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Summary: "We live in an age of medical miracles. Never in the history of humankind has so much talent and energy been harnessed to cure disease. So why does it feel like it's getting harder to live our healthiest lives? Why does it seem like "experts" can't agree on anything, and why do our interactions with medical professionals feel less personal, less honest, and less impactful than ever? Through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 WILTopol, Eric J.
Summary: "In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, examines what he calls medicine's Gutenberg moment--much as the printing press took learning out of the hands of a priestly class, the internet is doing the same for medicine, giving us unprecedented control over our healthcare. With smartphones in hand, we are no longer beholden to an impersonal and paternalistic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 610.285 TOPVolandes, Angelo E.
Summary: "There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at all costs. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes, even though research indicates that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. The question How do you want to live? must be posed to the seriously ill because they deserve to choose. If doctors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 VOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging VolandesLindeman, Tracey
Summary: "A scorching examination of how we treat endometriosis today Have you ever been told that your pain is imaginary? That feeling better just takes yoga, CBD oil, and the blood of a unicorn on a full moon? That's the reality of the more than 190 million people suffering the excruciating condition known as endometriosis. This disease affecting one in ten cis women and uncounted numbers of others is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 LINSalenger, Susan
Summary: "Sidelined: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health discloses how women have been marginalized and hesitate to take control over their own healthcare. But what's behind this nationwide medical crisis? Too often, women downplay or ignore their symptoms to avoid being "difficult," often blaming themselves for serious illness. The end result could be inferior care, which can lead to serious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.0424 SALGoldberg, Sana
Summary: "From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare.Let's face it: nobody likes going to the doctor. It can be uncomfortable, nerve wracking, expensive--and that's just for routine care! When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 GOLSummary: Dr. Gregory House is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn't even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain and ignoring his pain killing addiction, he uses his cane to punctuate his acerbic, brutally honest demeanor. House and his team deal with unusual medical mysteries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUSummary: After a tumultous fight for a patient's life, Hank abandons his life as a hotshot doctor in NYC. To blow off steam, he and his brother crash a party in the Hamptons where he ends up being the "doctor in the house" when a medical emergency occurs. With all eyes on him, he decides to build that reputation into a career as a concierge doctor to the wealthy residents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROYSummary: He's sarcastic, incorrigible, bitter, and in a relationship? Dr. Gregory House has spent his career taking on seemingly hopeless cases, but when his rapport with Dr. Lisa Cuddy changes, he finds himself facing new, and very different, challenges. His team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital also continues to blaze trails as they investigate baffling medical cases involving a religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studio Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUSummary: Frontline teams up with writer and surgeon Atul Gawande to examine how doctors care for terminally ill patients. In conjunction with Gawande's new book, Being Mortal, the film explores the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and shows how many doctors, including himself, struggle to talk honestly and openly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEISummary: House finds himself in an uncomfortable position: away from the examination room. As he works to regain his license and his life, his coworkers deal with the staff shakeups, moral dilemmas, and their own tricky relationships with House.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUSummary: Make an appointment with the outrageous doctors of Sacred Heart hospital. This season, J.D. moves in with Turk and Carla, and Elliot uses an interesting form of blackmail in order to get her job back at the hospital.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCREhrenreich, Barbara.
Summary: From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 EHRUbel, Peter A.
Summary: Based on case studies, groundbreaking research, and his own experiences, a practicing physician and behavioral scientist makes an important case for revamping the way doctors and patients communicate inside hospital and medical office walls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 UBEYoung, Audrey
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 YOUSummary: The cold and quirks continue in Cicely, Alaska. Includes all 23 episodes from the third season.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Key Porter Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.175 SEGSweet, Victoria
Summary: "A radical new understanding of how medicine is best practiced, from the award-winning author of God's Hotel. Over the years that Victoria Sweet has been a physician, "healthcare" has replaced medicine, "providers" look at their laptops more than at theirpatients, and costs keep soaring, all in the ruthless pursuit of efficiency. Yet the remedy that economists and policy makers continue to miss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017