The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism or The US Health Care System

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Charles D Ferguson

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons, to fabricate and detonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and employ radiological weapons or "dirty bombs." The authors maintain that there is a greater likelihood today than at any time in the past three decades that nuclear weapons will actually be used.
The authors recommend immediate steps to prevent the most catastrophic forms of nuclear terrorism and to reduce the consequences of the most likely nuclear terror attacks including: securing and reducing tactical nuclear weapons in Russia; securing, consolidating, and eliminating highly enriched uranium globally; and providing for secure storage and disposal of radioactive materials used in medicine, scientific research, and industry. The authors also stress the need to educate the public on the real risks of radiation exposure and radioactive contamination to help psychologically immunize citizens against fear of radiological attacks, which they conclude are all but inevitable in the coming years.

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The US Health Care System: Combining Business, Health, and Delivery

Author: Anne Austin

Written in an engaging, easy-to-follow style, this book exposes the audience to the breadth of the field of health care without overwhelming them with detail. This book is unique in that it combines a health perspective with a business perspective. Not only does it carry a view of healthcare as an industry and business, facing the same problems all businesses face to maintain competitive advantage in the marketplace, but it also focuses on the delivery system, and addresses the perpetual tradeoff between access, quality, and cost of services. This book is organized around the pieces that make up health care.  It addresses the questions: “what is this business called health care?”, “how do we pay for health care?”, “who provides health care?”, “where and how is health care provided?”, and “what else is included?”.  These questions are answered in the four parts of the book, in a total of 14 chapters. KEY MARKET: Professionals in the allied health field.

Table of Contents:

THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM:

COMBINING BUSINESS, HEALTH, AND DELIVERY

 

Table of Contents

 

Preface

 

           

Part I:   Overview and Payment

 

Chapter 1:        Health and Health Care in America: An Introduction

Chapter 2:        The Business Side of Health Care

Chapter 3:        The Payment Process: Insurance and Third Party Payers

Chapter 4:        The Payment Process: Government Payment Programs

 

Part II:  Health Care Providers

 

Chapter 5:        Health Care Providers: Physicians

Chapter 6:        Nurses

Chapter 7:        Other Clinical Health Care Providers

 

 

Part III:  The Delivery Systems

 

Chapter 8:        Primary Care: Health Care Provider’s Offices and Clinics

Chapter 9:        Secondary Care: Hospitals

Chapter 10:      Tertiary Care: The Long-term Care Continuum

Chapter 11:      Mental Health Services: A Combination of Systems

Chapter 12:      The Public Health System: The Government’s Role

 

Part IV:  Health Care Industry and Research

 

Chapter 13:      Medical Technology and Pharmaceuticals 

Chapter 14:      Medical Research and Prevention