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Bestsellers
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Lies My Doctor Told Me
- Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health
- By: Dr. Ken Berry
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners....
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Weak Narrator
- By Josh Cecil on 10-10-19
By: Dr. Ken Berry
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The White Coat Investor
- A Doctor's Guide to Personal Finance and Investing
- By: James M. Dahle MD
- Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The White Coat Investor is a manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar professionals....
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not the kind of book to listen to
- By Jose Humberto on 02-08-17
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How to Be a Patient
- The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine
- By: Sana Goldberg
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better health care....
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More like “How Being a Patient Should Be”
- By Anonymous User on 01-04-24
By: Sana Goldberg
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The First Survivors of Alzheimer's
- How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words
- By: Dale Bredesen
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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First-person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's disease - and how they did it....
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There is finally HOPE for Alzheimer's, thank God!
- By Tamra F. on 08-06-22
By: Dale Bredesen
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Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference
- By: Quint Studer
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A 'textbook with passion', Hardwiring Excellence offers a road map and practical how-to guide for creating and sustaining a culture of service and operational excellence....
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Excellent
- By Andrea on 03-25-15
By: Quint Studer
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Prescription for Pain
- How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer"
- By: Philip Eil
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years-long investigation into his father's old classmate who seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and PhD, but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.
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Unique insight inside the mind of a deadly doctor
- By Edward Bisch on 04-13-24
By: Philip Eil
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Lies My Doctor Told Me
- Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health
- By: Dr. Ken Berry
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners....
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Weak Narrator
- By Josh Cecil on 10-10-19
By: Dr. Ken Berry
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The White Coat Investor
- A Doctor's Guide to Personal Finance and Investing
- By: James M. Dahle MD
- Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The White Coat Investor is a manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar professionals....
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not the kind of book to listen to
- By Jose Humberto on 02-08-17
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How to Be a Patient
- The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine
- By: Sana Goldberg
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better health care....
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More like “How Being a Patient Should Be”
- By Anonymous User on 01-04-24
By: Sana Goldberg
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The First Survivors of Alzheimer's
- How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words
- By: Dale Bredesen
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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First-person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's disease - and how they did it....
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There is finally HOPE for Alzheimer's, thank God!
- By Tamra F. on 08-06-22
By: Dale Bredesen
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Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference
- By: Quint Studer
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A 'textbook with passion', Hardwiring Excellence offers a road map and practical how-to guide for creating and sustaining a culture of service and operational excellence....
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Excellent
- By Andrea on 03-25-15
By: Quint Studer
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Prescription for Pain
- How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer"
- By: Philip Eil
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years-long investigation into his father's old classmate who seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and PhD, but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.
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Unique insight inside the mind of a deadly doctor
- By Edward Bisch on 04-13-24
By: Philip Eil
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Twelve Patients
- Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital
- By: Eric Manheimer
- Narrated by: Eric Manheimer
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve Patients is a memoir from the medical director of Bellevue Hospital that uses the plights of 12 very different patients to illustrate larger societal issues....
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Awesome Book
- By Lynne on 08-06-12
By: Eric Manheimer
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The White Coat Investor's Financial Boot Camp
- A 12-Step High-Yield Guide to Bring Your Finances up to Speed
- By: James M. Dahle
- Narrated by: Tyler Rouse
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Financial Boot Camp will teach you what you need to know to joint the ranks of these financially secure doctors. It starts at the very beginning and is filled with straight talk and clear explanations. Although appropriate for the financial novice....
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A must read for every physician
- By Angel on 11-09-19
By: James M. Dahle
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The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly
- A Physician's First Year
- By: Matt McCarthy
- Narrated by: Matt McCarthy
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor - the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients....
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"my neurotic inner monologue"
- By Mom/RN on 06-08-15
By: Matt McCarthy
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- By: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves.
