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Author : Anselm L. Strauss
Publisher : Transaction Pub
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0878559515
Author : Carolyn L. Wiener,Anselm Leonard Strauss
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1412841429
This fifth edition of Where Medicine Fails, like previous editions, argues for a broader definition of society's responsibilities to the ill than is commonly perceived to be the case. The authors examine the moral and economic implications of medical technology, especially in regard to fetal tissue transplant, cancer survival, childbirth, and dying, and provide a thoughtful assessment of the issues and challenges facing American hospitals. Seventeen chapters are new to this edition. The aim of this volume is to encourage serious examination of the current structure of health services and of the complicated facets of health care reform.
Author : Carolyn L. Wiener,Anselm L. Strauss
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1560008695
"In a new introduction, Carolyn Wiener discusses the continuing relevance of chapters that appeared in earlier editions and the contemporary significance of those that have been added. She writes that the aim of Where Medicine Fails is to encourage serious examination of the current structure of health services and of the complicated facets of proposed health care reform."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Carol E. McMahon
Publisher : Trado Medic Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0932426379
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351299220
This fifth edition of Where Medicine Fails, like previous editions, argues for a broader definition of society's responsibilities to the ill than is commonly perceived to be the case. The authors examine the moral and economic implications of medical technology, especially in regard to fetal tissue transplant, cancer survival, childbirth, and dying, and provide a thoughtful assessment of the issues and challenges facing American hospitals. Seventeen chapters are new to this edition. The aim of this volume is to encourage serious examination of the current structure of health services and of the complicated facets of health care reform.
Author : Elinor Cleghorn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593182963
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health—from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases—brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative. Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. In Unwell Women, Elinor Cleghorn traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect. The result is an authoritative and groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between women and medical practice, from the "wandering womb" of Ancient Greece to the rise of witch trials across Europe, and from the dawn of hysteria as a catchall for difficult-to-diagnose disorders to the first forays into autoimmunity and the shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation, menopause, and conditions like endometriosis. Packed with character studies and case histories of women who have suffered, challenged, and rewritten medical orthodoxy—and the men who controlled their fate—this is a revolutionary examination of the relationship between women, illness, and medicine. With these case histories, Elinor pays homage to the women who suffered so strides could be made, and shows how being unwell has become normalized in society and culture, where women have long been distrusted as reliable narrators of their own bodies and pain. But the time for real change is long overdue: answers reside in the body, in the testimonies of unwell women—and their lives depend on medicine learning to listen.
Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Quality of Health Care in America
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309068376
Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDSâ€"three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems. To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequenceâ€"but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agendaâ€"with state and local implicationsâ€"for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it, given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly. A careful examination is made of how the surrounding forces of legislation, regulation, and market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations and then looks at their handling of medical mistakes. Using a detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen. A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errorsâ€"which begs the question, "How can we learn from our mistakes?" Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives and public versus private efforts, the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety, in the areas of leadership, improved data collection and analysis, and development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care. To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health careâ€"it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer. Comprehensive and straightforward, this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care. It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital. This book will be vitally important to federal, state, and local health policy makers and regulators, health professional licensing officials, hospital administrators, medical educators and students, health caregivers, health journalists, patient advocatesâ€"as well as patients themselves. First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America, a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine
Author : Barbara Krasner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Medical errors
ISBN : 1541594304
"Think medical science is foolproof? Think again! This book invites readers to explore some of the world's biggest failures in medicine and how some of those failures eventually led to success."--
Author : M a Scott A Johnson, L.P.,Scott A. Johnson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : Aromatherapy
ISBN : 1499626959
The 3rd edition is now available with expanded information and more than 100 additional protocols. amazon.com/3rd-Edition-Surviving-definitive-Essential/dp/099641391X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top'ie=UTF8Be prepared to take charge of your health with Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails! Would you be able to survive if you were cut off from vital medical treatment and prescription medications during a crisis? This situation is far too familiar, affecting hundreds of thousands of people during the last decade who struggled to outlive calamities when isolated from medical care. In this invaluable resource, Dr. Scott A. Johnson shares crucial information that could potentially save your life when modern medicine collapses after a disaster. With about 42 essential oils in your emergency preparedness kit, Dr. Johnson provides a definitive, specific and easy to follow guide arming you with indispensable information to manage more than 350 common health conditions.* Expanded safety data, including known drug interactions and contraindications* Now over 350 protocols for health conditions* New topical and oral dosage guidelines and recommended dilution ratios* Profiles and benefits of popular carrier oils* Essential oil chemistry basics - summaries of common essential oil constituents* Clarification of liver toxicity reports and allergies or sensitivities to essential oils
Author : James Le Fanu
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 0349112800
The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine presents a comprehensive and searching reappraisal of the science, philosophy and politics of modern medicine.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309377720
Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.
Author : Shannon Brownlee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781596917293
Our health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six Americans has no health insurance. We have some of the most skilled physicians in the world, yet one hundred thousand patients die each year from medical errors. In this gripping, eye-opening book, award-winning journalist Shannon Brownlee takes readers inside the hospital to dismantle some of our most venerated myths about American medicine. Brownlee dissects what she calls "the medical-industrial complex" and lays bare the backward economic incentives embedded in our system, revealing a stunning portrait of the care we now receive. Nevertheless, Overtreated ultimately conveys a message of hope by reframing the debate over health care reform. It offers a way to control costs and cover the uninsured, while simultaneously improving the quality of American medicine. Shannon Brownlee's humane, intelligent, and penetrating analysis empowers readers to avoid the perils of overtreatment, as well as pointing the way to better health care for everyone.
Author : Gary Rosen
Publisher : Gary Rosen
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dampness in buildings
ISBN : 0977397165
"The latest medical science shows 1 in 4 children are sensitive to low levels of mold toxins. Is your child one of these? Now a "top gun" physician & medical innovator teams up with an accomplished scientist & master builder to clearly explain how even small amounts of hidden indoor mold-produced biotoxins can subtly impact youth behavior, emotions, health and learning. In their easy-to-read prophetic book, they offer solutions based on the latest medical and scientific research that work for both bodies and buidlings ... restoring quality of life to children and parents"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Charles L. Bosk
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780226924687
The landmark study of how medical errors are managed among surgeons and other hospital staff—now in an updated edition with a new preface and epilogue. When it was first published, Forgive and Remember offered groundbreaking insight into the training and lives of young surgeons. It quickly emerged as the definitive sociological study on the subject. While medical errors are both inevitable and potentially devastating, Bosk found that they could be forgiven—as long as they were remembered and never repeated. In this second edition, Bosk reflects more than twenty years later on how things have changed, both in the medical profession and in sociology. With an extensive new preface, epilogue, and appendix by the author, this updated edition of Forgive and Remember is as timely as ever.
Author : Scott A. Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781634500531
Instead of running to the doctor every time you get sick, you can avoid the illness in the first place with the solutions offered in The Doctor’s Guide to Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails. No matter your current state of health, these easy-to-follow steps will help you elevate your health and live a longer life. This book goes above the standard of healthy eating and exercise. Dr. Johnson tells you what to eat, how to employ proven dietary supplements as allies in your health, ways regularly cleanse your body of toxins and harmful chemicals to prevent common colds and diseases, and how to get the most out of physical activity, and more. The techniques outlined by Dr. Scott A. Johnson will create a bodily environment inhospitable to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more. Through the sensible approach in The Doctor’s Guide to Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails