Ordinary Medicine

Author : Sharon R. Kaufman
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780822375500

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Ordinary Medicine by Sharon R. Kaufman Pdf

Most of us want and expect medicine’s miracles to extend our lives. In today’s aging society, however, the line between life-giving therapies and too much treatment is hard to see—it’s being obscured by a perfect storm created by the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, along with insurance companies. In Ordinary Medicine Sharon R. Kaufman investigates what drives that storm’s “more is better” approach to medicine: a nearly invisible chain of social, economic, and bureaucratic forces that has made once-extraordinary treatments seem ordinary, necessary, and desirable. Since 2002 Kaufman has listened to hundreds of older patients, their physicians and family members express their hopes, fears, and reasoning as they faced the line between enough and too much intervention. Their stories anchor Ordinary Medicine. Today’s medicine, Kaufman contends, shapes nearly every American’s experience of growing older, and ultimately medicine is undermining its own ability to function as a social good. Kaufman’s careful mapping of the sources of our health care dilemmas should make it far easier to rethink and renew medicine’s goals.

Author : Christopher Cowley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230591561

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Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary Lives by Christopher Cowley Pdf

Mainstream discussions of ethics often search for a problem-solving theory or explore ontological status. This book argues instead that the proper starting point should be the words and deeds of ordinary people in ordinary disagreements - the ethical concepts in play can only derive full meaning within the context of ordinary human lives.

Author : Larry Krotz
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770866393

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Nothing Ordinary by Larry Krotz Pdf

This is the story of how 800,000 citizens created their own school of medicine, and what it has meant for the region and its people. Northern Ontario is a vast territory — almost as big as France and Germany combined — with a widely scattered population the size of only 10% of the rest of the province. Rich in forests, minerals, scenery and brilliant, hardy people, Ontario’s north, like many other rural and remote areas, had difficulties attracting and keeping doctors. The solution, they decided, was to train their own. An astonishing percentage of graduates remain to serve the unique needs of their home communities, from rural, to Indigenous, to Francophone. Over the course of twenty years, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine has transformed healthcare and created a legacy of a school that is far from ordinary.

Author : Beata Świtek,Allen Abramson,Hannah Swee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030839628

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Extraordinary Risks, Ordinary Lives by Beata Świtek,Allen Abramson,Hannah Swee Pdf

This book untangles the relationship between expert categorisations of risk and the on-the-ground experiences of untrained ‘ordinary’ people who may be routinely subjected to significant danger in a variety of extraordinary contexts. It considers political, ethical and moral dimensions of risk and calls for more targeted ethnographic research, designed to reveal how grass-roots risk dispositions and practice intersect with official discourses, individual agency and community resilience.

Author : Lennart Nordenfelt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004496002

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Health, Science, and Ordinary Language by Lennart Nordenfelt Pdf

This book is a contribution to the current philosophical discussion on the nature of health and illness. It contains a comparative analysis and reevaluation of four influential contemporary theories in this field. These are the biostatistical theory of Christopher Boorse which represents the mainstream thinking in medicine, and three versions of a holistic and normative understanding of health and illness which are the theories of Lawrie Reznek, K. W. M. Fulford, and Lennart Nordenfelt. In this unusual volume of assessment, Nordenfelt critically reexamines his own theory, and George Khushf and K. W. M. Fulford contribute critical responses.

Author : David Clapham
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491778494

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The Special and the Ordinary by David Clapham Pdf

John Haworth, despite innate shyness, has floated upward in a comfortable English home environment under the influence of much older sisters and their friends. After he begins a new school in the early fifties, the seven-year-old is looking lost when a classmate, Martin Holford, decides to take him under his wing. And so begins a long friendship. Ordinary rules of life apparently do not apply to the confident Martin except, perhaps, when he allows his mischievous humor excessive free rein against the self-important. While on separate coming-of-age journeys, Martin and John get on fine, despite John's occasional resentment about Martin's ability to bounce back after perpetrating 'wrong notes' against the wealthy while John slaves away attempting to make new music sound modern. John, who has no desire to be to be an apathetic musician like his viola teacher, unfortunately lacks the talent, personality, and love of limelight to match his glamorous piano teacher or Katherine, the singer he accompanies on the piano. Now all he has to do is somehow find his place amid an uncertain career as a ghost composer where chances come as infrequent as success. The Special and the Ordinary shares the unique story of two young people as they come of age and step into the future, each with a different idea on what it means to be true to themselves. iUniverse awarded The Special and the Ordinary the 'Editor's Choice' designation. Here are excerpts from the enthusiastic editorial reviews: "Definitely a worthwhile read, I recommend The Special and the Ordinary to lovers of literary fiction." - Pacific Book Review "...heartwarming and uplifting." - Kirkus Reviews "The writing is clear and refreshing, with clean sentences that move the story along at a brisk pace." - Clarion Review Visit my site at www.davidhclapham.com and see my book at Amazon by clicking here.

