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Jugendliche mit erhöhtem Psychoserisiko: App-unterstützte Behandlung mit dem Therapieprogramm Robin
by Nina Traber-Walker Maurizia FransciniJugendliche, die an einer psychotischen Störung erkranken, können in ihrer Entwicklung stark beeinträchtigt werden und haben insgesamt einen schlechteren Krankheitsverlauf als erwachsene Ersterkrankte. Für eine bessere Prognose ist es wichtig, Patienten mit einem erhöhten Psychose-Risiko frühzeitig zu erkennen und zu behandeln.Während es einige Therapiekonzepte für Frühinterventionen mit Erwachsenen gibt, fehlte es bisher an therapeutischen Konzepten für Jugendliche mit At Risk-Symptomen. Robin ist ein innovatives Therapieprogramm und speziell für Jugendliche entwickelt, mit dem Ziel, den jungen Patienten eine Behandlung anzubieten, die altersgerecht, symptom- und ressourcenorientiert ist. Das Therapiemanual ist aufgrund der Heterogenität dieser Patientengruppe modular aufgebaut. Die Module können den Bedürfnissen der Patienten entsprechend individuell zusammengestellt und angewendet werden. Unterstützt wird die therapeutische Behandlung durch die frei verfügbare Smartphone-App «Robin Z».Dieses Buch richtet sich an Psychiater und Psychotherapeuten, die mit Jugendlichen mit erhöhtem Risiko für die Entwicklung einer Psychose arbeiten und das Therapieprogramm Robin oder Teile davon einsetzen und sich so das moderne Smartphone-Nutzungsverhalten ihrer Patienten zu Nutze machen möchten. Die enthaltenen Therapieunterlagen stehen zusätzlich zum Download bereit, und per „Springer Nature MoreMedia“ App erhalten die Nutzer Videotutorials für die Anwendung in der Therapie.
Jugendmedizin
by Bernhard Stier Nikolaus Weissenrieder Karl Otfried SchwabIn diesem übersichtlichen Nachschlagewerk finden Kinder- und Jugendärzte, aber auch Allgemeinmediziner in Praxen und Kliniken die Hilfestellung, die für die praktische Tätigkeit gebraucht wird. Die allgemeine Versorgung von Kindern oder Erwachsenen wird Jugendlichen mit ihren oftmals spezifischen Problemen und ihrer besonderen Lebenssituation nicht gerecht. Das Buch unterstützt Ärzte, die Jugendliche behandeln, u.a. bei spezieller Jugendmedizin z.B. in Kardiologie, Onkologie und Neurologie, bei chronischen Erkrankungen und Transition, beim Umgang mit jugendlichen Migranten, Störungen in der Pubertätsentwicklung, Essstörungen, Verhaltensauffälligkeiten und Suchtverhalten.Das Buch ist aus dem Alltag an Praxen und Kliniken heraus entstanden, verständlich geschrieben und klar strukturiert.
Juice Processing: Quality, Safety and Value-Added Opportunities (Contemporary Food Engineering)
by Albert Ibarz Víctor FalgueraThe ability to provide quality juices that contain proper vitamins and nutritional components strongly depends on the processes fruits undergo during the various stages of industrial manufacturing. New technologies have been developed to help ensure the production of quality juices without neglecting safety. Covering both new approaches to traditio
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big
by Jose CansecoA star of Major League Baseball tells the story of wide-spread use of steroids throughout the sport.
Julia's Mother: Life Lessons in the Pediatric ER
by William BonadioA real-life pediatric emergency room doctor reveals the trials, heartbreaks, and triumphs of his work.It's a place of intense human drama, life's highest hopes and deepest despairs. A place we rarely get to see through a doctor's eyes.But now the emergency room at a children's hospita is revealed in a moving and personal notembook by William Bondio, MD. It recounts the lessons a doctor learns beyond the textbooks, revealing insights into the human condition at its most vulnerable and courageous moments--from the patient who, after intense medical therapy, gives up the will to live, to the sick newborn baby who never would. We feel the power of a mother's instinct to advocate for her handicapped child, and observe the wisdom of an immigrant father who intuitively senses things the doctors cannot. Finally, with the mother of a young patient named Julia we share in the nobility of a parent's unending search to find meaning in tragedy.
