Medical profession Books

Book SynopsisStaring in the face of prostate cancer at age thirty-five and metastatic disease and proposed surgical castration at age forty, Paul Steinberg was forced to take two simultaneous journeys. The first was to transition from doctor to patient and surrender his physical health to a medical establishment he knew from firsthand knowledge would be using approaches that would be outdated within a few years. The second was a spiritual journey. His search for a higher meaning in his life sent him as far as walking over hot coals with Tony Robbins.Using the salamander as his role model, Steinberg, a college-health and sports psychiatrist, takes a look at the evolution of the regenerative capabilities of cold-blooded vertebrates like the salamander and at what we as humans have lost and gained in our warm-bloodedness. How do human beings regenerate? How do we redeem ourselves when our capacity for regeneration is limited? How did the prostate evolve, and how does prostate cancer develop?With wit and humor, Steinberg tackles lust and sex, and ultimately time and death and the gods. Having lived longer than virtually anyone else with metastatic prostate cancer, he uses his knowledge as a doctor and experience as a patient to provide a story of endurance and perseverance, weaving a tale of grace, regeneration, and redemption—just not the kind of regeneration and redemption that he or anyone else would expect.

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Book SynopsisThe one-stop, comprehensive resource for students considering a career in medicine In recent years, applying to and getting accepted to medical schools in the U.S. has become increasingly difficult. In 2020–2021, only 38% of the 53,370 students who applied to U.S. medical schools were accepted. For the most prestigious medical schools, the acceptance rate was just 1.4–2%. Pre-Medicine: The Complete Guide for Aspiring Doctors by Joel Thomas, Phillip Wagner, Ray Funahashi, and Nitin Agarwal is a comprehensive roadmap that guides aspiring physicians through the rigorous process of preparing for and getting into medical school in the U.S. By bringing together multiple authors with different life experiences and perspectives, this unique book has broad appeal to students from diverse backgrounds. The text is organized by five sections: The Pre-Med Primer, Succeeding as a Pre-Medical Student, Applying to Medical School, Medical School and Career Insights, and an Appendix. This invaluable resource tackles challenging topics and addresses uncomfortable questions that necessitate engagement with multiple opposing viewpoints and careful data analysis. The first and foremost goal of this book is to provide essential information to individuals that need it to succeed in their pre-med and medical school journey. Key Features Authors graduated from the U.S. News Top 20 medical schools and/or trained at a Doximity Top 20 residency program Demystifies the lengthy and confusing medical school application process, providing practical advice and evidence-based strategies for successfully tackling each step, starting in high school Provides readers with a realistic and honest picture of the daily challenges and rewards that aspiring physicians face—from pre-med to residency This is a must-have resource for anyone who is considering a career in medicine. The no-holds-barred insights shared in this book will greatly optimize the chance of medical school applicants gaining admission to their top choice.Table of ContentsSection I: The Pre-Med Primer 1. The 30,000-Foot View 2. What Medical Schools Look For 3. The Pre-Med Principles 4. The Types of Pre-Medical Students and Paths to Medical School 5. Building Your Narrative 6. Common Pre-Med Diseases and How to Treat Them Section II: Succeeding as a Pre-Medical Student 7. Guaranteed Admission Programs and Early Assurance Programs 8. Schools, Majors, and More 9. Timing, Class Structure, and Personal Schedules 10. Obtaining a Solid GPA 11. Extracurriculars 12. Clinical Experiences 13. Shadowing 14. Volunteering 15. Research 16. Gap Years, Employment, Graduate Degrees, and Post-Baccalaureate Fellowships 17. Crushing the MCAT 18. Self-Care and Wellness 19. Finding Mentors Section III: Applying to Medical School 20. The Big Picture 21. Before You Begin: Application Strength Analysis 22. Before You Begin: Application Cycle Prophylaxis 23. Letters of Recommendation 24. DO, MD, and International Schools 25. Dual-Degree Programs: MD/PhD, MPH, MBA, JD, and Others 26. Medical School Rankings 27. Making Your List: What Schools Do I Apply To? 28. Primary Application: AMCAS, AACOMAS, TMDSAS 29. Transcript Review 30. Activities and Meaningful Experiences 31. Personal Statement 32. Altus Suite: CASPer, Snapshot, and Duet 33. Secondary Application 34. Interviews 35. Interview Trail Travel and Attire 36. Wait-List and Update Letters 37. Financial Aid 38. Acceptance and Decisions: What Really Matters When Choosing the One School 39. Before and After Matriculation 40. Plan B and Reapplication Section IV: Medical School and Career Insights 41. Real Talk on a Medical Career 42. Real Talk on the Medical School Experience 43. Real Talk on Succeeding in Medical School 44. A Peek at the Residency Application Process 45. A Day in the Life in Medicine 46. Nonclinical Careers 47. Stories of Inspiration Section V: Appendix Appendix A: Resources Appendix B: Medical Specialties and Subspecialties

