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Suggested E-books from the Subject Specialists of the TWU Libraries
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SELECTIONS FROM: HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Shelly Burns, Subject Specialist in Health Care Administration, suggests the e-book titles below for Health Care Administration students, faculty and others interested in the discipline.

Valuable library resources pertinent to this field (including news, suggested databases for research, recommended reading and more) are available in the Health Care Administration Subject LibGuide (reachable via the TWU Libraries homepage under Research Resources/Subject LibGuides/Health Care Administration).

Ms. Burns is available for questions, research consultations and class instruction sessions. Reach her at 214/706-2390 or Sburns1@twu.edu.

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Clicking on any title will take you to the TWU catalog listing for that e-book (with a link for direct access).

Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis by Harold S. Luft
The quality of care patients want, the flexibility clinicians need, and the internal dynamics necessary for the continuous improvement of the value of health care. Luft's Total Cure presents SecureChoice, a comprehensive health care plan crafted in staggering detail and designed to include all three--while providing health insurance for every American.

Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce from the U.S. Institute of Medicine Committee on The Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans
By the year 2030, the last of the baby boomers will have reached age 65. Will this country be ready in terms of geriatric care? The Institute of Medicine commissioned the first study on the health care workforce for older patients over 30 years ago. That report and others called for an expansion of geriatric training, but so far the geriatric discipline has grown little in numbers or stature. Retooling considers what is necessary for the preparation of a competent, sufficient health care workforce and widespread diffusion of effective models of care.

Healing the Broken Mind: Transforming America's Failed Mental Health System by Timothy A. Kelly
Mental illness is frightening and heartbreaking. As demonstrated in Healing the Broken Mind, so is the current state of America's mental health care system. Kelly brings three decades of experience--as mental health commissioner, psychology professor and clinician--to bear in confronting this crisis. He exposes the weaknesses in the current system and provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for achieving a lasting, effective transformation of the mental health care system in the U.S.

Ready, Set, Go Lead! A Primer for Emerging Health Care Leaders by Nancy Dickenson-Hazard
Ready, Set, Go Lead! will help aspiring and experienced health care leaders alike. Dickenson-Hazard combines her extensive experience with real-world examples to assist early- and mid-career health care leaders on their leadership journeys. Exercises at the end of each chapter provide further opportunities for personal leadership growth.

Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation from the Committee on Reviewing Evidence to Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services, Board on Health Care Services
Independent advisors to the United States government commissioned this proposal for a national health program that would meet important criteria in terms of clinical services, practice guidelines, diagnostic protocols and treatment and prevention services. Covered are controlling the costs of a national health care program, and the steps that should be taken to implement such an expansive undertaking.

Submitted by Sandy Cochran