Pocket Companion for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Foundations for Clinical Practice
January 6, 2009 | Comments Off
From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice
January 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Physicians recognize the importance of patients’ emotions in healing yet believe their own emotional responses represent lapses in objectivity. Patients complain that physicians are too detached. Halpern argues that by empathizing with patients, rather than detaching, physicians can best help them. Yet there is no consistent view of what, precisely, clinical empathy involves. This book challenges the traditional assumption that empathy is either purely intellectual or an expression of sympathy. Sympathy, according to many physicians, involves over-identifying with patients, threatening objectivity and respect for patient autonomy.
How can doctors use empathy in diagnosing and treating patients rithout jeopardizing objectivity or projecting their values onto patients? Jodi Halpern, a psychiatrist, medical ethicist and philosopher, develops a groundbreaking account of emotional reasoning as the core of clinical empathy. She argues that empathy cannot be based on detached reasoning because it involves emotional skills, including associating with another person’s images and spontaneously following another’s mood shifts. Yet she argues that these emotional links need not lead to over-identifying with patients or other lapses in rationality but rather can inform medical judgement in ways that detached reasoning cannot. For reflective physicians and discerning patients, this book provides a road map for cultivating empathy in medical practice. For a more general audience, it addresses a basic human question: how can one person’s emotions lead to an understanding of how another person is feeling?
Customer Review: Physician-patient relations reconfigured
This is an outstanding treatise of the philosophical and ethical engagement between physician and patient. Working to move beyond standard medical school training approach of “detached concern”, physician & philosopher Jodi Halpern argues for a progressive empathic stance, reasoned carefully through Kant and Descartes, enriched by psychoanalytic and psychological frameworks, but always grounded in her own experience with patients. This is a careful thinker and academic scholar at work here who has scoured the relevant literature and developed her own trenchant strategies for improving medical care. Designed for practicing physicians but provocative enough to appeal to philosophers and bioethicists. With up-to-date index linking research in medical anthropology, nursing, neuropsych and psychotherapy, as well as analytic mind/body philosophy. This is an author to watch out for.
The Christian Virtues in Medical Practice
January 4, 2009 | Comments Off
ARDMS Abdomen Exam Flashcard Secrets: ARDMS Test Practice Questions & Review for the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Exam
January 2, 2009 | Comments Off
ARDMS Abdomen Exam Flashcard Secrets study system uses repetitive methods of study to teach you how to break apart and quickly solve difficult test questions on the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Exam. Study after study has shown that repetition is the most effective form of learning, and nothing beats flashcards when it comes to making repetitive learning fun and fast. Our flashcards enable you to study small, digestible bits of information that are easy to learn and give you exposure to the different question types and concepts. ARDMS Abdomen Exam Flashcard Secrets covers: The Abdomen, Illustration of the Human Abdomen, Liver Function, Couinaud Liver Segments, Couinaud Segments: the Complete Picture, Liver Cancer, Portal Vein Obstruction, Ductus Venosus, Alcoholic Fatty Liver, Hepatic Hemangiomas, Anatomy and Function of the Biliary Tract Conditions, Gallbladder Tumors, Pancreas, Colon Review, The Small Intestine, The Large Intestine, Large-bowel obstruction, Small-bowel obstruction, Kidney and Urinary System, The Ureters, The Prostate, Spleen, Tumor Review, Aortic Aneurysm, Mesenteric Ischemia, Thyroid Anatomy and Physiology, Effects of Thyroid Hormones, Subacute Thyroiditis, Chronic Thyroiditis, Graves’ Disease, Arteriovenous Fistula, Normal Abdominal Ultrasound, Abdominal Ultrasound Procedures, Acoustic Artifacts, and much more…
Assessment Measures in Medical School, Residency, and Practice: The Connections (Springer Series on Psychiatry)
January 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Springer Series on Medical Education. Research for medical educators on the association between assessment measures during medical school and after graduation. 29 contributors, 23 U.S.
Clinical psychological tests in psychiatric and medical practice,
December 31, 2008 | Comments Off
Scope and Standards of Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice (Scope/ Standards/ Statements/ (Various) Nursing)
December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
NLN RN Reviews & Rationales Medical-Surgical Nursing Online Test Access Code Card (Nln Practice Tests)
December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
Medical Disorders in Obstetric Practice
December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Obstetricians must have a firm grounding in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting pregnant women as in some cases these may threaten the life of mother or baby or both.
This book still remains the standard reference work on medical disorders in obstetric practice in the UK and UK-influenced areas such as the former Commonwealth. Exhaustive in its coverage, it provides clear practical advice on the major medical disorders the obstetrician is likely to encounter. Each chapter reviews the pathophysiology of a complaint then applies the physiological and pathophysiological changes to the problem of diagnosis and management of the disorder as well as giving clear guidance on the welfare of the unborn One of the major strengths of the book is that each chapter teaches the principles of care and gives an appreciation of the natural history of the disease rather than just the facts. Although a scholarly and rigourous account it manages to point out the clinically relevant information that the practising obstetrician will actually need.
Valuation of a Medical Practice
December 28, 2008 | Comments Off
What is a medical practice worth? The answer depends, in part, on whom you ask. Purchasers would say value is based on what they plan to bring to the table; sellers assume it’s simply a matter of formula applied uniformly across the board. In actuality, both are correct–to a degree. While there are basic guidelines used to ascertain values, valuation must be determined on a case-by-case basis, as each has a unique set of circumstances that ultimately affects final outcome. Covering the specific issues that impact valuation, Valuation of a Medical Practice takes you through the entire process, highlighting pitfalls and mistakes that are commonly made and that should be avoided. Written by Reed Tinsley, Rhonda Sides, and Gregory D. Anderson, leading experts in the field, this comprehensive resource clears up the ambiguous question of what exactly constitutes the value of a medical practice. As the authors stress, there are two main points to keep in mind:
* The strength of the practice’s income stream and what it produces for the owner(s) is what creates true value.
* The key to a successful valuation is deciding whether or not the practice’s future income stream will mirror its present income stream.
Along with case examples, sample valuation letters, and checklists for gathering data, as well as an exhaustive appendix and glossary of terms, Valuation of a Medical Practice has complete details on:
* Regulatory issues–Medicare fraud and abuse, private benefit/private inurement, the Stark Law.
* Special issues–gross revenues, referral patterns, payer mix, practice efficiencies and transition, productivity.
* Getting started–engagement preplanning and planning, requesting pertinent data.
* On-site inspection and owner interview–fixed assets, personnel, accounting system, supply inventory, marketing, physician and management issues.
* Completing the process–reporting, reviews, reconciling valuation methods, applying premiums and discounts, obtaining client representations.
Straightforward, accessible, and exhaustive, this is an important resource for anyone involved in the valuation of a medical practice. When it comes to valuing a medical practice, the parties involved often disagree on how it should be best assessed. Written by leading authorities in the field, this comprehensive resource clears up any confusion by examining and explaining the key issues involved in the valuation process, as well as common pitfalls and mistakes that should be avoided. Packed with sample valuation engagement letters, checklists for gathering data, and helpful case studies, Valuation of a Medical Practice covers all the essential bases, from regulatory issues and operating costs to capitalization and fixed assets–in short, everything needed for an accurate valuation.