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The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr. Iwan James - Paperback

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by Ian Williams (Author)Meet Dr. Iwan James: cyclist, doctor, would-be lover, former heavy metal fan, and, above all, human being. Weighed down by his responsibilities--from diagnosing personality disorders to deciding who can hold a gun license--he doubts his ability to make decisions about the lives of others when he may need more than a little help himself. Cartoonist and doctor Ian Williams introduces us to Iwan's troubled life as all humanity, it seems, passes through his surgery doors.A...

Social Work and Transplantation of Human Organs - Hardcover

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by Surjit S. Dhooper (Author), Surjit Singh Dhooper (Author)The possibility of treating patients with organ replacement therapy has created a new frontier in medical care. Hospitals have to deal with such vital issues as selecting potential recipients of transplants, ensuring equity in allocating organs, pre- and peri-transplantation care of patients, and post-transplantation follow-up of organ recipients. The decisions pertaining to these issues often fall to social workers, who, with their ...

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by Grant Gwinup (Author), Alan N. Elias (Author)Author Biographyias /f Alan /i N. nup /f Grant Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: June 15, 1983

Handbook of Acute Critical Care Neurology - Hardcover

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by Robert J. Henning (Editor), David L. Jackson (Editor)Critical care medicine comprises the observation, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with overt or potential failure of vital functions. Unlike other, bulkier reference texts, Handbook of Acute Critical Care Neurology focuses on one topic for quick and easy use on the job. Written by a highly respected expert in the field, this book will be extremely helpful for the practioner.Author Biographynning /f Robert /i J. /r ed...

The Medicare System of Prospective Payment: Implications for Medical Education and Practice - Hardcover

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by Garg (Author), Mohan Garg (Editor), Barbara M. Barzansky (Editor)The financing of graduate medical education is likely to change significantly in the near future as third party payers are already pressuring hospitals to discontinue paying for graduate medical education through patient care. The Medicare System of Prospective Payment Implications for Medical Education and Practice isolates significant implications of prospective payment systems, and deals with each one in detail. Besides pr...

Hepatic Transplantation: Anesthetic and Perioperative Management - Hardcover

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by Winter (Author), Peter M. Winter (Editor), Yoo G. Kang (Editor)As a major transplantation center, the University of Pittsburgh has conducted more than 300 liver transplants. Because the problems faced by an institution contemplating the initiation of such an organ transplantation program are many, unique, and often unexpected, the university has been beseiged by requests from other physicians and hospitals for training and advice. This book represents much of the accumulated experience on ...

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Health Plans Unmasked: A Physician's Guide to Working with Health Insurers - Paperback

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by Martin Lustick (Author)An insightful overview of health insurers and a guide to sustainability for provider organizations.Physicians experience ongoing frustrations in their relationships with health plans. Even as they struggle to keep up with accelerating clinical advances, they face daunting challenges from payers that are transitioning from traditional fee-for-service contracts to complex alternative payment models. In Health Plans Unmasked, Martin Lustick, MD, offers insights and guid...

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Healing the Traumatized Brain: Coping After Concussion and Other Brain Injuries - Hardcover

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by Sandeep Vaishnavi (Author), Vani Rao (Author), Peter V. Rabins (Foreword by)The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain injuries.Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the effects of brain injuries with the guidance of Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD, and Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, two leading medical experts with extensive experience helping patients recover from concussion and other brain injuries. Hea...

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Healing the Traumatized Brain: Coping After Concussion and Other Brain Injuries - Paperback

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Racism, Health, and Post-Industrialism: A Theory of African-American Health - Paperback

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by Clovis Semmes (Author)Historical, sociological, and ecological analyses reveal that the health of a people is broadly determined by the strength, resilience, and vitality of their culture. The destructive effects of oppression and exploitation on health linger and are difficult to transcend when systemic attacks on the institutional stability of a people persist. Normative cultural destabilization produces added and abnormal challenges to the health status of African Americans. The pursuit...

Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction - Paperback

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by Judith Grisel (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovering addict, a rare page-turning work of science that draws on personal insights to reveal how drugs work, the dangerous hold they can take on the brain, and the surprising way to combat today's epidemic of addiction.Judith Grisel was a daily drug user and college dropout when she began to consider that her addiction might have a cure, one that she herself could perhaps discover by studyin...

