Health and Personal Care

Home Health Care Answer Book: Legal Issues for Providers

2011-10-21T17:10:00.001-07:00

Home Health Care Answer Book: Legal Issues for Providers

Home Health Care Answer Book: Legal Issues for Providers , Price: $160.95 - The "Home Health Care Answer Book" will help home health agencies quickly find answers to specific legal questions. It comprehensively addresses all legal aspects of home health care in an easy-to-use, question-and-answer format, organized by topic. ...Continue reading for Home Health Care Answer Book: Legal Issues for Providers

Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach

2011-08-14T17:40:00.001-07:00

Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach , Price: $89.95 -

This excellent new work confronts two important oral health policy concerns in the United States: the disparities in the oral disease burden and the inability of certain segments of the population to access oral health care. The book examines in depth this crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors’ quality of life. It provides an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that will serve the elderly population.

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Walking Together Through Illness: Twelve Steps for Caregivers and Care Receivers

2011-08-03T18:35:00.001-07:00

Walking Together Through Illness: Twelve Steps for Caregivers and Care Receivers

Walking Together Through Illness: Twelve Steps for Caregivers and Care Receivers , Price: $12.99 - In September 2003, Wanda Scott Bledsoe's husband returned from a church work trip to Mexico with an unexplained weakness that grew worse over the next nine months. In this powerful true story the author interviews her husband as they journey together through his illness. In each chapter she offers her experiences in caring for her husband and his responses to his illness and her care.

Each chapter of the book is introduced by Scripture and focuses on the author's upbeat but realistic sharing of the challenges of a caregiver and care receiver and the faithful ways they met those challenges. Caregiver tips as well as journaling starters are included in each chapter. In addition to serving the needs of caregivers and care receivers, this is a helpful gift for use by counselors and pastors. ...Continue reading for Walking Together Through Illness: Twelve Steps for Caregivers and Care Receivers

Understand and Care (Learning to Get Along, Book 3)

2011-07-23T05:25:00.001-07:00

Understand and Care (Learning to Get Along, Book 3)

Understand and Care (Learning to Get Along, Book 3) , Price: $10.95 -

Empathy is key to positive, healthy relationships. This book builds empathy in children. In clear, child-friendly words and illustrations, it helps them to understand that other people have feelings like theirs—and different from theirs. It guides children to show they care by listening to others and respecting their feelings. Includes questions to discuss and empathy games to play.

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The Savard Health Record: A Six-Step System for Managing Your Healthcare

2011-07-17T03:45:00.001-07:00

The Savard Health Record: A Six-Step System for Managing Your Healthcare

The Savard Health Record: A Six-Step System for Managing Your Healthcare , Price: $24.95 - Healthcare has never been more splintered and impersonal. With insurance companies and computers wielding an inordinate amount of power over the medical profession, there is a universal need to take responsibility for one's own health.

Designed by a doctor to help individuals and families, THE SAVARD HEALTH RECORD is an interactive guide to compiling copies of your original medical records and other important health documents. Organized in a handy, 3-ring binder system, THE SAVARD HEALTH RECORD makes it easy to document the health history of an individual or an entire family. From maintaining immunization records to documenting prescriptions to tracking test results, here is the only guide you'll ever need to manage complete-life care. ...Continue reading for The Savard Health Record: A Six-Step System for Managing Your Healthcare

Wunder Mensch: Eine faszinierende Reise durch unseren Körper

2011-07-13T19:44:00.001-07:00

Wunder Mensch: Eine faszinierende Reise durch unseren Körper

Wunder Mensch: Eine faszinierende Reise durch unseren Körper , Price: EUR 29,90 - Eine “faszinierende Reise“ durch den Körper wird versprochen, dieses Versprechen wird mehr als eingehalten! Modernste Computertechnologien machen es möglich: dreidimensional eröffnen sich Schönheit, Funktion, Fähigkeiten und Beschaffenheit unseres Körpers und seiner einzelnen Facetten und Funktionen. Wie Momentaufnahmen, festgehaltene Augenblicke, fesselnde Einblicke.

