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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
"Games can be dangerous. But blame can be deadly. As a psychologist specializing in domestic abuse, Naomi has found it hard to avoid becoming overly invested in her clients' lives. But after helping Jacob make the decision to leave his wife, Naomi worries that she's taken things too far. Then Jacob goes missing, and her files on him vanish. . . . But as the police start asking questions about Jacob, Naomi's own dark past emerges. And as the truth...
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English
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Offers readers an insider s assessment of doctor-patient communication and provides patients with strategies for making the most of their doctor s visits. Considering the limited amount of time doctors and patients spend together, Zackary Berger explores the various biases and barriers that color office visits, and gives specific examples for overcoming these challenges.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"'Wendy Doe' was found on a bus to Philadelphia with no money, no ID, and no memory of who she is, where she was going, or what she might have done. She is diagnosed with dissociative fugue, a temporary amnesia that could lift at any moment-- or never at all. Dr. Benjamin Strauss invites her to submit herself for experimental observation at his Meadowlark Institute for Memory Research. To Strauss's ambitious student, Lizzie Epstein, Wendy is an object...
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
Andrew Stoddard, now president of the United States, is reunited with his former Annapolis roommate, Gabe Singleton, when he asks Gabe to become his personal physician. But Gabe discovers that Andrew is going insane and that the condition may not be the result of natural causes.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine: keeping patients alive at all costs. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes, even though research indicates that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. The question 'How do you want to live?' must be posed to the seriously ill because they deserve to choose. If doctors explain options--including the choice to forego countless...
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Language
English
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"Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this ... brutally honest account will make you think again"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on historical case studies and stories from his own practice, Yale physician/researcher Wilson explains why the doctor-patient relationship is now strained-owing mostly to healthcare corporations and Big Pharma-and how it can be rebuilt. In the meantime, he lets readers know how they can make the best possible decisions regarding healthcare.
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Series
Danger never sleeps volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Honorably discharged from the Army after an explosion nearly killed her, former military psychiatrist Brooke Adams has set up shop to help others - but her days of helping military personnel are over. She's got her own battles to fight from her time overseas, and she's not equipped to take on more. Former Army Special Ops Sergeant First Class Asher James could handle anything that war sent his way - terrorists, bombs, bullets. The only thing that...
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English
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"Tom Brokaw had led a lucky life--marrying his childhood sweetheart (they have been married for 51 years), rising to fame in the journalism world on the Today Show and as the NBC Nightly News anchor for 22 years, publishing the world-renowned book The Greatest Generation--when suddenly he took two inexplicable falls. Nagging back pain led him to the doctors at Mayo, who had shocking news: he had multiple myeloma, the treatable but incurable blood...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For the past few decades, technology has been touted as the cure for all of healthcare's ills, yet medicine stubbornly resisted computerization-- until now. Thanks largely to billions of dollars in federal incentives, healthcare has finally gone digital. Wachter examines healthcare at the dawn of its computer age, and shows how technology is changing care at the bedside. He questions whether government intervention has been useful or destructive--...
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations, portraits
Language
English
Description
The proven strategy for driving patient satisfaction, physician engagement, and better clinical outcomes with improved doctor-patient communication-from the thought leaders at Cleveland Clinic.
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Publisher
Financial Times Press
Language
English
Description
A terminal diagnosis ... a life-threatening disease ... recognition of one's own mortality ... or simply planning ahead. All of these lead individuals to contemplate difficult end-of-life decisions. But, when they do, they find themselves confused, desperately seeking guidance: about living wills, health care proxies, and their own care, wishes, and affairs. Dr. Shawn D. Glisson and Wynne A. Whitman help people face these issues every day -- Glisson...
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Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Rather than view patients simply as sick people who need treatment, Cleveland Clinic sees them also as important stakeholders in the organization's success. Patients are customers--who desire, pay for, and deserve the best possible care and experience during what is often a challenging time in their lives. Featuring customer service case studies, as well as invaluable insight from C-level executives at top corporations in various industries, Service...
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