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Book SynopsisAn exhilarating insight into the life of a doctor at Heathrow Airport, where the truth is often stranger than fiction.For over a decade, Stephanie Green was a doctor on-call for one of the world''s busiest airports, confronting dramatic, bizarre and sometimes heart-breaking situations. During her 24-hour shifts at Heathrow, Dr Green had to be ready for anything: from finding an abandoned suitcase leaking blood onto the carousel, to discovering a man smuggling heroin in a corset.It''s a job that brought her into contact with all walks of life; her patients included drug mules and fugitives, schizophrenics and stowaways, refugees and tourists. And with the threats of a nerve agent poisoning or a Level Four viral epidemic always in the back of her mind, Dr Green found herself on the frontline where the decisions are made about who - or what - was allowed to leave the airport''s borders.FLIGHT RISK reveals the thrilling drama that takes place behind-the-sc

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Book Synopsis''Thrilling! The Hostage is an intense, white-knuckle ride from start to finish'' LAURA GRIFFIN''An action-packed, don''t-blink-or-you''ll-miss-something kind of novel, which makes it impossible to put down once you''ve started reading'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''This was my first book by Melinda Di Lorenzo and I definitely will be looking out for her books in future, it was outstanding'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''A captivating, action packed thriller that didn''t let up from the beginning to the end and kept me riveted long into the night'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''Riveting read - could not put it down!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''I read a ton of romantic suspense but this book was fantastic! This story had so many twists and turns! I didn''t figure out any of them.

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Book SynopsisFrom leeches to lice, bowels to bedpans, nurses relate their experiences of hospital wards in the 20th century.

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Book SynopsisThis book collects and analyses the available biographical data on 600 Jewish medical practitioners in the 9-16th century Muslim world. Both the biographies and the accompanying discussion shed light on both the medicine of the period and practitioners' professional, daily and personal lives; Jewish communities; and inter-religious affairs.

