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Don't Let Your Doctor Kill You
How to Beat Physician Arrogance, Corporate Greed and a Broken System
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
How do you take charge of your health and stop turning over your life to our confusing and intimidating healthcare system before it’s too late?
Dr. Erika Schwartz believes that today’s patient is but a leaf blowing in the wind of group-think protocols, corrupt medical societies,...
Last Rights
Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2006
"This country is fairly crowded with doctors, families, and patients—all possessed of good intentions—failing to achieve the simple goal of allowing people to die with dignity and grace."
In the 1970s, most Americans died swiftly and brutally: of heart attacks, strokes, cancer, or in...
by Tilda Shalof
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
The team of nurses that Tilda Shalof found herself working with in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a big-city hospital was known as “Laura’s Line.” They were a bit wild: smart, funny, disrespectful of authority, but also caring and incredibly committed to their jobs. Laura set the tone with...
The $800 Million Pill
The Truth behind the Cost of New Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2004
Why do life-saving prescription drugs cost so much? Drug companies insist that prices reflect the millions they invest in research and development. In this gripping exposé, Merrill Goozner contends that American taxpayers are in fact footing the bill twice: once by supporting government-funded research...
Using Books in Clinical Social Work Practice
A Guide to Bibliotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Using Books in Clinical Social Work Practice: A Guide to Bibliotherapy introduces clinical social workers and other helping professionals to bibliotherapy, an innovative approach to helping individuals deal with psychological, social, and developmental problems. Literally meaning “treatment through...
Crooked
Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how...
You Don't Look Sick!
Living Well With Chronic Invisible Illness
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
You Donít Look Sick chronicles one personís true-life story of illness and her physicians compassionate commentary as they journey through the four stages of chronic illnessóGetting Sick, Being Sick, Grief and Acceptance and Living Well. The authors address such practical aspects as hiring a doctor,...
by Holly Noseda
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
With 60,000 children in the care system and national child protection scandals hitting the headlines at an alarming rate, adoption and fostering are typical issues. It can be hard for prospective adopters and foster carers to get comprehensive, no-nonsense advice and guidance.
This book...
by Kanchan Kabra
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Cooking For Pregnant And Lactating Women
by Kanchan Kabra
This book presents a feast of delicious and nutritious recipes created for women planning a baby, for pregnant women and for lactating ones. This is a boon to them.
Kanchan Kabra being a nutrition consultant and a dietician has...
by Colleen Moore
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Having a son or daughter diagnosed with autism can be heart-wrenching for parents.You have a thousand questions.Is there a cure?Can my child go to public school?Will he ever talk?Why does she rock back and forth, or clap, or repeatedly hit her head with her hand?The...
Cook County ICU
30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
An inside look at one of the nation’s most famous public hospitals as seen through the eyes of its longtime director of intensive care
Filled with stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from a 30-year career in medicine, Cook County ICU offers readers a peek into the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in biomedical technology. The ethnographically based essays in this volume highlight African ways of perceiving...
When Doctors Don't Listen
How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
In this examination of the doctor-patient relationship, Drs. Wen and Kosowsky argue that diagnosis, once the cornerstone of medicine, is fast becoming a lost art, with grave consequences. Using real-life stories of cookbook-diagnoses-gone-bad, the doctors illustrate how active patient participation...
Hospice: a labor of love
A Labor of Love
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Sharing stories of real people they have encountered as professional hospice caregivers, the authors explore both the practical and philosophical aspects of the hospice movement. Straightforward and nontechnical in approach, Hospice, A Labor of Love offers help and inspiration to hospice volunteers, pastoral counselors, and the families of those who are receiving hospice care.