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My Millennium: An Inspiring Journey of a Young Woman Conquering Cancer

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Report copyright infringementby Vicki Bednar (Author) Number of Pages: 246 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 16, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Kayla French (Author)Told in fragments and verse, I Had You in July moves through the before, during, and after of losing a mother in the ICU. Each poem is its own small world, yet together they weave a story of fierce love, relentless effort, and raw grief. Written with unflinching honesty and paired with the author's own illustrations, this collection captures the urgency of hospital decisions alongside the quiet, unending work of letting go.Both deeply perso...

After the Smoke Clears: My Life Among Heroes at Brooke Army Medical Center

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Report copyright infringementby Norma Guerra (Author), David Blaine (Foreword by)Brave hearts, fierce battles, and untold heroism - an insider's view of BAMC's relentless fight to save the wounded.In the riveting pages of After the Smoke Clears: My Life Among Heroes at Brooke Army Medical Center, Norma Guerra unveils a world few have seen, but countless have felt its impact. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Middle East conflict in 2003, the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San A...

The Reality: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the Ghanaian Male Nurse Journey in Female Space

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Report copyright infringementby Dr Sam (Author)What does it take to be a Black man thriving in a female-dominated profession?In The Reality, Dr. Sam shares his powerful journey from the streets of Ghana to the classrooms and hospitals of America. From caring for his aging father as a young boy to becoming a respected nurse educator in the United States, this memoir sheds light on resilience, identity, and the quiet strength required to rise above doubt and stereotypes.Through candid stories o...

A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure: A Surgical Swan Song

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Report copyright infringementby Sherman A. Katz Facs (Author)A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure is a profound memoir by vascular surgeon Dr. Sherman A. Katz, chronicling his fifty-year journey in the rapidly evolving field of medicine and surgery. With gripping candor, surgical precision, and heartfelt wisdom, Dr. Katz reflects on the triumphs, challenges, and ethical dilemmas that shaped his life and the profession he devoted himself to. From the operating rooms of Mount Sinai and Cleveland...

A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance

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Report copyright infringementby Joanna Sokol (Author)Introspective, richly layered, and surprisingly hopeful, A Real Emergency is a love letter from a paramedic to the best and worst parts of her career. For fifteen years, Joanna Sokol filled private notebooks with her confusion, humor, and anger toward the strange world of emergency street medicine. As her career on the ambulance progressed, she found herself taking notes on scraps of paper, the backs of gloves, and in the margins of EKG pri...

Feeling Blue: Colour and the Modern British Hospital

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Bates (Author)Feeling blue is the first book-length history of colour in modern hospitals. It examines colour in relation to six key themes - hygiene, emotion, humanisation, homeliness, play, consumerism - which are tied together by the idea of the 'modern' hospital. The book does not simply describe changes to the appearance of hospitals over time, but instead thinks expansively about the role of colour in shaping how hospitals felt. It uses colour to...

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda Cachia (Author)Hospital aesthetics: Disability, medicine, activism argues that contemporary disabled artists are offering a new hospital aesthetics, where health and care are being taken into their own hands and body-minds. Hospital aesthetics is defined as artwork that explores the ever-subjective experience of illness, set apart from and outside of a clinical or therapeutic setting, and in opposition to the medical model of disability. The author exami...

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Report copyright infringementby James Ice (Author)In Vital Signs: A Guide to Healthy Leadership for Physicians, executive coach and consultant Jim Ice draws from decades of leadership development experience to deliver a powerful prescription for health care leadership excellence.You are a talented physician, but are you the leader you aspire to be? What if you could become the grounded physician leader that other health care professionals look to as their template for success?In today's deman...

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Report copyright infringementby James Ice (Author)In Vital Signs: A Guide to Healthy Organizations for Physicians, executive coach and consultant Jim Ice leverages his extensive organizational leadership expertise to provide a comprehensive framework for excellence and productivity for health care organizations.What if your organization's culture and strategy worked in perfect harmony? What if your workplace environment inspired extraordinary results? What if you could become the visionary ph...

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Wonderful and Broken: The Complex Reality of Primary Care in the United States

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Report copyright infringementby Troyen A. Brennan (Author)How can we save primary care from collapse and improve health care outcomes?Primary care in the United States faces an existential crisis. Its value is unchallenged: policy experts argue that the primary care sector is critical to the quality and equity of the health care system. On the other hand, studies show that primary care is underfunded, providers are struggling with burnout, and an increasing number of patients lack access to t...

