Download or read book The Moral Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients written by Marius Wamsiedel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Moral Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients: An Ethnography of Triage Work in Romania, Marius Wamsiedel examines the social categorization of patients and its consequences at two emergency departments in Romania. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this work argues that moral evaluation is an attempt on the part of triage nurses and clerks to keep the emergency service afloat in the context of high-care demand, insufficient resources, and uneven access to primary care. At the same time, Wamsiedel argues that moral evaluation is an effort to align the provision of emergency services with socially dominant values, norms, and representations. As such, the moral evaluation of patients becomes a Procrustean bed that reduces some inequities in access to health care while generating or amplifying others. By adopting an interactionist lens, Wamsiedel unravels the underlying social logic of moral evaluation, the criteria and assumptions that inform it, and attempts by triage workers and patient to negotiate access to emergency care. The Moral Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients offers new ways of understanding the work of street-level bureaucracies and informal barriers to care.

Download or read book Method Actor Murder written by Leslie Langtry and published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the next wacky, wild, wonderful Merry Wrath mystery... Whether they like it or not, culture is coming to Who’s There, Iowa in the form of community theater! Merry Wrath, former CIA operative turned suburban Girl Scout Troop leader has high hopes when Ye Olde Opera House is renovated, and newcomers Ophelia and her husband Dante arrive from off-off-off Broadway (…Street in Peoria) with their stage pig, Iago, to put on a production of Derek the Sparkly Unicorn Ninja, which was written by the mysterious SeBasquetian deCatalonia Braveheart. But chaos is the name of the game when half the town and their hamsters show up for auditions, Merry has been volunteered as Stage Manager, and her precocious troop are planning death-defying stunts and dangerous special effects. It certainly doesn’t help that Ophelia emotes like a deranged drama queen and Dante seems to think there’s a Tony Award for seducing women. When one of the thespians takes Method Acting a bit too far and ends up an actual corpse on stage, Merry has to work fast to find a killer before the curtain falls on another victim! What critics are saying about Leslie Langtry's books: "I laughed so hard I cried on multiple occasions! Girl Scouts, the CIA, and the Yakuza... what could possibly go wrong?" ~ Fresh Fiction "Darkly funny and wildly over the top, this mystery answers the burning question, 'Do assassin skills and Girl Scout merit badges mix…?'" ~ RT BOOKreviews "Mixing a deadly sense of humor and plenty of sexy sizzle, Leslie Langtry creates a brilliantly original, laughter-rich mix of contemporary romance and suspense." ~ Chicago Tribune "Langtry gets the fun started from page one." ~ Publisher's Weekly

Download or read book ADMIT TO MAYHEM written by D. J. Adamson and published by D. J. Adamson. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lillian Dove, wanting to change her past, sees a house burning. She becomes a witness to arson. Life is changing but not as she expected. Arsonist and a person with a history of murder wants her gone!

Download or read book Baba Against All Odds written by Piken Sanders and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-something Glenna Cobb is busy climbing the corporate ladder when she finds herself plunged into the dark world of organized crime. To further complicate her life, Michael Vikos, the savvy, much older industrialist/crime boss, decides that she must marry him so that he can better protect her from his more unsavory business associates. Despite the unconventional start to their marriage and their age difference, and one horrific incident, love grows between the unlikely pair. With their seventh anniversary approaching, Michael decides to step away from the illegal aspects of his business so that he and Glenna can adopt. Just as Glenna learns that she is miraculously pregnant, Fate steps in, and once again, her life will radically change. Will Glenna be able to protect what is most important to them both?

Download or read book Reflections written by Bonnie and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-12-19 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonnie has had more than her share of setbacks. All told, she has had almost thirty major operations that could have been fatal. To put everything into perspective, she needed to reflect on her life by telling about and writing about her situation. I still believe that Bonnie has gotten through these situations because she was never at fault. Since she was a child, she has been faced with problems that she had no control over. This is a tribute to her amazing mental strength. I myself learned to be stronger through her. I thank her for this. - Adam

Download or read book Journey of Two Hearts written by Kathy Ann Hites and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collette Hammil, Resident, and Doug Whitman, M.D. meet in Los Angeles. Doug helps Collette relocate to New Mexico where she will complete her Residency in Internal Medicine. On route, Collette and Doug encounter an accident and find themselves being pulled into saving lives. Once Collete arrives in New Mexico, Doug departs back for California and the drama begins. Despite distance and time away, Collette and Doug fight the reality a care element exists between them. Doug and Collette reunite. Just when their life looks predictable-- their journey makes a chilling detour.

