Resultados para "Laura" en Medicina y sector de la salud

Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. Few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia, however - and that is where A Loving Approach to Dementia Care can help. The book offers practical, compassionate advice on overcoming caregiving obstacles and maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss.

Age-proofing an older relative's living space, figuring out powers of attorney, spotting and dealing with signs of dementia, asking them to give up the car keys or consider assisted living . . . the first step toward tackling these concerns and more is an honest, informed discussion. Here are prompts and road maps for twenty-seven essential conversations—with your parent, other family members, and health care providers. 

Your recovery from psychosis is a unique experience that encompasses many different emotions. Everyone experiences psychosis differently, and that's why The Psychosis Workbook offers customizable treatment strategies you can use to overcome the challenges associated with psychosis and move forward on your recovery journey.

Politici e vaccini, la "casta" dei no-vax: da Salvini a Raggi, chi sono gli scettici della dose, di Emanuele Lauria; Green Pass a tappe, via ad agosto e dal 15 settembre anche sui bus, di Michele Bocci e Tommaso Ciriaco; Confindustria rilancia "Al lavoro con il green pass, chi non ce l'ha sarà sospeso" di Rosaria Amato; Il populismo dei no vax, di Sebastiano Messina; Obbligo del Green Pass per cinema, musei e bar. Scontro su treni e aerei di Tommaso Ciriaco; Nelle scuole serve il Green Pass, di Tito Boeri e Roberto Perotti.

One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 'Girl, Interrupted for the age of the prescription pill... compelling, important, haunting.' THE NEW YORK TIMES A really moving and heart-rending story. Unshrunk will help and empower so many people. JOHANN HARI, author of Stolen Focus and Lost...

You’ve made it through med school. Now comes the real test. You’re the Doctor Now is not another textbook. It’s a real-world survival guide written by someone who’s walked your path — through long nights, difficult patients, and moments of doubt.

Brought to you by Penguin. With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918–1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of the twentieth century, but possibly in all of recorded history. And yet, in our popular conception it exists largely...

The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women's leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together. Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through...

When Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews left the frontline buzz of hospital medicine for an NHS GP surgery, she was overwhelmed by the number of patients that were being let down by our healthcare system. Having witnessed the extent that box-ticking exercises were robbing her patients of their happiness, and sometimes their lives, she started to envisage a new way to care that put individuals and community at its centre. Laura tells the incredible stories of the patients, doctors, artists and complementary health practitioners that have shaped her years as a GP.

This guide is intended for adult sons and daughters of their aging parent to help retain either staying in their home safely or identify what level of care is optimal in the community. I review levels of care and precisely what a person's abilities look like at each level, which will help patients and families understand their options for meeting specific care needs. This often translates to the cost you may pay, for example, at your chosen assisted living facility.

I have written this manual for patients and families navigating their way through the maze of the healthcare system, the hospital, and then a stay for physical therapy in skilled nursing. My goal is to empower patients and families to take control of their health and the process.

Even during these bleak times, health-care workers are trying their best to bring a golden ray of hope into our lives. You may not be one of them, but you can help the world by connecting them to the patients who are in dire need of them. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of many frontline health-care workers. The depression associated with this disease has led many of them to quit this profession as well. This is why opening a nurse staffing agency is a very profitable and socially responsible idea.

During the 20th century, modern births in America came to involve mostly male physicians, hospitals, technological interventions, and quick, routine procedures. In a unique and detailed historical study, Nurse-Midwifery: The Birth of a New American Profession, Laura E. Ettinger fills a void with the first book-length documentation of the emergence of American nurse-midwifery.

Within the chapters of this book, we will look at what it takes to be an excellent nursing assistant, what the expectations and responsibilities are, how you can go about becoming a CNA, and finally what such a profession can mean in your life.

At the height of World War II, five hundred Army flight nurses served with the Army Air Forces as members of thirty-one medical air evacuation squadrons located throughout the world on both the European and Pacific fronts. Their work was not insignificantover one million patients were evacuated by air between January 1943 and May 1945. These specially trained Army nurses took nursing to new heights. Often decorated for their accomplishments, they exemplify the ability of a group of nurses to cope successfully with the challenges of war.

Ophelia Dahl traveled from Buckinghamshire to Haiti in 1983 and fell in love with the country and with Paul Farmer, a recent graduate of Duke who would become a famous doctor. With others they founded Partners in Health, the groundbreaking global health organization. Then came the split, new partners, new disaster in Haiti, and a search for solutions that might, in Tracy Kidder's words, "heal the world".