Vom Ganzen zum Detail, von der äußeren Haut in die kleinste Zelle, vom Einzelwesen zur Fortpflanzung. Tsiaras, amerikanischer Top- Wissenschaftsjournalist, präsentiert Bilder und Bildkompositionen, ganzheitlich oder in unvorstellbarer Vergrößerung. Es ist wie der Blick durch ein Schlüsselloch in die geheimnisvolle und wunderbare Welt des menschlichen Körpers. „Die biologischen Unterschiede zwischen Mann und Frau beleben, so könnte man sagen, das Leben selbst.“ Tsiaras spielt förmlich mit seinen ästhetisch anmutenden Visualisierungen, verbindet Kunst mit Wissenschaft, imponierende Fakten mit betörender Sinnlichkeit.

Dabei begeistern ganzseitige Bilder wie riesige Vergrößerungen der Nieren- Blutgefäße, die aussehen wie kleine blaue Garnknäuel zwischen kleinen knorrigen Ästen, oder Seiten, auf denen man eine ganze Zeit verweilt, weil die Fülle der Einzelinformationen, der punktuell nochmals vergrößerten und eingefügten Details wie eine Einladung wirkt, immer weiter und tiefer ins Innere vorzudringen. Und dann sind es wieder die technisch und vom Motiv her einfach nur atemberaubenden Bilder, wie das eines Mannes, der seine schwangere Frau umarmt: partiell erscheint alles transparent, man sieht das Ungeborene, das Skelett der beiden Erwachsenen, das Hirn, die Blutgefäße, aber wie durch Zauberhand, schließt sich an den Armen der Blick ins Innere, präsentiert sich wieder der uns wohlbekannte Außenblick auf die Haut. Ebenso das Bild der schwangeren Frau, abgebildet als Skelett mit angedeuteten Außenlinien, in meditativer Haltung sitzend, im Schoß das ungeborene Kind, ebenfalls als Skelett sichtbar. Es ist und bleibt das Wunder des Lebens, auch wenn Forschung und Technik heute mehr erkennen und entdecken, beobachten und bebildern können, als je zuvor.

Fototechnische Kunstwerke zwischen realer Abbildung und „Visualisierungen“ sind es, „multiperspektivische Darstellungen“, „Durchsicht- Bilder“. Die 250 Illustrationen, der sachliche, sich nicht in den Vordergrund drängende Text zu allen Bereichen des menschlichen Körpers, vom Skelett bis zum Immunsystem, der Atmung und Muskulatur bis zum Fortpflanzungs- und Verdauungssystem, beides ergibt eine harmonische, runde und völlig faszinierende Darstellung. Ein ausgefallenes und bemerkenswertes Buch, für Laien und Fachkundler gleichermaßen.--Barbara Wegmann ...Continue reading for Wunder Mensch: Eine faszinierende Reise durch unseren Körper

Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)

2011-07-11T07:14:00.001-07:00

Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)

Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) , Price: $35.00 - Savvy, comprehensive, and authoritative, this book, written by a physician with more than thirty years' experience caring for elderly patients, assesses the current state and the future prospects of Medicare, perhaps the most influential health care program of our time. Christine K. Cassel draws upon the latest developments in science and medicine in a sweeping analysis of Medicare's social, demographic, institutional, political, and policy contexts. Writing in accessible language, using case studies to illustrate how policies translate to everyday lives, and applying lessons from the practice of geriatric medicine, Cassel makes a powerful argument for reforming and modernizing Medicare. She offers a new vision of what healthy aging could be and delineates what is needed to reach this vision, including changes in the medical sector, in the policy arena, and in our cultural beliefs about aging.
Cassel sheds light on a wide range of issues pertaining to Medicare, including debates about coverage and the looming deficit in the Medicare Trust Fund. Perhaps the most controversial issue she addresses is the challenge of rationing some kinds of care. Anchoring her discussion of Medicare in the idea that care for the elderly represents a social contract between government and its citizens, Cassel describes both the principles and potential of a progressive approach to geriatric medicine. She further argues that with this approach, we can also address the chronic problems of our larger health care system and provide all Americans, no matter what their age, with high-quality and affordable medical care. ...Continue reading for Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)

LOGI-Methode: Glücklich und schlank

2011-07-08T16:02:00.001-07:00

LOGI-Methode: Glücklich und schlank

LOGI-Methode: Glücklich und schlank , Price: EUR 19,90 - Es lebe die Revolution -- die Ernährungsrevolution nämlich, und gar appetitlich kommt sie daher in dem neuen Buch des Ernährungswissenschaftlers Dr. Nicolai Worm. Wer sich schon zeitlebens mit Speckpölsterchen herumärgert, kann jetzt getrost aufatmen, denn Die Logi-Methode erlaubt nicht nur das Genießen, die Sünde ist hier durchaus verzeihlich. Denn nicht das Abnehmen steht im Vordergrund des innovativen Ratgebers, sondern die gesunde Ernährung. Die Pfunde purzeln dann ganz von allein.

