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3) Viral
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English
Description
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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English
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Description
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...
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Series
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
Pub. Date
1976-
Physical Desc
volumes ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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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Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Que
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume)
Language
English
Description
Build the Healthcare Sales Relationships That Power Enduring Success Healthcare salespeople have immense opportunities. But enduring success demands more than training and great products. You need High-Return Relationships: pre-qualified connections elevated by genuine shared passions and a long-term outlook. Selling Healthcare will help you build those relationships. It leverages decades of experience in healthcare sales and management, and it's...
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Publisher
Betterway Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses medical care during the Civil War, focusing on disease, wounds, medical personnel, instruments, surgery and anesthesia, recovery, and changes in medicine during the war.
17) The hidden history of American healthcare: why sickness bankrupts you and makes others insanely rich
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Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 160 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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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Series
Publisher
[FTPress Delivers]
Pub. Date
[©2011]
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([16] pages).
Language
English
Description
This Element is an excerpt from Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia. Available in print and digital formats. America's stunningly complex, insanely inefficient healthcare billing system: How it works--or, more precisely, doesn't work. No single aspect of the healthcare system is more inefficient, destructive, and harmful to the average American than the way in which...
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Publisher
LID
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
[1o edición].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (216 pages)
Language
Español
Description
La salud digital y las nuevas formas de la atención médica aborda cómo las nuevas tecnologías e innovaciones están transformando el sector y examina las tendencias actuales y sus áreas de aplicación, incluyendo la atención basada en valor y las terapias digitales. Además, explora sus beneficios, tanto para pacientes como para profesionales, y resalta la importancia de la competencia digital para los profesionales sanitarios. La salud...
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