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-Titulo Original : What Doctors Feel How Emotions Affect The Practice Of Medicine-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: “A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician” that explores doctor-patient relations, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctors’ emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe)While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But understanding doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice can make all the difference on giving and getting the best medical care. Digging deep into the lives of doctors, Dr. Danielle Ofri examines the daunting range of emotions-shame, anger, empathy, frustration, hope, pride, occasionally despair, and sometimes even love-that permeate the contemporary doctor-patient connection. Drawing on scientific studies, including some surprising research, Dr. Ofri offers up an unflinching look at the impact of emotions on health care. Dr. Ofri takes us into the swirling heart of patient care, telling stories of caregivers caught up and occasionally torn down by the whirlwind life of doctoring. She admits to the humiliation of an error that nearly killed one of her patients. She mourns when a beloved patient is denied a heart transplant. She tells the riveting stories of an intern traumatized when she is forced to let a newborn die in her arms, and of a doctor whose daily glass of wine to handle the frustrations of the ER escalates into a destructive addiction. Ofri also reveals that doctors cope through gallows humor, find hope in impossible situations, and surrender to ecstatic happiness when they triumph over illness. Review “Taut, vivid prose . . . She writes for a lay audience with a practiced hand.”-New York Times“In her lucid and passionate explanations of the important role that emotions play in the practice of medicine and in healing and health, Danielle Ofri tells stories of great importance to both doctors and patients.”-Perri Klass, author of Treatment Kind and Fair “An invaluable guide for doctors and patients.”-Kirkus Reviews“Insightful and invigorating…makes the case that it’s better for patients if a physician’s emotional compass-needle points in a positive direction.”-Booklist, starred review “A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician struggling to do the best for her patients while navigating an imperfect health care system.”-Boston Globe “Ofri gives voice and color to the heartbreak, stress, and joy that attends medical practice.”-Library Journal “A fabulous read.”-Greater Good“Essential reading in Medical HumanitiesShe weaves together personal anecdotes and medical learning in a compelling account of her medical decisions and reflections. Highly recommended.”-Sara van den Berg, Professor of English, Saint Louis University“Dr. Ofris real-life experiences can be incorporated into a variety of health science curricula bringing course theory together with practical application. Readers gain critical insight into why applying theory in the practice of medicine requires empathy for the physicians.”-Christine Whittrock, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Temple University“Part of medical education now is not only core competencies from a factual standpoint but also a social standpoint. Dr. Ofri has a way of communicating those lessons in a clear a cogent and very personal fashion.”-Beth Dollinger M.D., Arnot Ogden Medical Center “The perfect book for my teaching on the subject of lack of empathy in medical school students.”-James Asa Shield, Jr., MD, Professor, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University About the Author Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, is an associate professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and has cared for patients at New York’s Bellevue Hosp...

-Titulo Original : You Cant Be Neutral On A Moving Train A Personal History-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: If you’re both overcome and angered by the atrocities of our time, this will inspire a “new generation of activists and ordinary people who search for hope in the darkness” (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor).Is change possible? Where will it come from? Can we actually make a difference? How do we remain hopeful?Howard Zinn-activist, historian, and author of A People’s History of the United States-was a participant in and chronicler of some of the landmark struggles for racial and economic justice in US history. In his memoir, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Zinn reflects on more than thirty years of fighting for social change, from his teenage years as a laborer in Brooklyn to teaching at Spelman College, where he emerged in the civil rights movement as a powerful voice for justice. A former bombardier in World War II, he later became an outspoken antiwar activist, spirited protestor, and champion of civil disobedience. Throughout his life, Zinn was unwavering in his belief that “small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” With a foreword from activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, this revised edition will inspire a new generation of readers to believe that change is possible. Review A powerful, politically electric book from one of the most engaging social critics in the nation.-Jonathan KozolA history and a history maker to give us hope.-Alice WalkerZinn explains his involvement in the struggles for civil rights, against war, and in support of organized labor by citing his abhorrence of any kind of bullying. These are lively tales.-Patricia OConnell, The New York TimesPick up this book! Start reading it! I guarantee you wont stop. The most influential teacher Ive ever had continues to teach us about life and humanity and hope.-Marian Wright EdelmanA teacher who committed his politically engaged life to the belief that love is a command to action.-Colman McCarthy, The Washington PostA personal favorite. This autobiography by the great activist and historian...provides an eloquent, personal account of the struggles for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, and a universal paean to protest and resistance.-Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive About the Author Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was a world-renowned historian, author, playwright, and social activist best known for A People’s History of the United States. His many highly acclaimed books include Three Strikes (with Dana Frank and Robin D. G. Kelley). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor in Princeton University’s Center for African American Studies and the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation...

