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Treatment Kind and Fair
Letters to a Young Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
If you’ve ever sat on an examination table and wondered what is really going on in your doctor’s head, then this book is for you. New York Times contributor and beloved author Perri Klass addresses the primary issues in the life of any doctor and, by extension, the lives of those for whom they...
Secrets from the Operating Room
My Experiences, Observations, and Reflections as a Surgical Salesman
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Every year, one out of every ten people will need to have a surgical procedure. The majority of those needing surgery know nothing about the operating room or surgery. In Secrets from the Operating Room, author Curtis M. Chaudoin provides objective information and strategies to help improve the state...
Searching for the Best Medicine
The Life and Times of a Doctor and Patient
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
This book describes the life and times of a physician-scientist over the last half-century. Part One is about the author's struggle with colon cancer and the lessons he learnt from the experience; Part Two is about his life growing up, the pretzel bakery, his family, being educated at Bronx Science,...
Collaboration in Private Practice
Psychotherapy in the Midst of Health Care Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
The practice of psychology, psychiatry, social work, counseling, and psychotherapy is changing under the increasing impact of market forces, corporate insurance companies, and government reforms. Collaboration in Private Practice: Psychotherapy in the Midst of Health Care Reform is a guide to establishing...
After The Error
Speaking Out About Patient Safety to Save Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Medical errors kill 24,000 Canadians each year, adversely affect hundreds of thousands, and cost close to two billion dollars. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psychological, and financial expense. But their willingness to share their...
Wait Time
A Memoir of Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
When poet and essayist Kenneth Sherman was diagnosed with cancer, he began keeping a notebook of observations that blossomed into this powerful memoir. With incisive and evocative language, Sherman presents a clear-eyed view of what the cancer patient feels and thinks. His narrative voice is personal...
by Elizabeth Kahn
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2011
After a visit to a nutritionist dramatically improved Kahn’s health, she experienced a paradigm shift about eating, healing and health care. She subsequently became a nutrition consultant and educator and an advocate for changing not only how people approach their own eating habits and health care...
by Dr. Michelle Kmiec
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
After being desperately sick ten years ago, the medical profession offered her nothing but prescription drugs and outrageous “healthcare” bills. Not willing to accept that as her faith, if she was to be healthy again, she decided she would have to look for the answers herself.
That’s...
Unprecedented
The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Foreword by Randy E. Barnett
In 2012, the United States Supreme Court became the center of the political world. In a dramatic and unexpected 54 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts voted on narrow grounds to save the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Unprecedented tells the...
Helping Children and Young People who Self-harm
An Introduction to Self-harming and Suicidal Behaviours for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Every year thousands of children and young people attend emergency departments with problems resulting from self-harm. More still come to the attention of CAMHS teams, school nurses and other community-based services. Helping Children and Young People who Self-harm provides clear and practical guidance...
An Insider's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery
A Physical Therapist Shares the Keys to a Better Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Nearly two million Americans undergo elective orthopedic surgery each year. And the numbers keep growing—hip replacements are projected to double over the next fifteen years, and knee replacements will quadruple. When you are ready for your procedure, you’ll want a copy of An Insider’s Guide...
by Suzette Kaye
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
My book is the personal experience my family faced when trying to get adequate appropriate healthcare for our son. His doctors refused to listen to our son´s school and make a requested orthopedic referral. When they were continued to be made aware of the need for appropriate intervention his doctors...
by Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
A primary care doctor is skeptical of his patient’s concerns. A hospital nurse or intern is unaware of a drug’s potential side effects. A physician makes the most “common” diagnosis while overlooking the signs of a rarer and more serious illness, and the patient doesn’t see the necessary...
Ultimate Health
Finding It
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Western health related industries employ more people, consume more money, and have more dependent adherents than any other activity involving the entire population. Since the early 1900s, life expectancy at birth has increased from about 50 years to the low 80s. However, not all interventions have been...