Physician Patient category: 198 books

Based on the psychiatry residency curriculum at the University of Toronto, which includes teaching in and exposure to developmental disabilities (DD), Guidelines for Managing Patients with Intellectual Disability in the Emergency Room can contribute to a better outcome for ER clients and the ER staff...

Innovations in providing vital health care in homes and remote areas could ultimately change the way society views the health care markets and services in the future. Telehealth systems promise innovations that can extend a hospital’s knowledge and resources, connecting with patients who may not be...

Doctors can benefit from Coaching, not only for themselves but also as a way of enabling their patients to make decisions about treatment options. This book explains what Coaching is, and how it can encourage doctors improve their work-life balance. There are discussions about the benefits of telephone...

Look at the messenger: who is he? Whose interest is he pursuing? This statement, or life skills, my wise grandmother taught me when I was disappointed about other people: their behavior, intentions, actions, and attitudes. In this story I am applying the above axiom, or statement, as a starting point for my health problems that I started encountering as I started getting older. 

Everyone wants you to be stupid. Why?       So they can make money from you—is another axiom, or a statement, that wise and smart people are using when they are facing problems and needed to make decisions to protect their personal interest.  The story about the author’s some...

With the changing demographics in the population of the United States, healthcare providers across the country will continue to see significant numbers of individuals and families who have immigrated to the U.S. or applied for refugee/asylee status here. Many of these newcomers are from countries...

Cancer of any kind is scary, but lung cancer is unique in that most people think that only people who smoke can or do get it. The truth is that anyone can get lung cancer, and it can be deadly. In 2008 (the most recent year numbers are available), 208,493 people in the United States were diagnosed...

Summary of The Laws of Medicine by Siddhartha Mukherjee | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science is a book that outlines the guiding rules that govern medicine. It is based on the experience of the author, Siddhartha...

An entirely new way to make the best medical decisions. Making the right medical decisions is harder than ever. We are overwhelmed by information from all sides—whether our doctors’ recommendations, dissenting experts, confusing statistics, or testimonials on the Internet. Now Doctors Groopman...

Whether you have already been, or want to go, on a Humanitarian Clowning Tour, this day-by-day trip journal will entertain and enlighten you with its informal, conversational and silly style. Clowns from many countries, aged 3 to 74, spent two weeks traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, meeting...

"A collection of inspiring, heart-warming, touching stories that will make you laugh, and reflect."Do you like true stories? Of people like us who go through extraordinary situations?In this book Dr. Iñaki Vázquez brings together the most surprising cases he has experienced over the course of his...

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative neurological disease characterized primarily by cognitive deficiencies and problems with muscle movements and tremors; more than a half a million Americans have the disease and the current numbers are expected to increase over the next few years. Understanding...

Colonoscopy is the bread and butter for endoscopists and advances in the procedure to reduce time, improve efficiency, and prevent errors are very important for this group. The newest advances look at colonoscopy efficiency and a better way to target tissue sampling, which avoids random biopsies and...

**ACHE’s 2015 JAMES A. HAMILTON BOOK OF THE YEAR.**  Finally there is a book for healthcare leaders that only comes along once in a generation. Dr. David Lawrence shares with the readers his vast experience in leading the largest non-profit health system in the country. He describes what a...