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How can we save primary care from collapse and improve health care outcomes?Primary care in the United States faces an existential crisis. Its value is unchallenged: policy experts argue that the primary care sector is critical to the quality and equity of the health care system. On the other hand, studies show that primary care is underfunded, providers are struggling with burnout, and patients increasingly lack access to primary care. In Wonderful and Broken, Troyen A. Brennan offers a timely exploration into the precarious state of primary care in the American health system today. Drawing on years of field research and firsthand accounts from clinicians, this book paints a picture of both the current struggles and emerging solutions that define the primary care landscape. With health care costs rising and clinician burnout at an all-time high, Brennan examines whether value-based care can truly rescue primary care from the brink of collapse. At the heart of this book are the compelling stories of doctors, nurses, and care teams who are forging a new path, championing preventive care, and prioritizing patient relationships. From the efforts of government policies to the involvement of venture capitalists, the book unveils the multifaceted approaches being employed to shift health care from a fee-for-service model to one centered around value, quality outcomes, and equitable access. But will these efforts be enough? Brennan does not shy away from the hard questions, offering both a critique of past failures and a roadmap for a hopeful future. Essential reading for policymakers, health care professionals, and anyone concerned about the future of American health care, Wonderful and Broken illuminates the pivotal role primary care must play in achieving sustainable and effective reform.

The book explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the Internet of Things (IoT) to address security challenges in smart environments.

This book covers a new and innovative approach to the issue of investment portfolio efficiency from the perspective of a large institutional investor. It discusses the challenges relating to changes in returns on the international stock market, with particular emphasis on investments.

This book provides up-to-date information on the causes, effects, and remedies of damp on residential properties and their occupiers.

Offering a new perspective on intimate partner abuse and homicide, this book recognises the families of victims as legitimate agents of knowledge in terms of the harm experienced by their family members, and considers how this harm is extended to the families themselves.

This volume explores climate litigation as a means to tackle the rights and socio-ecological, intergenerational, gender, racial, and other justice implications of ever-growing vulnerability to climate change, whilst critically engaging with the notions of vulnerability and intersectional climate justice.

This volume places scarcity as a defining aspect of minorities' collective experience and as a tool to comprehend ongoing and unresolved societal friction and global environmental challenges, strategies for survival and reproduction of the status quo, as well as aspirational desires for social mobility.

'Biomedical Materials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine' addresses the existing and future trends of tissue engineering approaches for regenerating various organs/tissues.

Exploring the pressing issues of juvenile delinquency, victimization, and justice in Chinese societies, this book showcases contemporary research on these critical topics.

This volume speaks to the fundamental issues inherent in trying to understand the who-what-where-and-whys of corporate crime. Only in addressing these larger issues does it become possible to begin to integrate the study of corporate crime into the larger criminological theory literature.

Paul Davies and Graham Virgo provide a comprehensive guide to trusts and equity in a single volume. Drawing on a judiciously balanced selection of case extracts, journal articles, and academic writing, Davies and Virgo present their authoritative commentary on the law with clarity and rigour.

A bold vision for reimagining harmful public policies through prevention.Public policies in the United States are built on certain assumptions: that long-term prison sentences deter crime, that corporate profits benefit everyone, that police are the best way to ensure safety, and that meritocracy ensures equal opportunity. Yet, as public health expert Paul J. Fleming reveals, mountains of evidence show that many of these widely accepted policies cause harm, perpetuate inequities, and even lead to premature death. In Imagine Doing Better, Fleming offers a bold vision for change that's rooted in public health principles of prevention--addressing problems at their root before they occur. Combining rigorous research, historical analysis, and compelling narratives, he examines the deep flaws in policies governing health care, education, justice, and the environment. Fleming unpacks how these systems were built, why harmful assumptions persist, and how they can be reimagined to promote equity, sustainability, and human dignity. Fleming challenges readers to rethink entrenched ideas by exploring thought-provoking questions like "Are prisons a good investment?" and "Is education a ladder or a sieve?". He highlights how budgets and policies reflect moral choices, and he provides frameworks for advocacy and policymaking grounded in evidence and fairness. Fleming paints a hopeful--yet urgent--picture of what's possible when societies invest in solutions that prioritize human dignity, equity, and sustainability. Accessible and inspiring, Imagine Doing Better offers a hopeful roadmap to a future where all communities have the resources and opportunities to thrive.

The proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Economy and Law, Artificial Intelligence and Media Communication (DLAM 2024) is a compilation of cutting-edge research into the dynamic intersections of technology, law, and media, and the myriad ways in which they shape and influence modern society.

Knowledge of the law, and litigation of the cases, are two very different concepts. This book is not a legal textbook in the conventional sense as that already exists in an excellent work by HHJ Luba KC, Catherine O'Donnell, and Giles Peaker. This work concentrates exclusively on how to litigate housing conditions cases successfully so as to achieve the best result for the tenant in the shortest reasonable timescale. In all areas of practice, efficient and cost-effective conduct of litigation is essential. This work aims to achieve that important objective.As the title of the book suggests, it is aimed at solicitors, barristers and surveyors - the main professionals involved in this area of practice. It deals with many, if not all, of the areas likely to be encountered on a daily basis in housing conditions cases, and answers many of the questions frequently asked about day-to-day conduct. It is essential reading for those practising in this very important area of the law, and should make the work involved a lot more straightforward for both experienced professionals, as well as newcomers.This second edition covers developments in the law since publication of the first edition in March 2023. Importantly, it has an expanded chapter dealing with breach proceedings, which are becoming ever more common, and also an expanded chapter dealing with the Court of Appeal decision in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil Council relating to the now common response by landlords that cases must first be dealt with by their internal complaints procedure and/or a reference to the Housing Ombudsman Service before proceedings can be issued.This edition now also contains useful appendices for easy reference containing the Housing Conditions Protocol (England), and sections 9A to 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

'As we start the preparations for the Earth Summit in 2002, 10 years from Rio and 30 years from Stockholm, we need to set targets and dates that are realistic to deliver the change that is needed. There will also need to be a debate on the international machinery to achieve what we want, and 2002 will be significant in setting out the direction. This book has drawn in some of the key people who are working to make 2002 a significant event' FROM THE FOREWORD BY KLAUS TOPFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AND CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS At the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, world leaders adopted a comprehensive programme of action for implementing sustainable development worldwide. As preparations for Earth Summit 2002 proceed, leading players from around the world present a frank assessment of progress to date. They set goals and describe mechanisms that will enable the international community to complete the tasks set in Rio and prepare for new challenges and opportunities. This book will be a catalyst for the public and political momentum required to push forward the global sustainable development agenda.