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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
246 p. : charts ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a busy surgeon who has worked in many of the best hospitals in the nation, Dr. Marty Makary can testify to the amazing power of modern medicine to cure. But he's also been a witness to a medical culture that routinely leaves surgical sponges inside patients, amputates the wrong limbs, and overdoses children because of sloppy handwriting. Over the last ten years, neither error rates nor costs have come down, despite scientific progress and efforts...
Series
Nursing clinics of North America volume 23, no. 3
Publisher
W.B. Saunders
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
xii, p. 447-681 : ill., forms ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Series
Nursing clinics of North America volume 32, no. 3
Publisher
Saunders
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
xii, 495-635 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer. The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 -- not even close. In Which Country Has the World's Best Healthcare? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles 11 of the world's healthcare systems in pursuit of the best or at least...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The spread of COVID-19 has brought the lives of doctors into sharper focus than ever before. We now see how the daily work of making important, even life-and-death decisions is frequently made harder. Hospitals and medical offices face budget problems, the influence of big pharmaceutical and insurance companies, as well as stress and long hours and massive amounts of bureaucracy and paperwork. And that was before the pandemic. As we engage in a public...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A new title in the acclaimed Understanding series that focuses on the science of healthcare delivery. Over the past decade, the subject of Systems Science has skyrocketed in importance in the healthcare field. With its engaging, clinically relevant style, Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science is the perfect introduction to this timely topic. It covers every aspect of what actually constitutes "best care" and how it can be most efficiently delivered...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (390 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.
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