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Report copyright infringementby Anhtai H. Nguyen (Author)With chaos comes clarity. With clarity comes transformation.In today's healthcare landscape, complexity is the norm-but excellence is still the expectation. Advancing Patient Quality and Safety: A Scalable Framework for Transformation offers a bold, practical roadmap for leaders and clinicians ready to move beyond compliance and toward meaningful change.Drawing on decades of frontline experience and system-level leadership, Dr. Anhtai H...

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Report copyright infringementby Keith A. Beaulieu (Author)Design, Develop, Deliver: Using ADDIE to Build Effective Healthcare Simulationsby Keith A. BeaulieuHealthcare education is evolving, and simulation-based training has become the cornerstone of preparing professionals for real-world challenges. In Design, Develop, Deliver, Keith A. Beaulieu guides you through the proven ADDIE model-Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate-to create healthcare simulations that are impactful, eff...

64+: Your Ultimate Guide to Medicare & Retirement Planning

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Report copyright infringementby Chase Gruening (Author)Medicare shouldn't be complicated. Yet, too many people feel overwhelmed by confusing options, unexpected costs, and last-minute decisions. 64+ is your clear, step-by-step guide to navigating Medicare and retirement planning with confidence. Written by industry expert Chase Gruening, this book simplifies enrollment, breaks down coverage costly mistakes. Whether you're approaching 65, still working, or helping a loved one, 64+ ensures you ...

Leading Health: How You and 30,000 Kansans Help Communities Thrive

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Report copyright infringementby Ed O'Malley (Author)When you think about health, what comes up? Doctors and hospitals. Physical therapy and cancer screenings. Maybe exercise and diet. In Leading Health, Ed O'Malley, the CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation, wants to expand your definition of Health. Did you know that voter participation, elementary school literacy rates, and broadband access are all predictors of community health and life expectancy? And did you know that Kansas' Health rankin...

Voices in Medical Sociology: Contemporary Perspectives

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Report copyright infringementby Cynthia Cook (Editor)Voices in Medial Sociology: Contemporary Perspectives provides health sciences students with a collection of articles written by sociologists, health care providers, public health professionals, lawyers, and students. The book exposes readers to the most salient issues in the field of medical sociology today. It covers controversial topics like medical marijuana, fracking, female genital mutilation, end of life issues, designer babies, and ...

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Report copyright infringementby G. Nageswara Rao (Author)This book contains 13 chapters. They include Basic concepts, Probability and Probability distributions, Tests of Hypotheses, Chi-square test, Analysis of Variance, Experimental Designs, Non-Parametric statistics and Research Methodology.All chapters are written in a lucid manner so that students can understand easily without much mathematical background. Live examples are added for illustration purpose for all the statistical methods. I...

Digitalization in Healthcare: Implementing Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Patrick Glauner (Editor), Philipp Plugmann (Editor), Guido Lerzynski (Editor)Digital technologies are currently dramatically changing healthcare. This book introduces the reader to the latest digital innovations in healthcare in fields such as artificial intelligence, points out new ways in patient care and describes the limits of its application. It also offers essential guidance in the form of structured and authoritative contributions by domain experts spann...

The Healthy Business Bridge: How employee health creates business wealth

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Report copyright infringementby Doreen M. Miller Ffom Frcp (Author)The innovative system described in this book represents the definitive risk management process. With mental ill-health the most concerning and growing cause of employee absence and poor performance, it provides a unique tool.By applying Dr Miller's R-O-P-E System(R), human resources/people professionals and line managers can find the root cause of costly ill-health and poor performance in the business. Using a scoring system t...

Reform Medicaid First:: Laying the Foundation for National Health Care Reform

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas W. Grennemann (Author), Mark V. Pauly (Author)The authors offer principles for reform designed to encourage equity, efficiency, and accountability in all publicly funded health care programs.Author BiographyMark V. Pauly is a professor in the Health Care Management Department at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Thomas W. Grannemann is a health economist and an associate regional administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv...

