resource use. This text highlights relationship between human capital and socioeconomic development and poses management strategies from international and interdisciplinary sources. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES The Morality of HIV/AIDS: A Comparison of Russian Orthodox Church and Secular NGO Approaches! J. Zigon Health! Gender! and Religion in a Russian Province in Transition! B. Darieva Collaborative Networks-A Beneficial Perspective on Health Care in Developing Countries! M. Beier and T. Semrau Alcohol: Health Risk and Development Issue! Ø. Bakke Right to Health and Sustainable Health Development: Improving Psychosocial Strategies in HIV-Related Stress! G. M. Lelo! M. Motlagh! S. M.M. Mampunza! P. Verbanck! and E. Streel The Community and Its Telemedicine Program: Mutual Sustainability Issues with a Focus on the United States and Russian Federation! M. E. Stachura and E. V. Khasanshina PART II: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Convergence in Western Healthcare Systems: Plus Ca Change! J. A. Devereux The Brain Drain of Health Capital: Iraq as a Case Study! H. Al Saraf and R. Garfield Famine Elimination: A Tangible Step toward Sustainable Development! A. Vassilakis Health SWAps: For a Sustainable Development of Healthcare Systems in Low-Income Countries! C. Paul! E. Paul! and V. Zinnen Global Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development! P.A. Cholewka Implementation of a Hospital Information System in Lithuania: Implications for the Role of Nursing! P. A. Cholewka Healthcare in the United States: A Matter of Right or Privilege? S. Hoffman PART III: LEGAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Social and Economic Benefits of Ending the ''War on Drugs!'' C. Brewer Salud Para Todo: Cuba's Revolutionary Approach toward Fulfillment of the Right to Health! D. P. Evans Looking for More Inclusive and Sustainable Health Policies: The Role of Participation! A. F. Arroyo Healthcare for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa-A Gordian Knot? N. K. Stafford Catastrophic Opportunity: Public Health Emergencies! Healthcare Infrastructure! and Human Rights! J.H. Marks Which Policies Effectively Enable Smoking Cessation? The Role of Risk Perception in the European Union! J. Costa-Font and E. Mossialos Dealing with Healthcare Security: Catastrophic Health and Drug Expenditures in Nicaragua! J. Costa-Font! M. Costa-Font! R. Rodriguez! J. Rovira! and P. Sandiford Disparities in Health! Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy! E. Lawton! R. Riseberg! G.M. Bogin-Farber! R. Knight! J. Cohen! and L.A. Smith Taking a Human Rights Approach to Healthcare Commercialization! B. Toebes Index ...