"Logi" steht für eine Ernährungsweise, die den Blutzuckerspiegel konstant niedrig hält und gleichzeitig die Fettverbrennung ankurbelt. Dabei lassen die Ernährungsempfehlungen des Autors Ernährungsberater und Krankenkassen erblassen, denn die vermeintlichen Schlankmacher Kohlenhydrate gelten hier sogar mit als Ursache aller Wohlstandskrankheiten und Überfettung. Nicolai Worm bietet eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Ernährungspyramide, die -- der Leser staunt -- Getreideprodukte und Kartoffeln auf die hinteren Plätze des Speiseplans verbannt. Seine Ernährungsregeln basieren auf vier Prinzipien: massig essenzielle Nährstoffe (Vitamine, Mineralien, Spurenelemente), viele Sattmacher (Eiweiß), wenig Hungermacher (Kohlenhydrate) und viele Energy-Booster (Omega-3-Fettsäuren, Kalzium, Koffein u. a.). An diese radikale Umkehr der modernen Essgewohnheiten muss man sich natürlich erst gewöhnen. Leichter machen einem das die vielen leckeren Rezepte, die sinnvollerweise je nach Situation auf ein, zwei oder vier Personen ausgerichtet sind.

Worauf die Logi-Methode basiert, wie und warum sie funktioniert, erklärt der Autor anhand anschaulich aufbereiteter Hintergrundinformationen. Hier geht es z. B. um den glykämischen Index und die glykämische Last, um die Fittmacher Eiweiß und Fett, um den Unsinn der Light-Produkte und natürlich um Vitamine, Ballaststoffe und Kohlenhydrate sowie um die Urmutter der guten Figur, die Bewegung. Die vielen genussfreundlichen Signale, die das Buch über Inhalt und die farbenfrohe und plakative Aufmachung transportiert, macht Lust auf's Ausprobieren -- logisch! --Sandra-Kathrin Buck ...Continue reading for LOGI-Methode: Glücklich und schlank

Ocr Health & Social Care Gcse

2011-07-06T02:24:00.001-07:00

Ocr Health & Social Care Gcse

Ocr Health & Social Care Gcse , Price: - Endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR GCSE Health and Social Care specification, this book is a clear and comprehensive introduction to all aspects of health and social care. OCR Health and Social Care for GCSE is a brand new, full-colour resource that provides an accessible guide to the OCR qualification as well as other Level 2 health and social care related qualifications. Contents include: 1. Health, Social Care and Early Years Provision 2. Understanding Personal Development and Relationships 3. Promoting Health and Well-being 4. Safeguarding and Protecting Individuals. The book is supported by a separately available Teacher Resource CD-ROM. ...Continue reading for Ocr Health & Social Care Gcse

Health Promotion in Nursing Practice (6th Edition)

2011-07-03T09:58:00.001-07:00

Health Promotion in Nursing Practice (6th Edition)

Health Promotion in Nursing Practice (6th Edition) , Price: $65.20 - Health Promotion in Nurisng Practice presents a strong, up-to-date foundation for understanding and building the science and practice of health promotion. The book has three goals: to introduce the major individual and community models and theories that guide health promotion interventions; to offer evidence-based strategies for effective health promotion in practice settings; and to foster critical thinking about future opportunities for research and more effective interventions. This Sixth Edition is thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and terminology. New coverage includes: the U.S. Government’s Healthy People 2020 Goals; more ecological approaches encompassing families, communities, and nations; new health promotion technologies, and more. ...Continue reading for Health Promotion in Nursing Practice (6th Edition)

A physician's reflections. (Cost Containment, DRGs, and The Ethics of Health Care): An article from: The Hastings Center Report

2011-06-29T23:32:00.001-07:00

A physician's reflections. (Cost Containment, DRGs, and The Ethics of Health Care): An article from: The Hastings Center Report

