Doctor / patient relationship Books

Book SynopsisA philosopher who has experienced psychosis argues that recovery requires regaining agency and autonomy within a therapeutic relationship based on mutual trust.In Mental Patient, philosopher Abigail Gosselin uses her personal experiences with psychosis and the process of recovery to explore often overlooked psychiatric ethics. For many people who struggle with psychosis, she argues, psychosis impairs agency and autonomy. She shows how clinicians can help psychiatric patients regain agency and autonomy through a positive therapeutic relationship characterized by mutual trust. Patients, she says, need to take an active role in regaining their agency and autonomy—specifically, by giving testimony, constructing a narrative of their experience to instill meaning, making choices about treatment, and deciding to show up and participate in life activities. Gosselin examines how psychotic experience is medicalized and describes what it is like to be a pa

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Book SynopsisFirst person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer''s Disease--and how they did it.It has been said that everyone knows a cancer survivor, but no one has met an Alzheimer''s survivor – until now. In his first two books, Dr. Dale Bredesen outlined the revolutionary treatments that are changing what had previously seemed like the inevitable outcome of cognitive decline and dementia.  And in these moving narratives, you can hear directly from the first survivors of Alzheimer’s themselves--their own amazing stories of hope told in their own words. These first person accounts honestly detail the fear, struggle, and ultimate victory of each patient''s journey. They vividly describe what it is like to have Alzheimer''s. They also drill down on how each of these patients made the program work for them--the challenges, the workarounds, the encouraging results that are so motivating. Dr. Bredesen includes commentary following each story to

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Book SynopsisA Palliative Care Book of the Month: IAHPC (International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care) From a medical insider comes a plea to renew medicine’s mandate to relieve suffering. The philosophy and practice of palliative care shows how this is possible by easing pain, by embracing the human side of illness, by inviting patients to be full participants in their care, and by incorporating the wisdom of these injured storytellers to guide healing hands. Informed by the voices of the seriously ill, their families, and the lifelong experience of a palliative care nurse and medical social worker, Stay, Breathe with Me, illuminates the power of the art of care and the need to bring heart and compassion back into health care. Written for both medical professionals and general readers alike.Trade ReviewAn IAHPC Palliative Care Book of the Month: “A remarkable book. On just about every page are little pearls of sound clinical wisdom and truths about the ways we might do better. Anybody who works in palliative care will enjoy and benefit from reading this book. ” —Dr. Roger Woodruff, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care "A wonderful book [for] palliative care workers, doctors, patients, families, anyone interested in learning how to treat a human being nearing the end of life. While some language describing trigger points of pain or the care required, may not be understood by everyone, stick with it as the book will fill you with admiration for [these] hard-working caregivers and a better understanding of palliative care. It may also give you hope that when our time comes, we will be taken care of just as well as the people who have shared their stories here." —San Francisco Book Review “Recounts scenarios that exemplify both best and worst practices, making a strong case for palliative care through clear and descriptive language. Medical professionals can use Allison’s experience to enhance their understanding of palliative care, while caregivers will be encouraged to provide a noble service.” —Library Journal “Unlike much of medical literature, even in the area of death and dying, this volume by Helen Allison and Irene Allison is written from the heart and speaks to the heart. Therein lies its transformative power. As a former palliative care physician and future dying human, I am profoundly grateful.” —Gabor Maté M.D., best-selling author of When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress “I hope this deeply compassionate, wise and enchanting book will be widely read by those who work in ‘mainstream’ medicine, and not just palliative care. We forget that suffering is often the cause and not just the result of illness. Palliative care, with its focus on the alleviation of suffering and the healing power of compassion, has so much to teach modern medicine.” —Robin Youngson, MD, co-founder of Hearts in Healthcare, author of Time to Care: How to Love your Patients and your Job “It is a privilege to recommend this book to doctors, nurses, social workers, and others. A wonderful read.” —Lawrence P. Levitt, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, and coauthor of Uncommon Wisdom: True Tales of What Our Lives as Doctors Have Taught Us About Love, Faith, and Healing “Beautifully and tenderly written, the gentle weaving of these stories reminds us to mix equal parts of technology, love, and compassion throughout our lives to the end.“ —Carol McVeigh, RN, Palliative Care Nurse, Canada (1943–2015) “A passionate, heartfelt plea for medicine to return to the practice of compassion and empathy, and an antidote to the over-medicalization of medicine, particularly in end-of life care. An important contribution to the growing discussion on how we die today.” —Phil Dwyer, author, Conversations On Dying “Compelling reading for families of persons with life-threatening illnesses and their healthcare professionals that permits us to envision living with dying in a humane, compassionate manner.” —Mary Valentich, PhD, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Canada “Helen Allison, a compassionate, caring nurse with a special insight into the feelings of patients in pain and a nurse who must have been loved and respected by patients and peers. This book is a must read for all health care professionals.” —Rhoda Anderson, President, Lakes District Unit, Canadian Cancer Society, Hospice Volunteer, Canada “Takes us to the places where we feel uncomfortable and fear to go, but where we need to go in order to provide true, holistic palliative care.” —Millie Cumming-Chalmers, MD, Palliative Care Physician, Canada “Stories filled with compassion, empathy, and wisdom—heartwarming and instructive.” —Sandra Martin, The Long Goodbye columnist, The Globe and Mail, author of A Good Death: Making the Most of our Final Choices

