Medical category: 54560 books
Copeland's Cure
Homeopathy and the War Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Today, one out of every three Americans uses some form of alternative medicine, either along with their conventional (“standard,” “traditional”) medications or in place of them. One of the most controversial–as well as one of the most popular–alternatives is homeopathy, a wholly Western...
A Surgeon in the Village
An American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
An inspiring story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nation
Dr. Dilan Ellegala arrives in Tanzania, shocked to find the entire country has just three brain surgeons for its population of forty-two million. Haydom Lutheran Hospital lacks even the most basic surgical tools,...
by George Burden, Dorothy Grant
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The twenty true tales in Amazing Medical Stories give a rich and entertaining picture of the ways in which medical workers (both real and fake) have used the keys to the mysterious kingdom of life: health, disease, and physical anomaly, birth, death, and post-mortem diagnosis. The stories run the...
Body by Darwin
How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
We think of medical science and doctors as focused on treating conditions—whether it’s a cough or an aching back. But the sicknesses and complaints that cause us to seek medical attention actually have deeper origins than the superficial germs and behaviors we regularly fault. In fact, as Jeremy...
by Lindsay Worthley
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
INSIDE GOD’S SHED: MEMOIRS OF AN INTENSIVE CARE SPECIALISTL. I. G. WorthleyInside God’s Shed is a series of tales that describe the experiences of an Intensive Care specialist during his career working in two major Australian teaching hospital intensive care units (critical care...
by Dr. Tiffany Bursey, Dr. Vanessa Doyle, Dr. Hedieh Ghanbari
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This book is the creation of four young Canadian doctors who each attended Ross University School of Medicine on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean.
It was there beneath the scorching sun, near banana plantations and mango groves, under the tropic of cancer, that they toiled away in an...
by Chris Pengilly
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
In the second edition of this manual I have retained the basic information about the special requirements of running a medical office. I have added a good deal of practical information about making the most of the electronic medical record. I have gone into detail, with step-by-step guides, on how...
On Becoming a Doctor
Everything You Need to Know about Medical School, Residency, Specialization, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Everything They Don't Tell You, Everything You Need to Know
Becoming a doctor is so much more than acing your MCATs, living through med school, then getting the perfect residency. It is a career that demands long hours on little to no sleep, constant continuing education, and a tough decision...
Cancer Caregiver Roles
What You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
If cancer has touched your family, you need this book.
The Cancer Caregiver Roles that have to be assumed are:
Medical Support****including scheduling, medication support, monitoring side effects, managing pain, maintaining medical records, and advance medical directives.
2) Insurance...
by Niam Hew
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Have you ever gone to work, sat down with your first client of the day and asked him what you could do for him? He inquires with a soft subtle tone of discomfort, “Could you remove an Aqua Velva bottle from my ass?” Have you ever had to do your best to save the life of a murderer? Have you ever...
The Danger Within Us
America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
"Before you get anything implanted in your body, read this book." - Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated
**Did you know...
- Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America.
- An estimated 10 percent of Americans are implanted with medical...
by Victoria A. Harden; Anthony Fauci, MD
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Society was not prepared in 1981 for the appearance of a new infectious disease, but we have since learned that emerging and reemerging diseases will continue to challenge humanity. AIDS at 30 is the first history of HIV/AIDS written for a general audience that emphasizes the medical response to the...
The Power of Rare
A Blueprint for a Medical Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
"The Power of Rare is equal parts science and inspiration. In her urgent drive to help her daughter, Victoria Jackson not only transformed the competitive world of biomedical research, but also created a new medical model for generations to come." —Arianna Huffington
Victoria Jackson revolutionized...
Doctors in Denial
Why Big Pharma and the Canadian medical profession are too close for comfort
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Doctors in Denial examines the relationship between the Canadian medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, and explains how doctors have become dependents of the drug companies instead of champions of patients' health. Big Pharma plays a role in every aspect of doctors' work. These giant,...