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  • Better

    A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    by Atul Gawande ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession.**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... Read more

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  • Everything Is Wrong with Me

    A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong

    by Jason Mulgrew ...
    “People who grow up like this tend to become agoraphobics, serial killers, or really funny writers. Mulgrew, I think – hope? – is the last of these three things. His stories of childhood made me laugh out loud.” — Rob McElhenney, star, creator, and producer of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia“The somewhat alarming, always interesting world inside Jason’s brain has now been strewn across the pages ... Read more

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  • These Vital Signs

    A Doctor’s Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

    A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find ... Read more

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  • Le origini traumatiche della tossicodipendenza

    Antimo Navarra in questo saggio espone in maniera chiara e analitica le correlazioni tra tossicodipendenza ed eventi traumatici, smantellando stereotipi e false credenze sull’abuso di droghe. A sostegno della sua tesi vi sono, infatti, autorevoli studi scientifici. ... Read more

    PHP362.02 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Puswhisperer III

    by Mark Crislip ...
    An entirely new compendium of clinical tales from Mark Crislip, MD, the “Puswhisperer.” As in his previous collections, Puswhisperer I and II, Puswhisperer III provides clinical gems from a decades-long practice in infectious disease. From flu to staph to Legionnaire’s to tuberculosis, HIV, and a few zebras, Puswhisperer will test your diagnostic acumen and ensure that you never miss an ... Read more

    PHP240.42

  • Pharmacoeconomics

    Principles and Practice

    Resource constraints in healthcare and the increasing costs of new treatments have prompted the resorting to pharmacoeconomic studies. New techniques allow to tailor to the specificity of each situation, thus giving back accurate calculations and estimations.The desire to publish a more updated version of “Pharmacoeconomics. Principle and Practice” fits into this frame and provide readers with the ... Read more

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  • L’equilibrio interiore perduto, come ritrovarlo

    Series Book 1 - Orientamenti di senso
    Ci illudiamo di essere felici, padroni della nostra vita, ma al suono dello smartphone che ci notifica l’ennesimo like ci lasciamo travolgere dal pensiero di ciò che posteremo sui nostri profili social per guadagnare più ammirazione. La vita, in verità, ci sfugge dalle mani, offuscata dal desiderio spasmodico di visibilità, successo e piacere. Tutto questo non è, però, in grado di colmare quel ... Read more

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  • The New Scientific Paradigm : Testohistorodynamic Theory of Human Evolution Through Viral and Microbial Symbiogenesis and Epigenetic Inheritance

    The new revolutionary scientific paradigm of Testohistorodynamics describes a new theory of human brain evolution that factors into human evolution Lynn Margulis's discovery of Viral and Microbia Symbiogenesis along with Epigenetic inheritance. The new paradigm of the Testohistorodynamic Theory of evolution of the human brain specifically describes the effect of one protozoan pathogen, Toxoplasma ... Read more

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  • Shapeshifters

    A Journey Through the Changing Human Body

    by Gavin Francis ...
    From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies ... Read more

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  • Avventure nell’essere umano

    Viaggio straordinario dal cranio al calcagno

    by Gavin Francis ...
    Scriveva Leonardo da Vinci che l’uomo è un microcosmo, un mondo in scala ridotta con le ossa a far da montagne, il cuore a far da grande e mobile oceano, il sistema circolatorio a somiglianza dei fi umi e dei corsi d’acqua. Medico, viaggiatore e scrittore, Gavin Francis riprende questa idea e ci conduce alla scoperta del corpo umano e del suo legame con l’avventura di esistere. Dal cranio al ... Read more

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  • Writing Successful Scientific Papers A User’s Guide

    This book is an English book written by domestic and foreign authors that clearly summarizes the tips of writing papers in English and various things to know.The journalist, who has published a number of SCI papers and has extensive experience in international societies, explained the entire process from writing to presenting the paper through various tips and examples. In addition, effective ... Read more

    PHP1,854.12 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Les Curiosités étranges du corps humain

    Anomalies, mystères et bizarreries médicales d’autrefois

    Derrière les portes closes des facultés de médecine et sur les estrades des foires populaires d’autrefois, des destins hors du commun ont bravé toutes les lois de l’anatomie.Hommes-troncs dotés d’une agilité prodigieuse, géants extraordinaires, phénomènes de foire ou anomalies physiques stupéfiantes : ces êtres singuliers ont oscillé sans cesse entre la fascination des foules et l’étude rigoureuse ... Read more

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  • La foi qui guérit

    (Suivi de) Les démoniaques dans l’art

    Les faits que, dans ma pratique spéciale déjà longue, j’ai eu l’occasion d’observer ne sont pas isolés, car la faith-healing et son aboutissant, le miracle, sans attacher à ce mot aucune autre signification que celle d’une guérison opérée en dehors des moyens dont la médecine curative semble disposer d’ordinaire, répondent à une catégorie d’actes qui n’échappent pas à l’ordre naturel des choses. ... Read more

    PHP390.33 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Abécédaire des maladies rares

    Volume 2

    Les maladies rares sont bien plus qu’une somme de noms complexes et de diagnostics difficiles. Elles racontent des histoires humaines singulières, des parcours de patients marqués par l’errance diagnostique, mais aussi par la résilience et la solidarité. Elles touchent plusieurs millions de personnes en France et des dizaines de millions à travers l’Europe. Pourtant, elles restent souvent dans l ... Read more

