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Incidental Findings
Beacon Press 2005; US$ 15.00In Singular Intimacies, which the New England Journal of Medicine said captured the "essence of becoming and being a doctor," Danielle Ofri led us into the hectic, constantly challenging world of big-city medicine. In Incidental Findings, she's finished her training and is learning through practice to become a more rounded healer. The book opens... more...
What Dying People Want
PublicAffairs 2003; US$ 16.95An internationally renowned palliative care physician offers sensitive guidance, solace, and helpful strategies for people living with a terminal illness and their caregivers more...
The Perils of Patient Government
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 34.95In 1964 the Senate Committee on Aging reported that "once admitted to an institution ... the veteran begins ... to show signs of social and physical degeneration," a phenomenon that has not escapted the attention of clinicians, social scientists, veterans, and other chronic-care patients. Assuming that social withdrawal in the institutional setting... more...
A Mother's Love
Quercus 2011; US$ 18.03In recent months the 'right-to-die' issue has gripped the nation. Two cases have captured the public imagination like no other: Frances Inglis, convicted of murder for ending the life of her brain-damaged son, and Kay Gilderdale, acquitted for assisting the suicide of her chronically ill daughter. These parallel stories provide a window onto a world... more...
Carers
The Spinney Press 2012; US$ 22.50Currently around 2.9 million Australians provide unpaid help and support to a family member or friend who has a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who is aged and frail. Carers are a key but often unacknowledged part of Australias health system. The annual replacement value of care was estimated in 2010 to be over... more...
The Ninefold Path
Red Wheel Weiser 2012; US$ 12.99Anthony Alioto was diagnosed with end stage renal disease in 1993 and was forced to go on dialysis for several years before receiving a successful kidney transplant in 2000. In The Ninefold Path , he invites readers to join him on a harrowing personal journey through a labyrinth of tests, ?what can I expect? meetings with medical staff, surgeries,... more...
The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching
New World Library 2011; US$ 14.00With empathy and insight, William and Nancy Martin offer readers solace drawn from the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching. more...
BTEC First Health and Social Care Level 2 Assessment Guide: Unit 1 Human Lifespan Development & Unit 2 Health and Social Care Values
Hodder Education 2013; Not AvailableTake the guesswork out of BTEC assessment with sample student work and assessor feedback for all pass, merit and distinction criteria. more...
BTEC First Health and Social Care Level 2 Assessment Guide: Unit 3 Effective Communication in Health and Social Care
Hodder Education 2013; Not AvailableTake the guesswork out of BTEC assessment with sample student work and assessor feedback for all pass, merit and distinction criteria. more...
BTEC First Health and Social Care Level 2 Assessment Guide: Unit 4 Social Influences on Health and Wellbeing
Hodder Education 2013; Not AvailableTake the guesswork out of BTEC assessment with sample student work and assessor feedback for all pass, merit and distinction criteria. more...









