Download or read book The Unfettered Urologist What I Never Had Time to Tell You in a Fifteen Minute Office Visit written by Martha B. Boone and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Unfettered Urologist, readers will find the expertise of one of the first one hundred women urologists (in the world), Martha B. Boone, M.D., as she answers the questions patients never have time to ask their doctor in a time pressured office visit.
Download or read book The Unfettered Urologist written by Martha B. Boone, M.D. and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many patients leave the doctor’s office feeling frustrated and rushed, with unanswered questions. It’s a common concern—that by expediting a patient’s visit, doctors may miss important information for the sake of brevity. And for patients seeking to discuss alternative therapies outside of conventional medicine, they especially need time to discuss and confirm the truth of their personal research. In The Unfettered Urologist, readers will learn and benefit from the opinions, intuition, and common sense of Martha B. Boone, M.D. —a urologist with over thirty years of working experience and fifteen years of collegiate study. Those seeking detailed insight into the world of urology will learn what Dr. Boone always wanted to tell her patients, but could never pack into a fifteen minute office visit. The Unfettered Urologist explains: Common urology problems and options for readers to start treatment at home, with the confidence of an experienced specialist Inside information not available in medical texts or medical websites Important questions to facilitate office visits when needed When to save healthcare dollars for prevention and treatment (prior to seeing a doctor) The inner workings of the medical profession and thus be able to better utilize the system True stories of medical scenarios and real-life cases Healing techniques outside of conventional medicine that have worked in conjunction with traditional medicine In some cases, how to avoid invasive procedures Entertaining, informative, and packed with unexpected insight, The Unfettered Urologist leads readers through the health care system with humor and candor.
Download or read book The Big Free written by Martha B. Boone and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young female doctor faces the violence, debauchery, and larger-than-life characters of a New Orleans surgery in this funny and gritty medical novel. New Orleans, 1982. Voodoo spells, prostitutes, prisoners, and veterans who are adamant about the size of their manhood—it’s all just another day at Charity Hospital, also known as The Big Free. It’s a medical free-for-all with the toughest trauma surgery in America, and Elizabeth—fresh from medical school in Charleston, wearing pearls and pink plaid socks—is one of the first women to work there. Half of the doctors who start the surgery program never finish. Nothing in her proper Southern upbringing prepared Elizabeth for the gritty and gruesome world she now experiences on a daily basis. And even if she’s tougher than anyone first expected, the question remains . . . will she make the cut? Full of drama, humor, and New Orleans flavor, The Big Free is a young doctor’s coming of age story as only a true medical insider can tell it.
Download or read book The Big Free written by Martha B. Boone and published by Morgan James Fiction. This book was released on 2018 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the story of a woman surgeon in 1982 cutting her teeth in Charity Hospital in New Orleans, a tough inner city trauma center.
Download or read book I Speak to the Silent written by Mtutuzeli Nyoka and published by Pan Macmillan South africa. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Hambile Kondile is the typical ‘good native’ of his generation, poorly educated and subservient, brought up to know his place and believe that ‘it was God’s design for the white man to rule over me’. Then Kondile’s beloved daughter, Sindiswa, a young struggle activist, goes missing in exile. Kondile’s search leads him to Lesotho and grim discoveries of betrayal that shatter forever his own ‘complicity of silence’, committing him to an irrevocable path of no return. This is a compelling and beautifully written novel by Mtutuzeli Nyoka, a powerful storyteller who tells his history as he sees it.
Download or read book Mother Charity written by Martha B. Boone and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Charity, the riveting sequel to The Big Free, follows Dr. Elizabeth Roberts as she navigates the brutal and exhilarating world of trauma surgery at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. After barely surviving her first six months as a trauma intern at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Dr. Elizabeth Roberts is exhausted from the long hours, senseless violence, and breakneck pace. Despite the tough experience, she has grown to love the city--its food, culture, music, and people. But now she must endure the hardest rotation in the hospital, and it's led by her nemesis, who doesn’t think she belongs in the world of surgery. She wants to do her duty but has bitten off more than she can chew. Due to the large number of murders in the drug wars, Mother Charity, as many have named the hospital, is the toughest task master of urban hospitals in 1983. It’s great training for a surgeon, but the emotional toll on a previously sweet young southern lady may be too much to bear. This sequel to The Big Free continues the gripping story of an intern in surgery and all the trials and tribulations that come with it, from devastating horror to ribald dark humor. Will the young doctor be able to overcome her challenges, and if so, at what cost? As she discovers what she has to give up, the question arises: will she continue to pursue her dream?
