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Speaking of Operations
Irvin S. Cobb
Paperback - $27.95
1915. American humorist and newspaper columnist for The Saturday Evening Post and Cosmopolitan. He is best known for his Judge Priest stories. Speaking of Operations is a monologue about the author's experience in having an operation in 1915 written ...
A Life in Medicine : A Literary Anthology
Robert Coles
Paperback - $33.95
A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession who are struggling to keep up with the science while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their work. Described as "an admirably compl ...
Essays from an Unfinished Physician : Lessons from People, Patients, and Life
E. Grey Dimond
Paperback - $28.95
The Tyranny of the Normal : An Anthology
Carol Donley
Paperback - $48.95
Most cultures ostracize people who do not fit within their norms. They pressure abnormal people to change their appearance, fix what bothers others, or stay out of sight -- a pressure Leslie Fiedler has named "The Tyranny of the Normal". This antholo ...
Clio in the Clinic : History in Medical Practice
Jacalyn Duffin
Paperback - $74.95
This set of essays on the benefits of history for medical practice is the first of its kind. Twenty-three physicians, who are also accomplished historians, write autobiographically about how they use history in practicing medicine. Sometimes it sugge ...
Empires of Hygiene
Duke University Press
Paperback - $29.95
Applying critical research on healing and the body to Asian studies, the articles in Empires of Hygiene challenge assumptions about the universality of medical truth. This collection investigates how medicine, the craft of healing, also acts as a sor ...
Memory
Patricia Fara
Paperback - $54.95
MEMORY explores some of the many ways that individuals and societies remember, forget, and commemorate events of the past. This thought-provoking and unusual collection will delight a wide variety of readers. 15 photos. 30 diagrams.
From Cinders to Butterflies
Richard B. Fratianne
Paperback - $26.95
Dr. Fratianne is described as a team leader, treating patients of all ages with burns up to 95 percent of their bodies. The goal of his treatment is to provide physical, emotional and spiritual rehabilitation, and to watch patients leave the unit wit ...
Better : A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Atul Gawande
Paperback - $23.95
The "New York Times" bestselling author examines the complex and risk-filled medical profession and how those involved progress from merely good to great. Gawande provides rare insight and offers an honest firsthand account of his own life as a surge ...