Medical Care

Drafted at the conclusion of a series of trials of Nazi doctors who'd been charged of crimes - like murder and falsifying death certificates on behalf of their employer, the German government - the Nuremberg Code was the 20th century's first attempt to articulate specific ethical guidelines in an attempt to protect patients from systematic abuses by doctors, health care practitioners, and medical systems.

The purpose of this booklet is to guide you to instant savings as you travel around the country as a healthcare contractor. I have years of experience that I want to share with you, in order to help you safe money. I will give you tips on how to get to your next assignment. I will give you suggestions on where to stay that will save you big, along with many other things.

Franziska Böhler ist Krankenschwester – und Pflegeaktivistin. Mit ihrem Einsatz für bessere Bedingungen in der Pflege hat sie vielen aus dem Herzen gesprochen. Und doch gab es eine Zeit, in der sie nicht mehr weitermachen kann. Zu viel prasselt auf sie ein: Sie wird bewundert, um Rat gefragt, und sie wird kritisiert, beleidigt, bedroht. Franziska Böhler versucht allem gerecht zu werden, als Mutter von zwei Kindern, als Aktivistin und als Krankenschwestern. Sie versucht den Hass auszublenden, Kritik abperlen zu lassen – doch irgendwann ist das nicht mehr möglich.

This is a historical, nonfiction, true story and addresses necessary changes that must be implemented, maintained, and enforced in worldwide healthcare provider professional training programs and hospitals. The book exposes abuses and enslavement policies and attitudes in health care training programs and hospital administrations worldwide and offers simple and genius remedies to eradicate these deleterious policies and slave owner attitudes of hospital administrators.

The life-affirming memoir of Lindsey Burrow, the working mother of three young children who has inspired the nation through her selfless commitment to husband Rob Burrow (CBE), the rugby league legend she has cared for full time since his Motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis.

The Aging Revolution is the story of Butler and his disciples: women and men who saw older distressed adults in hospitals and homes, and worse: being ignored by most of the medical establishment. These revolutionaries could not ignore the suffering, and they set out—individually and collectively—to create entirely new ways of caring for aging adults to ease their suffering and improve their quality and length of life.

Are you a dedicated healthcare professional frustrated by the language barrier that hampers your ability to provide the best possible care to your Spanish-speaking patients? Don't you wish you had a practical tool at your disposal that could help you learn medical Spanish and connect effectively with your patients? Perhaps it's been a daunting task to find a resource that focuses solely on the healthcare context and makes learning Spanish as easy as sipping your morning espresso.

Consumer protection advocate Ralph Nader praised Solved! Curing Your Medical Insurance Problems: “Who hasn’t been bewildered and outraged by lengthy, inscrutable medical bills and the tricky ways of the health insurers? …. Learn what to watch out for in this volume by authors who know the inside ways of sellers who try to take you to the cleaners.” Some say, “You get what you pay for.” If only this were true! Too often, consumers find themselves paying much more than they expected, getting much less than they bargained for. Medical care is no exception.

Direct Primary Care is an affordable and highly efficient primary care delivery model that promises unrestricted access to your personal doctor with same-day appointments and 24/7 remote access for a flat monthly fee. No deductibles. No copayments. No office visit charges. No insurance required.

Learn more than 1000 Spanish medical terms and phrases with sentences! Including vocabulary for: Medical emergencies, physical exams, symptoms, sickness and medical conditions, human body, medical specialties, first aid, and more!

Technological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care. Medical technology saves lives and relieves suffering, and is enormously popular with the public, profitable for doctors, and a source of great wealth for industry. Yet its costs are rising at a dangerously unsustainable rate. The control of technology costs poses a terrible ethical and policy dilemma. How can we deny people what they may need to live and flourish?

States of Health identifies the practical relevance of federalism to people facing ethical decisions about health and health care, and it considers the theoretical justifications for permissible differences among states. It asks whether authority over important aspects of health is misaligned in the United States today, with some matters problematically left to the states while others are taken over by the federal government.

Mosquito Warrior tells the engrossing story of General William C. Gorgas (1854-1920), the once-renowned pioneer in tropical disease research and public health. His fascinating life illuminates vast transformations in the United States. Carol R. Byerly's balanced and contemporary examination of Gorgas illuminates his complex legacy in medicine and public health, military history, and American ambitions at the dawn of United States global ascendency.

In 2004, doctors discovered that Carmen Rice had a stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor, one of the deadliest of all cancers—the same cancer which killed John McCain, Edward Kennedy, and Beau Biden. After being diagnosed with a glioblastoma tumor, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard made headline news when she moved to Oregon to die with dignity. Carmen's doctor gave her six months to live, but with her faith in God and tenacious spirit, Carmen just kept beating the odds. They Call Me "The Miracle" is her story.

In this fascinating book, Dr. Dominic M. Etli takes readers on an illuminating journey through the ethical labyrinths of modern medicine, drawing unexpected connections to the ancient wisdom of the samurai. Blending vivid storytelling with philosophical insights, Dr. Etli reveals how timeless concepts like mindfulness, compassion, honor and justice from Zen, Bushido and the Hagakure provide invaluable guidance for today's ethical challenges in healthcare.

When people speak of medical tourism, they are usually discussing the practice of going outside of the country they live and paying for a surgical procedure to be performed. When thinking of planning surgery abroad, what you don't know can hurt you. You want to get a good deal and the highest quality care. You're fearful and overwhelmed by all the choices you must make. You want to make the process to be seamless and stress-free. In this cutting-edge book, you will learn critical information that will make the difference between glowing and dismal results.

"You're Not a Doctor: Why Physicians Are Needed" is a compelling exploration of the contentious issue of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) seeking greater autonomy in healthcare. As I near the end of my medical school journey, I share firsthand experiences and insights into the risks and rewards of granting midlevel providers more independence.

Mixing personal history, interviewee voices, and academic theory from the fields of care work, the sociology of work, medical sociology, and nursing, Taking Care of Our Own introduces us to the hidden world of family caregivers. By taking a multidimensional approach, Sherry N. Mong seeks to understand and analyze the types of skilled work that family caregivers do, the processes through which they learn and negotiate these new skills, and the meanings that both caregivers and nurses attach to their care work.

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in the healthcare system seems to be at an all-time low. Conspiracy theories are now mainstream, and distrust of government health agencies is common among private citizens. Yet many of those same individuals still profess trust in their doctors. What, then, is driving the general mistrust in medicine, and how can the public's faith be restored?

Dare to Care is a book about the magic of medicine and life. Patients long for caring and connection when they are ill, and the doctors who come to this profession full of care and compassion often leave feeling drained and diluted as human beings because they forget who they are. In this audiobook, you will be reminded that essential harmony and well-being is your natural state, and what you have been looking for in any doctor you have sought. It offers an invitation to join a new bandwidth of caring, intuition, holism, and love, to ride the waves of living beyond the norm.