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  • La Politique de la peur

    MSF et l’épidémie d’Ebola en Afrique de l’Ouest

    by Au Sokhieng ...
    DÉCEMBRE 2013, Guinée : un petit garçon succombe à une maladie non diagnostiquée. Ce décès mystérieux marque le début d’une épidémie d’Ebola de deux ans qui va faire trembler le monde et menacer nombre de pays, riches et pauvres confondus, en divers endroits de la planète.Le 31 mars 2014, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) lance un avertissement : cette épidémie, qui sévit désormais en Guinée, en ... Read more

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  • En passant par les Urgences

    Les urgences sont pour les patients comme des carrefours dans leur vie, menant vers un destin bon ou mauvais. Drôles, cruelles, touchantes, ces anecdotes, rigoureusement vraies, vous font partager le quotidien d'un service d'urgences de Lorraine. La vie est plus fragile, mais aussi plus joyeuse et plus forte qu'on peut l'imaginer. Du côté des soignants, cette expérience simplifie, et transforme, ... Read more

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  • The Mystery of Health and Disease (Traditional Chinese Edition)

    解開"健康與疾病"之謎

    人在生命中,是無法不生病的,雖然這是事實,可是直到今天,大家對健康及疾病,這些字的意思,雖然都是很明白的,可是對健康及疾病的意義,卻還是沒能完全真正瞭解及明白。也可以說是都不太清楚。我們大家都知道什麼是健康,也知道人的身體是會生病的。病,有很多種的病,可是世界上沒有一個人真正完全知道,清楚所有的病,我當然也不能例外了,可是我是知道一些,當然我可以談這一些的病。我要聲明我不是醫生,可是因為我曾在藥廠工作過三十年,直到退休,因此在藥廠內工作時得到的知識,暸解及經驗,再加上退休後思考的所得,這些應該都是非常的寶貴及重要,我相信與大家分享這些,是非常值得的,也相信對大家一定會有些幫助的。在這本書內,為了讓讀者看時容易明白及瞭解起見,所以一切醫學及科學上的名詞都沒有,都不用,因此相信對讀者閱讀時一定會方便得很多,這本書並不是為醫學界專業人士所寫的,而是為普通一般讀者寫的 ... Read more

    PHP149.46

  • Story Treasures

    Medical Essays and Insights in the Narrative Tradition

    Discover how storytelling and narrative unite us with the medical field in, “Story Treasures: Medical Essays and Insights in the Narrative Tradition,” by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA. The book is divided into two sections: Section 1: Essays Section 2: Insights Fifty narratives offer constructive viewpoints and insights that capture the resilience of the human spirit, the intricacies of the human body, ... Read more

    PHP227.22

  • Come si scrive un articolo medico-scientifico

    by Silvia Emendi ...
    Series series iBucchi di Zadig
    Il progresso dipende anche dalla capacità di comunicare in modo chiaro, conciso ed efficace i risultati delle ricerche. Ma qual è esattamente il ruolo delle pubblicazioni scientifiche? Come si scrive un articolo medico-scientifico? Quali regole linguistiche e stilistiche è fondamentale seguire? Come funziona il processo di pubblicazione? Quali sono le norme etiche da rispettare per evitare ... Read more

    PHP348.71 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 YEARS OF INSULIN

    by S.K. Sinha ...
    The book celebrates the centenary of the discovery of insulin and traces the developments in the types of insulin preparations used by patients with diabetes today. It is written for the lay public and presents the drama of the discovery including humorous and personal accounts of the many colourful characters in the insulin story. ... Read more

    PHP406.93

  • Understanding Chronic Pain

    A Doctor Talks to His Patients

    This is a personal narrative, a record of my passage among victims of chronic pain and the discoveries that have come from those encounters. I write for physicians, nurses, therapists, and caregivers, but mostly, I write for you who suffer the disease. I know you very well, perhaps as well as anybody in the world. I have listened to your stories with patience and attention, and I have been greatly ... Read more

    PHP708.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Байки бывалого хирурга

    Series series Научно-популярная медицина
    Только самые страшные, откровенные и увлекательные байки от бывалого хирурга. Неадекватные пациенты, их родственники, коррумпированные коллеги, равнодушный медперсонал – со всем этим приходилось сталкиваться любому врачу, да и пациенту тоже. Вся изнанка нашей медицины глазами много повидавшего, но не ставшего равнодушным врача. Читая эту книгу, помните, не всякая байка – выдумка. ... Read more

    PHP439.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aforismi e pensieri

    by Sigmund Freud ...
    Le idee di Freud e le sue teorie - viste con diffidenza negli ambienti della Vienna del XIX secolo - sono ancora oggi al centro di accesi dibattiti e di discussioni, non solo in ambito medico - scientifico, ma anche accademico, letterario, filosofico e culturale in genere. La psicoanalisi in quanto teoria della mente e dell'inconscio è ancora abbastanza accettata mentre molti ne hanno messo però ... Read more

    PHP1,336.77 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • COVID-19

    La pandemia que no debería haber sucedido jamás, y cómo detener la siguiente

    Translated by Joandomènec Ros ...
    ¿Cómo se forman las epidemias? ¿Por qué se propagan? ¿Qué medidas se deben tomar para frenarlas? ¿Cómo puede evolucionar el coronavirus y cómo podría afectarnos en el futuro? Debora Mackenzie, periodista científica con tres décadas de experiencia en el seguimiento de las pandemias más preocupantes, nos pone al día de los conocimientos científicos que se tienen sobre este virus. Un libro riguroso e ... Read more

    PHP559.00