Proper Doctoring
A Book for Patients and their Doctors
Written by David Mendel
Introduction by Jerome Groopman
Format: eBook, 264 pages
On Sale: September 24, 2013
Price: $16.95
“People come to us for help. They come for health and strength.” With these simple words David Mendel begins
Proper Doctoring, a book about what it means (and takes) to be a good doctor, and for that reason very much a book for patients as well as doctors—which is to say...
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The Cancer Chronicles
Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery
Written by George Johnson
Read by Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 27, 2013
Price: $20.00
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an explosion of new ideas...
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Awakenings
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 5, 1999
Price: $15.95
Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the...
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Essential Anatomy Flashcards
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Non-traditional book, 300 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $26.99
With full-color illustrations and essential terms and concepts, the Princeton Review's ESSENTIAL ANATOMY FLASHCARDS put all need-to-know anatomy information at your fingertips! This indispensible flashcard set will help you memorize the most important information about human anatomy, study for medical or healthcare exams, and review for clinical practice. It features:
· Vibrant and detailed images...
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Yoga for Emotional Balance
Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression
Written by Bo Forbes
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $19.95
Emotional balance is within your reach—when you cultivate the intelligence of both your body and mind. Bo Forbes, a psychologist and yoga teacher, presents an integrative approach to healing anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. In this book, she offers some of her most important teachings and practices, including:
• restorative yoga...
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The Blue Cotton Gown
A Midwife's Memoir
Written by Patricia Harman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2008
Price: $16.00
A 2008 Indie Next Pick
Despite nurse-midwife Patsy Harman’s own financial and personal medical trials, including her private battle with uterine cancer, she devotes herself to her patients’ well-being in all aspects of their lives. They, in turn, tell her intimate stories both heartbreaking and uplifting.
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The Healing Power of Sound
Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice, and Music
Written by Mitchell L. Gaynor
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $22.95
Since 1991, Dr. Mitchell Gaynor has been achieving remarkable results by integrating music, vocalization, breathing, and meditation techniques in his work with patients. In
The Healing Power of Sound, he presents his sound-based techniques for self-healing—techniques that anyone can use, whether faced with a life-threatening disease or simply seeking relief...
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Fragile Beginnings
Discoveries and Triumphs in the Newborn ICU
Written by Adam Wolfberg, MD
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $16.00
Half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States every year. In this gripping medical narrative, Dr. Adam Wolfberg brings readers into the complex world of newborn intensive care, where brilliant but imperfect doctors do all they can to coax life into their tiny, injured patients. As a specialist...
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What Doctors Feel
How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
Written by Danielle Ofri
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $24.95
A look at the emotional side of medicine—the shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and even love that affect patient care
Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas...
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