Newly revised and significantly updated, Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 13th Edition continues to be a highly acclaimed and trusted resource covering all aspects of health care in the United States. This comprehensive textbook contains information on a wide array of topics, including the organization of care, ......
A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth about Marijuana
Depending on which doctor you speak with, or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine - even an aid to wellness - or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all while inviting dubious sources of ......
Identity, Practice, and Ethics through the Lens of Paul Ricoeur
Narrative Medicine in Hospice Care argues that the models of selfhood and care found in the work of Paul Ricoeur can serve as a framework for clinicians, caregivers, and end-of-life patients regardless of the patients' verbal and cognitive capabilities.
Through narrative accounts, this book explores how women experience the health disruptions and illnesses that impact and often span their lives. The contributors examine how women's broader and ongoing life stories impact and are impacted by health disruptions and illnesses.
Mothers, Midwives, and Reproductive Labor in Interwar and Wartime Britain is about the experiences of mothers and midwives as they navigated the changing political and social issues surrounding childbirth and motherhood during interwar and wartime Britain. The needs and agency of women as mothers and midwives often conflicted with the ideals of ......
A Guide to Issues, Symptoms, Treatments, and Wellness
Written by an internationally recognized expert, this book uniquely blends the latest research and understanding of chronic pain with very personal stories, including of the author, his wife, his patients and historical figures.
A top doctor and a writer team up like air crash investigators to understand America's disastrous Covid response, looking at failures of leadership, racial inequities, public health mistakes, and the collapse of our fragile health care institutions--all to identify the root causes we can fix to make every American healthier.
"Boccara analyzes the Covid-19 pandemic by focusing on the large group unconscious defenses that were mobilized against the anxieties that the pandemic created. He, in turn, argues that humanity will only be able to successfully manage future systemic crises if public policies and country dialogue systematically take into account the underlying ......