When a Family Member Has Dementia: Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver - Hardcover

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by Susan McCurry (Author)Caring for a person with dementia is a difficult and often- overwhelming task. In addition to the inevitable decline in memory and physical function, most persons with dementia develop one or more troublesome behavior problems, such as depression, fearfulness, sleep disturbances, paranoia, or physical aggression at some point in their disease. Behavioral challenges in dementia are highly idiosyncratic. No two patients are alike, and interventions that work well with o...

Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa - Paperback

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by Fred Eboko (Author)Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa　examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary Africa. Author BiographyFred Eboko is a member of the Center for Population and Development (CEPED) at the French Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), University...

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Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever - Paperback

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by Ignaz Semmelweis (Author) In 1859 a Hungarian obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis, reflecting on his years as resident in the Vienna maternity clinic, wrote a graphic account of his attempt to diagnose and eliminate the then epidemic scourge of childbed fever. The resulting Etiology triggered an immediate and international squall of protest from Semmelweis's colleagues; today it is recognized as a pioneering classic of medical history. Now, for the first time in many years, Codell Carter m...

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250 Cases in Clinical Medicine - Paperback

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by Eirini V. Kasfiki (Author), Ciaran W. P. Kelly (Author)This unique book presents a wealth of information on common presentations and illnesses, presented as medical case studies. It is useful for exam preparation, as a quick reference guide for working doctors, and as an interesting read for all those interested in medicine. 250 Clinical Cases covers a wide variety of conditions, providing in-depth insights into the most relevant topics, classified by system. Cases are accompanied by commo...

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Technological Advances, an Issue of Orthopedic Clinics: Volume 54-2 - Hardcover

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by Frederick M. Azar (Editor)In this issue of Orthopedic Clinics, guest editors from the Campbell Clinic bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Technological Advances. In a technology-driven world, cutting-edge advancements in orthopedic surgery such as the ROSA knee system, 3D-CT, mixed reality devices, and augmented reality devices help patients and surgeons alike. In this issue, top experts bring you fully up to date with today's technological functions and limitations, all whi...

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100 Days to a Younger Brain: Maximize Your Memory, Boost Your Brain Health, and Defy Dementia - Paperback

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by Sabina Brennan (Author)An easy program of one-a-day exercises to assess your brain health, improve your memory, protect your brain from cognitive decline and slow the effects of dementia Living a brain-healthy life is not just to reduce the risk of dementia and other serious health issues but also to improve the quality of your life and brain performance now. Investing in brain health will cost you nothing but time and effort -- and the brain-healthy recommendations in this book can all ...

The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up: A True Story - Paperback

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by Rich Blake (Author)The remarkable story of a ﬁreman who miraculously came out of a coma for one full day On a brutally cold December day, Donny Herbert, a hardworking ﬁreﬁghter from Buffalo, New York, was searching the attic of a burning house. The roof, heavy with snow, suddenly collapsed, and for six minutes he was without oxygen. Donny--a beloved husband, a father of four boys, and a neighborhood ﬁxture who was always willing to lend a helping hand--fell into a vegetative state that las...

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by Henning Mankell (Author)From internationally bestselling author Henning Mankell comes a gripping mystery and a depiction of every parent's worst nightmare. When Louise Cantor finds her twenty-eight year old son dead in his apartment, everything indicates it was a suicide. Louise, however, refuses to accept this, and with nothing more than few suspicions and a mother's intuition, she and her ex-husband set out to find what happened. What they discover is a dark underworld of people exploiti...

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Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital - Paperback

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by David Oshinsky (Author)From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a half centuries of service, there was hardly an epidemic or social ca...

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by Scott Sigler (Author)A terrifying thriller that will crawl beneath your skin . . . and leave fresh blood on every page. "Fraught with tension . . . Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Hot Zone."--Rocky Mountain News Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. Working under the government's shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the c...

