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The Art of the Heal: A Health Executive's Guide to Innovating Hospitals - Hardcover

$44.35

by Rubin Pillay (Author)Disruptive change is now the norm for most industries and healthcare is no different. The healthcare industry is undergoing sweeping change. To emerge as winners hospital executives must increase their organizations' speed and capacity for transformation and innovation. They should note though that despite the imperative and their desire to innovate their hospitals and the magnitude of the opportunity for innovators to both do good and do well, all too many efforts fai...

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Critical Rehabilitation for Partial and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Guidelines and Objective Testing to Allow Return to Physical Function, Recreational a - Paperback

$194.38

by Frank R. Noyes (Editor), Sue Barber-Westin (Editor)Back JacketTotal knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a frequently performed operation - in the U.S. alone, 5.2 million TKAs were performed from 2000-2010 - and partial (unicompartmental) knee arthroplasty (UKA) is another common operation that is done in younger, active individuals. Many patients require knee arthroplasty from osteoarthritis that develops after sports injuries or decades of participation in athletics. While much has been written re...

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Vascular Complications of Surgery and Intervention: A Practical Guide - Paperback

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by Ramyar Gilani (Editor), Joseph L. Mills Sr (Editor)The concept for this book evolved over many years of intense clinical practice during which a wide variety of vascular complications were encountered as a result of other surgical or interventional procedures. In this book, the authors describe cohesive efforts by experts in the field as they commit to advancing health care quality by all professionals. It should be noted at the outset that the book does not discuss various non-vascular or...

Speechless Dream: Narratives on Autism, Inclusion and Hope - Hardcover

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by Chandra Lebenhagen (Author), Anantha Krishnamurthy (Author), Janani Ramanath (Author)Anantha is a non-speaking autistic boy, but that does not mean he has no voice.Through poetry and non-fiction prose, Speechless Dream: Narratives on Autism, Inclusion and Hope shares Anantha's poignant interpretation of the harmful effects of therapeutic and educational practices that aimed to remediate his autistic self into something more "normal." Interwoven into his narrative are the stories of the peo...

The Couples' Pregnancy Guide: How to Navigate Pregnancy and Childbirth as a Team - Paperback

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by D'Anthony Ward (Author), Rachel Ward (Author)Practical strategies, checklists, and planning tools to help couples navigate the pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn stages together Preparing for the birth of your child is a life-changing experience, but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one. Couples can tackle everything that needs to get done if they work together as a team, all while setting the foundation for a strong partnership that carries them through the next stage as first-time...

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The Woman with the Cure - Library Binding

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by Lynn Cullen (Author)She gave up everything -- and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. In 1940s and '50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one's life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world's best minds are engaged in the r...

Take control of your life from cancer: on the other side of channel. - Paperback

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by Felicia T. Papas (Author)I had cancer in my brother. Every member of the family was hurt. But we were unsure of how to assist him. Through this book, I discovered how he dealt with his condition and the ups and downs he had. What if I understood his thoughts? If we had taken the time to think like him, to comprehend what goes through a person's mind who has just learned the truth of their mortality, much time and energy might have been saved. Join us as we demonstrate the value of harmony ...

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by Bob Bell (Author)Passionate praise for this inspiring medical and legal drama! "With 'Jonah K.', Dr. Bob Bell firmly establishes himself as a master storyteller. Bob weaves an inspired fictional tapestry, representing both the best and worst of the human condition. From the tragic legacy of residential schools and the crushing politics of academic healthcare, characters emerge full of courage, passion and resilience. This is a brilliantly written third book from a talented novelist. You wo...

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by Soham Sonis (Author)In the midst of a pandemic, when the entire world is in lockdown, ten slum children are transported to an unknown location. Their anxious faces twitch when injected with a mysterious liquid. The reward is too high to complain. The teenagers are certain they are going to change the world. Meanwhile, Dr Sahil Shrivastav, a physiotherapist, arrives at a tiny village for an orthopaedic camp. The village is nestled beside a vast lake. The lake holds an eerie past that the vi...

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Ocular Disease and Sight Loss: Meeting Psychosocial Needs - Paperback

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by Susan Watkinson (Editor), Swapna Naskar Williamson (Editor)Background: Psychosocial care remains an extremely important part of the holistic approach to care, but one which has been underestimated in clinical practice and only superficially addressed in the ophthalmic literature to date. This aspect of care most often gets less attention by healthcare professionals due to the dominance of a technology-enhanced approach to caring practice. Clearly, the skills afforded by science and techn...

