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What One Man Said to Another is, on one level, a series of extended conversations between friends. On another, it is a spoken autobiography of Richard Selzer, respected surgeon and writer, as recorded by New York artist and writer Peter Josyph.

The candid memoir of a young doctor who reluctantly accepts a military commission and spends a year behind the front lines of the Vietnam War. Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the navet of a new medical intern.

In 1949, Ron Losee, a young Yale Medical School graduate, headed west with his wife and small daughter to begin the practice of medicine. They settled in Ennis, Montana, in a log cabin that also became their office and lab. Patients made themselves at home in the living room. One small bag held all their medical equipment. It was a proud moment when a patient first called Losee "Doc." His fee on that occasion was three dollars.

God's Spirit is everywhere. Miracles Every Day is the story of Dr. Issam Nemeh, a Cleveland-based physician and devout Catholic who has prayed over tens of thousands of people from all faiths and all walks of life in the past two decades. The result? Miracles. Injuries healed, cancers cured...

AN INSPIRATIONAL AND HEARTRENDING MEMOIR ABOUT BEN BREEDLOVE, WHO SHARED HIS NEAR-DEATHEXPERIENCES AND VISIONS OF HEAVEN IN HIS VIRAL VIDEOS—WRITTEN BY HIS SISTER, ALLY BREEDLOVE. On Christmas Day 2011, Ben Breedlove’s soul went to heaven. But it wasn’t his first time there. Ben suffered...

Es difícil explicar cómo la palabra cáncer puede cambiarnos la vida de una manera tan drástica. En el momento en que me diagnosticaron cáncer de seno, me sentía llena de vida; pero, sin saberlo, dentro de mi cuerpo se multiplicaba y crecía ese mal que me acercaba a la muerte.Mi lucha contra el cáncer me ha hecho una mujer más fuerte, más segura, más serena y en paz conmigo misma y con la vida.

Att klara vardagen kan ibland vara som att lägga ett mycket invecklat pussel. Om du också har en neuropsykiatrisk diagnos kan det innebära att pusslet blir ännu krångligare. Men det behöver inte bli det. Den här boken är till för dig som har fått en diagnos eller har en närstående med en diagnos. Här kan du läsa om tips och råd för hur du kan göra livet enklare. Carolina Lindberg är en svensk författare. Hon arbetar med utbildning och handledning inom området AST.

Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008, Susan Gubar underwent radical debulking surgery, an attempt to excise the cancer by removing part or all of many organs in the lower abdomen. Her memoir mines the deepest levels of anguish and devotion as she struggles to come to terms with her body’s betrayal and the frightful protocols of contemporary medicine. She finds solace in the abiding love of her husband, children, and friends while she searches for understanding in works of literature, visual art, and the testimonies of others who suffer with various forms of cancer.

By the time he was 30, Dr. Benjamin Rush had signed the Declaration of Independence, edited Common Sense, toured Europe as Benjamin Franklin’s protégé, and become John Adams’s confidant, and was soon to be appointed Washington’s surgeon general. And as with the greatest Revolutionary minds, Rush was only just beginning his role in 1776 in the American experiment.

A gripping, often startling biography of the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot--an America of women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, Quakers, indentured workers, the poor, the mentally ill, and war veterans Ninety percent of Americans could not vote and...

The word conquer has changed meaning for Bryan Anderson. As a U.S. army sergeant in Iraq, it meant taking down the enemy. After becoming Iraq’s fourth triple amputee from a roadside explosive, what he had to conquer got a bit more personal. On October 23, 2005, the moment Bryan looked down and realized he no longer had legs, he cracked a joke. It was a tragedy that could break many, but Bryan transformed it into something positive, something that propelled him forward.

Rikke er i midten af 40’erne, enlig mor til en lille datter og med et stort, ansvarsfuldt job som direktør. Hendes liv bliver fra den ene dag til den anden vendt på hovedet, da hun opdager en kræftknude i sit bryst. Hun indser hurtigt, at hun ikke kan klare det alene, og samler en gruppe kvinder omkring sig, som bliver hendes uundværlige støtter gennem hele sygdoms- og behandlingsforløbet. Med vagtplaner og skiftehold sørger Rikkes cancer-klan for, at hun og hendes datter ikke på noget tidspunkt står alene.

Die ersten promovierten Ärztinnen Deutschlands gründeten in Berlin eine diagnostische Klinik für Frauen. Die einzigartigen Biografien laden dazu ein, sich mit der Geschichte der Frauen zu befassen, die den Mut hatten, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen und schließlich ihr Ziel erreichten, die Erste zu sein!

Florence Nightingale, pionera en la práctica de la enfermería y madre de esta disciplina médica es acaso una de las figuras femeninas más recordadas del siglo XX. Metódica, analítica, obstinada, rebelde contra los prejuicios de su época hacia su género y la profesión que escogió, su férrea determinación la llevó a reestructurar y mejorar las condiciones de salud tanto en el frente de batalla como en los hospitales de ambos lados del Atlántico. Su innegable contribución a la humanidad.

El llamado maestro del subconsciente, fue un médico y notable neurólogo austriaco, creador del psicoanálisis y una de las mayores figuras intelectuales del s. XX. Su interés científico inicial como investigador se centró en el campo de la neurología, derivando progresivamente sus investigaciones hacia la vertiente psicológica de las afecciones mentales, de la que daría posteriormente su fama.

Author Sarah K. Bolton wrote many wonderful and concise biographies of men and women that had lived and died in her era. She tells the stories from first-hand accounts (hers and others). This biography of one of the most influential nurses who ever lived is masterfully told - from early days attending to dogs to transforming the way we care for the military wounded.

A life-threatening illness crushes the world around you and around those you love. How do we cope with diagnosis physically, emotionally, and spiritually? How do we move on? What are the most helpful ways to support others in crisis? In the end, what does it all mean? The author shares her most personal thoughts, fears, and triumphs over the most challenging year of her life. The voices of friends and family members ring true and move the listener to a powerfully emotional and honest reflection of one's own beliefs and life's purpose.

Efter 9 månaders sjukskrivning och en lång väntan och oro bekräftas Ulla Assarssons värsta farhågor. Hennes man har Alzheimers sjukdom! Han är bara 62 år och tanken var att de skulle njuta av livet, barnen och barnbarnen tillsammans. Men vad ska hända nu? Ulla är i grunden en positiv människa och har oftast förlitat sig på att hon har förmågan att hitta lösningar på olika problem som uppstått i såväl arbetslivet som privatlivet. Hennes livsfilosofi att det mesta kommer att gå bra har alltid gett henne framtidshopp.

I denne skalpelskarpe og hylemorsomme debatbog giver Steffen Jacobsen læseren sine selvoplevede anekdoter og betragtninger om læger, regneark og blindtarme. Et besøg på skadestuen bliver aldrig det samme igen... så er De advaret! Steffen Jacobsen er ud over bestsellerforfatter og knivskarp samfundsdebattør også overlæge og ortopædkirurg. For nylig sagde han op i protest mod Sundhedsplatformen. Dette er hans egen historie, fyldt med selvoplevede anekdoter og betragtninger om, hvordan politikere og DJØF‘ere har ødelagt det danske sundhedsvæsen.

this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance - in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy - through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional doctor. Fioravanti's marvelous cures and talent for self-aggrandizement earned him the adoration of the people, the scorn of the medical establishment, and a reputation as one of the age's most colorful, combative figures.