A physician's reflections. (Cost Containment, DRGs, and The Ethics of Health Care): An article from: The Hastings Center Report , Price: $5.95 - This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on January 1, 1989. The length of the article is 3374 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: A physician's reflections. (Cost Containment, DRGs, and The Ethics of Health Care)
Author: Robert A. Berenson
Publication:The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1989
Publisher: Hastings Center
Volume: v19 Issue: n1 Page: p12(4)

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The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back

2011-06-27T09:28:00.001-07:00

The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back

The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back , Price: $26.00 - America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger. But ordinary Americans aren't buying it. They see what the rosy statistics hide: We are all struggling under the weight of terrifying economic instability. No matter how well educated and hard working we are, we know that the bottom can fall out at any moment. Meanwhile, the safety net that once protected us is fast unraveling. With retirement plans in growing jeopardy while health coverage erodes, more and more economic risk is shifting from government and business onto the fragile shoulders of the American family.
The book documents how two great pillars of economic security--the family and the workplace--guarantee far less financial stability than they once did. The final leg of economic support--the public and private benefits that workers and families get when economic disaster strikes--has dangerously eroded as political leaders and corporations increasingly cut back protections of our health care, our income security, and our retirement pensions. Hacker concludes by advocating an "insurance and opportunity society" that would safeguard economic security and expand economic opportunity, ensuring that all Americans have the basic financial security they need to reach for and achieve the American Dream.
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Personal Trainer: Yoga for Kids: The At-Home Yoga Class for Young Beginners

2011-06-24T21:52:00.001-07:00

Personal Trainer: Yoga for Kids: The At-Home Yoga Class for Young Beginners

Personal Trainer: Yoga for Kids: The At-Home Yoga Class for Young Beginners , Price: $9.95 -

This vibrantly designed and accessible guide gives kids a warm welcome to yoga. Liz Lark, an experienced instructor who also has a degree in the performing arts, takes a group of children through a session, from sun salutations through standing and seated postures, to relaxation. Animal and nature poses, a special favorite of kids, help make the process fun, as well as beneficial. Each exercise is introduced by a brief story about the pose, followed by easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.

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The Essential Guide to Hair, Makeup, and Skin Care (Always in Style)

2011-06-22T09:03:00.001-07:00

The Essential Guide to Hair, Makeup, and Skin Care (Always in Style)

The Essential Guide to Hair, Makeup, and Skin Care (Always in Style) , Price: $24.95 - Shows the reader how to choose a hairstyle and color, care for skin and hair, and choose and apply makeup, all based on individual coloring and the shapes of the face and head. Includes color photo examples of real people that demonstrate facial shape and coloring type. Softcover. DLC: Beauty, Personal. ...Continue reading for The Essential Guide to Hair, Makeup, and Skin Care (Always in Style)

SIC 8059 NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED: An entry from Gale's Encyclopedia of American Industries

2011-06-14T12:47:00.001-07:00

SIC 8059 NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED: An entry from Gale's Encyclopedia of American Industries

SIC 8059 NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED: An entry from Gale's Encyclopedia of American Industries , Price: $6.90 - This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of American Industries, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. The length of the article is 3053 words. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Essays by subject experts treat concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures. ...Continue reading for SIC 8059 NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED: An entry from Gale's Encyclopedia of American Industries

My Medical Records - A Health Care Organizer (2 Adults or Children - Large)

2011-06-12T00:08:00.001-07:00

My Medical Records - A Health Care Organizer (2 Adults or Children - Large)

My Medical Records - A Health Care Organizer (2 Adults or Children - Large) , Price: - This roomy, 3-ring organizer makes it easy to maintain a permanent health care record for 1-2 adults.

Each of the 12 indexed sections contains instructions, data forms, and pocket folders for storing loose information. Test results, discharge instructions, physical therapy exercises, etc., can be 3-ring punched and added to the appropriate section.

Each book contains 75 data pages, 12 pocket folders and detailed instructions for getting started. Additional data pages are available.

Sections include: Primary medical information, Important documents, Personal & Family health histories, Allergies, Immunizations, Doctor & Emergency visits, Supplemental health care visits, Medications, Adverse reactions to medications, Tests, Test results, Outpatient procedures, Hospitalizations, Insurance information, Bills, Receipts, Miscellaneous.