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Book SynopsisIn Hippocrasy, two world-leading doctors – rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris – reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. They argue that the benefits of treatments are often wildly overstated and the harms understated. That overtreatment and overdiagnosis are rife. And the medical system is not fit for purpose: designed to deliver health care not health.This powerful exposé blows the lid off everything from rampant overdiagnosis and overtreatment (revealing the tests, drugs and treatment that provide no benefit for the patient), to the role of Big Pharma and the inherent problem of a medical system based on treating rather than preventing illness. The book also provides tips to empower patients and solutions to help restructure how medicine is delivered so doctors can live up to their Hippocratic Oath.Trade Review'One of the hardest things for a doctor to do ... is nothing. This superb book explains how in medicine and surgery less is often not just more, it’s closer to the oath we’re all supposed to practise by.' — Norman Swan, award-winning producer and broadcaster of the Health Report and Coronacast 'This eye-opening and enthralling book on the medical and moral hazards which beset the health profession is a must-read for patients and practitioners alike. From ‘tooth-fairy science’ to medical disasters to the inflated business world of medicine, Hippocrasy is a profoundly thought-provoking and compelling work that challenges our perception of the practice of modern medicine.' — Kate McClymont AM, award-winning investigative journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald/The Age 'Doctors are educated to do good. Yet, as the commercial imperatives of the medical industrial complex tighten their grip, doctors are becoming more and more worried that they are inflicting harm rather than creating benefit. This book is for them and, perhaps even more importantly, for their patients. The road to hell is paved with good intentions: read Hippocrasy and turn back.' — Iona Heath CBE, former President, The Royal College of General Practitioners 'This brilliant book offers clear and compelling evidence that we’re all at risk from too much medicine. Using the best of science, these two respected doctors blow the whistle on harmful healthcare. Buchbinder and Harris reveal how overdiagnosis, overtreatment and the medicalisation of normal life are major threats to human health. But this brilliant book also brings hope that we can wind back the harm and waste of unnecessary tests and treatments, and focus more on the great benefits medicine has to offer.' — Ray Moynihan, author of Too Much Medicine? and Selling Sickness, Assistant Professor, Bond University 'About half of us in advantaged countries are now patients or ‘providers’, or both, and a third of clinical interventions are futile at best. Seeking health is daunting and we could benefit from a guide. Rachelle Buchbinder and Ian Harris have provided such with this volume.' — Nortin M Hadler, author of The Last Well Person, The Citizen Patient and Worried Sick, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, University of North Carolina' Throughout medical history, doctors have routinely ignored the fundamental Hippocratic injunction: ‘First, do no harm’. Most of their treatments produced lots of harms, with little or no benefit. This wonderful book punctures the hyped claims of modern medicine, showing that it is not nearly as scientific, safe, effective, and honest as it should be. Reading Hippocrasy is essential for doctors (to help make them become more cautious); but even more essential for patients (to help them become more self-protective).' — Allen Frances, author of Saving Normal, Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine 'A timely book from two leading doctors. They present evidence that despite medicine’s lip-service to evidence-based medicine, many unnecessary, wasteful and harmful investigations and treatments abound.' — Trish Greenhalgh OBE, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisIn Munjed Al Muderis's bestselling memoir Walking Free, he described his experience as a refugee fleeing Saddam Hussein's Iraq, his terrifying sea journey to Australia and the brutal mandatory detention he faced in the remote north of Western Australia. The book also detailed his early work as a pioneering orthopaedic surgeon at the cutting edge of world medicine. In Going Back, Munjed shares the extraordinary journey that his life-changing new surgical technique has taken him on. Through osseointegration, he implants titanium rods into the human skeleton and attaches robotic limbs, allowing patients genuine, effective and permanent mobility. Munjed has performed this operation on hundreds of Australian civilians, wounded British soldiers who've lost legs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a survivor of the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. But nothing has been as extraordinary as his return to Iraq after eighteen years, at the invitation of the Iraqi government, to operate on soldiers, police and civilian amputees wounded in the horrific war against ISIS. These stories are both heartbreaking and full of hope, and are told from the unique perspective of a refugee returning to the place of his birth as a celebrated international surgeon.

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Book SynopsisEarly in the pandemic, medical personnel were our front lines. What was that like? Through stories, art, and poetry, Canadian health-care workers from across the country recount their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors to The COVID Journals share the determination and fear they felt as they watched the crisis unfold, giving us an inside view of their lives at a time when care itself was redefined from moment to moment. Their narratives, at turns tender, angry, curious, and sometimes even joyful, highlight challenges and satisfactions that people will continue to explore and make sense of for years to come. Contributors: Ewan Affleck, Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif, Manisha Bharadia, Christopher Blake, Candace de Taeye, Arundhati Dhara, Paul Dhillon, Liam Durcan, Monika Dutt, Sarah Fraser, David Gratzer, Jillian Horton, Andrew Howe, Monica Kidd, Jaime Lenet, Pam Lenkov, Suzanne Lilker, Jennifer Moore, Shane Neilson, Kacper Niburski, Elizabeth Niedra, Margaret Nowaczyk, Tolu Oloruntoba, Rory O’Sullivan, Jordan Pelc, Nick Pimlott, Angela E. Simmonds, Tanas Sylliboy, Helen Tang, Bobby Taylor, Tharshika Thangarasa, Diana Toubassi, Shan Wang, Marisa Webster, Chadwick Williams, Dolly Williams, Jiameng Xu.Trade Review"The COVID Journals leaps off the page as a rich unmasking of those whom we too often herald as heroes but too rarely come to know, offering the reader an appreciation of the individuality, pain, love, humour, and creativity of Canadian health-care workers." Lawrence Hill, novelist and essayist“The COVID Journals brings readers into an encounter with the pandemic that is as exceptional as it is ordinary.” Emilia Nielsen, Associate Professor, York University“Just as stories have been central to our lives as human beings over millennia, they are also central to medicine. The narratives in The COVID Journals reframe health care as a human endeavor.” Pamela Brett-MacLean, Associate Professor, and Director, Arts & Humanities in Health & Medicine, University of Alberta"The COVID Journals is a poignant and insightful collection of stories, personal reflections, poems and artwork from the front­line of the COVID­19 pandemic in Canada. It offers an intimate glimpse into the struggles, triumphs, and unwavering dedication of those who bore the weight of ensuring the well-being of patients and communities. Each writer brings a unique perspective, but a common thread running through every story is that of vulnerability, of honesty, and of humanity. The anthology could be invaluable for those looking for resources that connect the humanities to the ‘sciences’ in health professions education. … This book, a must-­read, is a multifaceted, human-­centered perspective on the COVID­19 pandemic." Upreet Dhaliwal, Research and Humanities in Medical Education, October 23, 2023 [Full review at https://bit.ly/46JEC8o]Table of Contentsix Preface 1 Fight or Flight: The Ambivalent Health-Care Heroes of Pandemic Response, Canadian Edition | SHANE NEILSON 18 Uncertainty | PAUL DHILLON 22 The Sum of All Fears | TOLU OLORUNTOBA 26 A Journal of the Plague Year 2020 | NICK PIMLOTT 42 What I Will Not Doff | DIANA TOUBASSI 47 Workday | THARSHIKA THANGARASA 50 A Mask | MONICA KIDD 52 Facing the Unknown: Apprehensive, Overwhelmed, and Helpless | SHAN WANG 61 On Pandemic and Uselessness | JAIME LENET 67 Pandemic | JORDAN PELC 68 Prescription for Water | JIAMENG XU 70 Palliative Care | THARSHIKA THANGARASA 71 My So-Called COVID Life | JENNIFER MOORE 79 Pulling Strings | MONIKA DUTT 85 Disembodied” An Examination of the Examination in a Pandemic | LIAM DURCAN 93 Same But Different | DAVID GRATZER 97 I’m No Hero | SUZANNE LILKER 100 Sidelined | MENGXI (HELEN) TANG 101 Behind the Front Line: (Or, the COVID Experience That Never Was) | RORY O’SULLIVAN 108 Singularity | MENGXI (HELEN) TANG 109 With Beauty | KACPER NIBURSKI 114 Management Was Mad | SARAH FRASER 116 Preoccupations of a Public Health Resident | MARISA WEBSTER 119 Bongo Guy in Lockdown | CHRISTOPHER BLAKE 125 Mango Season | ARUNDHATI DHARA 132 Solidarity | MENGXI (HELEN) TANG 133 I Am Letting Myself Go (Or, Humans of Late COVID) | ELIZABETH NIEDRA 136 Life and Death in Denendeh | EWAN AFFLECK 144 Jipasi na’sɨk melkitai | TANAS SYLLIBOY 145 In the ER, Patients Need My Comfort But I Am Scared to Give It | SARAH-TAÏSSIR BENCHARIF 149 Vicissitude | PAM LENKOV 152 Connection | MENGXI (HELEN) TANG 153 What Was Missing | MARGARET NOWACZYK 162 A Family History in 2 Pandemics, 4 Infections, and 102 Years | JILLIAN HORTON 165 Endurance | MANISHA BHARADIA 167 Blowing Smoke in Your Ear | ANDREW HOWE, ANGELA SIMMONDS, BOBBY TAYLOR, and DOLLY WILLIAMS; facilitated by ARUNDHATI DHARA and CHADWICK WILLIAMS 185 It’s Hard Not to Slam a Fist on the Table When the Finish Line Keeps Lurching Further Ahead, or, Third Wave | CANDACE DE TAEYE 191 An Unconventional Conclusion | ARUNDHATI DHARA and SARAH FRASER 197 Acknowledgements 199 Contributors

