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Death of the Good Doctor: Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic
by Kate ScannellWhen Scannel found herself assigned to a county hospital AIDS ward, she realized that much of the medicine she had studied was irrelevant. She chronicles the intimacy of her relationships with her patients, and discovers the inadequacy of the "good" doctor who battles illness to keep patients alive regardless of their suffering. She writes not only as a physician but as a woman who entered medical school never having seen a woman doctor.
The Death of the Mythic God: The Rise of Evolutionary Spirituality
by Jim MarionIs God dead? Jim Marion says that what has really died is our myth of God, our worn-out notion of the deity in the sky, separate from us, who intervenes in our lives only when petitioned strenuously. God still exists, but we need to update our interpretation of God's nature. The mythic sky God was never real, says Marion. It was only a concept of God, now outdated.The real God is in the human heart, within the world, operating as the engine of evolution. God grows us from within into ever higher levels of awareness.In a bold revisioning of contemporary spirituality, Marion, author of the acclaimed Putting on the Mind of Christ, shows us how to expand consciousness and follow the genuine path of Jesus and the world's mystics into greater inner development.
A Death Retold
by Julie Livingston Peter Guarnaccia Keith WailooIn February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's tragedy became a portal into the complexities of American medicine, prompting contentious debate about new patterns and old problems in immigration, the hidden epidemic of medical error, the lines separating transplant "haves" from "have-nots," the right to sue, and the challenges posed by "foreigners" crossing borders for medical care.This volume draws together experts in history, sociology, medical ethics, communication and immigration studies, transplant surgery, anthropology, and health law to understand the dramatic events, the major players, and the core issues at stake. Contributors view the Santillan story as a morality tale: about the conflicting values underpinning American health care; about the politics of transplant medicine; about how a nation debates deservedness, justice, and second chances; and about the global dilemmas of medical tourism and citizenship.Contributors:Charles Bosk, University of PennsylvaniaLeo R. Chavez, University of California, IrvineRichard Cook, University of ChicagoThomas Diflo, New York University Medical CenterJason Eberl, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisJed Adam Gross, Yale University Jacklyn Habib, American Association of Retired PersonsTyler R. Harrison, Purdue UniversityBeatrix Hoffman, Northern Illinois UniversityNancy M. P. King, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBarron Lerner, Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthSusan E. Lederer, Yale UniversityJulie Livingston, Rutgers UniversityEric M. Meslin, Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisSusan E. Morgan, Purdue UniversityNancy Scheper-Hughes, University of California, BerkeleyRosamond Rhodes, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkCarolyn Rouse, Princeton UniversityKaren Salmon, New England School of LawLesley Sharp, Barnard and Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthLisa Volk Chewning, Rutgers UniversityKeith Wailoo, Rutgers University
A Death-Struck Year
by Makiia Lucier<P>For Cleo Berry, the people dying of the Spanish Influenza in cities like New York and Philadelphia may as well be in another country--that's how far away they feel from the safety of Portland, Oregon. And then cases start being reported in the Pacific Northwest. <P>Schools, churches, and theaters shut down. The entire city is thrust into survival mode--and into a panic. Headstrong and foolish, seventeen-year-old Cleo is determined to ride out the pandemic in the comfort of her own home, rather than in her quarantined boarding school dorms. <P>But when the Red Cross pleads for volunteers, she can't ignore the call. As Cleo struggles to navigate the world around her, she is surprised by how much she finds herself caring about near-strangers. <P>Strangers like Edmund, a handsome medical student and war vet. Strangers who could be gone tomorrow. And as the bodies begin to pile up, Cleo can't help but wonder: when will her own luck run out? <P>Riveting and well-researched, A Death-Struck Year is based on the real-life pandemic considered the most devastating in recorded world history. <P>Readers will be captured by the suspenseful storytelling and the lingering questions of: what would I do for a neighbor? At what risk to myself? <P>An afterword explains the Spanish flu phenomenon, placing it within the historical context of the early 20th century. Source notes are extensive and interesting. <P>A Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices selection
Death: A Survival Guide
by Dr Sarah BrewerWe all have a 100 per cent chance of dying - eventually. But when are you most at risk? Which are the world's biggest killers? And what can you do to postpone the inevitable? Death - A Survival Guide offers a unique insight into the biggest threats to life and limb in the industrialized world. Sarah Brewer's comprehensive and thorough survey of the most likely ways to die in the industrialized world looks at 100 causes of death from the most common such as heart disease, smoking related deaths and domestic accidents to the unusual and downright bizarre lightning strikes and animal attacks. This fascinating - and occasionally sideways - look at death and dying will help you understand the most common causes of death and how each one affects the human body. View at a glance statistics reveal who dies where, when and how often; lists of warning signs, symptoms and risk factors allow you to determine the chances of it happening to you; and finally case studies on prevention, treatment and cures describe the best steps you can take to avoid meeting your maker in this way. Aeroplane crash; Anaphylactic shock; Aortic aneurysm; Brain tumour; Breast cancer; Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; Dehydration; Dementia; Domestic accidents; Heart attack; Influenza; Malaria; Occupational hazards at work; Over-exertion; Pulmonary Embolism; Respiratory failure.
