The novel pits Ted Cogan, a forty-three-year- old surgeon and self-described womanizer, against Hank Madden, a handicapped veteran detective. From the outset it's not clear who is victim and who is victimizer, as the usually dispassionate Madden grapples with his long-suppressed prejudices and his obsession with bringing Ted Cogan to justice at any cost. It all leads up to the most stunning surprise ending since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent.|David...

What is the golden standard of healthcare today? It's an important question. As a medical professional, you operate in a more disconnected environment than your predecessors. Compliance standards and excessive documentation keep you in front of computers instead of patients, and low reimbursement rates mean packing the day with appointments and sacrificing quality of care. Dr. Larry Benz is finding ways to humanize healthcare again. In Called to...

HOW YOU CAN SURVIVE "HEALTHCARE," THE LARGEST AND MOST CORRUPT INDUSTRY IN AMERICA Learn what works. -See through the lies. -Handle hospitals. -Find trustworthy doctors. -Master your drugs and quit them with confidence. -Consider holistic medicine Healthcare is the top cause of all our overdue debts and personal bankruptcy. Our medical spending per person is double that of other countries', but fully half the treatments are ineffective or harmful....

We are all patients at some time. Is the medical industry giving us the best treatment possible, at the best price? We all know that it isn't. This new book shows what goes on behind the scenes of the current medical care and how it impacts the patient. Dr. Reznik describes actual cases from his clinical practice showing the most common paths that lead to increased patient suffering. This book offers possible solutions for outpatient, inpatient, preventive,...

At times humorous and at times terrifying, these unusual case studies of seemingly unbelievable injuries and illnesses have one thing in common: they are all entirely true. Dr. Rob Myers' firsthand medical knowledge allows him to see past thin excuses to uncover the outrageously dangerous conditions that people have gotten themselves into. Pool balls and uncooked spaghetti are removed from locations where they never should have been placed, a drunken...

El doctor Ramón Sierra, con una finalidad divulgativa, quiere exponer sus vivencias, hechos a veces profundos que muestran su evolución entre pacientes con dolor. Son historias que serán útiles a otras personas, que podrán ayudar a las familias a encontrar el camino como el autor fue encontrando el suyo. El libro llega avalado por la Asociación Andaluza del Dolor y Asistencia Continuada y por el Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Córdoba....

Conflictos, dilemas y paradojas: cine y bioética en el inicio de la vida es el segundo libro de la serie "El cine en la enseñanza de la bioética", producto del trabajo del Semillero de Bioética y Derecho Médico de la Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad del Rosario. Los temas abordados en esta obra confluyen en los conflictos bioéticos y jurídicos en escenarios como: la interrupción del embarazo, las tecnologías de...

Are you tired of doctors who don't take enough time? Are you sick of medicines that don't solve problems? Would you like to be yourself again instead of wearing the label of a disease? Busy and stressed? Most self-help books teach lifestyle changes after disease strikes. Most wellness books are "how to" books about the body or are "big picture" books about the mind or spirit. What is needed is an easy to follow guide that works with your schedule...

Doctor and medical columnist John Launer has written on the practice and teaching of medicine for many years. Now, more than fifty of his essays have been collected in How Not to Be A Doctor. Taken together, they set out an argument that being a doctor-a real doctor-should mean being able to draw on every aspect of yourself, your interests, and your experiences, however remote these may seem from the medical task of the moment. Originating from popular...

Los médicos tenemos conciencia de la verdadera revolución que se opera en la base científica de nuestra práctica, acompañada del acceso a nuevos recursos terapéuticos y de diagnóstico inimaginables poco tiempo atrás. Pero desde la mirada de los pacientes, la medicina se ha deshumanizado: los médicos escuchan poco, arrogantes de su saber o apurados por sus compromisos (algo muy lejos del modelo nostálgico del médico de la familia). El origen...