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Book SynopsisFrom humble beginnings as a `barefoot boy’ in a small town in the heart of South Africa, he learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, with royalty and popes, and quickly embraced the high-life of the jet-set who surrounded him. Throughout life, he was a serial womanizer, bedding famous European film stars (and their secretaries). He survived three tempestuous marriages and divorces, each wife becoming younger than the last until their age difference reached 40 years. This scientifically-trained surgeon called on the services of a `witchdoctor’ (a sangoma)—unsuccessfully—to help punish those who had contributed to the break-up of his second marriage. With no experience himself, he trained his daughter to become the second-ranked water skier in the world, though he was disappointed she never became world champion. Perhaps the immense effort he put into driving her to success accounted for the relative neglect of his oldest son, who, as a young doctor, suffered increasing depression until he died of a drug overdose at an early age. The surgeon pursued his goals in heart surgery despite a lifetime of pain from arthritis and a disability from asthma, which might eventually have killed him. Having established the first major heart surgery programme in Africa, he eventually became distracted by other interests until he was a mere shadow in his own department. Yet he remained in the public eye through his gifts for public speaking and as a writer. He travelled the world, published two autobiographies, wrote popular books on health for the public, particularly relating to heart disease and arthritis, and penned books on such varied subjects as the politics of apartheid in his homeland, and euthanasia. He became a well-regarded and popular columnist for several South African newspapers, and collaborated on the writing of four novels. He branched into the business world and expanded the meagre financial rewards earned from his surgical services to the South African health care system by investing in restaurants in Cape Town, establishing a game reserve in the hinterland of South Africa, and causing controversy by his role in advertising a cream that reputedly prevented wrinkling of the skin. He set up a heart research foundation and a foundation that paid for children from all over the world to travel to Cape Town for corrective open heart surgery. This charismatic and controversial man was Chris Barnard who, by the way, also dared to carry out the world’s first human heart transplant in December 1967. Can we summarize Chris Barnard? Not very easily. He was a first-class doctor—skilled, knowledgeable, compassionate, conscientious, concerned, decisive, and wise. He was an inquiring and innovative surgeon—though famously irascible in the operating room—with a vision of the future developments in his chosen field, and the ability, judgment, and courage to play a part in contributing to those developments. He was an informative and highly entertaining speaker and raconteur, a gifted writer, farmer, restaurateur, an unofficial ambassador for his country—and a good friend.Table of ContentsForeword: Sir Roy Calne; 1 The most unforgettable character; 2 Barefoot boy—childhood; 3 Learning his trade—medical school and junior doctor; 4 The New World—surgical training in Minneapolis; 5 Mentor and maverick—Walt Lillehei; 6 Proving himself—establishing heart surgery in Cape Town; 7 Prelude to the first heart transplant; 8 Studying kidney transplantation with David Hume in Virginia; 9 Life’s defining moment—the first human-to-human heart transplant; 10 The heart transplant heard around the world; 11 The controversy over Hamilton Naki; 12 The first survivor—Barnard’s second heart transplant; 13 Heart transplant fever; 14 Meeting of the minds—the first international conference; 15 The consequences of fame; 16 A way with words—Chris as a public speaker; 17 Fame over family; 18 Staying ahead of the pack—subsequent heart transplants in Cape Town; 19 Another innovation—the piggyback heart transplant; 20 Second wife, second life; 21 Insight and innovation—important advances in heart transplantation; 22 A price too high—personal tragedies; 23 Money matters—business opportunities; 24 New horizons—Oklahoma City; 25 Three strikes and you’re out (third marriage); 26 The media—make and break; 27 Putting pen to paper—a secondary career; 28 Was everything black or white? Chris’s opinions on apartheid; 29 The Nobel Prize—should Chris have received it?; 30 Old age and death; 31 Looking back; Appendix 1–Today–progress in alternative forms of heart replacement; Appendix 2–Chris Barnard–biographical outline, degrees, awards and honours; Appendix 3–Books written by Chris Barnard; Appendix 4–Select bibliography; Appendix 5–What happened to the other players in the heart transplant story?.

