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English
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"An award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to solve its myriad of problems. It is well documented that our healthcare system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms; she diagnoses and treats the disease itself....
2) The hidden history of American healthcare: why sickness bankrupts you and makes others insanely rich
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Series
Hidden history volume 5
Language
English
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"Popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to establish affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality"--
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Papel de Liar
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
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Un libro de memorias, recientemente descubierta, por un poeta galardonado quien se desempeno en el frente de batalla como miembro de la Brigada Abraham Lincoln en Espana. Neugass relata sus esfuerzos para luchar contra el fascismo europeo y el servicio como conductor de ambulancias.
A memoir based on the recently discovered journals of an award-winning poet on the front lines as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain recounts his efforts...
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Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
What's a young tiger to do when he isn't feeling so well? Daniel wants to go to school, but his family knows that rest is best when you're sick. It's good to know that Daniel's family will always be there to take care of each other. Daniel also learns that taking care of your health is important before you get sick.
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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win. Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is what the health care power players want you to think....
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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Based on ethnographic fieldwork in New York City and Buenos Aires, Care without Pathology shows how trans- health activists have taken on the project of depathologization. Christoph Hanssmann situates trans- health as a crucible within which sweeping changes are taking place-with potentially far-reaching effects on the economic and racial barriers to accessing care"--
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning physician-writer reveals how pervasive cracks in the health care system cost us time, energy, and lives-and how we can fix them. There's an unspoken assumption when you go to see a doctor: the doctor knows your medical story and is making decisions based on that story. But the reality frequently falls short. Medical records vanish when we switch doctors. Critical details of life-saving treatment plans get lost in muddled electronic...
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English
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This book aims to equip Christians facing end-of-life decisions by simplifying confusing jargon and exploring biblical principles families need in order to navigate the transition from this life to the next.
Sophisticated technologies have blurred the expanse between life and death. It is often difficult for patients and loved ones to know to how approach the end of life in a dignity-affirming, God-honoring, faith-filled way. Butler aims to equip...
13) Born to be
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City, where all transgender and gender nonconforming people have access to quality transition-related health and surgical care. This feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at how one doctor's work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking figure in every sense of the word, Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was one of the first Black nurses during the Civil War, tending to the wounded soldiers of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Afterward, she was a key figure in establishing a postbellum educational system for formerly bonded Black people, opening several dedicated schools in Georgia. Taylor was also one of the first Black women to publish her memoirs....
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Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This powerful tribute to Civil War nurse Clara Barton and her heroic efforts during the Battle of Antietam reveals how she came to be called "The Angel of the Battlefield," and recounts her journey to become one of our country's greatest humanitarians and the founder of the American Red Cross.
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Series
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 619
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Atlas (radiology, Stanford U. Medical Center) offers an alternative perspective on the state of health care in the US by analyzing the documents and statistics often cited as evidence that US medical care is substandard and poor in value compared to other countries. He provides other evidence about US health care quality and access, arguing that its most important role is in the diagnosis and treatment of serious diseases and showing that US care...
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CBS DVD / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish leads four first-year residents through the life-or-death challenges that will change the course of their careers and lives. Rookies Christa Lorenson, Malaya Pineda, Mario Savetti and Angus Leighton dive into the chaos of Angels Memorial Hospital, hoping to learn from the best while facing some of life's worst.
20) Don't let your doctor kill you: how to beat physician arrogance, corporate greed and a broken system
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Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Take charge of your health and stop turning over your life to our confusing and intimidating healthcare system–before it’s too late.
Dr. Erika Schwartz believes that today’s patient is but a leaf blowing in the wind of group-think protocols, corrupt medical societies, insurance companies on the take, and billion dollars in marketing and lobbying pressure from drug companies.
What is the quick fix? The answers are here in the ten clear chapters,...
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