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Book SynopsisHow will the ecological and economic crises of the 21st century transform health systems and human wellbeing?Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction to Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Part 1, Population Health in the Anthropocene: Addressing Wicked Problems in the Transition to an Alternative Social-Ecological System Guided by Ecological Constraints Introduction Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Individual or Community as a Frame of Reference for Health in Modernity and in the Anthropocene Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo "Regional Overload" as an Indicator of Profound Risk: A Plea for the Public Health Community to Awaken Colin Butler, University　of Canberra Medicine and Healthcare in the Anthropocene: Who Pays and Why? Jennifer Cole, University of London Anthropocene Health Economics: Preparing for the Journey or the Destination? Martin Hensher, University of Tasmania What About My Pineapples?: The Wicked Implications of Nonlinearity, Embedded Systems, and Transformative Social Goals Kaitlin Kish, McGill University Imagining Health Systems 150 years from Now: Best and Worst-case Scenarios for the Future of Human Health Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo A Changing Role for Public Health in the Anthropocene: The Contribution of Scenario Thinking for Reimagining the Future Blake Poland, University of Toronto, Margot Parkes, University of British Columbia, Trevor Hancock, University of Victoria, George McKibbon, University of Guelph, Andrea Chircop, Dalhousie University Part 2, Emerging social innovations for health and wellbeing: Prefiguring viable health systems for the Anthropocene Introduction Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo The Role of Grassroots Social Movements as Agents of Change for Societal Transformation: The Example of the Transition Movement Blake Poland, University of TorontO, and the Transition Emerging Study Research Team (Chris Buse, Randy Haluza-Delay, Chris Ling, Lenore Newman, Andreì-Anne Parent, Cheryl Teelucksingh, Rebecca Hasdell, K Hayes) "Food as Thy Medicine:" How Ecovillages Foster Population and Planetary Health through Regenerative Food Systems Lisa Mychajluk, University of Toronto - OISE Care Farming: Making a Meaningful Connection between Agriculture, Health Care and Society Marjolein Elings, Wageningen University & Research Grieving Nature – Grieving in Nature: The Place of Parks and Natural Places in Palliative and Grief Care Sonya L. Jakubec, Mount Royal University, Dan Carruthers Den Hoed, Mount Royal University, Heather Ray, Mount Royal University, Ashok Krishnamurthy, Mount Royal University Nature as Partner: Rethinking Intersectoral Action for Health in the Anthropocene Era, Mary Jane Yates, University of Alberta The Soil Sponge: Collaborating with the Work of Other Species to Improve Public Health, Climate Change, and Resilience Didi Pershouse Making Medicine Work in the Anthropocene: Tenets of a Meta-medicine for Complex Adaptive Systems in Precarious Times Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and William Sutherland, University of Waterloo Part 3, Alternative ontologies: Laying the groundwork for living well within the earth’s biophysical limits Introduction, Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Our Affluence Is Killing Us: What Degrowth Offers Health and Wellbeing Jean-Louis Aillon, Frantz Fanon Center Nurturing Ecological Consciousness Mark Hathaway, University of Waterloo, Donald Cole, University of Toronto, and Blake Poland, University of Toronto Bodies of the Anthropocene: Health, Ontology, Ecology Alexander Foster, King’s College London The Exploration of Socio-Ecological Approaches and Indicators in the Anthropocene Ann Del Bianco, York University, David Mallery, York University, Kamal Paudel, York University, Martin J. Bunch, York University Coming Back to Our True Nature: What is the inner work that supports Transition? Blake Poland, University of Toronto Death Denial in the Anthropocene Sheldon Solomon, Skidmore College To Become Ancestors of a Living Future Barbara Jane Davy, University of Waterloo Conclusion, Pursuing Health in the Anthropocene: A Synthesis of Current and Future Research Priorities Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisAdding to a growing body of knowledge about how the social-ecological dynamics of the Anthropocene affect human health, this collection presents strategies that both address core challenges, including climate change, stagnating economic growth, and rising socio-political instability, and offers novel frameworks for living well on a finite planet. Rather than directing readers to more sustainable ways to structure health systems, Health in the Anthropocene navigates the transition toward social-ecological systems that can support long-term human and environmental health, which requires broad shifts in thought and action, not only in formal health-related fields, but in our economic models, agriculture and food systems, ontologies, and ethics. Arguing that population health will largely be decided at the intersection of experimental social innovations and appropriate technologies, this volume calls readers to turn their attention toward social movements, practicesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction to Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Part 1, Population Health in the Anthropocene: Addressing Wicked Problems in the Transition to an Alternative Social-Ecological System Guided by Ecological Constraints Introduction Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Individual or Community as a Frame of Reference for Health in Modernity and in the Anthropocene Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo "Regional Overload" as an Indicator of Profound Risk: A Plea for the Public Health Community to Awaken Colin Butler, University　of Canberra Medicine and Healthcare in the Anthropocene: Who Pays and Why? Jennifer Cole, University of London Anthropocene Health Economics: Preparing for the Journey or the Destination? Martin Hensher, University of Tasmania What About My Pineapples?: The Wicked Implications of Nonlinearity, Embedded Systems, and Transformative Social Goals Kaitlin Kish, McGill University Imagining Health Systems 150 years from Now: Best and Worst-case Scenarios for the Future of Human Health Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo A Changing Role for Public Health in the Anthropocene: The Contribution of Scenario Thinking for Reimagining the Future Blake Poland, University of Toronto, Margot Parkes, University of British Columbia, Trevor Hancock, University of Victoria, George McKibbon, University of Guelph, Andrea Chircop, Dalhousie University Part 2, Emerging social innovations for health and wellbeing: Prefiguring viable health systems for the Anthropocene Introduction Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo The Role of Grassroots Social Movements as Agents of Change for Societal Transformation: The Example of the Transition Movement Blake Poland, University of TorontO, and the Transition Emerging Study Research Team (Chris Buse, Randy Haluza-Delay, Chris Ling, Lenore Newman, Andreì-Anne Parent, Cheryl Teelucksingh, Rebecca Hasdell, K Hayes) "Food as Thy Medicine:" How Ecovillages Foster Population and Planetary Health through Regenerative Food Systems Lisa Mychajluk, University of Toronto - OISE Care Farming: Making a Meaningful Connection between Agriculture, Health Care and Society Marjolein Elings, Wageningen University & Research Grieving Nature – Grieving in Nature: The Place of Parks and Natural Places in Palliative and Grief Care Sonya L. Jakubec, Mount Royal University, Dan Carruthers Den Hoed, Mount Royal University, Heather Ray, Mount Royal University, Ashok Krishnamurthy, Mount Royal University Nature as Partner: Rethinking Intersectoral Action for Health in the Anthropocene Era, Mary Jane Yates, University of Alberta The Soil Sponge: Collaborating with the Work of Other Species to Improve Public Health, Climate Change, and Resilience Didi Pershouse Making Medicine Work in the Anthropocene: Tenets of a Meta-medicine for Complex Adaptive Systems in Precarious Times Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and William Sutherland, University of Waterloo Part 3, Alternative ontologies: Laying the groundwork for living well within the earth’s biophysical limits Introduction, Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Our Affluence Is Killing Us: What Degrowth Offers Health and Wellbeing Jean-Louis Aillon, Frantz Fanon Center Nurturing Ecological Consciousness Mark Hathaway, University of Waterloo, Donald Cole, University of Toronto, and Blake Poland, University of Toronto Bodies of the Anthropocene: Health, Ontology, Ecology Alexander Foster, King’s College London The Exploration of Socio-Ecological Approaches and Indicators in the Anthropocene Ann Del Bianco, York University, David Mallery, York University, Kamal Paudel, York University, Martin J. Bunch, York University Coming Back to Our True Nature: What is the inner work that supports Transition? Blake Poland, University of Toronto Death Denial in the Anthropocene Sheldon Solomon, Skidmore College To Become Ancestors of a Living Future Barbara Jane Davy, University of Waterloo Conclusion, Pursuing Health in the Anthropocene: A Synthesis of Current and Future Research Priorities Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisAlberta: A Health System Profile provides the first detailed description of Alberta’s health care system and the underpinning political and social forces that have shaped it. Drawing on significant wealth from government revenues generated through the energy sector, Alberta has been able to develop an extensive public health and health care infrastructure. Alberta has used its financial resources to attract health professionals by offering the highest levels of financial compensation in Canada. However, although it spends more per capita than other Canadian jurisdictions, Alberta’s health care system costs and health outcomes are mediocre compared to those of many other Canadian jurisdictions. This unexpected outcome is the consequence of the unique interplay of economic and political forces within Alberta’s political economy. Through an examination of Alberta’s political and economic history, and using research on the structures anTable of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Series Editor’s Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview 1.1 Geography and Demography 1.2 Political Context 1.3 Alberta’s Economy 1.4 Health Status 1.5 Conclusion Chapter 2: Organization and Regulation 2.1 Overview of the health system 2.1.1 Early History 2.1.2 Health System Restructuring 1993-2007 2.2 Organization of the Provincial Health System 2.2.1 Alberta Health 2.2.2 Alberta Health Services 2.2.3 Contractors 2.3 Health System Planning 2.4 Coverage and Benefits 2.4.1 Eligibility for Benefits 2.5 Regulation 2.5.1 Providers 2.5.2 Hospitals 2.5.3 Continuing Care 2.5.4 Public Health 2.5.5 Diagnostic Imaging 2.5.6 Prescription Drugs 2.5.7 Patient Health Information 2.6 Patients 2.7 Health Research 2.8 Summary Chapter 3: Health Expenditures and Financing 3.1 Health System Financing Flows 3.2 Health Expenditures and Trends 3.2.1 Payment Methods 3.2.2 Private and Out-of-Pocket Spending 3.3 Public Revenues 3.3.1 Provincial Own-Source Revenues 3.3.2 Federal Transfers 3.4 Summary Chapter 4: Physical Infrastructure 4.1 Hospitals and other treatment Facilities 4.1.1 Size and Geography 4.1.2 Ownership 4.1.3 Specialization 4.1.4 Structural condition 4.2 Long Term (Continuing Care) facilities 4.2.1 Size and Geography 4.2.2 Ownership 4.2.3 Specialization 4.2.4 Age and Design 4.3 Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory (DIAL) services 4.3.1 Laboratory Services 4.3.2 Diagnostic Imaging 4.4 Public Health Facilities and Community Health Centres 4.5 Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure 4.5.1 Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) 4.5.2 Telehealth 4.6 Health Research Infrastructure 4.7 Summary Chapter 5: Health Workforce 5.1 Main Workforce Challenges 5.2 Physicians 5.3 Regulated Nurses 5.4 Other Health Care Providers 5.4.1 Complimentary Health Care Providers 5.4.2 Pharmaceutical Workforce 5.4.3 Emergency Medical Workforce 5.4.4 Diagnostic Workforce 5.4.5 Rehabilitation Workforce 5.4.6 Dental Workforce 5.4.7 Eye Care Workforce 5.4.8 Public Health Workforce 5.5 Health Human Resource Planning and Collective Bargaining 5.5.1 HHR Planning 5.5.2 Collective Bargaining 5.6 Conclusion Chapter 6: Services and Programs Provided in Alberta’s Health System 6.1 Public Health Services 6.1.1 Public Health Nursing and Communicable Disease Control 6.1.2 Environment Health Services 6.1.3 Health Promotion 6.2 Primary Care 6.3 Acute (secondary, tertiary) care including emergency services 6.3.1 Emergency Services 6.4 Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Services 6.5 Long-term and Continuing Care services 6.5.1 Long-term care (LTC) 6.5.2 Home and Community Care 6.6 Prescription drugs 6.7 Occupation Health Services and Rehabilitation Care 6.7.1 Occupational Health and Safety 6.7.2 Rehabilitation Care 6.8 Mental Health Care and Addictions Services 6.9 Dental Health Care Services 6.10 Complementary and Alternative Medicines and Care 6.11 Targeted Services for Indigenous and/or Minority Groups 6.12 Palliative (end-of-life) care 6.12.1 Palliative Care 6.12.2 Medical Assistance in Dying 6.13 Summary Chapter 7: Recent Health Reforms 7.1 Alberta Health Services 7.2 Strategic Clinical Networks 7.3 Primary Care 7.4 Wait Times 7.5 Patient Safety 7.6 Patient Advocacy 7.7 Health Research 7.8 Conclusion Chapter 8: Assessing Alberta’s Health Care System 8.1 Stated Objectives of the Health System 8.2 Financial Protection and Equity 8.3 Health System and Service Outcomes 8.3.1 Access to Care 8.3.2 Wait Times 8.3.3 Patient Safety 8.4 User Experience and Satisfaction 8.4.1 Access 8.4.2 Satisfaction 8.4.3 Continuity of Care 8.5 Efficiency (technical and allocative) 8.5.1 Financial Costs 8.5.2 Utilization 8.5.3 Public Health 8.5.4 Integration 8.5.5 Resource Allocation 8.5.6 Mortality 8.6 Accountability 8.7 Information, Performance Measurement and Quality Assurance 8.8 Conclusion Chapter 9: Conclusion 9.1 The Economy and People 9.2 Health Care Costs 9.3 Health System Governance 9.4 Health Workforce 9.5 Professionalism 9.6 Infrastructure and Services 9.7 Performance Measurement 9.8 Performance Outcomes 9.9 Final Thoughts Afterwards References Index