Julien's Primer of Drug Action
by Robert M. Julien Claire D. Advokat Joseph E. ComatyIn its 40th anniversary edition, A Primer of Drug Action continues to evolve side by side with the field it covers, drawing on the expertise of its authors in medicine, basic science, and clinical science to offer the most current and comprehensive guide to psychopharmacology available.
Julien’s Primer of Drug Action: A Comprehensive Guide to the Actions, Uses, and Side Effects of Psychoactive Drugs (Fourteenth Edition)
by Robert M. Julien Claire D. Advokat Joseph E. ComatyJulien’s Primer of Drug Action continues to evolve side by side with the field it covers providing a thoroughly up to date look at psychotherapeutic and recreational drugs, including the latest research and the newest formulations. <P><P> The thoroughly updated 14th edition features: <br> New coverage of opioids of abuse, and drugs used to treat of opioid dependence and opioid overdose. <br>New research on the use of marijuana to treat Alzheimers, PTSD, and Epilepsy. <br>New coverage of pharmacological, physiological, and psychoactive effects of synthetic marijuana including its toxicity. <br>New research on Cannabidiol (CBD) and its therapeutic uses <br>New research of the efficacy of antipsychotics to treat dementia, Parkinson’s, bipolar, OCD, PTSD, <br>New research on hallucinogenics for the treatment of various disorders including MDMA for the treatment of PTSD, Psilocybin for treatment of depression and end-of-life anxiety, and Ayahuasca to treat psychiatric disorders <br>The use of genetic testing to predict effectiveness of antidepressant treatment <br>New research on the use of ketamine for the treatment of depression
Julius Caesar's Disease: A New Diagnosis
by Hutan Ashrafian Francesco M. GalassiIn this groundbreaking study, two medical historians present a provocative new diagnosis of the ailment that famously afflicted Julius Caesar. It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most accomplished military commanders in history was incapacitated by a condition referred to as morbus comitialis. But does the evidence of his illness really suggest a diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy that afflicted Caesar, what was it? These are the questions that doctors Francesco M. Galassi and Hutan Ashrafian seek to answer by applying modern medical knowledge to the symptoms and circumstances described by primary source documents—including statements made by Caesar himself. The result is a fascinating piece of historical-pathological detective work that challenges received wisdom about one of the most famous men of all time.
Jumping From a Derailed Brain
by Conor Geary<p>A man who battled mental illness and depression details how he overcame his struggles with OCD, bipolar disorder, and Tourette’s Syndrome.<p> <p>Growing up, Conor Geary was so miserable he seriously considered ending his own life. Struggling with obsessive-compulsive and bipolar disorders, as well as Tourette’s Syndrome, Geary became increasing tormented by thoughts of suicide. In this inspiring memoir, Geary reveals how his acceptance of his disabilities, as well his growing relationship with God, helped him to heal his heart and mind. A poignant personal account of one man’s journey from a disordered mind and debilitating thoughts to a happy marriage and satisfying family life, Jumping from a Derailed Brain is a must-read for anyone who has ever battled mental illness and depression.<p>
Junctures in Women's Leadership: Health Care and Public Health (Junctures: Case Studies in Women's Leadership)
by Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Hoover Mary E. O'Dowd Dawn Thomas Denise Rodgers Mary Wachter Ann Marie Hill Raquel Mazon Jeffers Christina Tan Heather Howard Patricia Findley Colleen Blake Alexander Bartke Christina Chesnakov Grace Ibitamuno Erica Reed Akanksha Arya Carson Clay Suzanne Willard Jacqueline Hunterdon-AndersonJunctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health offers an eclectic compilation of case studies telling the stories of women leaders in public health and health care, from Katsi Cook, Mohawk midwife, to Virginia Apgar, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Florence Schorske Wald, to Marilyn Tavenner, Suerie Moon, and more. The impact of their work is extraordinarily relevant to the current public discourse including subjects such as the global COVID-19 pandemic, disparities in health outcomes, prevention of disease and the impact of the Affordable Care Act. The leadership lessons gleaned from these chapters can be applied to a broad array of disciplines within government, private business, media, philanthropy, pharmaceutical, environmental and health sectors. Each chapter is authored by a well versed and accomplished woman, demonstrating the book’s theme that there are many paths within health care and public health. The case study format provides an introductory section providing biographical and historical background, setting the stage for a juncture, or decision point, and the resolution. The women are compelling characters and worth knowing.