-Titulo Original : The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: Review “In the first sweeping history of Parks’s life, Theoharis shows us...[that] Parks not only sat down on the bus; she stood on the right side of justice for her entire life.”-Julian Bond, chairman emeritus, NAACP“The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks will undoubtedly be hailed as one of the most important scholarly contributions to civil rights history ever written. … I can’t wait to assign this book in every class I teach.”-Melissa Harris-Perry, host, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry“Theoharis brings all of her talents as a political scientist and historian of the civil rights movement to bear on this illuminating biography of the great Rosa Parks.”-Henry Louis Gates Jr.“The Rosa Parks in this book is as much Malcolm X as she is Martin Luther King Jr.”-Charles Blow, The New York Times“Richly informative, calmly passionate and much needed.”-Nell Irvin Painter, The New York Times Book RreviewCharisma is not a word often used to describe Rosa Parks yet we have to recognize her star. The Rosa Parks challenge to the political system was deep and lasting even while she never raised her voice. The first female Speaker of the House of Representatives once said, You can get a lot done if you don’t need to take credit for it. She took a page from the book of Parks. Theoharis’ scholarship brings forth a woman whom many followed without ever realizing they were. She was courageous and strong. She also had a wonderful sense of humor. And an awesome sense of responsibility. This is a much needed book on the woman who is, arguably, the most important person in the last half of the twentieth century. Just as the Lincoln Memorial needs a statue of Frederick Douglass gently bending over with a pen in his hand for Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. needs a statue of Rosa Parks just one or two steps ahead mouthing the words: Come on, Dr. King. We’ve got work to do.-Nikki Giovanni, Poet “How Theoharis learned the true nature of this woman is a story in itself. Parks always stood in the background, never volunteered information about herself and eschewed fame. There were no letters to consult; even her autobiography exposed little of the woman’s personality. She hid her light under a bushel, and it has taken an astute author to find the real Parks. Even though her refusal to give up her bus seat sparked a revolution, Rosa Parks was no accidental heroine. She was born to it, and Theoharis ably shows us how and why.”-Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review“Historian Theoharis offers a complex portrait of a forceful, determined woman who had long been active before the boycott she inspired and who had an even longer career in civil rights afterward.”-BooklistTheoharis submits a lavishly well-documented study of Parks’s life and career as an activist.”-Publishers WeeklyVerdict: This meticulously researched book is for everyone; advanced middle school and beyond.”-Library Journal“Jeanne Theoharis has written an eye-opening biography of Rosa Parks. It was ideal for the classroom: smart, brisk, and engaging. Best of all, Theoharis explodes all of the cliches surrounding a historical figure whom most students thought they knew. I will assign this book again and again.”-Thomas J. Sugrue, David Boies Professor of History and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania“Jeanne Theoharis’s Rosa Parks is a pedagogical gift. Clearly written, forcefully argued, and filled with important and groundbreaking historical insights about the civil rights era, black women’s indelible political and intellectual framing of the movement, and the deep-seated black radicalism that undergirded the entire era. A must read book for every course on the civil rights movement.-Peniel E. Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University and author of Waiting ‘til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America 2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work-Biography/Autobiograp...