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Book SynopsisIn Making Pre-Med Count, med student Elisabeth Fassas shares personal stories from her own experiences to help guide you through the pre-med process. You’ll get first-hand guidance and learn how to apply her advice to your own med school journey.Counselors and checklists are helpful, but your pre-med journey cannot be boiled down to a list of activities and a collection of accolades. In Making Pre-Med Count, Fassas teaches you how to translate your accomplishments into a compelling and personalized med school application.Fassas gets into the weeds of the pre-med years to touch on the most fundamental and gnawing questions that interested applicants must face. Using examples from her own journey from freshman year to acceptance, plus tips and tricks from her peers, she guides readers through an endless stream of conflicting advice towards preparing academically, mentally and psychologically for the med school application process.Her advice starts with the idea that anything and everything can get you into medical school if you’re able to get into the heads of the admissions committee. You’ll also get her take on many of the questions raised in student forums.Fassas, who will begin med school in the fall of 2019, helps relieve some of the common pre-med doubts, anxieties, and fears that you’ll feel. Making Pre-Med Count compiles Fassas’ advice in one place -- it’s like having your own personal med school advisor.

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Book SynopsisWe think we know what healers do: they build on patients’ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ‘symbolic’ way. If they get results, it’s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also think we know what modern medicine is: a highly technical and rational process, but one that scarcely listens to patients at all. In this book, ethnopsychiatrist Tobie Nathan and philosopher Isabelle Stengers argue that this commonly posed opposition between traditional and modern medicine is misleading. They show instead that healers are interesting precisely because they don’t listen to patients, using techniques of ‘divination’ rather than ‘diagnosis’. Healers construct genuine therapeutic strategies by identifying the origins of symptoms in external forces, outside of the mind of the sufferer. Modern medicine, for its part, is characterized by empiricism rather than rationality. What appears to be the pursuit of rationality is ultimately only a means to dismiss and exclude other forms of treatment. Blurring the distinctions between traditional and modern practices and drawing on perspectives from across the globe, this ethnopsychiatric manifesto encourages us to think in radically new ways about illness, challenging accepted notions on the relationship between sufferer and symptom.Trade Review"The translation of this collaboration between two leading European thinkers about psychopathology and therapeutic process gives us access to a challenging way of thinking about the relation between health and the holy, medicine and the sacred, science and religion, rationality and irrationality, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology - all in a way that will be of immediate value for those concerned with psychiatric anthropology, cultural psychiatry and global mental health."—Thomas Csordas, University of California San DiegoTable of ContentsEditor's Note 1. Towards a Scientific PsychopathologyTobie Nathan I. The Benefits of Folk Therapy Scientific Therapy and Folk Therapy Solitude Diagnostics or Divination Statistical Categories vs. Real Cultural Groups The Construction of Truth Risky Psychopathology A Clinical Illustration Continuation of the Consultation II. Medicines in Non-Western Cultures Prolegomena on Thought and Belief The Idea of the Symbol The White Man’s Medicines Thought is in Objects Concepts of the Savage Mind Active Objects In Conclusion 2. The Doctor and the CharlatanIsabelle Stengers Recovering for the Wrong Reasons The Power of Experimentation Who defines the causes? A Practical Challenge 3. Users: Lobbies or Political Creativity?Isabelle Stengers Is another kind of medicine possible? Disease mongering A machine Condemnation? Hands Off! 4. Doctors, Healers, Therapists, the Sick, Patients, Subjects, UsersTobie Nathan Therapist The Sick Patients Subjects Users Pharmaka Notes

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Book SynopsisWe think we know what healers do: they build on patients’ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ‘symbolic’ way. If they get results, it’s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also think we know what modern medicine is: a highly technical and rational process, but one that scarcely listens to patients at all. In this book, ethnopsychiatrist Tobie Nathan and philosopher Isabelle Stengers argue that this commonly posed opposition between traditional and modern medicine is misleading. They show instead that healers are interesting precisely because they don’t listen to patients, using techniques of ‘divination’ rather than ‘diagnosis’. Healers construct genuine therapeutic strategies by identifying the origins of symptoms in external forces, outside of the mind of the sufferer. Modern medicine, for its part, is characterized by empiricism rather than rationality. What appears to be the pursuit of rationality is ultimately only a means to dismiss and exclude other forms of treatment. Blurring the distinctions between traditional and modern practices and drawing on perspectives from across the globe, this ethnopsychiatric manifesto encourages us to think in radically new ways about illness, challenging accepted notions on the relationship between sufferer and symptom.Trade Review"The translation of this collaboration between two leading European thinkers about psychopathology and therapeutic process gives us access to a challenging way of thinking about the relation between health and the holy, medicine and the sacred, science and religion, rationality and irrationality, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology - all in a way that will be of immediate value for those concerned with psychiatric anthropology, cultural psychiatry and global mental health."—Thomas Csordas, University of California San DiegoTable of ContentsEditor's Note 1. Towards a Scientific PsychopathologyTobie Nathan I. The Benefits of Folk Therapy Scientific Therapy and Folk Therapy Solitude Diagnostics or Divination Statistical Categories vs. Real Cultural Groups The Construction of Truth Risky Psychopathology A Clinical Illustration Continuation of the Consultation II. Medicines in Non-Western Cultures Prolegomena on Thought and Belief The Idea of the Symbol The White Man’s Medicines Thought is in Objects Concepts of the Savage Mind Active Objects In Conclusion 2. The Doctor and the CharlatanIsabelle Stengers Recovering for the Wrong Reasons The Power of Experimentation Who defines the causes? A Practical Challenge 3. Users: Lobbies or Political Creativity?Isabelle Stengers Is another kind of medicine possible? Disease mongering A machine Condemnation? Hands Off! 4. Doctors, Healers, Therapists, the Sick, Patients, Subjects, UsersTobie Nathan Therapist The Sick Patients Subjects Users Pharmaka Notes

