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In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed by law, what is the real situation regarding patient information? Do patients ……続きを見る

International Bestseller • "An extraordinarily important book." ーMarcia Angell, Harvard Medical School A deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of norma……続きを見る

Surgeon Bernie S. Siegel gives an inspirational, first-hand account of how patients can participate in their own recovery. Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The……続きを見る

The problems faced by medical doctors and automobile mechanics are in some ways quite similarーsomething isn't working right and must be fixed. They must both figure out the cause of malfunctions an……続きを見る

The Ob/Gyn Hospitalist, the newest subspecialist in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, has the potential to improve patient safety, patient and provider satisfaction, workforce challenges and c……続きを見る

The more we know about medicine, the more we realize that many health questions have no one true answer. Realizing this, and thinking carefully about how medicine asks patients to treat their condit……続きを見る

Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health? Despite modern medicine’s infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the ……続きを見る

Vast global resources are ploughed into the delivery of treatment interventions ranging from diet and lifestyle advice to complex surgery. In all cases, whatever the intervention, unless the recipie……続きを見る

Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Bl……続きを見る

Πρέπει άραγε ή Όχι να ξέρει την αλήθεια ο ασθενής με καρκίνο; Αν ναι, από Ποιόν ενημερώνεται; ΠΩΣ; Πόσο Μέρος της αλήθειας αντέχει να γνωρίζει; Στην χώρα μας αποτελεί Πληγή, που κακοφόρμισε, ένα “κυ……続きを見る

"A collection of inspiring, heart-warming, touching stories that will make you laugh, and reflect." Do you like true stories? Of people like us who go through extraordinary situations? In this book ……続きを見る

**National Bestseller Winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Trillium Book Award Shortlisted for the ……続きを見る

With breast augmentation and tumor removal the #1 procedures in cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery, respectively, according to latest ASPS information, this issue on breast augmentation pre……続きを見る

This issue of the Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics focuses on Adjuncts for Care of the Surgical Patient. Articles will feature PEG and J-tube Placement; Percutaneous Tracheostomy;……続きを見る

Over the past decade health care systems around the world have placed increasing importance on the relationship between patient choice and clinical decision-making. In the years since the publicatio……続きを見る

Good healthcare is about more than making a diagnosis and giving the correct medical treatment - the experience of those going through the system is hugely important. As a result, the use of patient……続きを見る

This book is written through the lens of patients, caregivers, healthcare representatives and families, highlighting new models of interaction between providers and patients and what people would li……続きを見る

This four-volume Omnibus E-Book is a collection of Nortin Hadler’s definitive works on the state of healthcare in America today. The set includes: Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overt……続きを見る

In By the Bedside of the Patient, Nortin Hadler places current efforts to reform medical education ー from the undergraduate level through residency programs and on to continuing medical education ……続きを見る

In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician’s decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a……続きを見る

As human migration brings an ever more diverse range of people, cultures and beliefs into contact, Western medical systems must adapt to cater for the different approaches it encounters towards illn……続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine is a comprehensive guide to topics in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics of medicine. It examines traditional topics such as the concept of ……続きを見る

Doctors can benefit from coaching, not only for themselves but also as a way of enabling their patients to decide about treatment options. This book explains what coaching is, and how it can encoura……続きを見る

Western health related industries employ more people, consume more money, and have more dependent adherents than any other activity involving the entire population. Since the early 1900s, life expec……続きを見る

By 2030 Latinos will comprise roughly 20 percent of the population of the United States. Growing numbers of health professionals are realizing the importance of understanding Latino cultural values ……続きを見る

In the last three decades, the prevalence of obesity has doubled with over 600 million obese adults worldwide. The gastrointestinal complications of obesity are well publicized; however, the role of……続きを見る

'Guglani is the real deal' Michel Faber 'Profound . . . Poetic . . . Humane' Gabriel Weston 'Shows rare skill . . . Power and fear and morality' Sarah Moss, author of The Tidal Zone 'Tender . . . de……続きを見る

Look at the messenger: who is he? Whose interest is he pursuing? This statement, or life skills, my wise grandmother taught me when I was disappointed about other people: their behavior, intentions,……続きを見る

Hearing loss is a common chronic condition which is often poorly recognized but can have multiple negative impacts, not just on the lives of those directly affected, but also those living with them.……続きを見る

Everyone wants you to be stupid. Why? So they can make money from youーis another axiom, or a statement, that wise and smart people are using when they are facing problems and needed to make decisio……続きを見る