Medical
Explore a comprehensive selection of medical books, including medical medium books, dictionaries, and textbooks covering dermatology, human anatomy, physiology, surgery, and pediatrics.
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Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American HistoryIn western countries, including the United States, foreign-trained nurses constitute a crucial labor supply. Far and away the largest number of these nurses come from the Philippines. Why is it that a developing nation with a comparatively greater need for trained medical professionals sends...
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Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention PolicyIn this provocative book, Sylvia Tesh shows how "politics masquerades as science" in the debates over the causes and prevention of disease.Tesh argues that ideas about the causes of disease which dominate policy at any given time or place are rarely determined by scientific...
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A Doctor's Journey Back to HealthFrom doctor to patient to doctor again, Dr Steven Sommer's uplifting story is told alongside the story of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Steven's life and career was soaring with potential before it was derailed by ME/CFS. Steven and his partner, Tori, unveil the horrors...
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Wide Neighborhoods-Pa"The autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the remarkable founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives, the first of their profession in this country, proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition need not be the norm in rural areas. By...
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Hot Stone Massage: A Three Dimensional Approach: A Three Dimensional Approach [With Access Code]Hot Stone Massage: A Three Dimensional Approach, by Leslie Bruder, is a user-friendly, easy-to-follow manual designed to teach professional massage therapists how to give a safe, effective, and artful hot stone massage. The book covers every aspect of administering a hot stone massage including...
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Invasive Cardiology: A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel: A Manual for Cath Lab PersonnelInvasive Cardiology: A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel, Third Edition was recently honored with 4 Stars from Doody's Book Review! Completely revised and updated, the Third Edition of Invasive Cardiology: A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel, is written specifically for nurses, technologists, and allied...
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Core Curriculum for Specializing in Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Resource for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals: A Resource fWritten by nationally known leaders in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities, Core Curriculum contains easy-to-read, comprehensive information on health concerns for persons of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Designed for classroom use and self-study, the text is presented in a...
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The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the HospitalA New York Times bestseller. "A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes."--People Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing--one of the world's...
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Natural Remedies for Essential TremorEssential tremor, a benign condition that causes people to shake when they move, affects men and women of all backgrounds and health conditions. Although no actual cure exists for this condition, there are numerous ways to determine potential causes or triggers of essential tremor...
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Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex (Revised)Punctuated with remarkable case studies, this book explores extraordinary encounters between hermaphrodites--people born with "ambiguous" sexual anatomy--and the medical and scientific professionals who grappled with them. Alice Dreger focuses on events in France and Britain in the late nineteenth century, a moment of great...
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Chemical Dependency: A Family AffairDrawing on more than 15 years of experience as an active clinician and instructor specializing in treating the chemically dependent and their families, Olivia Curtis presents an engaging and practical book on the nuts and bolts of counseling drug affected families. Unique and timely,...
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The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine Is in Your HandsThe essential guide by one of America's leading doctors to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You'll make an appointment months in advance. You'll probably wait...
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Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant MythDo antidepressants work? Of course -- everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually...
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CellA doctor's life gets turned upside by a dangerous new technology in this thought-provoking medical thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook. George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of...
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Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on AnesthesiaFor many of the 40 million Americans who undergo it each year, anesthesia is the source of great fear and fascination. In Counting Backwards, pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo delivers an unforgettable account of the procedure's daily dramas and fundamental mysteries. Przybylo has...
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Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative MedicineWhether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this book lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, more than thirty of the most popular...
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Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over BodyA rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the body. Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of a sour lemon? Felt turned...
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The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in MedicineThe real crisis in medicine today is not about economics, insurance, or managed care--it's about the loss of the fundamental human relationship between doctor and patient. In this wise and passionate book, one of our most eminent physicians reacquaints us with a classic notion...
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Health Promotion Practice: Building Empowered CommunitiesThe author provides an understanding of the key concepts of power and empowerment and the link to improved health outcomes in the context of health promotion programmes. He also offers practical approaches that can be used in health promotion programming to build and evaluate...
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Dorland's Pocket Medical DictionaryContinuously in print for more than 120 years, Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition, includes the most often-used terminology from Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the world's most trusted medical dictionary. Concise terms, carefully selected illustrations, and a convenient, portable size make this the #1...
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