A collection of stories, poems, and essays celebrates the humanity of medicine, the wonders of the medical profession, and the issues, challenges, and concerns confronting doctors and patients with selections by such writers as W. H. Auden, Anton Chekov, Pablo Neruda, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, May Sarton, and others. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: This collection of photographs marks the achievement of some of Britain's most outstanding doctors. Accompanied by brief and unpompous text this book is unique

Product Description: In 2004, Dr. Robert T. Cochran published Understanding Chronic Pain, a ground-breaking work exploring the links between pain, depression, childhood trauma, substance abuse, and bipolar disease. A companion to that work, Curing Chronic Pain demonstrates the advancements Cochran has made in successfully treating patients suffering from pain...read more

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Product Description: How to Survive Peer Review is a practical handbook designed to help anybody who wants to get their work published in a scientific journal, wants to apply for research funds or who has to undergo formal appraisals at work. It will also help people who have been asked to review articles, abstracts or grant applications...read more

Product Description: This book offers a brief sketch of those nervous diseases that are most commonly met in general practice. The author has attempted to give a picture of each diseases to enable the student to recognise it.

Product Description: Donner Prize-winning author Dr. David Gratzer (Code Blue, ECW Press) edits and introduces this collection of twelve essays on health care reform in Canada, advocating an open-minded approach to such concepts as privatization, two-tier health care, and user fees...read more

A collection of true stories about bites and stings and their medical treatments includes pieces from around the world and throughout history and features patients with such conditions as West Nile virus, African sleeping sickness, and Leishmaniasis. Reprint.

Product Description: Reflections and insights on health, disease, and healingA Piece of My Mind brings together revealing personal essays that first appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). These engrossing, moving vignettes--written by physicians, patients, family members, medical students, and others--offer a unique glimpse into the everyday experiences and relationships in the medical world...read more

Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Product Description: ENLIGHTENING AND INSPIRING, Dr. Allen Weisse's fascinating new collection of essays, Notes of a Medical Maverick offers an exploration of the medical profession for readers with a taste for history and a love of language that moves them...read more

Picking up where Berton Roueché’s The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.

White Coat Wisdom is an award-winning oral history featuring extremely accomplished professionals who've found true fulfillment in life through service to others. It is the 2009 Winner of the Eric Hoffer Awards, in the Health category. This title endured rigorous judging and surpassed dozens of books within its category. It was also a 2009 Finalist for the Montaigne Literary Medal, awarded to the most thought-provoking titles. These are books that either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought. It also earned Finalist ranking for the 2009 Indie Awards. They recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in 60 different categories.

Product Description: These essays are grouped as clinical, sociological, and free ranging thoughts on diverse subjects. Both the 19th century Freud and his 20th century disciple confirm the wisdom of their historic predecessor: "...and the truth shall set you free"...read more