Physician category: 198 books
Doctors in Canada
The Changing World of Medical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1991
Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has...
by Dr. Jim Halla
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Being a doctor and going to the doctor are theological issues. A major thesis of the book is that a de-medicalization of physicians is necessary and should be replaced by a Scripto-centric approach to life in the practice of medicine. This call is radical, humanly speaking, but we have a God Who has...
The Latino Patient
A Cultural Guide for Health Care Providers
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2002
One book every health care professional needs!
By 2030 Latinos will comprise roughly 20 percent of the population of the United States. Growing numbers of health professionals are realizing the importance of understanding Latino cultural values as they impact the clinical encounter. Such knowledge...
by David Newman
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Without any warning, in September 1999, David Newman was told he had a rare and life-threatening tumor in the base of his skull. In the compressed space of five weeks, he consulted with leading physicians and surgeons at four major medical centers. The doctors offered drastically differing opinions;...
What I've Learned from You
The Lessons of Life Taught to a Doctor by His Patients
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
What I've Learned from You is the story of the lessons of life taught to a doctor by his patients. It takes us on a journey from an inner-city trauma center to the bedside of a dying cancer patient. It explores human relationships and gives an intimate view into the window of the human condition....
Twelve Patients
Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director is a "humanitarian and heartbreaking tapestry where modern medicine confronts the atrocities of life" (Kirkus Reviews).
Using the plights...
Attending
Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books).
The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending...
What Matters in Medicine
Lessons from a Life in Primary Care
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Primary care has come into the limelight with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unchecked and unsustainable rise in American health care expenditures, and the crest of Baby Boomers who are now Medicare-eligible and entering the most health care–intensive period of...
Living with Cancer
A Journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
In June 2009, Andrew Griffith’s life turned upside down with his diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive and incurable form of lymphoma. Join Andrew through his treatment, recovery, relapse and further treatment over a three year period, as he is faced with numerous physical, emotional...
The Informed Patient
Your Complete Guide to Understanding the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
The Informed Patient is a book about empowerment and about ethically and responsibly working with your medical professional so that your care is the best that it can be. It's about increasing your odds for a good outcome, it's about doing everything you can to make sure you leave the hospital in better shape than you entered it
Time to Care
Personal Medicine in the Age of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Proposing the patient-doctor relationship that was central in traditional medicine be brought back to the center of the healthcare system, this history observes how the high cost of technology-based care has caused an economic squeeze through wasteful and ineffective practices. Targeting habits of...
The Healing Touch
Keeping the Doctor-Patient Relationship Alive Under Managed Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The traditional doctor-patient relationship is in jeopardy. In an era of “hurry up” medicine and “patient quotas,” health care professionals are no longer able to apply good bedside manner—the healing touch. As the focus shifts from patients to profits, this vital component of patient care...
The Behavior of Doctors
Their Health, Their Attitudes, Their Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HOW DOCTORS BEHAVE - AT BEST , AT WORST AND IN BETWEEN. - WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE EFFECTS, GOOD OR BAD, OF HIS OWN AND HIS COLLEAGUES' HEALTH, ATTITUDES AND METHODS OF WORKING.
A Lucky Life Interrupted
A Memoir of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
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 years
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