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Book SynopsisBrian Boyle tells a personal story of his fight back from near death after a horrific automobile accident. He focuses on his experience as a patient who, while in a two-month long medically induced coma, was unable to move or talk to anyone around him, yet he was able to hear, see and feel pain. Brian slowly clawed his way back to the living and fo

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Book SynopsisThe first in a new Swedish crime series featuring Tekla Berg, a fearless doctor with a remarkable photographic memory"A taut and blistering thriller with the most memorable protagonist ever. Christian Unge is in total control of his environment. It deserves to be huge" Imran Mahmood, author of You Don't Know Me"Watch your blood pressure! A tense and clever thriller" Lilja SiguroardottirWith 85% per cent burns to his body and a 115% risk of dying, it's a miracle the patientis still alive. He only made it this far thanks to Tekla Berg, an emergency physician whose unorthodox methods and photographic memory are often the difference between life and death. Convinced that the fire was a terrorist attack - and that the patient was involved - the police are determined to question him. Almost as determined as those who would silence him at any cost. And while Tekla battles to keep him breathing, she can't shake the thought that something about him is strangely familiar . . .Tekla has always hidden her remarkable mind from her hospital colleagues, resorting to amphetamines to take the edge off the endless whirl of lucid memories. But now she'll need to call on all her wits as she's drawn into a mystery involving corrupt police, the godfather of the Uzbek mafia, and her beloved but wayward brother.Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding & Sarah de SenarclensTrade ReviewA taut and blistering thriller with the most memorable protagonist ever. Christian Unge is in total control of his environment. It deserves to be huge. -- Imran MahmoodMulti-layered and gritty with a strong emotional undercurrent - this is one to savour. -- Susi HollidayChristian Unge describes the hospital environment better than anyone else in Sweden. Tekla is a scalpel-sharp character who delivers a massive shot of adrenalin. Unmissable. -- Jens LapidusWatch your blood pressure! A tense and clever thriller. -- Lilja SigurðardóttirElectrifying. * Crime Monthy. *A gripping crime novel . . . fast-moving and packed with convincing detail and memorable characters . . . Tekla is a terrific character. -- Natasha Cooper * Literary Review *As gripping as it could be. Stressed-out, sleep-deprived and pill-popping Dr Tekla Berg is as unusual a centra character as you will find . . . An authentic and seriously exciting debut. -- Myles McWeeney * Irish Independent. *

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Book SynopsisThe first in a new Swedish crime series featuring Tekla Berg, a fearless doctor with a remarkable photographic memory"Watch your blood pressure! A tense and clever thriller" Lilja SigurðardóttirWith 85% per cent burns to his body and a 115% risk of dying, it's a miracle the patientis still alive.He only made it this far thanks to Tekla Berg, an emergency physician whose unorthodox methods and photographic memory are often the difference between life and death.Convinced that the fire was a terrorist attack - and that the patient was involved - the police are determined to question him. Almost as determined as those who would silence him at any cost. And while Tekla battles to keep him breathing, she can't shake the thought that something about him is strangely familiar . . .Tekla has always hidden her remarkable mind from her hospital colleagues, resorting to amphetamines to take the edge off the endless whirl of lucid memories. But now she'll need to call on all her wits as she's drawn into a mystery involving corrupt police, the godfather of the Uzbek mafia, and her beloved but wayward brother.Translated from the Swedish by George GouldingTrade ReviewA taut and blistering thriller with the most memorable protagonist ever. Christian Unge is in total control of his environment. It deserves to be huge. -- Imran MahmoodMulti-layered and gritty with a strong emotional undercurrent - this is one to savour. -- Susi HollidayChristian Unge describes the hospital environment better than anyone else in Sweden. Tekla is a scalpel-sharp character who delivers a massive shot of adrenalin. Unmissable. -- Jens LapidusWatch your blood pressure! A tense and clever thriller. -- Lilja SigurðardóttirElectrifying. * Crime Monthy. *A gripping crime novel . . . fast-moving and packed with convincing detail and memorable characters . . . Tekla is a terrific character. -- Natasha Cooper * Literary Review *As gripping as it could be. Stressed-out, sleep-deprived and pill-popping Dr Tekla Berg is as unusual a centra character as you will find . . . An authentic and seriously exciting debut. -- Myles McWeeney * Irish Independent. *

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Book SynopsisThe editors are proud to present our readers with a significantly expanded book, featuring 14 chapters by a distinguished group of 40 academic authors with decades of collective leadership experience. Based on the success of Volume 1, the current book in our series seeks to expand into important new areas. This includes diverse topics such as resilient leadership; electronic medical record implementations; interviewing for leadership positions; effective management in the low-resource setting; academic affiliations; crisis leadership; care quality and patient safety; the importance of diversity in health-care; complexity theory and ethics; change management; exploration of the executive function-dysfunction spectrum; and many other related concepts. The current tome begins with an introductory chapter that provides an in-depth overview of various theoretical aspects of leadership, including the most commonly encountered leadership styles. Throughout the book the authors focus on practical relevance of the topics being discussed, presenting ''lessons learned'' and stressing the importance of flexible, authentic, servant leadership. The editors hope that Volume 2 of the Fundamentals of Leadership for Healthcare Professionals will be equally, or perhaps even more successful than Volume 1, and that it will provide an excellent springboard for Volume 3 in this important and unique book series!

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Book SynopsisFor 15 years, Steven Schrader worked as a firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in Atlanta, Georgia. There, he faced the day-to-day stress created by having to deal with continual human catastrophe, one moment caring for terribly hurt accident victims, the next talking down a suicidal person from a rooftop. Added to these difficulties were his own personal struggles, not the least being the bias he experienced because of his severe hearing loss. This book presents his no-frills account of survival in a profession with a notoriously high burn-out rate, and the good that he did as an EMT. Schrader makes palpable the constant tension of being the first summoned to life-or-death situations, and he also outlines the grim reality of being an EMT in dangerous parts of the community. "Always wear a bulletproof vest; keep a weapon (out of sight of the supervisors, of course); never, never stand in front of a door when knocking," are just a few of his rules for the street. Despite these cautions, time and again he and his partners plunged into danger to save children, elderly citizens, indigents, criminals, and any other persons they found at risk. His hearing loss occasionally hindered him, and sometimes saved him, but, mostly, as it should, it became part of the background to the astonishing compassion in the stories he tells.

