Medical References and Resources for the Art of Patient Care
If you wish to further explore the topics outlined on this site, I have listed a few medical references and reading materials that may interest you. If you find a reference that you think I should add to this page, please let me know by submitting an entry or even a book review if you like on the “Comments” Page. Another page on this site is dedicated to medical diagnostic and treatment references that I have found to be helpful in my day-to-day care of patients. However, below is a list of references more related to the art and humanitarian aspects of patient care and advocacy. (You will also find medical references at the bottoms of many of the pages on this site which relate to the specific topic of the article on each page.) BOOKS Blackall, Simms and Green, Breaking the Cycle: How to Turn Conflict Into Collaboration When You and Your Patients Disagree Harpham, Wendy, Only 10 Seconds to Care - Help and Hope for Busy Clinicians Knope, Steven D., Concierge Medicine, Praeger Publishers, 2008. LaCombe, Michael A., Editor, On Being a Doctor, 1994 ( Also, new, subsequent versions are now available – On Being a Doctor 2 and On Being a Doctor 3). LaCombe, Michael A., and Laine, Christine, The Last Half Hour of the Day: An Anthology of Stories and Essays That Have Inspired Physicians Lown, Bernard, The Lost Art of Healing – Practicing Compassion in Medicine, 1999 Silverman, Mark E., Murray,T. Jock, and Bryan, Charles S., The Quotable Osler, American College of Physicians, 2008 Stern, Thomas L., House Calls, 2000 Szczeklik, Andrzej, Catharsis: On the Art of Medicine, 2007 Wachter, Robert M., Shojania, Kaveh G., Internal Bleeding, Rugged Land, LLC, 2004 Watts, David, Bedside Manners, 2005 Zaslove, Marshall O., The Successful Physician, 1998
(Sponsored Link) DOCUMENTS The Hippocratic Oath - For your review: The Hippocratic Oath - the original and the modern versions - upon which the principles of medicine and patient care are founded. WEBSITES
Health Directorymoz - A large healthcare professional internet directory with links to multiple medical websites. Health on the Net Foundation - "The Health On the Net Foundation (HON) promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use..." American College of Physicians (http://www.acponline.org) – The primary national organization for Internal Medicine. The website contains multiple articles and resources on medical ethics and professionalism, time management, effective patient interviews and patient communication techniques.
Narrative Medicine - dedicated to Columbia University's unique Narrative Medicine Program which integrates the use of literature and composition to assist in teaching humanitarian skills to medical students. Medical Humanities (http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/) - A great resource for all those interested in the study and application of humanities, social sciences and the arts to improve medical education and practice. National Physicians Alliance (http://npalliance.org/) - An organization focusing on returning medicine to its core values of service, integrity and advocacy. HCP Live a great resource for health care professionals listing multiple professional websites and blogs. KevinMD Medical Blog - One of the best medical blogs containing physician commentary about breaking medical news and our dysfunctional medical system. Jerome Blackman, MD, a great friend and psychoanalytic resource who has been very encouraging to me in the development of this site. His latest book, entitled Get the Diagnosis Right: Assessment and Treatment Selection for Mental Disorders
Blog Catalog: Medicine - A Blog directory with many listings for medical as well as other types of blogs. A Hearty Blog - A wonderful blog full of articles about patient care, ethics and medico-legal information mostly from the Nursing perspective. Health Care Web Site Development - If you are interested in health care web site development or starting your own blog, this may be helpful. e-HealthLinks - A large healthcare directory containing many categories of medical and health related information. Health Echo - A health directory for health care providers and health- related businesses. Hospitals - A member of the American Hospital Association dedicated to providing information and news about hospitals and other topics related to the medical field. HealthLinks.net is another excellent directory for finding both professional and consumer health and medical related websites... ART (advertisement)
This page was last updated on August 19, 2010.
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, which I have had the opportunity to preview, is acclaimed by many scholars as an excellent textbook providing great organization and insight into psychiatric diagnosis in a format that is easy to understand - Much better than DSM IV.
