Category: Medical

A Doctor's Life: Unique Stories

By: Close, William T.

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Meadowlark Springs Productions Llc : 2000-12-01

Seller ID: 0970337108-3-24811222

ISBN-13: 9780970337108

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

A Doctor's Life is an intense and compelling drama that captures all the fear and frustration, trauma, courage and compassion of the author's extraordinary journey. It is the vividly personal account of one doctor who has achieved illuminating insights into the meaning and the limits of medicine in today's world.Adventure is never planned. It is marching through the door of opportunity into the unknown, with enthusiasm. -- Professor Alfredo Vannotti
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A Long Way from Henry Street

By: MacGill

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: William V. MacGill & Company : 2003-01-01

Seller ID: 097447200X-4-27617247

ISBN-13: 9780974472003

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A Long Way from Henry Street

By: MacGill

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: William V. MacGill & Company : 2003-01-01

Seller ID: 097447200X-3-23635606

ISBN-13: 9780974472003

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Albert Schweitzer's Mission: Healing and Peace

By: Cousins, Norman

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : 1985-10-17

Seller ID: 0393022382-4-27448740

ISBN-13: 9780393022384

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Clara Barton : Angel of the Battlefield (Easy Biographies)

By: Bains

Price: $3.51 USD

Publisher: Troll Communications : 1997-07-10

Seller ID: 0893757535-11-24840602

ISBN-13: 9780893757533

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

High-interest biographies focus on what's most intriguing to the young reader -- the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women.
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

By: Gawande, Atul

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Picador : 2003-04-01

Seller ID: 0312421702-4-19097543

ISBN-13: 9780312421700

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.

Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

By: Gawande, Atul

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Picador : 2003-04-01

Seller ID: 0312421702-3-19436392

ISBN-13: 9780312421700

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.

Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

By: Gawande, Atul

Price: $4.89 USD

Publisher: Picador : 2003-04-01

Seller ID: 0312421702-11-21098134

ISBN-13: 9780312421700

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.

Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

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By: Heron, Echo

Price: $3.63 USD

Publisher: Fawcett : 1994-07-19

Seller ID: 0449907821-2-19402956

ISBN-13: 9780449907825

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Very Good

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By: Heron, Echo

Price: $3.63 USD

Publisher: Fawcett : 1994-07-19

Seller ID: 0449907821-3-25969173

ISBN-13: 9780449907825

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Confessions of a Healer

By: Bonnet, O T

Price: $5.66 USD

Publisher: MacAdam/Cage : 1994-11-01

Seller ID: 1878448617-4-24125208

ISBN-13: 9781878448613

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Coriell: The Coriell Institute for Medical Research and a Half Century of Science

By: O'Donnell, John M.

Price: $13.17 USD

Publisher: Science History Pubns : 2002-08-01

Seller ID: 0881352683-3-24496883

ISBN-13: 9780881352689

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Country Doctor: A Memoir

By: Dlin, Ben

Price: $5.01 USD

Publisher: Caitlin Press Inc. : 2000-11-01

Seller ID: 0920576850-3-28870790

ISBN-13: 9780920576854

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Starting with his first patient, a horse, Ben Dlin discovered that rural doctors are called upon to do things that he never dreamed of when he was an intern. "I learned that I had to be prepared to do anything, any time and any place, without regard for the hour, the inconvenience, the exhaustion and the absence of assistance." Set in the post-war period of the 1940s and early 50s, Dlin recounts the responsibility of being the one person who is called upon in emergencies to make split-second decisions that can impact patients and their families for life. "I believed then and I still believe ...
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Cracked: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic

By: Pinsky, Drew

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Harper Perennial : 2008-06-03

Seller ID: 0060096551-4-27340460

ISBN-13: 9780060096557

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in hi...
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Cracked: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic

By: Pinsky, Drew

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Harper Perennial : 2008-06-03

Seller ID: 0060096551-3-25462771

ISBN-13: 9780060096557

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in hi...
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Delivering Doctor Amelia: The Story of a Gifted Young Obstetrician's Error and the Psychologist Who Helped Her

By: Shapiro, Dan

Price: $3.48 USD

Publisher: Vintage : 2004-07-13

Seller ID: 1400032571-3-27742566

ISBN-13: 9781400032570

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

"Voices are a soul's signature," says psychologist Dan Shapiro, who in his daily practice hears plenty of them. For all his expertise, he admits he's still terrified that "someone will keep something from me, and when they tell me the truth, I'll be useless." Treating other physicians has become one of Shapiro's specialties. When the obstetrician Amelia Sorvino seeks his help--distraught that her own medical error could have injured a patient's baby-- Shapiro finds his talents as counselor and healer pushed to their limits. Session by session, he works to discover the sources of Amelia's angui...
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Doc Susie: The True Story of a Country Physician in the Colorado Rockies

By: Cornell, Virginia

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Manifest Pubns : 1991-01-01

Seller ID: 0962789658-4-20505843

ISBN-13: 9780962789656

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A biography which reads like an adventure novel.
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It is 1907 and Doc Susie came to Fraser Colorado with a bad case of tuberculosis and a broken heart. But soon she forgot about her own troubles and lived a life so colorful that Hollywood wanted to make a movie of it. For the first time, here is an account of the real Doc Susie--the amazing, inspiring story of a woman who defied her times and her fears to help those who needed her.
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Doc Susie: The True Story of a Country Physician in the Colorado Rockies

By: Cornell, Virginia

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Manifest Pubns : 1991-01-01

Seller ID: 0962789658-3-24300499

ISBN-13: 9780962789656

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

A biography which reads like an adventure novel.
BOOKWATCH
It is 1907 and Doc Susie came to Fraser Colorado with a bad case of tuberculosis and a broken heart. But soon she forgot about her own troubles and lived a life so colorful that Hollywood wanted to make a movie of it. For the first time, here is an account of the real Doc Susie--the amazing, inspiring story of a woman who defied her times and her fears to help those who needed her.
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Doctors The Biogaphy of Medicine

By: Nuland, Sherwin B.

