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1	How Doctors Think more books like this by Jerome Groopman add to wishlist A "New Yorker" staff writer, bestselling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the mystery of how doctors figure out the best treatments--or fail to do so. This book describes the warning signs of flawed medical thinking and offers intelligent questions patients can ask. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	You: The Smart Patient: An Insider's Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment more books like this by Mehmet C Oz, M.D., Michael F Roizen, M.D. add to wishlist America's most trusted doctor team and the authors of "You: An Owner's Manual" now give patients at all stages of diagnosis and treatment an empowering handbook for taking charge of their health care. The authors show readers how to choose doctors and hospitals, how to ask questions, and much more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care more books like this by Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, Jean S Kutner, MD, MSPH add to wishlist "Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2008" draws information from many sources and presents them in an easy-to-use, comprehensive package for use by any primary care clinician. It offers quick access to the latest guidelines for the most appropriate preventive services, screening methods, and treatment approaches for commonly encountered ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
4	Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice more books like this by John Coulehan, Marian Block add to wishlist This text addresses the practical and tacit issues involved in the medical interview as the critical tool for the establishment and continution of a clinician-patient relationship. It contains real-life examples of interviews; explains how to reduce malpractice suits through effective communication; provides guidelines on how to talk to patients ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
5	Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care more books like this by Larry D Purnell add to wishlist Build students' confidence when relating to different cultures in a health care environment. This concise, easy-to-read handbook tackles an often awkward subject in a direct, non-intimidating style. Students will explore all of the issues they need to be sensitive to, including cultural variations regarding personal space, dietary preferences, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
6	Psychiatric Interviewing: The Art of Understanding more books like this by Shawn Shea add to wishlist The new, revised 2nd Edition of this popular book presents specific strategies and practical methods for conducting thorough psychiatric assessments. Essential psychiatric interviewing techniques from a variety of disciplines provide readers with a strong theoretical foundation and a broad scope of reference. This resource also illustrates the use ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00! \| first editions
7	Bed Number Ten more books like this by Sue Baier add to wishlist This title presents a patient's personal view of long term care. Seen through the eyes of a patient totally paralyzed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, this moving book takes you through the psychological and physical pain of an eleven month hospital stay. "Bed Number Ten" reads like a compelling novel, but is entirely factual.You will meet: the ICU ... see all copies from $29.99! new only from $34.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Psychiatric Interview: A Practical Guide more books like this by Daniel J Carlat add to wishlist The psychiatric interview is your window into the mind of your patient. With this practical, how-to handbook, you'll examine each aspect of the psychiatric interview in detail. Your journey begins with the general principles essential to effective interviewing - including techniques for approaching threatening topics, improving patient recall, and ... see all copies from $27.15! new only from $31.94! \| SVS
9	Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Healthcare more books like this by Carol M Davis add to wishlist One of the most recognized and respected texts in rehabilitation for nearly two decades, "Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care" has been updated into a substantial fourth edition that includes the latest information on the relationship between the patient and the practitioner. Dr. Carol ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine more books like this by Eric J Cassell add to wishlist This is a revised and expanded edition of a classic in palliative medicine, originally pulished in 1991. With three new chapters and a new preface summarizing the progress in the area of pain management, this is a must-have for those in palliative medicine and hospice care. The obligation of physicians to relieve human suffering stretches back ... see all copies from $8.62! new only from $14.37! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Illness as Metaphor more books like this by Susan Sontag add to wishlist These two influential essays--ILLNESS AS METAPHOR (1978) and its sequel from a decade later, AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS--tackle the uncomfortable subject of disease, and specifically the metaphors we use to try to come to terms with it. Dealing not only with AIDS but also with tuberculosis, syphilis, and cancer, Sontag makes a case for the necessity ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Therapeutic Communications for Health Care more books like this by Carol D Tamparo, PhD, CMA-A, Wilburta Q Lindh, CMA add to wishlist Health professionals today need a succinct yet brief text to guide them through the maze of communication with patients and consumers of health care. All the usual dynamics are heightened when persons participating in communication are sick, frustrated, hurting, and worried. The central idea of this comprehensive text is that good therapeutic ... see all copies from $38.75! new only from $62.00!
