Writing on the Edge: Great Contemporary Writers on the Front Line of Crisis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)An excellent but somewhat depressing read. The essays highlights the worldwide work of Medecines sans Frontiers (Doctors without Borders). The writers document the struggles and strengths of people coping with poverty, lack of education, and the lack of resources, all through no fault of the own. The...

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The Black Digital Elite: African American Leaders of the Information Revolution Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)John T. Barber profiles "26 outstanding African American cyberelites." Black Digital Elite is divided into six parts, each of which addresses a different aspect of what he calls the Information Revolution. Part I: Scientists and Innovator, introduces four visionaries whose work with computers revolutionized...

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The Caregiver's Tale: Loss and Renewal in Memoirs of Family Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful example of bibliotherapy. The author drew on dozens of medical memoirs and related writing to discuss care and caregiving in families with members facing medical challenges. She extends traditional definitions of caregivers by examples from the many volumes she read andreviewed for...

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How to Analyze Data (CSE Program Evaluation Kit) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I like having the volume around for reference and find it a good addition to the series.Click Here to see more reviews about: How to Analyze Data (CSE Program Evaluation Kit)Here is a basic introduction to a variety of elementary statistical techniques, including those for summarizing data, for examining...

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PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The author of this book has done a very excellent job in revealing how the almost cult like mentalities of political correctness, alternative medicine, and paranormal healing have crept into mainstream medicine. She uses logic and a mountain of research data to support her claim that the patient's best...

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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I looked up the negative New York Times book review to see what Higbie's problem was. She thinks Hornblum is biased because he supports "prison reform." The book sticks quite close to the issue of medical experiments in prison, which must be at the very least something in prison in need of "reform"....

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Project Management in Health and Community Services Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I like this book and plan to use it as a text in a class I'm teaching next Spring. It's practical, and it has the right depth (not too much, not too superficial). The class is for public health graduate students, who don't need to understand the whole logistics/PMBOK framework, and this is the only book...

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Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-to-Die Movement Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Great book. Our society makes it a "sin" to help terminally ill people end their lives without further pain. Thats the sin! When you're well, a book such as this might seem ridiculous but when you're walking in death's shoes from a painful, degenerating disease, its complete inhumane torture to allow...

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License to Steal: Why Fraud Plagues America's Health Care System Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The first edition of License to Steal woke up the people in charge of healthcare payment in America. Sparrow brought attention to the scope and nature of the healthcare fraud problem. And the scope is huge--he estimates that hundreds of billions of dollars are lost to healthcare fraud each year.In the...

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The Heart Behind the Hero Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Heart Behind The Hero is a compelling anthology of true life stories, essays and poems contributed by firefighters and paramedics across the country. Touching, inspiring, heartwarming, dramatic, superbly written and presented, The Heart Behind The Hero reveals the emotions, feelings, and spirit of...

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Rethinking Abortion Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Mark Graber writes an excellent, in-depth analysis on the issue of abortion. To start with, I have to mention over 30 pages of well-researched bibliography with which Mr. Graber supports his argument. What I like about this book is its pragmatism and a realistic analysis of the issue: enough of the philosophical/constitutionality...

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Child Safety: A Pediatric Guide for Parents, Teachers, Nurses, & Caregivers Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Child Safety is a "must read" for anyone coming in contact with children, be it parents, teachers, daycare workers, boy scout or girls scout leaders, or anyone else working with children. This book is informative on so may levels, be it administering punishment in a constructive way, recognizing behaviors...

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The Twenty-Four-Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World That Never Stops Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you are looking for a book about the hazards of sleep deprivation, your search is over.Click Here to see more reviews about: The Twenty-Four-Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World That Never StopsClick here for more information about The Twenty-Four-Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits...

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Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an adult convert to Catholicism struggling for now five years with infertility, a non-American and the daughter of a founder of my hometown's Family Planning Association, I ordered this book wondering if it would help me sort out my mixed feelings about abortion. When it arrived my heart sank: though...

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The Ascendance of Israel's Radical Right Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book does supply us with some interesting material about the history and nature of some Israeli political groups. In addition, it discusses whether or not there is a risk that such groups will bring about a civil war in Israel (as if groups on the radical left constitute no such threat). There is...

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Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine: The United States, France, and Japan Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the most compelling book exposing conflicts of interest, usurpation of a whole profession by money & a total disregard for the code of honor of medical professionals.The systems of Japan & France are also scrutinized. Medicine & the allied professions in the USA were bought off by...

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The Retail Revolution in Health Care Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Retail Revolution in Health Care provides an excellent overview of enterprise initiatives that are consumer-oriented. The authors present a solid analysis of factors and incentives in health care that are driving disruptive innovation. They also detail strategy implications for health care providers...

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