Medical Professional

When a sudden onset of manic episodes lands her in a psychiatric ward, what is an established, respected psychotherapist to do? With an otherwise firm sense of self and an openness to new insights, Berger confronts the stumbling blocks of shame and stigma. A series of close friends and mentors stand by her through challenges with abusive colleagues, conflicted relationships with men, estrangement from her mother, and confusion about what truly matters.

Informational and positive look on the hard diagnosis. Lifting the stigma, finding that you are not alone in all this. The audiobook is a personal journey, finding what the disease is all about, managing the difficult moments of depressions and hypo-mania episodes until a stable effect is reached, the so-called remission. The author also shares her successes, talents and everything she has learned in an optimistic and positive way.

Can the mind be explained by what we know about the brain? Is a person’s being determined by their body alone or by their mind and body as separate elements? In this incisive and engaging book, Wilder Penfield, whose work pioneered such research, shares insights into these and other questions, providing an in-depth look at the function of the brain and its relationship to the action of the mind.

Notes on Fundamentals of Nursing Care for Nursing Students is the no-fluff, high-yield crash course designed to help you master the most essential concepts-without the overwhelm. Whether you're prepping for the NCLEX-RN or powering through nursing school, this book delivers exactly what you need to know, in a way that actually sticks.

Las esperadísimas memorias del Doctor Valentín Fuster, el médico más importante de los últimos cien años y el científico e investigador español más citado de todos los tiempos. Valentín Fuster soñaba de niño con ser tenista. Y tal vez, de haber continuado practicando con la raqueta, lo hubiera sido. Pero un incidente en el instituto y, sobre todo, un médico, Pedro Farreras Valentí, cambiaron su destino para siempre y lo llevaron a convertirse en uno de los cardiólogos más influyentes de todos los tiempos.

From Mercy Ships surgeon Dr. Mark G. Shrime comes an inspiring memoir about finding the answer to life's biggest question—"Why?"—and about following that answer through remarkable, unlikely places on the road to fulfillment, purpose, and joy. SOLVING FOR WHY chronicles one man's journey to...

Are you a dedicated healthcare professional frustrated by the language barrier that hampers your ability to provide the best possible care to your Spanish-speaking patients? Don't you wish you had a practical tool at your disposal that could help you learn medical Spanish and connect effectively with your patients? Perhaps it's been a daunting task to find a resource that focuses solely on the healthcare context and makes learning Spanish as easy as sipping your morning espresso.

This book provides 421 essential NCLEX-style questions covering everything from core nursing fundamentals to high-risk clinical scenarios, ensuring you're ready for the real exam. Each question is paired with detailed explanations, so you'll not only know the correct answer but also understand why-helping you strengthen critical thinking and test-taking strategies.

Rebooting My Brain is the true story of what happens when you get yanked out of your life by a crisis and have to get back on the ride all over again. With refreshing candor, Maria Ross shares how the relentless pace of her life came to a screeching halt when an undetected brain aneurysm ruptured and nearly killed her. Along her stubborn road back to health, her resulting cognitive and emotional challenges forced her sometimes kicking and screaming to reframe her life, her work and her identity.

An estimated 50 million people in the world suffer from dementia. Diseases such as Alzheimer’s erase parts of one’s memory but are also often said to erase the self. People don’t simply die from such diseases; they are imagined, in the clichés of our era, as vanishing in plain sight, fading away, or enduring a long goodbye. In On Vanishing, Lynn Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, investigates the myths and metaphors surrounding dementia and aging....

The NHA Phlebotomy Exam is not a simple task to complete. It's an extensive test that requires a firm grasp of anatomy, safety procedures, ethical and legal issues, and of course, those crucial blood collection methods. It's simple to feel overpowered, but worry not-we're here to help.

Jasmine was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of 13 and spent four years confined to a wheelchair. She has over eight different autoimmune diagnoses, has undergone 36 surgeries to date, and still needs more. She's had her knees replaced twice in her lifetime and has tried countless treatments, from Western to Eastern medicine. Today, she is completely in remission from everything and thriving! Discover how she did it and how music saved her life.

As one of the few pediatric palliative care doctors in the United States, Bob Macauley was used to people saying, “I’m so glad I don’t have your job.” To which he would explain that palliative care is more about living than dying, then offer to share some of the inspiring stories he witnessed on a daily basis. He might mention that also being an Episcopal priest helped him console people in the hardest situations. But he never revealed the true reason for his career choice: he didn’t want anyone else to hurt the way he had when he was a kid.

Thyroid cancer is an unusual cancer, but fortunately often a very treatable one. Nobody really knows what causes it. As it affects mostly women, one theory is that the sudden weight gain and weight loss during pregnancy precipitates it, but there is also the theory that radiation to the face and neck during childhood ( for example, dental x-rays) may be a factor, and also some say the fallout from Chernobyl could be a cause. Incidences are rising. GP's only get to see one or two cases per year, so they are not always very knowledgeable on treatment procedures.

Stuart Jamieson's story is the story of four decades of advances in heart surgery. Taut, elegantly crafted, and ever-attentive to the patients for whom he was the last best chance, Close to the Sun is an adventurous, riveting account based on the experience of over 40,000 heart surgeries, where everything was on the line every moment in the O.R.

The 1980s marked a revolution in the field of organ transplants, and Bud Shaw, MD, who studied under Tom Starzl in Pittsburgh, was on the front lines. Now retired from active practice, Dr. Shaw relays gripping moments of anguish and elation, frustration and reward, despair and hope in his struggle to save patients. He reveals harshly intimate moments of his medical career.

Ever tried memorizing complex medical concepts at 2 AM, only to have them slip away by morning? What if mastering med-surg could actually be... enjoyable? Introducing "Med-Surg Made Easy Vol 2" by Callie Parker – where critical nursing knowledge meets the power of poetry to create an unforgettable learning experience! This revolutionary nursing resource transforms 110 essential med-surg topics into engaging poems that stick in your mind when it matters most.

After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father’s death. In this memoir, Brian Harvey shares his experience of voyaging with his father’s ghost for two months in the Pacific.

Your path to becoming a Certified Medical Assistant doesn’t have to compete with your daily routine, it can integrate with it. Whether you're commuting, walking the dog, at the gym, or folding laundry, this CMA Study Guide by Davidson’s Audiobooks empowers you to study anytime, anywhere, turning your downtime into high-impact learning time.

Eloquent. Philosophical. Introspective. These are not the words usually associated with an autistic child. But in a remarkable display of courage and creativity, a boy named Tito has shattered stereotypes, and in The Mind Tree makes us question all of our previous assumptions about autism. For Tito is severely autistic and nearly nonverbal, and this is his story.