Health-Care Reform

Health-Care Reform
A Surgeon’s Perspective
By Ashraf A. Hilmy, MD

Published: 11/14/2012
Format: Dust Jacket Hardcover
Pages: 120
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47595-229-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

In this study, Dr. Ashraf A. Hilmy, with a surgeon’s objective, no-nonsense precision and an unabashed lack of political correctness, dissects the current state of health-care delivery in America. In practice since 1979, he is board certified in surgery, anesthesiology, critical-care medicine, and health-care administration. He received an MBA from the University of Texas, Pan Am with an emphasis on health-care administration. He has served as both chief of surgery and staff at several institutions and has practiced in every scale of facility—solo, partnership, and group practice.

Dr. Hilmy is uniquely qualified to render an informed opinion about health care in the United States. In his professional judgment, there is no question that the current system is faltering and in need of radical reform. No other country in the world spends so much on health care and has so little to show for it.

Written with the layperson in mind, Health-Care Reform offers insightful, well-researched, supported arguments. Though it does not set out to offend anyone, people will be offended—as a portion of the drivers of escalating health-care costs are laid squarely on their shoulders.

Health-Care Reform addresses how health care is delivered in America. By comparing our delivery system to those used around the world, Dr. Hilmy breaks down different cost drivers with anonymous case examples, and finally, offers suggestions for realistic reform.

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The Truth about Dog and Cat Treatments and Anomalies

The Truth about Dog and Cat Treatments and Anomalies
By Robert L. Ridgway, DVM

Published: 11/10/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 366
ISBN: 978-1-47599-675-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

You don’t have to be a veterinarian to prevent and treat many of the problems that might afflict your four-legged friend. Robert L. Ridgway, a doctor of veterinary medicine, helps you identify conditions and use home remedies and treatments to treat dogs and cats. Written in everyday language, this guide can help you • spot and treat skin infections in minimally invasive ways; • help your pet battle and beat heartworms and other parasites; • encourage good nutrition and address eating problems; and • help your pet overcome stomach problems, gas, and other ailments. While the guide focuses on tackling health problems, it can also help you improve your pet’s behavior, avoid common household substances that can harm your pet, and weigh complicated issues involved with end-of-life care and decision making. This handbook covers more than 150 different subjects and includes dosage instructions based on a pet’s weight so you can act with confidence. While veterinarians serve an important role, you can fix many problems on your own when you know The Truth about Dog and Cat Treatments and Anomalies.

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A Core Curriculum for Nurse Life Care Planning

A Core Curriculum for Nurse Life Care Planning
By AANLCP

Published: 10/21/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 494
ISBN: 978-1-49170-657-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

A Core Curriculum for Nurse Life Care Planning helps registered nurse life care planners prepare to take the CNLCP credentialing exam and serves as a foundation for a successful nurse life care planning practice. This textbook is based on the nursing process of assessment, critical thinking, and nursing diagnoses, and it also covers applying nursing research, evidenced-based practice, case management skills, and legal nursing practices.

Written by practicing nurse life care planners and peer-reviewed by AANLCP member nurse life care planners, this core curriculum includes basic nurse life care planning knowledge on
• The history of nurse life care planning
• The use of critical thinking in the life care planning process
• How to critique a life care plan
• How to address spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, chronic pain, amputations, burns, cerebral palsy, and considerations with aging
• How to understand disability rights laws
• The legal aspects of nurse life care planning
• Litigation processes

Providing a foundation to encourage nurse life care planners to research and learn, A Core Curriculum for Nurse Life Care Planning offers a valuable resource for nurses practicing in this field.


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Too Big to Succeed

Too Big to Succeed
Profiteering in American Medicine
By Russell J. Andrews, MD, DEd

Published: 2/28/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) What's This
Pages: 192
ISBN: 978-1-47597-130-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Medicine in the United States is big business. We spend 50 percent more on health care per capita than other developed countries, but a multitude of measures indicate that we are not getting health-care value for our money. In Too Big to Succeed, author Dr. Russell J. Andrews details why health care in America has become more expensive but less effective and outlines a new paradigm for health-care delivery.

Too Big to Succeed describes how American medicine is on an unsustainable course: costs are increasing while benefits are deteriorating in comparison with other developed nations. Beginning with the Hippocratic Oath and the the premedical student, Andrews traces the myriad ways in which the profit motive has infiltrated American medicine—including medical school training, current models of health-care delivery, medical professional societies, medical research, and medical drug and device development.

Presenting an insider’s look into the current crisis in health care, Andrews demonstrates that until both the physician and the patient return to the relationship that underlies medicine, physicians will not experience the joy of healing those who seek their help and patients will not appreciate that a good physician is a permanent part of their lives.

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Too Big to Succeed

Too Big to Succeed
Profiteering in American Medicine
By Russell J. Andrews, MD, DEd

Published: 2/20/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 192
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47597-128-6
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Medicine in the United States is big business. We spend 50 percent more on health care per capita than other developed countries, but a multitude of measures indicate that we are not getting health-care value for our money. In Too Big to Succeed, author Dr. Russell J. Andrews details why health care in America has become more expensive but less effective and outlines a new paradigm for health-care delivery.

Too Big to Succeed describes how American medicine is on an unsustainable course: costs are increasing while benefits are deteriorating in comparison with other developed nations. Beginning with the Hippocratic Oath and the the premedical student, Andrews traces the myriad ways in which the profit motive has infiltrated American medicine—including medical school training, current models of health-care delivery, medical professional societies, medical research, and medical drug and device development.

Presenting an insider’s look into the current crisis in health care, Andrews demonstrates that until both the physician and the patient return to the relationship that underlies medicine, physicians will not experience the joy of healing those who seek their help and patients will not appreciate that a good physician is a permanent part of their lives.

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Sickle Cell Disease / Sickle Cell Trait

Sickle Cell Disease / Sickle Cell Trait
The Triumphant Struggle of One Man
By Ezekiel Sandy

Published: 5/1/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 246
Size: 5x8
ISBN: 978-1-47598-615-0
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

This book is based on a disease that has plagued the Cushite race from the dawn of existence: sickle cell or trait sickle cell, for which experts continue to say there is no cure. As a victim of this disease, I prayed I would be provided with the answers to overcome this serious health condition. I believed there had to be a way and was determined to find it.

Inside this book is my story and the tools I discovered. Given a chance, the material within will serve as a major help for all who read. Having this disease or any other chronic illness can be a building block for learning how to overcome struggles and live your best life now. I hope this book helps you make positive changes in your health. I, Ezekiel J. Sandy, am an example of one man who overcame this illness and you can, too, if you apply the knowledge.

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