Download or read book Charge Nurse Program Builder written by Tammy L. Berbarie and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charge Nurse Program Builder: Tools for Developing Unit Leaders Tammy L. Berbarie, BA, RN, RN-BC Turn your charge nurses into frontline leaders! As of June 20, 2014, contact hours for nurses are no longer available with this product. Order your copy today and train efficient, competent charge nurses This all-in-one training resource contains customizable tools, templates, and checklists to help nursing leaders provide charge nurses with top-notch training. Whether you hold your own charge nurse training workshop or pass it on as a self-study, this book makes training your charge nurses easier and more effective. It covers all aspects of the charge nurse role, from conflict management to technical duties such as handling patient assignments and scheduling. This all-in-one resource: Equips charge nurses with the skills they need to provide leadership to staff on their unit Enables staff development professionals to provide ongoing training to hundreds of charge nurses using one resource Provides customizable training materials including a PowerPoint presentation and handouts Reduces the time spent developing training materials for charge nurses Use the tools, templates, and checklists for a training workshop or give the book to charge nurses to use as a self-study guide! Table of Contents: Chapter 1: What Is a Charge Nurse? Introduction Charge Nurse Traditional Roles: The Main Ingredients Charge Nurse Exemplary Roles: The Icing on the Cake Summary Chapter 2: Developing a Charge Nurse Job Description Job Descriptions and Charters Engage Team Members Summary Tools Chapter 3: Charge Nurse Succession Planning Identifying Goals Goal 1: Organizational Culture Goal 2: Building Talent Goal 3: Recruiting Talent Goal 4: Maintaining Talent Summary Tools Chapter 4: Planning Charge Nurse Orientation Charge Nurse Job Description or Charge Nurse Charter Regulatory Requirements Leadership Training Coordination and Delivery of Patient Care Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Department and Organizational Orientation Shared Governance Charge Nurse Preceptors Charge Nurse Workshops Orientation Documentation Performance Expectations and Evaluation Launching Your Program Summary Chapter 5: Incorporating the Job Description into Orientation Hiring for the Position Elements to Include in Orientation Charge Nurse Job Description Sample Summary Chapter 6: Regulatory Requirements The Joint Commission Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) State Board of Nurses American Nurses Association (ANA) Organizational Policies and Procedures Summary Chapter 7: Charge Nurse Leadership Training Leadership Team Building Conflict Resolution Communication Developing Talent Summary Chapter 8: Coordination and Delivery of Patient Care Patient Flow Process Staffing and Scheduling Patient-Centered Care Decision-Making Contract Staff, Agency Staff, and Unlicensed Personnel Special Circumstances Documentation Summary Tools Chapter 9: Patient Safety Emergency Management and Documentation Errors Data Collection Summary Chapter 10: Department and Organizational Orientation Leadership Meet and Greet Department Specific Orientation: Crucial Elements Summary Chapter 11: Shared Governance Charge Nurse Participation in Shared Governance Charge Nurse Retreat Charge Nurse Unit Meetings Summary Chapter 12: Charge Nurse Preceptors Preceptor Selection Criteria Training Charge Nurse Preceptors Charge Nurse Precepted Time Summary Chapter 13: Charge Nurse Workshops Crucial Elements to Include Charge Nurse Presentation Development Setting Expectations Building Your Charge Nurse Reference Book Summary Chapter 14: Performance Evaluations Charge Nurse Role in Performance Evaluations Peer Evaluation Tool Nurse Manager Role: Charge Nurse Evaluation Components of a Charge Nurse Evaluation Summary Chapter 15: Launching Your Program Charge Nurse Role in Performance Evaluations Peer Evaluation Tool Nurse Manager Role: Charge Nurse Evaluation Components of a Charge Nurse Evaluation Summary Appendixes
Download or read book Challenging Beliefs written by Tim Noakes and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim Noakes is one of the world’s leading authorities on the science behind sport and a successful sportsman in his own right. Through a lifetime of research, he has developed key scientific concepts in sport that have not only redefined the way elite athletes and teams approach their professions, but challenged conventional global thinking in these areas. In this new and updated edition of Challenging Beliefs, Noakes shares his views on everything from the myths perpetuated by the sports-drink industry to the prevalence of banned substances, the need to make rugby a safer sport and the benefits of a high-protein, low-carb diet. The teams and athletes with whom Noakes has worked make fascinating backdrops to these topics, highlighting the importance of science in sport in human terms. In providing an intimate look at the golden threads running through Noakes’s life and career, this remarkable book reveals the landmark theories and principles generated by one of the greatest minds in the history of sports science.