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Book SynopsisSelf-Awareness for Health Care Professionals provides ideas and models to enhance self-awareness across the soft skill spectrum—interpersonal skills, communication, social and emotional intelligence quotients, among other abilities, which enable people to appropriately navigate their social environment. Intended to arm health care professionals with the task of becoming self-aware, this robust pedagogy stimulates discussion, personal examination, and reflection.KEY FEATURES: Self-assessment tools provide readers with validated feedback on various aspects of themselves Exercises link self-reflection with career, practice, and clinical effectiveness Questions at the end of each chapter aid in the retention of key concepts Convenient glossary features definitions of core terms Mini case studies covering real-world scenarios woven throughout the book

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Book SynopsisPersonal essays relating key issues and insights from women in medicine What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine brings together a collection of short essays from women physicians working in diverse fields of medicine around the world. Through compassion, humor, and resiliency, their stories reveal the truth of what life is like for a variety of women in medicine.While men and women physicians face different challenges and bring different historical experiences to the examination table, the history of medicine has been primarily told by men. Doctors Kimberly Greene-Liebowitz and Dana Corriel compile the pieces in this collection to highlight the many topics of concern for women physicians––some of which may be unknown to medical field outsiders. Topics include the physician-patient relationship, mastery of clinical practice, barriers to career advancement and success, and the challenge of balancing a demanding professional life with domestic responsibilities, an issue brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic.What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine showcases the experiences of women physicians at every stage of their careers as well—from the beginning of medical school to the brink of retirement. These 40 essays are an expansive, unprecedented examination of what drives clinical and personal decisions and demonstrate how a physician's character is intricately intertwined with their approach to caregiving and the practice of medicine.Trade Review"A necessary and urgent collection of immense wisdom and humor, vulnerability and strength, and, most of all, the voices of extraordinary women."—Jay Baruch, MD, author of Tornado of Life: A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER "If it's possible for the pages of a book to actually live and breathe in your hands, this is it. These pages move and have a pulse of their own. The prose is exceptional; the stories are absolutely captivating. Each page is a gem in its own right. I will never look at my female colleagues the same way again; I don't think I appreciated the extra level of heroism required of women in medicine. I'm a better person for having read What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine."—Louis M. Profeta, MD, author of The Patient in Room Nine Says He's God "Raw, genuine accounts of . . . medical professionals. These are personal narratives by female physicians juggling professional and personal roles, struggling with grief and exceptionally long hours, sacrificing, and facing fear. Each vignette provides a new angle, a new struggle, a new reward."—Kathleen O'Shea, author of So Much More Than a Headache: Understanding Migraine through Literature

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Book SynopsisBesides its core competencies in excellent patient care, the university hospital in Dresden, Germany focuses on team and quality management. In our understanding, team management is one key success factor for hospitals in the future. Excellent nationally and internationally recognised projects and practice proven concepts will be presented by specialists in their fields. After discussing the strategic background and advantages of team oriented management from the hospital CEOs viewpoint, possibilities of aligning individual employee performance with strategic goals under the peculiarities of university hospitals are presented. The concept of shared mental models is then closely discussed on the background of cutting edge results in this field in a guest article by Piet van den Bossche (Dept. of Educational development and Educational Research, Maastricht University, The Netherlands). Fitting just into the latter empirical background, team concepts in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services are described, which rely on shared mental models of all team members. To achieve good Crew Resource Management the Dresden Six Step Approach of CRM improves team performance by introducing psychological know how into simulator based teaching, focusing on shared mental models and team effectiveness. The next chain link of patient safety is risk management representing a vital part of quality management in high risk medical organisations. In this regard, the design and implementation of a local Critical Incident Reporting System (CIRS) in Dresden is illustrated. Consequently the results of our CIRS are openly discussed as well as the changes in daily practice derived from its reports. The next step on the way to business excellence is the utilisation of closed quality management circuits, referring to the classical Deming cycle (plan- do- check- act). In this regard, we describe the results of the first Six Sigma team optimisation project in a German hospital in collaboration with the Chair of Market oriented Corporate Management and Marketing of the University of Dresden. Responsibility for society is further taken by setting up a quality certified trans-regional stroke management network. Using virtual patient gateways under the leadership of the UHD quality in patient care evolves from the local level of one hospital to the entire eastern Saxon region. Most fascinating and challenging, however, is the psychology and team management of large teams and resources under time pressure exemplified in mass casualty incidents and natural disasters directly affecting a level 3 trauma centre as illustrated in the both final chapters. This book is aimed at managers and team leaders, practitioners, and team members in diverse organisations as well as management consultants. This diverse target group illustrates the basic approach of team management. Only the strategy oriented inter-professional co-operation of management and staff within shared mental models across the organisation enables sustained success of all contributors by increasing patient safety and satisfaction.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the topics that are central to the provision of medical education. A group of experts who present a state-of-the-art review on a broad, and comprehensive, range of topics have contributed. They cover issues that have a broad application to all students, and also for the specific challenges that relate to medical education. Importantly a group of experts from within have been collected, and from outside the home institution -- the Medical School at University College Cork. Thus, in addition to providing a comprehensive review of contemporary principles of medical education, provided, as well, is a practical basis demonstrating how these principles have been applied in the comprehensive process of curricular reform at a single institution.

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Book SynopsisIn light of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, the remarkable personal story that comprises Fear Itself becomes a cautionary tale. Unwittingly exposed to low-level radiation in the 1940s, Candida Lawrence has lived courageously with its effects throughout her life. Fear Itself traces her years struggling to have a child and her slow waking to the secrets that governments and institutions withheld from the women of her generation. The task for her--and for women who have shared her experience--has always been to believe herself into wholeness and to survive her losses and her illnesses until there is nothing left to fear. As always, Lawrence's writing is filled with smart, gentle anger, sweet sadness and the most private sense of what is vital and important. In Fear Itself, Lawrence's deeply felt remembrances grant us an honest account of what it is to live in an unstable world. It is a truly personal account that sheds wide light on the world's ongoing nuclear decisions. What personal life story could be more timely?Trade Review"[A]timely testament to the importance of skepticism when it comes to governmental reassurances...vividly hypnotic."--The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel "This is a powerful book ... wry at times, yet unflinching when faced with complex, often tragic revelations. The story is one we should all know if we are to chart a better future for those who come after us. -- Susan Griffin, author, A Chorus of Stones, The Private Life of War "Candida Lawrence's valuable story, which begins in her childhood, is frightening in its detailed information about the American lives (old & unborn) lost to the secret keepers of the national & corporate nuclear industries." -- Grace Paley

