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June 30, 2008
Selected New Books List
LEADING WITH SOUL: AN UNCOMMON JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT. Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal, authors. HF 5415 B692 2001
This is the book which Dr. Deckers found so valuable that he appeared with it on the Library's "READ" poster. You've seen the poster, now read the book. It's a pioneer in the movement to reconnect work and spirit. It explores the spiritual dimensions of leadership (soul, spirit, and faith) and the ways people in contemporary workplaces can come together in their search for depth and meaning in their work and their lives
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WENDY LEEBOV's ESSENTIALS for GREAT PATIENT EXPERIENCES. Wendy Leebov, author. WX 153 L482w 2008
A how to book for every level of employee who comes in contact with patients, this book provides tools and techniques for creating better healing environments for both patients and caregivers. Topics include: Empathy fitness training, lessening patient anxiety, easing the waiting room time, dealing with difficulty people, and having administrators visit patients to learn what it's like to stay in the hospital.
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MUSICOPHILIA: TALES OF MUSIC AND THE BRAIN. Oliver Sacks, author. WL 700 M567 2007
Sacks examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. His compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. He describes how music animates people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, gives words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calms and organizes people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia
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WHEN DOCTORS BECOME PATIENTS. Robert Klitzman, author. W 21 K68w 2008
This work weaves together the dual inner lives of sick doctors, revealing how as patients they draw on their medical knowledge, and how as doctors they struggle to incorporate the painful lessons they have learned from their own experience of illness. They open up about their inner selves, recognizing the distance they may have put between themselves and their patients, and learning from this how to become better doctors to their patients.
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THE LONELY PATIENT: HOW WE EXPERIENCE ILLNESS. Michael Stein, author. W 62 S823 2007
When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, it is the first step on a challenging and confusing journey, which often even family and friends can not understand. This book is an examination of the inner life of those grappling with disease by looking into what separates the sick from the well. It gives voice to the often unarticulated aspects of illness - betrayal, terror, loss, and loneliness - as experienced by the patient.
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VACCINE: THE CONTROVERSIAL STORY OF MEDICINE'S GREATEST LIFESAVER. Arthur Allen, author. QW 805 A425v 2007
From Cotton Mather's introduction of a smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston to contemporary lawsuits about vaccines causing autism, controversy has always surrounded vaccination. This book book reads like a suspense story in the way it juxtapositions intriguing stories of science, politics, and social history. It brings plagues and personalities to life as it examines the role of scientists, questions pharmaceutical companies' motives, focuses on the role of the military and medical authority in introducing new vaccines, and explains why some parents have resisited this authority.
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June 23, 2008
New Library Poster features Dr. Deckers
We celebrated the unveiling of our first library READ poster on June 19th -- and we're honored we could feature Dr. Deckers with one of his favorite books titled Leading with Soul. We have a copy of this book in the library if you'd like to borrow it. For those of you who missed the "unveiling" -- here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uchclibrary/2594831603/in/set-72157605720974883/
Enjoy!
LMStowe Library
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June 18, 2008
Looking for full text? See new links!
As you search our Health Center library databases such as Web of Science and Ovid Medline, you'll notice that our link to full text button has changed to this:
In addition to a link to our fulltext ejournals, you'll find many other services on the menu--options to search our catalog, our A-Z Ejournal List, UConn Storrs Ejournal list, Google Books, Worldcat, Interlibrary Loan.
Temporarily, some of the previous journal links are not working. Every day we'll be adding more journals. Stay Tuned!
Lorna Wright, MLS
Technical Services Department
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June 04, 2008
Database Highlight: Essential Evidence Plus
Essential Evidence Plus, formerly InfoPOEMS/InfoRetriever, is an evidence-based resource for patient care decision-making. This new reference includes best-evidence answers to 800+ important clinical questions. Each question includes a "strength of evidence" rating for each recommendation.
http://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/
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