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  • Doctors and Doctrines

    The Ideology of Medical Care in Canada

    Series series Heritage
    There has been controversy for several years now in Canada over the various developments in insurance for medical care. The Canadian Medical Association is of course concerned with protecting the profession as well as the public: those who believe in a government-sponsored medicare plan claim that the medical profession’s reaction is based on self-interest. The debate was intensified by the 1962 ... Leer más

    $398 MXN

  • Doctors in Canada

    The Changing World of Medical Practice

    Series series Heritage
    Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has responded to them.Among the changes doctors have confronted are third-party pressures from ... Leer más

    $398 MXN

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  • Out of Practice

    Fighting for Primary Care Medicine in America

    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    Primary care medicine, as we know and remember it, is in crisis. While policymakers, government administrators, and the health insurance industry pay lip service to the personal relationship between physician and patient, dissatisfaction and disaffection run rampant among primary care doctors, and medical students steer clear in order to pursue more lucrative specialties. Patients feel helpless, ... Leer más

    $246 MXN

  • Dying Well

    de Ira Byock ...
    **From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well.Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone.**This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true. Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked, telling stories of love and reconciliation in ... Leer más

    $218 MXN

  • Overdiagnosed

    Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health

    From a nationally recognized expert, an exposé of the worst excesses of our zeal for medical testingGoing 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 ... Leer más

    $223 MXN

  • High Performing Healthcare Systems, Delivering Quality By Design

    Delivering Quality by Design

    An examination of leadership, strategies, organization processes and investments made to create and sustain improvement in healthcare. ... Leer más

    $220 MXN

  • After The Error

    Speaking Out About Patient Safety to Save Lives

    Medical errors kill 24,000 Canadians each year, adversely affect hundreds of thousands, and cost close to two billion dollars. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psychological, and financial expense. But their willingness to share their harrowing stories has helped to lay the foundation for numerous patient safety programs and ... Leer más

    $200 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Lancet: Universal Health Coverage

    Global Health Series

    Edición de The Lancet ...
    Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, has stated that "Universal Health Coverage is the single most powerful concept that public health has to offer." In this Series from The Lancet, the first of three papers explores the evidence on the links between expansions in coverage and population health outcomes. The second paper looks at the political and economic dimensions ... Leer más

    Gratis

  • Living with Cancer

    A Journey

    In June 2009, Andrew Griffith’s life turned upside down with his diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive and incurable form of lymphoma. Join Andrew through his treatment, recovery, relapse and further treatment over a three year period, as he is faced with numerous physical, emotional and relationship challenges.This book recounts one man’s experience, reactions and reflections on how he ... Leer más

    $57 MXN

  • The Key Facts on Medicare

    Everything You Need to Know About Medicare

    Series series Usable Medical Information for the Patient
    The Key Facts on Medicare provides readers with essential, easy-to-read information on the nationwide healthcare system. Compiled in a simplified manner, this guide helps patients navigate the complicated world of Medicare without enduring the complicated nature of medical terminology or fine print. By making a patient-friendly manual to the plans and inner workings of Medicare, one can easily ... Leer más

    $103 MXN

  • Fixing Medical Prices

    How Physicians Are Paid

    Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S. ... Leer más

    $596 MXN

  • The Good Doctor

    A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics

    The story of two doctors, a father and son, who practiced in very different times and the evolution of the ethics that profoundly influence health careAs a practicing physician and longtime member of his hospital’s ethics committee, Dr. Barron Lerner thought he had heard it all. But in the mid-1990s, his father, an infectious diseases physician, told him a stunning story: he had physically placed ... Leer más

    $323 MXN