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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of this popular resource features step-by-step skill instruction and practice-focused exercises covering maternal and fetal evaluation and immediate newborn care. Developed by a distinguished editorial board, the Perinatal Continuing Education Program (PCEP) is a comprehensive, self-paced education program in 4 volumes. This book features 8 units covering information and skills for obstetric evaluation and neonatal resuscitation (consistent with AAP guidelines) as well as units to provide the necessary information for initial stabilization of a newborn. The neonatal resuscitation unit has been updated to reflect the new NRP®, 8th Edition, guidelines. TOPICS INCLUDE Is the Mother Sick? Is the Fetus Sick? Fetal Age, Growth, and Maturity Fetal Well-being Is the Baby Sick? Recognizing and Preventing Problems in the Newborns Pulse Oximetry Resuscitating the Newborn Gestational Age- and Size-Associated Risk Factors Thermal Environment Hypoglycemia Blood Glucose Screenings And more… Table of Contents Unit 1: Is the Mother Sick? Is the Fetus Sick? Skill Unit: Determining Fetal Presentation With Leopold Maneuvers Unit 2: Fetal Age, Growth, and Maturity Unit 3: Fetal Well-being Skill Unit: Electronic Fetal Monitoring Unit 4: Is the Baby Sick? Recognizing and Preventing Problems in the Newborn Skill Unit: Electronic Cardiorespiratory Monitoring Skill Unit: Pulse Oximetry Unit 5: Resuscitating the Newborn Skill Unit: Suctioning Skill Unit: Management of Oxygen in the Delivery Setting Skill Unit: Free-Flow Oxygen and Positive-Pressure Ventilation Skill Unit: Endotracheal Intubation Skill Unit: Chest Compressions Skill Unit: Emergency Medications Skill Unit: Apgar Score Unit 6: Gestational Age and Size and Associated Risk Factors Skill Unit: Estimating Gestational Age by Examination of a Newborn Unit 7: Thermal Environment Skill Unit: Radiant Warmers Skill Unit: Incubators and Neutral Thermal Environment Unit 8: Hypoglycemia Skill Unit: Blood Glucose Screenings Pretest Answer Key Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisCBC - NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Students K-12 2017 Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. In the 19th century, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton—the “Lady with the Lamp” and the “Angel of the Battlefield”—earned their nicknames by daring to enter battlefields to aid wounded soldiers, forever changing the standards of medicine. Modern-day medical heroines such as Bonnie Simpson Mason, who harnessed the challenges of her chronic illness and founded an organization to introduce women and minorities to orthopedic surgery, and Kathy Magliato, who jumped the hurdles to become a talented surgeon in the male-dominated arena of heart transplants, will inspire any young reader interested in the art, science, and lifechanging applications of medicine. Lovers of adventure will follow Mary Carson Breckinridge, the “nurse on horseback” who delivered babies in the Appalachian Mountains and believed that everyone, including our poorest and most vulnerable citizens, deserve good health care, and Jerri Nielsen, the doctor stationed in Antarctica who, cut off from help, had to bravely treat her own breast cancer. These and 15 other daring women inspire with their courage, persistence, and belief in the power of both science and compassion. Packed with photos and informative sidebars and including source notes and a bibliography, Bold Women of Medicine is an invaluable addition to any student’s or aspiring doctor or nurse’s bookshelf.Trade Review"This volume provides an impressive overview of women in medicine" VOYA Magazine"The paths to the profession are myriad, and readers with an interest in helping and healing will find plenty of inspiration." Booklist Online"In the book Bold Women of Medicine I found inspiring careers and a way to share with students many amazing directions for their own future." NSTA Recommends"In this fascinating new title from the Women of Action series, young adult readers get to meet some of the daring and trailblazing women of the past two hundred years of medicine." A Mighty Girl"Likely to appeal mostly to readers who have a strong interest in the medical field." Kirkus Reviews"A read packed with brief yet thought-provoking stories of fearless women in medicine." School Library Journal"An interesting, thorough look at the lives, careers, and achievements of these inspirational women." Teen Librarian Toolbox, School Library Journal

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Book SynopsisCut through the fog and set your compass for success! The Business of Plastic Surgery: Navigating a Successful Career, 2nd Edition is essential reading for every plastic surgeon. Chart your own course through the arc of a rewarding career. In this comprehensive guide, learn practical strategies to excel in private, group, and academic practice. Master business skills from digital marketing to evaluating new technologies. Discover how to fight physician burnout and strike a work–life balance for a truly satisfying future. Topics rarely covered include thoughtful perspectives on underrepresentation by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender. An all-star list of contributors offers secrets in navigating stormy seas. This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.Table of ContentsPart I Career Direction 1 Beginnings 2 The Job Search 3 Academic Career 4 Solo Practice 5 Group Practice 6 Transitions Part II Marketing and Monitoring 7 How to Get the Media's Attention 8 The Wonderful World of Marketing 9 Optimizing Your Practice 10 Upping Your Game with Systems 11 Saving Money Part III Internet University 12 Website Optimization 13 How to Make and Post Effective Videos 14 All about Reviews 15 Digital Marketing and Advertising Part IV Enhancing Both Practice and Career 16 Building and Managing Your Own Surgical Suite 17 Publishing for the Profession and for the Public 18 Technology, Trends, and Traps 19 A Successful Medspa 20 Medical Inventions: From Idea to Funding Part V Watching Your Back 21 Contracts 22 The Wheel of Misfortune: Managing Medical Liability in Plastic Surgery 23 Building and Protecting Your Wealth: In Three Acts 24 Taking Control of Your Life 25 The Changing Face of Plastic Surgery

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Book SynopsisFebruary 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thaïs—author Anne-Dauphine Julliand’s darling daughter—who died of a genetic disease. Thaïs lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one.As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, Anne-Dauphine struggles with how to mark this momentous occasion. She wants to live fully on this special day: Thais would have been eight years old. Vivid memories of life with her daughter begin to blend with the present—every gesture, every word evokes a buried memory, arouses laughter or tears. Yet as the date of her daughter's birthday approaches, she knows she must not lose sight of the family who needs her now: her sons Gaspard and Arthur, and Azylis, her other daughter who is also sick.Anne-Dauphine's message remains simple, true, and strong: we all need to be loved and we all need to be happy despite our ordeals. This is both lesson in happiness and a wonderful love story—A Special Day is an honest, inspirational tale that has touched the hundreds of thousands of lives. It will leave the reader breathless with its beauty.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.Trade ReviewReviews for the international bestseller Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand"Though the author’s account charts suffering of mythic proportions, the lessons gleaned from her daughters prove incredibly wise. Unflinching and inspirational, a parent’s powerful tale of finding love and understanding beyond the senses."— Kirkus Reviews“Exceptional insights into life.”— ELLE“A story carried by the incredibly tranquillity of spirit of a mother put to the test.”— Le Point“An extraordinary autobiographical account.”— Le Figaro“A wonderful lesson from a little girl.”— La CroixReviews for the international bestseller Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand"Though the author’s account charts suffering of mythic proportions, the lessons gleaned from her daughters prove incredibly wise. Unflinching and inspirational, a parent’s powerful tale of finding love and understanding beyond the senses."— Kirkus Reviews“Exceptional insights into life.”— ELLE“A story carried by the incredibly tranquillity of spirit of a mother put to the test.”— Le Point“An extraordinary autobiographical account.”— Le Figaro“A wonderful lesson from a little girl.”— La Croix

