The book examines how the related disorders of burnout, anxiety, depression, and addiction, can lead to suicide and explores the influence of gender, culture, aging, and personal resilience on outcomes. In addition, it investigates ways to mitigate the impact of these factors to improve physician health and well-being.
''There are universal truths about chairing a department of medicine, and in this remarkably insightful book, Fritts has covered most of them. Moreover, he obviously did a good deal of thinking about what a chair does and how he or she does it. Whether the subject is undergraduate (medical student) education, curriculum construction, house staff ......
Learn how to live a happier and healthier life by finding the right balance of omega fatty acids in your diet. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are essential in the human diet. In Omega Balance, noted scientist Anthony J. Hulbert explains how the balance between these fatty acids in the human food chain has changed over the last half-century and ......
Every minute of every day, millions of people are walking around with the equivalent of a hidden time bomb ticking away in their chests. In his latest book, celebrated cardiologist Harold Karpman, MD, reveals the true causes and best treatments for this little known but dangerous condition known as silent heart disease.
How digital therapies can transform your health. Traditional health care has a new ally. Some patients with sleep disorders, back pain, and diabetes are now being prescribed app-based treatment instead of drugs. Algorithms are helping cancer patients manage their symptoms, and video games are improving the attention span of children diagnosed ......
Medical transcription is among the most popular careers in allied health services, but it requires multidisciplinary knowledge. Our comprehensive 6 page laminated guide will make it a snap to keep at the ready all that a student will need to know in order to succeed as a medical transcriptionist (MT). From basic anatomy and physiology to grammar ......
Although most medical school faculty members are required to teach, the standard medical school curriculum doesn't tell them how to do it well. This book does.An award-winning clinician-teacher, Helen M. Shields has spent her career training future doctors, researchers, and medical school instructors. Here she shares classroom-tested methods for ......
''Residents and medical students,'' writes Janine C. Edwards, ''need to know the economics of health care delivery and current patterns of delivery, especially managed care.'' In Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment, a distinguished group of contributors explain the settings in which medical care is currently being delivered, ......