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by Dana Stabenow (Author)The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. In A Cold Blooded Business, Kate Shugak investigates a drugs ring at an oil company - at great personal risk... Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: population 2,000. Approximate number of families: zero. And America's largest oilfield... In three months, the Prudhoe Bay oil operation has logged half a dozen drug overdoses, and one death: a man found floating face down in the company pool weari...

History of Medical Miracles and the Lives Behind Them - Paperback

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by Harry L. Munsinger J. D. (Author)The History of Medical Miracles and The Lives Behind Them uses biographies of physicians and scientists to explain the evolution of medical practice from its primitive beginnings to modern scientific medicine. It explores ancient Greek and Roman medicine, human anatomy, blood circulation, microbiology, vaccination, anesthetics, antiseptic surgery, germ theory, X-rays, insulin, penicillin, the structure of DNA, the Human Genome Project, and gene editing thro...

From Margate to Key West with Love - Paperback

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by Sally Forrester (Author)"From Margate to Key West with Love," is a continuation of my previous three historical novels featuring Madam Maria Popoff, her quirky vintage dress shop set in Margate's King Street and Poppy, a middle-aged woman, who relocates from London to Margate. Poppy, who has many broken pieces, discovers true healing when she answers an advertisement requesting part time help although only special people needed to apply! My novels, although works of fiction, embrace the up...

Ela El Plan Perfecto: Una Enfermedad Vista Desde Los Planos Físico Y Espiritual - Paperback

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by Adriana Franco Espinel (Author)ELA EL PLAN PERFECTO contiene recomendaciones que quizás puedan ayudar a cualquier persona en el proceso de esta difícil enfermedad (Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrófica - ELA); y por qué no, de cualquier otra enfermedad que sea declarada como degenerativa y terminal.Un camino que recorrer para muchos de nosotros, seamos pacientes, familiares o cuidadores.ELA, una enfermedad limitante... ELA, una enfermedad ahora temida, pero de la que gran parte de nosotros jamás ...

Health Security Interventions for Covid-19 Response: Guidance Note - Paperback

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by Asian Development Bank (Author)This guidance note is designed to help developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank strengthen their health systems and security as they recover from the impact of COVID-19. Drawing on evidence-based and expert-validated interventions, it lays out a comprehensive series of measures policy makers could weave into national agendas. These range from steps to bolster health guidelines and ramp up testing and contact tracing to strategies that can imp...

Interprofessional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis: For Nursing, Health, and the Helping Professions - Paperback

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by Kris Deering (Author)"There is plenty in this book to get your teeth into and help us think about how we work with people in mental health crises and how we might best make a difference."Alan Simpson, Professor of Mental Health Nursing, Health Service and Population Research, King's College London, UK"Any one of us could experience a mental health crisis. However, a high-quality interdisciplinary response can be lifesaving and life changing. This book is an important contribution to the li...

Globalization and Global Health: Critical Issues and Policy - Paperback

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by Carolyn Stephens (Author)"I can easily see this book being the 'go-to' text for students of global health. It provides a comprehensive overview of globalisation's impact on health and wellbeing."Professor David McCoy, United Nations University - International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "This book, which is based on rich and diverse empirical case-studies, highlights the importanceof understanding global health as a multi-disciplinary field."Haim Yacobi, Professor ...

The Study Skills Handbook for Nutritionists and Dieticians - Paperback

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by Sue Reeves (Author)"Using their extensive experience of university teaching as well as pedagogic theory, the authors have created an essential compendium to support students throughout their learning journey; from day one of their degree up to their first steps into a career in nutrition and dietetics."Professor Kevin Whelan, Professor of Dietetics, Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, UK "It is an outstanding handbook and written to the highest of standards. ...

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Intracoronary Imaging and Its Use in Interventional Cardiology, an Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics: Volume 12-2 - Hardcover

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by Yasuhiro Honda (Editor)In this issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Yasuhiro Honda brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Intracoronary Imaging and Its Use in Interventional Cardiology. Intracoronary imaging has the capability of accurately measuring vessel and stenosis dimensions, assessing vessel integrity, characterizing lesion morphology, and guiding optimal percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In this issue, top experts bring you fully up to dat...

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Dermatology, an Issue of Dermatologic Clinics: Volume 41-2 - Hardcover

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by Susan C. Taylor (Editor)In this issue of Dermatologic Clinics, guest editor and Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Susan C. Taylor brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Dermatology. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as social identity; unconscious bias; race, racism and structural racism in medicine; understanding and addressing microaggressions in medi...

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Inmunoterapia Y La Carrera Para Curar El Cancer, La - Paperback

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by Charles Graeber (Author)Author BiographyCharles Graeber is an editor, contributor to Wired, and publishes in The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, Vogue, and many other magazines. He has received several awards and his work has been featured on NPR, CNN, the BBC, as well as other media outlets. Charles Graeber is the New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award-nominated author of The Good Nurse. Winner of the Overseas Press Club Award for Best International Journalism, he has contributed to ...

