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Collaborative Medicine Case Studies
Springer 2008; US$ 69.99This book looks at the collaborative health care model for the delivery of mental health care in a primary care setting. This has become the ideal model for the treatment of comorbid medical and psychiatric or psychological disorders. There is also an increased awareness that pharmacological intervention, the most frequently delivered intervention... more...
Ein Leben für die Handchirurgie: 100 Lebensbilder (German Edition)
Springer 2007; US$ 54.99Einzigartige Zusammenstellung von 100 Biographien namhafter Ärzte der Handchirurgie: Professor Buck-Gramcko, selbst bedeutender Handchirurg und Wegbereiter der Handchirurgie in Deutschland, gelang mit diesem Buch ein außergewöhnliches Werk. Dank seiner zahlreichen Kontakte und freundschaftlichen Verbindungen konnte er die beeindruckenden Biographien... more...
Psychotherapie
Springer 2007; US$ 99.99Die 3. Auflage geht einen Schritt weiter: Das neue Konzept stellt vermehrt Krankheitsbilder und nicht nur Verfahren in den Mittelpunkt. Wann genau setzt man welches Verfahren ein? Was ist dabei zu beachten? Nah am Patienten - nach wie vor das "Therapiebuch" für die Aus- und Weiterbildung angehender Psychiater und Psychotherapeuten. Basierend auf ihrer... more...
Advances in Patient Education
Springer Publishing Company 2004; US$ 60.00This book provides an integrative analysis of new advances in patient education, and the current state of the field. Written by one of patient education's foremost experts, the book focuses on the following important areas: learning theory; ethics; measurement & outcomes; preparation for self management of chronic disease; mode of delivery; and... more...
The Renewal of Generosity
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 20.00Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals feel estranged from the calling that drew them to medicine. Arthur W. Frank tells the stories of ill people, doctors, and nurses who are restoring generosity... more...
Towards the Emancipation of Patients
The Policy Press 2010; US$ 38.95Combining new academic theory with rich empirical evidence, the author explains how looking at healthcare from an emancipatory perspective could improve its quality as patients experience it. more...
Doctors, Patients, and Society
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 32.95This book is a collection of papers presented at an interdisciplinary workshop at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities in May 1980. The three broad issues covered are: the physician-patient relationship, the allocation of responsibility among doctors and nurses, and the political and social framework of the health care system. The first set of... more...
Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 18.99Patients increasingly and correctly feel that they are on their own in an impersonal and dangerous medical system. Offering an insider's perspective, Kussin's book teaches readers how to be better patients in order to get better care, offers access to industrial-strength resources, and promotes an attitude that will prevent alienation and manipulation.... more...
The Knowledgeable Patient
Wiley 2011; US$ 57.95Learn how to place communication and participation at the heart of evidence-based healthcare The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health sits at the forefront of the challenging, changing 21 st century landscape. The 'knowledgeable patient' as an individual can take many forms: patient, family carer, consumer advocate,... more...
The Orange Wire Problem and Other Tales from the Doctor?s Office
University of Iowa Press 2009; US$ 25.00Western literature has had a long tradition of physician-writers. From Mikhail Bulgakov to William Carlos Williams to Richard Selzer to Ethan Canin, exposure to human beings at their most vulnerable has inspired fine writing. In his own inimitable and unpretentious style, David Watts is also a master storyteller. Whether recounting the decline and... more...