-Titulo Original : Being Heumann An Unrepentant Memoir Of A Disability Rights Activist-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history.- BuzzfeedOne of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism-from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington-Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her paralysis, Judy’s actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people.As a young woman, Judy rolled her wheelchair through the doors of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Francisco as a leader of the Section 504 Sit-In, the longest takeover of a governmental building in US history. Working with a community of over 150 disabled activists and allies, Judy successfully pressured the Carter administration to implement protections for disabled peoples’ rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann’s memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong. Review “Thoughtful and illuminating, this inspiring story is a must-read for activists and civil rights supporters.”-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“A driving force in the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act looks back on a long career of activism . . . A welcome account of politics in action, and for the best of causes.”-Kirkus Reviews“Consider this book an inspiring call for inclusiveness, courage, equity, and justice as well as a reminder of people’s power to change the world for the better.”-Booklist“Heumann’s personality shines throughout. Her voice is witty, persistent, and at times irreverent as she immerses readers in her story.”-Library Journal“With an energetic pace and a youthful voice, Ali Stroker narrates disability rights activist Judith Heumann’s memoir. . . . Along with her friend and mentor, the late Ed Roberts, Heumann is a freedom fighter Americans need to know. This audiobook makes getting acquainted a delight.”-AudioFile Magazine“Reading this memoir is like sitting down with a good friend and talking for hours, as self-described extrovert Heumann tells powerful and engaging stories from the frontlines of the disability civil rights movement.”-Health Affairs“A moving chronicle of social change, Being Heumann will restore your hope in our democracy and the power of our shared humanity.“-Darren Walker, president, Ford Foundation“Judy’s advocacy for disability rights began as a fight for her own future and then, as a leader of the movement, spanned the nation and the globe. As secretary of state, I relied on Judy’s insights, knowledge, sass, and wit to elevate advocacy for disability rights in our diplomacy. This important book will help ensure that every person gets a chance to live up to their full potential and will always have a place at the table.”-Hillary Clinton“It’s one of the ironies of American life that the one category into which almost all of us will fit at some time in our lives-people with disabilities-is often the last on the list of included groups in this country. . . . I met Judy Heumann almost four decades ago, and her writing, activist skills, and kindness helped me to see this simple truth. Her life story as an activist will enlighten readers everywhere.”-Gloria Steinem“Judy’s vision of a society that embraces all aspec...

-Titulo Original : What We Dont Talk About When We Talk About Fat-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social justice movements to be inclusive of plus-sized people’s experiences. Unlike the recent wave of memoirs and quasi self-help books that encourage readers to love and accept themselves, Gordon pushes the discussion further towards authentic fat activism, which includes ending legal weight discrimination, giving equal access to health care for large people, increased access to public spaces, and ending anti-fat violence. As she argues, “I did not come to body positivity for self-esteem. I came to it for social justice.”By sharing her experiences as well as those of others-from smaller fat to very fat people-she concludes that to be fat in our society is to be seen as an undeniable failure, unlovable, unforgivable, and morally condemnable. Fatness is an open invitation for others to express disgust, fear, and insidious concern. To be fat is to be denied humanity and empathy. Studies show that fat survivors of sexual assault are less likely to be believed and less likely than their thin counterparts to report various crimes; 27% of very fat women and 13% of very fat men attempt suicide; over 50% of doctors describe their fat patients as “awkward, unattractive, ugly and noncompliant”; and in 48 states, it’s legal-even routine-to deny employment because of an applicant’s size.Advancing fat justice and changing prejudicial structures and attitudes will require work from all people. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat is a crucial tool to create a tectonic shift in the way we see, talk about, and treat our bodies, fat and thin alike. Review “Everyone who has a fat family member, friend, acquaintance, or coworker should read this insightful book.”-Library Journal, Starred Review“Gordon provides candid storytelling and critical analysis in this validating and inclusive read.”