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New eBook: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book

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MSKCC now has an institutional subscription to two titles in the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Pearson’s General Thoracic Surgery and Adult and Pediatric Cardiac. These two titles are part of the STS Cardiothoracic Surgery eBook. 

The STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book is an authoritative resource for cardiothoracic surgical information. It includes 300 interactive chapters in all main cardiothoracic surgery domains, with all-new hand-drawn medical illustrations, photographs, and surgical videos. Pearson’s General Thoracic Surgery 

New eBook: 2023-2024 Perianesthesia Nursing Standards, Practice Recommendations and Interpretive Statements

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The newest edition of ASPAN’s Perianesthesia Nursing Standards, Practice Recommendations and Interpretive Statements is now available. These practice recommendations provide clinical guidance and support to perianesthesia registered nurses.

The 2023-2024 edition of the ASPAN Standards contains revised principles of safety and ethics in perianesthesia practice, as well as a new principle defining perianesthesia nursing practice. The new edition introduces an important standard for family-centered care. This edition also hosts a new section dedicated to the presentation of position statements created in collaboration with partnering organizations. The two newest position statements involve workplace civility and waste anesthesia gases outside of the operating rooms.

New eBook – Legacy : A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

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A new eBook, Legacy : A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, is now available through the library. Legacy is a journey through the critical intersection of racism and healthcare. At once a searing indictment of our healthcare system, a generational family memoir, and a call to action, Legacy is Dr. Uché Blackstock’s odyssey from child to medical student to practicing physician—to finally seizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.