Download or read book Gathering of Cans written by Robert L. Saunders and published by Robert Saunders. This book was released on 2006-11-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving story, the reader will sense an air of greedy anticipation as it reveals particular aluminum cans that 56-year-old Zoie Baker gathers along the rural roads to raise the money to build a swimming pool for the children of her community. During this quest, the reader will find a story connected to special cans: a gold Budweiser can, a green Mountain Dew can, a Santa Claus Coca-Cola can, and a NEHI can. With each special can, the reader will be going on another special journey with Zoie; from the romantic but turbulent time of World War II, through the tumultuous decade of the 1960's; and ending with Zoie gathering cans during the 1980's. There is magic, not just because of the wondrous characters, but also the friendships formed and the joys and the sorrows realized by each unique character.

Download or read book Cross Wired written by Jan Coffey and published by Book Duo Creative LLC . This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestselling Author Jan Coffey, a riveting suspense story torn from the headlines... TEENAGERS...OR TIME BOMBS? They were all bright, well liked and socially responsible kids — the last students on earth who would smuggle guns into high school. The nation is gripped by the shocking crimes: "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal, shooting their classmates before fatally turning their guns on themselves. When Connecticut doctor Dr. Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son Juan has become one of those shooters, her life is turned upside down. Ten years ago, Secret Service agent Bryan Atwood became an expert on school violence. Now the nightmare is back. Just as he is assigned to this new rash of killings, an MRI of Juan's brain reveals what must be pure science fiction. With Lexi's help, Bryan is determined to unearth the truth before more children die, but investigating a cross-country trail of buried horrors casts them both into a dangerous world where corporate greed can lead to sudden death. WINNER OF GOLDEN LEAF AWARD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you found the use of nanotechnology and biotech exploitation fascinating in The Nanotech Succession series by Linda Nagata and in the novels of Jennifer Foehner Wells, you’ll want to try this exciting ‘here and now’ suspense thriller. This heart stopping, action-packed thriller will provide frayed nerves for fans of Michael Crichton, JD Robb, Barbara Freethy, Laura Griffin, Debbie Baldwin, Toni Anderson, Heather Graham, Mary Burton, Ethan Jones, Megan Mitcham, Sharon Sala, Lorhainne Eckhart, Rita Herron, Katie Reus, Carla Neggers, Karen Rose, D.V. Berkom, Kristi Belcamino, Janey Crouch, Willow Rose, Karen Robards, Michael Connelly, Rachel Caine, Susan Stoker, Ann Rule, Iris Johansen, Tanya Anne Crosby. Keywords – pulse-pounding romantic thrillers, off-the-charts chemistry, smart sophisticated, fast-moving romantic suspense, believable love story, satisfying and complex mystery, well-researched fast-paced gripping white-knuckle read, emotional exciting page-turner, twisty action, romance and terror, strong female heroines and intense male leads, domestic thriller, fierce women seeking justice, mind blowing thought provoking suspense, great summer read, wounded hero, female leads, heart-pounding fast-paced action, desperation, acts of revenge, redemption and revenge, murder mystery, forced proximity, dangerous games series, school bestselling whodunit, suspense books to read, books to keep you up all night, sexual intrigue, ticking clock suspense, domestic thriller, common threat, shared enemy, chilling villains, award winning whodunit, mental health issues, small town scandal, action, adventure; biotech novels, biotech fiction, corporate intrigue, corporate corruption suspense, foster children novels, abused children suspense, adopted children suspense, adopted children thriller, Secret Service agent romance, Secret Service agent romantic suspense, techno thriller books, techno thriller fiction, techno-thriller suspense.

