Patient Care category: 3822 books
Key Themes in Health and Social Care
A Companion to Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Key Themes in Health and Social Care is a learning resource for students in health and social care. It provides an overview of foundational issues and core themes in the field and introduces key areas of debate, moving from an introductory level to in-depth discussion as the book progresses. Divided...
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...
Healing Through the Chaos
Practical Care Giving
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
If you have never been a caregiver, chances are you will become one. One in three people are or will become caregivers and most are unprepared. A devastating illness or an unexpected disabling injury can change your life in the blink of an eye. Part self-help and part memoir, Healing Through the Chaos...
Proper Doctoring
A Book for Patients and their Doctors
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
“People come to us for help. They come for health and strength.” With these simple words David Mendel begins Proper Doctoring, a book about what it means (and takes) to be a good doctor, and for that reason very much a book for patients as well as doctors—which is to say a book for everyone....
Quand une cellule déraille
Comprendre le cancer
Language: French
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Un guide pratique pour tout savoir sur le cancer.Cet ouvrage s'adresse à toute personne qui veut en savoir plus sur le cancer. Étape par étape, le lecteur est informé de ce qu'est précisément le cancer, comment cette maladie apparaît dans le corps, comment la tumeur se développe et les conséquences...
The Ultimate Obamacare Handbook (2015?2016 edition)
A Definitive Guide to the Benefits, Rights, Responsibilities, and Potential Pitfalls of the Affordable Care Act
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
"The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, makes health insurance available to the majority of Americans.
In fact, failure to obtain coverage will result in penalties, but the process of obtaining insurance can be daunting. This brief handbook explains the law and its history and tells readers how to...
Chasing Hope
A Patient's Deep Dive into Stem Cells, Faith, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
After more than four decades living with multiple sclerosis, New York Times bestselling author Richard M. Cohen finds a flicker of hope in a groundbreaking medical procedure.
Richard Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a life-threatening...
Introduction to Public Health, Second Edition
Promises and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
The only public health text to incorporate new Affordable Care Act legislation
Praise for the first edition:
"More than just another preliminary textbook, this comprehensive introduction for those who are new to the field of public health weaves together its values, goals, and practices...
by Vivien Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Learning is at the heart of change. This book breaks new ground in exploring the need for individuals to engage in personal change, through learning, as an essential part of achieving significant change in organisations. It explains how to engage with people's energy, enthusiasm and abilities to enable...
by Carol J. Buck, MS, CPC
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Mastering advanced medical coding skills is easier with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2016 Edition uses real-world patient cases to explain coding for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments,...
Surviving American Medicine
How to Get the Right Doctor, Right Hospital, and Right Treatment with Today’S Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
We live in a time when the business of health care has superseded the care of health. Health-care reform isnt just political rhetoric: its a reality. Its happening every dayand for you it means new ways of getting your care. Virtually every American understands we are experiencing dramatic changes...
by Vivien Martin
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2005
Managing Projects in Health and Social Care is designed for anyone who is asked to manage a public services project but who lacks the experience or training to feel confident in this role. The book shows how to use project management techniques to ensure that your project will be successful. The...
by Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service – Paediatric Palliative Care Service
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
This ebook is a practical guide to all of the issues relating to the care of a child or young person with a life limiting condition. It aims to empower clinicians to care for children at home or as close to home as possible. It is a national resource and a major contribution towards supporting dying...
Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer Patient
A Guide to Communication, Compassion, and Courage
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
At least once in your life someone will say to you, “I have cancer,” and when she says the three words, you may struggle with a response. If a loved one or friend hasn’t informed you of a cancer diagnosis, it’s only a matter of time until they will. Every year fourteen million people worldwide...