Download or read book The Scalpel and the Silver Bear written by Lori Alvord and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2000-06-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing. A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico—and to bring the values of her people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart. Dr. Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for Stanford University Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon. Rising above the odds presented by her own culture and the male-dominated world of surgeons, she returned to the reservation to find a new challenge. In dramatic encounters, Dr. Alvord witnessed the power of belief to influence health, for good or for ill. She came to merge the latest breakthroughs of medical science with the ancient tribal paths to recovery and wellness, following the Navajo philosophy of a balanced and harmonious life, called Walking in Beauty. And now, in bringing these principles to the world of medicine, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear joins those few rare works, such as Healing and the Mind, whose ideas have changed medical practices-and our understanding of the world.

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Download or read book Sources of Medical Technology written by Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-01-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence suggests that medical innovation is becoming increasingly dependent on interdisciplinary research and on the crossing of institutional boundaries. This volume focuses on the conditions governing the supply of new medical technologies and suggest that the boundaries between disciplines, institutions, and the private and public sectors have been redrawn and reshaped. Individual essays explore the nature, organization, and management of interdisciplinary R&D in medicine; the introduction into clinical practice of the laser, endoscopic innovations, cochlear implantation, cardiovascular imaging technologies, and synthetic insulin; the division of innovating labor in biotechnology; the government- industry-university interface; perspectives on industrial R&D management; and the growing intertwining of the public and proprietary in medical technology.

Download or read book Cutting Remarks written by Sidney M. Schwab MD and published by Frog Books. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A surgeon can kill you...and you'll sleep right through it." The most dramatic—and seemingly glamorous—of medical fields, surgery captivates the public's imagination. Written for inquisitive laymen as well as anyone in the medical profession, this fascinating first-person account documents the career of one of America's top surgeons. Readers accompany Sidney Schwab through medical school at Case Western Reserve University; an internship; junior and senior residencies (with a detour to Vietnam, where he won a Purple Heart); and finally his chief residency years in San Francisco. With humor and poignancy—and sometimes graphic detail—Schwab recalls memorable surgeries, surgeons, and patients. He takes care to explain, in understandable and interesting fashion, a variety of diseases, medical issues, and surgical techniques. More than just a memoir, Cutting Remarks offers a compelling look at how trauma and surgery are handled at a major hospital, and provides valuable insight into a surgeon's relationship with both peers and patients.

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Download or read book The Other Side of Desire written by Daniel Bergner and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob is a man with an overwhelming attraction to female feet. The Baroness is a clothing designer and evangelical sadist. Roy is a wedding band singer entranced by his step daughter. Ron and Laura are simply in love - only Laura lost both her legs in a car accident, and Ron is beguiled by a beauty many would be blind to. How do we deal with desire? Our own, and the desires of others? How do we comprehend desires that are extreme, or unacceptable? And how do those who have them, live with them? In A Map of Desire Daniel Bergner takes us on a journey into human passion suffered, endured, and celebrated. Desire is a sometimes anarchic, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes destructive, sometimes redeeming, and always powerful force.Immersing himself in it through the people whose lives he follows and the scientists he spends time with who are trying to understand it, slowly he exposes and illuminates layers of our humanity.

Download or read book SRB s Manual of Surgery written by Sriram Bhat M and published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 1249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sixth edition, of nearly 1300 pages, is a comprehensive guide to the complete field of surgery for undergraduate medical students. The book covers surgical procedures for disorders in all systems of the body and includes discussion on surgical anatomy. Each topic has been fully revised and expanded to include the very latest information in the specialty. Recent grading and staging of malignant conditions are discussed in depth and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Edition has been added to this new edition. The sixth edition is highly illustrated with 3000 clinical photographs and figures and key points for each disorder are highlighted in boxes. The style, formatting and font variations have been updated in this edition to help students understand and prepare for examinations. Key points Comprehensive guide to surgery for undergraduate medical students Fully revised and updated sixth edition with many new topics and inclusion of AJCC 8th Edition Features 3000 photographs and figures across 1300 pages Previous edition (9789351524168) published in 2016

Download or read book Operative Surgery on the Cadaver written by Jasper Jewett Garmany and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Principles and Practice of Surgery Embracing Minor and Operative Surgery with a Bibliographical Index of American Surgical Writers Illustrated by 400 Wood cuts Etc written by Henry Hollingsworth SMITH and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Text Book of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy written by Claude Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Ruling Cases as Determined by the Courts Including the Fundamental Cases of England and Canada Also All Reviewing and Illustrating Cases of Material Value from the Latest Official Reports Completely Annotated written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations for Minors written by Steve Parker and published by Copper Beach Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A light-hearted but informative look at the brain, the control center of the human body.