Health Care Issues category: 1336 books

A nurse sleeps at the bedside of his dying patients; a wife deceives her husband by never telling him he has cancer; a bedridden man has to be hidden from his demented and amorous eighty-year-old wife. In her poignant and genre-busting debut, Susana Moreira Marques confronts us with our own mortality...

One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients,...

In the groundbreaking book Priceless, renowned healthcare economist John Goodman reveals how patients, healthcare providers, employers, and employees are all trapped in a dysfunctional, bureaucratic, healthcare system fraught with perverse incentives that raise costs, reduce quality, and make care...

It is pure torture to watch a loved one slowly lose everything and know there is nothing that can be done for them. It is so important to reassure your loved ones during the early stages of this disease.  The more worked up they get, the more inept and useless they feel.  Nobody should feel...

Ce à quoi vous pouvez vous attendre et ce que vous pouvez faire pour aider Aider un proche malade à vivre ses derniers moments est l’une des expériences les plus difficiles de la vie. À mesure que la maladie progresse, il se peut que vous ayez à prendre...

What You Can Expect and How You Can Help Helping someone through the last years of their life is one of the most difficult journeys anyone can take. As the illness progresses, you may have to make important decisions on behalf of someone close to you. You may be responsible for ensuring...

This manual will be eye opening for anyone who has never worked in this field or has had yet to confront the realities of death Garcines humble nature and sincere concern for dying pati ents is clearly evident. His heartfelt and sober book can serve as a useful initiation for those new to the care of the terminally ill.

In his acclaimed memoir Intern, Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored, his harrowing follow-up, observes the crisis of American medicine through the eyes of an attending cardiologist. Hoping for the stability he needs to start...

“What is a stroke?” This is the question that plagues Ron Smith as he emerges from the carpet bombing of his brain. The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke is a first-person account of a massive ischemic stroke to the brain stem. Smith takes the reader inside the experience and shows how recuperation...

This book is about three people from different walks of life, each of whom experienced a life-changing episode of Guillain-Barr Syndrome. Three dramatic stories in one. Firstly, a story of the Author's remarkable almost complete recovery following his encounter with the syndrome. It is a frank...

The primary purpose of this book titled, “Managing Alzheimer’s and Dementia Behavior” is to assist both “Healthcare Professionals” and “Family Caregivers” alike in providing the best care possible to those afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia...

Cosmetic surgery has become the subject of intense media and public interest in the last few years. It is unique amongst the surgical specialties in that prospective patients are directly targeted by advertising, and often, through the use of aggressive sales and marketing techniques. For the general...

Written in simple, non-jargon language with over 1,200 copies sold world wide, this highly praised, unbiased resource is for anybody thinking about total joint replacement (hip or knee). For the everyday person, it creates a decision making framework to guide you through the entire journey by using...

Hair is the fastest growing tissue of the body, made up of proteins called keratins. Every strand of hair is made up of three layers: the inner layer or medulla (only present in thick hairs); the middle layer or cortex, which determines the strength, texture, and color of hair; and the cuticle, which...