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Book SynopsisOn a sunny spring day, in an ordinary suburban kitchen, the phone rings. There’s been an accident. In one heartbeat, a family’s life is changed forever.After her husband, Hugh, is hit by a car while riding his bicycle, Rosemary Rawlins is plunged into twelve months of marathon caregiving, without the promise of a positive outcome. She works herself to the point of exhaustion to bring her grievously injured husband—who suffered a traumatic brain injury, necessitating the removal of half his skull—back home and back to himself. Then, as he slowly begins to reclaim his life, Rosemary falls apart.She can't sleep. Her heart pounds. Her joy and trust in the world dissolve into endless anxiety. She lays awake at night wondering how her marriage will survive. Will she ever be able to relate to Hugh again? What will become of their relationship? Their children? Do they recognize each other—literally—as the people they fell in love with and married decades ago? How can she let go of her fears? And what can she learn from them?Learning by Accident is a caregiver's story of ambiguous loss, family love, and emotional healing. This compelling personal account demonstrates with heart and humor that what we fear can be more debilitating than any physical injury. And that sometimes starting over is exactly what we need.Trade Review"For anyone who had suddenly been plunged into an alternate world by a phone call, Rawlins's honest and searing account of her family's journey through injury and recovery will ring true for anyone who has had a loved one with a sudden traumatic injury. Her keen observations, emotions, and the sheer resilience of her spirit speak to hidden jewels and ultimate redemption that can be found on the flip side of any "bad thing.'" — Lee Woodruff, New York Times bestselling author of In an Instant and Those We Love Most“A fast-paced, anecdotal blow-by-blow account of lost brain function, of rekindled love, medical genius, laughter and pain, of setbacks and redemptive renewal.” — Bill McKelway, Richmond Times-Dispatch“Learning by Accident provided me with a much richer understanding of the emotional devastation [traumatic brain injury] causes. This book will make you cry, laugh, give thanks, and believe in the power of love.” — Anne H. McDonnell, executive director, Brain Injury Association of America“Rawlins writes her inspiring memoir like a professional surfer rides the waves, with precision, passion, and persistence. She shows us what it is like to suddenly be thrown into the role of caregiver, guiding us to survive the turbulent waters of traumatic brain injury.” — Dixie Coskie, award-winning author of Unthinkable"Learning by Accident is a gripping, unforgettable account of the relentless stress, exhaustion and, at times, profound rewards of being a caregiver. Rosemary Rawlins perseveres in tending to her husband as he recovers from a devastating brain injury; she keeps hope alive even when it seems he doesn't recognize her and every medical setback threatens to mark the beginning of the end. She is a compelling narrator, sharing her self-doubt and loneliness with honesty and absorbing detail. Thanks to her spine of steel, loving daughters, and loyal friends, Rosemary finds new meaning in her life and ultimately learns the value of taking care of herself as well as others. Her deeply moving story underscores the need to support caregivers as much as patients and provides a useful road map for families facing such extraordinary challenges. This is an eye-opening, inspiring memoir about love, commitment, and the true meaning of the vow to stay together in sickness and in health." — Leslie Brody, author of The Last Kiss: A True Story of Love, Joy, and Loss"As someone who has lived through similar events, Rosemary's story resonates. Her feelings and fears and triumphs are so familiar, it's chilling. Learning by Accident takes you page by page on a journey of love and family in the aftermath of her husband's brain injury." — Janna Leyde, author of He Never Liked Cake"In Learning by Accident, Rosemary Rawlins bravely limns the collateral fallout her husband’s traumatic brain injury causes his wide circle of family and friends. With grit and grace, courage and humor, she takes us through the joyful achievements and frustrating setbacks of his recovery. It is an inspiring story of love, commitment, and the hidden strength we all hope we would have in similar circumstances." — Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, author of Crash"Rawlins tells a candid story of love and pathos about her husband's traumatic brain injury. She captures the frustration, the angst, and the grinding irritation that exhausts the caregiver and strains the relationship. While it explores the wrenching grief over the intellectual and emotional loss of a companion and partner, it is also about hope and rehabilitation." — Claudia L. Osborn, Over My Head, A Doctor’s Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out"Learning by Accident is a truly inspiring book that shows the value of life, love, hope, family, and friends. It’s made all the more inspiring because it’s true." — Grace Conyers, owner and CEO of Insanitek R&D"Learning by Accident has a universal message for caregivers, professionals, families, and survivors. . . . Rosemary reveals the emotional trauma that was the inevitable partner to her husband’s neurological injury. She unflinchingly shares her fears, doubts, and anxieties as she travels the rocky road from grief to gratitude." - Brain Injury Journey"For anyone who had suddenly been plunged into an alternate world by a phone call, Rawlins's honest and searing account of her family's journey through injury and recovery will ring true for anyone who has had a loved one with a sudden traumatic injury. Her keen observations, emotions, and the sheer resilience of her spirit speak to hidden jewels and ultimate redemption that can be found on the flip side of any "bad thing.'" — Lee Woodruff, New York Times bestselling author of In an Instant and Those We Love Most“A fast-paced, anecdotal blow-by-blow account of lost brain function, of rekindled love, medical genius, laughter and pain, of setbacks and redemptive renewal.” — Bill McKelway, Richmond Times-Dispatch“Learning by Accident provided me with a much richer understanding of the emotional devastation [traumatic brain injury] causes. This book will make you cry, laugh, give thanks, and believe in the power of love.” — Anne H. McDonnell, executive director, Brain Injury Association of America“Rawlins writes her inspiring memoir like a professional surfer rides the waves, with precision, passion, and persistence. She shows us what it is like to suddenly be thrown into the role of caregiver, guiding us to survive the turbulent waters of traumatic brain injury.” — Dixie Coskie, award-winning author of Unthinkable"Learning by Accident is a gripping, unforgettable account of the relentless stress, exhaustion and, at times, profound rewards of being a caregiver. Rosemary Rawlins perseveres in tending to her husband as he recovers from a devastating brain injury; she keeps hope alive even when it seems he doesn't recognize her and every medical setback threatens to mark the beginning of the end. She is a compelling narrator, sharing her self-doubt and loneliness with honesty and absorbing detail. Thanks to her spine of steel, loving daughters, and loyal friends, Rosemary finds new meaning in her life and ultimately learns the value of taking care of herself as well as others. Her deeply moving story underscores the need to support caregivers as much as patients and provides a useful road map for families facing such extraordinary challenges. This is an eye-opening, inspiring memoir about love, commitment, and the true meaning of the vow to stay together in sickness and in health." — Leslie Brody, author of The Last Kiss: A True Story of Love, Joy, and Loss"As someone who has lived through similar events, Rosemary's story resonates. Her feelings and fears and triumphs are so familiar, it's chilling. Learning by Accident takes you page by page on a journey of love and family in the aftermath of her husband's brain injury." — Janna Leyde, author of He Never Liked Cake"In Learning by Accident, Rosemary Rawlins bravely limns the collateral fallout her husband’s traumatic brain injury causes his wide circle of family and friends. With grit and grace, courage and humor, she takes us through the joyful achievements and frustrating setbacks of his recovery. It is an inspiring story of love, commitment, and the hidden strength we all hope we would have in similar circumstances." — Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, author of Crash"Rawlins tells a candid story of love and pathos about her husband's traumatic brain injury. She captures the frustration, the angst, and the grinding irritation that exhausts the caregiver and strains the relationship. While it explores the wrenching grief over the intellectual and emotional loss of a companion and partner, it is also about hope and rehabilitation." — Claudia L. Osborn, Over My Head, A Doctor’s Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out"Learning by Accident is a truly inspiring book that shows the value of life, love, hope, family, and friends. It’s made all the more inspiring because it’s true." — Grace Conyers, owner and CEO of Insanitek R&D"Learning by Accident has a universal message for caregivers, professionals, families, and survivors. . . . Rosemary reveals the emotional trauma that was the inevitable partner to her husband’s neurological injury. She unflinchingly shares her fears, doubts, and anxieties as she travels the rocky road from grief to gratitude." - Brain Injury Journey

