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Artists Remaking Medicine: The Practice of Imagination and the Power to Create a Better Healthcare Future.
$37.00HardcoverRead moreIn this powerful anthology on the intersection of art and medicine, acclaimed author Emily F. Peters teams with 25 artist changemakers to explore the history, practice, and future of radical creativit
- Author: Peters & Collaborators, Emily F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218141691
- Language: English
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By: Lubin, Stan
123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine
$34.99HardcoverAdd to cartA baby is born, after a long nerve-wracking labour. A family struggles to make the right end-of-life decision for an elderly relative. Addicts and eccentrics find themselves in hospital emergency room… [more below]
- Author: Lubin, Stan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1039171389
- Language: English
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Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartMost people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient… [more below]
- Author: James a. Feinstein
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 1440175136
- Language: English
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By: Lubin, Stan
123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine
$25.99PaperbackAdd to cartA baby is born, after a long nerve-wracking labour. A family struggles to make the right end-of-life decision for an elderly relative. Addicts and eccentrics find themselves in hospital emergency room… [more below]
- Author: Lubin, Stan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1039171370
- Language: English
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By: John, Preeti R.
Being A Woman Surgeon: Sixty Women Share Their Stories
$29.00PaperbackAdd to cart“This is a poignant and moving narrative collection from women who each in their own way were pioneers in their field of surgery. The story of the courage, physical strength, stamina and, most of all,… [more below]
- Author: John, Preeti R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1884092632
- Language: English
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By: Snyder, Timothy
Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
$15.00PaperbackAdd to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America’s pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and fre… [more below]
- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0593238893
- Language: English
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By: Gawande, Atul
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartA brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.
Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient i- Author: Gawande, Atul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04 2002
- ISBN10: 0805063196
- Language: English
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By: Tabatabai, Sayed
These Vital Signs: A Doctor’s Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets
$28.99HardcoverRead moreA doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.
In medicine, every patient presents with a stor
- Author: Tabatabai, Sayed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0063291371
- Language: English
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By: Gawande, Atul
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel’s edge. Complications lays bare a science not in i
- Author: Gawande, Atul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312421702
- Language: English
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By: Gawande, Atul
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk- Author: Gawande, Atul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 22, 2008
- ISBN10: 0312427654
- Language: English








