Medical

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771622523Author Mark BulgutchFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyreWeight(grams) 152g

Alice Hamilton (1869-1970), a pioneer in the study of diseases of the workplace, a founder of industrial toxicology in the United States, and Harvard's first woman professor, led a long and interesting life. Always a consummate professional, she was also...

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.AwardsCommended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Biography/Memoir) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780982450345Author Pete FreyburgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Pjf...

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 9780063027763Author Maryanne O'HaraFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

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 *...

Since the 1950s, the death rate from heart attacks has plunged from 35 percent to about 5 percent-and fatalistic attitudes toward this disease and many others have faded into history. Much of the improved survival and change in attitudes can be traced to...

"Sir, your sons have been in a car accident. How quickly can you get here?"Join Pastor Jeremy Freeman as he shares how the harrowing phone call that no parent wants to receive would lead to a miraculous outcome that only God could deliver.When Jeremy and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807005866Author Tony BartelmeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2007.Book InformationISBN 9780812973402Author Katrina FirlikFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2007.Book InformationISBN 9780812973402Author Katrina FirlikFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738514113Author Chloe BrathwaiteFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Faithful Pages PublishingPublisher Faithful Pages Publishing

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 9780618918997Author James S HirschFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 142mm *...

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)...

In Ordinary Deaths, Dr. Samuel LeBaron reminds us of our need for human connection when experiencing death and loss. Based on more than thirty years of working with children and adults dying from cancer, LeBaron's memoir contains stories of longing,...

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

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT'S AWARD 2017 An incredible memoir from one of the world's most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he's...

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’...

"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,...