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The Unfeeling Doctor, Unplugged
More True Tales From Med School and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
I'm baaaaack.
That's right. You can't keep the most unfeeling doctor in the world away.
Was I always such a hard-hearted lass? Of course not. I offer you some counter-examples from medical school, a time when I was so earnest and hard-working, I scraped my finger on the mannequin while...
by Kevin Dwyer
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Life with a transplant can take one a good deal away from the norms of society to in fact something considerably more real and interesting. I could have written a book on a perspective of society but actually this is simply about having a transplant or two. Hopefully it's not too harsh, if it is you'll just have to mail me and complain! Kd
by Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 1993
For the average clinician, individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often represent the most challenging, seemingly insoluble cases. This volume is the authoritative presentation of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Marsha M. Linehan's comprehensive, integrated approach to treating...
by Chris R. Pownall
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
This is the real life account of a remarkable young man who suffered a near fatal head injury and describes his astounding battle to regain his life. Rob Pownall was just eighteen when he had an unfortunate accident, which was to dramatically change his life. Following life saving surgery he lay...
Neuroscience Databases
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Neuroscience Databases: A Practical Guide is the first book providing a comprehensive overview of these increasingly important databases. This volume makes the results of the Human Genome Project and other recent large-scale initiatives in the neurosciences available to a wider community. It extends...
by Cynthia MacGregor
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
If the prospect of your last child leaving for college or moving out of the family home to get on with his or her life feels like it would be the end of yours, this book is for you.
You've lived and breathed for your children for decades, and suddenly it seems they don't need you any more. That feeling,...
100 Plus
How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Humanity is on the cusp of an exciting longevity revolution. The first person to live to 150 years has probably already been born.
What will your life look like when you live to be over 100? Will you be healthy? Will your marriage need a sunset clause? How long will you have to work?...
The Truth in Small Doses
Why We're Losing the War on Cancer-and How to Win It
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
A “brilliant” (Fortune), eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward.
Over the past half century, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer...
Autopilot
The Art & Science of Doing Nothing
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
"A tour de force of an academic field that doesn't really exist just yet the science of being idle. Andrew Smart synthesizes a whole range of cutting-edge ideas in neuroscience, dynamic systems theory, psychology, literature, pop culture, and philosophy, and gives us a hugely entertaining read about...
The Zipper Club
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
***The Zipper Club won the American Journal of Nursing's 2016 Book of the Year award in the category of Creative Works***
For years Thomas Mannella observed the intrigue of people who believed him when he said the scars across his chest were from an alley knifing. This was a lie, but the more...
The Great Prostate Hoax
How Big Medicine Hijacked the PSA Test and Caused a Public Health Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Every year, more than a million men undergo painful needle biopsies for prostate cancer, and upward of 100,000 have radical prostatectomies, resulting in incontinence and impotence. But the shocking fact is that most of these men would never have died from this common form of cancer, which frequently...
Summary of The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Summary of The Emperor of All Maladies: by Siddhartha Mukherjee | Includes Analysis Preview: Scientist and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, calls his book a biography of cancer rather than simply a history. The author explores a wide range...
by Susan LeBlanc
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
An alphabet Patient Handbook utilized for the "need to knows" of breast cancer in a colorful presentation utilizing bold messages and clip art for visual imagery and healing.It addresses the psychosocial aspects a woman encounters in her life crisis with breast cancer. Serious take action...
Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior
Fighting Cancer and Capitalism at the Cellular Level
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
When American saxophonist and social activist Fred Ho was diagnosed with stage 3b colo-rectal cancer in 2006 he underwent immediate surgery to remove the tumor and began preparing for chemotherapy. Within days his friends mobilized to arrange grocery deliveries, transport, companionship, and housekeeping...