My Medical Records is a must for those with multiple medical problems, care givers, college students, young adults living away from home for the first time, military families - or anyone who is looking for an accurate way to keep track of medical records.

4 person versions are also available. ...Continue reading for My Medical Records - A Health Care Organizer (2 Adults or Children - Large)

Health, Poverty and Development in India

2011-06-09T12:56:00.001-07:00

Health, Poverty and Development in India

Health, Poverty and Development in India , Price: $27.50 - This is a discussion of the health situation in India, and the problems encountered in measuring the health of the population. The relationship between nutrition, health, socio-economic factors, and political and economic aspects of health care are reviewed, together with the future directions of health policy and health financing. ...Continue reading for Health, Poverty and Development in India

Reflections in Hospice Palliative Care: A Personal Writing Journal with a rich combination of thought provoking writing stems, questions and comments for those caring for the dying.

2011-06-06T23:40:00.001-07:00

Reflections in Hospice Palliative Care: A Personal Writing Journal with a rich combination of thought provoking writing stems, questions and comments for those caring for the dying.

Reflections in Hospice Palliative Care: A Personal Writing Journal with a rich combination of thought provoking writing stems, questions and comments for those caring for the dying. , Price: $19.95 - This writing journal is a great learning and self care tool for anyone providing care for the dying! It contains a rich combination of thought provoking writing stems, questions and comments as well as plenty of inviting writing space for you to explore your care experiences. By examining from different perspectives you can further your knowledge, understanding and capacity to provide excellent end of life care. Regular journaling practice provides the caregiver with "self-care", an important practice for those working in the sometimes difficult emotional venues of hospice palliative care. Designed to be used alone or as a companion to the "Essentials" manual, the journal can help integrate new care theory with practice. ...Continue reading for Reflections in Hospice Palliative Care: A Personal Writing Journal with a rich combination of thought provoking writing stems, questions and comments for those caring for the dying.

Taking Care of My Ears (Pebble Plus: Keeping Healthy)

2011-06-04T12:22:00.001-07:00

Taking Care of My Ears (Pebble Plus: Keeping Healthy)

Taking Care of My Ears (Pebble Plus: Keeping Healthy) , Price: $6.95 - Introduces early readers to the benefits of personal care. Featuring colourful photographs and easy-to-read text, this series covers all the basics including haircuts, teeth brushing and visits to the doctor and dentist. ...Continue reading for Taking Care of My Ears (Pebble Plus: Keeping Healthy)

Good Hair: Health, Care and Beauty Solutions

2011-06-02T01:14:00.001-07:00

Good Hair: Health, Care and Beauty Solutions

Good Hair: Health, Care and Beauty Solutions , Price: $9.95 - Hair speaks volumes about who we are. It is a barometer reflecting our health, our lifestyle, style and individuality. And, like us, it has its good days and bad days. It is quite amazing how a change in colour or cut alters our whole image and, as a result, how we feel and present ourselves. When nurtured, hair can glow with health and vitality, but neglected hair looks dull and lifeless. The irony, however, is that hair is dead. With knowledge and understanding, the mystery of hair problems can be solved, either naturally or artificially. Armed with this knowledge, anyone can have a beautiful head of hair. This book will examine the structure of hair, different types of hair, changes and hair loss that can occur with age, stress and illness, diet and its effect on hair condition, solutions for excess facial hair, and correct styles for face shapes, colour and skin tone, there is also a special section on men's hair. ...Continue reading for Good Hair: Health, Care and Beauty Solutions

Healthy Parents, Better Babies: A Couple's Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care

2011-05-30T14:16:00.001-07:00

Healthy Parents, Better Babies: A Couple's Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care

Healthy Parents, Better Babies: A Couple's Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care , Price: $18.95 - A comprehensive review of colour remedies and their potential as potentized natural remedies. ...Continue reading for Healthy Parents, Better Babies: A Couple's Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care

Caring for Madness: The Role of Personal Experience in the Training of Mental Health Nurses

2011-05-28T03:05:00.001-07:00

Caring for Madness: The Role of Personal Experience in the Training of Mental Health Nurses

