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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

door Gardiner Harris ...

Verteld door Gardiner Harris ...

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14 uur 23 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Meer lezen

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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Still Not Safe

Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine

door Robert L. Wears, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe ...

Verteld door Mike Lenz ...

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7 uur 12 min

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem: the ... Meer lezen

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Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem: the
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Undercover Epicenter Nurse

How Fraud, Negligence, and Greed Led to Unnecessary Deaths at Elmhurst Hospital

door Erin Marie Olszewski, BSN, RN, J. B. Handley ...

Verteld door Shirl Rae ...

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7 uur 47 min

Army combat veteran and registered nurse Erin Olszewski's most deeply held values were put to the test when she arrived as a travel nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. After serving in Iraq, she was back on the front lines—and this time, she found, the situation was even worse.Rooms were filthy, nurses were lax with sanitation measures, and hospital-acquired cases ... Meer lezen

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Army combat veteran and registered nurse Erin Olszewski's most deeply held values were put to the test when she arrived as a travel nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. After serving in Iraq, she was back on the front lines—and this time, she found, the situation was even worse.Rooms were filthy, nurses were lax with sanitation measures, and hospital-acquired cases
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Medical Ethics

A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition

door Tony Hope, Michael Dunn ...

Verteld door Romy Nordlinger ...

Niet ingekort

4 uur 5 min

The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like fair healthcare distribution, are rarely out of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues, from mental health to reproductive medicine, as well as including management issues such as resource allocation, and has proven to hold enduring interest for the ... Meer lezen

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The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like fair healthcare distribution, are rarely out of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues, from mental health to reproductive medicine, as well as including management issues such as resource allocation, and has proven to hold enduring interest for the
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Priced Out

The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care

door Uwe E. Reinhardt ...

Verteld door Bob Souer ...

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4 uur 13 min

From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive—and why it doesn't have to be.Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In ... Meer lezen

14,26 €

From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive—and why it doesn't have to be.Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In
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Overdiagnosed

Making People Sick in Pursuit of Health

door H. Gilbert Welch, MD, Steven Woloshin, MD, Lisa M. Schab, LCSW ...

Verteld door Sean Runnette ...

Niet ingekort

9 uur 37 min

Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument that what we need are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical practice that labels far too many of us as sick, Welch examines the social, ethical, and economic ... Meer lezen

20,58 €

Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument that what we need are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical practice that labels far too many of us as sick, Welch examines the social, ethical, and economic
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Flesh Made New: The Unnatural History and Broken Promise of Stem Cells

door John Rasko, Carl Power ...

Verteld door John Rasko ...

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12 uur 58 min

The dazzling promise of stem cell medicine: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hypeFor decades, we've been anticipating the dawn of regenerative medicine. Again and again, we've been promised that stem cells will soon cure just about every ill imaginable. If not tomorrow, then the next day, or the day after that, and so on. We're still waiting.This book is an antidote to ... Meer lezen

28,61 €

The dazzling promise of stem cell medicine: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hypeFor decades, we've been anticipating the dawn of regenerative medicine. Again and again, we've been promised that stem cells will soon cure just about every ill imaginable. If not tomorrow, then the next day, or the day after that, and so on. We're still waiting.This book is an antidote to
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Diagnostic Revolution, The: How AI is Transforming Healthcare

door S Williams ...

Verteld door Digital Voice Madison G ...

Niet ingekort

2 uur 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an era where technology is reshaping the foundations of medicine, The Diagnostic Revolution delves into the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. This groundbreaking book explores how AI in healthcare is revolutionizing medical diagnostics, from enhancing predictive analytics in medicine to improving patient outcomes ... Meer lezen

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an era where technology is reshaping the foundations of medicine, The Diagnostic Revolution delves into the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. This groundbreaking book explores how AI in healthcare is revolutionizing medical diagnostics, from enhancing predictive analytics in medicine to improving patient outcomes
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InVerse Medicine

Poems about things often left unsaid

door Upreet Dhaliwal ...

