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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

    19,99 €

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    La isla de los ciegos al color

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    Oliver Sacks siempre se ha sentido atraído por las islas, esos «experimentos de la naturaleza, lugares benditos y malditos por su singularidad geográfica, que albergan formas de vida únicas». En su última obra, esta fascinación le lleva más lejos que nunca, a las remotas islas del Pacífico, donde concilia su afición a explorar el mundo real con su pasión por investigar el mundo de la mente. En ... Read more

    19,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    La Fabrique des pandémies

    Préserver la biodiversité, un impératif pour la santé planétaire

    Unabridged

    10 hours 13 min

    « Voir un lien entre la pollution de l’air, la biodiversité et la covid-19 relève du surréalisme, pas de la science ! », affirmait Luc Ferry en mars 2020, accusant les écologistes de « récupération politique ». Voilà un philosophe bien mal informé. Car, depuis les années 2000, des centaines de scientifiques tirent la sonnette d’alarme : les activités humaines, en précipitant l’effondrement de la ... Read more

    22,45 €

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    J'attends un enfant

    Narrated by Rafaèle Moutier ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 55 min

    Vous attendez un enfant et vous vous posez 1001 questions ? Le livre de Laurence Pernoud répond à toutes vos interrogations, vous rassure et vous donne confiance.Incontournable. Ouvrage de référence sur la maternité, il vous accompagne pendant votre grossesse, votre accouchement et pendant les premières semaines après la naissance de votre bébé.Exhaustif. Dans un style clair et bienveillant, tous ... Read more

    28,95 €

  • Audiobook

    Alzheimer's Canyon

    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

    10,38 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Blouses blanches, colère noire

    by Bernard Kron ...
    Narrated by Isidore Amos ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 54 min

    La Covid a mis au grand jour la ruine de notre système de santé. De numéro 1 mondial dans les années 1970, il est tombé au 24e rang des pays de l’OCDE ! Pour la première fois depuis la Guerre, l’espérance de vie recule en France. Dans les hôpitaux, 30.000 patients décèdent d'accidents médicaux chaque année. Dans cet essai, Bernard Kron analyse les causes de cet échec. Il décortique les principales ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • Audiobook

    Organique

    by Giulia Enders ...
    Narrated by Solenn Mara-Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 34 min

    Dans un monde toujours plus bruyant et complexe, tourner son regard vers l’intérieur et le poser sur son corps peut s’avérer salutaire.Depuis des milliers d’années, celui-ci est confronté à des problèmes auxquels il apporte des solutions bien à lui. Que pouvons-nous en apprendre ? Que disent nos organes de nous et de notre existence ?Giulia Enders nous convie à un voyage fascinant à travers notre ... Read more

    22,95 €

  • Audiobook

    Gratitude

    by Oliver Sacks ...
    Narrated by Dan Woren ...

    Unabridged

    36 min

    Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon – and writing . . .As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplifting ... Read more

    14,89 €

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    Ante todo no hagas daño

    by Henry Marsh ...
    Narrated by Eugenio Barona ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    El eminente neurocirujano británico Henry Marsh expone a ojos del mundo la esencia de una de las especialidades médicas más difíciles, delicadas y fascinantes que existen.El resultado es este volumen que poco tiempo después de su publicación se encaramó a las listas de más vendidos del Sunday Times y el New York Times. Escogido «Mejor Libro del Año» por el Financial Times y The Economist, obtuvo ... Read more

    19,07 €

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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

    24,29 €

  • Audiobook

    The Anatomy of Hope

    How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

    Narrated by Jerome Groopman ...

