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  • Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective

    Assessing the Dutch Experience

    Edited by Stuart J. Youngner, Gerrit K. Kimsma ...
    This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades. In contrast to most books about euthanasia, which are written by authors from countries where the practice is illegal and therefore practised only secretly, this book analyzes empirical data and real-life clinical behavior. Its essays were written by the leading Dutch scholars ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Ethics at the End of Life

    Edited by Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This handbook explores the topic of death and dying from the late twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on the United States. In this period, technology has radically changed medical practices and the way we die as structures of power have been reshaped by the rights claims of African Americans, women, gays, students, and, most relevant here, patients. Respecting ... Read more

    $151.19 USD

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    by Donlin M. Long, MD, PhD ...
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  • Prescribing Medicines for Patients with Dysphagia

    by Professor David John Wright ...
    Prescribing medicines for patients with dysphagia and swallowing difficulties provides additional challenges to the prescriber. Medicines are usually prescribed as tablets and capsules and for a variety of reasons these may not provide the most appropriate choice. This book outlines the legal, pharmacological and clinical issues which should be considered when selecting the most appropriate course ... Read more

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  • A Joosr Guide to... Being Mortal by Atul Gawande: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

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    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.More and more people are dying in nursing homes and ... Read more

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  • Clinical Forensic Medicine

    Edited by W. D. S. McLay ...
    Medical evidence plays a vital part in many criminal prosecutions, most notably when serious injury or physical abuse is part of the prosecution's case. Now in its third edition, this book is an essential text for practitioners of clinical forensic medicine and for those who take them through judicial proceedings, be they prosecutors or defence lawyers. It is written by a team of skilled and ... Read more

    $121.39 USD

  • Extreme Measures

    Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

    by Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. ...
    For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die.Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Ulcerative Colitis and Proctitis®, 3rd edition

    by Mark A. Peppercorn, MD, Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD ...
    The physical and emotional effects of ulcerative colitis and ulcerative proctitis are explained in the new fourth edition of this informative handbook. Ulcerative colitis is a recurrent, idiopathic inflammatory disorder involving the mucosa and submucosa of the colon, which has been reported in virtually every region of the world. Difficult to diagnose and treat effectively, the signs and symptoms ... Read more

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  • The Littlest Caregiver

    Excerpt From The Unfeeling Doctor, Unplugged

    by Melissa Yuan-Innes, M.D. ...
    Series series Unfeeling Doctor Series
    A doctor asked on Twitter, "What's one thing you wished you knew when you had to look after one of your own family members?"I needed over 1000 words to respond, although my 140 character-answer is this: I wish I'd known better how to just sit still, or at least act normally, with my father after his diagnosis with brain cancer.Luckily, my infant son Max was a lot wiser than I was. And I knew ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Obesity and The Metabolic Syndrome®, 4th edition

    by George A. Bray, MD ...
    Practice-based text and illustrations make this handbook an invaluable reference guide for primary care physicians who are treating patients who are obese or who are approaching obesity. A detailed discussion covering the complexities of the metabolic syndrome is also included in this handbook. ... Read more

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  • Modern Death

    How Medicine Changed the End of Life

    by Haider Warraich ...
    "Elegant and poignant . . . [Warraich] succeeds in humanizing a complex topic and gives us remarkable insights about the changing nature of 'modern death'." ―Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times –bestselling author of The Emperor of All MaladiesThere is no more universal truth in life than death but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today's modern age.... ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer®, 2nd edition

    by Lynn H. Ratner, MD ...
    In this timely handbook, an expert in oncology explains the risk factors for contracting breast cancer and the pathogenesis of the disease, discusses the complexities of diagnosis, and offers a detailed examination of surgical treatments and the latest drug therapies, including raloxifene (Evista®). ... Read more

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