Medical - Health Care Delivery

Enjoy access to the companion podcast series Conversations About Health Care Delivery in the United States! Newly revised and significantly updated, Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 13th Edition continues to be a highly acclaimed and trusted resource covering all...

Considers the issues that impact healthcare for LGBTQ+ Americans today and the negative influences that disproportionately affect the well-being of these communities, and presents a path forward to making needed improvements. The health of LGBTQ+ Americans is affected by many historical achievements and failures,...

Don't let the medical system push you around--empower yourself to take the lead Feel more in control of your medical care and learn how to be your own advocate with Patient Advocacy For Dummies! Managing your own health care--or a loved one's--can be daunting,...

"A most nourishing and encouraging book" McKenzie Wark, author of A Hacker Manifesto and Capital is Dead In many places worldwide, the freedom to care for one another is being attacked by the powerful, and acts of solidarity are being made illegal. In a...

Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics is a dynamic, inspiring, and relational approach to ethical awareness. In a time of great misuse of power, it offers sound guidance for an emerging ethic that brings compassion to power. Original and engaging, the approach...

Most healthcare organizations aren't failing. They're underperforming - held back by the silent creep of indecision and governance structures that reward polished silence over early truth.Strategic Leadership When Time Is the Constraint is a practical governance framework for healthcare executives, board members, CFOs, and...

An indispensable guide to reducing the suffering―of patients and caregivers alike―and to improving healthcare delivery for allIn our efforts to treat patients, cure illness, and manage institutions, healthcare professionals too often overlook the fundamental purpose everyone in the industry shares: to alleviate suffering.Press Ganey's...

What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honored and valued queer and trans people's lives, bodies and expertise? What if LGBTQ+ communities led and organized...

In this gripping memoir of the AIDS years (1981-1996), Sarah Schulman recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism. Schulman takes us back...

Discover the Revolution That Will Transform American HealthcareWhat if the battle for healthcare reform has been misdirected all along? What if doctors and patients aren't adversaries, but allies fighting a common enemy?In The Healthcare Heist, Jordan Grumet, MD, exposes the uncomfortable truth: America's healthcare...

Clearly the science of medicine has progressed by leaps and bounds over the last twenty years-from computerized surgery to genetic modification. Yet medicine is more than just a science. It is also an art. As medical students complete their education, however, they may find...

Nurses focus on the art and science of caregiving, but nurse managers are faced with the economic reality of patient-staffing ratios, budgets, reports, and accounting. Acronyms such as FTEs and ADCs can feel like a foreign language, but thankfully, help is available.Updated to include...

Fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines and restless legs syndrome are disorders caused by an inability of the brain to properly regulate pain and sympathetic nervous activity, according to rheumatologist Dr. Clay McCord. Dr. McCord presents evidence that a chemical imbalance in the brain disrupts...

Ten home care owners. Same playbook. One breaks through. The others burn out. The difference is not effort, passion, or discipline. It is alignment.When you are leading against your wiring instead of from it, everything costs more - more energy, more second-guessing, more time...

Doctor and social activist Paul Farmer shares a collection of charismatic short speeches that aims to inspire the next generation. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges...