The Book Company: New Products - Physician & Patient

A Primer on Clinical Experience in Medicine (Reasoning, Decision Making, and Communication in Health Sciences)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:21:47 +0000

Mastery of quality healthcare and patient safety begins the moment clinicians and administrative staff start acquiring practical experience. The acquisition of experience includes more than sensory motor skills and basic science knowledge. It relies on effective reasoning, decision making, and ..

Price: $166.99

Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice (Improving Client Communication, Patient Care, and Veterinary Well-being)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:12:53 +0000

This is the first guide to Veterinary Narrative Medicine, a cutting-edge approach in human medicine with multiple applications in veterinary medicine, including the improvement of client communication, medical outcomes, and veterinary well-being.

Price: $110.99

Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care (Conversations Inviting Change)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:12:28 +0000

This text outlines a vision of how witnessing narratives, paying attention to them, and developing an ability to question them creatively, can make the person’s emerging story the central focus of health and social care, and of healing. Giving an account of the practical application of i..

Price: $233.99

Illness (The Cry of the Flesh)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:20:43 +0000

What is illness? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? Can there be well-being within illness? Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own illness with reflections drawn from her w..

Price: $200.00

How to Think in Medicine (Reasoning, Decision Making, and Communication in Health Sciences and Professions)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:09:59 +0000

This book provides a step-by-step breakdown of the reasoning process for clinical work and clinical care. It examines both the general and medical ways of thinking, reasoning, argumentation, fact finding, and using evidence. It explores the principles of formal logic as applied to clini..

Price: $140.99

Contemporary Physician-Authors (Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write)

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:20:45 +0000

This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write--the stories that they tell--with contributors critically engaging their work.

Price: $233.99

The Art of Breaking Bad News Well

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:55:22 +0000

The way a doctor delivers news to a patient is vital, as it can have a significant impact on the patient’s quality of life, the way they experience their treatment. and even the effect that can have on their medical condition. Every medical professional should be interested in how this text can im..

Price: $280.00

Transforming Leadership, Improving the Patient Experience (Communication Strategies for Driving Patient Satisfaction)

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:07:40 +0000

This book focuses on the patient experience as a leadership strategy. It explores the relationships between coordinated care, expert leadership, provider-patient communications, and the patient experience.

Price: $200.00

The Doctor's Communication Handbook

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:46:30 +0000

Established as the ultimate guide to patient communication, this new edition has been updated and expanded for a broader audience. The Doctor’s Communication Handbook is an invaluable 'one stop shop' to help students, practicing doctors, nurses and other healthcare practitioners improve ..

Price: $280.00

Modernists versus Medicine in Literature (Mann, Céline, Beckett, and the Challenge of Medicalization)

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:03:08 +0000

This academic work explores the pivotal shift in Western thought when disease replaced sin as the fundamental framework for understanding human existence.

Price: $233.99