Bestsellers
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- De George en 11-02-14
De: Atul Gawande
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Five Days at Memorial
- Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
- De: Sheri Fink
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 17 h y 33 m
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After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs....
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Five Days in Hell/Years in Purgatory
- De Cynthia en 09-15-13
De: Sheri Fink
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- De Tad Davis en 01-11-10
De: Atul Gawande
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Unavoidably Unsafe
- Childhood Vaccines Reconsidered
- De: Edward Geehr MD, Jeffrey Barke MD
- Narrado por: Michael F. Ward
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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An in-depth guide for parents as they struggle to make informed decisions about vaccines for their children.
De: Edward Geehr MD, y otros
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The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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Michael Lewis’ taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19....
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Why not Michael Lewis?
- De Brian en 05-04-21
De: Michael Lewis
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Twelve Patients
- Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital
- De: Eric Manheimer
- Narrado por: Eric Manheimer
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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Twelve Patients is a memoir from the medical director of Bellevue Hospital that uses the plights of 12 very different patients to illustrate larger societal issues....
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Awesome Book
- De Lynne en 08-06-12
De: Eric Manheimer
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- De George en 11-02-14
De: Atul Gawande
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Five Days at Memorial
- Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
- De: Sheri Fink
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 17 h y 33 m
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After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs....
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Five Days in Hell/Years in Purgatory
- De Cynthia en 09-15-13
De: Sheri Fink
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- De Tad Davis en 01-11-10
De: Atul Gawande
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Unavoidably Unsafe
- Childhood Vaccines Reconsidered
- De: Edward Geehr MD, Jeffrey Barke MD
- Narrado por: Michael F. Ward
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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An in-depth guide for parents as they struggle to make informed decisions about vaccines for their children.
De: Edward Geehr MD, y otros
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The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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Michael Lewis’ taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19....
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Why not Michael Lewis?
- De Brian en 05-04-21
De: Michael Lewis
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Twelve Patients
- Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital
- De: Eric Manheimer
- Narrado por: Eric Manheimer
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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Twelve Patients is a memoir from the medical director of Bellevue Hospital that uses the plights of 12 very different patients to illustrate larger societal issues....
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Awesome Book
- De Lynne en 08-06-12
De: Eric Manheimer
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And the Band Played On
- Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
- De: Randy Shilts
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 31 h y 44 m
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And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly....
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The subtitle says it all!
- De January Johnson en 03-19-13
De: Randy Shilts
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Dying of Whiteness
- How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
- De: Jonathan M. Metzl
- Narrado por: Jamie Renell
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences - even for the white voters they promise to help....
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Racist and pompous
- De proangler47 en 06-01-19
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Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness
- De: Thomas Cowan MD
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
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Over the past 50 years, rates of autoimmunity and chronic disease have exploded. In this provocative book, Dr. Thomas Cowan argues for a direct causal relationship to a corresponding increase in the number of vaccines American children typically receive....
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Hear both sides
- De SJ en 01-24-20
De: Thomas Cowan MD
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In Shock
- My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
- De: Dr. Rana Awdish
- Narrado por: Dr. Rana Awdish, Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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In Shock is a riveting first-hand account from a young critical care physician, who in the passage of a moment is transfigured into a dying patient....
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Read this book!
- De CT en 11-08-17
De: Dr. Rana Awdish
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An American Sickness
- How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
- De: Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Narrado por: Nancy Linari
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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Award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American health-care system....
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Not well balanced
- De Anonymous User en 02-12-18
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Early Detection
- Catching Cancer When It's Curable
- De: Bruce Ratner, Adam Bonislawski
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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n a co-authorship that brings together the passion and urgency of someone touched deeply by the experience of cancer with the knowledge of a skilled science writer, Ratner and Bonislawski narrate compelling case studies across a range of screening programs and different forms of cancer.
De: Bruce Ratner, y otros
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Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference
- De: Stephen Trzeciak, Anthony Mazzarelli
- Narrado por: TC Scornavacchi
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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In Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference, physician scientists Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli uncover the eye-opening data that compassion could be a wonder drug for the 21st century....
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Good message, decent content.
- De Bogenbroom en 01-10-21
De: Stephen Trzeciak, y otros
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If I Betray These Words
- Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First
- De: Wendy Dean, Simon Talbot
- Narrado por: Wendy Dean
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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If I Betray These Words profiles clinicians across the country who are tough, resourceful, and resilient, but feel trapped between the patient-first values of their Hippocratic oath and the business imperatives of a broken healthcare system.
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Dust bowl
- De Doc en 04-12-23
De: Wendy Dean, y otros
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Somatics
- Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health
- De: Thomas Hanna
- Narrado por: Chris Kipiniak
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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Building on the foundation laid by Moshe Feldenkrais, Thomas Hanna's groundbreaking work completely redefines the body's potential for withstanding decline. His gentle program for the mind and body proves once and for all that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time....
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I really hope it works!
- De Magdalena en 09-12-20
De: Thomas Hanna
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Bellevue
- Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
- De: David Oshinsky
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
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David Oshinsky chronicles the history of America's oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city, the path of American medicine....
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 12-14-16
De: David Oshinsky
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Make America Healthy Again
- How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion-Dollar Crisis
- De: Nicole Saphier
- Narrado por: Emily Durante
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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In Make America Healthy Again, Nicole Saphier, a Memorial Sloan Kettering physician, nationally recognized patient advocate, and media personality, reveals how individual negligence and big government incompetence have destroyed America's health care system....
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Engaging and Comprehensive
- De JES en 07-26-21
De: Nicole Saphier
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Under the Skin
- The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
- De: Linda Villarosa
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation....
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Personal stories
- De Aiman Tulaimat en 12-15-23
De: Linda Villarosa
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Reframing Healthcare: A Roadmap for Creating Disruptive Change
- De: Zeev E. Neuwirth MD
- Narrado por: Zeev E. Neuwirth MD
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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Dr. Zeev Neuwirth wrote Reframing Healthcare for leaders and organizations interested in understanding what the disrupters in healthcare are doing and, more to the point, for those who want to be the disrupters rather than the disrupted....
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Great content and resources
- De Galen en 07-12-19
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The Laws of Medicine
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
- Duración: 1 h y 44 m
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The Laws of Medicine is a critical book not just for those in the medical profession but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being are being treated....
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Insightful, sincere and succinct. Not Mukherjee's best.
- De Saurav en 12-20-15
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Seeing Voices
- A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
- De: Oliver Sacks
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture....
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A Rich Experience
- De Douglas en 11-27-12
De: Oliver Sacks
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A Leg to Stand On
- De: Oliver Sacks
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
- Duración: 7 h y 6 m
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Dr. Oliver Sacks' books have been acclaimed for their compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disordersIn A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient....
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Not sure what he was trying for here
- De John S. en 08-17-11
De: Oliver Sacks
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Elderhood
- Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
- De: Louise Aronson
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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As revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life....
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Well written but too long
- De Eric Troyer en 08-21-20
De: Louise Aronson
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The Hidden History of American Healthcare
- Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich (The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series)
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 3 h y 49 m
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Popular progressive radio host and New York Times best-selling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to establish affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality....
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Great Book
- De Kindle Customer en 10-18-21
De: Thom Hartmann
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Fragmented
- A Doctor's Quest to Piece Together American Health Care
- De: Ilana Yurkiewicz MD
- Narrado por: Ilana Yurkiewicz MD
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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There's an assumption when we go to see a doctor: the doctor knows our medical story and is making decisions based on that story. But reality often falls short. Ilana Yurkiewicz reveals how a system that doesn't talk to itself puts insupportable burdens on physicians, patients, and caregivers....
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A sad reflection of the struggles physicians face in America
- De Christian Abreu en 03-15-24
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The Florence Prescription
- From Accountability to Ownership: 10th Anniversary Edition
- De: Joe Tye
- Narrado por: Diana Cossi
- Duración: 5 h y 57 m
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Florence Nightingale returns to help a medical leadership team foster a stronger culture of ownership. In this heartwarming and thought-provoking story you will learn why no one ever checks the oil in a rental car, and proven strategies to foster a culture of ownership, plus much more....
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Inspiring
- De pat en 02-27-24
De: Joe Tye
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Medical Coding and Billing Essentials
- A Beginner's Guide
- De: Samina Ahsan
- Narrado por: Danica Farrar
- Duración: 4 h y 29 m
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Embark on a journey into the intricate world of medical billing and coding with "Medical Billing Essentials: A Beginner's Guide." This comprehensive book provides a step-by-step approach to mastering the fundamentals of healthcare finance, catering to beginners and seasoned professionals alike.
De: Samina Ahsan
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The Body's Keepers
- A Social History of Kidney Failure and Its Treatments
- De: Paul Kimmel
- Narrado por: Lane Hakel
- Duración: 17 h y 59 m
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The kidney is an extraordinary organ—in many ways the regulator, the metronome, the keeper of the human body’s delicate equilibrium. On a given day, minute by minute, it purifies the body of toxins it encounters from diet, climate, activity, and injury. It allows us to move in the world....
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Informative and delightful read!
- De CSP3 en 08-13-24
De: Paul Kimmel
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The Turnaway Study
- The Cost of Denying Women Access to Abortion
- De: Diana Greene Foster PhD
- Narrado por: Samantha Desz, full cast
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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What happens when a woman seeking an abortion is turned away? To answer this question, Diana Greene Foster assembled a team of scientists....
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Scientific Research on Women's Reproductive Health
- De Clinton Conley en 07-09-21
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Practice Management: A Practical Guide to Starting and Running a Medical Office
- De: Christian Rainer
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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The book describes the steps to opening day of a medical office practice. First, the basics, such as financing, rent, coding, hiring, contracting, ...
De: Christian Rainer