Author: Janine Baker
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Keywords: patient, breakdown, nervous, guide, unraveling
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 2004-04-21
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0741419785
ISBN-13: 9780741419781

I have been where you are - right there - on what feels like the ledge of sanity. I suffered a nervous breakdown with symptoms that lasted years. Various therapies failed and medications barely touched it. Surrounded by people who cared, I was utterly alone. Eventually, one psychiatrist reached me - and I was able to clear a path to myself. The first step can be the discovery that someone hears what is happening to you. I hope this book can serve as a companion in the darkest of nights - especially for anyone convinced that no one could ever understand.

Author: Robert M. Veatch
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: patient, medical, ethics, part, partner, physician, relation
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 1991-01-22
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0253362075
ISBN-13: 9780253362070

"Throughout the past two decades, when medical ethics has had a renaissance, Robert Veatch has been a leading contributor to its dialogue and advance. This collection of his work shows the breadth and the cogency of his thinking.... it is a book worth having."  -- Journal of the American Medical Association"... a fascinating dissection of almost every aspect of the doctor-patient relationship.... strongly recommended reading for all health care workers interested in this rapidly evolving fiel

Author: Lawrence P. Ulrich
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Keywords: patient, medical, ethics, clinical, challenges, determination, meeting, care
Number of Pages: 351
Published: 2001-07
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0878407480
ISBN-13: 9780878407484

"The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 required medical facilities to provide patients with written notification of their right to refuse or consent to medical treatment. Using this act as an important vehicle for improving the health care decision-making process, Lawrence P. Ulrich explains the social, legal, and ethical background to the act by focusing on well-known cases such as those of Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, and he explores ways in which physicians and other caregivers can help patients face the complex issues in contemporary health care practices."--BOOK JACKET. "This book

Author: Emily R. Transue M.D.
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: patient, doctor, practice, healing, loss, lessons, love, hope
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-04-14
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0312372795
ISBN-13: 9780312372798

Emily Transue earned her credentials in medical school, but learns lessons of a different kind when she embarks on private practice. Her patients, some delightful, some difficult, all come to her for medical advice but, they are not the only ones gaining from the experience. As Dr. Transue guides them through routine exams and life-challenging crises she learns much about life and death, hope and fear and being the physician she wants to be. These lessons carry over into her personal life as she struggles with heartwrenching illness and loss in her own family. Throughout, she is a keen observe

Authors:Anne-Marie Nelson, Steven D. Wood, Stephen W. Brown,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: patient, loyalty, payer, satisfaction, improving, earn
Number of Pages: 341
Published: 1997-01-15
List price: $133.95
ISBN-10: 0834209225
ISBN-13: 9780834209220

Discusses what patients expect from health care and health care professionals, and how this knowledge can improve clinical care and customer satisfaction. DNLM: Patient Satisfaction.

Authors:Jo Anne L. Earp, Elizabeth A. French, Melissa B. Gil
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: patient, centered, care, achieving, quality, advocacy, healthcare, strategies
Number of Pages: 614
Published: 2007-07-23
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0763749613
ISBN-13: 9780763749613

Without constant external and internal pressure, a complex entity such as the U.S. health care system will continue following established patterns and customs. This book identifies patient advocacy from individual, to organizational, to grassroots policy advocacy as a powerful source of that pressure and as a potentially effective way to initiate needed changes in U.S. health care. As a contribution to the emerging healthcare quality movement, Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care is distinct from any others of its kind in its focus on

Authors:Joanne Desmond, Lanny R. Copeland,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: patient, risk, increase, compliance, decrease, time, essentials, save, communicating
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0787947970
ISBN-13: 9780787947972

Drawing on the author’s wealth of experience in health care communications and backed up by solid research, Communicating with Today’s Patient is filled with proven techniques and time-tested strategies physicians and other clinicians can immediately put into action. This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 6 Prescribed credit hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval is for one year from beginning distribution date of October 1, 2000 with option to request yearly renewal.