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Your medical mind
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Jerome E. Groopman |
"<B>The essential tools for making our own best medical decisions, cutting through the confusion caused by the health-care system, the media, and gaps in our own reasoning. </B> Making the right m… |
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The patient survival guide
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Maryanne McGuckin |
Explains what to do to prevent acquiring infections not only in hospitals, but also in day-care centers, schools, and business offices. |
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Improving medical outcomes
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Jessica Leavitt |
"The ability of doctors to properly diagnose and treat patients is often colored by non-specific factors that can affect outcomes in profound ways. Communication between doctors and patients is key, … |
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citizen patient
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Nortin M. Hadler |
"Conflicts of interest, misrepresentation of clinical trials, hospital price fixing, and massive expenditures for procedures of dubious efficacy--these and other critical flaws leave little doubt tha… |
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Patient-centered medicine
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Moira Stewart |
"The evolution of attitudes and roles in society is reflected in many facets of our lives: In the medical community, these changes are most evident in the shifting relationship between doctor and pat… |
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New beginnings
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Steve Gillam,Fiona Brooks |
"Primary care is the life-blood of the NHS. At the core of health care in this country are the relationships between GPs, practice nurses, therapists and their patients. What matters most for these u… |
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Patient-reported outcomes
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Joseph C. Cappelleri |
"Covering conceptual and statistical methods, this book discusses the issues related to measuring and interpreting patient reported outcomes (PROs). It begins with a review and background information… |
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Choosing life or death
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William J. Winslade |
Describes the legal, ethical, financial, medical, and emotional aspects of decisions involving the critically ill, and discusses living wills, kidney dialysis, handicapped newborns, organ transplants… |
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