Surviving Your Doctors

Surviving Your Doctors

Author: Richard S. Klein

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010-01-16

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 144220141X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Surviving Your Doctors, with its in-depth explanations, guidance, and direction will be the basic training manual patients need to work their way through the health care maze. It serves as a map of the medical minefield, told from the perspective of a doctor yet designed to reveal the faults in the system and the things that can and do go wrong during the course of both routine and special procedures and office visits. Filled with real stories of medical mishaps, anecdotes, and checklists, this book will walk readers through major areas of the medical world - from the doctor's office to the pharmacy, from the laboratory to the ER - giving them a clearer picture of how things really work, what health care workers really think, and how to take back control of their health and the care they receive.


The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook

The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook

Author: James Hubbard, MD

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1621453065

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It's the worst snowstorm you can remember. The ice-covered streets are abandoned. You hear a boom in the distance, and your computer screen goes blank. Darkness. A crash and another bang from inside the house. In the hallway, your husband sits on the floor, soaked in blood. You dial 911, and all you get is a busy signal. Would you know what to do next? The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will teach you just what you need to know to take care of yourself and your loved ones in the event you aren’t able to get professional medical help right away. Encompassing but going well beyond immediate first aid, the book covers: how to put a dislocated joint back into place how to prevent hypothermia when your heat has gone out what to do for asthma when you don’t have your inhaler whether you can really drink your own urine if you run out of water what to feed your toddler if he has a fever and you have no medicine and much more Featuring more than 100 illustrations, along with quick quizzes and real-life examples, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will take you step by step through the essentials of medical care during a crisis. Perhaps you’ve been stranded by a sudden storm when out camping. Maybe you live alone in a rural area, and can’t easily get to a doctor when you hurt your arm. Or you just want to make sure you and your family are prepared to safely weather the next Superstorm Sandy, polar vortex, tornado strike, heat wave, earthquake, or other natural disaster. Whatever your situation and your health needs, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook is your must-have medical resource.


How to Survive Your Doctor's Care

How to Survive Your Doctor's Care

Author: Pamela F. Gallin

Publisher: Regnery Publishing

Published: 2003-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the essential insider's guide for anyone who has to make healthcare decisions - for yourself or your loved one.


How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Author: Ilene R. Brenner

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-10

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1444331302

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Everyone seeks to avoid getting into a lawsuit, but what do you do if this does happen? Getting sued for medical malpractice is one of the most traumatic events of a physician's career. This text will guide doctors and physicians through the process from the moment they receive a summons until the after-trial appeal process. Containing valuable information that physicians need to know to prevent making critical mistakes that can hurt their case With strategies explained to maximize their chances of a defendant's verdict. Including vital information on how to change your attorney, act at the deposition and dress for court, Navigating through what is a mysterious and terrifying process in non-legalese language that is easy to understand including what makes patients angry, strategies for coping, sample questions and tips on answering them to what happens in court and how to continue if there is a bad outcome.


How Your Doctor Is Slowly Killing You

How Your Doctor Is Slowly Killing You

Author: Angela Derosa

Publisher:

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780991459209

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Common health conditions and diseases in women of all ages can often be traced to one root cause: hormone imbalances and deficiencies, and women can have them from the onset of puberty.


Prescription for Survival

Prescription for Survival

Author: Bernard Lown

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 1576757854

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Tells the story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history. This book also sheds light on what really drove and still drives the nuclear arms race, and the importance of citizen involvement in social change efforts.


When Doctors Become Patients

When Doctors Become Patients

Author: Robert Klitzman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0195327675

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

For many doctors, their role as powerful healer precludes thoughts of ever getting sick themselves. When they do, it initiates a profound shift of awareness-- not only in their sense of their selves, which is invariably bound up with the "invincible doctor" role, but in the way that they view their patients and the doctor-patient relationship. While some books have been written from first-person perspectives on doctors who get sick-- by Oliver Sacks among them-- and TV shows like "House" touch on the topic, never has there been a "systematic, integrated look" at what the experience is like for doctors who get sick, and what it can teach us about our current health care system and more broadly, the experience of becoming ill.The psychiatrist Robert Klitzman here weaves together gripping first-person accounts of the experience of doctors who fall ill and see the other side of the coin, as a patient. The accounts reveal how dramatic this transformation can be-- a spiritual journey for some, a radical change of identity for others, and for some a new way of looking at the risks and benefits of treatment options. For most however it forever changes the way they treat their own patients. These questions are important not just on a human interest level, but for what they teach us about medicine in America today. While medical technology advances, the health care system itself has become more complex and frustrating, and physician-patient trust is at an all-time low. The experiences offered here are unique resource that point the way to a more humane future.


Surviving Modern Medicine

Surviving Modern Medicine

Author: Peter Clarke

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780813525556

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Details the steps consumers must take to navigate the confusing world of medicine to improve the quality of care received


Survival Skills for Doctors and Their Families

Survival Skills for Doctors and Their Families

Author: Ruth Chambers

Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781857759907

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Including not just medics but their families as well, this volume aims to provide information on how to minimize the effects of a medical career on family members. It offers practical support and ideas on how to cope with stresses directly suffered or passed on from their relative or spouse.


Doctors to the Rescue

Doctors to the Rescue

Author: Meish Goldish

Publisher: Bearport Publishing

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1617723215

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From a sports doctor helping a hockey player who was injured during a game, to a surgeon operating on earthquake victims in Haiti, doctors provide emergency care when people need help the most. In this gripping new book, children will meet the brave doctors who share a selfless dedication to helping others and saving lives. Young readers will learn how these everyday heroes use their quick thinking and expert emergency skills to come to the aid of people at a moment's notice. In addition, they will get an inside look at how doctors prepare for their jobs so they are always ready in a crisis. Large, full-color photos and dramatic real-life stories will keep kids turning the pages to learn more.