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How can we build the resilience of our healthcare systems

WEBAn effective and efficient health care system is a key to good health of citizens and plays a significant contribution to their country's economy and overall …

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10 ways hospitals can heal the planet OUPblog

WEBA healthy and sustainable environment is a necessary foundation for human health. On that most people agree. But there is an interesting paradox in health care: …

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Becoming “properly empathic”: the importance of …

WEBThe behavior of the listener creates the empathic connection, through body language and words well spoken. Empathy is best thought of as an interpersonal …

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5 things we should talk about when we talk about health

WEBThe simple reason is the fact that people seldom talk about these factors. Here are five things that people should be talking about when they talk about health: 1.) …

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Five books to help us understand global health problems …

WEBHealth Equity in a Globalizing Era by Ronald Labonté and Arne Ruckert. This book explores how globalization affects health within and between nations. Disease has …

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A new OUP journal connecting health and infrastructure

WEBBy Evelyne de Leeuw and Patrick Harris. November 10th 2022. This week sees the launch of our new journal, Infrastructure andHealth: Big Connections for …

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The need for expertise in quality improvement at every …

WEBThe quality improvement in healthcare movement has been around for the past 25 years with variable degrees of success. The focus on quality and safety …

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Closing the Brain Health Gap: addressing women’s …

WEBAugust 21st 2021. There is a clear sex and gender gap in outcomes for brain health disorders across the lifespan, with strikingly negative outcomes for women. This …

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Poverty and health in the United States OUPblog

WEBYet 15% of the US population (about 46 million people) live below the poverty line — about $23,000 for a family of four. Almost 25% of children live in poverty. The …

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Of language, brain health, and global inequities OUPblog

WEBOf language, brain health, and global inequities. One of the greatest public health challenges of our century lies in the growth of neurodegenerative disorders. …

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Five ways nature can improve our health OUPblog

WEBHere are five reasons why we need to make space and time for nature in our lives. Our physical health improves when we spend time in nature. Spending just ten …

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The future of humanitarian medicine OUPblog

WEBA little more than one decade later, in a 2019 report, the UN required funding reached $24.88 billion, of which only $13.87 billion (56%) were received in 2018. …

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Community-level influences of behavior change OUPblog

WEBCommunity and population health can be enhanced by recognizing the different levels of influence, namely intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational …

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Addressing health inequity in disparities of cancer outcomes

WEBThe Affordable Care Act was legislation to target these disparities in health outcomes. Expanded access to health care, reduction in tobacco use, uptake of other …

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The History of Medicine: Early Specialization in America

WEBGeorge Weisz is a Professor of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. In his book, Divide and Conquer: A Comparative History of Medical …

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Lauren Appelwick Archives

WEBIs coffee the greatest addiction ever? By Lauren Appelwick. Some of you may know that today is National Coffee Day. I’ve, personally, been trying to ignore the free/discounted …

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How to co-write a book 3,000 miles apart: In Dialogue with …

WEBLooking to create something other than interpretation from a single position, we wanted to open out the conventional form of the scholarly monograph: to include the …

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Unlocking the Moon's secrets: from Galileo to giant impact

WEBUnlocking the Moon's Secrets Unlocking the Moon's Secrets follows these developments to show how science evolves, complete with misunderstandings, …

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Frida Kahlo’s life of chronic pain OUPblog

WEBMexican artist, Frida Kahlo, is arguably one of the most well-known painters of the 20th century. Her intimate and personal self-portraits are evocative, generating a …

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The Week Twitter Entered My Life OUPblog

WEBBelow is another reflection on the life of a publicist from Michelle Rafferty. Rafferty has been a Publicity Assistant at Oxford University Press since September …

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“Unparalleled research quality”: an interview with Tanya Laplante, …

WEBAs part of our Publishing 101 blog series, we are interviewing “hidden” figures at Oxford University Press: colleagues who our authors would not typically work with but …

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Unscheduled gleanings and a few idioms OUPblog

WEBNot unexpectedly, Spitzer thought that the etymon of loiter was not a Middle Dutch but an Old French word. He cited the verb loitroner, current in Anjou “to walk …

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Untitled Poem OUPblog

WEBBorn out of the seedy underbelly of the poetry scene at the turn of the millennium – The Buffalo Poets, known for their unique energy and wit, began hosting …

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