Death: A Survival Guide
by Sarah BrewerWe all have a 100 per cent chance of dying - eventually. But when are you most at risk? Which are the world's biggest killers? And what can you do to postpone the inevitable? Death - A Survival Guide offers a unique insight into the biggest threats to life and limb in the industrialized world. Sarah Brewer's comprehensive and thorough survey of the most likely ways to die in the industrialized world looks at 100 causes of death from the most common such as heart disease, smoking related deaths and domestic accidents to the unusual and downright bizarre lightning strikes and animal attacks. This fascinating - and occasionally sideways - look at death and dying will help you understand the most common causes of death and how each one affects the human body. View at a glance statistics reveal who dies where, when and how often; lists of warning signs, symptoms and risk factors allow you to determine the chances of it happening to you; and finally case studies on prevention, treatment and cures describe the best steps you can take to avoid meeting your maker in this way. Aeroplane crash; Anaphylactic shock; Aortic aneurysm; Brain tumour; Breast cancer; Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; Dehydration; Dementia; Domestic accidents; Heart attack; Influenza; Malaria; Occupational hazards at work; Over-exertion; Pulmonary Embolism; Respiratory failure.
Death Threats and Percocet: A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories, Vol. 3
by Kerry HammIn the third edition of 'A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories,' Kerry Hamm presents her audience with stories submitted by first responders, hospital and SNF nurses, physicians, law enforcement, fire and rescue, obstetricians, receptionists, orderlies, and even a dentist. How did the young man receive chemical burns to his genitals? A bold (and stupid) stunt in court gets someone tossed in jail. Just how many women was that doctor sleeping with? All these questions and observations are hidden within this volume. Kerry's readers give her a run for her money on the stories they share, from the sad to the terrifying, and right down to the tears-rolling-down-your-cheeks hilarious! Jump right in and try to figure out what these people were thinking.
Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox
by Eugene M. HelvestonIn the 1970s, Dr. Alan Scott sought to selectively weaken eye muscles to treat strabismus (when one or both eyes are misaligned) without surgery. After failed attempts with other agents, Scott developed a method to stabilize the bacteria that causes botulism, culminating in a drug that eventually became known as Botox. In Death to Beauty, Eugene M. Helveston, MD, follows the unlikely story of botulism's 1817 discovery in contaminated German sausages, to its use in military and research facilities, to Scott, an ophthalmologist who aimed to safely use the drug in humans. Scott struggled alone as an unknown in the pharmaceutical industry, searching for clinical trial financing and FDA approval, which he achieved at a fraction of the billions big pharma usually spends to bring a drug to market. Eventually, the company Allergan bought him out, capitalizing on the possibilities for cosmetic uses. Scott's formula was renamed "Botox" and reached annual sales in the billions. After the sale, Scott received no further compensation from Botox sales and remained the same unassuming man.A fascinating walk through the intricate history of how the world's deadliest toxin starting as a treatment for crossed eyes became a routine tool for the cosmetic industry, Death to Beauty will make you rethink success, beauty, and deadly bacteria.
