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Following the case of Lia (a Hmong child with a progressive and unpredictable form of epilepsy), Fadiman maps out the controversies raised by the collision between Western medicine and holistic healing traditions of Hmong immigrants. Unable to enter the Laotian forest to find herbs for Lia that will "fix her spirit," her family becomes resigned to the Merced County emergency system, which has little understanding of Hmong animist traditions. Fadiman...
2) Viral
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English
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Brian Murphy and his family are enjoying a relaxing summer excursion in Cape Cod when his wife, Emma, comes down with mild flu-like symptoms. Their return home to New York City quickly turns into a race to the ER as she begins seizing and falls into a coma. Emma is diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a rare and highly lethal mosquito-borne viral disease caught during one of their evening cookouts-- and their daughter exhibits alarming signs...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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A concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics, which provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. The author describes the care we need, the care we don't, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Telemedicine and healthcare apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic are also explained. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
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English
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The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist
We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer
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English
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"There's an unspoken assumption when you go to see a doctor: the doctor knows your medical story and is making decisions based on that story. But the reality frequently falls short. Medical records vanish when we switch doctors. Critical details of life-saving treatment plans get lost in muddled electronic charts. The doctors we see change according to specialty, hospital shifts, or an insurer's whims. Stanford physician Ilana Yurkiewicz calls this...
14) The hidden history of American healthcare: why sickness bankrupts you and makes others insanely rich
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
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ix, 160 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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"Popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to establish affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality"--
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
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179 pages ; 16 cm
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English
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"On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surgery. Over the next few days, as he clung to life and the first light of a new year came through his window, he found himself reflecting on the fragility of health, not recognized in America as a human right, but without which all rights and freedoms have...
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DHEW publication volume no. (HRA)
1993-<1998> DHHS pub volume no. (PHS)
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS)
1993-<1998> DHHS pub volume no. (PHS)
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS)
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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Statistics
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1976-
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volumes ; 28 cm.
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English
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Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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xiii, 314 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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Most of us want and expect medicine's miracles to extend our lives. In today's aging society, however, the line between life-giving therapies and too much treatment is hard to see -- it's being obscured by a perfect storm created by the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, along with insurance companies. In Ordinary Medicine, Sharon R. Kaufman investigates what drives that storm's "more is better" approach to medicine: a nearly invisible chain...
19) Pinkeye
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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Simple text explains what pinkeye is, how it spreads, and common treatments for this eye infection.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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English
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The state of health care in this country is routinely discussed in the media, at the office, and around the kitchen table. Yet as consumers of medical care, Americans often blindly accept medical advice that may or may not be relevant or even appropriate. Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now is meant to turn on its head the old notion that medical care is dictated by the doctors who offer advice. Today, it's all about the patients who receive
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