    Abridged

    4 hours 40 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

    11,65 €

  • Audiobook

    Little Miss Diagnosed

    A Surgeon’s Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

    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

    22,25 €

  • Audiobook

    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

    22,25 €

  • Audiobook

    病非如此:一位人類學家的母女共病絮語

    by 劉紹華 ...
    Narrated by 劉紹華, 汪世瑋 ...
    Series Audiobook 186 - Mark

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    一個家庭的生命變奏曲,一段疾病與關係的敘事阿茲海默症、癌症,兩個世紀之症同時發生在一個家庭中,患者的人生、家人的未來,該如何面對與承擔?認識老病死苦的生命倫理與合宜應對之道,該是日常教育的一環我想記錄自己和母親的這段生命旅程,儘管片段,但求誌念。記錄是為了母親、自己和家人,且身為醫療人類學者,也希望這段疾病與康復敘事,有助於其他的病人親友理解病中之人,並與之平和相處。──劉紹華二〇一八年七月,人類學家劉紹華和她的母親接連確認罹患「世紀之症」,其母診斷為阿茲海默症初期,而紹華得了癌症。兩人同時生病,對於家人的打擊重大,照護人手嚴重不足,家中混亂了一段相當長的時間,生病的人不好過,沒生病的人也不好過。數年間各種沒想過的生命經驗陸續發生,正面的、負面的都有。不論生病或康復,變壞或變好,都不是跨過一條界線那麼簡單,而是得經歷一段來回反覆的灰色地帶。生病與康復都是一趟旅程,只有走過才知道風景微妙 ... Read more

    7,67 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Miracles We Have Seen

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

    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

    17,99 €

  • Audiobook

    What Cannot Be Undone

    True Stories of a Life in Medicine

    Narrated by Daniel Thomas May ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 46 min

    In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This ... Read more

    14,39 €

  • Audiobook

    Personale Sanitario In Tempi Di Pandemia. Una Prospettiva Psicologica.

    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

    9,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Cartas a un joven médico

    Narrated by Hernán Espinoza ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 8 min

    Una obra que conjuga las dos grandes pasiones de Federico Ortíz Quesada: la medicina y la literatura.El Dr. Federico Ortíz Quesada, miembro del Comité de exprofesores del Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Siglo XX, devela a través de 28 cartas la íntima relación entre la reflexión filosófica y el estudio de la medicina...Las cartas literarias han sido un medio privilegiado para que los ... Read more

    12,71 €

  • Audiobook

    Complications

    A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

    by Atul Gawande ...
    Narrated by William David Griffith ...

    Abridged

    7 hours 48 min

    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 actually is -- complicated, perplexing, ... Read more

    20,69 €

  • Audiobook

    De vragendokter

    Belevenissen uit de praktijk van een huisarts

    Narrated by Christa Lips ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    Jojanneke Kant geeft in De vragendokter een bijzonder inkijkje in de praktijk van een huisarts.Wat doe je als beginnend huisarts wanneer er een patiënt aanklopt die beweert iemand te gaan vermoorden? Het pistool heeft hij al bij zich…Dagelijks maakt Jojanneke Kant de uiteenlopendste dingen mee in haar praktijk. Van euthanasieverzoeken tot vragen over menstruatieklachten. Van patiënten met een ... Read more

    14,58 €

  • Audiobook

    Nachtdienst

    Onvergetelijke en ontroerende verhalen uit de zorg

    by Rhijja Jansen ...
    Narrated by Thijs Miedema, Roos van Erkel ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 58 min

    Werken in de nacht heeft iets magisch, iets bijzonders en soms ook iets griezeligs. De rust biedt ruimte voor diepgaandere momenten, maar ook voor een spanning die overdag ontbreekt. In dit boek delen zorgverleners herinneringen aan hun meest memorabele nachtdienst, waarin ze zorgen voor het fysieke én emotionele welzijn van hun patiënten. Ze vertellen openhartig over het belang van ogenschijnlijk ... Read more

    14,58 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Anatomy of Hope

    How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

    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

    11,65 €

  • Audiobook

    Основы медицины, о которых пора забыть

    Series series Фактология

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    Эта книга — экспресс-курс для тех, кто готов сомневаться во всем! Древняя, античная и средневековая медицина — одни из самых забавных фарсовых страниц в истории, где великие имена — Гиппократ, Гален, Парацельс — на самом деле символы мифов и заблуждений. Эта книга проведет вас от абсолютного незнания до внятного понимания, почему изучение классиков медицины часто оказывается данью устаревшим ... Read more

    13,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Человеку мало века

    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

    8,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus