Books & Literature

Books & Literature, Vol. 5, 2013

Book Review: Far From the Tree

Danny van Leeuwen | February 18, 2013

This book peeled back the personal, historical, cultural layers of caregiving in a manner that has forever shaken my perspective about best health.

Books & Literature, Vol. 4, 2012

Book Review: Critical Decisions: How You and Your Doctor Can Make the Right Medical Choices Together

Ileana Balcu | December 19, 2012

Better than any existing literature, this book highlights techniques and behaviors that clinicians must use to support the empowered patient, and suggests significant improvements to decision aids.

Books & Literature, Vol. 4, 2012

Book Review: e-Patients Live Longer

Danny van Leeuwen | November 15, 2012

This easily read Guide addresses the relationship and communication among the health care team (patients and their lay and professional caregivers), safety, information gathering, privacy, cost, and health care’s future.

Books & Literature, Vol. 4, 2012

Book Review: Depression: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Meredith Linden | August 22, 2012

This book uses the author’s expertise as a clinical psychologist and that of other experts to pull together information about depression which many people want to know.

Books & Literature, Vol. 3, 2011

Book Review: A Symphony in the Brain

Meredith Linden | December 21, 2011

This book offers a history and overview of neurofeedback, a type of biofeedback that aims to help patients control their brain activity.

Books & Literature, Vol. 3, 2011

Book Review: “Out of Her Mind”

Meredith Linden | August 15, 2011

The selections in this book can help validate people struggling with mental illness, and they show how the mental health industry still needs to become more patient centered.

Books & Literature, Vol. 3, 2011

A Handbook for Patients Who Want to Change Health Care

Jessie Gruman | July 14, 2011

A new report provides inspiration and guidance for activists who want to advance their aim of health care that recognizes and welcomes the participation of all players.