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  • The Power of Bedside Manners in Patient Care

    A Healthcare Provider’s Guide

    by Barry Silverman ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    It is evident that behavior at the bedside and with colleagues is critical to the delivery of quality healthcare. However, there is very little written about behaviors that enhance the delivery of healthcare. We live in an age where science is attacked and the internet is full of misleading information that causes many patients to question the accuracy and truthfulness of medical statements. In an ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Manners, Morals, and Medical Care

    How to be an Effective Physician

    Edited by Barry Silverman, Saul Adler ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book is a unique reference for medical students, residents, and allied healthcare workers who are just entering the medical field. It outlines in an anecdotal, yet pedagogical manner what one should expect and what is expected of an individual when embarking on a career at a clinic or hospital.Organized into two sections, the book defines in clear terms student responsibilities, expectations, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Doctors of Another Calling

    Physicians Who Are Known Best in Fields Other than Medicine

    by James E. Bailey, Paul Berman, Charles S. Bryan, John D. Bullock, Amy L. Cooper, Peter E. Dans, J. Gordon Frierson, J. Michael Fuller, James R. Johnston, Joseph W. Lella, Michael E. Moran, Daniel Morgan, Sandra W. Moss, T. Jock Murray, Angela M. Nicholls, Clyde Partin, Mabel L. Purkerson, James G. Ravin, Barry Silverman, Marvin J. Stone, Robert H. Stone, Jessie L. Ternberg, Robert P. Turk, Joseph B. Vander Veer Jr., C. Peter W. Warren ...
    The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine. The fields of literature, exploration, business, sport, entertainment, and beyond abound with doctors whose interests lie outside medicine. This book, largely written by members of the medical profession, examines the efforts of doctors in non-medical fields. The doctors discussed here are those who are ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • How To Break Bad News

    A Guide for Health Care Professionals

    by Robert Buckman ...
    Series series Heritage
    For many health care professionals and social service providers, the hardest part of the job is breaking bad news. The news may be about a condition that is life-threatening (such as cancer or AIDS), disabling (such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis), or embarrassing (such as genital herpes). To date medical education has done little to train practitioners in coping with such ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • First, Do Less Harm

    Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety

    Edited by Ross Koppel, Suzanne Gordon ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    Each year, hospital-acquired infections, prescribing and treatment errors, lost documents and test reports, communication failures, and other problems have caused thousands of deaths in the United States, added millions of days to patients' hospital stays, and cost Americans tens of billions of dollars. Despite (and sometimes because of) new medical information technology and numerous well ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Staying Human During Residency Training

    How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School, Fifth Edition

    by Allan D. Peterkin ...
    The ultimate survival guide for medical students, interns, residents and fellows, Staying Human during Residency Training provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a resident's life – from choosing a residency program, to coping with stress, enhancing self-care, and protecting personal and professional relationships.Allan D. Peterkin, MD, provides hundreds of tips ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • An Epidemic of Empathy in Healthcare: How to Deliver Compassionate, Connected Patient Care That Creates a Competitive Advantage

    by Thomas H. Lee, MD ...
    The best strategies in healthcare begin with empathyRevolutionary advances in medical knowledge have caused doctors to become so focused on their narrow fields of expertise that they often overlook the simplest fact of all: their patients are suffering. This suffering goes beyond physical pain. It includes the fear, uncertainty, anxiety, confusion, mistrust, and waiting that so often characterize ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Professionalism in Medicine

    A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students

    Edited by John Spandorfer, MD, Charles A. Pohl, MD, Susan L. Rattner, Thomas J. Nasca, MD ...
    Learning medical professionalism is a challenging, evolving, and life-long endeavor. Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students helps begin this process by engaging students and their teachers in reflection on cases that resonate with the experiences of life in medicine. Through the book's seventy-two cases, commentaries, videos, and literature-based reviews, students ... Read more

    $58.29 USD

  • Becoming a Physician

    A Practical and Creative Guide to Planning a Career in Medicine

    by Jennifer Danek, Marita Danek ...
    "I have advised countless medical students and applicants over more than two decades and I repeatedly found myself agreeing with the advice given by the Daneks." --Michael V. Drake, M.D.Professor and Associate Dean, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco"These authors have the experience, knowledge, and writing skills to lead the lost through the maze of uncertainties of ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • By the Bedside of the Patient

    Lessons for the Twenty-First-Century Physician

    by Nortin M. Hadler M.D. ...
    In By the Bedside of the Patient, Nortin Hadler places current efforts to reform medical education — from the undergraduate level through residency programs and on to continuing medical education — in historical context. In doing so, he traces the evolution of medical school curricula, residency and fellowship programs, and the clinical practices they promoted. Hadler examines crucial junctures in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Physicians’ Pathways to Non-Traditional Careers and Leadership Opportunities

    Edited by Richard D. Urman, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Increasingly, physicians are leveraging their medical training and expertise to pursue careers in non-traditional arenas. Their goals are diverse:· Explore consulting as a way to improve patient care· Lay the foundation for a career in academic medicine· Provide leadership in healthcare· Strengthen ties between a clinic and the community· Broaden one’s experience as a medical student· As a ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • End of Life

    Nursing Solutions for Death with Dignity

    by Carole Ann Drick, PhD, RN, TNS, TNSCP, Lynn Keegan ...
    2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in both Gerontologic Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care!"The book is easy to read and is essential to all who work and care for those at the end of life."--David Shields, RN, MSN, QTTTAssistant Professor of NursingCapital University"The book is thought provoking and, if you are like me, you will be assessing (consciously or subconsciously) how good you or your ... Read more

    $48.99 USD