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Book Synopsis'Remarkable and full of grace. It broke my heart' Sarah Perry'Guglani is the real deal' Michel Faber'Profound . . . Poetic . . . Humane' Gabriel Weston'Shows rare skill . . . Power and fear and morality' Sarah Moss, author of The Tidal ZoneHistories is a hypnotic portrait of life in one hospital, over one week. In the corridors and consulting rooms, by the bedside, through the open curtain, we witness charged encounters within the emotional and physical world of medicine. Old insecurities surface as junior doctors try to save a man from dying; an enraged chaplain picks a fight with a consultant; a porter waxes lyrical on his invisibility. These are only some of the stories that so seamlessly connect, collide and create an unforgettable panorama of being. Sam Guglani's vivid prose has the raw intensity of poetry that pulls the reader in on every page.Trade ReviewRemarkable and full of grace. It broke my heart. * Sarah Perry *"Many times man lives and dies / Between his two eternities:" says Yeats, but for the physician, the cycle becomes infinitely more complicated: for if, as Donne declares, "every man's death diminishes me" then, as Sam Guglani points out, with elegance, compassion, sadness and, occasionally, justifiable anger, the cost of taking, recording, interpreting and bearing witness to so many 'histories' - of life, of diminishment, of death - should compel, not only the medical profession, but also the world at large, to ask the most basic questions about the rift between the duty of care and the accepted norms of medical practice. * John Burnside *Guglani's compassion for the souls and bodies inhabiting his hospital makes this book much bigger than it appears. But Histories is not just heart - Guglani is the real deal. Some will describe him as a doctor-turned-writer. On the evidence of this remarkable debut, I would say he's a writer who also happens to be a doctor. * Michel Faber *Economical, emotionally involving, insightful and rather beautiful . . . A luminous argument for truly seeing and listening to others and to ourselves; it is a serious tilt at working out what matters, honed in places where people are tested by such questions every day. -- Aide Edemariam * Guardian *Guglani's novel is profound. His writing is poetic, his observations about the current state of medicine searing. But most importantly, this book is humane * Gabriel Weston, surgeon and author of Direct Red *This kaleidoscopic novella shows rare skill in its structure and balance. There are no heroes in Sam Guglani's hospital, only human beings from porters to consultants negotiating their own power and fear and morality * Sarah Moss, author of The Tidal Zone *Histories is clear-eyed, unflinching, and tender, written in hypnotic, flowing prose designed to break your heart, mend it, then break it all over again. A huge accomplishment by Guglani, whose timely, hopeful debut feels like it's always been here. A deep-rooted, sky-reaching oak of a book. * Rory Gleeson, author of Rockadoon Shore *This book lingered with me, I couldn't shake it. Quiet, breathless, beautiful, important. Read it, tell everyone else to read it, read it again. * Daisy Johnson, author of Fen *It's the first book I've read that seems to capture the real feel of a hospital, with all its human chaos among both patients and doctors, the sense of ideals lost and painfully recovered, the search for meaning in illness and a constant striving to be brave. Only a practising doctor could have written so boldly and authentically. * Ann Wroe, author of Six Facets of Light *Told with such subtlety that the reader is often ambushed by realisation as to the stories being told. Sam Guglani combines the insights and empathy of a doctor, a poetic vision, and an extraordinary capacity to ventriloquise the consciousness of others. An important voice has arrived, telling new and sometimes difficult truths about love and conflict, caring and not caring, sickness and health. * Raymond Tallis, author of The Mystery of Being Human *This is a slender book but it has colossal emotional weight. It does nothing less than reveal the complex human ecology of an NHS hospital. And it does it with devastating and searching compassion. * Richard Holloway, author of A Memoir of Faith and Doubt *With gentle acuity, Histories traces the connections that make up the life of a hospital, revealing it not as organisation but organism, with a shifting borderline between the sick and the well, those helping and those needing help. Sam Guglani has a poet's ability to halt you with a phrase, and a sharp eye for those moments when professional distance can't save us from our raw and tender shared humanity. * Philip Gross, T. S. Eliot Prize Winning author of The Water Table *Sam Guglani anatomises the inner workings of a teaching hospital with surgical precision and literary brio. This deeply humane depiction of life in the consulting rooms and on the wards marks an auspicious debut. * Michael Arditti, author of Easter *For and in the prose, and for and in the people, care is the thing here. There's a tenuity to Sam's writing that makes us face that, and it's the book's strength. * Cynan Jones *Histories is a gloriously written, spare and truthful work that is as generous as it is tough. For those of us with too much experience of being patients it offers great comfort - yes, our medical teams are exactly as human as we have long suspected. Guglani's book suggests they know this of us too. This is where connection begins. * Stella Duffy, author of London Lies Beneath *This original, thoughtful and insightful novel by oncologist Sam Guglani gives us a first-hand account of life at the heart of the NHS -- Sharmaine Lovegrove * Elle *Histories offers a rare and poetic insight into the medical world from an unusual doctor/writer talent * Salley Vickers *Histories focuses on the humanity, or sometimes the awful lack of it, at the heart of a hospital . . . his characters feel authentic and multifaceted as they chart the chaos. Their narratives offer stunning descriptions of the human condition and our fear in the face of mortality . . . Vibrant and captivating -- Sarah Gilmartin * Irish Times *It's the wisest book I've read in a long time and the writing is so beautiful - there were many times I had to stop reading, just to catch my breath. Reading Histories was not only a total joy, but a complete privilege. * Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep *There is something meditative about Guglani's spare, poetic prose. And unsettling too. It stays with you long after the book is finished . . . It's the poeticism of his prose that renders this novel so poignant and evocative . . . As moving as it is illuminating -- Clare Black * Scotsman *Scalpel-sharp . . . A highly compulsive panorama of hospital life as a cauldron of guilt and suppressed desire -- Anthony Cummins * Metro *He focuses on the humanity of his characters, portrayed without judgment or criticism, which leaves the reader sympathising with even the most pompous individuals. Told in sparse, poetic prose, Histories is thought-provoking, unsettling and deeply affecting. -- Hannah Beckerman * Observer *

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Book SynopsisIf you thought you knew about the life of a GP, think again.Let me take you on an unbelievable journey to the truth, through spilt urine bottles, the patients who should have been in hospital months ago, existential crises, utterly unexplainable health problems and awkward silences.This is a job that requires you to be a detective, relationship counsellor, social worker, friend, sex therapist, parent-figure and sometimes, just sometimes, a doctor. Find out why you only get ten minutes with a GP, why you can never see the same doctor, why we are ALWAYS running late and why, despite a struggling system and an almost omnipresent sense of impending doom, I really love my job.

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Book Synopsis‘Malcolm Alexander is to GPs what James Herriot is to vets’ – MATT GAW_____________________‘An ode to island life in all its glorious foibles’ – THE HERALD _____________________'A fascinating, funny and utterly heart-warming family adventure.’ – RUTH HOGAN_______________________An immensely heart-warming story of life on the frontline within extreme circumstances. When Malcolm Alexander saw the job advert, ‘urgent: island doctor needed’, he applied immediately. What he didn’t anticipate was how much Orkney would affect his family, for better or worse. In stories that range from the humorous to the deeply moving, Malcolm describes what it’s like adjusting to life without modern conveniences and to the extreme – and constantly changing – weather; and what it means to be providing the best medical care to the local population with limited resources. Which often includes the wildlife as well ... Malcolm’s journey evokes the awe that the Orkney landscape can inspire, as well as the challenges of island life and the demons that the dark, cold winter months can give birth to. Gripping and beautifully written, Close to Where the Heart Gives Out reminds us of the importance of listening to our heart, as well as to the rhythms of the landscape.Trade ReviewA fascinating memoir... an ode to island life in all its glorious foibles and heart-soaring delights * The Herald *Orkney, more than any other place that I've been, really did get under my skin... I love the descriptions of the landscape and everyday life in Close to Where the Heart Gives Out * Dolly Alderton *Wind-whipped and salt-stung, Malcom's account of island life is both grounding and immensely heart-warming. He is to GP's what James Herriot is to vets * Matt Gaw *A fascinating, funny and utterly heart-warming family adventure. Beautifully written and completely unforgettable * Ruth Hogan, author of 'The Keeper of Lost Things' *[An] utterly enchanting casebook * Daily Mail *A mesmerising read about a personal journey, this book is all versions of love (with the island of Eday in starring role) * Hannah Persuad *

