Product Description: Daddy’s death was a criminal act against humanity and nothing could be done about it! His story is based on what I discovered from reading his medical records. Daddy’s death was no accident. In fact, I can’t say it was due to malpractice, because that would mean that the medical professionals simply made a mistake about given Daddy a total of 22 different drugs...read more

Product Description: A selection of pieces written over a 30-year period, including a memoir, excerpts from my two books, and published articles on midwifery, vaccination, homeopathic medicine, and the medical system in general.

Product Description: From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today’s most beloved physician-writers, including,• Abraham Verghese, on the lost art of the physical exam• Pauline Chen, on the bond between a med student and her first cadaver• Atul Gawande, on the ethical dilemmas of a young surgical intern• Danielle Ofri, on the devastation of losing a patient• Ethan Canin, on love, poetry, and growing oldThese essays and stories illuminate the inner lives of men and women who deal with trauma, illness, mortality, and grief on a daily basis...read more

Product Description: Join Dr. Myers in his quest for unusual case studies as he unravels medical mysteries. • Depressed and lonely, a man decides that pills and alcohol are too gentle an exit. How did he end up in the driver’s seat without his head? • Drunken neighbours decide that beautifying the hedges on their property can be easily accomplished without hedge clippers...read more

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: Western literature has had a long tradition of physician-writers. From Mikhail Bulgakov to William Carlos Williams to Richard Selzer to Ethan Canin, exposure to human beings at their most vulnerable has inspired fine writing. In his own inimitable and unpretentious style, David Watts is also a master storyteller...read more

Product Description: Long-time physician Sherwin B. Nuland presents a provocative and stimulating collection of stories illustrating the vagaries of medical practice over the years. Among the fascinating and probing questions that Nuland investigates are: -What does the first Hippocratic Oath really mean? -What happens when knowledge comes before we're ready for it? -Why does major surgery using only acupuncture work? -Is there really sympathy between the organs of the body? -What happens when someone yells, "Is there a doctor in the house?" and you are the doctor? -What goes through the mind of a heart transplant candidate who doesn't make it...read more

Long-time physician Sherwin B. Nuland presents a provocative and stimulating collection of stories illustrating the vagaries of medical practice over the years. Among the fascinating and probing questions that Nuland investigates are: -What does the first Hippocratic Oath really mean? -What happens when knowledge comes before we're ready for it? -Why does major surgery using only acupuncture work? -Is there really sympathy between the organs of the body? -What happens when someone yells, "Is there a doctor in the house?" and you are the doctor? -What goes through the mind of a heart transplant candidate who doesn't make it?

Product Description: Viewing 13 medical cases through the eyes of two physicians during their internships and throughout their careers, this examination of Western medicine argues that doctors need to learn to deal more effectively and sensitively with medical and non-medical patient needs...read more

An in-depth analysis of the business and technology of medicine describes how innovative new technologies are on the verge of producing cutting-edge imaging and mapping techniques that will allow doctors to prevent serious ailments, as well as enable investors to make a fortune. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Jane Austen, the much-loved author of 'Emma' and 'Pride and Prejudice', was just 42 when she died after a mysterious illness. But what killed her? And what was the link between her death and the life of John F Kennedy? This work features a series of sometimes famous and often bizarre stories.

Product Description: Matrix pearls are the glue that holds medicine together. They are the valuable kernels of wisdom and experience that guide physicians through the complexities of modern medical practice. This book takes the grand oral traditions of medicine and records them as valuable lessons...read more

The National Public Radio essayist shares fifteen tales of life in the medical profession, covering a wide range of issues, including abortion, psychological abuse, and suicide, always with humor and pathos. 10,000 first printing.

A series of vignettes and anecdotes examines the practice of modern-day medicine in a revealing study of the practical realities and emotional truths underlying the doctor-patient relationship that offers important lessons for healers, as well as those who are seeking help, about what happens during a open dialogue about vital issues of health and mortality. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

A collection of humor from the bimonthly satirical magazine Placebo Journal presents outrageous and hilarious real-life stories from hospital emergency rooms, examination rooms, and doctors' offices from across the country, from physicians' most embarrassing medical moments, to the grossest things they have seen in medicine, to their favorite Munchausen patients. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: When was the last time you sat down and read a book that made you want to stand up and cheer? Clif Cleaveland's Healers & Heroes: Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times is a collection of true stories about ordinary men and women who, through courage and fortitude, exemplify what it means to love life...read more