Health Reform

The Lamp and the Legacy: Florence Nightingale and the Birth of Modern Nursing Discover the extraordinary life of Florence Nightingale, the woman who turned compassion into science and forever transformed the world of healthcare. Known as “The Lady with the Lamp,” Nightingale not only brought comfort to soldiers during the Crimean War but also built the foundations of modern nursing, public health, and evidence-based medicine. Through ten richly detailed chapters, The Lamp and the Legacy traces Nightingale’s journey from her privileged Victorian upbringing to her groundbreaking reforms...

The United States spends far more money on health care than any other country, and yet nearly 50 million Americans are uninsured at least part of the time each year. Health Care Reform Now! is written for anyone who cares enough about our health-care situation to consider serious alternatives to the current system.

Anyone who has fallen off the conveyer belt of mainstream health care and into the shadowy corners of illness knows what a dark place it is to land. Where is the infrastructure, the information, the guidance? What should you do next? In Rebel Health, Susannah Fox draws on twenty years of tracking the expert networks of patients, survivors, and caregivers who have come of age between the cracks of the health care system to offer a way forward.

An acclaimed legal scholar exposes the Supreme Court’s increasing use of unsigned, unexplained orders to change the law—all behind closed doors The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically...

New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the...

With Mental Health, Inc., award-winning investigative journalist Art Levine delivers a Shock Doctrine-style exposé of the failures of our out-of-control, profits-driven mental health system, with a special emphasis on the failures of the pharmaceuticals industry, including the treatment of children with antipsychotics and disastrous PTSD protocols for veterans.

An essential history of the recovery movement for people with mental illness, and an inspiring account of how former patients and advocates challenged a flawed system and encouraged mental health activism This definitive people’s history of the recovery movement spans the 1970s to the present...

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori. Lillard presents the research behind nine insights that are foundations of Montessori education, describing how each of these insights is applied in the Montessori classroom.

In an era of pandemics, cyber threats, and rising patient demands, the stability of our healthcare infrastructure is more critical than ever. In this bold, forward-looking book, Dr. Harvey Castro and Hon. Thomas A. Cellucci outline a practical framework for building resilient health systems powered by AI, smart governance, and public-private partnerships. This guide provides real-world case studies, proven strategies, and actionable roadmaps for transforming hospitals, governments, and global health institutions into high-performing, future-ready ecosystems. Whether you’re a policymaker, ...

This is your wake-up call! It’s a sad fact that corruption exists in much of society. But when you go to your doctor, you don’t expect that corruption to interfere with your well-being. You know something is wrong when you leave your appointment with a prescription and generic advice, but you just can’t put your finger on exactly what or why. Unfortunately, medicine has become increasingly corrupt. Blue suits—the CEOs of pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, hospital systems—large group practices, directors of federal health agencies, and patient advocacy groups run ...

Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. But where does our creativity come from, how does it work, and how can we harness it to improve our lives, schools, businesses, and institutions? The Runaway Species is a deep-dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. Composer Anthony Brandt and neurologist David Eagleman seek to discover what lies at the heart of humanity's ability - and drive - to create.

This book teaches how harm reduction can be a safety net for people with substance use disorders that our current addiction treatment rejects, abandons, and leaves behind.

With its signature "DARE to keep kids off drugs" slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education program of the 1980s and 1990s. But behind the cultural phenomenon is the story of how DARE and other antidrug education programs brought the War on Drugs into schools and ensured that the velvet glove of antidrug education would be backed by the iron fist of rigorous policing and harsh sentencing.

Global Reformation, Food Safety Regulation, Waste Reduction and Nutrition One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, which if mitigated could reduce the cost of food, poverty and improve global health. The global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounts for 36 of the 57 million deaths globally (63%) causing cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. NCDs however are largely preventable by altering dietary habits and lifestyle. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans are projected to die from cancer with 1 in 3 developing some ...

In The Long Fix, physician and health-care CEO Vivian S. Lee, MD, cuts to the heart of the health-care crisis. The problem with the way medicine is practiced, she explains, is not so much who's paying, it's what we are paying for. Insurers, employers, the government, and individuals pay for every procedure, prescription, and lab test, whether or not it makes us better - and that is both backward and dangerous.

"What if prison did not punish but actually healed? In The Prison Cure, Jesse J. Jacoby offers a revolutionary blueprint for reform. One born not from politics or theory, but from personal experience behind the walls. Incarcerated as a teenager, and later again as an adult for cannabis charges, Jacoby witnessed firsthand how the system breaks people further instead of helping them rise. While most surrendered to the cycle, he chose another path: Purity. Discipline. Nutrition. Inner transformation. Refusing to eat toxic meals designed to dull the spirit, he fasted for 94 days, lost 40 pounds...

Global Reformation, Independent Science, Labeling and GMO Regulation FDA scientists report internal corruption and a broken food regulatory agency. Regulatory gaps in U.S. food statutes written long before the creation of genetic engineering or its products attest to the need to revamp and update the federal system. EPA, FDA and USDA need new guidance on product standards and safety determinations. As the food supply becomes increasingly globalized and interconnected, rules for monitoring GMOs must be updated, ambiguities resolved, and labeling enhanced. GE crops must be analyzed ...

"Britain’s Broken Promise" delivers a powerful punch to the heart of the National Health Service debate. With waiting lists now over 7.4 million, hospitals literally falling apart, and patients dying from delays, the NHS isn’t just wounded—it is collapsing. Joseph Ejike Ojih (Ph.D.) refuses to whisper what needs to be shouted: the system is broken beyond repair. And the cure isn’t more government—it is more freedom. In this fearless exposé, Dr. Ojih makes the case that Britain’s healthcare future must be rescued by the private sector, not sunk by more political promises. From ...

Winner of the 2024 George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language, given by the National Council of Teachers of English "Making Americans shines a light on the barriers that immigrant students in the US face—and shares some inspiring stories about...

Trattner provides in-depth examination of developments in child welfare, public health, and the evolution of social work as a profession, showing how all these changes affected the treatment of the poor and needy in America. He explores the impact of public policies on social workers and other helping professions - all against the backdrop of social and intellectual trends in American history. From Poor Law to Welfare State directly addresses racism and sexism and pays special attention to the worsening problems of child abuse, neglect, and homelessness.