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As Louise Brown-the first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization-celebrates her 30th birthday, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner tell the fascinating story of the man who first showed that human in vitro fertilization was possible. John Rock spent his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771050398Author Lauren McKeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399575259Author Richard M. CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Blue Rider PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922235848Author Kerry HighleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University Publishing

In this stirring collection of essays, author Nancy Bolger leads the reader through the extraordinary life of Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD, one of the most influential neurologists of the last half century. The story begins on the small-town streets of Iowa...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588382269Author James A PittmanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth BooksWeight(grams) 907g

The Next Pandemic is a gripping book that confronts the most urgent question facing our species: when, where, and how will the next major outbreak arrive?Some of history's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: The Black Death killed around 20...

"A compulsively readable, totally unforgettable memoir that recounts a sensitive college student's experience working on an emergency ambulance in hell, aka New York City." -- James PattersonIn 1967, Mike Scardino was an eighteen year-old pre-med student...

This book is about the author's life motivated by two pursuits: medicine, his profession and flyfishing, his favourite recreation. Each in their own way has provided him with challenges, enjoyment and fulfilment.The book recounts the author's experiences...

In 2004, Nadine's son Zack, was born with severe and complex congenital heart defect. He underwent major cardiac surgery when he was only ten days old. He developed complications and for many weeks his life hung in the balance. He received his...

This important book provides a first-hand account from a university professor who experienced traumatic brain injury. It tells the story of Michael Arthur, who had recently accepted a position as vice principal of a new high school. After only two weeks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982298909Author Patricia L WalshFormat PaperbackImprint Toa Press LLCPublisher Toa Press LLCWeight(grams) 454g

For most of his career W.G. Stutter [1815-77] was a respected general medical practitioner in the village of Wickhambrook, a small Suffolk backwater. As a younger man, however, he spent some time as House Apothecary and House Surgeon to the Suffolk...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992678517Author Chris DellFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Stortford Documentation ServicesPublisher Stortford Documentation ServicesWeight(grams)...

This is the story of a champion of cancer treatment and care, Sheila Kussner, and her best-known achievement, Hope & Cope, a pioneering, peer-based support service for cancer patients. Sheila also raised tens of millions of dollars to create the oncology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807072516Author Danielle OfriFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 143mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812980554Author Tracy KidderFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990983309Author Antonio J WebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Overcoming the OddsPublisher Overcoming the OddsWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925523331Author David BradfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 350g

The story of the end-of-life experience of a palliative care physician who helped thousands of patients to die well. We all die. Most of us spend the majority of our lives ignoring this uncomfortable truth, but Dr. Larry Librach dedicated his life and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781329093591Author Sandy GagnonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 5mm

Epilepsy in our Lives presents accounts of seizures by women with epilepsy, and their experiences living with the problem and how this disorder has changed their lives. They discuss the impact of epilepsy on their roles as mothers, wives and individuals,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601453617Author Zachary J. ComeauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Booklocker Inc.,USPublisher Booklocker Inc.,USWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800314092Author Simon IngramFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Legend Times LtdPublisher Legend Times LtdWeight(grams) 127g

Dr Sparrow is back, coping with more bizarre, macabre and hilarious situations. Following his successful debut with Country Doctor: Hilarious True Stories from a Country Practice, Dr Sparrow once more guides us through the daily rounds of the weird and...

«This is only the beginning» – Andreas Grüntzig (1983) In the 1970s a young physician revolutionized medicine: Andreas Grüntzig developed a catheter with a balloon at its tip, allowing him to restore blood flow to the heart without the need for surgery...

Dr. Oliver Sacks – the self-described “philosophical physician” – wrote letters throughout his life: to his parents and his beloved Auntie Len, to friends and colleagues from London, Oxford, California, and around the world. The letters begin with Sacks’...

Dr. Oliver Sacks – the self-described “philosophical physician” – wrote letters throughout his life: to his parents and his beloved Auntie Len, to friends and colleagues from London, Oxford, California, and around the world. The letters begin with Sacks’...

"In Hypochondria, Will Rees pulls off an almost impossible balancing act. He recalls his personal history with great clarity and vulnerability, and he assembles a dazzling archive of his fellow writers and hypochondriacs: Melville, Kafka, Freud, Sartre,...

An extraordinary memoir that explores the further reaches of today’s cancer science – alongside a deeply tender story of loss, grief and love. ‘A moving, compelling and vital book, that sheds much needed light on the very latest understanding of cancer.’...

A gripping exposé of how Bluebird Bio sabotaged affordable sickle cell and thalassemia treatment worldwide.Healthcare Criminals is the inside story of how Bluebird Bio stole gene therapy technology from its rival and sabotaged their superior product to...

How we, as individuals - and as a society - respond to crisis says a lot about us. How resilient are we? Who do we obey and who do we believe? With The Careful Surgeon, Dr Shehan Hettiarchy - London's Major Trauma Director - gives us an insight on how to...

A poignant and thought-provoking memoir following one psychiatrist and four of her patients as they deal with the unspoken mental and physical costs of caring for others—perfect for fans of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and The In-Between. For Dr...

Join holistic veterinarian Marcie Fallek on an unconventional healing path that puts love of animals and their wellness first. In this funny, honest, and illuminating memoir, Marcie Fallek, a skeptical New Yorker and animal lover, embarks on a journey to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642861525Author Franceska MichalskaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint World EditionsPublisher World Editions

On a cold and cozy December night in 2018, Jim Kaveney is dying. He is a husband, a father, a business owner, an athlete, and innovator. He is also an Afib patient facing massive cardiac trauma just in time for Christmas. In this breakout memoir, Jim...

What makes a man abandon his family and his successful professional life for the goldfields of Australia? John Hutchinson left the coalfields of 19th Century Tyneside to become a surgeon, a physician and a pioneer of chest medicine. His research on lung...

Have you ever felt unheard by your doctor? Been frustrated that they haven't understood your symptoms, that they have neglected your concerns?When Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan was admitted to hospital as a patient she didn't receive the pain medication that...

Archibald Menzies (1754–1842) is recognized as an accomplished botanist but, as author Graeme Menzies has discovered, that is only a part of his story. In this compelling new biography, the author reveals that Archibald Menzies was a remarkable product...

By the time she was thirty, Gila Pfeffer was the oldest living member of her family, having lost both parents to cancer. She underwent genetic testing and, after learning that she carried the BRCA1 gene, decided to have a double mastectomy. That choice...