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Book SynopsisFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DEAR LIFE'I am a junior doctor. It is 4 a.m. I have run arrest calls, treated life-threatening bleeding, held the hand of a young woman dying of cancer, scuttled down miles of dim corridors wanting to sob with sheer exhaustion, forgotten to eat, forgotten to drink, drawn on every fibre of strength that I possess to keep my patients safe from harm.'How does it feel to be spat out of medical school into a world of pain, loss and trauma that you feel wholly ill-equipped to handle? To be a medical novice who makes decisions which - if you get them wrong - might forever alter, or end, a person's life?In Your Life in My Hands, television journalist turned junior doctor Rachel Clarke captures the extraordinary realities of life on the NHS frontline. During the historic junior doctor strikes of 2016, Rachel was at the forefront of the campaign against the government's imposed contract upon young doctors. Her heartfelt, deeply personal account of life as a junior doctor in today's NHS is both a powerful polemic on the degradation of Britain's most vital public institution and a love letter of optimism and hope to that same health service.Trade ReviewFrom the very heart of the NHS comes this brilliant insight into the continuing crisis in the health service. Rachel Clarke writes as the accomplished journalist she once was and as the leading junior doctor she now is - writing with humanity and compassion that at times reduced me to tears. -- Jon SnowDr Clarke has written a blockbuster, a page-turner, a tear-jerker. This is a "from-the-heart" front-line account of the human cost of the wanton erosion of a magnificent ideal - healthcare free at the point of need, funded through public taxation, available to all - made real in the UK for near 70 years. It is a love-song for the wonderful National Health Service that has embodied - to an extent equalled nowhere in the world - the principle that healthcare is not a commodity but a great duty of state. -- Prof. Neena Modi, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthA powerful account of life on the NHS frontline. If only Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt could see the passion behind the people in the NHS, they might stop treating them as the enemy, and understand that without them we don't have an NHS worth the name. -- Alastair CampbellI absolutely loved it this book. Such an elegant, moving and honest account of life on the frontline. This is mandatory reading for anyone who cares about the NHS. I am very often asked what it's like to be a junior doctor, and I can now direct people to this book. It's so refreshing to see someone tell it exactly as it is. -- Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble With Goats and SheepEloquent and moving... Anybody who wants to understand what is happening to the NHS should read this book. -- Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm * The Times Magazine *

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Book SynopsisThe importance of communication in health-related matters cannot be overemphasized. Despite modern global advancements, indigenous communication methods assume a large part of health practices in rural regions throughout the world, including areas in Africa and Asia. Indigenous language remains one of the strongest means of communication and a vital function in local communities across the globe.Emerging Trends in Indigenous Language Media, Communication, Gender, and Health is a collection of innovative research that vitalizes, directs, and shapes scholarship and global understanding in the aforementioned areas and provides sustainable policy trajectory measures for indigenous language media and health advocacy. This book will provide a better global understanding of the significance indigenous language still has in modern society. While highlighting topics including digitalization, sustainability, and health education, this book is ideally designed for researchers, anthropologists, sociologists, advocates, medical practitioners, world health organizations, media professionals, government officials, policymakers, practitioners, academicians, and students.

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Book Synopsis'Needle-sharp analysis from the front line' Ian Rankin 'Utterly compelling' Henry Marsh 'Wonderful ... A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's near-demise, and a call to action' Leah Hazard 'A reminder of what is important, what we hold dear, and who we are' Christie Watson 'Compassionate, clever, curious, principled, humane ... A succinct, elegant and beautifully written account of what the NHS should and could still be' Rachel Clarke Britain's health service is dying. Gavin Francis shows us why we should fight for it. Since its birth in 1948, the powers that be have chipped away at the NHS. Now, Britain's best-loved institution is under greater threat than ever, besieged by a deadly combination of underfunding, understaffing and the predatory private sector. In the wake of the pandemic, we have come to accept a 'new normal' of permanent crisis and years-long waiting lists. But, as Gavin Francis reveals in this short, vital book- it doesn't have to be this way, and until recently, it wasn't. Drawing on the history of the NHS as well as his own experience as a GP, he introduces us to the inner workings of an institution that has never been perfect but which transformed the lives and health of millions, for free - and which has never been more important. For those who believe in the future of the NHS and its founding principles, this is essential reading from the bestselling author of Recovery and Intensive Care.Trade ReviewAlmost unbearable to read this yet everyone, especially politicians, should - GP Gavin Francis writes eloquently about the pressures facing every corner of the NHS. Needle-sharp analysis from the front line -- Ian RankinEssential reading for all who want to understand why our NHS is falling apart, and what has to be done to put it back together. -- David LammyGavin Francis is exactly the NHS doctor you long for - compassionate, clever, curious, principled, humane - and this book brims over with exactly the same qualities. Free For All is a succinct, elegant and beautifully written account of what the NHS should and could still be, if only it were properly managed and funded. I loved every page -- Rachel ClarkeAn utterly compelling explanation of why the NHS is by far the most equitable and cost-effective way of delivering healthcare, and why it should be properly funded -- Henry MarshTimely, thought-provoking and eloquent... brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of physicians with fine pens, including Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande -- Janice Turner * The Times *It is very rare for a book to make me want to take to the streets and march on Westminster, but this one did ... wise, thoughtful and considered ... I took heart from this book * The Tablet *Zipped through Gavin Francis's wonderful new book with a tear in my eye. A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's near-demise, and a call to action -- Leah HazardBeautifully written, thought provoking, moving, heart-warming, and challenging. At a time when the NHS has never been under greater pressure or threat, this superb book gives real hope for a positive future -- Sir David Haslam CBE, Past Chair of NICEA beautiful love letter to our NHS, that eloquently argues the NHS can be saved, and it must be saved. A reminder of what is important, what we hold dear, and who we are -- Christie Watson

