Patient Care category: 3822 books
by Rob Tenery, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
In an age where uncertainty rules the day, Dr. Rob Tenery has given us a book that explains how health care has evolved into a $2.6 trillion enterprise. He does this with carefully researched histories and a series of challenging and thought-provoking commentaries on the most important issues of the...
Men in the Lives of Young Children
An international perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book presents an international perspective on the involvement of men in the lives of young children across a range of differing contexts and from a number of disciplinary perspectives. It takes as a starting point the importance of positive male engagement with young children so as to ensure...
Summary & Analysis of Unconventional Medicine
Join the Revolution to Reinvent Healthcare, Reverse Chronic Disease, and Create a Practice You Love | A Guide to the Book by Chris Kresser
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Unconventional Medicine is author and alternative medicine expert Chris Kresser’s call to action for revolutionizing a health care industry that is corrupt, dysfunctional, and unequipped to properly address the chronic disease epidemic.
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Medicare QuickStart Guide
The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Medicare
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Medicare Finally Simplified For The Everyday Person - Explained In Laymen Terms
**Medicare Broken Down So Simply, You'll Know Exactly How What To Expect And How To Ensure You Are Receiving The Best Medical Coverage Possible**
Healthcare costs in the United States are growing higher every year...
by SpeedReader Summaries
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Are you the caregiver of someone who has dementia? Does your loved one suffer from dementia?
Families and caregivers of a person suffering from dementia face many challenges in terms of care. People suffering from dementia due to conditions such as Alzheimer’s and other related diseases normally...
Last Acts
Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
What would you do if you had only a few days to live? Or a few weeks or months? What if a loved one were in this situation -- how could you help that person decide how to spend the time that remained? Perhaps you lost a family member or dear friend to a terminal illness and were baffled by that person's...
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEATH
A Practical Guide to Talking about End-of-Life Care and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Conversations About Death is the result Sally Cant’s twenty years in the death and dying industry. It contains a wealth of information that will make you feel more relaxed, open and comforted by talking about death and dying. Conversations About Death is a much needed tool: to assist in those...
by Valiere Alcena
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
The Best of Women's Health brings to the forefront progressive information on the various medical conditions that affect women in the 21st century. But the informative guide also discusses the social, racial, economic, health care disparities and other inequities that illustrate the alarming differences...
Spirituality and Coping with Loss
End of Life Healthcare Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Spirituality and Coping with Loss: End of Life Healthcare Practice describes a research study that reflects nurses’ experience of the nature of loss encountered in end of life care settings as well as the ways in which spirituality is a resource in coping in these situations. Key findings indicate...
Cracking the Dementia Code
Creative Solutions to Cope with Changed Behaviours
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
A New Creative Non-Drug Approach to Coping with Dementia As exciting discoveries continue for Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias, hope for a cure remains. In the meantime, day to day challenges continue for many families and caregivers. Karen Tyrell offers her expertise...
The Dementia Caregiver
A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated—and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because...
Breastfeeding in Hospital
Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
'Breast is best' is today’s prevailing mantra. However, women – particularly first-time mothers – frequently feel unsupported when they come to feed their baby. This new experience often takes place in the impersonal and medicalized surroundings of a hospital maternity ward where women are 'seen...
Munchausen by Proxy
Identification, Intervention, and Case Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This step-by-step guide will help you identify and manage cases of this unique form of child maltreatment!
Munchausen by proxy (MBP) is a dangerous kind of maltreatment in which a caretaker deliberately and repeatedly exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces a health problem or problems in someone...
by Scott E. Fishman, Honorio Benzon, MD
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
This third edition of Essentials of Pain Medicine offers an accessible and concise, yet complete, overview of today's theory and practice of pain medicine and regional anesthesia. From a review of basic considerations through local anesthetics and nerve block techniques, this book provides the reader...