1st Edition available at Hilton Publishing
2nd Edition pre-selling at Amazon.com & BarnesAndNoble.com
(customers outside USA can order with free shipping at The Book Depository)
"Outstanding!" 12/24/2010 Dr. Glenn McGee, Editor in Chief, American Journal of Bioethics
"I had the opportunity to read a pre-publication of this book. It is simply outstanding. It was genius to concoct such a book, and the book itself is jam packed with indispensable knowledge for patients and families who expect to encounter or have encountered a problem that tests their values and beliefs. Highly recommended!"
"This book is designed to help patients and families make informed decisions about medical and ethical issues they may face. Written in plain language for the lay reader, it can help in both medical decision-making and planning for future health care. Each chapter presents one topic that might arise in life, along with a fictional case that sets the stage for discussion. Some of the topics that might be of particular interest to people with dementia and their families include advance directives, refusing medical treatment, health care at the end of life, neuroethics (issues that arise when illness affects the brain), genetic testing, and participating in a research study. Other topics include Do Not Resuscitate Orders, non-beneficial medical interventions, quality of life and treatment burdens, patient privacy and confidentiality, transplant ethics, reproductive technology, and pediatric ethics. The book also has a list of helpful resources and a glossary of frequently used terms in medical ethics and health care." (National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, 2012)
My second book, with co-author Rena Down, The Organ Donor Experience: Good Samaritans and the Meaning of Altruism, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in October 2011. You can order now at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com, as well as various international on-line booksellers.
"Bramstedt & Down's The Organ Donor Experience has done what none have before: tell the story of all phases of organ donation from the donor’s perspective. By doing this, the reader is thrust into the mind of the donors, to understand their motivations and ultimately, what is altruistic behavior. This is an essential read for all those interested in organ donation."
(Dr. Richard Fatica, Medical Director, Kidney Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic)
"...[The Organ Donor Experience] escapes the drudgery of a research-laden study and instead reads as a fascinating story about a very human issue." (Publisher's Weekly, 12/05/2011)
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This book is a collection of poems, written as a form of narrative medicine, while the author was suffering from vertigo. The poems are presented in chronological format, from illness onset, through various treatments, and recovery. The poems are a deep insight into the world of suffering that occurs in patients who have balance disorders such as vertigo.
The book is available as a Kindle download from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.de
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