-Ms. Magazine“Writing from a personal and cultural perspective, Gordon goes beyond cosmetic complaints to undress the depths of anti-fat bias and discrimination, ultimately rallying for a social justice movement to form and broaden the scope of the conversation.”-CultureShift“Gordon seamlessly threads a personal narrative with data and history . . . A much-needed and accessible addition to fat discourse.”-Ayu Sutriasa, YES! Magazineldquo;Few writers approach the realities of living in a fat body, the pernicious nature of fatphobia, and what it would take for our culture to radically reimagine our relationships to our bodies than Aubrey Gordon. . . . Gordon has crafted a manifesto on unapologetic fatness and fat justice. Her cultural criticism about bodies is timely, elegant, searing. This book is required reading for absolutely everyone. The wisdom Gordon offers in these pages is going to irrevocably change fat discourse, and it comes not a moment too soon.”-Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and Hunger“A deeply articulate, validating, and empowering read! Aubrey Gordon pushes the envelope beyond feel-good- -body-positivity and calls for structural change in our thinking, understanding, and treatment of fat bodies. Your fat friends need this book, but your thin friends need it even more.”-Julie Murphy, author of Dumplin’“It’s not often you find a book that’s going to save someone’s life. As a fat person, I felt heard and seen. . . . It’s like having a fat best friend on your bookshelf, ready to explain everything that you didn’t think you needed to know about fatness.”-Sofie Hagen, author of Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You“An authoritative, forceful, splendidly written, and deeply moving a...

-Titulo Original : Mans Search For Meaning, Gift Edition-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant today as when it was first published.“This is a book I reread a lot . . . it gives me hope . . . it gives me a sense of strength.”-Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNNThis seminal book, which has been called “one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought” by Carl Rogers and “one of the great books of our time” by Harold Kushner, has been translated into more than fifty languages and sold over sixteen million copies. “An enduring work of survival literature,” according to the New York Times, Viktor Frankl’s riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps, and his insightful exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of the worst adversity, has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. At the heart of Frankl’s theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for “meaning”) is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful. Today, as new generations face new challenges and an ever more complex and uncertain world, Frankl’s classic work continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles.This gift edition come with endpapers, supplementary photographs, and several of Frankl’s previously unpublished letters, speeches, and essays. This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped one of the two at random. Review One of the ten most influential books in America. -Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club Survey of Lifetime Readers An enduring work of survival literature. -The New York Times[Mans Search for Meaning] might well be prescribed for everyone who would understand our time. -Journal of Individual PsychologyAn inspiring document of an amazing man who was able to garner some good from an experience so abysmally bad… Highly recommended. -Library Journal “This is a book I try to read every couple of years. It’s one of the most inspirational books ever written. What is the meaning of life? What do you have when you think you have nothing? Amazing and heartbreaking stories. This is a book that should be in everyone’s library.”-Jimmy Fallon“This is a book I reread a lot . . . it gives me hope . . . it gives me a sense of strength.”-Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN Viktor Frankls timeless formula for survival. One of the classic psychiatric texts of our time, Mans Search for Meaning is a meditation on the irreducible gift of ones own counsel in the face of great suffering, as well as a reminder of the responsibility each of us owes in valuing the community of our humanity. There are few wiser, kinder, or more comforting challenges than Frankls. -Patricia J. Williams, author of Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race Dr. Frankls words have a profoundly honest ring, for they rest on experiences too deep for deception… A gem of a dramatic narrative, focused upon the deepest of human problems. -Gordon W. Allport, from the PrefaceOne of the great books of our time. -Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleOne of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years. -Carl R. Rogers (1959) About the Author Born in Vienna in 1905, Viktor E. Frankl earned an MD and a PhD from the University of Vienna. He published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology and served as a visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and elsewhere. Frankl died in 1997...