Inside the Compassionate Organization: Culture, Identity, and Image in an English Hospice

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Baron (Author), John Hassard (Author), Fiona Cheetham (Author)The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'. The aim of this book is to answer this call by examining the cultural changes found within a particular 'compassionate organization' - an English hospice - from its altruistic beginnings to the more professionalized culture of today. The study seeks to understand how its members...

Front Office Success: How to Satisfy Patients and Boost the Bottom Line

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth W. Woodcock (Author)Your front office staff are the individuals who have the initial contact with new patients, payers, and referring practices, and in turn have a major influence on how your practice is perceived and rated in the market. Investing in effective training and onboarding programs for front office staff pay immediate dividends to your practice. Let best-selling author and popular speaker Elizabeth Woodcock's updated book serve as the guid...

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Report copyright infringementby Dustin Kunz (Author)Student loan repayments have returned after years of extensions and pauses. You may be asking yourself, "how do I get my loans forgiven?" If you feel uncertain about how you're going to pay back your student loans, or even what student loan repayment plans to choose from, you're in the right place. I'll show you what repayment plan is right for you and what "loan forgiveness" really means. I'll also help you get started on building wealth, b...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin B. Dibacco (Author)What's really in that pill you just swallowed?After eighteen surgeries left author Kevin B DiBacco dependent on numerous medications, a shocking discovery changed everything: his prescriptions were packed with hidden allergens that were making him sick. This revelation launched him into an investigation that uncovered a pharmaceutical system built on profit rather than patient safety.In this explosive exposé, DiBacco reveals: - How 60-8...

Positive Mental Health for School Leaders

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Stones (Author), Jonathan Glazzard (Author)The mental health of school leaders and managers is just as important as the well-being of those they teach and support. Recent research reveals some alarming statistics, including that 56% of senior leaders have experienced mental ill health in the last year. This book examines a range of relevant issues including workload, inspections, partnerships and approaches to leadership and management in order to addres...

Insects as Animal Feed: Novel Ingredients for Use in Pet, Aquaculture and Livestock Diets

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Report copyright infringementby Heidi Hall (Editor), Elaine Fitches (Editor), Rhonda Smith (Editor)The global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients for the feed industry. As the requirements for protein for livestock feed and human consumption grows, the use of insect products as animal feed has gained increasing attention. Covering global production systems of insect protein, oil and chitin, as we...

Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Navigating Climate Policy Dynamics for Sustainable Trade Competitiveness

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This report emphasizes that open and fair trade is essential for Asia and the Pacific's transition to low-carbon economies and outlines the important role of Aid for Trade in this transition.With the climate crisis threatening the multilateral trading system and potentially accelerating global trade fragmentation, the report argues that national trade policies and regulations need to be aligned with climate action. This will help ...

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Levin Penslar (Editor)"The book provides opportunities for unusually good discussions of ethical problems that can confront researchers in any field." --Religious Studies Review". . . this book provides a ready-made package for the teaching of ethics in research." --Journal of Third World Studies". . . Research Ethics is an extremely useful and stimulating book . . . recommended for wide classroom use on both the undergraduate and graduate level as well a...

Crisis Stewardship: What do leaders need to take action in a crisis?: What do leaders need to take action in a crisis?: What do leaders need to take a

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Stoddart (Author)'Crisis Stewardship: What do leaders need to take action in a crisis?' builds on Dr Catherine Stoddart's experiences when leading a major public health authority during the COVID-19 crisis. Her subsequent doctoral research has created a dynamic framework that identifies three types of Crisis Steward: Thrivers, Strivers and Survivors; and their respective capacities and powers to act in a crisis, and consequent impact on their local co...

The Great American Healthcare Heist: Why We're Paying More and Getting Less

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Deacon (Author) Number of Pages: 312 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 25, 2025

Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction

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Report copyright infringementby Parke Wilde (Author)This 3rd edition is a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the U.S. It is essential for students, researchers and policymakers seeking to understand U.S. food policy from a range of interdisciplinary backgrounds, including food studies, agricultural and food economics and policy.Author BiographyParke Wilde is a food economist and Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at T...

Leading High-Reliability Organizations in Healthcare

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Morrow (Author)The Institute of Medicine, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory and accrediting bodies all agree that hospitals must be transformed into places where each patient receives quality care, every single time. In other words, zero defects. Helping to ensure quality at every level, high-reliability methods offer healthcare leaders the tools they need to achieve this noble goal. Leading High-Reliability O...