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- Attending : medicine, mindfulness, and humanity / by Epstein, Ronald,.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.Being mindful -- Attending -- Curiosity -- Beginner's mind -- Being present -- Navigating without a map -- Responding to suffering -- The shaky state of compassion -- When bad things happen -- Healing the healer -- Becoming mindful -- Imagining a mindful health care system."The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most--safe, effective, patient-centered, compassionate care--from the foremost expert in the field, "--Amazon.com."As a third-year Harvard Medical School student doing a clinical rotation in surgery, Ronald Epstein watched an error unfold: an experienced surgeon failed to notice his patient's kidney turning an ominous shade of blue. In that same rotation, Epstein was awestruck by another surgeon's ability to avert an impending disaster, slowing down from autopilot to intentionality. The difference between these two doctors left a lasting impression on Epstein and set the stage for his life's work--to identify the qualities and habits that distinguish masterful doctors from those who are merely competent. The secret, he learned, was mindfulness. In Attending, his first book, Dr. Epstein builds on his world-renowned, innovative programs in mindful practice and uses gripping and deeply human clinical stories to give patients a language to describe what they value most in health care and to outline a road map for doctors and other health care professionals to refocus their approach to medicine. Drawing on his clinical experiences and current research, and exploring four foundations of mindfulness--Attention, Curiosity, Beginner's Mind, and Presence--Dr. Epstein introduces a revolutionary concept: by looking inward, health care practitioners can grow their capacity to provide high-quality care and the resilience to be there when their patients need them. The commodification of health care has shifted doctors' focus away from the healing of patients to the bottom line. Clinician burnout is at an all-time high. Attending is the antidote. With compassion and intelligence, Epstein offers a crucial, timely book that shows us how we can restore humanity to medicine, guides us toward a better overall quality of care, and reminds us of what matters most."--Jacket.- Subjects: Physician and patient.; Mindfulness (Psychology); Physicians;
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- Income inequality / by Merino, Noël,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Income distribution; Poverty;
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- The pharmaceutical industry / by Carroll, Jamuna.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.Is pharmaceutical research safe and unbiased? Pharmaceutical clinical trials save lives / Jan Jarboe Russell ; Pharmaceutical clinical trials imperil lives / David Evans, Michael Smith, and Liz Willen ; Drug industry-funded research is biased / Leonard Glantz, as told to Sara Hoffman Jurand ; Most drug industry-funded research is not biased / Ronald Bailey ; Requiring clinical trials registration would ensure patients' safety / Iain Chalmers, as told to the Bulletin of the World Health Organization ; Requiring clinical trials registration would hinder drug development / International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations -- Are prescription drugs appropriately regulated? The FDA actively regulates drug safety / Henry I. Miller ; Terminal patients should be allowed to take unapproved medications / Scott Ballenger, as told to Margot Adler ; Terminal patients should not be allowed access to unapproved medications / Ralph W. Moss ; The FDA should not allow pharmacists to dispense behind-the-counter drugs / Rick Kellerman ; The FDA's black box warnings on antidepressants did not cause an increase in youth suicides / Alison Bass -- Are pharmaceutical marketing practices ethical? Drug detailing greatly influences doctors' prescribing habits / Carl Elliott ; Drug detailing has little influence on doctors' prescribing habits / Natalie Mizik and Robert Jacobson ; Direct-to-consumer drug marketing educates patients / Sal Perreca ; Direct-to-consumer drug marketing harms patients / Peter R. Mansfield ; Drug manufacturers' efforts to educate doctors are legitimate and ethical / The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America ; Drug manufacturers' efforts to educate doctors are unethical / Marcia Angell -- Is the cost of prescription drugs in America appropriate? The cost of prescription drugs is justified / Richard A. Epstein ; The cost of prescription drugs is outrageous / Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund ; Americans should be able to buy cheaper drugs outside the country / Gil Gutknecht ; Americans should not be permitted to buy drugs outside the country / Michelle Plasari ; The government should allow price negotiations for Medicare drugs / National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare ; The government should not allow price negotiations for Medicare drugs / Benjamin Zycher.- Subjects: Drug development; Drugs; Pharmaceutical industry;
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- The 60s : the story of a decade / by Finder, Henry,editor.; Remnick, David,writer of introduction.;
Here are real-time accounts of these years of turmoil: Calvin Trillin reports on the integration of Southern universities, E. B. White and John Updike wrestle with the enormity of the Kennedy assassination, and Jonathan Schell travels with American troops into the jungles of Vietnam. The murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., the fallout of the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Six-Day War: All are brought to immediate and profound life in these pages. The New Yorker of the 1960s was also the wellspring of some of the truly timeless works of American journalism. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, and James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time all first appeared in The New Yorker and are featured here. The magazine also published such indelible short story masterpieces as John Cheever's "The Swimmer" and John Updike's "A & P," alongside poems by Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. The arts underwent an extraordinary transformation during the decade, one mirrored by the emergence in The New Yorker of critical voices as arresting as Pauline Kael and Kenneth Tynan. Among the crucial cultural figures profiled here are Simon & Garfunkel, Tom Stoppard, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Cassius Clay (before he was Muhammad Ali), and Mike Nichols and Elaine May. The assembled pieces are given fascinating contemporary context by current New Yorker writers, including Jill Lepore, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Remnick. The result is an incomparable collective portrait of a truly galvanizing era.- Subjects: Nineteen sixties.;
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