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by Scott Sigler (Author)From the acclaimed author of Infected comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanity's secret battle against a horrific enemy. Across America, a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda. The human race fights back, yet after every battle the disease responds, adapts, using sophisticated strategies and brilliant ruses to fool its pursuers. The only possible explanation: the epidemic is driven ...

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America - Paperback

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by Robert Whitaker (Author)Updated with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with new research, this New York Times bestseller is essential reading for a time when mental health is constantly in the news. In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Interwoven with Whitaker's groundbreaking ana...

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A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--And Ourselves - Paperback

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by Jane Gross (Author)Wise, smart, and ever-helpful, an essential guide to caring for aging parents.When Jane Gross found herself suddenly thrust into a caretaker role for her eighty-five year-old mother, she was forced to face challenges that she had never imagined. As she and her younger brother struggled to move her mother into an assisted living facility, deal with seemingly never-ending costs, and adapt to the demands on her time and psyche, she learned valuable and important lessons. He...

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A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Improve Your Health and Avoid Side Effects When Using Common Medications - Paperback

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by Alan R. Gaby (Editor), Healthnotes Inc (Editor)Know the Side Effects and Protect Your Health If you're among the millions of people taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs, as well as vitamins and natural medicines, you need to know which combinations are potentially helpful and which can be extremely dangerous. The A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions is an essential resource to understanding the interactions that may affect your health. From the experts at Healthnotes, this...

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Blood Pressure Down: The 10-Step Plan to Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Weeks--Without Prescription Drugs - Paperback

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by Janet Bond Brill (Author)For the nearly 78 million Americans with hypertension, a safe, effective lifestyle plan--incorporating the DASH diet principles and much more--for lowering blood pressure naturally If you have high blood pressure, you're not alone: nearly a third of adult Americans have been diagnosed with hypertension, and another quarter are well on their way. Yet a whopping 56 percent of diagnosed patients do not have it under control. The good news? Hypertension is easily treat...

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Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl - Paperback

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by Mary Mycio (Author)When a titanic explosion ripped through the Number Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in 1986, spewing flames and chunks of burning, radioactive material into the atmosphere, one of our worst nightmares came true. As the news gradually seeped out of the USSR and the extent of the disaster was realized, it became clear how horribly wrong things had gone. Dozens died - two from the explosion and many more from radiation illness during the following months - while ...

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS - Paperback

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by David France (Author)One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Decade A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and research journals, and went on to force r...

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Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy - Paperback

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by Robert Herbert (Author), Gro Jamtvedt (Author), Kåre Birger Hagen (Author)Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy is designed to help physiotherapists of all levels of expertise to use high quality research evidence in their clinical decision making. Written by an international team of experts and comprehensively updated in its third edition, the book considers how different sorts of evidence can be used to guide physiotherapy practice. It covers emerging methods, the use of both quantitati...

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by Oliver Sacks (Author)"Illuminate s] the complexities of the human brain and the mysteries of the human mind." --The New York Times To many people, hallucinations imply madness, but in fact they are a common part of the human experience. These sensory distortions range from the shimmering zigzags of a visual migraine to powerful visions brought on by fever, injuries, drugs, sensory deprivation, exhaustion, or even grief. Hallucinations doubtless lie behind many mythological traditions, lite...

Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life - Hardcover

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by Mark Hyman (Author)THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dr. Mark Hyman presents the definitive guide to reversing disease, easing pain, and living younger longer that "will revolutionize how we approach aging" (Jay Shetty, author of 8 Rules of Love). Aging has long been considered a normal process. We think disease, frailty, and gradual decline are inevitable parts of life. But they don't have to be. Science today sees aging as a treatable disease. By addressing its root causes we c...

Why the Church Needs Bioethics: A Guide to Wise Engagement with Life's Challenges - Paperback

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by John F. Kilner (Editor), Zondervan (Author)In a world where incredible medical technologies are possible ... does "can do" mean "should do"? Why the Church Needs Bioethics helps you understand and constructively engage bioethical challenges with the resources of Christian wisdom and ministry. Three rich and true-to-life case studies illustrate the urgency of such bioethical issues as reproductive and genetic technologies, abortion, forgoing treatment, assisted suicide, stem cell research, ...