By: Mimi Zieman MD
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I'm Here
- Compassionate Communication in Patient Care
- By: Marcus Engel
- Narrated by: Marcus Engel
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Modern medical technology helps patients recover faster than any other time in history. However, the human interaction between patient and care giver is still the essential foundation of healing. “I’m Here” is a personal narrative from the patient’s perspective.
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A must read!
- By taylor greene on 05-01-24
By: Marcus Engel
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All Bleeding Stops
- Life and Death in the Trauma Unit
- By: Stephen M. Cohn
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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All Bleeding Stops gives listeners an intimate look at what goes on inside a trauma center, highlighting injuries sustained in car crashes, shootings, and stabbings—basically anything bleeding, obstructed, or perforated....
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A pot-boiler if ever there was one
- By Glenn on 05-21-24
By: Stephen M. Cohn
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Slow Medicine
- The Way to Healing
- By: Victoria Sweet
- Narrated by: Victoria Sweet
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The award-winning author of God's Hotel offers a radical reimagining of how we practice medicine....
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Slow is Beautiful
- By Nancy G on 05-08-18
By: Victoria Sweet
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Medical English Dialogues
- Clear & Simple Medical English Vocabulary for ESL/EFL Learners (Intermediate and Advanced English Conversation Dialogues)
- By: Jackie Bolen
- Narrated by: Olivier Charlas
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The idioms, phrases, words, and expressions in Medical English Dialogues are designed to improve your English quickly and easily....
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Muy buen asentó
- By victoria Garcia on 09-11-23
By: Jackie Bolen
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Blind Eye
- By: James B. Stewart
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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No one could believe the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer....
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Abridgement
- By E O on 03-10-10
By: James B. Stewart
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Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook & Action Plan: The Ultimate Beginner’s Diabetic Diet Cookbook & Kickstarter Action Plan Guide to Naturally Reverse Diabetes
- Proven, Easy & Healthy Type 2 Diabetic Recipes
- By: Jennifer Louissa
- Narrated by: Tony Acland
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Develop an action plan and learn to overcome the fear of diabetes to manage it successfully. Take steps to strike a balance among your food, physical activities, and medications and cultivate determination to tale charge of your life....
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Adhering to this diet will indeed lower Type 2 HBS
- By Gail Bishop on 11-23-18
By: Jennifer Louissa
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Attending
- Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
- By: Dr. Ronald Epstein M.D.
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most....
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Better if he had insisted on the technical support
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-18
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Up the Down Escalator
- Medicine, Motherhood, and Multiple Sclerosis
- By: Lisa Doggett
- Narrated by: Lisa Doggett
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir of triumph in the face of a terrifying diagnosis, Up the Down Escalator recounts Dr. Lisa Doggett's startling shift from doctor to patient, as she learns to live with multiple sclerosis while running a clinic for uninsured patients in central Austin....
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An encouraging story of determination, growth and hope!
- By Amanda on 02-24-24
By: Lisa Doggett
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What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear
- By: Danielle Ofri MD
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite modern medicine's infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion's share of illnesses....
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Newbie review follows. Be ware
- By Dennis Adler on 09-15-17
By: Danielle Ofri MD
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Open Heart
- A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
- By: Stephen Westaby
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death....
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Fascinating!
- By Jason on 03-09-19
By: Stephen Westaby
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Motivational Interviewing in Health Care
- Helping Patients Change Behavior
- By: Stephen Rollnick PhD, William R. Miller PhD, Christopher C. Butler MD
- Narrated by: David Josefsberg, Booth Daniels, Allison Posner, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When it comes to helping patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet, and preventive care, good advice alone is not enough....
By: Stephen Rollnick PhD, and others
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Honest Aging
- An Insider's Guide to the Second Half of Life (Johns Hopkins Press Health Series)
- By: Rosanne M. Leipzig MD PhD
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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From Dr. Rosanne M. Leipzig, a top doctor with more than thirty-five years of experience caring for older people, Honest Aging is an indispensable guide to the second half of life, describing what to expect physically, psychologically, functionally, and emotionally as you age....
