Resultados para "The Surgeon" en Política pública

When COVID-19 began spreading rapidly, the world was taken by surprise. As the ensuing pandemic raged, we faced one constant—a lack of consistent, scientifically sound, and trusted information about dangers, risks, and mitigation strategies that the average person could understand and put into practice to keep themselves and their families safe. Now, the former Surgeon General of the United States—freed from the many constraints he worked under in public office—reveals critical lessons learned from both mistakes and successes overlooked during the pandemic.

Kambodscha, Vietnam, Sahara, Ruanda – vierzig Jahre lang war Flavio Del Ponte als Chirurg weltweit mit dem Leid des Krieges konfrontiert. Heute blickt er in den Rückspiegel und sieht sich selbst als jungen, hoffnungsvollen Arzt, der um die Welt reist und als Kriegschirurg endet. Fast bemerkt er nicht, dass er während dieser Zeit seinen Beruf und die Rollen, die ihm angeboten werden, wechselt: militärisch, politisch, als Diplomat im Stab des UN-Generalsekretärs und nicht zuletzt als humanitärer Helfer. Aber im Herzen blieb er immer ein Arzt mit der fixen Idee, den Leidenden zu helfen.

In the multibillion-dollar business of American medicine, doctors are often portrayed as culprits—opportunistic millionaires who prey on the misfortune of their hapless patients and drive up the cost of health care. But often they are the real victims of a system designed to increase profits for the insurance companies, shady businessmen, and Big Government.

As one of America’s most celebrated vascular surgeons, Dr. Frank Veith’s career was anything but conventional—from working undercover with the CIA to fighting to make vascular surgery an independent specialty to creating the largest vascular conference in the world.

A gripping expose of the murky underbelly of the Indian healthcare system 95 per cent of healthcare facilities have less than five workers 30 million people are pushed into poverty by healthcare costs 9 lakh C-sections are preventable 7.04 lakh children under the age of five die of pneumonia and...

The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more...