Download or read book Suspense Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Collection written by May McGoldrick and published by Book Duo Creative. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 1694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silent Waters Cross Wired The Janus Effect Puppet Master Blind Eye Five Complete Novels That Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat! Silent Waters A nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, commandeered by two-dozen armed terrorists. The target: New York City Fighting for their lives aboard the hijacked submarine, Commander Darius McCann and Ship Superintendent Amy Russell have only one hope for survival. With the lives of millions at stake, they must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse where capture would mean certain death. On shore, two NCIS investigators are working feverishly to learn the details of the hijacking in time to stop the attack. As mass hysteria paralyzes New York City, they uncover a trail of secrets as dangerous as the silent weapon aimed at the heart of America. Can Darius and Amy stop these ruthless, undersea killers from wreaking havoc on the nation, or will they find themselves in a watery grave? Drawing on fifteen years of submarine-building experience, Jan Coffey crafts a military thriller that will keep any reader turning the pages… Cross Wired WINNER - GOLD LEAF AWARD FOR BEST FICTION Teenagers...or Time Bombs? The nation is gripped by a series of shocking crimes, "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal. When Connecticut doctor Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son has become one of those shooters, her life is turned upside down. Ten years ago, Secret Service Agent Bryan Atwood became an expert on adolescent violence. Now, the nightmare is back. Just as he is assigned to this new rash of killings, an MRI of Juan Bradley’s brain reveals what must be pure science fiction. 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Download or read book Half in Love written by Linda Gray Sexton and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the agony of witnessing her mother's multiple—and ultimately successful—suicide attempts, Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of the acclaimed poet Anne Sexton, struggles with an engulfing undertow of depression. Here, with powerful, unsparing prose, Sexton conveys her urgent need to escape the legacy of suicide that consumed her family—a topic rarely explored, even today, in such poignant depth. Linda Gray Sexton tries multiple times to kill herself—even though as a daughter, sister, wife, and most importantly, a mother, she knows the pain her act would cause. But unlike her mother's story, Linda's is ultimately one of triumph. Through the help of family, therapy, and medicine, she confronts deep–seated issues and curbs the haunting cycle of suicide she once seemed destined to inherit.

Download or read book The Project written by Jan Coffey and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation is gripped by the shocking crimes: "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal, shooting their classmates before fatally turning their guns on themselves. When Connecticut mom Dr. Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son Juan has become one of those shooters, her life is turned upside down. Ten years ago, Secret Service agent Bryan Atwood became an expert on school violence. Now the nightmare is back. Just as he is assigned to this new rash of killings, an MRI of Juan's brain reveals what must be pure science fiction. With Lexi's help, Bryan is determined to unearth the truth before more children die, but investigating a cross-country trail of buried horrors casts them both into a dangerous world where corporate greed can lead to sudden death.

Download or read book Afterlove written by Tanya Byrne and published by Godwin Books. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds—especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind. When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she’s sure it’s too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different. Coffee dates turn to museum trips until, soon, the two girls can see a future together—one that’s seemingly snatched from them when a hit-and-run takes Ash’s life on New Year’s Eve. As the last person to die before midnight, Ash is bestowed the title of reaper, tasked with finding lost souls and helping them cross over. Only those close to death can perceive a reaper, so when Ash runs into Poppy one lonely night—and Poppy recognizes her—they can't be sure if it's the second chance they've so desperately wished for, or a tragedy lying in wait.

Download or read book You Re Not Crazy and You Do Care written by Kathy Bryant-Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Led to redemption while battling her self-made war in lifes choices and trials, Vicki Brights attempts to rebuild have brought the knight shed always dreamed of, Paul Williamson, into her life. At the end of book 2, the reader is left to wonder if she will accept his proposal or continue the circuit of the dating scene. Will they be able to blend their families of three kids and two dogs? Can she learn to tame her craziness and become a mature, caring wife? Read on about the quirky, talented heroine of the series in book 3.