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Book SynopsisDrawing in particular on physicians’ casebooks, Medical Practices, 1600-1900 studies the changing nature of ordinary medical practice in early modern Europe. Combining case studies on individual German, Austrian and Swiss practitioners with a comparative analysis across the centuries, it offers the first comprehensive and systematic overview of the major aspects of premodern practitioners daily work and business – from diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and the kinds of patients treated to financial issues, record keeping and their place in contemporary society.Trade ReviewIn dem vorzustellenden Sammelband werden acht Projekte zu städtischen und ländlichen Arztpraxen (mit Forschenden aus Berlin, Bern, Ingolstadt, Innsbruck/Bozen, Stuttgart,Würzburg und Zürich) im Zeitraum vom Dreißigjährigen Krieg bis zum Fin de Siècle von 20 Autorinnen und Autoren vorgestellt. Dazu haben die Herausgeber eine sehr gelungene Zweiteilung gewählt. - Christina Vanja, Kassel, Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 44 (2017) 3, 571-573Table of ContentsIntroduction Martin Dinges and Michael Stolberg PART 1 1. Cornucopia Officinae Medicae: Medical Practice Records and Their Origin Volker Hess and Sabine Schlegelmilch 2. Doctors and Their Patients in the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries Marion Baschin, Elisabeth Dietrich-Daum and Iris Ritzmann 3. Daily Business: The Organization and Finances of Doctors’ Practices Philipp Klaas, Hubert Steinke and Alois Unterkircher 4. Medicine in Practice: Knowledge, Diagnosis and Therapy Annemarie Kinzelbach, Stephanie Neuner and Karen Nolte 5. Medical Practice in Context: Religion, Family, Politics and Scientific Networks Ruth Schilling and Kay Peter Jankrift PART 2 6. ‘What a Magnificent Work a Good Physician is’: The Medical Practice of Johannes Magirus (1615–1697) Sabine Schlegelmilch 7. Observationes et Curationes Nurimbergenses: The Medical Practice of Johann Christoph Götz (1688–1733) Annemarie Kinzelbach, Susanne Grosser, Kay Peter Jankrift and Marion Ruisinger 8. Social Mobility and Medical Practice: Johann Friedrich Glaser (1707–1789) Ruth Schilling 9. Medical Bedside Training and Healthcare for the Poor in the Würzburg and Göttingen Policlinics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Stephanie Neuner and Karen Nolte 10. Unlicensed Practice: A Lay Healer in Rural Switzerland Alois Unterkircher and Iris Ritzmann 11. Administrative and Epistemic Aspects of Medical Practice: Caesar Adolf Bloesch (1804–1863) Lina Gafner 12. Franz von Ottenthal: Local Integration of an Alpine Doctor’s Private Practice (1847–1899) Elisabeth Dietrich-Daum, Marina Hilber and Eberhard Wolff 13. A Special Kind of Practice? The Homeopath Friedrich von Bönninghausen (1828–1910) Marion Baschin

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