Download or read book Meet Me Where I Am written by Mary Ann Drummond and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Me Where I Am provides knowledge and essential tools to lovingly, confidently and, above all, successfully care for those who live with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Over 5 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease. Along with them, 15 million unpaid caregivers seek knowledge and resources to assist them in the journey. The unique care principles found in Meet Me Where I Am help mitigate depression, decrease anxiety, and allow for successful relationships as long as possible in the dementia journey. Mary Ann Drummond, RN credits her unique care philosophy to the greatest teachers of all—the many individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias she has had the pleasure of caring for over the years. Imbuing practical tips with wisdom, respect, and sensibility, Drummond comes full circle by sharing what happened when her own mentor fell prey to the disease. Meet Me Where I Am is a road map that teaches caregivers how to focus on the possibilities, discover the joy in the journey, and prepare for the road ahead.
Download or read book The Emperor of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
Download or read book Face It written by Vivian Diller, Ph.D. and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s face it: everyone’s getting older. But millions of women, raised to believe that success and happiness are based on their intelligence and accomplishments, face an unexpected challenge: the physical realities of aging. If looks are not supposed to matter, why do so many women panic as their appearance changes? Their dilemma stems from two opposing societal views of beauty which lead to two different approaches to aging. Should women simply grow old naturally since their looks don’t define them, or should they fight the signs of aging since beauty and youth are their currency and power? This Beauty Paradox leaves many women feeling stuck. Face It, by Vivian Diller, Ph.D., is a psychological guide to help women deal with the emotions brought on by their changing appearances. As a model turned psychotherapist, Diller has had the opportunity to examine the world of beauty from two very different vantage points. This unique perspective helped her develop a six-step program that begins with recognizing "uh-oh" moments that reveal the reality of changing looks, and goes on to identify the masks used to cover deeper issues and define the role beauty plays in a woman’s life, and ends with bidding adieu to old definitions of beauty, so women can enjoy their appearance—at any age!
Download or read book Helping Family and Friends written by Victoria Parker and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can volunteer? How can you help around the house? How is visiting a friend helpful? Read Helping Family and Friends to learn ways you can make a difference! Find out what it means to volunteer, how little actions can make a big difference, and why friends and family need your help.
Download or read book When Doctors Kill written by Joshua A. Perper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It would come as no surprise that many readers may be shocked and intrigued by the title of our book. Some (especially our medical colleagues) may wonder why it is even worthwhile to raise the issue of killing by doctors. Killing is clearly an- thetical to the Art and Science of Medicine, which is geared toward easing pain and suffering and to saving lives rather than smothering them. Doctors should be a source of comfort rather than a cause for alarm. Nevertheless, although they often don’t want to admit it, doctors are people too. Physicians have the same genetic library of both endearing qualities and character defects as the rest of us but their vocation places them in a position to intimately interject themselves into the lives of other people. In most cases, fortunately, the positive traits are dominant and doctors do more good than harm. While physicists and mathematicians paved the road to the stars and deciphered the mysteries of the atom, they simultaneously unleashed destructive powers that may one day bring about the annihilation of our planet. Concurrently, doctors and allied scientists have delved into the deep secrets of the body and mind, mastering the anatomy and physiology of the human body, even mapping the very molecules that make us who we are. But make no mistake, a person is not simply an elegant b- logical machine to be marveled at then dissected.
