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In this follow-up to the hugely popular Angels in the ER, Dr. Robert D. Lesslie shares more of his life-changing emergency-room encounters with nurses, doctors, patients, friends, and strangers who’ve served as God’s hands in the direst of circumstances. You’ll be deeply moved by these tales of both triumph and tragedy from the ER front line, as well as by the profound faith that has sustained Dr. Lesslie for more than 30 years on the job.

"No women need apply." These four discouraging words of admonition often greeted female physicians looking for jobs in the frontier-era West. Despite the dire need for medical help, it seemed most trappers, miners, and emigrants would rather suffer and die than be treated by a female doctor. Nevertheless dozens of highly trained women headed West, where they endured hardship and prejudice as they set broken limbs, performed operations, delivered generations of babies - and solidified a place for women in the medical field.

Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Frank's book has reached a large and diverse following, including the ill, medical professionals, and scholars of literary theory. In this new edition, Frank adds a preface describing the personal and cultural times when the first edition was written.

Citizen-Surgeon takes listeners into the otherwise inaccessible, remote, and intense world of life and surgery within a combat zone. In the backdrop of the US-led war in Afghanistan, amid a defining US Marine Corps’ offensive to conquer the Marjah region of Helmand Province, [then] US Navy Commander Paul Roach and his company-mates assemble and congeal as a medical unit in Southern California, transport from the United States to their tents in Dasht-e-Margo (the “Desert of Death”) in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis. Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions...

Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this surprising, inventive, and meticulously researched look at the evolution of mental health, acclaimed health and science journalist Claudia Kalb gives listeners a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking research into biographical narratives that are deeply embedded in our culture.

Time to Heal tells the story of the colourful life of a country doctor towards the end of his career. In turn shocking, sad and funny, it describes a doctor who feels poorly served by the conventional medicine of his time and finds new ways to relieve the suffering of his patients. This tale has a twist. Twenty-first-century general practice and its patients have been betrayed by top-heavy regulation, performance management and a blame culture. Young doctors no longer want to enter general practice. The author explores why and how pandemics might provide the answers.

On February 21, 1992, 22-year-old Brian Bechtold walked into a police station in Port St. Joe, Florida, and confessed that he’d shot and killed his parents in their family home in Silver Spring, Maryland. He said he’d been possessed by the devil. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and ruled “not criminally responsible” for the murders on grounds of insanity. But after the trial, where do the "criminally insane" go?

The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams in a collection of essays chronicling one woman’s experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.

The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind “Gripping . . . eloquent . . . This book...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Dr. Andrew Furey, an orthopedic surgeon, was sitting by the fireplace at his home in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, watching TV after work, when dreadful images of the aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti burst in on the cosy domestic scene. Human suffering on an epic...

Grey’s Anatomy meets One L in this psychiatrist’s charming and poignant memoir about his residency at Harvard. Adam Stern was a student at a state medical school before being selected to train as a psychiatry resident at one of the most prestigious programs in the country. His new and...

Sieben Frauen, sieben Leben, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Doch eines haben sie gemeinsam. Wie aus dem Nichts bekommen alle Frauen die Diagnose Gebärmutterhalskrebs. Für jede ist es ein Schock, wirft aus der Bahn. Das gewohnte Leben steht auf einmal still. Jedoch bedeutet die Diagnose Krebs nicht, dass man gleich daran stirbt. Es gibt Hoffnung. Mit Unterstützung von Freunden und Familie schaffen es Jessica, Sandra, Bettina, Heike, Katja, Tamara und Rachel die Diagnose anzunehmen, die Therapie zu meistern und an der Herausforderung innerlich daran zu wachsen.

Nach den beiden Bestsellern: "Ich bin zu alt für diese Scheisse" und "Man wird nicht jünger durch den Scheiss!" entführt Sie Notfallsanitäter Horst Heckendorn zum dritten Mal in die bizarre Welt des Rettungsdienstes. Diesmal ohne das böse "S" Wort im Titel aber dafür garantiert wieder mit seinem berühmt-berüchtigten pechschwarzen Humor. Wie gewohnt nimmt er dabei kein Blatt vor den Mund und nennt die Dinge direkt beim Namen. Im vorliegenden Band erzählt er uns nicht nur seine eigenen Erlebnisse, sondern lässt auch seine Kollegen zu Wort kommen.

Mein Name ist Ina. Im Alter von 16 bis 27 Jahren litt ich an Bulimie. Heute bin ich frei davon. Diesen Teil meines Lebens hatte ich 24 Jahre lang vergessen. Die erste Erinnerung daran stieg unerwartet in mir auf. Kurz vor meinem 50. Geburtstag. Dieses Hörbuch zeigt einen Weg auf, Bulimie hinter sich zu lassen. Es zu schaffen - aus eigener Kraft. Es ist möglich!

Helena Rho was six years old when her family left Seoul, Korea, for America and its opportunities. Years later, her Korean-ness behind her, Helena had everything a model minority was supposed to want: she was married to a white American doctor and had a beautiful home, two children, and a career as an assistant professor of pediatrics. For decades she fulfilled the expectations of others. All the while Helena kept silent about the traumas - both professional and personal - that left her anxious yet determined to escape.

Journalist Sarah Dingle was 27 when she learned that her identity was a lie. Over dinner one night, her mother casually mentioned Sarah had been conceived using a sperm donor. The man who’d raised her wasn’t her father; in fact, she had no idea who her father was. Or who she really was. As the shock receded, Sarah began to investigate her own existence. Thus began a 10-year journey - digging through hospital files, chasing leads and taking a DNA test - that finally led to her biological origins.

Forfatter og antropolog Ina Kjøgx Pedersen har været på feltarbejde i sin egen familie. Hendes idé var på nærmeste hold at følge sin mors demenssygdom; den sygdom, som er udråbt til at være en af vor tids største personlige og verdensøkonomiske katastrofer, som i ringe omfang lader sig behandle, og som i sundhedsvæsnet kun kan måles negativt: I form af rask tilbagegang. Men ville det også opleves sådan for hende i virkeligheden?

Rosalie Linner hat viel erlebt in der Zeit, da sie als Landhebamme insgesamt über 4000 Kindern ans Licht der Welt half. Eine Fülle von Geschichten, in denen Freud und Leid der Familien oft nah beieinander liegen, kennen viele bereits aus Bänden wie "Tagebuch einer Landhebamme" oder "Als Landhebamme unterwegs". Für dieses Buch hat sie wiederum in Erinnerungen und Aufzeichnungen die interessantesten Begegnungen mit Müttern und Schwiegermüttern, Vätern und Großvätern und vor allem mit den Kleinsten gefunden und für ihre zahlreichen Leser niedergeschrieben.