Verteld door Didi ...

Niet ingekort

1 uur 8 min

These are poems about conversations that we'd like to have with ourselves and with others when our bodies and minds are fraying...There's struggle and triumph, loss and humanity within the pages of this eclectic collection of verse.Here's what Readers have to say:"[This] collection brings together the dilemmas doctors and clinicians face through the voices of poetry in a way that is quite ... Meer lezen

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These are poems about conversations that we'd like to have with ourselves and with others when our bodies and minds are fraying...There's struggle and triumph, loss and humanity within the pages of this eclectic collection of verse.Here's what Readers have to say:"[This] collection brings together the dilemmas doctors and clinicians face through the voices of poetry in a way that is quite
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Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

door Bernard M. Patten MD ...

Verteld door Gregory V. Diehl ...

Niet ingekort

12 uur 49 min

In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for ... Meer lezen

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In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for
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Extreme Measures

Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

door Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. ...

Verteld door Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. ...

Niet ingekort

11 uur 11 min

For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die.Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined ... Meer lezen

17,84 €

For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die.Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined
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Quack Quack

The Threat of Pseudoscience

door Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...

Verteld door Jonathan Yen ...

Niet ingekort

10 uur 38 min

Let the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformationWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery—loosely defined as the spread of false "knowledge," often accompanied by various versions of "snake oil"—is not a novel phenomenon, it has ... Meer lezen

17,83 €

Let the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformationWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery—loosely defined as the spread of false "knowledge," often accompanied by various versions of "snake oil"—is not a novel phenomenon, it has
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The Distracted Mind

Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

door Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen ...

Verteld door Chris Sorensen ...

Niet ingekort

10 uur 56 min

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves ... Meer lezen

23,19 €

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves
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The Cost of Trust

The Butcher Surgeon and the Scandal that Shamed British Medicine

door Deborah Douglas ...

Verteld door Deborah Douglas ...

Niet ingekort

10 uur 7 min

'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The IndependentThis is the story of one of the most horrifying scandals in British medical history.In 2003, Deborah Douglas was diagnosed with breast cancer by Ian Paterson, a surgeon based in the Midlands. Over the next seven years, Deborah placed her trust in Paterson, undergoing a mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and extensive ... Meer lezen

22,99 €

'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The IndependentThis is the story of one of the most horrifying scandals in British medical history.In 2003, Deborah Douglas was diagnosed with breast cancer by Ian Paterson, a surgeon based in the Midlands. Over the next seven years, Deborah placed her trust in Paterson, undergoing a mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and extensive
... Meer lezen
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Dark Science Experiments

The True History of Unethical Human Trials

door Dipesh Piplani ...

Verteld door Digital Voice Martin G ...

Niet ingekort

1 uur 50 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark Science Experiments: The True History of Unethical Human TrialsExposing Real-Life Atrocities from MK‑Ultra, Tuskegee, and BeyondUnearth the shocking truth behind some of the most chilling unethical human experiments ever conducted in the name of science, national security, and medical advancement. In this gripping, rigorously documented nonfiction ... Meer lezen

22,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark Science Experiments: The True History of Unethical Human TrialsExposing Real-Life Atrocities from MK‑Ultra, Tuskegee, and BeyondUnearth the shocking truth behind some of the most chilling unethical human experiments ever conducted in the name of science, national security, and medical advancement. In this gripping, rigorously documented nonfiction
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Admissions

A Life in Brain Surgery - as seen on 'life-changing' BBC documentary Confessions of a Brain Surgeon

door Henry Marsh ...

Verteld door Henry Marsh ...

Niet ingekort

7 uur 54 min

'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMESHenry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and ... Meer lezen

22,29 €

'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMESHenry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and
... Meer lezen
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The Conscience of Care

Navigating Health in the Culture Wars

door Dov Fox ...

Verteld door David Marantz ...

