Physician Patient category: 198 books
The Quality Playbook
A Step-by-Step Guide for Healthcare Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
The Quality Playbook and the companion Workbook (which you can purchase separately on the publisher's website www.SecondRiverHealthcare.com) are about creating great clinical outcomes and safer care for patients, families, and communities; creating healthcare organizations that rank at the top...
by Paula S. Bauer, MD; Mark C. Horattas, MD; George L. Litman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Masterful medicine is the pursuit of perfection. Perfection may be unattainable, but the relentless pursuit of perfection is available to all who have courage, determination and perseverance. Masters of any endeavor learn with practice to be the very best. They learn with equal measure from their successes,...
by Ian R McWhinney, Thomas Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009
Highly acclaimed in its first two editions, Ian R. McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner might see in clinical practice, McWhinney defines the principles and practices of family medicine...
by Gian Pasquale Ganzit, Luca Stefanini
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Regular exercise can improve the quality of life, reduce major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, such as levels of cholesterol, overweight, and diabetes. Therefore, patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases, such as arrhythmias, hypertension, or heart failure, should exercise regularly....
by Dr. Jim Halla
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Being a doctor and going to the doctor are theological issues. A major thesis of the book is that a de-medicalization of physicians is necessary and should be replaced by a Scripto-centric approach to life in the practice of medicine. This call is radical, humanly speaking, but we have a God Who has...
The Informed Patient
Your Complete Guide to Understanding the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
The Informed Patient is a book about empowerment and about ethically and responsibly working with your medical professional so that your care is the best that it can be. It's about increasing your odds for a good outcome, it's about doing everything you can to make sure you leave the hospital in better shape than you entered it
Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now
Gaining the Upper Hand in Your Medical Care
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The state of health care in this country is routinely discussed in the media, at the office, and around the kitchen table. Yet as consumers of medical care, Americans often blindly accept medical advice that may or may not be relevant or even appropriate. Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now is meant...
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...
Being a Doctor
Understanding Medical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
Being a Doctor is much more than simply providing medical care. This book aims to increase the resilience and wellness of doctors, helping the profession to provide better care for patients, through a deep and thoughtful approach to clinical work. It explores areas that can challenge clinicians in...
The Patient Will See You Now
The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
The essential guide by one of America's leading doctors to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health
A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You'll make an appointment months in advance. You'll probably wait for several hours until you hear "the...
Patient Engagement
Catalyzing Improvement and Innovation in Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
CFHI's first book on patient engagement. Case studies from healthcare delivery organizations in three countries, catalyzing improvement and innovation in healthcare illustrates patient engagement strategies and their impacts.
A Life of Control
Stories of Living with Diabetes
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Diabetes happens in a life that already has a story. This book, composed of nearly forty personal narratives, based on taped interviews, about the lives of actual patients with diabetes, draws upon the collective experience of an endocrinologist and two nurse practitioners who worked together for...
by Paul J. Schenarts, MD, FACS
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Perioperative Management is reviewed extensively in this important Surgical Clinics of North America issue. Articles include: Cardiac risk stratification and protection; Prevention of pulmonary complications; Perioperative nutrition; Prophylactic antibiotics and prevention of post-operative infections;...
Medical Philosophy
A Philosophical Analysis of Patient Self-Perception in Diagnostics and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This innovative book clarifies the distinction between philosophy of medicine and medical philosophy, expanding the focus from the 'knowing that' of the first to the 'knowing how' of the latter. The idea of patient and provider self-discovery becomes the method and strategy at the basis of therapeutic...