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies
by Kenneth V. IsersonA tome about every conceivable aspect of being dead, as a guide for medical professionals and an aid for people in general to decide what to have done with their bodies. Iserson himself hopes to convince people to donate them to research, but he is not pushy about it. He explores how death is determined, autopsies are done, people are cryonically preserved, heads are shrunk, corpses are transported; and why people rob graves, use coffins, cremate bodies, bury people prematurely, and use corpses in research and training. No gruesome photographs. Totally documented content with multiple footnotes, references, glossary, appendices. Available from Galen Press Ltd., PO Box 64400, Tucson, AZ 85728-4400. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds
by Rebecca E. Hirsch"Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, do not treat them lightly. They can kill you. Or cause you unbearable agony. Or land you in jail. Consider yourself warned." Explore the strange and remarkable stories of poisonous and even deadly plants. Science, history, and true crime converge in an informative and exciting look at Mother’s Nature’s ghoulish garden. From a hallucinogenic fungus linked to the Salem Witch Trials to the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln’s mother, learn how certain plants evolved toxicity to avoid being consumed by predators and became the predator on their own. In A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds author Rebecca Hirsch takes you on a wild journey to look at how toxic chemicals in the natural world have been used for medicine, warfare, and sinister acts of foul play. Tread lightly as we explore these plants’ ominous deeds.
Debajo de mi piel
by Mónica Salmón«Mónica Salmón acompaña a su madre en la batalla contra el cáncer y, al compartirla en palabras, dignifica la pérdida y nos muestra la grandeza del amor filial.» MÓNICA LAVÍN «Un entrañable y solidario testimonio que nos enseña página a página que el cáncer es más un sinónimo de vida que de muerte. Mónica Salmón logra levantar el velo de la enfermedad más temida para mostrarnos el inagotable amor y valentía que realmente inspira.» BLAS VALDEZ «Debajo de mi piel es una experiencia que nos expone a la fragilidad de la vida, pero también nos recuerda la increíble fuerza del amor que yace en todos nosotros para dejarnos la importante lección de vivir y de nunca dejar de amar.» ERIC MANCEBO
Débuter le Yoga: étapes simples pour trouver la paix intérieure et être plus heureux
by Hiddenstuff EntertainmentAimeriez-vous éliminer vos gênes, être moins anxieux, dormir mieux et combattre la dépression? Depuis la nuit des temps, on utilise des techniques de yoga pour traiter un grand nombre de maux et permettre aux hommes d'être plus heureux et en meilleure santé ! Utiliser des techniques de yoga vous aidera également si vous souffrez d'une maladie chronique, réduira les inflammations, boostera votre système immunitaire, votre énergie, votre concentration, et améliorera votre humeur ! Grâce au yoga, vous serez moins déprimé et ressentirez d'avantage les émotions positives. Nous vous révélons les secrets des professionnels du yoga pour être au top de la forme ! En s'appuyant sur des méthodes testées depuis des décennies, cet ebook vous enseignera la manière la plus rapide et la plus efficace d'utiliser le yoga pour améliorer votre vie. Dans ce guide, vous apprendrez des techniques efficaces qui ne requièrent l'utilisation d'aucun équipement coûteux et qui sont accessibles aux débutants. Grâce à ce guide : - Retrouvez la forme. - Perdez du poids. - Améliorez votre souplesse. - Combattez la dépression. - Combattez le stress. - Réduisez et éliminez l'anxiété. - Gagnez en énergie. - Dormez mieux. - Pratiquez la pleine conscience. - Surmontez vos problèmes de santé. ET BIEN PLUS ENCORE ! Si vous voulez être en meilleure santé, guérir vos maux ou améliorer votre concentration et votre bien-être, alors ce guide est fait pour vous. --> Remontez en haut de la page et cliquez sur ajouter au panier dès maintenant
The Decades of Life: A Guide to Human Development
by Donald CappsIn groundbreaking fashion Donald Capps builds on Erik Erikson's work on the eight stages of life by focusing on the decades of life. This important modification allows developmental theory to be applied to the way people discuss life stages--in ten-year periods. Capps integrates the insights of psychology with those of pastoral care to show pastors and students how the decades of life help us all to understand the journey of life.
