Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes

How can you "tune in" to the medical events that surround you? How can you become more educated before reaching a conclusion regarding current medical issues? How can you "see through" the media's persuasion and unorthodox medical propaganda? Why are brilliant medical professionals really being censored? Are you connecting your own dots? ***** Medically Speaking, Who Connects Your Dots? builds on the foundation of the need to critically think about what is happening medically in the world around you and even to you! Your eyes will be open about what the media is now permitted to "medically propagate" to you and for how long this has been occurring. Critical thinking is an extremely vital process of analyzing information--from opposing sides! This method of thinking is based on asking questions from an unbiased perspective, equally weighing all the data. This allows you to thoroughly analyze the entire scenario and become vastly informed. You are then able to reach your own unprejudiced and objective conclusions without influence or persuasion from anyone else. You are in control of the information and how you respond. By learning these techniques, you will gain control over your independence and individuality and begin thinking without persuasion. And not only will you be inspired, but you will also be an inspiration for others! By internalizing these skills and strategies, you will be sure to reveal medical truth, led by your confident and influential example, and resist conformity, all while leaving a footprint that is sure to impact and enlighten future generations.

Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes

In compelling first-person accounts, Latinas speak freely about dealing with serious health episodes as patients, family caregivers, or friends. They show how the complex interweaving of gender, class, and race impacts the health status of LatinasÑand how family, spirituality, and culture affect the experience of illness. Here are stories of Latinas living with conditions common to many: hypertension, breast cancer, obesity, diabetes, depression, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, dementia, ParkinsonÕs, lupus, and hyper/hypothyroidism. By bringing these narratives out from the shadows of private lives, they demonstrate how such ailments form part of the larger whole of Latina lives that encompasses family, community, the medical profession, and society. They show how personal identity and community intersect to affect the interpretation of illness, compliance with treatment, and the utilization of allopathic medicine, alternative therapies, and traditional healing practices. The book also includes a retrospective analysis of the narratives and a discussion of Latina health issues and policy recommendations. These Latina cultural narratives illustrate important aspects of the social contexts and real-world family relationships crucial to understanding illness. Speaking from the Body is a trailblazing collection of personal testimonies that integrates professional and personal perspectives and shows that our understanding of health remains incomplete if Latina cultural narratives are not included.

Strong communication skills are required of today's health care practitioners. This guide contains practical advice on a broad range of essential communication skills for health-care practitioners.