House Calls


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Small-town doctor Thomas Stern built a practice filled with memorable characters in rural Oregon. Then he moved to Southern California to work as technical advisor on the beloved TV series, "Marcus Welby, M.D". His life story is filled with episodes that are thought-provoking, heart-warming, and even rib-tickling.




Housecalls 101


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The information in these pages will either excite you into beginning that house-call practice right away or scare you into keeping your day job. Either way, I'm glad you've chosen to learn about my happiness with beginning a house-call practice and to learn from my struggles to maintain a business in the nation's current health-care state. Are you looking for a step-by-step guide on how to start a house-call practice? Are you looking for a few examples from an expert in the fi eld of house calls to help guide your decision making? If you've answered yes to these questions, this is the book for you. Making medical house calls is an extremely rewarding and profi table niche practice that can be started with little or no overhead. If you already love or think you will love going into the home setting to provide primary care when health care is often scarce or unavailable, this is the fi eld for you. This book is written with nuances and scenarios of a house-call practice for an advanced practice nurse, but if you are a physician assistant, physician, or any other practitioner looking to begin a housecall practice, there is plenty of information here for you too!




House Calls With William Carlos Williams, MD


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In 2001, photographer Thomas Roma was given access to the addresses of the patients of William Carlos Williams - successful doctor and legendary poet in the 1940s and 50s. These addresses were plotted on a map, becoming the route that Roma travelled and recorded over the next five years, retracing Williams' footsteps from decades past. Dr Williams would travel from Rutherford, New Jersey to Paterson, New Jersey, stopping to attend to his patients en route. Roma's photographic re-treading of this journey is an immersive experience.




God's House Calls: Finding God Through My Patients


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Jack, an alcoholic, had a near-death experience. He didn't share the details, but it shook him up. He did all he could to make amends...Two years later, he had another near-death experience - this time blissful! "Nearly every week, I encounter someone who has had an out-of-body experience," Dr. Jim Roach says. "It can be during childbirth, sexual assault, near-death or spontaneous." But what this teaches us is exceedingly important in understanding who we are and where we are headed. In God's House Calls, Dr. Roach shares patient stories that reflect creativeness from another dimension, stories that by themselves, or from unsavory characters, would be unbelievable. But these stories, from those you would want as your best friend, are incredibly moving. Together, they proclaim a fantastic message - and beg the question: Are we listening? Jack Canfield, multiple #1 NY Times best-selling author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, said about Dr. Roach: "You have this amazing amount of knowledge...you are one of the most encyclopedic minds I have ever met...They should take your brain and put it in the Smithsonian if and when you ever die...I think if you don't take advantage of him it is like someone saying here is a map, all you have to do is go and take away truckloads of gold, all you have to do is get in a truck and drive over there, and there is no reason to be suffering from anything right now if you have access to this guy right here...I literally can't talk highly enough about how much I think you are really doing good stuff in the world." Visit GodsHouseCalls.com for more information




House Calls


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A reminder that some of the most important factors in healing are not high-tech marvels but ordinary factors such as love, compassion, friendship, and hope.




House Calls


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House Calls and Hitching Posts


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Medical technology meets rural, Amish values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country doctor returns to his roots in Ohio. **This new edition is updated with a new preface and never-before-shared details about the tragedy of the Nickel Mines school shooting as well as the incredible forgiveness displayed by the Amish community.** House Calls and Hitching Posts is a sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's thirty-six years practicing medicine among the Amish of Wayne, Holmes, and surrounding counties in Ohio, for which he was named Country Doctor of the Year. Now you can witness house calls and private moments between doctors and patients. Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene. Katie delivers a boy for the doctor's first home-birth. And Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth only to be crushed under a tractor wheel at three years old. Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys and dilemmas of a family practitioner among a rural and predominantly-Amish community. Includes a gallery of photographs from Dr. Lehman's distinguished career.




My God Makes House Calls


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It was 1960, and Nalley T. Osland, young mother of two, felt out of control. She was strangled by an overwhelming fear that was trying to take control of her-both spiritually and physically. Her nerves were frayed, and she was on the edge of collapse. But this all changed one Sunday morning when God came to her home and instructed her to go to church. When she obeyed, she began a journey she never thought possible. With her husband, Stuart, by her side, the family followed the commands presented in the Bible and walked in the way of the Lord. Osland shares an array of the family's experiences-from making a new life in a different state to living in a home cursed by witchcraft. Written in a warm, engaging tone, this personal memoir shares the life experiences of Osland as she learned to put on her armor and use her spiritual warfare effectively to overcome the works of Satan.




A Veterinarian's Guide to House Calls


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This book is a guide for veterinarians who are looking to start a house call practice but are not sure where to begin. With twelve successful years of running a mobile veterinary clinic under her belt, Dr. Leslie Dragon is here to help. Through her experience, her ups and downs, her successes and failures, Dr. Dragon has learned what works and what doesn’t. From how to get started and get your name out there to how to manage both clients and patients, this guide covers everything you need to start your own practice. About the Author Dr. Leslie Dragon graduated from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. She spent the first nineteen years of her career working for various veterinary practices before opening Paws Mobile Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Dragon enjoys working with rescue organizations providing low-cost services to those in need. She and her husband of thirty-two years reside in Black Mountain, North Carolina.




Electronic House Calls


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Covers: the need for health care services to the home (home care organizations, family caregivers, etc.): therapeutic value of home care; the role of technology in facilitating home care (asesessment, dignosis & treatment; supervision & training; support groups, etc.); patients & health care provider satisfaction with remotely provided health care; economic impacts of home care (broadband infrastructure deployment costs, role of government, etc.); & policy issues & recommendations.