13 view cover	Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians more books like this by Bernard Lo add to wishlist Every day clinicians face ethical dilemmas, many of which result from medical advances and challenges in managed care. How practitioners resolve these challenges has a direct impact on patient care. This timely Third Edition will keep you up to date on a wide range of ethical dilemmas and new ways of thinking about them. Highlights of this edition ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| SVS
14 view cover	On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency more books like this by Emily Transue, M.D. add to wishlist "This moving collection of [Transue's] stories conveys vividly, sometimes painfully, the atmosphere of overwork, exhaustion and insecurity in which a resident works; the long shifts and sleepless nights, the moments when she cannot contain her tears . . . (--"Publishers Weekly") see all copies from $3.32! new only from $9.11! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care more books like this by Nicholas A Christakis add to wishlist This text explains the act of prognosis in its varying forms - doctors telling patients if their cancer is curable, when their pain will stop, if they will live to see their child graduate from college - from the perspective of doctors. Nicholas Christakis examines why physicians are reluctant to predict the future, what uses doctors make of ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $18.70! \| first editions
16 view cover	Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness more books like this by Paul Donoghue, Mary E Siegel add to wishlist Millions of people suffer from invisible chronic illness, that is, disease characterized by chronicity and by symptoms that are not externally apparent. Sufferers may look well and even function normally while suffering extreme fatigue or pain or any number of distressing symptoms from such illnesses as MS, ME, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Communication Skills for Medicine more books like this by Margaret Lloyd, MD add to wishlist This title was highly commended (Basis of Medicine category) in the BMA Awards 2005. It presents a highly practical account of communication for medical students, backed up with numerous case histories. In addition to the clinical interview, the book covers other aspects of communication including how to promote healthy behaviour and the need for ... see all copies from $5.73! new only from $27.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Health Professional and Patient Interaction more books like this by Ruth B Purtilo add to wishlist The New Edition of this comprehensive text focuses on respectful interaction between health professional/patient. Psychological, sociological, contextual and ethical dynamics influencing interaction prepare readers for successful encounters with patients of all ages and their families. The text is well organized and easy to use. A full set of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.44! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the Er more books like this by Paul Austin add to wishlist In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor recalls how the daily grind of long, erratic shifts and endless hordes of patients sent him down a path of bitterness and cynicism. Austin's story is a revealing glimpse into the fragility of compassion and sanity in the industrial setting of modern hospitals. see all copies from $5.95! new only from $12.31! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Clinical Encounter: A Guide to the Medical Interview and Case Presentation more books like this by J Andrews Billings add to wishlist This is an essential guide to the first step of patient evaluation interviewing medical students. Section I is a basic guide to the medical interview and to oral and written case presentation. Section II provides interview strategies for example, treating distraught patients, ways to share bad news, and how to elicit sensitive information on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.00! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness more books like this by Michael Stein add to wishlist Filling a vital need, this groundbreaking book examines and illuminates the emotional terrain of illness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Stat: Special Techniques in Assertiveness Training for Women in the Health Profession more books like this by Melodie Chenevert add to wishlist This text not only teaches readers how to develop assertiveness skills, but it also provides motivation for them to pursue self-improvement and advancement. Directed especially toward women, the book describes the differences between assertiveness and aggression, and provides a basis for ongoing improvement in assertiveness skills. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.40! \| signed copies \| SVS
23 view cover	Group Process for the Health Professions more books like this by Edward E Sampson add to wishlist Introduces the fundamental theories, concepts, issues and approaches needed to understand group dynamics. The text also develops the skills that are needed for effective intervention in a group's ongoing process. This book should be of interest to health professionals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.79!
24 view cover	Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alterna... more books like this by James S Gordon add to wishlist For the last twenty-five years, Dr. James Gordon has pioneered an approach to healing that synthesizes the best of modern scientific medicine with the best of the alternative techniques. Here he leads us step by step through convincing and absorbing case studies of the successful use of these alternatives, presenting clearly and simply the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Medicine and Culture: Revised Edition more books like this by Lynn Payer, Kerr L White (Foreword by) add to wishlist A classic comparative study of medicine and national culture, Medicine and Culture shows us that while doctors regard themselves as servants of science, they are often prisoners of custom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.80! \| SVS

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