Patient Care

Recalling remarkable cases - and people - from a career launched in the first days of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Paul Seward leads us in his memoir through suspenseful diagnoses and explorations of anatomy. Within the conditions of great stress and rapid decision-making that are routine in the ER, Dr. Seward tells us that medical staff must be more than technicians of the body: They must be restorers of the human.

The Dementia Caregiver’s Survival Guide is here to offer a lifeline to caregivers, providing practical advice and emotional support to help you cope with the complexities of dementia care. This survival guide offers a road map, empowering caregivers to understand the disease, manage difficult symptoms, and cope with financial challenges, patient aggression, depression, and much more.

Spirituality in Patient Care has earned a reputation as the authoritative introduction to the subject for health professionals interested in identifying and addressing the spiritual needs of patients. The body of research on religion, spirituality, and health continues to grow at a dramatic rate, creating an urgent need for a new edition of this landmark work. In this, the third edition, Harold G. Koenig, M.D., updates every chapter by incorporating the newest research and introducing sensible ways of translating that research into caring for patients.

A powerful and inspiring memoir about how one man's cancer diagnosis led to him become a doctor and advocate for change in the healthcare system. At the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben Bravery woke from...

Attention. Your insurer moves faster than you. Denials fire off in seconds. Prices climb without warning. Networks shrink every month. You face a system built to overwhelm you. The Patient’s Playbook 2026 shows you how to push back with a calm, structured plan that protects your health and your wallet. The rules shifted in 2026. Automated reviews replaced real conversations. Pharmacies cut hours. Deductibles grew. Patients started losing control because the system expects you to panic, accept the denial, and move on. This book breaks that pattern.

Medical Spanish in Action for Busy Healthcare Providers is a practical communication guide for healthcare professionals who work with Spanish-speaking patients. Designed for doctors, nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, EMTs, and other frontline professionals, this audiobook focuses on the real conversations used in clinical settings every day. Instead of complicated grammar lessons, you will learn clear, useful Spanish phrases that help you communicate quickly, confidently, and compassionately with patients.

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection. Using the plights of twelve very different...

Doctors and pharmacists make critical decisions every day about whether to dispense opioids that alleviate pain but fuel addiction. Faced with a drug crisis that has already claimed more than a million lives, legislatures, courts, and policymakers have enlisted the help of technology in the hopes of curtailing prescriptions and preventing deaths. This book reveals how this "Trojan horse" technology embeds the logics of surveillance in the practice of medicine, forcing care providers to police their patients while undermining public trust and doing untold damage to those at risk.

Many of those who have chosen the medical profession are no stranger to the paranormal. Ghosts walk the hallways of hospitals both old and new, haunting the wards and operating rooms. Join Richard Estep, paramedic, paranormal investigator, and cast members of TV's Haunted Case Files and Haunted Hospitals, as he talks to EMTs, nurses, medical professionals, and patients alike, documenting their most intense and chilling encounters with ghosts and spirits.

Don't buy just a book. Buy a system backed by brain science. Still mixing up tumor lysis syndrome and DIC under pressure? Blanking on the difference between cytokine release syndrome and anaphylaxis when the clock starts? That's not a knowledge problem. That's a method problem. This book fixes the method.

This short read field guide transforms you from a passive participant into an empowered partner in your own healthcare. Learn the exact phrasing that gets doctors to slow down and explain clearly. Understand how to prepare for appointments so you address what matters most first. Decode the medical jargon that leaves most patients nodding along without comprehension. Master the art of the follow-up question that uncovers what your doctor really means. These strategies work within the constraints of modern medicine rather than fighting against them.

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Are you a dedicated healthcare professional frustrated by the language barrier that hampers your ability to provide the best possible care to your Spanish-speaking patients? Don't you wish you had a practical tool at your disposal that could help you learn medical Spanish and connect effectively with your patients? Perhaps it's been a daunting task to find a resource that focuses solely on the healthcare context and makes learning Spanish as easy as sipping your morning espresso.

Master patient care with AI-driven innovations in just a few months, even if AI seems overwhelming right now! Are you struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of AI technology in healthcare? Are you concerned about effectively integrating AI without losing the personal touch in patient care? How do I align AI tools with strict regulations and ethical standards? You're not alone. Many healthcare professionals and tech enthusiasts face these challenges. Yet, the hurdles can be overcome with the right insights and strategies.

The Spanish medical course is a comprehensive language-learning resource designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their communication skills with Spanish-speaking patients. This expertly structured course provides essential vocabulary, key phrases, and practical conversations to help medical staff navigate patient interactions with confidence and clarity.

Exciting new technology is revolutionizing healthcare in the twenty-first century. This visionary guide by the former CIO of the Cleveland Clinic shows you how to design, implement, and maximize your organization's IT systems to deliver fully integrated, coordinated, high-quality care. Using the latest advancements in IT, you'll be able to access and apply a range of online tools and field-tested strategies to any organization. Go behind the scenes at Clinic Cleveland to see how caregivers executed their IT strategy in a working environment—and how patients benefitted as a result.

Anyone who has fallen off the conveyer belt of mainstream health care and into the shadowy corners of illness knows what a dark place it is to land. Where is the infrastructure, the information, the guidance? What should you do next? In Rebel Health, Susannah Fox draws on twenty years of tracking the expert networks of patients, survivors, and caregivers who have come of age between the cracks of the health care system to offer a way forward.

Great medical practices create an experience so positive that patients can't stop talking about it. Patients talk to friends, relatives, and acquaintances about the care they received. They can't help posting nice things about this great practice on social media. And they can't imagine recommending anyone else. Patient Care The Sandler Way shows how to create this experience. It offers timeless, proven principles for effective patient care, based on the communication skills and success principles of the Sandler Selling System.

It’s finally here–a thorough exploration of the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry that is detailed, succinct, and easy to listen to! There’s no denying the power of artificial intelligence. When taught, programmed, and incorporated correctly, it’s nothing short of a modern miracle. And, thanks to recent technological advancements, it’s now a widely accessible modern miracle.

Patients facing a cancer diagnosis often feel at the mercy of an illness they don't understand and in the hands of doctors offering treatments that focus on the cancer, instead of on the patient. In these patient-focused selections from Holistic Cancer Care, Chanchal Cabrera, a consulting...