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1) The hidden history of American healthcare: why sickness bankrupts you and makes others insanely rich
Author
Series
Hidden history volume 5
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
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Description
"On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Within three days, Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in the Haitian capital, along with a team of volunteers, to lend his services to the injured. In this vivid narrative, Farmer describes the incredible suffering--and resilience--that he encountered in Haiti. Having worked in the country for nearly thirty years, he skillfully explores the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts,...
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
"At a moment of drastic political upheaval, a shocking investigation into the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, as well as solutions to its myriad of problems. In these troubled times, perhaps no institution has unraveled...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Your first step toward getting into medical school is a high score on the MCAT. This eBook gives you what you need to prepare for your high-stakes test--powerful practice. With two full-length exams that mirror the official test, you'll know exactly what to expect on test day.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr. Makary, one of the nation's leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of price-gouging, middlemen, and a series of elusive money games in need...
Publisher
Learning Express
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Get the job you want by scoring well on the Certified Medical Assistant or the Registered Medical Assistant exam. This up-to-date guide reviews every area tested by the official exams. It also includes tips for higher scores, overcoming anxiety, and more." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thousands of people get organ transplants every year, but the need greatly outweighs the supply of organs. What if scientists could grow organs to help make people well? The technology isn't so far fetched anymore. Readers learn all about how this could be possible, as well as work in areas like genetics, and much more in the riveting pages of this book. Chock full of STEM topics, including careers in the medical, research, and technology fields,...
13) EMT's tools
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Understanding each tool is made easy with simple definitions and in-use photos that will show kids how an ambulance, gurney, defibrillator and oxygen mask works."--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Despite having access to more resources than ever, our doctors are overloaded with demands for their time and expertise. In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol shows how artificial intelligence can help. Natural-language processing can record our doctor's notes, make sense of our medical histories, and read more deeply into the scientific literature than any human ever could. Deep-learning algorithms -- applied to wearable sensors, genomic...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Marty Makary is co-developer of the life-saving checklist outlined in Atul Gawande's bestselling The Checklist Manifesto. Over the last ten years, neither medical error rates nor medical costs have come down, despite scientific progress and efforts to curb expenses. To patients, the healthcare system is a black box, and the lack of transparency leaves both bad doctors and systemic flaws unchecked. Accountability in healthcare would expose dangerous...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This handy guide features definitions for more than 600 concepts you are sure to find on your Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) exam or any other Registered Medical Assistant test. It covers key topic areas, including core medical assisting knowledge, anatomy and physiology, clinical and administrative procedures, and more.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
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Description
"[P]hysician and ... author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is a ... look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease,...
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Language
English
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"America's Bitter Pill is Steven Brill's much-anticipated, sweeping narrative of how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing--and failing to change--the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. Brill probed the depths of our nation's healthcare crisis in his trailblazing Time magazine Special Report, which won the 2014 National Magazine Award for Public Interest. Now...
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