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  • Deadly Spin

    An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

    by Wendell Potter ...
    That's how Wendell Potter introduced himself to a Senate committee in June 2009. He proceed to explain how insurance companies make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they make it nearly impossible to understand information that the public needs. Potter quit his high-paid job as head of public relations at a major insurance ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Divided Mind

    The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

    by John E. Sarno ...
    The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's distinguished career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer, going beyond pain to address the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mindbody) disorders.The interaction between the generally reasonable, rational, ethical, moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain, hurt, sadness, and anger characteristic of the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Heroes Need Not Apply

    How to Build a Patient-Accountable Culture without Putting More on Your Plate

    by Brian D. Wong MD, MPH ...
    Everyone in healthcare knows that the lack of accountability negatively impacts care, and when accountability improves throughout your organization, care improves. What healthcare leaders don’t know, is how to improve accountability and why it so critically linked to improving patient care. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Time to Heal

    American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care

    by Kenneth M. Ludmerer, M.D. ...
    Already the recipient of extraordinary critical acclaim, this magisterial book provides a landmark account of American medical education in the twentieth century, concluding with a call for the reformation of a system currently handicapped by managed care and by narrow, self-centered professional interests. Kenneth M. Ludmerer describes the evolution of American medical education from 1910, when a ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • A Lucky Life Interrupted

    A Memoir of Hope

    by Tom Brokaw ...
    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 yearsTom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage and family, many friends, and a brilliant ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition

    A Family Manual

    by E. Fuller Torrey ...
    Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, treatment plans, commonly asked questions and more, the bestselling resource on schizophrenia is back—now in its seventh edition.“E. Fuller Torrey is a brilliant writer. There is no one writing on psychology today whom I would rather read.”— Los Angeles TimesSince its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Healing Power of Mindfulness

    A New Way of Being

    by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD ...
    Discover how mindfulness can help you with healing.More than twenty years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn showed us the value of cultivating greater awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. Now, in TheHealing Power of Mindfulness, he shares a cornucopia of specificexamples as to how the cultivation of mindfulness can reshape your relationship ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Black and Blue

    The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism

    by John Hoberman ...
    Black & Blue is the first systematic description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients. The standard studies of medical racism examine past medical abuses of black people and do not address the racially motivated thinking and behaviors of physicians practicing medicine today.Black & Blue penetrates the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Good Caregiver

    A One-of-a-Kind Compassionate Resource for Anyone Caring for an Aging Loved One

    by Robert L. Kane Dr. ...
    A survival guide with an insider's perspective, for the millions of unprepared caregivers of aging loved ones.As Americans are living longer, an unprecedented number of people now require long-term care during their last years. More than 15 million adult children now care for their elderly parents, and unsuspecting caregivers are usually unprepared financially, emotionally, and practically for the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • How Doctors Think

    by Jerome Groopman ...
    "Must reading for every physician who cares for patients and every patient who wishes to get the best care." —Time magazineFrom Dr. Jerome Groopman, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world’s leading researchers in cancer and AIDS, a groundbreaking, profound view of twenty-first-century medical ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • Fragmented: A Doctor's Quest to Piece Together American Health Care

    by Ilana Yurkiewicz MD ...
    An award-winning physician-writer exposes how pervasive cracks in the health care system cost us time, energy, and lives—and how we can fix them.There’s an unspoken assumption when we go to see a doctor: the doctor knows our medical story and is making decisions based on that story. But reality frequently falls short. Medical records vanish when we switch doctors. Critical details of life-saving ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoids

    Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential

    by Ethan B Russo ...
    Study the latest research findings by international experts!This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. All too often, discussions of the potential medical uses of this substance are distorted by political considerations that have no place in a medical debate. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Shapeshifters

    A Journey Through the Changing Human Body

    by Gavin Francis ...
    From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Shut Up and Run

    How to Get Up, Lace Up, and Sweat with Swagger

    by Robin Arzon ...
    An ultra marathoner and running coach captures the energy and joy of running in this illustrated, full-color motivational interactive fitness guide and journal that will inspire every type of runner—from beginner to experienced marathoner—to shut up and run.Running isn’t just an activity, it’s a lifestyle that connects runners with the world around them, whether they’re pounding the pavement of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Revolutionary Doctors

    How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the Worlds Conception of Health Care

    by Steve Brouwer Brouwer ...
    Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela’s innovative and inspiring program of community healthcare, designed to serve—and largely carried out by—the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela’s Integral Community Medicine program, in which doctor-teachers move into the countryside ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Metabonomics and Gut Microbiota in Nutrition and Disease

    Edited by François-Pierre Martin, Sunil Kochhar ...
    Series series Molecular and Integrative Toxicology
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of metabonomics and gut microbiota research from molecular analysis to population-based global health considerations. The topics include the discussion of the applications in relation to metabonomics and gut microbiota in nutritional research, in health and disease and a review of future therapeutical, nutraceutical and clinical applications. It also ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Your Inner Pharmacy

    Taking Back Our Wellness

    by Dr. Robert Blaich ...
    Shift to a healthy mindset—and add years to your life!In the United States, almost one-third of the population lives with a chronic disease such as osteoarthritis, asthma, GERD and heartburn, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, or anxiety/depression and mood disorders.Most chronic conditions are self-induced and are a product of our lifestyles and the result of an imbalance of chemicals ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Forget Burial

    HIV Kinship, Disability, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care

    by Marty Fink ...
    Finalist for the LGBTQ Nonfiction Award from Lambda LiteraryQueers and trans people in the 1980s and early ‘90s were dying of AIDS and the government failed to care. Lovers, strangers, artists, and community activists came together take care of each other in the face of state violence. In revisiting these histories alongside ongoing queer and trans movements, this book uncovers how early HIV care ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Bates' Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking

    by Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi, Richard M. Hoffman, Rainier P. Soriano ...
    Series series Lippincott Connect
    Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Confidently Perform Accurate, Efficient, and Effective Physical Examinations. Master the techniques for successful physical examinations with the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance. This highly regarded text includes fully-illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to ... Read more

    $123.99 USD

  • An Elegant Defense

    The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

    by Matt Richtel ...
    National Bestseller"Gives you all the context you need to understand the science of immunity. ... An Elegant Defense left me with [a] sense of awe.” —Bill Gates, Gates Notes Summer Reading ListThe Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist "explicates for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system" (Jerome Groopman, MD, New York Review of Books)From New York Times<... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Get What's Yours for Medicare - Revised and Updated

    Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs

    by Philip Moeller ...
    Series series The Get What's Yours Series
    An updated and expanded edition of the top-selling consumer guide to Medicare. It explains how to choose the best plans, especially during Medicare’s annual enrollment period, how to use Medicare’s extensive health benefits, and changes to Medicare that are expanding what it will cover and moving care from hospitals into the home.Medicare is the primary insurance plan for 70 million retired and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Erotic Mind

    Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment

    by Jack Morin ...
    Challenging accepted theories about what makes for terrific sex, The Erotic Mind is a breakthrough exploration of the least understood dimensions of human sexuality—the psychology of desire, arousal, and fulfillment. Nationally known sex therapist Dr. Jack Morin offers a bold new perspective that celebrates the joys of Eros without denying its risks.Based on an in-depth analysis of over 1,000 ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Doing Harm

    The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

    by Maya Dusenbery ...
    Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with doctors and researchers, and personal stories from women across the country to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today.In Doing Harm, Dusenbery explores the deep, systemic problems that underlie women’s ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Every Patient Tells a Story

    Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis

    by Lisa Sanders ...
    A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D."The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through ... Read more

    $13.99 USD