Author : Diamela Eltit
Publisher : Helen Lane Editions
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780930829674
Indigent, incarcerated, insane--loving couples portrayed from Chile's most extreme asylum in photographs and protean text.
Author : Jill Bolte Taylor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101213973
"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."—ABC News The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover. For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series, Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone.
Author : Guenter B. Risse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199748691
By chronicling the transformations of hospitals from houses of mercy to tools of confinement, from dwellings of rehabilitation to spaces for clinical teaching and research, from rooms for birthing and dying to institutions of science and technology, this book provides a historical approach to understanding of today's hospitals. The story is told in a dozen episodes which illustrate hospitals in particular times and places, covering important themes and developments in the history of medicine and therapeutics, from ancient Greece to the era of AIDS. This book furnishes a unique insight into the world of meanings and emotions associated with hospital life and patienthood by including narratives by both patients and care givers. By conceiving of hospitals as houses of order capable of taming the chaos associated with suffering, illness, and death, we can better understand the significance of their ritualized routines and rules. From their beginnings, hospitals were places of spiritual and physical recovery. They should continue to respond to all human needs. As traditional testimonials to human empathy and benevolence, hospitals must endure as spaces of healing.
Author : Cynthia Lyn
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 28,52 MB
Release : 2011-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 146342647X
Kerry Sullivan, a transgendered male-to-female hospitalized psychiatric patient has disappeared from the unit in the middle of the night. She is unlike the nurse's typical depressed patient. She is horrified that she made the biggest mistake of her life! And Kathryn Kane, her nurse, is afraid that something dreadful has happened to her. Detective Marc Malone catches the case and works to piece together why and who would be instrumental in Kerry's disappearance. At the same time, a bizarre pattern of events start unraveling in the Windy City. A series of single, brunette women are found murdered and thrown in Chicago dumpsters. Special Agent Patrick Makenna becomes involved with Detective Sam Waters when questions arise related to a three-year old cold case he's been working on with a similar signature to these new cases. Does the abduction of Kerry have any connection to these serial murders? Meanwhile, Kathryn is taking an unusual interest in both cases, even to the point of dreaming about the murders before they occur! Kathryn is also single and brunette. Will she be next in this game of death? Will Kerry be found on time? Or is she the killer? From Chicago to San Diego to Las Vegas the race is on to find answers before madness strikes again.
Author : Bruce Ovbiagele
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
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ISBN : 3031499638
Author : Eugy Enoch
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3743821109
Pained from childhood due to the loss of both parents in one day, and, having to deal with a struggling academic performance and cope with a new foster family,school life with his childhood friend Alfred and their struggle with a powerful fraternity at school...Read on to see how Daniel overcomes and rises to fame and Glory in this all time superb read. See all of the stories unfolding this season and more...
Author : Prasun Chatterjee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9811389381
This open access book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a holistic understanding of late old age, and situates the aged person within the context of family, caregivers, clinical and other institutions. All through the book, the author discusses preparedness for an aging individual as well as the society in the Indian context. The book highlights inevitable but mostly neglected health issues like depression, dementia, fall, and frailty and provides detailed analyses of solutions that are practicable in low resource settings. It also brings up intergenerational differences and harmony in the context of holistic care of older Indians. Alongside clinical perspectives, the book uses narratives of elderly patients to dwell on the myriad of problems and issues that constitute old age healthcare. Demonstrating cases that range from the most influential to the most underprivileged elderly in India, the book enlightens multiple caregivers—doctors, nurses, and professional caregivers as well as family members—about the dynamic approach required in dealing with complex issues related to late old age. The narratives make the book relatable and interesting to non-academic readers, with important lessons for gerontological and geriatric caregiving. It is also of use to older adults in preparing for active aging.
Author : Julien Bogousslavsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2001-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521771450
An essential resource for diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients outside the usual clinical categories.
Author : JB Woods
Publisher : JB Woods
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN :
The dead are restless, and they’re reaching out to me whether I like it or not. I just wanted a fresh start, a new life in New Hampshire with my grandmother and cousin. But the ghosts that surround me have other plans. They’re haunting the halls of the nursing home where my cousin, Albie, and I have taken summer jobs. And they’re trying to tell me something, but I don’t know what it is. Staff members go missing and no one bats an eye. Seemingly healthy patients disappear on an off-limits floor of the home and no one wants to talk about it. The dead can’t talk, but they can show me so much, if I’m willing to let them. If I can’t figure out who or what is behind the disappearances, I’m afraid I could be the next one to go missing. My name is Casey Pope, and I see dead people. Casey is in a race against time. Missing people, stolen souls, and sinister forces may be too much for her to handle. Can she get to the bottom of the mysterious happenings in the strange and secretive nursing home before it’s too late?
Author : Gary Santorella
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1788038096
Dyed Souls takes on the human cost of destructive behaviour, in both a Darwinian and Philosophical context. It symbolises the growing ethical ambiguity of current American culture and examines the notion of identity in a civilisation lacking in substantive culture. Set in the 1980’s, Dyed Souls follows the life of 13-year-old Charlie; an intelligent, troubled teen, taken from his grandparents by his drug addicted mother, only to end up at Hawthorne Residential Treatment Village. There he ponders Darwin, Socrates, and Plato, and unexpectedly falls in love with a girl named Margo. When she breaks his heart, Charlie runs away, beginning a new journey that will leave him shattered before he finally makes it to Virginia. Back with his grandparents, the return of his mother forces him to learn a bitter truth that changes his life forever. Dyed Souls is more a work of philosophy than psychology, examining an America where the notion of living an ethical life has become increasingly vague, superficial, and distorted, and its implications for a species capable of both great cruelty and great compassion. It is a thought-provoking, gritty novel, highlighting how blatant self-interest and prurient self-gratification has replaced the pursuit of wisdom and reason. It will appeal to fans of literary fiction and philosophical literature. A coming-of-age novel, it is suitable for both young adult and adult readers.
