Do American Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) deliberately neglect unprofitable patients? You may think so after reading the true story: Death By HMO: The Jennifer Gigliello Tragedy.A new world of medicine exists in the United States-one that pulsates to the impersonal and incessantly driving rhythms of corporate greed. Patients can become little more than data entries in elaborate schemes to cut costs and bolster profits. Jennifer Gigliello's case is, unfortunately, one tragic tip of the HMO iceberg.In April 1978, Jennifer Gigliello (a vivacious, energetic, and happily-married, 21-year-old new mother from San Francisco) was struck with a severe pain attack. For the following eight years her illness was repeatedly misdiagnosed and she had a series of unnecessary or botched operations, which left her chronically ill. This series of events ultimately resulted in her untimely death.

Death by HMO: The Jennifer Gigliello Story

Cote, Richard N.

Cancilla, Dorothy Rose

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Robert D. Reed

Loyalty & Honor Among Family & Friends

History

Agee, Fred L

Europe

This "survival guide" offers positive lifestyle changes for healing the mind, body, heart and soul. It contains ideas and resources for carers and families to support and nurture anyone dealing with health challenges.

500 Tips for Coping With Chronic Illness

Jacobs, Pamela D.

Medical Books

Super Kids in 30 Minutes a Day

Kwiatkowski, Karen U.

Parenting & Relationships

The Law Enforcement Street Guide is a quick reference for Law Enforcement Officers. It is designed to put valuable information at their fingertips when they need it quickly. It provides a quick reference for patrol information, field sobriety tests & DUI enforcement, drug impairment recognition, Spanish commands, major incident guides, emergency medical services, note pages, other vital law enforcement information.

Law Enforcement Street Guide

Politics & Social Sciences

Swanson, Eric M.

Social Sciences

Tale an intimate journey with a concerned physician during the last year of her participation in managed health care. Excerpts from her journal express the heart and soul of an anguished physician. Dismayed by the lack of understanding about the true impact of changes brought on by "managed care," she collected stories and viewpoints from her patients which dramatically capture their feelings and opinions about the new health care model. Essays also highlight the impact of managed care on physicians and other health care and professionals and employees. Their lives, careers, and aspirations have been painfully unsettled. Why do physicians cooperate in spite of their anger and misery? Several essays provide insight into this seemingly inexplicable behavior. The book explores the spiritual dimension of the physician-patient relationship; one that is excluded by present managed health care mandates. Viable alternatives and solutions are suggested for healing our current health care system.

Saving the Soul of Medicine

Mahony, Margaret A., M.D.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Day-by-day account of the author's struggle to maintain his ideals on the road to fulfilling his dream to become a cardiothoracic surgeon. Includes four years of college, four years of medical school, seven years of general surgery residency, and three years of 120-hours-per-week cardiothoracic surgery fellowship. Unique and real look at the training process. Softcover.

This Ain't E.R.: A Heart Surgeon's Struggle to Keep the Faith

Biographies & Memoirs

Murrah, C. Patrick

Professionals & Academics

Tested Faith : The Power of Mind Over Cancer

Yvonne L. Williams

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Superfoods are a concentrated, potent source of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, fiber, and the essential amino acids. These foods add alkalinity to our systems, balance us, increase our energy, improve stamina, sharpen mental activity, and deodorize and cleanse the cells and colon. Alfalfa, barley grass, wheat grass, lecithin, spirulina, royal jelly, chlorella, and non-dairy probiotic cultures are all packed with nutrients that strengthen our immune system and neutralize toxins. Superfoods are a return to the basics of the food chain; generally they are organically grown in a chemical-free environment and spray-dried rather than heat dried to preserve vital enzyme activity. These concentrated, nutrient-rich food powders are mixed with water or juice and consumed in liquid form.

Miracle Super Foods That Heal

O'Donnell, Tony

Alternative Medicine

MANAGE YOUR GRIEF, RATHER THAN LET IT MANAGE YOU! 
Your Healing Journey Through Grief by Stanley Cornils will enable you to translate knowledge into action. Grief is not a disease that needs to be cured, but an experience that can be worked through by following a normal, natural mourning process, which if properly dealt with and completed, can result in a resourceful and constructive outcome so that a person can recover from loss and life goes on. The loss of a spouse or other special loved one is the most difficult and challenging experience of a person’s life and unresolved grief can last a lifetime. This book is a tool that can be used to learn how to survive loss. Stanley Cornils believes a person can do more than just survive a loss, he believes they can go on to lead a fulfilling life. 
After many years of performing funeral services and observing the suffering of grieving families, he asked himself, "Isn’t there something more I can do for these people?" As a result, he developed his "Grief Recovery Seminars" and has presented them for the past twenty years in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area. Your Healing Journey Through Grief represents the culmination of his experiences in helping people who are struggling with the trauma of losing a loved one by death or divorce. This book can be used as a guide for individuals or grief support groups and leaders.

Your Healing Journey Through Grief: A Practical Guide to Grief Management

Cornils, Stanley

Self-Help

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