Jung's Psychology and its Social Meaning: An introductory statement of C G Jung's psychological theories and a first interpretation of their significance for the social sciences (International Library Of Psychology Ser.)
by Ira ProgoffRoutledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the "International Library of Psychology" series is available upon request.
Jungen fragen - Eltern wissen: Söhne durch die Pubertät begleiten
by Joachim A. Steffens Ingrid B. WagnerWorüber und wie man mit Söhnen im Gespräch bleiben kann, das erfahren Eltern in diesem Buch. Die frühe Pubertät ist eine ideale Zeit für vertrauensvolle Gespräche zwischen Eltern und Söhnen. Doch können Väter und Mütter ihren Söhnen nur das vermitteln, was sie selbst wissen, erfahren haben und was insbesondere Väter als Mann repräsentieren bzw. welches Männerbild sie verinnerlicht haben. Das Autorenteam erklärt, welche faszinierenden Vorgänge und Veränderungen während der Pubertät im Jungenkörper stattfinden, warum Jungen so und nicht anders darauf reagieren. Für Väter und Mütter, die mit ihren Söhnen in Beziehung bleiben möchten und sie auf der aufregenden Reise durch die Pubertät begleiten. Auch für Berufsgruppen aus Schule und Jungendarbeit, die mit Jungen ab 11 Jahren arbeiten. Wunderbar illustriert von Bastian Klamke.
Jungian Psychotherapy with Medical Professionals: Healing the Healer
by Suzanne HalesJungian Psychotherapy with Medical Professionals guides therapists, clinicians, and healthcare workers through the transformative healing process of Jungian psychology, demonstrating how the new spirit of medicine will originate from the relationship between the healer and the healed. Through extensive experience and scientific research gathered over the past four decades working closely with physicians, Suzanne Hales presents the telling of their stories that have been historically hushed or hidden away. Hales offers a lifeline for healthcare workers as she weaves together the stories of physicians and their patients with gripping honesty, presenting an intimate glimpse of what happens in the lives of healers and the healed. The book offers support to the healer in need of healing, provides hope for wholeness and restoration, and advocates for those who spend their lifetime advocating for others. The book is of great interest to Jungian analysts, therapists, and trainees, and it is essential reading for anyone working in healthcare, including physicians and healers of all kinds in the landscape of modern medicine.
Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill
by Gabriela Soto LaveagaIn the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass-produce synthetic steroid hormones. Barbasco spurred the development of new drugs, including cortisone and the first viable oral contraceptives, and positioned Mexico as a major player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Yet few people today are aware of Mexico's role in achieving these advances in modern medicine. In Jungle Laboratories, Gabriela Soto Laveaga reconstructs the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. By so doing, she sheds important light on a crucial period in Mexican history and challenges us to reconsider who can produce science. Soto Laveaga traces the political, economic, and scientific development of the global barbasco industry from its emergence in the 1940s, through its appropriation by a populist Mexican state in 1970, to its obsolescence in the mid-1990s. She focuses primarily on the rural southern region of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, where the yam grew most freely and where scientists relied on local, indigenous knowledge to cultivate and harvest the plant. Rural Mexicans, at first unaware of the pharmaceutical and financial value of barbasco, later acquired and deployed scientific knowledge to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies, lobby the Mexican government, and ultimately transform how urban Mexicans perceived them. By illuminating how the yam made its way from the jungles of Mexico, to domestic and foreign scientific laboratories where it was transformed into pills, to the medicine cabinets of millions of women across the globe, Jungle Laboratories urges us to recognize the ways that Mexican peasants attained social and political legitimacy in the twentieth century, and positions Latin America as a major producer of scientific knowledge.
Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon
by Thomas French Kelley FrenchA micro-preemie fights for survival in this extraordinary and gorgeously told memoir by her parents, both award-winning journalists.Juniper French was born four months early, at 23 weeks gestation. She weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a Barbie doll. Her head was smaller than a tennis ball, her skin was nearly translucent, and through her chest you could see her flickering heart. Babies like Juniper, born at the edge of viability, trigger the question: Which is the greater act of love--to save her, or to let her go?Kelley and Thomas French chose to fight for Juniper's life, and this is their incredible tale. In one exquisite memoir, the authors explore the border between what is possible and what is right. They marvel at the science that conceived and sustained their daughter and the love that made the difference. They probe the bond between a mother and a baby, between a husband and a wife. They trace the journey of their family from its fragile beginning to the miraculous survival of their now thriving daughter.
Junk Food Politics: How Beverage and Fast Food Industries Are Reshaping Emerging Economies
by Eduardo J. GómezWhy do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world?An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicating noncommunicable diseases and innovative prevention programs aimed at reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes, sugary beverage and fast food industries are thriving. But political leaders in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, India, China, and Indonesia are reluctant to introduce policies regulating the marketing and sale of their products, particularly among vulnerable groups like children and the poor. Why?In Junk Food Politics, Eduardo J. Gómez argues that the challenge lies with the strategic politics of junk food industries in these countries. Industry leaders have succeeded in creating supportive political coalitions by, ironically, partnering with governments to promote soda taxes, food labeling, and initiatives focused on public awareness and exercise while garnering presidential support (and social popularity) through contributions to government anti-hunger and anti-poverty campaigns. These industries have also manipulated scientific research by working with academic allies while creating their own support bases among the poor through employment programs and community services. Taken together, these tactics have hampered people's ability to mobilize in support of stricter regulation for the marketing and sale of unhealthy products made by companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé.Drawing on detailed historical case studies, Junk Food Politics proposes an alternative political science framework that emphasizes how junk food corporations restructure politics and society before agenda-setting ever takes place. This pathbreaking book also reveals how these global corporations further their policy influence through the creation of transnational nongovernmental organizations that support industry views.
Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text And Atlas
by Anthony MescherFor more than three decades, Junquiera's Basic Histology has been unmatched in its ability to explain the relationship between cell and tissue structure with their function in the human body. Updated to reflect the latest research in the field and enhanced with more than 600 full-color illustrations, the thirteenh edition of Junqueira's represents the most comprehensive and modern approach to understanding medical histology available anywhere.
Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text And Atlas, 13th Edition
by Anthony MescherThe histology text the medical field turns to first -- authoritative, concise, beautifully illustrated, and completely up-to-date More than 600 full-color illustrations For more than three decades, Junquiera's Basic Histology has been unmatched in its ability to explain the relationship between cell and tissue structure with their function in the human body. Updated to reflect the latest research in the field and enhanced with more than 600 full-color illustrations, the thirteenh edition of Junqueira's represents the most comprehensive and modern approach to understanding medical histology available anywhere.
Junqueira's functionele histologie
by Anthony L. Mescher E. Wisse C.P.H. Vreuls J.L. HillebrandsDit boek geeft een gedetailleerde beschrijving van de microscopische structuur van het menselijk lichaam. Het is een leerboek en een naslagwerk, voor professionals en studenten in de geneeskunde, tandheelkunde, biomedische wetenschappen, biologie, biotechnologie en diergeneeskunde, en de paramedische beroepsopleidingen. Bij het boek hoort ook een online leeromgeving met 300 toetsvragen. Junqueira’s functionele histologie geeft een duidelijke, feitelijke beschrijving van de structuur en de functie van alle cellen en weefsels in het menselijk lichaam. Dat gebeurt in begrijpelijke, dagelijkse taal. Het boek bevat de beste illustraties uit de Amerikaanse uitgave, aangevuld met veel foto’s die de Nederlandstalige redacteuren hebben toegevoegd. Daardoor bent u snel op de hoogte van de functie van bepaalde cellen, weefsels en organen en bent u ook in staat om aan anderen uit te leggen hoe de natuur in elkaar zit en welke rollen deze structuren in het lichaam vervullen.De eerste druk van de Nederlandstalige ‘Junqueira’ verscheen in 1981. Sindsdien zijn bij elke volgende druk, en dit is alweer de zestiende, één of meer aspecten van het boek grondig verbeterd. In deze druk werd een hoofdstuk Embryologie toegevoegd en werden de hoofdstukken in een meer logische volgorde gezet. Dit boek is bewerkt door Eddie Wisse (bioloog), Celien Vreuls (klinisch patholoog anatoom) en Jan-Luuk Hillebrands (medisch bioloog). De auteurs zijn of waren verbonden aan universiteiten in Nederland en Vlaanderen.
