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Please Don't Break My Other Leg!: A Guide to Empathising with Patients

Editorial SummaryThis title belongs near nursing. Readers are likely looking for specific coverage rather than a broad overview, so the strongest appeal is the match between topic, level, and use case.The strongest signal is applied reading: examples, cases, images, tracings, ...

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Editorial Summary

This title belongs near nursing. Readers are likely looking for specific coverage rather than a broad overview, so the strongest appeal is the match between topic, level, and use case.

The strongest signal is applied reading: examples, cases, images, tracings, or clinical details that make the subject easier to work through in context.

Study Value

A sensible reading path would start with nursing, then branch into the sections that answer the reader’s immediate clinical or academic question.

Who It Suits

Best fit: students, residents, nurses, and clinicians preparing for board or certification exams. It may also work for institutional collections where medical books are bought for repeated consultation rather than one-time reading.

What the Book Emphasizes

  • Images, tracings, or visual examples appear to be part of how the material is taught.
  • Nursing coverage centers the reading around care planning, judgment, and patient-facing decisions.

Depth and Format

Visual material matters here. Images, tracings, or illustrated examples can make the book more useful for pattern recognition and diagnostic comparison.

Book Details

Author Valerie Mirvis, Bernard Valman
Publisher University Press Of America
Publication Date December 19, 2001
Language English
Print Length 230 pages
ISBN-10 076182118X
ISBN-13 978-0761821182
Format Hardcover | Paperback
Dimensions 6.2 x 0.88 x 9.32 inches
Item Weight 1 pounds