Medical (Incl. Patients)
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Stress Test: A Memoir
$24.99 Add to cartThis memoir of medical training in the 1970s, Stress Test, is particularly timely after the Dobbs decision, when the rights that underpin a woman’s ability to participate fully in professional and pub
- Author: White Drew, Kay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1627205233
- Language: English
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Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
$27.95 Add to cartBy the time she was thirty, Gila Pfeffer was the oldest living member of her family, having lost her mother to breast cancer and her father to colon cancer. A simple blood test confirmed she carried t
- Author: Pfeffer, Gila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011626
- Language: English
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The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain
$24.00 Read moreThe Body Alone is an inquiry into the experience, meaning, and articulation of pain. It is a personal hybrid account incorporating research, scholarship, and memoir to examine chronic pain through the… [more below]
- Author: Lohman, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1609389492
- Language: English
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Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child’s Life
$28.99 Add to cartA riveting and inspiring true story of two families linked by one heart–written by a bestselling author and palliative care doctor.
The first of our organs to form and the last to die, the heart is- Author: Clarke, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1668045435
- Language: English
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Too Much
$17.95 Add to cart- Author: Neighbors, Cindy Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: August 24 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Beyond the Sea: Leading with Love from the Nuclear Navy to the White House and Healthcare
$29.99 Read moreAre you aspiring to create a legendary culture, become an exceptional leader, and lead a fulfilling life?
In his debut book, Beyond the Sea, Robert Roncska offers insights into the transformation of- Author: Roncska Dba, Robert Navy Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1955026203
- Language: English
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Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story
$32.00 Add to cartIn this illuminating work, a doctor and public health advocate reveals what his patients have taught him about patience and healing.
For over three decades, Dr. Dean-David Schillinger has served in on
- Author: Schillinger, Dean-David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1541704207
- Language: English
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Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher: A Monkey’s Head, the Pope’s Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul
$18.99 Add to cartThe “delightfully macabre” (The New York Times) true tale of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon…and his quest to transplant the human soul.In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate sci… [more below]
- Author: Schillace, Brandy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1982113782
- Language: English
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The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist’s Journey from Helplessness to Optimism
$30.00 Add to cartOne of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline, and paints a much brighter future for everyone.
When Martin E. P. Seligman first encountered psycholo- Author: Seligman, Martin E. P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1610398734
- Language: English
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From Brokenness to Atonement, Faith, Hope, and Love: A Vietnam War Sniper’s Journey and a Psychiatrist’s Bibliotherapy
$37.95 Add to cartThis is a story of Mr. L, an orphan who was raised and nurtured by a devoted Carmelite nun, then drafted to serve as a skilled sniper during the Vietnam War. A journey of learning and mastering of the
- Author: Khouzam Mph Fapa, Hani Raoul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885403962
- Language: English
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Tears of Salt: A Doctor’s Story of the Refugee Crisis
$15.95 Add to cartSituated more than one hundred miles off Italy’s southern coast, the rocky island of Lampedusa has hit world headlines in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African an
- Author: Bartolo, Pietro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0393356558
- Language: English
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Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
$19.00 Add to cartThe 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist, International Bestseller, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2017!
“Marsh has retired, which means he’s taking a thorough inventory of his life- Author: Marsh, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1250190029
- Language: English
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And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm, comes Henry Marsh’s And Finally, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and neuroscience.
As a retired brain surgeon,- Author: Marsh, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1250880998
- Language: English
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Heart of a Lion: A Story of God’s Grace and a Family’s Hope
$15.99 Add to cartFor the George family, there wasn’t supposed to be hope for their newborn son, John Paul, born with a half-functioning heart that was unable to pump blood throughout his tiny body. But one important y
- Author: George, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: February 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0764825453
- Language: English
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The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
$20.00 Add to cart“Nuila’s storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande.” —Los Angeles Times
This “compelling mixture of health care policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine”- Author: Nuila, Ricardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 150119805X
- Language: English
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After the Fire
$21.99 Add to cartOn January 19, 2000, a fire raged through Seton Hall University’s freshman dormitory, killing three students and injuring 58 others. Among the victims were Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, roommates fr… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Robin Gaby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0316066222
- Language: English
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Untold Stories of a Paramedic: True Stories of Life on the Job
$14.99 Add to cartWhen you see an ambulance speeding by, lights and sirens wailing, have you ever wondered what is happening inside? Have you ever wondered what challenges paramedics face daily? What type of calls they
- Author: Nisi, Luciano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 29 2018
- ISBN10: 0228801508
- Language: English
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Jonas Salk: A Life
$22.99 Add to cartWhen a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, … [more below]
- Author: Jacobs, Charlotte Decroes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190679166
- Language: English
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One Hundred Thousand Hearts: A Surgeon’s Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartThe pioneering surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley performed his first human heart transplant in 1968 and astounded the world in 1969 by conducting the first successful implantation of a totally artificial hear
- Author: Cooley, Denton A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 06, 2021
- ISBN10: 0999731874
- Language: English
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Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better
$28.00 Read more“In her contemplative memoir, Polly Atkin encourages everyone, especially those with chronic illnesses, to look beyond their own history and see the beauty in their world.” –The Washington Post
“Defia
- Author: Atkin, Polly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 301
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1961884003
- Language: English
