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Better

A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

by Atul Gawande ...

Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more
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Letters to a Young Therapist

by Mary Pipher ...

Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their
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Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

by Atul Gawande ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it ... Read more

$26.99 USD

****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it
... Read more
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Letter to a Young Female Physician

Notes from a Medical Life

by Suzanne Koven ...

Narrated by Suzanne Koven ...

Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her
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Little Miss Diagnosed

A Surgeon’s Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

by Erin Nance, MD ...

Narrated by Erin Nance, MD ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw, ... Read more

$23.99 USD

From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw,
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Helpers, The

Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic

by Kathy Gilsinan ...

Narrated by Allyson Voller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

A deeply moving narrative of the coronavirus pandemic, told through portraits of eight individuals who worked tirelessly to help others.In March 2020, COVID-19 overtook the United States, and life changed for America. In a matter of weeks the virus impacted millions, with lockdown measures radically reshaping the lives of even those who did not become infected. Yet despite the fear, hardship, and ... Read more

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A deeply moving narrative of the coronavirus pandemic, told through portraits of eight individuals who worked tirelessly to help others.In March 2020, COVID-19 overtook the United States, and life changed for America. In a matter of weeks the virus impacted millions, with lockdown measures radically reshaping the lives of even those who did not become infected. Yet despite the fear, hardship, and
... Read more
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Alzheimer's Canyon

by Jane Dwinell, Sky Yardley ...

Narrated by Jane Dwinell, Kent Cassella ...

Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

"In the middle of the night I wake up and don't know where I am.... Am I in my house? My neighbor's house? Do I turn on the light? Do I get dressed? I turn to Jane, hold her hand, and let her bring me back to reality."What do you do when your reality slips away? If you're Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write.When Sky was diagnosed with "probable ... Read more

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"In the middle of the night I wake up and don't know where I am.... Am I in my house? My neighbor's house? Do I turn on the light? Do I get dressed? I turn to Jane, hold her hand, and let her bring me back to reality."What do you do when your reality slips away? If you're Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write.When Sky was diagnosed with "probable
... Read more
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Alzheimer

by Angelo Bianchetti e Marco Trabucchi ...

Narrated by Virginia Alba ...

Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

Una forma di demenza senile che altera le funzioni cognitive più preziose per l'uomo - pensare, progettare, ricordare - con effetti devastanti sulla qualità della vita del malato e dei suoi familiari. Nel volume le caratteristiche cliniche dell'Alzheimer - sintomi, possibili cause, terapie, ipotesi sulla prevenzione - ma anche le indicazioni necessarie per affrontare i problemi assistenziali ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Una forma di demenza senile che altera le funzioni cognitive più preziose per l'uomo - pensare, progettare, ricordare - con effetti devastanti sulla qualità della vita del malato e dei suoi familiari. Nel volume le caratteristiche cliniche dell'Alzheimer - sintomi, possibili cause, terapie, ipotesi sulla prevenzione - ma anche le indicazioni necessarie per affrontare i problemi assistenziali
... Read more
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Miracles We Have Seen

America's Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can't Forget

by Harley A. Rotbart, MD ...

Narrated by Angela Brazil, Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

This is a book of miracles—medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters.Among the extraordinary cases ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This is a book of miracles—medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters.Among the extraordinary cases
... Read more
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Our Malady

Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary

by Timothy Snyder ...

Narrated by Timothy Snyder ...

Unabridged

3 hours 1 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into ... Read more

$12.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into
... Read more
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Overcoming Dyslexia: The Ultimate Guide to Recognizing and Overcoming Dyslexia With Proved Tools and Tactics

by Terry M. Robertson ...

Narrated by Nick Dolle ...

Unabridged

34 min

Have you asked yourself what is dyslexia? Learn about the signs of dyslexia in children as well as dyslexia treatment options.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population and it is the most common learning disability. Individuals with this medical condition have difficulty in the areas of language processing. This condition makes it hard to ... Read more

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Have you asked yourself what is dyslexia? Learn about the signs of dyslexia in children as well as dyslexia treatment options.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population and it is the most common learning disability. Individuals with this medical condition have difficulty in the areas of language processing. This condition makes it hard to
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Personale Sanitario In Tempi Di Pandemia. Una Prospettiva Psicologica.

by Juan Moisés de la Serna ...

Narrated by Patrizia Barrera ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 min

In seguito al successo del libro intitolato ”Aspetti psicologici nei tempi della pandemia”, in cui vengono affrontati temi relativi all’ impatto del virus sulla vita dei cittadini dal punto di vista psicologico, e sulla base dell’espressa richiesta da parte dei lettori di un testo incentrato sul personale sanitario, ho deciso di scrivere questo libro. L'obiettivo è quello di offrire informazioni ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In seguito al successo del libro intitolato ”Aspetti psicologici nei tempi della pandemia”, in cui vengono affrontati temi relativi all’ impatto del virus sulla vita dei cittadini dal punto di vista psicologico, e sulla base dell’espressa richiesta da parte dei lettori di un testo incentrato sul personale sanitario, ho deciso di scrivere questo libro. L'obiettivo è quello di offrire informazioni
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Дневник акушера. Реальные истории, рассказанные врачом роддома

by Анастасия Седова ...