-Titulo Original : The Great Transformation The Political And Economic Origins Of Our Time-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: Review As the Second World War was drawing to a close in 1944, two great works of political economy were published. One was Hayeks The Road to Serfdom, the driving force behind the free-market revolution in the final quarter of the twentieth century. The other was Karl Polanyis The Great Transformation. . . . [It] is well worth reading. -Larry Elliott, The Guardian[The Great Transformation] did more than any work of that generation to broaden and deepen the critique of market societies.-John Buell, The Progressive In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the great transformation of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed importance of Polanyis seminal analysis in an era of globalization and free trade. About the Author Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) is considered one of the twentieth centurys most discerning economic historians. He left his position as senior editor of Viennas leading financial and economic weekly in 1933, became a British citizen, taught adult extension programs for Oxford and London Universities, and held visiting chairs at Bennington College and Columbia University. He is co-author of Christianity and the Social Revolution; author of The Great Transformation; Trade and Market in Early Empires (with C.Arnsberg and H.Pearson) and posthumously, Dahomey and the Slave Trade (with A.Rotstein). Joseph E. Stiglitz was formerly chair of President Clintons Council of Economic Advisors, and chief economist of the World Bank. He is professor of economics at Stanford University, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Fred Block is professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis...

-Titulo Original : The Price For Their Pound Of Flesh The Value Of The Enslaved, From Womb To Grave, In The Building Of A Nation-Fabricante : Beacon Press-Descripcion Original: Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early AmericaIn life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives-including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death-in the early American domestic slave trade. Covering the full “life cycle,” historian Daina Ramey Berry shows the lengths to which enslavers would go to maximize profits and protect their investments. Illuminating “ghost values” or the prices placed on dead enslaved people, Berry explores the little-known domestic cadaver trade and traces the illicit sales of dead bodies to medical schools.This book is the culmination of more than ten years of Berry’s exhaustive research on enslaved values, drawing on data unearthed from sources such as slave-trading records, insurance policies, cemetery records, and life insurance policies. Writing with sensitivity and depth, she resurrects the voices of the enslaved and provides a rare window into enslaved peoples’ experiences and thoughts, revealing how enslaved people recalled and responded to being appraised, bartered, and sold throughout the course of their lives. Reaching out from these pages, they compel the reader to bear witness to their stories, to see them as human beings, not merely commodities.A profoundly humane look at an inhumane institution, The Price for Their Pound of Flesh will have a major impact how we think about slavery, reparations, capitalism, nineteenth-century medical education, and the value of life and death.Winner of the 2018 Hamilton Book Award - from the University Coop (Austin, TX)Winner of the 2018 Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Book Prize (SHEAR)Winner of the 2018 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award, from the Sons and Daughters of the US Middle PassageFinalist for the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize from Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Review “Berry’s groundbreaking work in the historiography of American slavery deserves a wide readership beyond academia.”-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“In this sharp, affecting study, Berry reminds us of the cold calculus at the intersection of slavery and capitalism...A well-researched, effectively presented piece of scholarship that forthrightly confronts slavery’s brute essence.”-Kirkus Reviews“...highly readable and addressing the most heartbreaking and starkly gruesome aspects of slavery.”-Library Journal“With The Price for Their Pound of Flesh, Berry is now seen as a breakthrough writer who completed the herculean task of filling in the blanks of one of the darkest episodes in American history.”-Essence Magazine“Brings to light the gruesome history of the desecration and dissection of black bodies after death, especially by professors of anatomy in American colleges and medical schools.”-Adam Rothman (professor of history at Georgetown University), American Historical Review“A brilliant resurrection of the forgotten people who gave their lives to build our country. Rigorously researched and powerfully told, this book tallies the human price paid for the nation we now live in and restores these unrecognized Americans-their hopes, loves, and disregarded dreams-to their rightful place in history. Searing, revelatory, and vital to understanding our nation’s inequities.”-Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration“Daina Ramey Berry’s harrowing account of how slaveholders turned every aspect of a slave’s life into a commodity to be sold on markets-from the reproductive possibilities of enslaved women to the corpses of deceased slaves-is a must-read for anyone in...