Caring for Madness: The Role of Personal Experience in the Training of Mental Health Nurses , Price: $68.99 - This book addresses the use of personal experience in the training of mental health student nurses. It follows the existential phenomenological tradition in addressing the issue of ‘madness’ and caring and adopts a historical perspective to show the antecedents of modern practices in caring. This historical perspective includes ancient Vedic, Egyptian and Greek perspectives and shows the continuity, similarity and contradictions in care from the ancient times to the present. The book explores several themes linking history with the students’ accounts of experiences of training from 1987 to 1997. The empirical research consisted of recorded group discussions and personal, written accounts of the experience of training. Finally a philosophical approach to mental health nursing education is put forward. This comprises a critique of the concept of nursing care, an outline of the ways in which students learn from experience, and a developmental approach to reflective practice. The existential-phenomenological approach argues for a form of caring in which a moral stance is taken. Suggestions are made for trainers to make the best use of students’ reflections on their own experience as an integral part of the course. ...Continue reading for Caring for Madness: The Role of Personal Experience in the Training of Mental Health Nurses

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out

2011-05-25T15:25:00.001-07:00

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out , Price: $25.95 - The inspiring story of how a leading innovator in patient safety found a simple way to save countless lives.

First, do no harm-doctors, nurses and clinicians swear by this code of conduct. Yet in hospitals and doctors' offices across the country, errors are made every single day - avoidable, simple mistakes that often cost lives. Inspired by two medical mistakes that not only ended in unnecessary deaths but hit close to home, Dr. Peter Pronovost made it his personal mission to improve patient safety and make preventable deaths a thing of the past, one hospital at a time.

Dr. Pronovost began with simple improvements to a common procedure in the ER and ICU units at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Creating an easy five-step checklist based on the most up-to-date research for his fellow doctors and nurses to follow, he hoped that streamlining the procedure itself could slow the rate of infections patients often died from.

But what Dr. Pronovost discovered was that doctors and nurses needed more than a checklist: the day-to-day environment needed to be more patient-driven and staff needed to see scientific results in order to know their efforts were a success. After those changes took effect, the units Dr. Pronovost worked with decreased their rate of infection by 70%.

Today, all fifty states are implementing Dr. Pronovost's programs, which have the potential to save more lives than any other medical innovation in the past twenty-five years. But his ideas are just the beginning of the changes being made by doctors and nurses across the country making huge leaps to improve patient care. In Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals, Dr. Pronovost shares his own experience, anecdotal stories from his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and other hospitals that have made his approach their own, alongside comprehensive research-showing readers how small changes make a huge difference in patient care.

Inspiring and thought provoking, this compelling book shows how one person with a cause really can make a huge difference in our lives. ...Continue reading for Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out

101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care: Tips to Help You Spend Smart and Stay Healthy

2011-05-23T03:45:00.001-07:00

101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care: Tips to Help You Spend Smart and Stay Healthy

101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care: Tips to Help You Spend Smart and Stay Healthy , Price: $13.00 - "Dr. Cynthia Koelker gives us the inside scoop on how to save money at the doctor's office and still get great care. Even if you have insurance, 101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care will still help you save your hard-earned cash."
-Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN senior medical correspondent, author of The Empowered Patient

For over twenty years, Ohio-based family physician Dr. Cynthia J. Koelker has made it her mission to help people lower their health care expenses. Now, in 101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care, Dr. Koelker shares her insider tips and information so that you too can save hundreds (even thousands!) without sacrificing your health.

101 Ways is loaded with simple, easy-to-understand tips on topics that everyone will find useful, including:

* How to save money on brand name drugs
* How to cut costs for chronic problems-from asthma to allergies
* How to ask for a hospital discount (it's easier than you think!)
* Ways to save money on glasses and contacts
* What websites you can trust to give you the best health information

Whether you are uninsured, or just looking to save money, this invaluable guide will show you how to stay healthy and hold onto your hard-earned dollars.
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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish for Health Care Professionals

2011-05-19T18:29:00.001-07:00

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish for Health Care Professionals

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish for Health Care Professionals , Price: $9.95 - For health workers serving a growing community.

Today, when one in four babies born in the U.S. is Hispanic, it is essential that every hospital administrator, nurse, EMT, and doctor have a working knowledge of Spanish. Chapters include vocabulary, phrases, and pronunciation for everything from insurance forms to mental health to prenatal care, with additional sections on dentistry and optometry.