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Vital Info for All Ages & Review Often
- By MtnGirlJoy on 01-08-24
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A Lucky Life Interrupted
- A Memoir of Hope
- By: Tom Brokaw
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From Tom Brokaw comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change - a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life....
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My favorite anchorman faces mortality
- By Fran Murphy on 05-23-15
By: Tom Brokaw
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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care
- By: Angelo Volandes
- Narrated by: Angelo E. Volandes
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite billions of dollars invested in medical research and technological breakthroughs in American healthcare made to prolong and improve the lives of patients, a devastating statistic remains....
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Every physician should read this
- By Kristin on 12-17-16
By: Angelo Volandes
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Adults with Autism
- A Guide to Diagnosis, Inner-Acceptance and Prosperity
- By: Una Cuthbert
- Narrated by: Claire Nicholls
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Adults who have been undiagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often face a daily struggle but remain unaware there is a way to make life better. This audiobook explains the process of autism diagnosis through a former patient's personal account after being diagnosed with autism....
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boring
- By Darling on 05-14-19
By: Una Cuthbert
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Prayers and Rituals at a Time of Illness and Dying
- The Practices of Five World Religions
- By: Patricia Fosarelli
- Narrated by: Judy Hoctor
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the course of caring for the ill or dying, health care professionals are sometimes the only ones available to provide spiritual comfort to their patients....
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Butchered by "Healthcare"
- What to Do About Doctors, Big Pharma, and Corrupt Government Ruining Your Health and Medical Care
- By: Robert Yoho MD
- Narrated by: Robert Yoho
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn how big Pharma sells drugs by faking their studies. Understand the lies they stuff into websites and medical journals. Learn why it all gets ignored (hint: Pharma has the largest criminal settlements in history)....
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on point
- By Karen Grevious on 04-09-23
By: Robert Yoho MD
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NHA Phlebotomy Exam Study Guide
- Test Prep Book to Help Pass the National Healthcareer Association Certified Phlebotomy Technician Examination - Practice Questions Edition with Hundreds of Questions
- By: Ivan Prine
- Narrated by: Victor Bueno
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Are you ready to embark on your journey to becoming a NHA certified phlebotomist? Look no further! You are no doubt a busy individual with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the NHA exam....
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Great quality and arrives quickly!
- By Bill Kelley on 01-23-24
By: Ivan Prine
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What Doctors Feel
- How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
- By: Danielle Ofri MD
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach....
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Book resonates with outpatient internist
- By Juli W. on 09-19-22
By: Danielle Ofri MD
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Physician Leadership
- The 11 Skills Every Doctor Needs to Be an Effective Leader
- By: Karen J. Nichols
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In Physician Leadership, renowned medical leader Dr. Karen J. Nichols delivers a concise guide for busy physicians doing their best to successfully lead people and organizations....
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Obvious story
- By Amazon Customer on 10-01-22
By: Karen J. Nichols
New releases
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Understanding My Healthcare Facility
- By: Elkin D Taborda, James M Crouch
- Narrated by: Anthony Paul
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In the complex world of healthcare, the dedicated professionals who care for patients often remain unaware of the intricate processes and regulations that underpin the safe operation of a healthcare facility. "Understanding My Healthcare Facility" is a transformative book by Elkin D. Taborda & James M. Crouch that seeks to bridge this knowledge gap and empower healthcare professionals with a deeper understanding of the infrastructure and regulations behind the scenes. This enlightening guide takes you on a journey through the complex world of healthcare facilities.
By: Elkin D Taborda, and others
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Mastering Utilization Review
- Insurance Coverage Strategies for Inpatient Psychiatry and More
- By: Lauro Amezcua Patino MD FAPA
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Utilization review is a pivotal process in inpatient psychiatry for adolescents and adults, playing a critical role in evaluating the necessity, appropriateness, and efficiency of healthcare services. This book offers physicians a comprehensive insight into utilization review, connecting healthcare providers and insurance companies. Key areas covered include medical necessity, treatment planning, length of stay, and navigating appeals and denials. By mastering these aspects, physicians can ensure optimal patient care while safeguarding against unnecessary treatments, thus enhancing the ...