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Book SynopsisOver the last twenty years integrated care has been touted as a solution to many issues in health services, such as insufficient coordination between services, cumbersome organizational boundaries, interrupted patient journeys, as well as spiraling health care costs. However, despite volumes of research, the field has seen few innovative advances in recent years. In particular, prevailing integrated care implementation practice and research appear to be very health science centred, spurning approaches from other disciplines. Axel Kaehne argues that it is time to re-evaluate how we investigate care integration. He asks us to radically question our assumptions about integrated care as a managerial, organisational and behavioural endeavor. This is a profound departure from conventional thinking about integration in health and social care. Kaehne reveals the tacit assumptions we make when we manage and change health services and offers a fresh perspective on care integration whilst inviting readers to examine long established research orthodoxies. This eclectic conceptual and theoretical approach produces surprising insights for everyone who is ready to see things anew.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction – why integrated care is so hard to achieve Chapter 2. The Future of Integrated Care Chapter 3. How organisation theory may help us understand integrated care Chapter 4. Integrating care as organisational design Chapter 5. Complexity in integration studies Chapter 6. Care integration as a liminal moment Chapter 7. Tacit assumptions in care integration Chapter 8. The politics of integrating services Chapter 9. Is integration a science or a craft? Chapter 10. Reconciling the practice, research and reality of integrated care Chapter 11. Integrated care as a research paradigm Chapter 12. Patient centred care and integration

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Book SynopsisThere are few resources and books for professionals within the patient safety sector that use case studies to model the practical application of theories of patient safety incident investigation. Exploring these theories, this text brings together contributors from a variety of academic and healthcare professions, alongside those with lived experience, to help you understand some of the emerging theories of safety science and their practical application.The NHS's approach to incident reporting in investigations, the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), has given rise to new-found opportunities and freedom of investigation and incident management. This book aims to explore emerging safety sciences by leading experts and the practical application of them in differing clinical and organisational contexts.Written by people who work in patient safety, and with chapters on subjects such as System Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS), AcciMaps and Human Factors, this book is for everyone with an interest in how the landscape of patient safety is changing and how to apply good practice for the reduction of avoidable harm.

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Book Synopsis'One of the most impressive accounts of madness to be found in literature' ANITA BROOKNER'Lyrical, touching and deeply entertaining' JOHN MORTIMER, OBSERVER'Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking' ELEANOR CATTON 'I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.'When Janet Frame's doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was Faces in the Water, a powerful and poignant novel. Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long dismissed by hospital staff with humour and compassion, she reveals her original and questing mind. This riveting novel became an international classic, translated into nine languages, and has also been used as a medical school text.Trade ReviewOne of the most impressive accounts of madness to be found in literature . . . A masterpieceLyrical, touching and deeply entertaining * Observer *What an extraordinary woman she is, overcoming such obstacles, and making fresh and good use of them in her workJanet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life . . . and yet to read her is no more difficult than breathingJanet Frame is the greatest New Zealand writer. She is utterly herself. Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking

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Book Synopsis"Unparalleled in British medical history James Owen Drife charted his reactions to the medical world in which he worked and published them, initially in World Medicine and then the British Medical Journal (BMJ). This book is sometimes painfully frank, at other times disturbing or very funny but always entertaining. It provides an important insight on the life and times of a doctor working in the NHS."

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Book SynopsisAt the dawn of the permissive age Diana is a medical student in swinging London. Revel in the fascinating characters that she meets, the medical students, doctors and patients and see what made the little girl into the woman she is now. Funny and moving and based on a true story.

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Book SynopsisIn his second book, Sterling Haynes begins by telling us that at the age of seventy a left hemisphere stroke rearranged his brain. "My right creative side took over and I started to write poetry and humour. I was left with a partially paralysed right foot, but a writer''s creative right brain. I think I got the better of the deal, a new brain in trade for a foot. The funny episodes in my medical practice became hilarious. The sad, melancholy parts of my life''s memories looked less bleak." Haynes goes on to share the humorous and sometimes bizarre tales of his life as a doctor; a man shoots off his big toe in a drunken binge and then begs the doc to get him to Sunday Mass on time, an inmate swallows a spoon to avoid solitary confinement, an accident with a Murphy bed leaves a man hanging for more than ten hours. "I worked long hours, made house calls, went out with the ambulance and flew to remote accident areas, sometimes receiving payment in kind: hinds of beef, lamb and moose, bags of potatoes and turnips and on one occasion, a big game guide brought me a four point buck in payment for delivering his first son, leaving the dressed carcass in the centre of my waiting room." Haynes tells it like it was in these tales of a frontier doctor, from Williams Lake to Alabama.

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Book SynopsisThe programme was designed to support professionals to process their workplace experiences and support them to build resilience levels to ensure they had future coping strategies beyond the initial life of the supervision sessions. The model of restorative resilience supervision was first developed in response to the emotional demands of midwives, doctors and nurses caring for families who had experienced miscarriage and stillbirth.Table of ContentsContent Includes: Introduction Workplace stress Vulnerability of the helping professions Resilience and protective factors Why restorative resilience supervision? Key elements of the model Case studies

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Book SynopsisThis IMAT collection gives you all the resources for the IMAT in one fully comprehensive guidebook. This collections book consists of 5 full books - you get all guides and practice papers in one single volume. This allows you to plan your preparation more thoroughly, whilst benefiting from the convenience and savings of a single preparation book. Start by reading The Ultimate IMAT Guide which gives you all the information about the test, the question styles, question answering strategy and hundreds practice questions to hone your skills. Each practice question comes with fully worked solutions, so you can build on your mistakes and improve your scores over time. Then work you way through our comprehensive worked solutions for all current IMAT past papers, including model essays! Finally put all your skills into practice with 8 authentic mock tests. With contributions from specialist IMAT tutors and Published by the UK''s leading University Admissions Company, The Ultimate IMAT Collection is the world''s most comprehensive preparation guide. This book will allow you to approach the test with confidence and gain the best possible score.

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Part manual and part manifesto, Letters to a Young Doctor is a timely and passionate book to help future medical students and young doctors navigate and survive medical education and practice, presenting an unvarnished depiction of medicine as it is today and the challenges the profession faces. Spiritually charged and deeply personal, this urgent book offers guidance and hope through Dr. Hilali Noordeen's hard-won experience and wisdom.

