Medical Ethics for the Boards

Medical Ethics for the Boards
Author: Conrad Fischer
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2015-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1259641228

Concise and readable review of essential ethics topics for the Boards Ethics questions are included in Steps 1 and 3 of the USMLE, as well as on the American Board of Internal Medicine Examination and other specialty board certification exams. Practical and approachable, Medical Ethics for the Boards provides a concise yet comprehensive review of topics students are most likely to encounter on the test. A chapter of questions and answers provides practice for exam day and helps readers feel prepared. This book includes chapter-level coverage of patient autonomy; competence and the capacity to make decisions; informed consent; confidentiality and medical records; end-of-life issues; reproductive issues;organ and tissue donation; reportable illnesses; HIV-related issues; STDs; malpractice; the doctor-patient relationship; abuse, gifts, and physician-assisted suicide; workplace relations; and ethical issues in research and experimentation. Concise review of ethics essentials tested on the Boards Includes Q&A for exam preparation Readable and entertaining review from ethics expert Conrad Fischer Market: US medical students preparing for the USMLE; residents preparing for specialty board exams

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)
Author: Lester Russell Brown
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2008
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0393330877

Provides alternative solutions to such global problems as population control, emerging water shortages, eroding soil, and global warming, outlining a detailed survival strategy for the civilization of the future.

Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases

Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases
Author: Walter Becker
Publisher: Thieme
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1994
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780865775367

This fully updated edition presents a comprehensive overview of the essentials of ear, nose, throat diseases, and surgery. It is therefore of interest to students, providing them with a better understanding of the diagnostic and therapeutic problems of the specialty, as well as the important relations of the ear, nose, and throat with neighboring organs. This Thieme Flexibook also serves as a reference source for practicing ENT specialists. The use of tables, color plates, and line drawings facilitate understanding and simplify differential diagnosis.

Hidden Illness in the White House

Hidden Illness in the White House
Author: Kenneth R. Crispell
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1988-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822308393

The serious illness of three presidents—Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy—as well as the injury Ronald Reagan received in the assassination attempt upon him have revealed our woefully inadequate system for handling presidential incapacity. The authors believe that this flawed system poses a major threat to the nation, and they provide sobering reports on how the government functioned (or failed to function) during times of presidential impairment. The public was kept in the dark regarding the gravity of the presidential condition, often unaware that critical decisions were being made while the president was suffering from a severe illness. Hidden Illness in the White House contains startling new information on the severity of Roosevelt’s illness during the crucial Yalta negotiations and the fact that Kennedy suffered from Addison’s disease, a life-threatening illness, long before he was elected to the presidency. In each case the authors demonstrate that a largely successful effort was made to conceal the president’s true medical condition from the public.

The Injured Athlete

The Injured Athlete
Author: Daniel N. Kulund
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1982
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine
Author: Ellen Hawkes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Both an eye-opening account of the financial and personal scandals at the nation's number-one winery and a devastating portrait of patriarch Ernest Gallo, Blood and Wine tells the riveting saga of the ruthless Gallo family and the history of the business that dominates the American wine industry. Photographs.

Write Choices

Write Choices
Author: Sue Hertz
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2015-03-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1452230854

Write Choices: Elements of Nonfiction Storytelling helps writers cultivate their nonfiction storytelling skills by exploring the decisions all writers confront when crafting factual narratives. Sue Hertz focuses on examining the common choices all true storytellers encounter, whether they are writing memoirs, literary journalism, personal essays, or travel essays. And since today's writers are no longer confined to paper, Write Choices also includes digital storytelling options, and advice on how writers can employ technology to enhance their narratives. Key Features Challenging Choices boxes in each chapter highlight how writers have decided to proceed at a particularly difficult juncture in their writing process. Web Choices sections in each chapter detail the decisions involved in creating additional multimedia to complement prose narratives. Try Tim writing exercises throughout the text provide opportunities for readers to apply and explore writing strategies presented in each chapter. Content gleaned from interviews with over 60 nonfiction storytellers exposes readers to established writers and editors representing all styles of nonfiction writing. Book jacket.

Defending Middle-Earth

Defending Middle-Earth
Author: Patrick Curry
Publisher: HMH
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2004-10-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0544106563

A scholar explores the ideas within The Lord of the Rings and the world created by J. R. R. Tolkien: “A most valuable and timely book” (Ursula K. Le Guin, Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of Changing Planes). What are millions of readers all over the world getting out of reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Defending Middle-earth argues, in part, that the appeal for fans goes far deeper than just quests and magic rings and hobbits. In fact, through this epic, Tolkien found a way to provide something close to spirit in a secular age. This thoughtful book focuses on three main aspects of Tolkien’s fiction: the social and political structure of Middle-earth and how the varying cultures within it find common cause in the face of a shared threat; the nature and ecology of Middle-earth and how what we think of as the natural world joins the battle against mindless, mechanized destruction; and the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth—for which the author provides a particularly insightful and resonant examination. Includes a new afterword

The Historical Imagination in Early Modern Britain

The Historical Imagination in Early Modern Britain
Author: Donald R. Kelley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1997-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521590693

Distinguished historians and literary scholars explore the overlap, interplay, and interaction between history and fiction.