Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals
How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2010
The inspiring story of how a leading innovator in patient safety found a simple way to save countless lives.
First, do no harm-doctors, nurses and clinicians swear by this code of conduct. Yet in hospitals and doctors' offices across the country, errors are made every single day - avoidable,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the...
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...
How to Talk to Your Doctor
Getting the Answers and Care You Need
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Showing patients how to take control of their own health care, this guide reveals how to navigate the maze of prescriptions and tests and offers advice for those who act as medical advocates for their children, aging parents, or others.
My Mother, Your Mother
What to Expect As Parents Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
What's the right thing to do for mom and dad as they get older?
Thanks to advances in science and medicine, more of our parents are living longer than ever before. And though we are rewarded with more time with the people we love, we are also faced with new sets of complications—more diseases,...
by Robert W. Christie
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005
This user-friendly book is written to help consumers understand medical clinical laboratory tests and surgical pathology reports. The orientation is toward patients with a medical problem, the worried well who probably dont have a problem, and the medical professionals and allied health providers...
The Familiar Physician
Saving Your Doctor In the Era of Obamacare
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Powerful forces of change are at the core of Obamacare—and they could either strengthen or destroy our family doctors. It’s a perfect storm that threatens our hope for more effective and personalized medical care and it holds the potential to drive our trusted Familiar Physicians toward extinction....
Powerful Medicines
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more...
by Margo Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
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by Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
A complete medical examination includes a history, physical examination and basic laboratory analysis. Performed with compassion and care, it provides a diagnosis eighty percent of the time.
Busy physicians, who find themselves pressed for the time necessary to complete this important task,...
by Roger M. Battistella
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
An expert debunks popular misconceptions about health policy, including the merits of single-payer plans, and offers an alternative.
by National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
In addition to managing the challenges of caring for a person with a chronic disease such as dementia, caregivers need to attend to their health needs so as to prevent the onset of disease and increase overall quality of life. Research
by Jenny Henson
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Diabetes is said to be one of the top health conditions that contributes to most deaths in a year around the world. More than 300 million people around the world are diabetic. More than 8.3% of America’s population is diabetic. It affects children and parents both alike. ...
The Truth about Cancer
What You Need to Know about Cancer's History, Treatment, and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Cancer touches more lives than you may think. According to the World Health Organization, one out of three women alive today, and one out of two men, will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.
To Ty Bollinger, this isn’t just a statistic. It’s personal. After losing seven members of...