Mothering Kids with Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality
Winner, 2016 Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability, American Sociological Association, Section Disability and Society Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of children diagnosed with "invisible disabilities" such as ADHD, mood and conduct disorders, and high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Whether they are ......
Provides crucial information for people living with diabetes and practical examples that demonstrate how this information can be most effectively used. A roadmap for patients, it provides encouragement, education, and inspiration with concrete examples, illustrative quotes, exercises, and references.
A clear, practical guide to becoming an informed and empowered patient. Most Americans are overwhelmed by a health care system dense with paperwork, opaque rules, and high-stakes decisions made under pressure. In The Prepared Patient, physician and health policy leader Terry Adirim, MD, MPH, offers a patient-centered guide to navigating this ......
A clear, practical guide to becoming an informed and empowered patient. Most Americans are overwhelmed by a health care system dense with paperwork, opaque rules, and high-stakes decisions made under pressure. In The Prepared Patient, physician and health policy leader Terry Adirim, MD, MPH, offers a patient-centered guide to navigating this ......
How dementia affects those living with the condition, their carers, and their advocacy In Listening to Dementia, Emily K. Abel demonstrates that recognizing the voices of people with dementia can fundamentally alter our understanding of both their lived experience and the discourse surrounding their care. She focuses on the memoirs of twelve ......
How dementia affects those living with the condition, their carers, and their advocacy In Listening to Dementia, Emily K. Abel demonstrates that recognizing the voices of people with dementia can fundamentally alter our understanding of both their lived experience and the discourse surrounding their care. She focuses on the memoirs of twelve ......
Achieving the Promise of Medicine Through Community Engagement
Redefining health care through compassion, trust, and connection beyond the clinic. Health begins long before a patient enters a clinic or hospital. It takes root in the neighborhoods, families, and faith communities that shape our daily lives. In Medicine for the Greater Good, Panagis Galiatsatos shows how physicians, community leaders, and ......
Why Women Can't Get Ahead in Science and Health Care
Examines the systemic obstacles limiting women's advancement in science and health care careers. Sexism in science and health care rarely announces itself as a single, dramatic event. More often, it appears as a steady accumulation of slights, exclusions, and unequal expectations that shape careers over time. In Harsh Medicine, Jennifer Rubin ......
A Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving, Grief, and Possibility
My father's heart, and my mother's, can still break. In this most essential way, they are still themselves. They are still here. To stay together until the end was the deepest wish of Rebecca McClanahan's elderly, frail parents. So when the two of them could no longer care for themselves, Rebecca and her siblings moved them from Indiana to ......
