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Foreign Body
A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers, in this chilling tale from the master of the medical thriller. Jennifer Hernandez is a fourth-year medical student at UCLA, just completing an elective in general surgery, whose world is shattered during a break in an otherwise ordinary day. While relaxing in the surgical lounge of L.A.Â’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, she half-listens to a piece on medical tourism, where first-world citizens travel to third-world countries for surgery. But when she hears her beloved grandmotherÂ’s name mentioned, her own heart nearly stops: the CNN reporter says Maria Suarez-Hernandez had died, a day after undergoing a hip replacement in New DelhiÂ’s Queen Victoria Hospital. Maria had raised Jennifer and her brothers from infancy, and their bond was unshakable. Still, the news that Maria had traveled to India was a shock to Jennifer, until she realized that it was the only viable option for the hardworking yet uninsured woman. Devastated, and desperate for answers, Jennifer takes emergency leave from school and heads to India, where relations with local officials go from sympathetic to sour as she presses for more information. With the discovery of other unexplained deaths followed by hasty cremations, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery, who has her own deep connection to Maria. Laurie, along with her husband, Dr. Jack Stapleton, rushes to the younger womanÂ’s side, discovering a sophisticated medical facility with little margin for error. As the death count grows, so do the questions, leading Laurie and Jennifer to unveil a sinister, multilayered conspiracy of global proportions..
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
National Bestseller
The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives may be on the line with any decision. Atul Gawande, the New York Times bestselling author of Complications, examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in this complex and risk-filled profession. At once unflinching and compassionate, Better is an exhilarating journey, narrated by "arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around" (Salon.com). .
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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application
Now in its Sixth Edition, this foremost leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. More than 225 case studies and learning exercises promote critical thinking and interactive discussion. Case studies cover a variety of settings, including acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, and community health. The book addresses timely issues such as leadership development, staffing, delegation, ethics and law, organizational, political, and personal power, management and technology, and more. Web links and learning exercises appear in each chapter. An Instructor's CD-ROM includes a testbank and PowerPoint slides. .
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Girl, Interrupted
When reality got "too dense" for 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen, she was hospitalized It was 1967, and reality was too dense for many people. But few who are labeled mad and locked up for refusing to stick to an agreed-upon reality possess Kaysen's lucidity in sorting out a maelstrom of contrary perceptions. Her observations about hospital life are deftly rendered; often darkly funny. Her clarity about the complex province of brain and mind, of neuro-chemical activity and something more, make this book of brief essays an exquisite challenge to conventional thinking about what is normal and what is deviant..
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Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends & Management (Cherry, Contemporary Nursing)
Popular for its comprehensive but concise overview of the issues facing nurses today, this text is designed to help you prepare for the dynamic world of modern health care. This edition is fully revised and updated, giving you the most practical, balanced preparation for the issues, trends, and management topics you'll encounter in practice. - Chapter features identify the most important concepts in each chapter and help you study more efficiently.
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Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
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Physicians Desk Reference 2008: Hospital/Library Version (Physicians' Desk Reference (Pdr))
Physicians have turned to PDR for the latest word on prescription drugs for over 62 years! Today, PDR is considered the standard prescription drug reference and can be found in virtually every medical facility and pharmacy in the United States. The 62nd edition contains more that 3,000 pages-our most comprehensive edition ever! Among the new drugs featured in this edition are: Brovana; Coreg CR; Fentora; Glumetza; Januvia; Travatan Z; Vectubix; Zolinza You will find information on more that 4,000 drugs by brand and generic name, manufacturer, adn product category. Your 2008 PDR provides usage information and warnings, drug interactions, plus more that 2,000 full-size, full-color photos cross-referenced to the drug. You will also find: * Phonetic spelling * A key to controlled substances * Dosages * Clinical pharmacology * Other FDA-required information * Adverse Reactions * Contraindications * Pediatric use * FDA use-in-pregnancy ratings.
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Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty (Billings, Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty)
This complete faculty guide covers the four major components of the educator role teaching, curriculum, information technology, and evaluation of students and programs with comprehensive, contemporary guidelines to help you develop the educator competencies needed to ensure your success in todays complex health care and academic environments. This respected title is also one of the National League for Nursings recommended resources for nurses preparing to take the Certified Nurse Educator examination. - Nationally recognized contributing authors share their expertise to bring you the best and most comprehensive information available.
- Presents innovative models of clinical teaching that show you how to effectively teach in an interdisciplinary setting, how to evaluate students in the clinical setting, and how to adapt your teaching for community-based practice.li>
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