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Living with Pancreatic Cancer
- A Patient and Family Guide
- By: Earl Campazzi
- Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the future looks scary and uncertain. What treatment options are there? What will your quality of life be? How do you talk to your family about your diagnosis? What are the financial implications? If you find yourself with more questions than answers then you need Living with Pancreatic Cancer.
By: Earl Campazzi
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- By: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. She captures the curiosity and awe of a young woman as she faces down messages to stay small and safe and ventures into the unknown.
By: Mimi Zieman MD
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Questions to Ask When You Meet Your Doctor
- By: Jill Porterfield
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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I don't like to admit it or face it very often but I am getting older. Now that I am getting older, there are people I am meeting more often than I ever have before--doctors. Oh, I met them before when I was younger. My Mom took me to the doctor and I took my son there at different times but now it is me who is there more often. And one thing I am noticing more often is that my doctors are very pleasant but uninformative unless I slow them down and ask questions. As they say, time is money and there is a lot of money in the waiting room staring at their watch wondering how far behind ...
By: Jill Porterfield
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I'm Here
- Compassionate Communication in Patient Care
- By: Marcus Engel
- Narrated by: Marcus Engel
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Modern medical technology helps patients recover faster than any other time in history. However, the human interaction between patient and care giver is still the essential foundation of healing. “I’m Here” is a personal narrative from the patient’s perspective. Filled with practical advice, packed with humor and overflowing with appreciation, Marcus Engel encourages health care professionals to practice compassionate communications in all its forms.
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A must read!
- By taylor greene on 05-01-24
By: Marcus Engel
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Understanding My Healthcare Facility
- By: Elkin D Taborda, James M Crouch
- Narrated by: Anthony Paul
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the complex world of healthcare, the dedicated professionals who care for patients often remain unaware of the intricate processes and regulations that underpin the safe operation of a healthcare facility. "Understanding My Healthcare Facility" is a transformative book by Elkin D. Taborda & James M. Crouch that seeks to bridge this knowledge gap and empower healthcare professionals with a deeper understanding of the infrastructure and regulations behind the scenes. This enlightening guide takes you on a journey through the complex world of healthcare facilities.
By: Elkin D Taborda, and others
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Mastering Utilization Review
- Insurance Coverage Strategies for Inpatient Psychiatry and More
- By: Lauro Amezcua Patino MD FAPA
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Utilization review is a pivotal process in inpatient psychiatry for adolescents and adults, playing a critical role in evaluating the necessity, appropriateness, and efficiency of healthcare services. This book offers physicians a comprehensive insight into utilization review, connecting healthcare providers and insurance companies. Key areas covered include medical necessity, treatment planning, length of stay, and navigating appeals and denials. By mastering these aspects, physicians can ensure optimal patient care while safeguarding against unnecessary treatments, thus enhancing the ...
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Living with Pancreatic Cancer
- A Patient and Family Guide
- By: Earl Campazzi
- Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the future looks scary and uncertain. What treatment options are there? What will your quality of life be? How do you talk to your family about your diagnosis? What are the financial implications? If you find yourself with more questions than answers then you need Living with Pancreatic Cancer.
By: Earl Campazzi
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- By: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. She captures the curiosity and awe of a young woman as she faces down messages to stay small and safe and ventures into the unknown.
By: Mimi Zieman MD
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Questions to Ask When You Meet Your Doctor
- By: Jill Porterfield
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
I don't like to admit it or face it very often but I am getting older. Now that I am getting older, there are people I am meeting more often than I ever have before--doctors. Oh, I met them before when I was younger. My Mom took me to the doctor and I took my son there at different times but now it is me who is there more often. And one thing I am noticing more often is that my doctors are very pleasant but uninformative unless I slow them down and ask questions. As they say, time is money and there is a lot of money in the waiting room staring at their watch wondering how far behind ...
