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by Professor Earl Owen
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Under the Microscope is the story of an extraordinary man, his many life-changing inventions, and his exceptional life and special friendships.
Born into a family of doctors - on the paternal and maternal sides - with a birth defect that no one knew how to treat, Earl Owen was given a dose...
Axelle et Camille
Renaître à onze ans
Language: French
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Pour la première fois, une journaliste et un photographe se voient ouvrir les portes d'un hôpital pour suivre deux fillettes en attente d'une transplantation rénale. Elles se nomment Axelle et Camille, elles ont à peine onze ans. Pour ces fillettes, la morosité des couloirs d'hôpital a remplacé...
by Len Steiner
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Kay was still alive and he had to save her now, right away. That was his duty as a cardiologist. He had read about the latest surgical procedures and went over them in his mind, but he had never really done one.Dr. Louis Stafford accomplished his first heart transplant and he prayed to God that it would be completely successful and his patient would live to a ripe old age.
Into the Gray Zone
A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
In this “riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication” (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or “gray zone” states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of our...
by Andrea J. Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
A PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist
A real-life neurological mystery and captivating story of reinvention by the New York Times bestselling author of The Daring Book for Girls.
Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one blustery March morning....
Living with Head/Brain Injury
“Don’t let what you can’t do. stop you from doing what you can do…best.”
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
A look into head injury, sometimes known as the “hidden handicap” and the effects on the person. In this “work” I’ll share some facts about brain injury, as well as how to best to manage the effects. And hope that this book may be insightful and helfpful to families.
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by Marco Conci
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Dr. Marco Conci, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, active in the international psychoanalytic community and inhabiting three linguistic and cultural environments (Italian, German, and American), has given us a definitive book on the life and work of Harry Stack Sullivan, the founder of interpersonal...
by Günter Hamann
Language: German
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Günter Hamann erlitt im März 2002 im wohlverdienten Urlaub einen schweren Herzinfarkt. 50 Monate und neun Tage Warten, Bangen und Hoffen. Dann die erlösende Nachricht: „Wir haben ein Spenderherz für Sie.
Hamann hält Zwiesprache mit dem Spender in Form von Briefen. Schildert sein Empfinden und...
This Common Secret
My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2007
A brave account of the social and political forces that threaten a woman's right to choose, this emotionally affecting memoir from a doctor on the front lines of the abortion debate reveals what's really at stake in the Supreme Court
In America the reproductive justice debate is reaching a...
by Delmar C. Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2003
Delmar Sanders, MD, has chronicled his life story in a poignant and magnificent manner. Despite almost insurmountable obstacles along the way, he has successfully accomplished his objective in life - to be become a successful neurosurgeon. And now he shows his gratitude by giving us a Gift which will benefit many patients with Multiple Sclerosis and many other diseases.
Truth Doesn't Have a Side
My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster’s body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death were clouded...
It's Time to Fight Back (2013 revised edition)
The opticians' essential guide to growing an independent practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
If you own or run an opticians practice in the UK you need this book. It shows you how to win more new clients, get them to ethically visit you more often, and increase your average dispense values. The authors work with more than 50 practice owners growing their businesses. See more at www. opticiansmarketing.co.uk
Dangerous Doses
A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters, and the Contamination of America's Drug Supply
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
An investigation into crime and corruption that offers “a journey into the underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry” (Buzz Bissinger).
Stolen, tainted, and compromised counterfeit medicine has increasingly made its way into a poorly regulated distribution system—reaching vulnerable and...
by Roberto Blanco Brime
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 16, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 16, 2018
¿Cómo funciona tu cerebro y el de tu cliente? ¿Por qué memorizas una marca pero otra no? ¿Por qué eliges Apple en vez de Samsung? ¿Por qué eres 'infiel' a tu compañía de teléfono, pero leal a tu marca de tabaco? ¿Por qué bebes la cerveza que bebes? ¿Crees que la has elegido tú o ha...