Jurisprudence as Ideology (Sociology of Law and Crime)
by Valerie KerruishIn Jurisprudence as Ideology, Valerie Kerruish asks how it is that people who are put down, let down and kept down by law can be thought to have a general political obligation to obey it. She engages with contemporary issues in socialist, feminist and critical legal theory, and links these issues to debates in jurisprudence and the philosophy and sociology of law.
Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire (D/C: Dis/color)
by Akemi NishidaJust Care is Akemi Nishida’s thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political economy has turned care into a business opportunity for the healthcare industrial complex and a mechanism of social oppression and control. Nishida analyzes the challenges people negotiate whether they are situated as caregivers, receivers, or both. Also illuminated is how people with disabilities come together to assemble community care collectives and bed activism (resistance and visions emerging from the space of bed) to reimagine care as a key element for social change. The structure of care, Nishida writes, is deeply embedded in and embodies the cruel social order—based on disability, race, gender, migration status, and wealth—that determines who survives or deteriorates. Simultaneously, many marginalized communities treat care as the foundation of activism. Using interviews, focus groups, and participant observation with care workers and people with disabilities, Just Care looks into lives unfolding in the assemblage of Medicaid long-term care programs, community-based care collectives, and bed activism. Just Care identifies what care does, and asks: Are some people’s needs more sacred and urgent than others?
Just Culture im Krankenhaus: Mit neuen Leadership-Ansätzen im ärztlichen Bereich die Zukunft gestalten
by Johannes BresserIn den letzten Jahrzehnten gab es im medizinischen Sektor beeindruckende Fortschritte, doch die Förderung einer fortschrittlichen Organisationskultur, entscheidend für Teamkooperation, wurde vernachlässigt. Diese Vernachlässigung belastet nicht nur das Personal, sondern beeinträchtigt auch die Patientenversorgung und die wirtschaftliche Gesundheit von Krankenhäusern. Vertrauensvolle Teamarbeit im Krankenhaus ist von großer Bedeutung. Die Just Culture, bereits in der Luftfahrt erfolgreich implementiert, ist ein wegweisender Ansatz. Sie betont einen lernorientierten Umgang mit Fehlern, gerechte Behandlung der Mitarbeitenden sowie Vertrauen und psychologische Sicherheit. Zusammen mit technischen Ressourcen verbessert sie die Patientenversorgung erheblich. Bisher fehlte eine umfassende Darstellung von Just Culture und ihren Auswirkungen im Krankenhaus. Dieses Werk bietet erstmals Einblicke in Grundprinzipien, positive Effekte, Forschungsergebnisse, Fallbeispiele und ein innovatives Veränderungskonzept. Es richtet sich an Führungskräfte, leitendes Personal und alle, die an Kulturtransformation interessiert sind. Neue Leadership-Ansätze im medizinischen Bereich sind entscheidend für die positive Entwicklung der Organisationskultur. In einer Zeit zunehmender Komplexität wird Just Culture angesichts des Fachkräftemangels zu einem kritischen Wettbewerbsvorteil und Schlüssel für nachhaltigen Erfolg.
Just Enough Nitrogen: Perspectives on how to get there for regions with too much and too little nitrogen
by Mark A. Sutton Albert Bleeker Stefan Reis Kate E. Mason W. Kevin Hicks Cargele Masso N. Raghuram Mateete BekundaThis volume provides a unique collection of contributions addressing both the ‘too much’ and ‘too little’ sides of the nitrogen story. Building on analyses started at the 6th International Nitrogen Conference, Kampala, the book explores the idea of ‘just enough nitrogen’: sufficient for sustainable food production, but not so much as to lead to unsustainable pollution and climate problems. The range of nitrogen threats examined, solutions evaluated and science-policy analyses presented here has provided the foundation to agree the ‘Kampala Statement-for-Action on Nitrogen in Africa and Globally,’ as reported in this volume. Humanity today faces unprecedented challenges: How to feed a growing population? How to reduce air pollution, water pollution and climate change? How to handle regional differences in an era of increasing globalization? These questions are at the heart of this edited volume which examines the multi-dimensional nature of the global nitrogen challenge. While humans have massively altered the nitrogen cycle, the consequences have become polarized. Some regions have too much nitrogen, associated with pollution and wasteful use of a valuable resource, while other regions have too little nitrogen, leading to constraints on food production and depletion of soil nutrient stocks. The volume provides a unique collection of contributions addressing both the ‘too much’ and ‘too little’ sides of the nitrogen story. Building on analyses started at the 6th International Nitrogen Conference, Kampala, the book explores the idea of ‘just enough nitrogen’: sufficient for sustainable food production, but not so much as to lead to unsustainable pollution and climate problems. The range of nitrogen threats examined, solutions evaluated and science-policy analyses presented here has provided the foundation to agree the ‘Kampala Statement-for-Action on Nitrogen in Africa and Globally,’ as reported in this volume. Together, the contributions in this book are now informing actions by the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) in working with the United Nations Environment Programme and others to establish the International Nitrogen Management System (INMS). A key outcome has been to catalyse development of the first Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management, as adopted by the fourth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA/EA.4/Res.14).The work is written for researchers and policy makers and all those interested in seeing how sustainable nitrogen management can contribute to meeting many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America
by Dayna Bowen MatthewChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023The author of the bestselling Just Medicine reveals how racial inequality undermines public health and how we can change itWith the rise of the Movement for Black Lives and the feverish calls for Medicare for All, the public spotlight on racial inequality and access to healthcare has never been brighter. The rise of COVID-19 and its disproportionate effects on people of color has especially made clear how the color of one’s skin is directly related to the quality of care (or lack thereof) a person receives, and the disastrous health outcomes Americans suffer as a result of racism and an unjust healthcare system.Timely and accessible, Just Health examines how deep structural racism embedded in the fabric of American society leads to worse health outcomes and lower life expectancy for people of color. By presenting evidence of discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system, Dayna Bowen Matthew shows how racial inequality pervades American society and the multitude of ways that this undermines the health of minority populations. The author provides a clear path forward for overcoming these massive barriers to health and ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to be healthy. She encourages health providers to take a leading role in the fight to dismantle the structural inequities their patients face. A compelling and essential read, Just Health helps us to understand how racial inequality damages the health of our minority communities and explains what we can do to fight back.
Just Here Trying to Save a Few Lives: Tales of Life and Death From the ER
by Pamela GrimAn account that will profoundly move you and, like Oliver Sacks's An Anthropologist on Mars, forever change the way you look at medicine, Just Here Trying to Save a Few Lives introduces a passionate, eloquent new voice. Author and emergency room physician Pamela Grim not only takes you into her dramatic life-and-death world but, in unforgettable prose, shows us the almost unbearable decisions and the heartbreaking conflicts of a woman who just might someday save your life.Here is life on the front lines of medicine, from modern, well-stocked American ERs to third-world clinics devoid of even the most basic equipment. Here a newborn fights for his life, a would-be suicide arrives with a dozen prescription bottles, a teenager lies bleeding with gunshot wounds to the chest, a hundred needy children wait for treatment in a makeshift hospital in Bosnia, and a thousand more people, desperate and dying, hope for some relief in sub-Sahara Africa. Here sleep-deprived doctors perform heroic procedures only to see patients die ... yet they still manage to pull off miracles. As she opens the doors to this adrenaline-fueled environment, Dr. Grim also bares her soul and describes her own personal journey ... including her struggle with burnout and the crisis of faith that drove her to practice medicine in countries ravaged by infectious diseases, poverty, and war.More relentlessly compelling than any medical thriller, Just Here Trying to Save a few Lives has the power to leave you richer. It will lead you to appreciate the resilience of the human body and human spirit as never before, and will make you forever grateful that there are doctors like Pamela Grim. More relentlessly compelling than any medical thriller, Just Here Trying to Save a few Lives has the power to leave you richer. It will lead you to appreciate the resilience of the human body and human spirit as never before, and will make you forever grateful that there are doctors like Pamela Grim.