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Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 657min

Technological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care. Medical technology saves lives and relieves suffering, and is enormously popular with the public, profitable for doctors, and a source of great wealth for industry. Yet its costs are rising at a dangerously unsustainable rate.The control of technology costs poses a terrible ethical and policy dilemma. How can we deny people what they may need to live and flourish? Yet is it not also harmful to let rising costs strangle our health care system, eventually harming everyone?In Taming the Beloved Beast, esteemed medical ethicist Daniel Callahan confronts this dilemma head-on. He argues that we can't escape it by organizational changes alone. Nothing less than a fundamental transformation of our thinking about health care is needed to achieve lasting and economically sustainable reform. The technology bubble, he contends, is beginning to burst.Callahan weighs the ethical arguments for and against limiting the use of medical technologies, and he argues that reining in health care costs requires us to change entrenched values about progress and technological innovation. Taming the Beloved Beast shows that the cost crisis is as great as that of the uninsured. Only a government-regulated universal health care system can offer the hope of managing technology and making it affordable for all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Xavier Paul Cadeau. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001416/bk_adbl_001416_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Enchiridion of Epictetus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min

The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Although the content is mostly derived from the Discourses of Epictetus, it is not a summary of the Discourses but rather a compilation of practical precepts. Eschewing metaphysics, Arrian focuses his attention on Epictetus's work applying philosophy to daily life. The book is thus a manual to show the way to achieve mental freedom and happiness in all circumstances. The Enchiridion appears to be a loosely-structured selection of maxims. In his 6th-century Commentary, Simplicius divided the text into four distinct sections suggesting a graded approach to philosophy: Chapters 1-21. What is up to us and not, and how to deal with external things: 1-2. What is up to us and not, and the consequences of choosing either. 3-14. How to deal with external things (reining the audience in from them). 15-21. How to use external things correctly and without disturbance. Chapters 22-28. Advice for intermediate students: 22-25. The problems faced by intermediate students. 26-28. Miscellania: the common conceptions, badness, and shame. Chapters 30-47. Technical advice for the discovery of appropriate actions (kath'konta): 30-33. Appropriate actions towards (a) other people, (b) God, (c) divination, (d) one's own self. 34-47. Miscellaneous precepts on justice (right actions). Chapters 48-53. Conclusions on the practice of precepts: 48. Final advice and his division of types of people. 49-52. The practice of precepts. 53. Quotations for memorization. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robin Homer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169949/bk_acx0_169949_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Summary & Analysis of Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: A Guide to the Book by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 40min

Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Co-authors Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have combined talents in the telling of yet another classic piece of American history. A punchy narrative of violence and liberation, the team has catapulted this renowned piece of history from bland textbook factual account into a captivating tale of an enraged, tenacious, and visionary leader. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans is the inspirational story of a tumultuous time which changed the course of the American nation, led by an unassuming man who refused to relent. Don't miss out on this ZIP Reads summary to delve deep in this inspirational piece of American history! What does this ZIP Reads summary include? A synopsis of the original book Key themes and analysis An in-depth editorial review Short bio of the original author Supplementary info about the original title About the original book: A bold tribute to the man of the hour in the 1814 Battle for New Orleans, the story of Andrew Jackson embodies what it is to be an American. Set upon his path by a need to avenge an horrific act of fate which occurred during his adolescence, the colorful life of this controversial hero takes unbelievable twists and turns in the pursuit of freedom. Following various successful pursuits, including the reining in of a violent band of Creek rebels, his greatest achievement unites the cosmopolitan city of New Orleans in a victory over British invaders, forever emblazoning his name on the pages of American history. Disclaimer: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael London Anglado. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/113535/bk_acx0_113535_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Greatest Movement in Human History: How We're Going to Overcome Our Differences, Solve Our Biggest Problems, and Change the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 369min

Changing the world is a skill. Right now, we’re bad at it...but we can learn how to be good at it. That's the powerful message at the heart of this transformational book. Deftly and accessibly pulling together decades of social science research, Dr. Lynn explains what we know about how to create social change and what we’ll need to do to address our biggest problems today.The result is a bold, inspiring, yet realistic - a prescription for how to pull ourselves out of our current divisive, dysfunctional crisis and get our society back on track.This audiobook will teach you:How we get in each other’s way as we work for social change and how we can work more collaborativelyHow we can get millions - if not billions - of people of all backgrounds and beliefs united around a common causeHow to avoid the power struggles, purity tests, and ideological bickering that hinder so many good causesHow the people of the world can gain the upper hand over our feckless, corrupt governments and greedy, exploitative corporationsWhy the typical liberal, conservative, libertarian, and socialist prescriptions for reining in our major institutions are either wrong or incompleteWhat is the tactic nearly every single movement embraces in order to boost their numbers in the short term...that ultimately ends up crippling them in the long termWhat is the golden rule of successful social movement strategy, according to the guy who literally wrote the book on how to topple oppressive dictatorsWhat is the wide array of ethical, nonviolent techniques we can use to bring about positive change and which ones are best for our current situationWhy you absolutely should not, under any circumstances, imagine that you need to give up your most cherished beliefs - or bully other people into giving up theirs - in order to address our biggest problemsHow to talk to negative, stubborn, or clo ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.F. McCoy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/188358/bk_acx0_188358_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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