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  • Jusqu'au dernier instant

    Series series Emergence
    Dans le contexte du débat sur la fin de vie, le Dr Marie-Félicie Rousseau décrit la complexité des situations vécues par les patients (et leur entourage) lorsqu’ils se savent porteurs d’une maladie grave. Avec un travail de décodage des véritables raisons qui poussent certains à réclamer le droit à une « mort anticipée ».Rares sont les textes qui abordent ces questions avec autant de simplicité, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 无国界病人:师永刚在美治疗癌症3000天

    by 师永刚 ...
    编辑推荐首本跨国治疗癌症10年的求生亲历手记实录 2次手术、5次复发转移、4次急诊、6次放疗惊险历程一部完备贴心的看病求医GPS导航指南一份权威前沿治疗理念的实证汇总分析疾病与命运之间,藏有无法洞悉的秘密,谨记,凡墙皆是门。内容简介《无国界病人》是一部癌症治疗10年的亲历手记,也是首本涉及跨国治疗经验的交流书。作者师永刚罹患罕见癌症肾上腺皮质癌,这个疾病发病率为百万分之一,国内没有太多的治疗方案和有效的治疗药物。为此,作者远赴美国MD安德森癌症中心看病求医,经历了10年内2次手术、5次复发转移、4次急诊、6次放疗的惊心经历,最终通过参与3次新药的临床试验获得"重生"。面对疾病,人们能做的,是尽可能充分了解它,并赢取战胜它的时间。师永刚在《无国界病人》中为读者总结了成功治疗癌症需要的五大必备要素:第1,咨询一定要全面及时,了解一些前沿信息,它会帮助你判断治疗方案的利弊得失。第2 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver's Handbook

    What to Remember When They Forget

    When a loved one shows signs of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, you will face challenges for which you feel ill-equiped. Dozens of decisions will need to be made:* Can Mom live by herself safely? If not, what if she refuses to leave her home?* When do I need to take away the car keys and checkbook?* How do I deal with her obstinate refusal to take a bath or go to the doctor?* Should I correct her ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Staying Alive

    The Signs That You Have to See a Doctor Right Now (and the Ways to Avoid Having to See One Again)

    Staying Alive is the ultimate medical survival guide for the twenty-first-century patient. Written by the award-winning family physician Dr. Matthew Hahn, the book details what most effectively saves patients’ lives and keeps them well. Drawing on his extensive experience, Dr. Hahn teaches you to spot life-threatening symptoms and recognize medical emergencies in time. He then follows up with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 每個器官都在訴說愛

    最撩心的解剖學

    Series series 第一本
    ★在夜晚,畫下白天的感動:白天拿手術刀,晚上改拿畫筆,外科醫師「手拉心 Solaxin」首部著作。撩心式敘事+教科書級精緻圖繪,描繪醫療現場真實上演的人生,記錄生死夾縫間的愛與溫柔。★精細圖繪,撩動人心:封面及內頁插圖皆由作者親繪,精細程度令人嘆為觀止,搭配文字敘述,爆擊力倍增。封面加燙緋紅色金屬箔,凸顯手繪紋理、提升質感,也強調本書主題;並與全書最後一幅插圖相互呼應,從裡到外,全都是愛的模樣。★好文好圖,怎能不推:江伯倫(臺灣大學特聘教授、前臺大醫院副院長)、蘇上豪(金鼎獎得主、心臟外科醫師)、小劉醫師(外科作家)、林嘉俊(臺大醫院家醫科醫師)、Apple(「手術室小綠人」插畫作者),眾人撩心說讚。你的小腦,幫助你微調在愛情裡的平衡感;你的肺葉,一次次純化氧氣,讓你得以自由呼吸。<stro... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Seven Signs of Life

    Unforgettable Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

    For Readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, an Intensive Care Doctor Reveals How Everyday Emotions Are Taken to Extremes in the ICUDr. Aoife Abbey takes us beyond the medical perspective to see the humanity at work inside our hospitals through the eyes of doctors and nurses as they witness and experience the full spectrum of human emotion with every shift. It is their responsibility ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Caregiving: Biblical Insights From a Caregiver’s Journey

    The Bible Speaks to Life Issues, #2

    Series Book 2 - The Bible Speaks to Life Issues
    When you receive the news that your spouse has advanced cancer, it can feel like your world has come crashing down. The hopes and dreams you had for your future together are replaced with feelings of hopelessness and fear. The forthcoming day-to-day struggles of caregiving can be overwhelming and seem impossible to navigate.Caregiving: Biblical Insights From a Caregiver's Journey is a powerful ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Perfect Sight Without Glasses

    William Horatio Bates (December 23, 1860 – July 10, 1931) was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates Method for better eyesight, an educational method intended to improve vision by undoing a supposed habitual strain to see. The efficacy of the method is questionable, and his theory that the eye does not focus by changing the power of the lens ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Illness Narratives

    Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition

    From one of America's most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than just diagnosing their illness.Modern medicine treats sick patients like broken machines -- figure out what is physically wrong, fix it, and send the patient on their way. But humans are not machines. When we are ill, we experience our illness: we become ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Δικαίωμα στην Αλήθεια

    Για Συγγενείς - Φίλους ασθενών με καρκίνο

    Πρέπει άραγε ή Όχι να ξέρει την αλήθεια ο ασθενής με καρκίνο; Αν ναι, από Ποιόν ενημερώνεται; ΠΩΣ; Πόσο Μέρος της αλήθειας αντέχει να γνωρίζει;Στην χώρα μας αποτελεί Πληγή, που κακοφόρμισε, ένα “κυλώνειον ἅγος”, η άγνοια της Αλήθειας από τον μοναδικό Άμεσα ενδιαφερόμενο...Παρατίθενται επιχειρήματα μαζί με αντιπαραδείγματα, εμπνευσμένα από την τριανταδυάχρονη κλινική εμπειρία του συγγραφέα, υπέρ ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • La fortuna di essere allergici?