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by Rick Hanson (Author)Author BiographyDr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and a New York Times bestselling author. His books have been published in twenty-eight languages, including Neurodharma, Resilient, Cultivate Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha's Brain, and Mother Nurture, with more than 900,000 copies. Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he has been an invited speaker at Google, NASA...

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Logoterapia Y Análisis Existencial Hoy - Paperback

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by Alexander Batthyany (Author), Elisabeth S. Lukas (With)Author BiographyAlexander Batthyány (1971) es el director del Instituto Viktor Frankl en Viena, enseña Fundamentos Teóricos de Ciencias Cognitivas en la Universidad de Viena. Ocupa la Cátedra Viktor Frankl de Filosofía y Psicología en Liechtenstein y es profesor invitado de psicología existencial en Moscú desde 2011. Es director del instituto de investigación de psicología teórica y estudios personalistas de la Universidad Pázmány de B...

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by Sara Herchenroether (Author)In 1983, deep in New Mexico's Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children were found. Who were they? How did they get there? Thirty years later, two women find themselves drawn to the cold case. Librarian Laura MacDonald begins her own investigation as a way to distract herself from breast cancer treatments and becomes consumed by her search for answers. Jean Martinez is a veteran detective determined to keep working cold cases for the Sie...

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by Katie Runde (Author)A mother and her two daughters spend a summer grappling with heartbreak, young love, and the weight of secrets in this "deeply felt family saga" (Entertainment Weekly) hailed as "one of the best beach reads of all time" (Today). Brian and Margot Dunne live year-round in Seaside, just steps away from the bustling boardwalk, with their daughters Liz and Evy. The Dunnes run a real estate company, making their living by quickly turning over rental houses for tourists. But t...

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Smarter Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Will Make You Healthier - Paperback

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by Yousif A-Rahim MD Phd (Author)The application of artificial intelligence to the field of medicine has already begun to show remarkable results and is predicted to only become more widespread in the coming years. An area where AI is particularly effective is in diagnostics. A study published earlier this year showed that a deep learning algorithm could diagnose skin cancer with an accuracy rate of 95%. This level of accuracy would not have been possible using human doctors alone. In additio...

Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History - Paperback

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by Kyle Harper (Author)A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by technological progress. He shows that the story of disease is entangled with the h...

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by Colleen Hofstadter Hlavac (Author)Will she have the strength to persevere? Ivy Wells is the happiest she has ever been in her life.Having recently graduated from the University of Maine, her wedding to the man of her dreams is just five months away.When tragedy strikes, will Ivy be able to rebuild her life? Find out in the Young Adult Fiction Novelette, I Don't! Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.24 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: September 10, 2022

Liver Detox: Liver Detox: Natural And Herbal Remedies For Fatty Liver - Paperback

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by Ezra Hudson (Author)The liver is a workhorse. It's your frame's primary filtration system-it converts pollution into waste products, cleanses your blood, metabolizes a wide range of compounds (from nutrients and alcohol to medicinal drugs), and produces proteins and bile. And at the same time as a healthful liver clearly cleanses itself, nutritional stressors and environmental and pollution can get in the manner of most beneficial liver characteristic.More than ever before, our bodies are ...

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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human - Library Binding

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by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Author) Dimensions: 1.57 x 8.58 x 5.43 IN Publication Date: February 08, 2023 Large Print: Yes

Bowel Cancer Screening: A Practical Guidebook For FIT (FOBT) Test, Colonoscopy & Endoscopic Resection Of Polyp Removal In The Colon - Paperback

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by Anthea Peries (Author)Bowel Cancer Screening: A Practical Guidebook For FIT (FOBT) Test, Colonoscopy And Endoscopic Resection Of Polyp Removal In The Colon Knowing what to expect reduces stress. This book can help you prepare for a preliminary test.This should calm concerns of a FIT (or FOBT) kit test, colonoscopy, and advanced endoscopic polyp removal, which are detailed inside this simple guide. Should blood be found in your stool you may require colonoscopy or endoscopic treatment. The ...

Epilepsy in Telangana: A Complete overview - Paperback

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by Faisal Ahmed Shariff M. Sc (Editor), Mohammad Shueb M. Sc (Foreword by), Mohammed Aamir Niyaz M. Sc (Preface by)One of the most prevalent and severe neurologic disorders, epilepsy, is still poorly understood in terms of its detailed pathophysiology and, thus, the reason for most of its treatments. Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects 1 in 100 people. Moreover, 10% of children will experience at least one seizure during their lifetime. There will be many questions after s...