Niet ingekort

9 uur 15 min

Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from ... Meer lezen

18,73 €

Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from
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The Sadness Business

door Patrick Landman ...

Verteld door Alan Cook ...

Niet ingekort

2 uur 43 min

Have you lost a loved one? Your sadness becomes depression. Your child is a little too lively? He or she may be a danger to society. Do you have a penchant for cake? You have a psychiatric disorder. The new standard way of thinking about mental health, dictated by the publication of an international guide, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is authorian and overshadows ... Meer lezen

10,99 €

Have you lost a loved one? Your sadness becomes depression. Your child is a little too lively? He or she may be a danger to society. Do you have a penchant for cake? You have a psychiatric disorder. The new standard way of thinking about mental health, dictated by the publication of an international guide, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is authorian and overshadows
... Meer lezen
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The Book of Body Positivity

How We Got It All Wrong and What We Can Do About It

door Rajeev Kurapati ...

Verteld door ERROL RODRIGUES ...

Niet ingekort

7 uur 8 min

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic ... Meer lezen

15,61 €

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic
... Meer lezen
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The South Carolina State Hospital

Stories from Bull Street

door William Buchheit ...

Verteld door Adam Lofbomm ...

Niet ingekort

3 uur 51 min

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating ... Meer lezen

11,59 €

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating
... Meer lezen
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Subjected to Science

Human Experimentation in America before the Second World War

door Susan E. Lederer ...

Verteld door Lisa S. Ware ...

Niet ingekort

7 uur 19 min

The first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the period "before Tuskegee"—from 1890 to 1940Long before the U.S. government began conducting secret radiation and germ-warfare experiments, and long before the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, medical professionals had introduced—and hotly debated the ethics of—the use of human subjects in medical experiments. In Subjected ... Meer lezen

17,83 €

The first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the period "before Tuskegee"—from 1890 to 1940Long before the U.S. government began conducting secret radiation and germ-warfare experiments, and long before the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, medical professionals had introduced—and hotly debated the ethics of—the use of human subjects in medical experiments. In Subjected
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The Life Worth Living

Disability, Pain, and Morality

door Joel Michael Reynolds ...

Verteld door Jason Vu ...

Niet ingekort

6 uur 50 min

More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said: "let there be a law that no deformed child shall live." This idea is alive and well today. During the past century, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. argued that the United States can forcibly sterilize intellectually disabled women and philosopher Peter Singer argued for the right of parents to euthanize certain cognitively disabled infants ... Meer lezen

17,83 €

More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said: "let there be a law that no deformed child shall live." This idea is alive and well today. During the past century, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. argued that the United States can forcibly sterilize intellectually disabled women and philosopher Peter Singer argued for the right of parents to euthanize certain cognitively disabled infants
... Meer lezen
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The South Carolina State Hospital

Stories from Bull Street

door William Buchheit ...

Verteld door Adam Lofbomm ...

Niet ingekort

3 uur 51 min

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating ... Meer lezen

11,59 €

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating
... Meer lezen
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The Wounded Storyteller

Body, Illness, and Ethics Second Edition

door Arthur Frank ...

Verteld door Trevor Thompson ...

Niet ingekort

8 uur 19 min

Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank's book has reached a large and diverse following, ... Meer lezen

17,83 €

Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank's book has reached a large and diverse following,
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Luisterboeken in de categorie Ethiek

No More Tears

Still Not Safe

Undercover Epicenter Nurse

Medical Ethics

Priced Out

Overdiagnosed

Flesh Made New: The Unnatural History and Broken Promise of Stem Cells

Diagnostic Revolution, The: How AI is Transforming Healthcare

InVerse Medicine

Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

Extreme Measures

Quack Quack

The Distracted Mind

The Cost of Trust

Dark Science Experiments

Admissions

The Conscience of Care

The Sadness Business

The Book of Body Positivity

The South Carolina State Hospital

Subjected to Science

The Life Worth Living

The South Carolina State Hospital

The Wounded Storyteller