Patient Care category: 3822 books
Nortin Hadler's 4-Volume Healthcare Omnibus E-Book
Includes Worried Sick, Stabbed in the Back, Rethinking Aging, and The Citizen Patient
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This four-volume Omnibus E-Book is a collection of Nortin Hadler's definitive works on the state of healthcare in America today. The set includes:
Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America, Hadler's best-seller that shows consumers how to distinguish good medical advice...
The Cancer Experience
The Doctor, the Patient, the Journey
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Navigating the tumultuous waters of cancer treatment and decision making is difficult for all patients. It is also difficult for doctors and other medical personnel. This books deals with a variety of emotion-related and ethics issues that form much of the basis of the world of cancer related medicine:...
Psychology and Dentistry
Mental Health Aspects of Patient Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Learn to build successful working relationships with your patients
Psychology and Dentistry: Mental Health Aspects of Patient Care is a practical guide to an often-neglected aspect of dentistry-the contributions of the behavioral sciences to dental research and practice. Dr. William A. Ayer,...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Palliative means relieving pain or symptoms without dealing with the cause of the disorder.Palliative medicine is such a large and important treatment that it is impossible to deal with every aspect of it.This is only a simple guide of what palliative care involves.Palliative medicine consists of...
Patient Safety
Perspectives on Evidence, Information and Knowledge Transfer
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Patient Safety: Perspectives on Evidence, Information and Knowledge Transfer provides background on the patient safety movement, systems safety, human error and other key philosophies that support change and innovation in the reduction of medical error. The book draws from multidisciplinary areas...
The Secrets of Medical Decision Making
How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
We are all patients at some time. Is the medical industry giving us the best treatment possible, at the best price? We all know that it isn't. This new book shows what goes on behind the scenes of the current medical care and how it impacts the patient. Dr. Reznik describes actual cases from his clinical...
Malpractice
A Neurosurgeon Reveals How Our Health Care System Harms Patients and Protects Dangerous Doctors
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
An insider’s devastating critique of modern medical practices and “an honest view of what our broken health-care system looks like” (Patricia J. Skolnik, president, Citizens for Patient Safety, LLC).
In 1991, the Institute of Medicine released a landmark report revealing that as many...
by Anthea Hatfield, Michael Tronson
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2008
The care that a patient receives in the first hours after surgery is crucial to minimizing the risk of complications such as heart attacks, pneumonia, and blood clots. As the patient awakes from their drug-induced coma, it takes time for them to metabolize and excrete these drugs, during which period...
by Wanda Kay Nicholson, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Dr. Nicholson's issue is devoted to providing health care to the underserved woman. Leading experts in the area have written reviews to address the leading thinking and management of patient outcomes in the following areas: Racial/ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare; Perinatal Quality Indicators...
The Digital Patient
Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
A modern guide to computational models and constructive simulation for personalized patient care using the Digital Patient
The healthcare industry’s emphasis is shifting from merely reacting to disease to preventing disease and promoting wellness. Addressing one of the more hopeful Big Data...
Improving Medication Management in Home Care
Issues and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Help stop the widespread problem of medication errors among the elderly
The problem of medication errors among the elderly is widespread. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions tackles this tough issue by closely examining the challenges faced in preventing medication...
Health Literacy in Primary Care
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2007
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
At the intersection of health care delivery and practice there lies a large area of patient care with no manual: how to provide the best care to patients who have a critically low level of comprehension and literacy. Because all patients play a central role...
Pain Management Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Assessing and managing pain—the primary symptom for those seeking health care—is imperative in every RN’s daily practice. Pain management nursing takes this further with its specific focus to alleviate pain, improve pain relief, optimize function, and maintain quality of life of patients across...
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...