The Black Death. Cholera. Spanish flu. Swine flu. HIV/AIDS. COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Each of these pandemics has made (or, is making) a lasting impact on humanity. From the immediate mental image of the beaked masks worn in the Middle Ages (bubonic plague) and the birth of epidemiology (cholera) to recognizing the benefits of social distancing (1918 flu) and the harm of prejudice and misinformation (HIV/AIDS), pandemics have shown us how to survive infectious...

I have been a nurse for 22 years after working my way from welfare to a Master's Degree in Nursing with a Specialization in Education because of my deep passion to be a nurse since the age of 5. As you can imagine, I was devastated after having to give up my full time teaching position at a community college and nursing career after my health hit a brick wall in 2010. I am now considered disabled due to fibromyalgia and multiple other chronic illnesses....

"Comprehensive Review: Review of all tested subjects for the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) and Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) exams; Diagnostic test to help you target areas for score improvement and make the most of your study time; Full-length practice test with 300 questions; End-of-chapter quizzes with detailed answer explanations; Case study-based practice questions to develop your critical thinking skills, now with 2 NEW case studies!;...

Patient Confidential will teach readers to be active players in their healthcare and to get the most out of the healthcare system with the least amount of risk. It prepares readers for medical office visits, surgeries, rehabilitation, insurance and more. Patient Confidential also functions as a handbook readers can consult before every encounter with the healthcare system.

An invaluable resource for medical professionals, victims of chronic illnesses, and their loved ones, this dual memoir by a doctor and his longtime patient traces the growth of their unique friendship over a span of decades. By exploring the bond between caregiver and sufferer, this sensitive account evokes not only the constant day to day frustrations and emotional toll suffered by the chronically ill, but also an understanding of the mental struggles...

Circuit Riders for Mental Health explores for the first time the transformation of popular understandings of mental health, the reform of scandal-ridden hospitals and institutions, the emergence of community mental health services, and the extension of mental health services to minority populations around the state of Texas. Author William S. Bush focuses especially on the years between 1940 and 1980 to demonstrate the dramatic, though sometimes halting...