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“jerry vannatta”

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  • The Chief Concern of Medicine

    The Integration of the Medical Humanities and Narrative Knowledge into Medical Practices

    de Ronald Schleifer, Jerry Vannatta ...
    Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, The Chief Concern of Medicinebrings to the examination of medical practices a thorough—and clearly articulated—exposition of the nature of narrative. The book builds on the work of linguistics, semiotics, narratology, and discourse theory and examines numerous literary works and narrative "vignettes" of medical problems, situations, and ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD

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  • Better

    A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    de Atul Gawande ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession.**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • What Doctors Feel

    How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

    de Danielle Ofri ...
    A look at the emotional side of medicine—the shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and even love that affect patient carePhysicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice have a profound impact on ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Stuck in Time

    The Tragedy of Childhood Mental Illness

    de Lee Gutkind ...
    A harrowing exploration of one of the country's most troubling hidden shames: the widespread neglect of disabled children by the institutions that have sworn to protect themFour-fifths of American children with serious mental health problems receive no professional treatment whatsoever. They are the product of an overextended and often neglectful system that, as Lee Gutkind writes, has reached the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics

    Edición de Joseph Boyle, Leonard Sumner ...
    Series series Toronto Studies in Philosophy
    How should we attempt to resolve concrete bioethical problems? How are we to understand the role of bioethics in the health care system, government, and academe? This collection of original essays raises these and other questions about the nature of bioethics as a discipline. The contributors to the volume discuss various approaches to bioethical thinking and the political and institutional ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • The Treatment Trap

    How the Overuse of Medical Care is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It

    de Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh ...
    With health reform enacted by the Congress and signed by the President, the subject matter of The Treatment Trap is a compelling component in the national debate. Taking advantage of Rosemary Gibson's knowledge gleaned from extended experience in the field of medical care and Janardan Singh's similar knowledge but from a financial perspective, the authors explore the most neglected issue in ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • White Coats

    Three Journeys through an American Medical School

    de Marino ...
    Although we rely on physicians, calling on them at birth and death and every medical event in between, rarely do we consider the personal challenges faced by doctors-to-be. In 2005 author Jacqueline Marino and photojournalist Tim Harrison had the unprecedented opportunity to chronicle the experiences of three students as they learned to become doctors at the Case Western Reserve University School ... Leer más

    $23.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Selected Papers of Charles H. Best

    de Charles Herbert Best ...
    Series series Heritage
    The name of Charles H. Best, co-discoverer of insulin, Head of the Department of Physiology and Director of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research in the University of Toronto, is familiar to medical and lay readers all over the world. The story of his early insulin research with Dr. Frederick Banting, as a result of which men and women and children who forty years ago would have had ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • The General Practitioner

    de Kenneth Clute ...
    Series series Heritage
    An important and definitive study and critique of 86 general practices in Ontario and Nova Scotia, with particular attention to the quality of medical care and to problems of medical education and of the organization of medical care as these relate to quality. It was conceived by the College of General Practice of Canada and directed by Kenneth F. Clute. The book is addressed to all those who are ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD