Medical, Physician & Patient
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Saving the Art of Medicine
Observations of a Practitioner by Allen Sussman
In his deeply thoughtful book, Dr. Sussman provides an expansive view of the field and all that being a healer entails. Sharing stories from his training as well as practice, drawing on data from a wealth of studies, and including a nuanced...
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In Harm's Way: Professional Heath Care Workers at Risk
A critical argument for organizational change by Dr. Denise E. Hall
In 2014 CBC television and radio investigated the treatment of staff at a high-risk adolescent treatment/corrections centre in British Columbia, Canada. This is a government run facility that put their staff in "Harms Way". WorkSafeBC (The...
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Wellbeing Guard
Medicine in Wilderness by Iradj Maany
This book is the memoir of a young physician who is assigned to a remote village in Iran. With limited resources available to him he manages to do his best. He faces many adventures during his tenure. Understanding the culture of the indigenous...
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Wisdom From the Homeless
Lessons a Doctor Learned at a Homeless Shelter by Neil Craton M.D.
SOMETIMES THE WORLD SEEMS LIKE A VERY DARK PLACE. In this angry world, I have seen a glimpse of light. I have seen kindness, love and hope at a homeless shelter. Siloam Mission is named after a pool where, in Biblical times, Jesus healed a blind...
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Academic Life As Seen By Others
by Charles Lekic
We all have a favourite teacher we remember fondly. That special teacher who brought their subject matter to life. The teacher who made sure we ‘got it’. The one who went out of their way to support their students and encourage their learning....
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Ultimate Health
Finding It by Clarence A Guenter
Western health related industries employ more people, consume more money, and have more dependent adherents than any other activity involving the entire population. Since the early 1900s, life expectancy at birth has increased from about 50 years...
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Ultimate Health
Finding It by Clarence A Guenter
Western health related industries employ more people, consume more money, and have more dependent adherents than any other activity involving the entire population. Since the early 1900s, life expectancy at birth has increased from about 50 years...
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