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Book SynopsisLearn the story of a man who lived the American dream and improved the quality of life for thousands of headache sufferers.The Headache Godfather traces the life of Seymour Diamond, MD, who was born in 1925, the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and Slovakia, in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Diamond revolutionized the practice of headache as a medical specialty when he opened the United States’ first private headache practice, the Diamond Headache Clinic, in 1974. It quickly became a headache haven for sufferers from around the world. He also established a nonprofit organization, the National Headache Foundation, to support research for headache relief and to spread the knowledge among doctors and headache sufferers alike.At eighty-nine years of age, Dr. Diamond looks back on his battles with the Food and Drug Administration over headache treatments, the political skirmishes with those who would block his will to succeed, his globe-trotting adventures to learn and share current headache knowledge, the hundreds of thankful patients who claim that his headache treatment saved their lives, a frightening and painful malpractice lawsuit, and even a relationship with a Chicago Mafia member whose family Dr. Diamond treated early in his medical career, and who was ultimately found in the trunk of a stolen automobile, shot to death.Seymour Diamond is a living example of an individual who succeeded at living the American dream. Working several jobs while attending college and medical school, applying his intelligence, energy, and imagination to the world of headache medicine, and providing for his wife, Elaine, and their family of three daughters while building an empire of headache health, Seymour Diamond is indeed the Headache Godfather.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Book SynopsisIf you have received an incurable cancer diagnosis, hearing about someone “who made it” is like spotting a rescue ship when you’re drowning in a stormy sea. Miracle Survivors provides that lifeline with a collection of stories of cancer survivors who were given a terminal diagnosis but shocked everyone by thriving years past their prognoses. These “miracle survivors” have different cancers and circumstances, but share a poor prognosis and incredible drive to overcome it.After being diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, award-winning author and blogger Tami Boehmer decided she and others like her desperately needed hope to override the dismal statistics and death sentences provided by many doctors. So she began interviewing incredible men and women from around the country who defied the odds and lived to tell about it.Miracle Survivors will help answer the question: What sets people apart who beat the odds of a terminal or incurable prognosis? Overcoming the odds wasn’t something that just happened to those who share their stories. Each person took a very active role in overcoming their challenges, whether it was activating their faith or transforming their lifestyle. Rather than passively accepting their circumstances, they decided to transform them.The book is essential reading for anyone with cancer, their loved ones, and everyone else who wants inspiration to conquer their life challenges.

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Book SynopsisA step-by-step guidebook for doctors and other medical professionals about growing and preserving wealth, Financial Freedom Rx: The Physician’s Guide to Achieving Financial Independence gives physicians all the tools necessary to manage their own finances. Medical professionals, especially doctors, spend many years in training as they accumulate debt and delay their earnings. This book presents a time-tested formula that students and established professionals can follow at any stage during their careers to achieve fiscal peace of mind. Students will learn how to budget and adopt disciplined financial practices. Residents and other trainees will learn how to defend against calamity with various insurances and how to manage debt. Junior professionals will acquire the skills needed to invest and grow their portfolios, while senior professionals will better understand the essentials of estate planning and retirement. Drs. Chirag P. Shah and Jayanth Sridhar wrote this inspiring text to guide physicians where to put their next dollar. This is particularly important during the financial uncertainties brought by COVID-19 and insurance cuts. Financial Freedom Rx sets forth principles that will pilot medical professionals toward financial independence. Chapters include useful advice on topics such as: Financial planning Investing and asset allocation Jobs and contracts Taxes and insurance Student loans and debt Retirement savings and distributions Financial Freedom Rx: The Physician’s Guide to Achieving Financial Independence serves as a timeless blueprint for financial planning that medical professionals will follow throughout their careers, and as a reference that readers will revisit again and again as they progress through the various stages of life.Trade ReviewThe best physician-specific general financial book published in 2021."—James M. Dahle, MD, author of The White Coat Investor“Doctors often have too little of one (time) and more than enough of the other (money), and that makes them prime targets for get-rich schemes, so keep your antennas up when the “sharks” come calling. The information contained in this book constitutes great shark protection. So dive right in!”– Mel Lindauer, Founder and President (2010-2019) of The John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy, Co-author of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing and The Bogleheads’ Guide to Retirement PlanningTable of Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Authors Foreword by Mel Lindauer, CFS, WMS Introduction Chapter 1: Why Financial Planning Matters Chapter 2: Jobs and Contracts Chapter 3: Initial Steps Post­Training Chapter 4: Defense Part 1: Disability, Health, and Malpractice Insurance Chapter 5: Student Loans and Retiring Debt Chapter 6: Tax-Advantaged Investing Chapter 7: Taxable Investing Chapter 8: Diversification and Asset Allocation Chapter 9: Defense Part 2: Life, Homeowners, and Umbrella Insurance Chapter 10: Financial Advisors Chapter 11: Estate Planning Chapter 12: Have I Won the Game? Chapter 13: Retirement Distributions Chapter 14: Pitfalls to Avoid Epilogue Appendix A Checklist Appendix B Resources Index

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Book SynopsisIn this “artful, unfailingly human, and understandable” (Boston Globe) account inspired by his own experiences becoming a doctor, Terrence Holt puts readers on the front lines of the harrowing crucible of a medical residency. A medical classic in the making, hailed by critics as capturing “the feelings of a young doctor’s three-year hospital residency . . . better than anything else I have ever read” (Susan Okie, Washington Post), Holt brings a writer’s touch and a doctor’s eye to nine unforgettable stories where the intricacies of modern medicine confront the mysteries of the human spirit. Internal Medicine captures the “stark moments of success and failure, pride and shame, courage and cowardice, self-reflection and obtuse blindness that mark the years of clinical training” (Jerome Groopman, New York Review of Books), portraying not only a doctor’s struggle with sickness and suffering but also the fears and frailties each of us—doctor and patient—bring to the bedside.Trade Review"[T]his book illuminates human fragility in tales both lyrical and soul-wrenching…. Holt dissects the medical experience in exquisite and restrained prose." -- Danielle Ofri - New York Times Book Review"Whether or not you classify this collection of nine stories as nonfiction, they ring true in both details and spirit, starting with a doctor’s evolution from the first night on call as an intern and ending with ethical questions that a physician ponders 40 months later, his residency complete… Dr. Holt never settles for easy answers, and the questions he poses—reflecting the frequent uncertainties of doctors and patients alike—will leave readers thinking long after the final page is turned." -- Alice Cary - BookPage"Holt, who also holds a master’s in fiction writing and a PhD in literature, is an excellent story teller… [T]he portrait Holt offers is artful, unfailingly human, and understandable." -- Dennis Rosen - Boston Globe"Holt’s new collection of stories, captures the feelings of a young doctor’s three-year hospital residency—the powerlessness, the exhaustion, the chaotic and seemingly endless shifts, and above all, the intensity of being with people in moments of extremity—better than anything else I have ever read… Holt’s unadorned prose and pitch-perfect dialogue contribute to the realism of these stories. At times they have the atmosphere of a hospital version of film noir, the narrator sounding as tough as Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe in his effort to be efficient and unflappable… Anyone who’s considering becoming a doctor, or anyone who wants to know what’s at the core of a doctor’s initiation, should read this book." -- Susan Okie - The Washington Post

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