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Book Synopsis'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal measure. At its heart is a breathtaking account of life on the COVID frontline.' - Jay Rayner'Ed's journey is funny, sad, harrowing, hilarious... I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO READ THIS.' - Colin Mochrie'Very Funny.' - Fern Brady'I love your book Catch your Breath, it just feels so personal and so refreshing.' - Adil Ray, Saturday LiveA gut punch of a memoir by a doctor - and comedian - whose job is to keep people alive by putting them to sleep.Ed Patrick is an anaesthetist.Strong drugs for his patients, strong coffee for him. But it's not just sleep-giving for this anaesthetist, as he navigates emergencies, patients not breathing for themselves and living with a terrifying sense of responsibility. It's enough to leave anyone feeling numb.But don't worry, there's plenty of laughing gas to be had.'Very funny, very timely, scary in places. Ed writes with wit, insight, surprise and pathos. He is cutting his teeth in anaesthetics, taking people as close to death as you can take them, and then trying to wake them up again. And makes it funny. A joy to read.' - Phil Hammond

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Book SynopsisFollowing Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each month exploring the people she meets, in life and death, as well as her own growing awareness of life behind the veil. Meet Mr X Found in his apartment months after his death, Mr X has no relatives that can be traced. He is the longest-serving resident of the mortuary, having been there for almost a year while the search for his elusive family continues. The staff talk to him like an old friend, but Mr X is disintegrating and a decision has to be made soon. Meet Mary Her baby girl has been lost in the 15th week of pregnancy, Mary’s last chance to have a child. Mary won’t allow Abigail to leave the mortuary until she has finished reading a book to her. She visits twice each day, sitting with her baby, reading to her, speaking to no one, until she finally opens up to Kate. Meet Joe A loving husband and father who has died suddenly of a heart attack. Joe is visited by his wife, his children – and his mistress. On the day that all his worlds collide, Kate witnesses how death can finally reveal the truth of years of lies. Sorry for Your Loss is haunting, uplifting and informative, with many moments of laughter, and shows us that the way we approach death can make life all the more precious.

