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Life is unfolding as planned for Myra Sack and her husband Matt until their beautiful year-old daughter Havi is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, and given only a year to live. Myra and Matt decide to celebrate Havi's short life and vow to show her as much of the world as they can, surrounded by friends and family who relocate to be in Havi's orbit. Tapping their Judaism, they transform Friday night Shabbats into birthday parties—"Shabbirthdays"—to replace the birthdays Havi will never have."Shabbirthdays"—to replace the birthdays Havi will never have.

This audiobook provides a comprehensive overview of mental illness, emphasizing that these conditions are biological and medical in nature, not signs of weakness or moral failings. It focuses heavily on evidence-based treatment, detailing how recovery is possible for conditions ranging from depression and OCD to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, often through a combination of medication, psychotherapy (such as CBT, DBT, and ERP), and innovative biological interventions like TMS and ECT.

With remarkable insight and vulnerability, a leading cancer researcher distills the lessons for living that he's learned as a doctor and as a patient, after being diagnosed with his own terminal illness—based on his enormously popular Stanford class. Over the course of his twenty-year career...

In Instilling Hope in Healthcare, seasoned physical therapist and clinic owner Tom Loyd, MPT invites you to rediscover the heart of healing. With over two decades in outpatient orthopedics, Loyd understands the strain providers face—burnout, pressure for productivity, and disconnection from the “why” behind the work.

Once feted like Gods, doctors today are considered villains. Dr Vidhu Bhatnagar’s audiobook is a noble attempt to humanize them. It talks about the sacrifices, sweat, tears and blood which go into the making of a specialist doctor. 'Knock Knock' is a heartfelt account of an anaesthesiologist, through the years of her post-graduation, opening the hitherto secretive portals of medical science.

In Healing through Connection, diabetes nurse, educator, and storyteller Beverly Thomassian invites you on a deeply personal journey through the heart of healthcare. From bustling hospitals to rural villages and quiet moments of shared humanity, her experiences reveal a profound truth: meaningful care goes far beyond clinical skill—it is rooted in empathy, presence, and the courage to release judgment.

Healthcare needs more than innovation—it needs leaders who can connect clinical excellence with operational insight, team culture, and clear vision. White Coat Leadership helps clinicians step confidently into leadership roles that shape not just teams, but the future of care. Dr. Timothy Liesching introduces a three-dimensional leadership model—palpable, performance, and people leadership—designed to meet today’s most pressing healthcare challenges.

No one goes into healthcare with the intention of hurting people, or wanting to come off as callous, cold, or unfeeling. Fortunately, most people working in healthcare understand that kindness and compassion are key, even foundational to success in the care they provide to patients and families...

This book is about churn or patient turnover. This is for those DPC doctors, not only those in mature practices, but also for those newbies who are just starting out. Everyone needs to worry about losing patients. It’s not only a blow to your ego when people are going out the door seemingly as fast as they are coming in but also a blow to your bottom line. And it could put you out of business.

Then one day at clinic, she noticed patients trading stories in the waiting room, sharing not just valuable advice, but empathy and encouragement. That was the genesis of the support group, a safe place where people dealing with cancer and its aftermath could talk openly about what they were going through. It was a lightbulb experience for Dr. Blackmon. Once she saw the difference a committed ally could make in a patient’s long-term survivorship, Dr. Blackmon sought to extend the principles of support to her colleagues.

The Physician Wellness Project is your roadmap to joy in your job. This step-by-step guidebook to career satisfaction and work-life balance. We'll explore the best jobs within medicine. And if you're looking to leave medicine, this book shares all the best career options for healthcare professionals beyond clinical practice.

In 44 Praxisfällen entschlüsselt Dr. medic Roland Pfeiffer die Migräneursachen und zeigt Wege der Migränetherapie auf. Ein Buch für Patienten, Ärzte, Heilpraktiker und Osteopathen. Jeder Migränepatient ist individuell und jede Migräneursache ist individuell. So individuell wie der Fingerabdruck eines jeden von uns. Deshalb wurde dieses Buch geschrieben. Die Migräne ist ein Rätsel, das zur Lösung herausfordert. Dr. medic Pfeiffer richtet sich mit seinem Buch an alle Menschen mit Migräne, um dieses Rätsel für jeden einzelnen greifbarer zu machen.

The practice of medicine has never been easy. Years of demanding education. Long hours. Weekend call duty. Stress-laden procedures. Burgeoning regulatory requirements. Even a worldwide healthcare crisis. How is a physician to cope? This indispensable anthology of essential essays offers practical solutions. 'Physician Well-Being During Sustained Crisis' features over twenty authors, including active physician executives, counselors, and healthcare chaplains, addressing three core concepts related to the well-being of physicians.

Pharmacist Cory Jenks had all the elements to make a competent healthcare professional. Good looks, academic accolades, multiple board certifications, and a competitive residency. However, none of these items prepared him for truly caring for his patients in a chaotic healthcare environment, and he was struggling. After implementing lessons he learned as an improv comedian, Cory’s perspective began to shift. In this audiobook, Cory takes you through the comical and powerful tools needed to create a memorable, humanizing experience for your patients and colleagues.

Dare to Care is a book about the magic of medicine and life. Patients long for caring and connection when they are ill, and the doctors who come to this profession full of care and compassion often leave feeling drained and diluted as human beings because they forget who they are. In this audiobook, you will be reminded that essential harmony and well-being is your natural state, and what you have been looking for in any doctor you have sought. It offers an invitation to join a new bandwidth of caring, intuition, holism, and love, to ride the waves of living beyond the norm.

Новая книга автора бестселлера The Sunday Times "Все, что осталось"! Наши кости - молчаливые свидетели той жизни, которую мы ведем, и на них записывается вся наша биография. Основываясь на годах исследований и огромном профессиональном опыте, всемирно известный судебный антрополог, кавалер Ордена Британской империи профессор Сью Блэк приглашает нас в потрясающее путешествие, полное неожиданных открытий.

Filled with firsthand insights and stories from the frontlines of healthcare, as well as innovative solutions, Care After Covid shows all stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem exactly what needs to change and, more importantly, how to do it.

“The shortest distance between a human being and the truth,” so goes the saying, “is a story.” These stories, told by Dr. Scott Abramson based on his 40 years of medical experience and from coaching colleagues in the mission of physician communication, embody some of these human truths: truths about listening, connection, faith, bereavement, death, teamwork, empathy, courage, grace, joy, leadership, parenting, burnout, the challenges of work-life balance, and the secret of happiness.

"Gudrun og det hvide snit" afdækker et grumt stykke danmarkshistorie. Gennem sin barndom har forfatter og journalist Janne Aagaard besøgt sin mors moster Gudrun på et plejehjem i Arden og undret sig over Gudruns skæbne: "Hun var lidt af en legende i vores familie. Gudrun, der var indlagt stort set hele sit liv, damen med bare et ben, hende der elskede mænd. Skammen og skylden lå som et stort tæppe over hende og hendes begrædelige liv." Gudrun er en af de 4500 danskere, der fra midten af 1940’ene og 40 år frem fik det hvide snit - det sidste blev udført i 1983.

Редкий врач может популярно, не увлекаясь профессиональными терминами, объяснить далекому от медицины пациенту причины возникшей у того проблемы. Да и времени нет – рецепт в руки, и... следующий! Врач-терапевт Георгий Олегович Сапего, автор блога @Для пациентов, восполняет этот пробел. Кратко, понятно, образно и даже с юмором рассказывает о самых интересных аспектах здоровья с учетом последних научных открытий. Вернее, переводит с медицинского языка на человеческий.