Price: $3.87 USD

Publisher: Knopf : 1988-05-12

Seller ID: 0394551303-4-21572033

ISBN-13: 9780394551302

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Doctors Who Followed Christ: 32 Biographies of Historic Physicians and Their Christian Faith

By: Graves, Dan

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Kregel Publications : 1999-11-11

Seller ID: 0825427347-3-24149812

ISBN-13: 9780825427343

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Here are 48 biographies of historic doctors and their Christian faith. Along with each biography is a brief overview of the major contribution each doctor made to their field. Includes such notable physicians as Hodgkin, Paget, Short, and Koop.
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Dust Between My Toes: An Amish Boy's Journey

By: Weaver, Wayne M.; Troyer, Wayne [Illustrator]

Price: $3.53 USD

Publisher: Wooster Book Co : 1997-01-01

Seller ID: 1888683376-3-27477967

ISBN-13: 9781888683370

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small)

By: Herriot, James

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks : 1993-08-15

Seller ID: 0312950586-4-18582324

ISBN-13: 9780312950583

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Celebrate the return of the most beloved storyteller of our time The waiting is finally over. For the first time in over a decade, the world's favorite veterinarian, James Herriot, returns us in a twinkle to the rural green enclave of England called Yorkshire for more irresistible tales of animals and people.At long last, another treat from Herriot In stories of wonders great and small, James reintroduces many old friends like Mrs. Pumphrey, his partner Siegfried Farnon, and of course, his wife Helen. But there are wonderful new faces too, especially his children Rosie and Jimmy, and his lates...
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Finally: I'm a Doctor

By: Shulman, Neil B.

Price: $4.67 USD

Publisher: Rx Humor Inc : 1993-05-01

Seller ID: 0938289322-6-857344

ISBN-13: 9780938289326

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Collectible: Very Good

Signed by Author
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Five Patients

By: Crichton, Michael

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Ballantine Books : 1989-01-13

Seller ID: 0345354648-4-22065583

ISBN-13: 9780345354648

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Five Patients

By: Crichton, Michael

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Ballantine Books : 1989-01-13

Seller ID: 0345354648-3-18710195

ISBN-13: 9780345354648

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

House Calls: Recollections of a Family Physician

By: Stern, Thomas L., M.D.

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Bookpartners : 2000-05-01

Seller ID: 1581510330-3-27163057

ISBN-13: 9781581510331

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Small-town doctor Thomas Stern built a practice filled with memorable characters in rural Oregon. Then he moved to Southern California to work as technical advisor on the beloved TV series, "Marcus Welby, M.D". His life story is filled with episodes that are thought-provoking, heart-warming, and even rib-tickling.
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

By: Dr. Jerri Nielsen; Maryanne Vollers

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Miramax : 2001-01-18

Seller ID: 0786866845-3-21349372

ISBN-13: 9780786866847

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year-old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as they are known, live in almost total darkness for six months of the year, in winter temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero--with no way in or out before the spring.During the long winter of 1999, Dr. Nielsen, solely responsible for the mental and physical fitness of a team of researchers, construction workers, and support staff, discovered a lump in her breast...
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

By: Dr. Jerri Nielsen; Maryanne Vollers

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Miramax : 2001-01-18

Seller ID: 0786866845-4-21748522

ISBN-13: 9780786866847

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year-old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as they are known, live in almost total darkness for six months of the year, in winter temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero--with no way in or out before the spring.During the long winter of 1999, Dr. Nielsen, solely responsible for the mental and physical fitness of a team of researchers, construction workers, and support staff, discovered a lump in her breast...
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle For Survival at the South Pole

By: Nielsen, Jerri; Vollers, Mary Anne

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Miramax : 2002-01-16

Seller ID: 0786886994-3-24149567

ISBN-13: 9780786886999

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

During the winter of 1999, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the only physician on a staff of forty-one people, discovered a lump in her breast. Consulting via satellite e-mail with doctors in the United States, she was forced to perform a biopsy and treat herself with chemotherapy in order to ensure that she could survive until conditions permitted her rescue. She was eventually rescued by the Air National Guard.
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle For Survival at the South Pole

By: Nielsen, Jerri; Vollers, Mary Anne

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Miramax : 2002-01-16

Seller ID: 0786886994-4-22687938

ISBN-13: 9780786886999

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

During the winter of 1999, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the only physician on a staff of forty-one people, discovered a lump in her breast. Consulting via satellite e-mail with doctors in the United States, she was forced to perform a biopsy and treat herself with chemotherapy in order to ensure that she could survive until conditions permitted her rescue. She was eventually rescued by the Air National Guard.
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Category: Medical