Physician Patient category: 198 books
The Word As Scalpel
A History of Medical Sociology
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2002
"A doctor can damage a patient as much with a misplaced word as with a slip of the scalpel." In this statement, from Lawrence J. Henderson, a famous physician whose name is part of the basic science of medicine, epitomizes the central theme of The Word as Scalpel. If words, the main substance of human...
The Latino Patient
A Cultural Guide for Health Care Providers
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2002
One book every health care professional needs!
By 2030 Latinos will comprise roughly 20 percent of the population of the United States. Growing numbers of health professionals are realizing the importance of understanding Latino cultural values as they impact the clinical encounter. Such knowledge...
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D.
"The experience of...
What Your Doctor Really Thinks
Diagnosing the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Q. You’ve been sent for a stress test. Does this mean your doctor thinks there’s something wrong with your heart?
A. Not necessarily. Doctors often schedule stress tests when they are certain a patient’s heart is healthy. So why the test?
In What Your Doctor Really Thinks, Ian...
The Patient's Playbook
How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical error—mistakes, complications, and misdiagnoses. And many more of us are not receiving the best care possible, even though it’s readily available and we’re entitled to it. The key is knowing how to access it.
The Patient’s...
Good Medicine
The Art of Ethical Care in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Award-winning physician Philip C. Hébert creates a brave and intimate portrait of the complex ethical imperatives at the heart of good medicine: doctors do not have all the answers; patients must be heard; and their needs, desires, fears, and experiences must be reflected in how practitioners look...
Death House
The True Story of an American Community Hospital and Its Physicians Who Murder for Money
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2001
There is an excellent chance this book will save your life. You will see doctors, the practice of medicine, and community hospitals as you have never seen them before. You will learn about things you never could have believed existed before. For what is written in this book has never been told before...
Our Parents in Crisis
Confronting Medical Errors, Ageist Doctors, And Other Healthcare Failings
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
On the evening of Friday, June 7, 2002, 78-year-old Fern Sjoerdsma lay in a Chesapeake, Va., hospital bed, moaning and breathing rapidly and laboriously. Her whole body seemed bloated, especially her legs. She failed to respond coherently to questions that her daughter Ann asked and acted irritated by...
by Jonathan Herman & Teri Smieja
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This original book combines the perspective of a practicing Obstetrics/Gynecologist and a BRCA1 positive patient who met online. Through their mutual desire to help people who live with the threat or actuality of BRCA mutations and Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (HBOC), Dr. Herman and...
by Milo M Farnham MD
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Dr. Milo Farnham attended Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, in Pre-Medicine, from 1949 to 1951. He then attended The University of Kansas, in Lawrence, Kansas, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1953. He married, and continued taking graduate classes in Spanish at K.U....
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,...
by Kimberly Kinder
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Medical students and residents receive a lot of formal training in basic science and hands-on patient care. However, much of what you need to know to be an effective physician really boils down to communication skills. This book explores the nuances of the doctor-patient relationship, communication...
by Elaine Holt MD
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
**Dr. Elaine Holt is not your average doctor. **Her medical practice is small, while her heart for her patients is huge. The Doctor Next Door is a collection of extraordinary stories about ordinary people. The stories spotlight the physician as a down-to-earth person, sometimes flawed and unnervingly...
by David Newman
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Without any warning, in September 1999, David Newman was told he had a rare and life-threatening tumor in the base of his skull. In the compressed space of five weeks, he consulted with leading physicians and surgeons at four major medical centers. The doctors offered drastically differing opinions;...