Medical (Incl. Patients)
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The Art of Being Broken: How Storytelling Saves Lives
$18.00 Read moreA moving and heroic memoir about surviving suicide and long-term mental health complications, while summoning the courage required to persist in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles and spre
- Author: Hines, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1637588526
- Language: English
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The Kissing Bug
$17.95 Add to cartWinner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Foundation Science + Literature Selection Finalist for New American Voices Award and Lammy Award for Bisexual Nonfiction A TIME, NPR, Chicago Publ- Author: Hernández, Daisy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1953534198
- Language: English
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Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
$20.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Winner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book Award
Winner of the 2022 At Home With Growing- Author: Aronson, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1620405474
- Language: English
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Wet My Hands
$13.95 Add to cartAlbert H. Yurvati, DO, PhD, DFACOS, FACOS, FICS, FAHA, is an emeritus professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He grew up in Allentown, P
- Author: Yurvati, A. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1639857885
- Language: English
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Sick Girl
$17.00 Add to cartThe hardcover publication of Sick Girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. Both inspiring and provocative, reactions to the book ranged from inflammator… [more below]
- Author: Silverstein, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0802143873
- Language: English
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The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman’s Story of Survival in Syria
$30.00 Read moreThis searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.
Simply put, there is no one in Syria with a sto- Author: Ballour, Amani
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1426222742
- Language: English
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This to Me
$11.95 Add to cartAlbert H. Yurvati, DO, PhD, DFACOS, FACOS, FICS, FAHA, is an emeritus professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He grew up in Allentown,
- Author: Yurvati, A. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 62
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887317625
- Language: English
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Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey
$18.95 Read moreA searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public edu
- Author: Bessie, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 1644212706
- Language: English
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The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
$18.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A remarkable story about the power of friendship. Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Ne- Author: Davis, Sampson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 157322989X
- Language: English
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Life After Death: Surviving Suicide
$26.99 Read moreAn intertwined tale of a boy’s world shattered by suicide and a man’s story rewritten by neuroscience.
When Richard Brockman found his mother’s body, the simple narrative of his childhood ended. Life- Author: Brockman, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1680998056
- Language: English
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Frontiers: The Journey of Two Surgeons Through Stroke
$0.00 Read moreWe can’t always predict when the unexpected will happen. Dr. Siva Murugappan understands this more than most. As a general surgeon, he’s an expert on prevention and protocols. A stroke definitely wasn
- Author: Murugappan, Siva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: August 29, 2023
- ISBN10: 1039176437
- Language: English
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Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon
$25.99 Add to cartThe inspiring story of a young Mexican immigrant who became a renowned neurosurgeon.
Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge res- Author: Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887700175
- Language: English
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Rearranged: An Opera Singer’s Facial Cancer And Life Transposed
$24.00 Add to cartIn lyrical prose, with musical allusions, clinical references, and a bit of comic relief, Rearranged follows Kathleen Watt’s plunge from the operatic stage into the netherworld of hospital life-its in
- Author: Watt, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 195647434X
- Language: English
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The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
$19.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed portrait of institutionalized patients whose abandoned possessions recall their forgotten lives
“A deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness.” –Oliver Sacks
When Willard
- Author: Penney, Darby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1934137146
- Language: English
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
$32.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK – ONE OF GQ‘s TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY – The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve childre… [more below]
- Author: Kolker, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 038554376X
- Language: English
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The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives
$18.99 Add to cartPracticing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience a day in the life of a nurse working on a hospital’s busy cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, patients’ lives… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Theresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1616206020
- Language: English
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You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion
$28.99 Add to cart“Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human…as eye-opening as it is compelling” –Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble
At a time where reproductive rights are at risk, these vital stories of diverse- Author: Shah, Meera
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1641603631
- Language: English
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Appointments with Heaven
$17.99 Add to cartWhen Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient’s hand . . . he can experience what they feel and … [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Reggie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1414380453
- Language: English
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Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of a Christopher Award–now with a discussion guide
“Perhaps one lesson to draw from the pandemic, with help from books like this one, is that the ICU experience can be changed for the better”- Author: Ely, Wes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 1982171162
- Language: English
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Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
$19.99 Add to cart“Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone.” — Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam
“A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary.” — Elizabeth Coh
- Author: Brown, Theresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0061791547
- Language: English