Author : Ernest Abraham Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015074156988

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Medical Record by Ernest Abraham Hart Pdf

Author : Kathlyn Conway
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472032356

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Ordinary Life by Kathlyn Conway Pdf

A searingly honest account of one woman's ordeal with cancer that offers insights into all the emotions and reactions that illness evokes---sometimes noble, sometimes selfish, often despairing

Author : Stephen Hester
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317085218

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Orders of Ordinary Action by Stephen Hester Pdf

Presenting original research studies by leading scholars in the field, Orders of Ordinary Action considers how ethnomethodology provides for an 'alternate' sociology by respecifying sociological phenomena as locally accomplished members' activities. Following an introduction by the editors and a seminal statement of ethnomethodology's analytic stance by its founder, Harold Garfinkel, the book then comprises two parts. The first introduces studies of practical action and organization, whilst the second provides studies of practical reasoning and situated logic in various settings. By organizing the book in this way, the collection demonstrates the relevance of ethnomethodological investigations to established topics and issues and indicates the contribution that ethnomethodology can make to the understanding of human action in any and all social contexts. Both individually and collectively, these contributions illustrate how taking an ethnomethodological approach opens up for investigation phenomena that are taken for granted in conventional sociological theorizing.

Author : Larry Dossey
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780307394750

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The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things by Larry Dossey Pdf

Every day modern medicine announces the arrival of yet another “wonder drug” or “miracle procedure” to a world increasingly wary of expensive high-tech cures. Drugs, transplants, and surgery don’t work for 90 percent of our aches and pains and, while we are grateful for life-saving developments, we know that most come with risks that we ignore at our peril. Long hailed as one of the founding fathers of mind-body medicine, Larry Dossey directs our attention to simple sources of healing that have been available for centuries—treasures often hidden in plain sight—from the power of optimism and of tears to speed recovery to the surprising usefulness of dirt and bugs in curing disease and infection to the benefits of doing nothing. Exploring the medical research that validates these simple remedies, Dossey encourages us to align ourselves with the wisdom of nature and allow true healing to take place. The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things can transform our view of what health is all about, whether our concern is cancer or the common cold.

Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627125161

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Magic and Medicine by Rebecca Stefoff Pdf

Magic is an art form that effects events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. Much of magic is rooted in tricking the viewer to look elsewhere while the effect, or trick, is performed. Medicine is rooted in science and is the practice of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. This book on magic and medicine shows the scientific method at work. it explores a branch of modern science or a major scientific milestone, comparing and contrasting it with an older idea that has been proved wrong or fails to meet the strict and studied standards of science.

Author : Andrew Michael Doig
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781788033312

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An Ordinary Life...? by Andrew Michael Doig Pdf

Andrew’s journey began with spiritual healing, and led into visiting spiritualist centres in England, Wales, Scotland and Sweden. His experiences sparked a desire to join various circles and experience literally hundreds of séances and hearing those addressed by those in spirit. Since his first tentative steps into the world of spiritualism, he has witnessed transfiguration, physical mediumship, and was involved in ‘rescue work’. He has seen many mediums giving fine examples of mental mediumship, and gained awareness of clairvoyance and clairsentience for himself. Andrew has also had the wonderful adventure of having spirits use him for psychic art. Equipped with his new knowledge, Andrew now realises that events in his life have been symbolic and a sign that his spirit guide has been with him throughout his life. He now wishes to share the same message of positivity and hope with others. An Ordinary Life...? is an excellent introduction to spiritualism from a personal viewpoint, and will provide encouragement for those who have been seeking deeper meaning in their own lives.

Author : William Sharp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : UOM:39015068350944

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Essays on medicine, being an investigation of homoeopathy and other medical system by William Sharp Pdf

Author : George William BALFOUR
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026276242

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An Introduction to the Study of Medicine. To which is Appended a Report on the Homœpathic Treatment of Acute Diseases in Dr. Fleischmann's Hospital, Vienna, During the Months of May, June, and July 1846 by George William BALFOUR Pdf

Author : T.S.L Radhika,T. K.V. Iyengar,T. Raja Rani
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781466588134

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Approximate Analytical Methods for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations by T.S.L Radhika,T. K.V. Iyengar,T. Raja Rani Pdf

Approximate Analytical Methods for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) is the first book to present all of the available approximate methods for solving ODEs, eliminating the need to wade through multiple books and articles. It covers both well-established techniques and recently developed procedures, including the classical series solution method, diverse perturbation methods, pioneering asymptotic methods, and the latest homotopy methods. The book is suitable not only for mathematicians and engineers but also for biologists, physicists, and economists. It gives a complete description of the methods without going deep into rigorous mathematical aspects. Detailed examples illustrate the application of the methods to solve real-world problems. The authors introduce the classical power series method for solving differential equations before moving on to asymptotic methods. They next show how perturbation methods are used to understand physical phenomena whose mathematical formulation involves a perturbation parameter and explain how the multiple-scale technique solves problems whose solution cannot be completely described on a single timescale. They then describe the Wentzel, Kramers, and Brillown (WKB) method that helps solve both problems that oscillate rapidly and problems that have a sudden change in the behavior of the solution function at a point in the interval. The book concludes with recent nonperturbation methods that provide solutions to a much wider class of problems and recent analytical methods based on the concept of homotopy of topology.