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Get the Summary of Christopher Kerr & Carine Mardorossian's Death Is But a Dream in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Death Is But a Dream" delves into the profound lessons learned from patients nearing the end of life, emphasizing the importance of empathy and holistic care. Christopher Kerr's journey from a physician trained to fight death to one who embraces the non-physical aspects of dying is central to the...
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This book is about the sh*t. The bad stuff. The things that happen to people with autoimmune disease when no one else is paying attention. This is my follow-up to The Marvelous Transformation: Living Well with Autoimmune Disease (TMT) in which I explored how I've managed to have a happy life despite being ill.However, I want to be very clear that this is not an extension of The Marvelous Transformation; it is almost its inverse. While still being...
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Every year, approximately 200,000 deaths occur in the US healthcare system that could have been prevented, akin to experiencing twenty weekly crashes of Boeing 747 airliners. This grim reality highlights the dire state of our nation's healthcare delivery system, where lives are needlessly lost in hospitals every single day. In his book "Find the Black Box," Dr. Ira Williams delves deep into the inherent issues plaguing the American healthcare system...
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Dieses Buch entspricht Band II aus dem Sammelwerk "Das große Still-Kompendium"!
Die Philosophie der Osteopathie ist das zweite Buch des amerikanischen Landarztes Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917), dem Entdecker der Osteopathie. In ihm führt er erstmalig umfassender seine Ideen zu jener Form der Diagnose und Behandlung aus, die sich inzwischen zur weltweit drittstärksten komplementärmedizinische Richtung entwickelt hat.
Still hatte dieses Buch...
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A must have pain management manual for primary care physicians, specialists outside the field, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents in training and senior medical students.
Dr. D's Pain Treatment Solutions is comprehensive guide that offers step-by-step instructions for medical professionals to treat pain conditions encompassing the spectrum, ranging from acute pain to severe chronic pain conditions. Dr. Doddapaneni meticulously...
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"Dr. Lovejoy-Evans has distilled a lifetime of very complex education and her own patient practice into a funny, direct and supportive guide for us to take better care of our aging bodies. Through SIMPLE exercises and ways of moving, I walk more erectly, I feel stronger and more balanced when I walk, and best of all, my knee arthritis is less of a bother. I bought two copies to start (one for myself!), and I will continue to buy them as gifts for...
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Get the Summary of Sally K. Norton's Toxic Superfoods in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Toxic Superfoods" by Sally K. Norton presents a critical examination of the health impacts of oxalates, compounds found in many foods that are often considered healthy. The book discusses how oxalates can contribute to a range of health issues, including kidney stones, joint inflammation, skin conditions, and mental disturbances....
9) Cintaterapia
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La Cintaterapia es una técnica para eliminar dolores musculares y otras afecciones corporales, que integra disciplinas como: la neurología, la medicina China, la psicología, nutrición entre otras.Para saber como funcionan las cintas adhesivas, es importante tener en cuenta lo que sufren los músculos cuando se lesionan, puesto que se inflaman o contraen, apretando arterias, venas y vasos linfáticos ocasionando un profundo dolor.Las cintas...
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La inteligencia artificial (IA) ha demostrado ser una herramienta prometedora en una amplia gama de aplicaciones, y el control de la ira no es una excepción. La ira es una emoción intensa que puede afectar negativamente nuestra salud física y mental, así como nuestras relaciones personales y profesionales. En este contexto, la IA puede desempeñar un papel importante al proporcionar enfoques innovadores para comprender y controlar la ira de manera...
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Camille works as an organ transplant nurse, counselling families through heart-rending decisions. But at home, her own daughter Addie is critically ill. When an invitation to curate an exhibit arrives from artist Jack Darcy, her late mother' s lover, Camille is plunged into unresolved questions about her childhoood and her mother' s life.As Addie gets sicker, Camille wonders how far she will go to save her child – ...
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Ce livre offre une plongée approfondie dans le monde complexe et fascinant de la santé rénale. Ce livre exhaustif examine les défis rencontrés dans le diagnostic, le traitement et la gestion des maladies rénales, tout en explorant les dernières avancées scientifiques et technologiques qui façonnent l'avenir de la néphrologie. À travers une analyse rigoureuse et des exemples concrets, il fournit un aperçu complet des connaissances actuelles,...
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Get the Summary of Abraham J Twerski's Addictive Thinking in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Addictive Thinking" by Abraham J. Twerski explores the complex thought patterns associated with addiction and codependency. The book delves into the contradictory and distorted thinking that addicts often exhibit, which can appear logical on the surface but is fundamentally flawed. Twerski introduces the concept of "stinkin'...
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Small Pupils can be defined as cases with less than 6 mm pupillary dilation termed as small pupils or non-dilating pupils. The main causes of the small pupil include psuedo exfoliation syndrome, floppy iris syndrome, white cataracts, previous uveitis, and long-term use of the miotic dropsIn this book, we are going to discuss various manual techniques of small pupil management. The details of the cases are as follows:Case1: Nuclear cataract grade 4...
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El libro no pretende ser un manual exhaustivo, sino introducir brevemente el tema a modo de un recordatorio que facilite seguir las clases o un estudio más avanzado, consta de cinco bloques, a través de los cuales el alumno recordará los conocimientos básicos sobre la anatomía y fisiología. Las páginas de texto se alternan con páginas de ilustración que muestran los conceptos y estructuras.
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Get the Summary of Donald McNeil's The Wisdom of Plagues in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Wisdom of Plagues" by Donald McNeil offers an in-depth exploration of the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing from McNeil's experiences as a New York Times reporter. The book begins with the early days of the outbreak in Wuhan, China, highlighting the initial underestimation of the virus and the challenges in reporting on the...
17) Spit and Polish
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Ruth was delighted to enter nursing school at Kingston General Hospital. Nursing had to be a better life than staying in her tiny town, marrying a local boy, and raising a large family for her father's church. Struggling at first, she is sent to the local Tuberculosis Sanatorium to build up her skills. It's 1946, and the San is overflowing with wounded and returning soldiers, women, and children. Ruth must find her way among the dying, depressed,...
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This book can be studied by undergraduate students preparing for their MBBS exams in surgery, and by postgraduate surgeons in training preparing for the MD exam in general surgery and the MRCS exams. The aim of this book is to make the assessment of medical students fair, structured, and objective. It can also be used as a training and review book by the students to improve their skills in history taking, clinical examination, and communication. It...
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Get the Summary of Brandy Schillace's Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher" recounts the story of Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed a pioneering kidney transplant on Richard Herrick using his identical twin brother Ronald's kidney. The book delves into the history of organ transplantation, the challenges of immune system rejection, and the advancements in surgical...
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Get the Summary of Kris Newby's Bitten in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Bitten" by Kris Newby recounts the author's personal experience with tick-borne diseases following a vacation on Nashawena Island. Kris and her husband Paul, who had recently found financial success, were bitten by ticks, leading to a debilitating illness that evaded medical detection. The book delves into the history of Lyme disease, beginning...
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