• Essential reference for doctors, nurses, EMTs, nursing home staff, home caregivers, volunteers, hospice nurses, and administrators
• Perfect size for a lab coat pocket
• Author is an experienced linguist with experience in teaching health care- related Spanish courses ...Continue reading for The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish for Health Care Professionals

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2011-05-17T09:24:00.005-07:00

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Where to buy cheap Experia IRiS LED Fiber Optic Cascade IRiS LED Fiber Optic Cascade is a wonderfully tactile product that gives the impression of a color-changing curtain. Fiber Optic Cascade can be controlled by any IRiS Talker and can be mounted on a wall or above a doorway to create the effect of a color-curtain ... »» Read more...

Health and Personal Care

Home Health Care Answer Book: Legal Issues for Providers

Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Walking Together Through Illness: Twelve Steps for Caregivers and Care Receivers

Understand and Care (Learning to Get Along, Book 3)

The Savard Health Record: A Six-Step System for Managing Your Healthcare

Wunder Mensch: Eine faszinierende Reise durch unseren Körper

Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)

LOGI-Methode: Glücklich und schlank

Ocr Health & Social Care Gcse

Health Promotion in Nursing Practice (6th Edition)

A physician's reflections. (Cost Containment, DRGs, and The Ethics of Health Care): An article from: The Hastings Center Report

The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back

Personal Trainer: Yoga for Kids: The At-Home Yoga Class for Young Beginners

The Essential Guide to Hair, Makeup, and Skin Care (Always in Style)

SIC 8059 NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED: An entry from Gale's Encyclopedia of American Industries

My Medical Records - A Health Care Organizer (2 Adults or Children - Large)

Health, Poverty and Development in India

Reflections in Hospice Palliative Care: A Personal Writing Journal with a rich combination of thought provoking writing stems, questions and comments for those caring for the dying.

Taking Care of My Ears (Pebble Plus: Keeping Healthy)

Good Hair: Health, Care and Beauty Solutions

Healthy Parents, Better Babies: A Couple's Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care

Caring for Madness: The Role of Personal Experience in the Training of Mental Health Nurses

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out

101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care: Tips to Help You Spend Smart and Stay Healthy

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish for Health Care Professionals

Experia 010058

Comfort Line Products SNB6ftSWC120V

Drive Medical 15302BV-PKG

Bambach Saddle Seat BSS200

Drive Medical S35006GT

Sun Life Saunas HOLLYWOOD-CEDAR/CD&DVD

FortuneTM 1-10-EU

Brazil Bronze Glow Bar T-kit

Enhanced Vision Acrobat 19

Experia 480090

Inada HCP-10001A(CH)

American Diagnostic 9001BPSTO

AromaSteam AromaSteam

Panasonic EP1272KL

Drive Medical 18250

Human Touch PC-095-100-001/PC-PAD-400-021

Drive Medical 15303BV-PKG

3B Scientific VA20

Jenx 0815-49-575

Experia 010032

Human Touch PC-095-100-004/PC-PAD-400-016

Rifton R140

Human Touch PC-008-100-003

Drive Medical 13246

Experia 5600151

SleepSafe P-SSR/M/Twin

Drive Medical STD30DFA

Sargent Steam Sargent Steam Cleaner

Interactive Health HT-110

Rifton K710

Rocky Mountain Saunas DelHemDVD

Snug Seat 86304-F

Otto Bock 470G57=00000_V001

Drive Medical S35006

Body Relaxer HX-1000-BV

Enhanced Vision Acrobat 22

Under The Sun 2 Person Outdoor

Energizer 39182

Apollo Whisper Mist Whisper Mist

Richway Biomat BioMat 2002MX

Under The Sun Saunas 4HCC2008

Shoprider 889XLSN-Bgrd

Ansell Perry PRD85000

Siemens Hearing Aids HA PURE 301

Easy Walking 8000-00-000

Human Touch PC-100-100-003/PC-PAD-400-021

Ansell Perry PRD85003

Panasonic EP30007KX

HYMBAS BCX-Ultra Rife Machine

Leisure Products Inc SS24

Enhanced Vision Merlin 22

Columbia Medical 5149

Drive Medical 13039

ER - Emergency Ready SK100R