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Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

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12 hours 49 min

In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for ... Read more

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Superhuman: The Future of Drugs, Bioelectronics, and Genetic Medicine

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The next wave of technological change will shape not just our gizmos and gadgets, but our own bodies and minds. Join award-winning historian Michael Bess to learn what to expect from the “Superhuman Revolution.”In the near future, developments in bioenhancement technologies will not only alter how we make a living, communicate, and interact with each other, but will offer direct and precise ... Read more

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The People's Hospital

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“Nuila’s storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande.” —Los Angeles TimesThis “compelling mixture of health care policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine” (The Guardian) explores the question: where does an uninsured person go when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors?Follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival ... Read more

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Mejores Prácticas en Pediatría

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The South Carolina State Hospital

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Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating ... Read more

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Your Money or Your Life

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Control

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by Adam Rutherford ...

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by Alev Scott ...

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Medical Ethics

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The Dance of Life

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Narrated by Shaina Summerville ...

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In Two Minds

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10 hours 24 min

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Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that have characterised a career spent treating mentally disordered offenders.Listen to the end of the audiobook for an exclusive bonus chapter, written and read by the author.As a forensic psychiatrist, it's Dr Das's job to treat and rehabilitate what the tabloids might call the 'criminally insane', many
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Blouses blanches, colère noire

by Bernard Kron ...

Narrated by Isidore Amos ...

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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
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Medical Bondage

Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

by Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

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5 hours 39 min

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied ... Read more

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The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied
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The Wounded Storyteller

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by Arthur Frank ...

Narrated by Trevor Thompson ...

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8 hours 19 min

Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank's book has reached a large and diverse following, ... Read more

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Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank's book has reached a large and diverse following,
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Medical Ethics

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by Tony Hope, Michael Dunn ...

Narrated by Romy Nordlinger ...

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4 hours 5 min

The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like fair healthcare distribution, are rarely out of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues, from mental health to reproductive medicine, as well as including management issues such as resource allocation, and has proven to hold enduring interest for the ... Read more

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The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like fair healthcare distribution, are rarely out of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues, from mental health to reproductive medicine, as well as including management issues such as resource allocation, and has proven to hold enduring interest for the
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Ante todo no hagas daño

by Henry Marsh ...

Narrated by Eugenio Barona ...

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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

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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
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IVF is Not the Way

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Narrated by Stacy A. Trasancos, Ph.D. ...

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6 hours 3 min

Many see IVF as a solution for infertility, but does it respect human dignity? This clear, compassionate guide explores IVF’s ethical, scientific, and spiritual implications, answering tough questions about embryos, parenthood, and human rights. With real stories and Church teaching, it reveals why children are always gifts to be received in love, not manufactured. A thoughtful look at life, ... Read more

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Many see IVF as a solution for infertility, but does it respect human dignity? This clear, compassionate guide explores IVF’s ethical, scientific, and spiritual implications, answering tough questions about embryos, parenthood, and human rights. With real stories and Church teaching, it reveals why children are always gifts to be received in love, not manufactured. A thoughtful look at life,
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Stem Cells for Beginners: A Clear Guide to the Cells That Can Become Anything

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2 hours 4 min

Uncover the truth about regenerative medicine and separate proven health breakthroughs from dangerous medical myths. Whether you are navigating a complex diagnosis, evaluating modern wellness trends, or simply learning during a daily commute, this calm and conversational science audiobook delivers absolute clarity. Say goodbye to confusing laboratory jargon and hello to empowering knowledge that ... Read more

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Love Drugs

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by Brian D. Earp, Julian Savulescu ...

Narrated by Brian D. Earp ...

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7 hours 10 min

Is there a pill for love? What about an "anti-love drug," to help us get over an ex? This book argues that certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA—the active ingredient in Ecstasy—may help ordinary couples work through relationship difficulties and strengthen their connection. Others may help sever an emotional connection during a breakup. These substances already exist, and they have ... Read more

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Is there a pill for love? What about an "anti-love drug," to help us get over an ex? This book argues that certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA—the active ingredient in Ecstasy—may help ordinary couples work through relationship difficulties and strengthen their connection. Others may help sever an emotional connection during a breakup. These substances already exist, and they have
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What Cannot Be Undone

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by Walter M. Robinson ...

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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

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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
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Undercover Epicenter Nurse

How Fraud, Negligence, and Greed Led to Unnecessary Deaths at Elmhurst Hospital

by Erin Marie Olszewski, BSN, RN, J. B. Handley ...

Narrated by Shirl Rae ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Army combat veteran and registered nurse Erin Olszewski's most deeply held values were put to the test when she arrived as a travel nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. After serving in Iraq, she was back on the front lines—and this time, she found, the situation was even worse.Rooms were filthy, nurses were lax with sanitation measures, and hospital-acquired cases ... Read more

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Army combat veteran and registered nurse Erin Olszewski's most deeply held values were put to the test when she arrived as a travel nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. After serving in Iraq, she was back on the front lines—and this time, she found, the situation was even worse.Rooms were filthy, nurses were lax with sanitation measures, and hospital-acquired cases
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Light Overcoming Darkness

God’s Healing and Hope in the Shadow of Abuse and Moral Injury

by Jason Summers ...

Narrated by Jason Summers, Dr David Strong ...

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When we're trapped in the darkness, despair takes control. We desperately need the light. Margaret's nightmarish personal darkness started with the horrors of childhood trauma, were exacerbated by appalling medical abuse but finally, totally, overcome. A loving husband and a simple faith longed for a miracle. In Light Overcoming Darkness, Jason Summers authentically shares his mum's incredible ... Read more

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When we're trapped in the darkness, despair takes control. We desperately need the light. Margaret's nightmarish personal darkness started with the horrors of childhood trauma, were exacerbated by appalling medical abuse but finally, totally, overcome. A loving husband and a simple faith longed for a miracle. In Light Overcoming Darkness, Jason Summers authentically shares his mum's incredible
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Your Money or Your Life

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