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With remarkable insight and vulnerability, a leading cancer researcher distills the lessons for living that he's learned as a doctor and as a patient, after being diagnosed with his own terminal illness—based on his enormously popular Standford class. Over the course of his twenty-year career...

Zu den Corona-Impfstoffen, die an über fünf Milliarden Menschen in ein bis fünf Dosen verabreicht wurden und die zu geschätzten bis zu 20 Millionen Todesfällen sowie einer immensen Zahl an Geschädigten weltweit führten, scheint bereits alles gesagt worden zu sein. Eines jedoch hat bisher niemand vollbracht: den Beweis dafür zu erbringen, dass die beteiligten Pharmariesen sehr genau wussten, dass man die gesamte Menschheit als Versuchskaninchen für nicht regelkonform zugelassene, genetisch modifizierende sowie giftige, also hochgefährliche Produkte benutzte.

In the widening grey zone between life and death, doctors fight with doctors, families feel pressured to make tough decisions about their loved ones and lawyers are left to argue life-and-death cases in the courts. Meanwhile, intensive care patients are caught in purgatory, attached to machines and unable to speak for themselves. In Death Interrupted, Dr Blair Bigham seeks to help listeners understand the options facing them at the end of their lives.

The challenge of modern health care is to develop better organizations capable of delivering compassionate and individualized care on a grand scale while preserving the personal relationship between clinician and patient and the quality of care at the ward, operating room, clinic, or practice. Informed by extensive research and experience with systems all over the world, Richard Bohmer shows how organizations may transform by deploying a new workforce of clinical change leaders and how clinicians can take greater control over their own working environments.

It’s true that strength declines with age, and your abilities are changing with each passing year. That doesn’t have to mean you give up and let your body rot away. Your muscles can still be exercised and strengthened, and your balance and coordination can improve greatly. You just need to find different exercises that work for you -ones designed specifically for people your age.

In The Roots of Pelvic Floor Yoga, author, seasoned nurse, and yoga instructor, Heather Dolson, will take you on a transformative journey exploring the intricate history of body shaming in women as Dolson weaves a narrative that transcends time and societal norms. This isn't just a book; it's a manifesto for reclaiming your body and embracing a newfound sense of self.

In The Moral Injury Spectrum, clinical psychologists C. Richard Spates Ph.D. and Karis L. Callaway Ph.D. (narrating their own work) deliver a definitive exploration of moral injury—the silent epidemic ravaging veterans, health care workers, educators, and first responders. Published by Audiobook Publishing Services, this audiobook bridges rigorous research, clinical tools, and societal solutions to address one of psychology’s most urgent crises.

When COVID-19 broke out, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty’s work put him on the front lines. Realizing that the mental, physical, and economic toll of lockdowns was catastrophic, he began to protest that the cure was worse than the disease—an intolerable heresy. When he refused vaccination because he had natural immunity from a previous infection, the University of California, Irvine, medical school fired him. He fought back, in the courts and in the media, and has become a reliable source of truth amid official obfuscation and censorship.

During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast...

By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going. Global healthcare leader and award-winning author, Dr. Mark Britnell, uses his unique insights from advising governments, executives, and clinicians in more than 70 countries to present solutions to this impending crisis.

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based guide for healthcare leaders and professionals seeking to navigate the complex landscape of transformation within the healthcare industry. Drawing on influential theories from psychologists such as Bandura, Kahneman, and Frankl, the book offers a multifaceted approach to change management, leadership development, and decision-making.

On January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and the greater part of the capital was demolished. Dr. Paul Farmer, U.N. deputy special envoy to Haiti, who had worked in the country for nearly thirty years treating infectious diseases like tuberculosis and AIDS, and former President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, had just begun to work on an extensive development plan to improve living conditions in Haiti.

W świetnie przyjętym przez czytelników pierwszym tomie „Zakazanej psychologii" (opatrzonym podtytułem „Pomiędzy nauką a szarlatanerią"), książce, która ukazała się w roku 2009, Tomasz Witkowski pisał o grzechach psychologii akademickiej, grzechach terapeutów i ekspansji psychobiznesu oraz o słynnej prowokacji wobec magazynu "Charaktery", której był autorem. Zapowiedział też, że "Ciąg dalszy nastąpi."

The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care. Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and...

Mechanical ventilation is a vital skill for respiratory therapists, but mastering the different modes and settings can feel overwhelming. With so many parameters, functions, and clinical applications to understand, it’s important to have a resource that simplifies the process without leaving out the details. This book serves as a comprehensive yet approachable guide that breaks down complex concepts into clear explanations, making it an invaluable tool for students, new graduates, practicing clinicians, and those preparing for the board exam.

This NCLEX trainer guide begins with an outline of the topics and key facts that you need to remember for the exam. This is all presented with helpful tips and cautions. In Section Three of this guide you can apply and test your knowledge with over 100 topic-specific practice questions. All answers to the questions are given with detailed rationales to further your knowledge and understanding of the topic.

Introducing NCLEX Pharmacology AudioLearn, developed by distinguished professors and professionally narrated by an experienced RN for accuracy, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your NCLEX. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on the pharmacology portion of the NCLEX. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into small sections.

"Surgery Simplified" is the ultimate guide for patients embarking on their surgical journey, authored by a seasoned recovery nurse. This comprehensive manual dismantles the veil of uncertainty surrounding surgical procedures.

Imagine if there was a single, elegant solution to the biggest challenges facing healthcare: chronic disease, escalating costs, physician shortages, care access and affordability, physician burnout, loneliness, and mental health. In his second book, James Maskell shows how the community - specifically, group medical visits - can help us solve these challenges. A supportive community provides the context for ongoing healthy behaviors, a key to reversing chronic illness.

In the 1970s, a small group of leading psychiatrists met behind closed doors and literally rewrote the book on their profession. Revising and greatly expanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM for short), they turned what had been a thin, spiral-bound handbook into a hefty tome. Almost overnight the number of diagnoses exploded. The result was a windfall for the pharmaceutical industry and a massive conflict of interest for psychiatry at large.