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Set in a world of iron lungs, the Great Depression, and a World War, Courage to Heal is based on the true story of a young surgeon who, along with the twentieth century's boldest industrialist, changed the face of American medicine forever. History is brought to vivid life in this novel of an intransigent physician, his fight to provide health care to all, and his undying love for a beautiful nurse who marries the man determined to defeat him.

At the height of the Great Depression, Doctor Sidney Garfield saw the thousands of men involved in building the Los Angeles Aqueduct as an opportunity to provide quality affordable health care for workers. He built Contractors General Hospital: a 12-bed hospital in the middle of the Mojave Desert, six miles from the tiny town of Desert Center, California, and began treating sick and injured workers.

With the start of WWII, the need for health care for shipworkers was even greater. Working with industrialist Henry Kaiser, Garfield created the first true health care system in the Richmond shipyards, then opened a hospital in Oakland, still the headquarters of what is now Kaiser Permanente. When WWII was over, the doctor s private war began, when the AMA tried to shut down Kaiser (calling it socialist ) and take away his medical license. Through it all, Garfield persisted in his vision of affordable health care. Kaiser Permanente is the largest HMO in the U.S., serving over 8 million people..
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Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George Halvorson's new book, Health Care Co-ops in Uganda: Effectively Launching Micro Health Groups in African Villages is now available Drawing on the same principles that make prepaid health care a success at Kaiser Permanente, Halvorson successfully implemented micro health plans in the African country of Uganda several years ago. Most of the co-ops were the only health insurance community members had access to and many still exist today. The book serves as both a memoir of this experience and a handbook for those interested in doing similar work in the developing world..
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Anyone who wants to make more thoughtful food choices will be interested in this book. Developed over the past five years by nutritionists and dieticians at Kaiser Permanente's Northwest Region, the information provided here is used in a uniquely successful weight control program called Freedom from Fat®. There are calorie, fat and percentage of fat calorie counts for over 2,500 foods; practical guidelines and tools to help you make changes in your eating habits along with a format that makes food items easy to find and calorie and fat counting quick to do. Food items are listed alphabetically and by group. Included in the sections which will serve as aids for maintaining the program are: keeping a food diary, recommendations for weight management, cooking tips, calculating calories and fat in a recipe and reading food labels. Using this book will help you lose weight and keep it off, maintain your ideal weight, lower your blood cholesterol, your risk of stroke, heart attack, developing diabetes and high blood pressure..
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Social capital and lifelong learning are central to current policy concerns both in the UK and internationally The British government and powerful international agencies, such as the World Bank, present investment in social capital as a way of promoting neighbourhood renewal, community health and educational achievement. This book confirms the significance of social capital as an analytical tool, while challenging the basis on which current policy is being developed. It: offers a wealth of evidence on a topic that has become central to contemporary government; provides a detailed empirical investigation of the relationship between social capital, knowledge creation and lifelong learning; relates the findings to wider policy debates; questions the dominant theoretical models of social capital; and confronts the assumption of many policy makers that the obvious solution to social problems is to 'invest in social capital'. The book is aimed at researchers in education, policy studies and urban studies, as well as those concerned with an understanding of contemporary policy concerns. It provides readers with a detailed analysis of relevant evidence, as well as a trenchant critique of current conceptual and policy preoccupations..
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