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Book SynopsisAs he works his way through his medical training, Ike Anya’s grandmother reassures him, ‘Everything worthwhile is achieved small by small.’ Small by Small charts the triumphs and failures of Ike’s student days through to his first demanding year as a house officer. A medical memoir unlike any from the West, this is filled with the colour and vibrancy of tempestuous 1990s Nigeria, where political unrest, social change and a worsening economy make a doctor’s life particularly challenging. Full of compassion and insight, often humorous and always moving, this is a unique doctor’s journey.Trade ReviewA small miracle of a book. It entertains with delicious storytelling, and leaves us feeling moved and satisfied, and all in a beautifully unhurried way.An uplifting story of hope and ambition vividly recalled. Filled with fascinating characters and insights.I raced to the end of this richly evocative memoir of the challenges of training as a doctor in 90s Nigeria. It’s a good corrective to This is Going to Hurt.A marvellously rich and lucid account of a doctor’s journey, clear-eyed and compassionate.Anya’s wit is sharp, his humour gentle and his insights are so clearly based on an abounding curiosity and a deeply held compassion for his fellow humans.Beautifully told.A rich, alive and warm masterpiece.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes key skills that allow us to thrive both at work and in our personal lives. Making time to boost our wellbeing is realistic and achievable, and making small changes in key life areas can have a surprisingly significant impact on mood. Key Features: Practical guidance to combat stress and burnout in primary care 10-minute techniques, to fit in with busy lifestyles Features, CBT, Mindfulness and Behavioural Action techniques Working in primary care can be stressful and exhausting and our connection is easily broken with the aspects that made it rewarding and worthwhile. Once broken, it is all too easy to slip into a negative spiral of over-working, failing to switch off, and not spending enough time on rest and recuperation. The book introduces six GROWTH steps, all possible in 10 minutes. These are based on techniques such as CBT, mindfulness and behavioural activation, that help lead to positive mental health and significantly improved wellbeing. The first half of the book includes exercises and activities to help you practise and learn more about each of the GROWTH steps. The second half then focuses on applying the steps to some of the common difficulties that we all experience in primary care, such as: overcoming low mood, low motivation and burnout coping with anxiety, uncertainty and worry, especially if you are training, taking exams or simply feeling overwhelmed managing change and loss The book can help you avoid imposter syndrome, strengthen important relationships, navigate tricky encounters, and cope better with trauma and complaints. The book cannot remove all the stress that comes from working on the front-line, but it does offer you simple practical help to manage stress much better by boosting your resilience and improving your coping strategies. And it only needs to take 10 minutes a day!Trade ReviewVery engaging, helpful and an easy read! ‘A practical book which allows its readers to digest information in small steps and take the useful tips provided and apply them in our working days. A great read for healthcare professionals like myself!' Amazon reviewerReminded me of why I became a GP ‘This book is tailor-made for primary care health professionals. A lot if it may be stuff that deep down we know or think we know (!) but it is beautifully laid out and a wonderful reminder of the importance of reflecting on core values, future goals, things to be grateful for and self-care to help promote our wellbeing in an ever changing and challenging NHS. It is a book which will equip you to look after yourself and your patients. Like Lee David's 10 minute CBT book I will be coming back to this repeatedly as a reference for myself and to pass on the tips to help others.' Amazon reviewer Thoughtful, handy and an important tool for busy, dedicated GPs ‘If the conundrum is "How do GPs learn to look after themselves?" then what is the answer? As a full-time NHS GP Partner for over 25yrs, I still feel very invested in this question. Reading the book has given me fresh insight into how to protect my emotional well-being, faced with the constant pressure of full-time clinical practice in a busy urban setting. The first problem is, how does one identify, define or quantify the pressure we face? It is insidious yet glacial; amorphous yet cumulative. But the strange truth is that even as highly-trained professionals, the very skills we use every day with patients, to provide incisive and authoritative care, empathy and compassion, are not so easily applied to ourselves. So my main surprise takeaway lessons are that a little bit of practice stepping back to re-frame the problem - engaging a 'wise mind' - enables me to give of my best to patients whilst also caring better for myself as a GP (and that self-compassion really is all that it is cracked up to be); and that taking micro-steps in a positive direction may be all that is required to achieve meaningful change over time. Change may indeed be needed in personal, organisational and political spheres, and in my own career NHS pressures have never felt greater than they do now. But I would urge all front-line GPs to do yourself a big favour and read this book: strip back some of your old habits and thought processes, adopt some simple new techniques, and learn to care for yourself: it is important and actually not that difficult. And nobody is going to offer to do this for you!' Amazon reviewer Clear, concise, life-changing ‘As a specialist in this field I found this book refreshingly clear and easy to read, and jam-packed with great evidence based tips and tools to make your life a bit less stressful There’s so much packed in, but in a way that can be easily digested, reused, worked through, dipped in and out of in simple 10 minute chunks… I wish I’d had this book years ago to help me with my own well-being as a doctor.' Amazon reviewer Practical toolkit for those pressed for time. Drawn from a range of psychological approaches. ‘The NHS is currently under a lot of pressure and staff are feeling the strain. The reality of working in the NHS (particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic) was also traumatic for many professionals. While systems need to change, there are things we can all do to manage our stress and help take the edge off. This is an excellent book which includes some very useful and proven techniques from a variety of psychological approaches including traditional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and third wave approaches (more rooted in mindfulness and acceptance) such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectial Behavioural Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. The latter approaches may be particularly more useful than traditional CBT to develop psychological flexibility, cultivate self-compassion and help manage difficult emotions in the context of working in a highly stressful environment. The book has some useful skills from these different therapeutic models and something for everyone to take away and practice. There is also a section specifically covering some very common reactions to difficult or traumatic events. The book is well structured and easy to follow for those who are pressed for time.’ (By James Pittman - Trainee Clinical Psychologist) Amazon reviewer A must for all healthcare professionals ‘An extremely useful book for anyone in the caring profession, working in the NHS in the current climate is an incredibly stressful time for many people. This book shows ways in which to deal, and cope with day to day difficulties and provides support and exercises to really boost your mental wellbeing.’ Amazon reviewer An excellent book ‘I would highly recommend it for anyone working in healthcare (or anyone working with people!) The chapters are engaging and designed to work through with thought and consideration to meet your own personal circumstances. It certainly helped me feel rebalanced.’ Amazon reviewer A must read for health professionals and anyone experiencing stressful work and life situations ‘I was recommended this book by a healthcare colleague who had found it life changing in helping her to manage her stressful NHS role. As a CBT and ACT therapist I was curious to see what the authors had to contribute to the area of workplace stress, as it has been an increasing issue for many of my clients and colleagues. What I particularly liked about the book was the easy to understand GROWTH model, which was explained in bite-sized pieces making it simple to apply to the individual's particular situation and priorities. The authors have comprehensively included well researched, tried and tested strategies that have been proven to work, in a format that is easy to follow with relatable vignettes to bring the content to life. I have found the book easy to use both personally and as a therapist with my clients from all walks of life. It helps you to reflect and evaluate what is important to you and how to work towards living the life you would like amidst all the busyness and challenges. I would recommend it to both healthcare professionals and anyone finding their work stressful or struggling with the demands of modern living - a real treasure trove of a book.' Amazon reviewer Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; About the authors; Introduction PART I Chapter 1 Follow your inner Guide 1.1 What do we mean by your inner Guide? 1.2 Finding your values 1.3 Living your values 1.4 Recognising your needs 1.5 Purpose and meaning 1.6 Personal qualities 1.7 Troubleshooting finding your inner Guide Chapter summary: using your Guide Chapter 2 Ready for Action 2.1 The importance of taking action 2.2 What is taking action? 2.3 From values to actions 2.4 Are you living according to your values? 2.5 Plans, goals and actions 2.6 What gets in the way? 2.7 Taking a Towards step 2.8 Planning for the long term Chapter summary: Ready for Action Chapter 3 Open and Observe 3.1 Open and Observe skills 3.2 Observe this moment: notice the ‘NOW’ 3.3 Finding flow 3.4 Flexible attention 3.5 Practising mindfulness 3.6 Practising your Open and Observe skills 3.7 Understanding our reactions 3.8 Stepping back and making space 3.9 Finding enjoyment and contentment Chapter summary: Open and Observe Chapter 4 Wise Mind 4.1 What is Wise Mind? 4.2 We are not our thoughts 4.3 Thoughts and emotions 4.4 Negative thinking patterns 4.5 Let go of the struggle 4.6 ‘Defuse’ from unhelpful thoughts 4.7 Wise choices 4.8 Support and encouragement 4.9 Repetitive and intrusive thoughts Chapter summary: Wise Mind Chapter 5 Thrive and Balance 5.1 The impact of stress 5.2 What is stress? 5.3 Factors influencing stress 5.4 Stress, pressure and performance 5.5 Coping with stress 5.6 Three circles model of emotions 5.7 The role of self-compassion 5.8 Developing self-compassion 5.9 Balancing the circles Chapter summary: Thrive and Balance Chapter 6 Healthy Life Habits 6.1 What are Healthy Life Habits? 6.2 What gets in the way? 6.3 Finding motivation to change 6.4 Physical activity 6.5 Healthy eating habits 6.6 Healthy sleep habits 6.7 Other unhealthy habits 6.8 Caring for physical health 6.9 Overcoming unhelpful life habits 6.10 GROWTH skills for healthy life habits Chapter summary: Healthy Life Habits PART II Chapter 7 Personality traits and traps 7.1 Personality traits: strengths and vulnerabilities 7.2 Unhealthy perfectionism 7.3 Imposter syndrome 7.4 The ‘chronic hero’: excessive responsibility and guilt Chapter summary: Personality traits and traps Chapter 8 Low mood 8.1 Recognising low mood 8.2 When low mood becomes depression 8.3 What are the causes of low mood? 8.4 Different responses to the same situation 8.5 The route out of the swamp 8.6 Activity diary 8.7 Keeping it going 8.8 Managing negative thinking Chapter summary: Low mood Chapter 9 Anxiety and uncertainty 9.1 What is anxiety? 9.2 Are you struggling with anxiety? 9.3 Why do we have anxiety? 9.4 Anxiety is not dangerous! 9.5 Anxious mind visitors 9.6 Anxiety and Away actions 9.7 Uncertainty in primary care 9.8 GROWTH skills to cope with anxiety and uncertainty Chapter summary: Anxiety and uncertainty Chapter 10 Connecting and communicating 10.1 The importance of connection 10.2 Personality traits and relationships 10.3 Relationship circles 10.4 Strengthening important relationships 10.5 Expanding relationship circles 10.6 Social and performance stress 10.7 What gets in the way? 10.8 Communication and managing conflict Chapter summary: Connecting and communicating Chapter 11 Surviving significant events 11.1 Coping in hard times 11.2 Experiences of trauma 11.3 Loss and grief 11.4 Moral distress and injury Chapter summary: Surviving significant events Chapter 12 Putting it all together 12.1 Where are you now? 12.2 Recapping the GROWTH steps 12.3 Future forward plan Glossary of key terms; References and further reading; Support for health professionals

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Book SynopsisMentoring students, residents, and faculty and supporting their professional development are topics of great concern among leaders in medical education.Offering knowledge and insight from a range of experienced physician-educators and others involved in medical education, Mentoring in Academic Medicine provides a unique perspective on medical professionalism in the coming decades as well as a comprehensive approach to developing programs for mentorship and guidance.Illustrated with realistic cases and examples, this book provides: Insight into effective mentoring relationships and fostering professionalism Guidelines for developing mentoring programs for students, residents, and clinical and research faculty A consideration of the issues that arise related to mentoring special groups Multiple perspectives on role modeling and guiding others to be successful in their careers A part of ACP's Teaching Medicine Series, this title is available individually or as a part of the complete six-book set.

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