Narrated by Екатерина Радостева ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, с чем сталкиваются врачи-акушеры в своей практике? Как проходят их ночные дежурства? Как действуют врачи в сложных или безвыходных ситуациях? Анастасия Седова - врач акушер-гинеколог, о случаях из своей практики рассказывает на Дзен-канале "Блог акушера". Канал стремительно набирает популярность, а один рассказ набирает более 50 тыс. дочитываний. "Дневник акушера. ... Read more

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Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, с чем сталкиваются врачи-акушеры в своей практике? Как проходят их ночные дежурства? Как действуют врачи в сложных или безвыходных ситуациях? Анастасия Седова - врач акушер-гинеколог, о случаях из своей практики рассказывает на Дзен-канале "Блог акушера". Канал стремительно набирает популярность, а один рассказ набирает более 50 тыс. дочитываний. "Дневник акушера.
... Read more
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Shapeshifters

A Journey Through the Changing Human Body

by Gavin Francis ...

Narrated by Thomas Judd ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies
... Read more
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Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии

by Юлия Левченко ...

Narrated by Юлия Левченко ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

В книге «Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии» вы посмотрите на мир психиатрии глазами автора, увидите несколько процентов ее жизненных переживаний, и, возможно, кого-то книга даже побудит стать врачом-психиатром. Автор не только рассказывает о сложных, интересных и порой ужасающих случаях из практики, но и открывает читателям то, что происходило в душе юной девушки, вступившей на путь ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

В книге «Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии» вы посмотрите на мир психиатрии глазами автора, увидите несколько процентов ее жизненных переживаний, и, возможно, кого-то книга даже побудит стать врачом-психиатром. Автор не только рассказывает о сложных, интересных и порой ужасающих случаях из практики, но и открывает читателям то, что происходило в душе юной девушки, вступившей на путь
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Человеку мало века

by Федор Углов ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков ...

Series series МедБестселлер. Лучшее
Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

Федор Григорьевич Углов — знаменитый советский хирург, имя которого занесено в книгу рекордов Гиннеса. Он прожил 104 года и оперировал до 100 лет. Поэтому тема долголетия для него не только чистая теория, но, прежде всего, практика. Нужно соблюдать не так уж много правил, чтобы прожить долгую и активную жизнь. Долголетие по Углову — это, скорее образ жизни, чем свод предписаний. Сохранить здоровье ... Read more

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Федор Григорьевич Углов — знаменитый советский хирург, имя которого занесено в книгу рекордов Гиннеса. Он прожил 104 года и оперировал до 100 лет. Поэтому тема долголетия для него не только чистая теория, но, прежде всего, практика. Нужно соблюдать не так уж много правил, чтобы прожить долгую и активную жизнь. Долголетие по Углову — это, скорее образ жизни, чем свод предписаний. Сохранить здоровье
... Read more
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Accidental Kindness

A Doctor's Notes on Empathy

by Michael Stein ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too ... Read more

$15.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too
... Read more
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The Art of Seeing

by Aldous Huxley ...

Narrated by David Pickering ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

A Natural Path to Better VisionUnlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley focuses on the actual vision of the human eye. Documenting his own profound near-blindness and subsequent attempts to improve his own sight, Huxley offers a thorough instruction manual on the controversial ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A Natural Path to Better VisionUnlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley focuses on the actual vision of the human eye. Documenting his own profound near-blindness and subsequent attempts to improve his own sight, Huxley offers a thorough instruction manual on the controversial
... Read more
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God's Hotel

A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

by Victoria Sweet ...

Narrated by Victoria Sweet ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty ... Read more

$21.99 USD

San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty
... Read more
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L’Anoressia nervosa

by Sabrina Fronzi ...

Unabridged

4 hours 4 min

I disturbi alimentari risultano essere in crescita nelle società industrializzate odierne e si configurano come una delle patologie psichiatriche con i più alti tassi di mortalità (OMS, 2014). All’interno del Manuale Diagnostico e Statistico dei Disturbi Mentali (DSM - V, 2014), tra i disturbi del comportamento alimentare troviamo il disturbo da ruminazione, la pica, il disturbo evitante ... Read more

$7.99 USD

I disturbi alimentari risultano essere in crescita nelle società industrializzate odierne e si configurano come una delle patologie psichiatriche con i più alti tassi di mortalità (OMS, 2014). All’interno del Manuale Diagnostico e Statistico dei Disturbi Mentali (DSM - V, 2014), tra i disturbi del comportamento alimentare troviamo il disturbo da ruminazione, la pica, il disturbo evitante
... Read more
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These Vital Signs

A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

by Sayed Tabatabai ...

Narrated by Christopher Salazar ...

Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find
... Read more
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White Hot Light

Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine

by Frank Huyler ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

Unabridged

6 hours 3 min

Another “pitch-perfect book of short essays” (New York Times BookReview) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this oneexploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctorwith 25 years of experience in the ER.In thelate 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunningmemoir of his exper... ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Another “pitch-perfect book of short essays” (New York Times BookReview) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this oneexploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctorwith 25 years of experience in the ER.In thelate 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunningmemoir of his exper...
... Read more
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No Apparent Distress

A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine

by Rachel Pearson MD ...

Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at riskIn medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes.Rachel ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at riskIn medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes.Rachel
... Read more
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The Anatomy of Hope

How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

by Jerome Groopman ...

Narrated by Paul Michael ...

Unabridged

5 hours 45 min

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can changethe course of illnessSince the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can changethe course of illnessSince the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s
... Read more

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