This coedited book addresses an unmet need in the marketplace by posing management strategies from various international sources for improving healthcare outcomes. With the recent outbreaks of worldwide calamities such as famine, natural disasters, pandemics, proliferation of substance abuse, posttraumatic syndrome states, and other related disease containment concerns, there is increased international attention to disease detection, surveillance, prevention, containment, and treatment methods. There is also a growing realization of the important role that health capital plays in increasing the value of a nation’s well-being, that is, on the quality of a nation’s socioeconomic development. This concept has been referred to as the health capital of a nation
