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"In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere,...
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Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Using construction as their metaphor, authors Joe Tye and Bob Dent make a compelling case that an organization's invisible architecture - a foundation of core values, a superstructure of organizational culture, and the interior finish of workplace attitude - is no less important than its visible architecture. Further, they assert that culture will not change unless people change, and people will not change unless they are inspired to do so and given...
14) The medicalization of society: on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor, Kleinman delivers a deeply humane and inspiring story of his life in medicine and his marriage to Joan, and he describes...
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Routledge Library Editions. British Sociological Association volume Volume 16
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English