This book consolidates experiences from across Europe on the design, development, implementation and evolution of inter-organisational information infrastructures for healthcare. It provides insights with practical relevance for those involved or interested in the planning and implementation of such infrastructures and includes 11 empirical cases on the introduction of core infrastructural arra…
This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara visited 73-year-old Amy Gibbs in a dilapidated and overcrowded National Health Service psychiatric hospital back-ward. She was so appalled by the low standards that she set out to make improvements. Barbara’s book Sans Everything: A case to answer was publ…
This book is the first account of self-harming behaviour in its proper historical and political context. The rise of self-cutting and overdosing in the 20th century is linked to the sweeping changes in mental and physical health, and wider political context. The welfare state, social work, Second World War, closure of the asylums, even the legalization of suicide, are all implicated in the prom…
Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This has been consistently so throughout the post-war period with current figures suggesting that women are approximately twice more likely to suffer from affective disorders than…
This book sheds light on the influence of the environment on people’s mental health. To what extent are exposures to green space, air pollution, natural disasters, etc. related to depression or suicide? Such questions are relevant for both scientists and policy-makers. A rich collection of chapters subsumes current research frontiers originating from disciplines such as geography, public heal…
Smart city (kota cerdas) adalah kota yang masyarakatnya mampu mengelola sumber daya dengan efisien, dalam arti “mampu memaksimalkan investasi sumberdaya manusia, transportasi, dan infrastruktur teknologi informasi untuk meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan kenyamanan hidup” (Caragliu, Del, & Nijkamp, 2009). Smart city memiliki enam karakteristik, yaitu smart economy, smart mobility, smart e…
Seiring dengan Dies Natalis UT ke 33, Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Terbuka (FE UT) mempersembahkan buku yang diberi judul Kewirausahaan Dalam Multi Perspektif. Pemilihan judul ini dilatarbelakangi oleh kondisi dimana hingga abad 21 ini masalah pengangguran dan kemiskinan masih bercokol di belahan dunia manapun. Kita tahu persis banyak program pembangunan yang sudah digulirkan dimana jutaan dola…
With increasing urgency, decisions about the digitalized future of healthcare and implementations of new assistive technologies are becoming focal points of societal and scientific debates and addresses large audiences. Decisions require a careful weighing of risks and benefits and contextualizing in-depth ethical analysis with robust empirical data. However, up to now, research on social assis…
Pandemi global COVID-19 telah melahirkan kegamangan tata kelola penanganan dihampir semua negara, terlepas dari apapun tingkat kemajuan ekonomi dan teknologi serta karakter politiknya. Sistem manajemen krisis standar kehilangan relevansi, memaksa pemerintah mengambil kebijakan yang cenderung trial and error. Indonesia menghadapi tantangan serupa. Situasi ini diperparah dengan adanya politisasi …
Penyakit COVID-19 telah menimbulkan kepanikan pada masyarakat dunia dan ditetapkan oleh WHO sebagai kejadian pandemik. Sangat diperlukan penjelasan tentang penyakit coronavirus yang mudah diterima oleh pasien, keluarga, dan masyarakat berdasarkan kepustakaan ilmiah yang ada, untuk mengurangi kepanikan dan memberi pengetahuan cara mencegah penyakit ini. Buku ini merupakan rangkuman referensi …