Download or read book The Patient Will See You Now written by Eric Topol and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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 for several hours until you hear "the doctor will see you now"-but only for fifteen minutes! Then you'll wait even longer for lab tests, the results of which you'll likely never see, unless they indicate further (and more invasive) tests, most of which will probably prove unnecessary (much like physicals themselves). And your bill will be astronomical. In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, shows why medicine does not have to be that way. Instead, you could use your smartphone to get rapid test results from one drop of blood, monitor your vital signs both day and night, and use an artificially intelligent algorithm to receive a diagnosis without having to see a doctor, all at a small fraction of the cost imposed by our modern healthcare system. The change is powered by what Topol calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment." Much as the printing press took learning out of the hands of a priestly class, the mobile internet is doing the same for medicine, giving us unprecedented control over our healthcare. With smartphones in hand, we are no longer beholden to an impersonal and paternalistic system in which "doctor knows best." Medicine has been digitized, Topol argues; now it will be democratized. Computers will replace physicians for many diagnostic tasks, citizen science will give rise to citizen medicine, and enormous data sets will give us new means to attack conditions that have long been incurable. Massive, open, online medicine, where diagnostics are done by Facebook-like comparisons of medical profiles, will enable real-time, real-world research on massive populations. There's no doubt the path forward will be complicated: the medical establishment will resist these changes, and digitized medicine inevitably raises serious issues surrounding privacy. Nevertheless, the result-better, cheaper, and more human health care-will be worth it. Provocative and engrossing, The Patient Will See You Now is essential reading for anyone who thinks they deserve better health care. That is, for all of us.

Download or read book Diseases of the Salivary Glands Including Dry Mouth and Sj gren s Syndrome written by Isaäc van der Waal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the major and minor salivary glands can be the site of a wide variety of diseases and functional disturbances. This monograph covers both the common lesions and conditions of the salivary glands as well as the rare ones. Much attention is given to the problematic complaint of dry mouth and the even more cumbersome diagnostic aspects of Sjögren's syndrome. Emphasis is on the clinical aspects and the management of the various disorders. The vast experience of the authors is reflected in their clear and concise style. The illustrations are well chosen and updated references are provided, where appropriate.

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Download or read book The politics of vaccination written by Christine Holmberg and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Mass vaccination campaigns are political projects that presume to protect individuals, communities, and societies. Like other pervasive expressions of state power - taxing, policing, conscripting - mass vaccination arouses anxiety in some people but sentiments of civic duty and shared solidarity in others. This collection of essays gives a comparative overview of vaccination at different times, in widely different places and under different types of political regime. Core themes in the chapters include immunisation as an element of state formation; citizens' articulation of seeing (or not seeing) their needs incorporated into public health practice; allegations that donors of development aid have too much influence on third-world health policies; and an ideological shift that regards vaccines more as profitable commodities than as essential tools of public health.

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Download or read book Psychological Sense of Community written by Adrian T. Fisher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors have explored a series of different types of communities - moving from the basic idea of those based at a specific location all the way to virtual communities of the internet. A key feature of this book is the research focus that emphasizes the theory-driven analyses and the diversity of contexts in which sense of community is applied. The book will be of great interest to those concerned with understanding various forms of community and how communities can be mobilized to achieve wellbeing.

Download or read book Community Psychology written by Geoffrey Nelson and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-01-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first up-to-date text written specifically for the international market on psychology in the community. Community Psychology covers the history and foundations of the field, key concepts and values, community research, community action, and the application of psychology in various settings, integrating the values/politics and scientific/research aspects of community work. Written by experienced authors in the field, this text will be internationally invaluable.

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Download or read book La maladie d Alzheimer et la prise en charge infirmi re written by Margot Phaneuf and published by Elsevier Masson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largement répandue dans nos sociétés occidentales, la maladie d'Alzheimer fait l'objet de nombreuses préoccupations. Cet ouvrage, qui allie à la fois des éléments théoriques et des propositions d'intervention pour l'équipe soignante, aidera aussi les familles qui vivent avec une personne atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Il permet de mieux comprendre l'évolution et le traitement de cette maladie et des autres démences, ainsi que les hypothèses étiologiques et l'approche pharmacologique qui s'y rapportent. Il permet également de connaître et de prendre en compte les besoins des personnes qui souffrent de cette maladie, afin de les aider à maintenir un état de santé physique qui favorise la conservation optimale de leurs capacités fonctionnelles. Outre des mises à jour importantes dans tous les chapitres, l'ajout d'encarts explicatifs, de tableaux pour faciliter la compréhension et de nombreux exercices, cette nouvelle édition propose deux nouveaux chapitres. L'un explique le fonctionnement de la mémoire et les atteintes de la maladie d'Alzheimer ; et comporte de nombreux exercices. L'autre expose en détail les interventions à mettre en place pour aider les malades à domicile, leur fournir les soins adéquats et soutenir leur familles.

Download or read book Participatory Community Research written by Leonard Jason and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Participatory Community Research addresses the gap between scientific knowledge and the practice of community based research methods. Unlike the traditional approaches to research in which researchers generate the ideas for projects, define the methods, and interpret the outcomes, the approaches of participatory research empower community populations to shape the research agenda. Their participation often results in generating greater sociopolitical awareness and affecting large systemic change in the community. Although this type of research has proven to be a powerful tool for community intervention, comparative analyses of methods and outcomes are absent from the literature. In this volume, leading community psychologists and practitioners discuss recent theoretical advances and innovative methods in the field. Valuable case studies illustrate how these participatory approaches have led to high quality collaborations, interventions, and prevention projects. Chapters examine the effects of participatory research on the community, research quality, collaborative challenges, and best practices. This text elucidates the challenges and successes of community psychology and will help

Download or read book Alzheimer le grand leurre written by Olivier Saint-Jean and published by Editions Michalon. This book was released on 2018 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Et si la maladie d'Alzheimer, devenue maladie du siècle, était un leurre? Interne dans les services de gériatrie dans les années 80, le professeur Olivier Saint-Jean a vécu un double phénomène : il a vu la médecine soigner enfin les vieux et, parallèlement, la maladie d'Alzheimer remplacer progressivement les démences séniles, faute d'une réflexion scientifique sur le vieillissement. On n'était plus vieux, on était malade ; on ne perdait plus la tête, on avait l'Alzheimer. Des médicaments pour l'Alzheimer sont ainsi apparus. Ils se sont révélés non seulement inutiles, mais dangereux, voire meurtriers. Qu'importe : il fallait des médicaments pour que le modèle médical s'impose comme celui de la prise en charge de la vieillesse. Bien plus qu'une réalité médicale, la maladie d'Alzheimer est en réalité une construction sociale pour décrire la vieillesse. Olivier Saint-Jean et Éric Favereau revisitent les quarante dernières années, avec ses errances, ses mensonges, mais aussi ses avancées, et montrent que la vieillesse n'est surtout pas une maladie ; que le déclin cognitif fait partie de la vie.