    L'esperienza di un Allergologo per vivere meglio il proprio stato di allergopatico.Le idee espresse in questo volumetto fanno parte del corredo di esperienze che l'autore ha maturato in oltre 30 anni di professione, e vogliono essere un aiuto verso chi vive male il proprio stato di allergopatico . Vi sono infatti molti aspetti positivi nell’essere allergico e prenderne coscienza può portare ... Read more

    $4.99 USD $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cancer Confidential

    Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic

    Each year, almost twenty million people worldwide receive the grim diagnosis of cancer, yet few are prepared for the difficult emotional journey ahead.Shortly after Dr. Charles Hayter graduated as a cancer specialist, his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. As with many doctors, he found that his medical training did not prepare him for the anguish and turmoil he witnessed in himself, his ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Fight of Our Life

    A True Story of Crisis, Hope, and Love

    It was a virtual death sentence.The resident at the hospital had just said, "We are recommending Bill be sent to a nursing home. He has some cognitive issues and is unlikely to benefit from rehabilitation."Complications had set in ten days after successful brain surgery. Fewer than four weeks later, still unable to clearly define the cause, the medical team had reached its decision. They were ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • My Glory Was I Had Such Friends

    A Memoir

    In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant.Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Oxford Handbook of General Practice

    Series series Oxford Medical Handbooks
    The well-loved Oxford Handbook of General Practice is a lifeline for busy GPs, medical students, and healthcare professionals. With hands-on advice from experienced practitioners, this essential handbook covers the entire breadth and depth of general practice in small sections that can be located, read, and digested in seconds. Now in its fifth edition, the Handbook has been fully revised to ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Box of Birds

    What New Zealand taught me about life and the practice of medicine

    In this fascinating memoir, cardiologist Stephen Stowers eloquently captures the various changes that he has lived through over a lifetime spent as a caring and ethical medical professional. With sadness, he watched as a profession he loved became more and more focused on the bottom line, while working as a doctor in the United States. He unpacks for the reader exactly what has gone awry in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Patient Engagement

    Catalyzing Improvement and Innovation in Healthcare

    CFHI's first book on patient engagement. Case studies from healthcare delivery organizations in three countries, catalyzing improvement and innovation in healthcare illustrates patient engagement strategies and their impacts. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Living with Cancer

    A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis

    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    A comprehensive and compassionate guide for patients and families living with the physical and emotional effects of cancer.The prospect of entering treatment is overwhelming for anyone facing a diagnosis of cancer. While patients have access to a vast amount of medical information online, this advice is often unreliable or confusing. In Living with Cancer, Drs. Vicki A. Jackson and David P. Ryan ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • When We Do Harm

    A Doctor Confronts Medical Error

    **Medical mistakes are more pervasive than we think. How can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MD’s compassionate stories and research explore patient safety.“An essential read for anyone involved or interested in the care of patients.”—Booklist**Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it’s a profound and painful breach. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Vivre et mourir en unité de soins palliatifs

    Quelles relations entre soignants et patients en fin de vie ?

    Series Book 9 - Le Printemps de l'éthique
    Le quotidien de soignants s'occupant de patients en fin de vie. Quel comportement éthique adopter ?Christelle avait un peu plus de trente ans.Après avoir travaillé pendant plusieurs années, elle a repris des études pour réaliser un de ses grands rêves : devenir infirmière.Pendant de nombreux mois, elle a lutté avec une force et une détermination peu communes contre une maladie grave.Entourée de ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Malpractice

    A Neurosurgeon Reveals How Our Health-Care System Puts Patients at Risk

    In 1991, the Institute of Medicine released a landmark report, which revealed that as many as 98,000 patients were dying every year owing to avoidable medical error. More recent research indicates that estimate was, if anything, a drastic understatement of the patient-safety epidemic in the US health care system.In Malpractice, neurosurgeon and attorney Dr. Larry Schlachter makes a case that most ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Tempête sur l'homéopathie

    En août 2005, la fameuse revue médicale anglaise « The Lancet » publie une vaste analyse reprenant la totalité des études concernant les produits homéopathiques et conclut à l’inefficacité de ces produits. Une nouvelle tempête souffle sur l’homéopathie. Les homéopathes et les laboratoires Boiron crient à l’injustice devant cette nouvelle attaque des « ennemis » de l’homéopathie !En fait, l’étude ... Read more

    $4.42 USD

  • What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear

    Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health?Despite modern medicine’s infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion’s share of illnesses. However, what patients say and what doctors hear are often two vastly different things.Patients, anxious to convey their ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • After Cancer: Penguin Special

    A Guide to Living Well

    As medical care improves, Australians are surviving cancer in increasing numbers. But there is little information about life post-treatment – what are some common themes and long-term side effects that people can expect to encounter?With warmth and vigour, After Cancer demystifies the aftermath of treatment, delving into what survivorship really entails. Oncologist Dr Ranjana Srivastava also ... Read more

    $8.99 USD