Deceit and Denial
by Gerald Markowitz David RosnerDeceit and Denial details the attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers that their deadly products present to workers, the public, and consumers. Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner pursued evidence steadily and relentlessly, interviewed the important players, investigated untapped sources, and uncovered a bruising story of cynical and cruel disregard for health and human rights. This resulting exposé is full of startling revelations, provocative arguments, and disturbing conclusions--all based on remarkable research and information gleaned from secret industry documents. This book reveals for the first time the public relations campaign that the lead industry undertook to convince Americans to use its deadly product to paint walls, toys, furniture, and other objects in America's homes, despite a wealth of information that children were at risk for serious brain damage and death from ingesting this poison. This book highlights the immediate dangers ordinary citizens face because of the relentless failure of industrial polluters to warn, inform, and protect their workers and neighbors. It offers a historical analysis of how corporate control over scientific research has undermined the process of proving the links between toxic chemicals and disease. The authors also describe the wisdom, courage, and determination of workers and community members who continue to voice their concerns in spite of vicious opposition. Readable, ground-breaking, and revelatory, Deceit and Denial provides crucial answers to questions of dangerous environmental degradation, escalating corporate greed, and governmental disregard for its citizens' safety and health. After eleven years, Markowitz and Rosner update their work with a new epilogue that outlines the attempts these industries have made to undermine and create doubt about the accuracy of the information in this book.
Decidete a tener una vida sana
by Carlos Diéguez AgrazLa elección de llevar una vida sana se trata de impulsar al lector a tomar una postura más consciente, proactiva y responsable sobre su salud y bienestar. A lo largo del libro se abordan temas de gran interés para la vida presente y futura de cada persona y que, no obstante su importancia y trascendencia, no se enseñan en los espacios académicos comunes. El tradicional enfoque de la salud requiere ser transformado hacia prácticas preventivas y de autocuidado, con costos significativamente menores para todos: el estado, las empresas y las personas; pero además con los grandes beneficios que goza quien tiene una vida mucho más plena y saludable, quienes lo rodean y la sociedad en su conjunto. Tomar las riendas y el control de la propia vida es una decisión personal. Contribuir y guiar al lector para alcanzar este gran objetivo es el deseo sincero del autor.
Deciphering Angel Numbers: Translate Your Guardians' Messages
by April WallDiscover the mystical meaning of angel numbers and the connection they have to your higher self. Follow along and find all of your answers in Deciphering Angel Numbers.As the third book in Weldon Owen&’s Daily Divination series, Deciphering Angel Numbers dives into numerology to define the concept of angel numbers and explores the unique history of the mystical practice. Angel numbers are a large part of modern metaphysical practices, and these trios of numbers are a wonderful tool in managing life challenges, recognizing messages from spirit guides, and staying connected to those who have passed on. Join author April Wall as she provides a complete history of angel numbers, including a full glossary on all the numbers, who sends them, explanations on how to interpret them accurately, and all the answers you need in learning how to incorporate their spiritual meanings into your daily life. ALL OF YOUR ANGEL NUMBER QUESTIONS ANSWERED: The only angel number guidebook you will ever need! With thorough explanations, tips on finding the patterns, and a history of numerology, this guide is the total package. COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Collect the entire Daily Divination series to increase your divination skill set. EXPERT GUIDANCE: Author April Wall has worked in the metaphysical space for over ten years. She is an authentic and reliable source in learning to communicate with your higher self and those beyond. PERFECT GIFT: This book makes the perfect gift for any mind, body, and spirit enthusiast in your life.
Decision-Making in Environmental Health: From Evidence to Action
by D. Briggs C. Corvalan G. ZielhuisDecision-Making in Environmental Health examines the need for information in support of decision-making in environmental health. It discusses indicators of environmental health, methods of data collection and the assessment of exposure to and the health impact of different environmental risk factors.
