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This is a supplementary textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behaviour, organizational theory, and organizational sociology. Each chapter is written by experts in a particular industry and demonstrates both positive and negative results when specific theories are applied in the actual companies.

The majority of us now die in hospitals and many of us will end up in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the last few days of our lives. Yet for most people, what happens in an ICU remains a mystery. This collection of stories about the experiences of intensive care patients, their families and carers, is about ordinary people facing terrible tragedies and the ways they cope with them. The author, a practicing intensive care clinician, takes the reader on a journey inside an ICU and reveals to the...

Whether you or someone close to you has received a terminal diagnosis -- this period of time can be a final gift.Guidance for the patient You've been terminally diagnosed, and you need advice to help you make the best of the situation and the time you have left. Here's guidance, including: -- Emotional adjustment-- Medical care-- Hospital vs. home care-- Legal and financial arrangements-- Saying goodbye Support for the caregiver As a caregiver to someone who is terminally ill, you can be a gu...

In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Clemente J. Britto and Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar bring their considerable expertise to Advances in Cystic Fibrosis. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as genetics of cystic fibrosis (CF): clinical implications; innate and adaptive immunity in CF; novel applications of biomarkers and personalized medicine to define the spectrum of CF; emerging approaches to understand CF pathogenesis; and more. Contains 18 relevant, pr...

"A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital...Harrowing... An important book." THE NEW YORK TIMES What is life worth? And what is a life worth living? At a time when America faces vital choices about the future of its health care, former NEW YORK TIMES correspondent Lisa Belkin takes a powerful and poignant look at the inner workings of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, telling the remarkable, real-life stories of the doctors, patients, families, and hospital adm...

This book tells the story of four generations of a prominent South Carolina family, beginning with James Henry Hammond, a pre-Civil war state governor and later US senator, and the man who coined the phrase "cotton is king", and ending with the remaining Hammond descendants, living in New York but retaining ownership of the old family plantation in redcliffe. It provides a detailed account of the fortunes of a Southern family over a century. Readership: students of Amercian History.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book “Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” —The New York Times Book Review “An incredibly moving memoir about what it means to be a doctor.” —Ellen Pompeo As seen/heard on Fresh Air, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, Weekend Edition, and more An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Michele Harper is a female, African American...

Jordan Rubin, along with Joseph Brasco, MD, shows readers how to apply the 7 Keys to Health and Wellness and naturally eliminate colds, the flu, and sinus infections from their lives.

The team of nurses that Tilda Shalof found herself working with in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a big-city hospital was known as “Laura’s Line.” They were a bit wild: smart, funny, disrespectful of authority, but also caring and incredibly committed to their jobs. Laura set the tone with her quick remarks. Frances, from Newfoundland, was famous for her improvised recipes. Justine, the union rep, wore t-shirts emblazoned with defiant slogans, like “Nurses Care But It’s Not in the Budget.” Sha...