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  • 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 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • How To Break Bad News

    A Guide for Health Care Professionals

    Series series Heritage
    For many health care professionals and social service providers, the hardest part of the job is breaking bad news. The news may be about a condition that is life-threatening (such as cancer or AIDS), disabling (such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis), or embarrassing (such as genital herpes). To date medical education has done little to train practitioners in coping with such ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • What Your Doctor Really Thinks

    Diagnosing the Doctor-Patient Relationship

    by Ian Blumer ...
    Q. You’ve been sent for a stress test. Does this mean your doctor thinks there’s something wrong with your heart?A. Not necessarily. Doctors often schedule stress tests when they are certain a patient’s heart is healthy. So why the test?In What Your Doctor Really Thinks, Ian Blumer looks at the doctor-patient relationship, and explains what your doctor will and won’t tell you in the examining room ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death House

    The True Story of an American Community Hospital and Its Physicians Who Murder for Money

    There is an excellent chance this book will save your life. You will see doctors, the practice of medicine, and community hospitals as you have never seen them before. You will learn about things you never could have believed existed before. For what is written in this book has never been told before in its entirety, anywhere and by anyone.Doctors with respectable credentials and good reputations ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Guidelines for Managing Patients with Development Disability in the Emergency Room

    Based on the psychiatry residency curriculum at the University of Toronto, which includes teaching in and exposure to developmental disabilities (DD), Guidelines for Managing Patients with Intellectual Disability in the Emergency Room can contribute to a better outcome for ER clients and the ER staff who provide care.These valuable guidelines, written for psychiatric residents and for those who ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Word As Scalpel

    A History of Medical Sociology

    "A doctor can damage a patient as much with a misplaced word as with a slip of the scalpel." In this statement, from Lawrence J. Henderson, a famous physician whose name is part of the basic science of medicine, epitomizes the central theme of The Word as Scalpel. If words, the main substance of human relations, are so potent for harm, how equally powerful they can be to help if used with ... Read more

    $88.99 USD

  • The Latino Patient

    A Cultural Guide for Health Care Providers

    by Nilda Chong ...
    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 can enhance their ability to communicate with and treat Latino patients effectively and respectfully ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Singular Intimacies

    Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue

    A “finely gifted writer” shares “fifteen brilliantly written episodes covering the years from studenthood to the end of medical residency” (Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat)Singular Intimacies is the story of becoming a doctor by immersion at Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the country—and perhaps the most legendary. It is both the classic inner ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The New Consultation

    Developing doctor-patient communication

    The Consultation, published almost 20 years ago by the same authors, has been completely rewritten. The New Consultation will be an essential aid for all doctors and their educators to increase the effectiveness of their consultations and to help to make them more patient-centred. It includes theoretical background as well as practical help for both consulters and teachers. The consultation is ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • A formação ética dos médicos

    saindo da adolescência com a vida (dos outros) nas mãos

    by Sérgio Rego ...
    Traz um estudo da realidade da formação ética dos futuros médicos nas escolas de medicina do Brasil, retratando as dificuldades que os jovens profissionais se deparam quando deixam de ser formalmente aprendizes e passam a responder moral, jurídica e socialmente pela vida de um semelhante. Leitura necessária para os envolvidos com a formação moral do futuro médico. ... Read more

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  • Incidental Findings

    Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine

    by Danielle Ofri ...
    In Singular Intimacies, which the New England Journal of Medicine said captured the "essence of becoming and being a doctor," Danielle Ofri led us into the hectic, constantly challenging world of big-city medicine. In Incidental Findings, she's finished her training and is learning through practice to become a more rounded healer. The book opens with a dramatic tale of the tables being turned on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Informed Patient

    Your Complete Guide to Understanding the Doctor-Patient Relationship

    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 ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Patient Treatment Adherence

    Concepts, Interventions, and Measurement

    This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations. It provides a comprehensive source on the conceptualization, interventions, and measurement of treatment adherence and a synthesis of the research across demographic and chronic diseases. The text presents problems associated with treatment adherence; theoretical models that have commonly ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • How to Talk to Your Doctor

    Getting the Answers and Care You Need

    Series series Best Half of Life
    Showing patients how to take control of their own health care, this guide reveals how to navigate the maze of prescriptions and tests and offers advice for those who act as medical advocates for their children, aging parents, or others. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Secrets of Medical Decision Making

    How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine

    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 practice showing the most common paths that lead to increased patient suffering. This book ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

    Series series The Facts
    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition relating to a hormone imbalance of the ovaries. It can cause irregular or absent menstrual cycles, reduced fertility, excess facial/body hair growth and an increased risk of diabetes. An estimated 10% of the adult female population - approximately 2 million of the 19 million adult women in Britain - are affected by PCOS. Written by a ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Medicine Reborn

    A Pellegrino Reader

    Series series Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics
    Edmund D. Pellegrino has played a central role in shaping the fields of bioethics and the philosophy of medicine. His writings encompass original explorations of the healing relationship, the need to place humanism in the medical curriculum, the nature of the patient’s good, and the importance of a virtue-based normative ethics for health care.In this anthology, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Tales from Kentucky Doctors

    “The book lets us see the human side of physicians—the humorous, the heartwarming—the tradition of health care in Kentucky.” —The Harrodsburg HeraldFrom the laughable to the laudable, Tales from Kentucky Doctors present illuminating portraits of doctors and patients, drawing stories from physicians with lifetimes of experience serving Kentucky families. Doctors recall the successes and failures ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Physician's Survival Guide for the Hospital

    Let the Hospital Work for You

    Doctors need hospitals and hospitals need doctors. Then why do they continue to communicate their needs to each other so badly? Why all the animosity, conflict, and mistrust?In The Physician's Survival Guide for the Hospital, Dr. Samuel H. Steinberg, an experienced hospital administrator, solves this problem by revealing the information needed for each of these groups to be successful in the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Trusting Doctors

    The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine

    For more than a century, the American medical profession insisted that doctors be rigorously trained in medical science and dedicated to professional ethics. Patients revered their doctors as representatives of a sacred vocation. Do we still trust doctors with the same conviction? In Trusting Doctors, Jonathan Imber attributes the development of patients' faith in doctors to the inspiration and ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Hippocrates' Shadow

    Secrets from the House of Medicine

    Everyone knows of the Hippocratic Oath, the famous invocation sworn by all neophyte physicians. But most don't realize that the father of modern medicine was an avid listener and a constant bedside presence. Hippocrates believed in the doctor-patient connection and gained worldwide renown for championing science over mysticism while respecting and advocating the potency of human healing. Today, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Getting Well, Staying Well

    Everything You Need to Know to Get the Best Medical Treatment

    by Gary Gitnick ...
    Let' s face it: the healthcare system is a total mess. It' s a confusing labyrinth of red tape, restrictions, and dysfunction, and it only seems to be getting worse. In Getting Well, Staying Well, Dr. Gary Gitnick breaks down the basics of healthcare in an easy-to-use guide that enables you to obtain the high-quality healthcare that you deserve. Covering everything from how to find a great doctor ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients

    Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope

    Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

    by Tom Reynolds ...
    What happens behind closed (ambulance) doorsMeet Tom, an Emergency Medical Technician for the London Ambulance service. It is Tom who shows up to pick up the drunk tramp, the heart attack victim and the pregnant woman who wants to go to hospital in an ambulance because she doesn't want to call a taxi. Tom is also a man who rails against the unfairness of it all, who bemoans the state of the NHS ... Read more

    $1.49 USD