TOP MEDICAL BOOKS

Product DescriptionIntensive Care is an affecting view from the trenches, a seasoned doctor’s minute-by-minute and day-by-day account of life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a major inner-city hospital, San Francisco General. John F. Murray, for many years Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division of the hospital and a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, takes... Read the story →

Product DescriptionChildren will explore a typical day of a community worker, following a firefighter as he puts out a fire, a construction worker on a buidling site, and more! Bright, bold photographs show these helpers serve their communities. A Day in the Life of a Doctor  →

ISBN13: 9780140243277 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionA doctor’s fascinating view of what medicine was, and what it has become. Thomas first learned about medicine by watching his father practice in an era when doctors comforted rather than healed. Looking back upon his experiences as a medical student, young doctor, and senior researcher,... Read the story →

Product DescriptionThis book integrates health services research applications in the presentation of research methods and analysis. A practical guide for those interested in health services or health related research, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the major components involved in conducting health services or health related research. This research includes conceptualization, groundwork,... Read the story →

Product DescriptionDr. Konner takes readers through his third year at medical school, where he wonders why teachers instill in their students a sense of power, but no sense of concern. Controversial, insightful, well-written, and deeply moving. Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School  →

ISBN13: 9781554071425 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionA fascinating and harrowing account of the men and women who struggle to improve the lives of people in desperate need. Doctors Without Borders (also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) is arguably the best known humanitarian organization in the world. These professional men and... Read the story →

Product DescriptionWhy train for seven years in Western ways and then move to homoeopathy and Chinese medicine? This book traces the transformational journeys of 40 American physicians who have made this move, outlining the basic models of American health care – technocratic, humanistic and holistic – on the way. From Doctor to Healer: The Transformative Journey  →

ISBN13: 9780135153871 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionRegardless of job title, every healthcare  worker must understand the importance of professionalism.  Hands-on technical skills remain a high priority in healthcare, but good character, a strong work ethic, sound personal traits, and appropriate behaviors are just as important. This practical book... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780071461139 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis is a one-of-a-kind single source compendium of employment advice for residents looking for their first job and physicians looking to make career changes. For the first time, important issues such as geographic considerations, partnerships, salaries, legalities, starting an effective... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780974998633 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionSo much of a medical organization s success rides on the leadership, conduct, and performance of its physicians. How does a health care organization engage its physicians to lead by example? And how does a physician in the midst of 25 appointments, 30 phone messages, hospital rounds, and... Read the story →

Product Description Few subjects hold more universal appeal than that of medicine, and surely few books have evoked medicine’s drama and magic more powerfully than On Doctoring. In its many forms, from age-old ritual to the cutting edge of modern science, medicine concerns us all. It is a human profession, practiced by people who have dedicated their lives not only to science but also to humanity.... Read the story →

Product DescriptionIndispensable for any introductory health occupations course! In its first three editions, Diversified Health Occupations became the most widely used text and supplement package in the field-and the new full-color fourth edition offers even more reasons to adopt it for your introductory classes. With up-to-date dissections of managed care, workplace technology, living wills, patient... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780393065602 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionIn this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself. “It turns out there are all kinds of things about working in an ER that most of us haven’t learned from TV or having sat in one. In Something... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780375764608 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionA life in medicine is something that many dream of but few achieve. The tests students face–both literal and figurative–just to get into medical school are designed to weed out the weak. In Planning a Life in Medicine, the experts at The Princeton Review will help you succeed in a premedical... Read the story →

Product DescriptionOrange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California. Introductory textbook/workbook for allied health students on medical terminology. Halftone illustrations and color plates. Appendices include term components, abbreviations, symbols, and exercise answers. DNLM: Nomenclature. Medical Terminology: the Language of Health Care  →

Product Description“This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In other words, by all of us.”–Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles Rule One for the neurologist in residence: “You ain’t never the same when the air hits your brain.” In this fascinating book, Dr. Frank Vertosick brings that fact to... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780071421850 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionGive PA applicants a competitive edge. The best resource for anyone considering this career. Getting Into the PA School of Your Choice, 2/e is a precise blueprint that addresses every step of the application process, including what schools look for in an applicant, financial aid, Internet... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780679752929 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionNestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases who became, by necessity, the local AIDS expert. Out of his experience... Read the story →