Download or read book Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life written by Lori A. Roscoe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This casebook provides a set of cases that reveal the current complexity of medical decision-making, ethical reasoning, and communication at the end of life for hospitalized patients and those who care for and about them. End-of-life issues are a controversial part of medical practice and of everyday life. Working through these cases illuminates both the practical and philosophical challenges presented by the moral problems that surface in contemporary end-of-life care. Each case involved real people, with varying goals and constraints,who tried to make the best decisions possible under demanding conditions. Though there were no easy solutions, nor ones that satisfied all stakeholders, there are important lessons to be learned about the ways end-of-life care can continue to improve. This advanced casebook is a must-read for medical and nursing students, students in the allied health professions, health communication scholars, bioethicists, those studying hospital and public administration, as well as for practicing physicians and educators.
Download or read book The Language Instinct written by Steven Pinker and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.
Download or read book My Body Politic written by Simi Linton and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I read My Body Politic with admiration, sometimes for the pain that all but wept on the page, again for sheer exuberant friendships, for self-discovery, political imagination, and pluck. . . . Wonderful! In a dark time, a gift of hope. -Daniel Berrigan, S.J. "The struggles, joys, and political awakening of a firecracker of a narrator. . . . Linton has succeeded in creating a life both rich and enviable. With her crackle, irreverence, and intelligence, it's clear that the author would never be willing to settle. . . . Wholly enjoyable." -Kirkus Reviews "Linton is a passionate guide to a world many outsiders, and even insiders, find difficult to navigate. . . . In this volume, she recounts her personal odyssey, from flower child . . . to disability-rights/human rights activist." -Publishers Weekly "Witty, original, and political without being politically correct, introducing us to a cast of funny, brave, remarkable characters (including the professional dancer with one leg) who have changed the way that 'walkies' understand disability. By the time Linton tells you about the first time she was dancing in her wheelchair, you will feel like dancing, too." ---Carol Tavris, author of Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion "This astonishing book has perfect pitch. It is filled with wit and passion. Linton shows us how she learned to 'absorb disability,' and to pilot a new and interesting body. With verve and wonder, she discovers her body's pleasures, hungers, surprises, hurts, strengths, limits, and uses." -Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, author of Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature "An extraordinarily readable account of life in the fast lane... a brilliant autobiography and a great read." -Sander L. Gilman, author of Fat Boys: A Slim Book While hitchhiking from Boston to Washington, D.C., in 1971 to protest the war in Vietnam, Simi Linton was involved in a car accident that paralyzed her legs and took the lives of her young husband and her best friend. Her memoir begins with her struggle to regain physical and emotional strength and to resume her life in the world. Then Linton takes us on the road she traveled (with stops in Berkeley, Paris, Havana) and back to her home in Manhattan, as she learns what it means to be a disabled person in America. Linton eventually completed a Ph.D., remarried, and began teaching at Hunter College. Along the way she became deeply committed to the disability rights movement and to the people she joined forces with. The stories in My Body Politic are populated with richly drawn portraits of Linton's disabled comrades, people of conviction and lusty exuberance who dance, play-and organize--with passion and commitment. My Body Politic begins in the midst of the turmoil over Vietnam and concludes with a meditation on the U.S. involvement in the current war in Iraq and the war's wounded veterans. While a memoir of the author's gradual political awakening, My Body Politic is filled with adventure, celebration, and rock and roll-Salvador Dali, James Brown, and Jimi Hendrix all make cameo appearances. Linton weaves a tale that shows disability to be an ordinary part of the twists and turns of life and, simultaneously, a unique vantage point on the world.
Download or read book Regulating homosexuality in Soviet Russia 1956 91 written by Rustam Alexander and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking book challenges the widespread view that sex and homosexuality were unmentionable in the USSR. The Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras (1956–82) have remained obscure and unexplored from this perspective. Drawing on previously undiscovered sources, Alexander fills in this critical gap. The book reveals that from 1956 to 1991, doctors, educators, jurists and police officers discussed homosexuality. At the heart of discussions were questions which directly affected the lives of homosexual people in the USSR. Was homosexuality a crime, disease or a normal variant of human sexuality? Should lesbianism be criminalised? Could sex education prevent homosexuality? What role did the GULAG and prisons play in homosexuality across the USSR? These discussions often had practical implications – doctors designed and offered medical treatments for homosexuality in hospitals, and procedures and medications were also used in prisons.