Decision Making in Health and Medicine
by M.G. Myriam Hunink Milton C. Weinstein Eve Wittenberg Michael F. Drummond Joseph S. Pliskin John B. Wong Paul P. Glasziou M.G. Myriam Hunink Milton C. Weinstein Eve Wittenberg Michael F. Drummond Joseph S. Pliskin John B. WongDecision making in health care means navigating through a complex and tangled web of diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainties, patient preferences and values, and costs. In addition, medical therapies may include side effects, surgery may lead to undesirable complications, and diagnostic technologies may produce inconclusive results. In many clinical and health policy decisions it is necessary to counterbalance benefits and risks, and to trade off competing objectives such as maximizing life expectancy vs optimizing quality of life vs minimizing the required resources. This textbook plots a clear course through these complex and conflicting variables. It clearly explains and illustrates tools for integrating quantitative evidence-based data and subjective outcome values in making clinical and health policy decisions. An accompanying CD-ROM features solutions to the exercises, PowerPoint® presentations of the illustrations, and sample models and tables.
Decision-Making, Personhood and Dementia: Exploring the Interface
by Deborah O'Connor Barbara PurvesDementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making particular decisions or is globally incompetent. However, much less focus has been placed on understanding how the capacity to make decisions influences one's view of oneself, one's world and one's treatment by others. This book aims to broaden discussion around this issue by moving beyond a focus on notions of capability and competence to explore the importance of personhood and the underlying complexities of decision-making for those with dementia. Based on papers from the Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia (CRPD) workshop, experts in dementia care, law, ethics and philosophy discuss the interface between dementia, personhood and decision-making. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary and international perspectives, the book forges new understandings of relationships between everyday, informal decision-making and more formal biomedical or legal processes for assessing competence. This collection of papers provides an in-depth understanding of decision-making in relation to dementia for researchers, healthcare practitioners, service providers, legal professionals and anyone with an interest in personhood in dementia care.
The Decision Tree: How to make better choices and take control of your health
by Thomas GoetzFor all the talk about personalized medicine, our health care system remains a top-down, doctor-driven system where individuals are too often bit players in their own health decisions. In The Decision Tree, Thomas Goetz proposes a new strategy for thinking about health, one that applies cutting-edge technology to put us at the center of the equation and explains how the new frontier of health care can impact each of our lives.
Decisional Privacy and the Rights of the Child (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law)
by Georgina DimopoulosDecisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable interference from other individuals or the state. This book advances a theory of a child’s right to decisional privacy. It draws on the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and extends the work of respected children’s rights scholars to address a significant gap in understanding the interconnections between privacy, family law and children’s rights. It contextualises the theory through a case study: judicial proceedings concerning medical treatment for children experiencing gender dysphoria. This work argues that recognising a substantive right to decisional privacy for children requires procedural rights that facilitate children’s meaningful participation in decision-making about their best interests. It also argues that, as courts have increasingly encroached upon decision-making regarding children’s medical treatment, they have denied the decisional privacy rights of transgender and gender diverse children. This book will benefit researchers, students, judicial officers and practitioners in various jurisdictions worldwide grappling with the tensions between children’s rights, parental responsibilities and state duties in relation to children’s best interests, and with the challenge of better enabling and listening to children’s voices in decision-making processes.
Decisions, Decisions: Vegetarianism, Breakfasts, and Beyond (Understanding Nutrition: A Gateway to Ph #11)
by Kim EtingoffNutrition can be complicated. How do you know what foods are healthy and what aren't? How much should you eat? What exactly should you eat? During your lifetime, starting right now, you'll have to make a lot of decisions about food. You'll need to choose whether or not to eat breakfast. You'll pick what to eat for lunch. You'll decide whether you want to eat meat or not. It's good to be prepared to make healthy food decisions. Decisions, Decisions: Vegetarianism, Breakfasts, and Beyond helps you navigate through the many food options you face.
Decisions For Health
by Vivian BernsteinDecisions for Health : The Complete Edition by Vivian Bernstein
Decisions for Health
by Vivian BernsteinThis affordable health text series for limited readers provides relevant information and a decision-making model to help students make educated life choices. This is an easy-to-read alternative to standard health texts.
Decisions For Health: Red Edition
by Holt Rinehart Winston StaffTextbook on how to make good health decisions