By: Jill Porterfield
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I'm Here
- Compassionate Communication in Patient Care
- By: Marcus Engel
- Narrated by: Marcus Engel
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Modern medical technology helps patients recover faster than any other time in history. However, the human interaction between patient and care giver is still the essential foundation of healing. “I’m Here” is a personal narrative from the patient’s perspective. Filled with practical advice, packed with humor and overflowing with appreciation, Marcus Engel encourages health care professionals to practice compassionate communications in all its forms.
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A must read!
- By taylor greene on 05-01-24
By: Marcus Engel
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Prescription for Pain
- How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer"
- By: Philip Eil
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years-long investigation into his father's old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman, who seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and PhD from the prestigious University of Chicago, but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.
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Unique insight inside the mind of a deadly doctor
- By Edward Bisch on 04-13-24
By: Philip Eil
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DEMENTIA OVERVIEW (2022 Update)
- Dementia Guide for Patients, Families, Caregivers, & Medical Professionals
- By: Jerry Beller, Beller Health
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Get the best science in everyday language in this updated first book to focus on all 19 primary dementias. Recommended for medical professionals, caregivers, and dementia families who want an overview of the 19 dementia types. The author does not recommend the book for dementia patients, but for anybody else who wants a quick but thorough dementia overview. The book includes all the information from our 19 Dementia book series, minus most the repetition. We cover the following dementias: Dementia with Lewy Bodies Parkinson's disease dementia Corticobasal Syndrome Posterior Cortical Atrophy ...
By: Jerry Beller, and others
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The Support Group
- Connection, Hope, and Healing for Patients and Providers
- By: Shanda H. Blackmon M.D.
- Narrated by: Shanda H. Blackmon M.D.
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Then one day at clinic, she noticed patients trading stories in the waiting room, sharing not just valuable advice, but empathy and encouragement. That was the genesis of the support group, a safe place where people dealing with cancer and its aftermath could talk openly about what they were going through. It was a lightbulb experience for Dr. Blackmon. Once she saw the difference a committed ally could make in a patient’s long-term survivorship, Dr. Blackmon sought to extend the principles of support to her colleagues.
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A Country Doctor Writes: IN PRACTICE
- Starting, Growing and Staying in the Medical Profession
- By: Hans Duvefelt
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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A hundred short essays on what it is like and what it takes to become and remain a physician and the challenges and and victories a country doctor has encountered during 40 years in Family Medicine. Based on his blog A Country Doctor Writes, these vignettes by Swedish born physician Hans Duvefelt range from his first day of Medical School to accepting a senior colleague’s decision to give up medicine for good. From the concept of Apostolic Medicine to his analysis of the causes and cures of the burnout epidemic, these essays paint a firsthand, deep and nuanced picture of a lifetime in ...
By: Hans Duvefelt
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Preventing Physician Burnout
- Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine
- By: Paul DeChant, Diane Shannon
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated burnout for clinicians and administrators alike, heightening the need for this practical guide that provides a comprehensive approach to empowering physicians while ensuring organizational resilience. In this second edition of Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine, doctors Paul DeChant and Diane Shannon define burnout, explore the consequences for physicians, patients, and the health care system, identify the underlying causes that are fueling the burnout epidemic, and provide case studies with ...
By: Paul DeChant, and others
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A Case of Culture
- How Cultural Brokers Bridge Divides in Healthcare
- By: Snigdha Nandipati
- Narrated by: Snigdha Nandipati
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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There are three major healing traditions in the world: Western biomedicine, supernatural healing, and holistic healing. In a world of increasingly blended cultures, languages, and traditions, what happens when these contrasting healing practices clash? In "A Case of Culture", author Snigdha Nandipati delves into the unspoken challenges that immigrant patients face when seeking healthcare in the West, exploring how we can bridge these cultural divides in our healthcare system. The solution? Cultural brokers.