Patiently Waiting For... by JeffNisker Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2016 by Iguana Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-136-2, ISBN: 1-77180-136-0
"Patiently Waiting For... is the story of the indomitable, feisty, and subversive Ruth, who, having quadriplegia, longs to access a wider world through use of available software and a computer. She decides to almost run over, with her power chair, a physician who is also a writer of health-related social justice plays and ask him to write her story. What results is this powerful indictment of the inequality of care and diminishing access ..."
"Public attention on embryo research has never been greater. Modern reproductive medicine technology and the use of embryos to generate stem cells ensure that this will continue to be a topic of debate and research across many disciplines. This multidisciplinary book explores the concept of a 'healthy' embryo, its implications on the health of children and adults, and how perceptions of what constitutes child and adult health influence t ..."
Confined to the Sidelines New and Selected Verses by JeffNisker Hardcover, Published 2023 by Iguana Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-627-5, ISBN: 1-77180-627-3
"With this volume, Nisker hopes to imbue new compassion in health professionals, other health-policy makers and the general public, who all are or will be immersed in COVID's resulting diminishment of our health and social systems."
Love and Injustice in Medicine Annotated Narrative Ethics Explorations by JeffNisker Hardcover, Published 2022 by Iguana Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-609-1, ISBN: 1-77180-609-5
"Although Nisker was touched deeply by Ruth's story, he did not begin to write the story he had promised her until his immunity had been shut down by chemotherapy."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
"In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the ..."
"In a justice-based democracy, engagement of large numbers of citizens of diverse perspectives is required for legitimate policy development."
Confined to the Sidelines New and Selected Verses by Nisker, Jeff Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 2023 by Iguana Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-626-8, ISBN: 1-77180-626-5
From Calcedonies to Orchids Plays Promoting Humanity in Health Policy by Jeffrey A. Nisker Paperback, 386 Pages, Published 2012 by Iguana Books ISBN-13: 978-1-927403-36-5, ISBN: 1-927403-36-7
"Jeff Nisker has been writing plays since the early 1990s. He did this in order to bring audiences to the position of persons immersed in the vortex of new scientific capacity and its social implications. Jeff ultimately aims to promote humanity in health policy development. From Calcedonies to Orchids: Plays Promoting Humanity in Health Policy is a collection of plays based on Jeff's experiences, those experiences shared with him, and i ..."