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Author
Publisher
Babelcube Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Detoxification -- the removal of pollutants from the body -- can look back on a long tradition. Since time immemorial, people have felt a wish to cleanse their bodies and souls at regular intervals and to rid them of needless and harmful ballast. This may be due to the instinctive feeling that purification is a great relief for body and soul and is also needed to maintain or regain health. At the same time, a thorough detoxification and cleansing...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A history of medicine from antiquity through the 1990s, focusing on medical ideas about disease, medical teachings about healthy and unhealthy bodies, and medical models of life and death, and discussing the people and professional groups who have been responsible for such beliefs and practices.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Atul Gawande offers a gripping exploration of how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of sometimes insurmountable obstacles. Gawande's vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. Offering a searingly honest account of a field where mistakes are both unavoidable and unthinkable,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Pain is a frequent chief complaint in emergency departments. This lecture brings you up close with patients suffering from acute and chronic pain, including the common complaint of back pain. These cases help you better understand everything from pain medications—and the dangers of overuse—to how pain affects the way the brain works..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fever that’s actually a sign of a very dramatic, potentially deadly disease. Abdominal pain that’s not caused by illness or injury. Dr. Benaroch uses these and other eye-opening cases as a window into how doctors arrive at the big picture when a patient’s chief complaints fail to reveal the truth..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Benaroch takes you along with an ambulance crew to give you a three-dimensional understanding of emergency care as experienced by first responders. Topics covered in this lecture include the ABCs of a rapid scan, appropriate bystander response, and the “rule of 9” for estimating burn size..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Not all emergency department patients need to be there. In this lecture, meet several pairs of patients—each with the same symptoms, but only one of whom would be best served in the emergency department. Then, get some general tips for you to consider the next time you’re contemplating going to the emergency department..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
According to Dr. Benaroch, to best treat a patient, you sometimes have to treat the patient’s family. See this principle in action through a 16-year-old complaining of chronic bronchitis and a 60-year-old found unresponsive with low blood sugar—both of whom have families to help support a doctor’s efforts to diagnose and heal..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Take a closer look at three emergency department cases—a urinary tract infection, a broken leg, and a bellyache—with a twist. How were these diagnoses determined? Not through expensive tests or advanced imaging, but through paying attention to the story, even when it isn’t truthful..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Meet several emergency patients who’ve been bitten by various creatures, from snakes and spiders to ticks and raccoons. Along the way, you’ll learn how doctors treat allergic reactions to bites, how they treat wounds without accidentally injecting more venom into the body, and more..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Emergency department doctors have to stay especially vigilant when dealing with patients who have traveled abroad¬—especially in the developing world. Find out how they handle uncommon diseases and infections transmitted by mosquitoes, sexual activity, and more. Then, visit a ski clinic for a peek at some other travel-related emergencies..
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