Download or read book Bad Blood written by James R. Baehler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Victor Wallberg calls his neighbor, Dr. Clifford Harris, complaining of severe stomach pain, Dr. Harris reluctantly agrees to see him. Wallberg's critical condition requires an immediate trip to the hospital, followed by what appears to be a successful surgery. Minutes after surgery Wallberg takes a turn for the worse and dies. Because of a questionable, split-second decision that seemingly results in Wallberg's death, Dr. Harris is accused of murder and must stand trial. With his life and career on the line, Dr. Harris and his family are thrust into a situation for which their upper-class suburban experience has not prepared them. Things look even worse when the police learn there is animosity between Harris and Wallberg and establish a motive for Wallberg's murder. As the case moves forward, the evidence mounts against Dr. Harris, but some doubt still lingers. Will the truth behind the death of Victor Wallberg ever be known?

Download or read book Contemporary Nursing written by Barbara Cherry and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly prepare for the rapidly evolving world of nursing with Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 7th Edition. Expert authors Barbara Cherry and Susan Jacob combine their own expertise from both academics and practice as they cover the relevant issues affecting today's nurses. In 28 chapters, including a new chapter on palliative care, this comprehensive new edition takes readers through the evolution of nursing, the role of the nurse today, safe and effective decision-making, collaboration and communication, leadership, job opportunities, and a number of timely issues affecting healthcare and nursing practice today. Full-color design enhances the narrative with a clear, visually appealing explanation of concepts. Humorous cartoons open each chapter to illustrate the chapter themes. Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter personalize nursing history and practice and help readers understand their place in the profession. Questions to Consider While Reading This Chapter follow the vignettes and prepare the reader for the topic to be discussed. Key terms, learning outcomes, chapter overviews, and chapter summaries help readers focus their learning experience. Unit on Leadership and Management in Nursing includes content to prepare nurses to effectively function in the management roles expected of the professional nurse. Unit on Career Management provides strategies on how to make the transition from student to practitioner and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN Examination. Case studies help readers apply theory to clinical practice. NEW! Chapter on palliative care focuses on how to best provide patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness, and how to improve the quality of life for both the patient and family. NEW! Combined chapter on quality improvement and QSEN keeps readers up to date on the latest competencies from the Institute of Medicine. NEW! Professional/Ethical Issue boxes provide a short scenario about an ethical issue related to the chapter content. NEW! Updated coverage reflects the latest NCLEX test plan. NEW! Incorporation of Triple Aim in healthcare discusses ways to improve the health of the population, enhance the experience and outcomes of the patient, and reduce per capita cost of care for the benefit of communities. NEW! Expanded coverage of working in an interdisciplinary team reflects the changing healthcare landscape and need to work in collaboration with a variety of healthcare specialists.

Download or read book Don t Let Your Doctor Kill You written by Erika Schwartz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take charge of your health and stop turning over your life to our confusing and intimidating healthcare system–before it’s too late. Dr. Erika Schwartz believes that today’s patient is but a leaf blowing in the wind of group-think protocols, corrupt medical societies, insurance companies on the take, and a billion dollars in marketing and lobbying pressure from drug companies. What is the quick fix? The answers are here in the ten clear chapters, giving examples every step of the way. It’s a simple process that takes you, the patient, from being a victim to being in charge. Developing personal self-confidence, choosing the right doctor for you, walking out on the wrong ones with impunity, and making the right choices will add up to great healthcare with you at the center. Follow the plan and the facts and change your life and those of your loved ones. Life is to be enjoyed not feared. This book will put enjoyment back into your life and remove the fear and intimidation from your healthcare.

Download or read book Madeline written by Alexandra Livesay and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-10-29 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeline is a story of one womans journey from the depths of hell to recovery. Much of Madelines life was usual and untouched. Madeline went to college, owned her own art gallery, and had a home of her own. However, part of her life was quite messy. Madeline would spend too much money, go on binges of eating then not eating at all, and struggle with bouts of self-mutilation. Madeline had a mental illness. She was diagnosed in her midtwenties. This is her story of how it all happenedfrom hospitals and medications to days of great triumph and how she got it all back. Her life is in this story. This book is a fictional adaptation of Alexandras own life and how she has overcome her own demons to find light and life once again.