Physician Patient category: 198 books
Open Heart
A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death
When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined...
Summary of Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Summary of Do No Harm by Henry Marsh | Includes Analysis Preview: Do No Harm is neurosurgeon Henry Marsh’s memoir, with a particular focus on his mistakes and regrets. Marsh admits that he grew up privileged. He began his college career studying English, but quit...
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Manuel de soins palliatifs à domicile
Language: French
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Un guide essentiel pour comprendre les soins palliatifs et les besoins des patients en fin de vieSi ce livre est avant tout destiné aux médecins généralistes et aux soignants du domicile, il pourra être utile à tous ceux qui s'intéressent aux soins palliatifs et cherchent à compléter leurs connaissances,...
Medical Catastrophe
Confessions of an Anesthesiologist
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Unnecessary death rarely happens at the hands of doctors, but it does happen. Sometimes the cause is medical error. But sometimes the cause is politics. The issues underlying many medical catastrophes are numerous: a power struggle between providers, uncertainty over who’s in charge, hesitation...
Acid Reflux & Heartburn In 30 Minutes
A guide to acid reflux, heartburn, and GERD for patients and families
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
NEW FOR 2018! If you or a family member are among the millions of people suffering from heartburn, acid reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), you are dealing with discomfort that impacts eating, sleeping, and other aspects of daily life. In Acid Reflux & Heartburn In 30 Minutes, author,...
Talk to Your Doc
The Patient's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Doctors are busier than ever and the Internet produces more information than ever for patients. Getting the right treatment can be challenging if you don't have the right approach. Mary Hawkins helps patients advocate for the best care with a guide on how to discuss your condition with your doctor.
Providing Health Care in the Context of Language Barriers
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Global migration continues to increase, and with it comes increasing linguistic diversity. This presents obvious challenges for both healthcare provider and patient, and the chapters in this volume represent a range of international perspectives on language barriers in health care. A variety of factors...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Volume 3, Cancer, presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The DCP3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alternative cancer care packages...
Guten Tag, mein Name ist Hiob …
Ein Ratgeber zum Überbringen schlechter Nachrichten in der Medizin
Language: German
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Mit Fallbeispielen, Interviews und Formulierungshilfen Schlechte Nachrichten gehören zu den Tatsachen des Lebens. Gerade im medizinischen Alltag - sei es im Krankenhaus oder in der Arztpraxis - müssen Ärzte und Pflegepersonal ihren Patienten regelmäßig schlechte Nachrichten - also „Hiobsbotschaften“...
by Sara Eddami
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Scritto da un'infermiera Professionale per amore dei pazienti, perché questi, ignari dell'ambiente sanitario, spesso si presentano impreparati alle visite mediche o ai ricoveri. Il libro spiega cosa fare, a quale domande rispondere, come comportarsi per l'abbigliamento, come agire durante il ricovero...
Attending
Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books).
The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending...
The Behavior of Doctors
Their Health, Their Attitudes, Their Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HOW DOCTORS BEHAVE - AT BEST , AT WORST AND IN BETWEEN. - WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE EFFECTS, GOOD OR BAD, OF HIS OWN AND HIS COLLEAGUES' HEALTH, ATTITUDES AND METHODS OF WORKING.
A Lucky Life Interrupted
A Memoir of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR • A powerful memoir of a dramatic year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life—from the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years
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Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
For many complaints and conditions, the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly performed operations can be found to be useless or even harmful when properly evaluated. That these claims come from an experienced,...