Medical

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 200Imprint 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...

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...

In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emerged as the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through...

In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emerged as the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through...

'I loved this witty, insightful journey into the world of psychotherapy' – Raynor Winn, bestselling author of The Salt PathAt the psychologist's clinic of an NHS hospital, Noah needs help with procrastination, Bill compulsively lies, Steph is coping with...

Foreword by Tia Newcomer, CEO of CaringBridge When Cris Ross and Ed Marx were diagnosed with cancer, they thought they knew what to do next. They were, after all, executives at two of the premiere hospitals in the United States—Mayo Clinic and Cleveland...

Fazlur Rahman's mother died tragically when he was only seven years old, but her words reverberated throughout his life: "Someday you will be a doctor, Fazlur, and save lives." Eventually, he fled his war-torn homeland and, after years of training in New...

Fazlur Rahman's mother died tragically when he was only seven years old, but her words reverberated throughout his life: "Someday you will be a doctor, Fazlur, and save lives." Eventually, he fled his war-torn homeland and, after years of training in New...