Medical Memoirs

One day in 2002 the 50-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 in mystery. But when Omalu cut into Webster's brain, it appeared to be normal. Something didn't add up.

Este es un libro brillante, conmovedor, desgarrador y fascinante. La historia de Sheff es sincera, porque dice la verdad que a muchos se nos hace difícil reconocer en nuestros hijos y que a veces está latente y nos hacemos los ciegos para no verla.David Sheff nos presenta la adicción y sus confusiones de una manera clara y aleccionadora, poniendo como ejemplo su propia experiencia y la de su familia.

In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher—as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North—taps into a cultural moment, to offer wisdom, hope and insight into loss and change. Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing in women, trauma and the effect of our culture on our mental health, she looks inward in A Life in Light to what shaped her as a woman, one who has experienced darkness throughout her life but was always drawn to the light.

In Jennifer Craig's enchanting memoir, we meet these warm-hearted yet naïve young girls as they get to grips with strict discipline, long hours and bodily fluids. But we also see the camaraderie that develops in evening study sessions, sneaked trips to the cinema and mischievous escapades with the young trainee doctors. The harsh conditions prove too much for some girls, but the opportunity to help her patients in their time of need is too much of a pull for Jenny.

Frank Rivera's fight and advocacy has gone through ups and downs, but it will never beat him. Each chapter is its own little story and time in which he is fighting and advocating for people with sarcoidosis. We have two options in life when fighting any rare disease: Either you can roll up into a ball, or you can fight.

When Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane met at a poetry workshop in 1976, they had no idea that they would go on to write more than 40 books between them, balancing their careers with their devotion to each other, and to their beloved cats, for decades. Then, in January 2017, their life together changed unexpectedly when Patrick became seriously ill. Despite tests and the opinions of many specialists, doctors remained baffled. There was no diagnosis and no effective treatment plan. The illness devastated them both.

At first glance, Anthony Chin-Quee looks like a traditional success story: a smart, ambitious kid who grew up to become a board-certified otolaryngologist—an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. Yet the truth is more complicated. As a self-described “not white, mostly Black, and questionably Asian man,” Chin-Quee knows that he doesn’t fit easily into any category. Growing up in a family with a background of depression, he struggled with relationships, feelings of inadequacy, and a fear of failure that made it difficult for him to forge lasting bonds with others.

Non, un médecin légiste n'est pas – seulement – cet homme en blouse blanche, plongeant dans les entrailles du corps humain, le disséquant, le découpant de part en part pour en extirper les derniers secrets. Un légiste est aussi un enquêteur des plus redoutables, capable au premier coup d'œil, dès la scène de crime, de confondre un assassin, de débusquer le meurtre quand on crie au suicide, de reconstituer le scénario d'une tragédie sanglante, capable encore, sans dégainer son scalpel, de repérer l'enfant ou la femme maltraités, abusés.

ഞാന്‍തന്നെ സാക്ഷി' മലയാളത്തില്‍ ഇതുവരെ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ലാത്ത ജനുസ്സില്‍ പെട്ട ഒരു അപൂര്‍വ്വ സുന്ദരകൃതിയാണ്. ആത്മകഥയും, വൈദ്യചരിത്രവും, രോഗവിവരണങ്ങളും ചേര്‍ന്ന ഒരു കഥക്കൂട്ടം.

As director of the world's largest abortion clinic and the nation's most prominent abortionist, Dr. Bernard Nathanson presided over 60,000 abortions. As co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League, he helped make abortion legal. Then, in a conversion that made headkines and astonished both sides of the abortion debate, he renounced his profession to become a pro-life advocate. But Dr. Nathanson's journey was not over.

From the OR to the ICU, Dr. David Alfery brings you into a hidden world of medicine that has never before been seen. You will witness the exhilaration a physician feels when a life is miraculously saved, the terror when a life is on the line, the shock of an unexpected demise, the grace patients evidence when facing the end of life, the anguish one suffers when a family member is perilously close to dying, and much more.

Véritable médecin aux pieds nus, sensible aux conditions misérables des travailleurs et épris de justice, Norman Bethune n’a qu’un seul objectif : l’accès aux soins de santé universel. Engagé dans les causes humanitaires, et au volant de sa clinique mobile, il combat le fascisme pendant la guerre d’Espagne, puis il se joint aux efforts des Chinois communistes en allant lutter a leurs côtés et en soignant les blessés dans des conditions héroïques. Il est considéré, en Chine, comme un héros de la Révolution.

A doctor’s powerful and deeply human memoir about the mysteries of the brain and his 40-year quest to find a treatment for multiple sclerosis.

Dr Dan Pronk served on over 100 combat missions in Afghanistan as a frontline special forces combat doctor, where the casualties he treated were his fellow SAS soldiers and commandos, local civilians and even the enemy. The thrill of adventure and the challenges of battlefield medicine brought out the very best in Dan; he discovered a sense of purpose in pushing his medical skills and courage to the limits. But there was a cost. In this frank memoir, Dan describes the highs and lows of his military-medical career, and the very real toll they took on his mental health and family life.

"الكتاب ده هو بداية لمغامرة جديدة فى مستشفى جديدة بعد ما خلصت مغامراتي فى الوحدة الصحية الى كنت فيها فى إحدى قرى محافظة الغربية، مغامراتي الى دونتها في كتابي الأول "بالطو وفانلة وتاب ".. لو قريته أكيد هتبقى عارف المرمطة الي أنا اتمرمطتها كويس، ولو مقرتهوش فخلي حد قراه يحكيلك عن المرمطة الي أنا اتمرمطتها أو ما يحكيش هو مش فارق عمتاً، لأن دي رحلة جديدة كليا ملهاش أي علاقة بالكتاب الأول.

Dr. Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who has battled against social, physical and mental challenges to practice at the top of her field. Under the Knife charts Liz's incredible highs: performing like a couture dressmaker as she molded and reshaped women's breasts, while saving their lives; to the heart-breaking lows of telling ten women a day that they had cancer. But this memoir is more than just an eye-opening look at the realities of training to be a female surgeon in a man's world

Paul Lambert, a quiet and introspective young doctor tells the real-life tales of some of his patients, at a time when care and compassion ruled supreme in British hospitals. Some stories are humorous, some sad, others poignant, but all are very 'human'. The novel also follows Paul's chequered love life and unveils some of the 'high jinks' that doctors get up to when off-duty. Had Jennifer Worth been a surgeon rather than a midwife, these are the tales that she might have told.

This story follows a shy, sixteen year old girl, as she attempts to become a professional radiographer from 1962 into the 1990s. All the incidents and cases are true, for they are Patricia Toulson’s real-life memories.

Sara Schley is the founder of a consulting business, and she has worked with hundreds of renowned companies worldwide. She's a proud mother, grandmother, community leader, and has been married for 26 years. She also has a bipolar II brain. Fearing the stigma, she kept this secret for decades. Until now. In her acclaimed memoir BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum, Sara tells her life-changing story to help end the bipolar stigma, optimize brain health, and save lives. Listen to this book to transform your life or that of someone you love.

Based on experiences of a New York City resident and Emergency Service Technician, Concrete Lifeguards is a book that tells us about the life of the men and women behind the uniform.