FEATURED IN
LANDMARK BOOK "BLOOD WORKS: AN OWNER'S GUIDE" RELEASED GLOBALLY
April 2023 saw the official global release of Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide by Dr Shannon Farmer, Dr Irwin Gross and Dr Aryeh Shander. The 456-page book is produced by a collective of 48 leading international medical experts. The book is jointly published by City Point Press and Human Touch Media Foundation and distributed by Simon & Schuster.
HealthEd's Annual Women's & Children's Conference Features Landmark Book Blood Works
BLOOD WORKS: AN OWNER'S GUIDE FEATURED AT MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
SYSK: What You Never Knew About Your Blood But Should
with Dr. Aryeh Shander
Listen and you will hear some things about your blood and how to take care of it that you have likely never heard before. For example, that your blood is an organ; that you should avoid getting a transfusion if at all possible; that there are things you should be doing to test and maintain your blood and much more. All of this comes to you from my guest Aryeh Shander.
LET’S TALK PBM
Patient Empowerment
Tune in as Dr Shannon Farmer shares what patient empowerment has meant for him personally as a patient and as a doctor. Watch out for a surprise guest.
Do you have a right to decide what happens to your body?
A must watch episode with Dr Shannon Farmer, author of landmark new book, Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide discusses patient empowerment.
Anemia & Iron Deficiency a HUGE global health challenge
Anemia affects 2.4 billion people globally. Dr Gross talks about how landmark new book Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide empowers the patient to push for further investigation into iron deficiency and anemia.
Sarah & MaryAnn meet Dr Irwin Gross
Dr. Gross is passionate about helping women identify and address their healthcare challenges when it comes to iron deficiency and anemia. He explains many important reasons why women especially need to speak up for their healthcare needs and how this landmark new book will help us all when talking with our doctor.
Sarah & MaryAnn seeing the paperback for the first time
Dr. Shander explains the benefits of being prepared as a patient and why asking the right questions are imperative to ensuring partnership with physicians in making medical decisions. Aryeh explains how the book Blood Works: An Owners Guide will aide patients in knowing the right questions to ask.
Remedy Lies WITHIN the Patient
Dr Aryeh Shander shares with MaryAnn and Sarah the one thing that has been missing in medicine for years…
LATEST REVIEWS
Kari-Lynn
Amazing book
Sarah W
Book is expert level science explained for public
Itinaucore
must have
Marius Coetzee
ACADEMIC REVIEWS
Carolyn D. Burns, MD
PRESIDENT, SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT
It is a rarity that any book on the human body or its varied complex organ systems can be written in such a way that it represents definitive state-of-the-science Read More
David Mayer, MD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEDSTAR INSTITUTE
In very specific situations, a blood transfusion can be lifesaving. However, in most other situations, a blood transfusion adds significant risk to patient outcomes. Read More
Nicole R. Guinn, MD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Easy to read, with the right mix of data and stories from real patients. I especially love the info-graphics! A fantastic resource for clinicians and patients.
Dr Bronwyn Pearse
ADJUNCT SENIOR LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST
‘Blood Works’ is a comprehensive and insightful resource on blood health written by world renowned experts in their field. This much-needed book offers in-depth Read More
Professor Steven Frank, MD
ANESTHESIOLOGY/CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
This unique and fascinating book serves as an owner’s manual for your blood, describing the amazing characteristics Read More
Jeannie Callum, MD
HEMATOLOGIST & PROFESSOR, QUEENS UNIVERSITY, TORONTO
This book is long overdue. To bring Patient Blood Management to every hospital and to every patient we need informed patients. Thank you for Read More
Domenico Girelli, MD, PhD
PROFESSOR OF INTERNAL MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF VERONA
Blood Works is an amazing book that recapitulates the fundamentals of Patient Blood Management (PBM), a conceptual revolution in contemporary medicine. Read More
Professor John Freedman
ST MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL, TORONTO
‘Blood Works: an Owner’s Guide’ is ideal for: specialists working in transfusion and transfusion-free medicine e.g. physicians in practice and in training, including any surgical discipline, Read More
Dr Susan Goobie, MD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Blood Works is a game changer for patients, families and health care providers. I cannot put it down!
Some physicians Read More
Rebecca (Becky) Rock, RN
NURSE CLINICIAN, ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
Dear patient: Patient Blood Management (PBM) has the distinction of being the only field of medicine in which the title includes your name, and the definition Read More
PROFESSOR VERNON J LOUW
CHAIR & HEAD OF DIVISION CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
This book gives every person interested in the fascinating world of blood, the insight and the words, to help them understand that most precious of commodities, the blood in our veins.Read More
ADVANCE COPY REVIEWS
Jamie Michele
READERS FAVORITE
Attention to the importance of blood health is the focus of Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide: What Every Person Needs to Know Before They are a Patient by Dr. Shannon Farmer, Dr. Irwin Gross, and Read More
Asher Syed
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Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide, What Every Person Needs to Know Before They are a Patient by Dr. Shannon Farmer, Dr. Irwin Gross, and Dr. Aryeh Shander is a non-fiction medical book that focuses on the Read More
Courtnee Turner Hoyle
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Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide subtitled What Every Person Needs to Know Before They are a Patient by Dr. Shannon Farmer, Dr. Irwin Gross, and Dr. Aryeh Shander explores the Read More
Lexie Fox
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Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide subtitled What Every Person Needs to Know Before They are a Patient is a medical non-fiction book from 48 global leaders in blood health, designed to give patients an understanding Read More
Foluso Falaye
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Did you know that in 2017 anemia was the main source of disease in females and that the impairment caused by anemia is more than that resulting from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and asthma combined? Read More
