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Awake at the Bedside
Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
This book isn’t about dying. It’s about life and what life has to teach us. It’s about caring and what giving care really means.
In Awake at the Bedside, pioneers of palliative and end-of-life care as well as doctors, chaplains, caregivers and even poets offer wisdom that will challenge,...
by Ira Byock
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1998
**From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well.
Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone.**
This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true. Dying Well brings...
Surviving Your Doctors
Why the Medical System is Dangerous to Your Health and How to Get Through it Alive
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Surviving Your Doctors, with its in-depth explanations, guidance, and direction will be the basic training manual patients need to work their way through the health care maze. It serves as a map of the medical minefield, told from the perspective of a doctor yet designed to reveal the faults in the...
Born in the USA
How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
In this rare, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in hospitals across the country, a longtime medical insider and international authority on childbirth assesses the flawed American maternity care system, powerfully demonstrating how it fails to deliver safe, effective care for both mothers and...
Worried Sick
A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Nortin Hadler's clearly reasoned argument surmounts the cacophony of the health care debate. Hadler urges everyone to ask health care providers how likely it is that proposed treatments will afford meaningful benefits and he teaches how to actively listen to the answer. Each chapter of Worried Sick...
Nature Gave Us Butterflies, Standard Edition
A Family's Guide to End-of-Life Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Nature Gave Us Butterflies, Standard Edition is written for individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families who will be providing care for them. Written in an open and honest writing style, it gently delivers sensitive information in tandem with nature’s metaphor of the caterpillar’s...
Admit One
What You Must Know When Going to the Hospital—But No One Actually Tells You!
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Admit One: What You Must Know When Going to the Hospital—But No One Actually Tells You! explains—in plain language—everything to expect in the hospital environment. Whether it's you or a loved one who is being admitted, you can use this insider's guide to understand as much as possible about the...
by Carole Lium Edelman, APRN, MS
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Promote health and wellness for all ages and population groups! Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 9th Edition provides a comprehensive guide to leading health promotion concepts, from assessment to interventions to application**.** Its lifespan approach addresses patients’ unique needs...
Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The development of better processes to provide proper healthcare has enhanced contemporary society. By implementing effective collaborative strategies, this ensures proper quality and instruction for both the patient and medical practitioners. Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science: Concepts, Methodologies,...
Health Systems in Transition
Canada, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The health care system in Canada is much-discussed in the international sphere, but often overlooked when it comes to its highly decentralized administration and regulation. Health Systems in Transition: Canada provides an objective description and analysis of the public, private, and mixed components...
by
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Technology has become an integral part of our daily interactions, even within the hospitals and healthcare facilities we rely on in times of illness and injury. New technologies and systems are being developed every day, advancing the ways that we treat and maintain the health and wellbeing of diverse...
by Christopher J. Conover
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
With 150 original color charts and graphs, The Illustrated Guide to the American Health Care Economy is an attractive, user-friendly, one-of-a-kind resource on the economics of health care in the United States. Covering topics such as 'How Is Each Health Care Dollar Spent?' and 'Who Pays for Health...
by Francis G Caro, Robert Morris *Deceased*
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Explore significant-but often-overlooked-aspects of aging policy!
This unique addition to the literature on aging policy will help you understand devolution-the decentralizing of service provision-and the roles that state/local government and private organizations now play in addressing the...
by Carlton Munson
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Take social work supervision into the new millennium!
This newly revised edition of the classic text is a thorough, comprehensive guidebook to every aspect of supervision, including learning styles, teaching techniques, emotional support for supervisors, and supervision in different settings....