Our Eyes Never Lieby Sol GoldenbergAuthor Sol Goldenberg was a family physician in London, England, for 32 years. His passion for poetry and writing equaled his love for medicine. The personal care he offered his patients encouraged him to maintain a high standard of medical knowledge. He became highly appreciated and respected by his patients. He counseled and treated each patient with utmost integrity. He experienced tragedy and humor during his medical career. His depart...

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving) antibiotics. A man with a sore knee. A young woman who has been trying to conceive for a while but now finds herself pregnant and isn't sure she wants to go thr...

Benjamin Daniels is back. He may be older, wiser and more experienced, but his patients are no less outrageous.Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to …The old age pensioner who can’t keep his hands to himself.The teenager convinced that he lost his virginity and caught HIV sometime between leaving a bar and waking up in a kebab shop.A female patient Dr Daniels recognise...

Joan Woodcock always dreamed of becoming a nurse. And in 1966 the dream came true. From her very first day as a naive 16 year old cadet, standing nervously outside the matron's office, this is Joan's story of an eventful career spanning over forty years in NHS nursing.Working on hospital wards, casualty units and out in the community, as well as stints in a prison and a police unit dealing with sexual assault, Joan has seen it all. In this moving memoir she gives an honest, reveali...

I loved Kellee Slaters book. And not just because shes a transplant surgeon and I have had a liver transplant. At times I felt like she had been reading my mail! Derryn Hinch When everything is in place and both teams are ready, someone cries out Cross-clamp! Then it is on for young and old as the clock is ticking. Up to this point, it has been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all about speed. We move like Edward Scissorhands, chop, chop, chop. This is the trickiest part to move...

Each of us has at least once in our lifetime come into contact with nurses of all backgrounds, whether in the course of being cared for or while they care for our family and friends. More often than not, we have seen nurses as what they truly are: compassionate professionals who often go above and beyond the call of duty in an unequivocally selfless manner. But not many of us have taken time to ponder over the challenges nurses confront, the experiences they encounter, and the stories that...

Following in the hugely popular ‘Angel Saved My Life’ series comes a moving new collection of real-life stories from the Afterlife.A new collection of inspiring real-life encounters with the ‘other side’, including how our guardian angels often take the form of children. From angel babies that have sent messages from the womb to children with special psychic abilities who have spoken to the dead and mysterious children who have saved lives, here are dramatic stories of amazing divi...

Under the Microscope is the story of an extraordinary man, his many life-changing inventions, and his exceptional life and special friendships.Born into a family of doctors – on the paternal and maternal sides - with a birth defect that no one knew how to treat, Earl Owen was given a dose of radiation before anyone knew what radiation treatment could do to a human body, let alone a newborn baby.Earl Owen’s medical parents, aunts and uncles failed t...

Stop forever – regret nothing!Can you afford to ignore your health and happiness any longer? No gimmicks, no hypnotherapy and no nicotine replacement fads - just a realistic approach to freeing yourself from nicotine addiction forever.Using a mixture of harsh reality, self-discipline and inspiration, author Andrew Thomas describes how he went 'cold turkey' on cigarettes. He describes the mental strategies he used to make his final attempt at quitting smokin...

How to get your child from nappies and diapers into using the toilet themselves, written by a leading expert. An explanation of the process children go through when they learn how to use the toilet by themselves. Once you understand this process, you'll be able to help them learn to go by themselves. The books also has excellent advice on bedwetting issues with older children and it Includes frequently asked questions with sensible and helpful advice.

*****Award Winning Nurse Memoir*****I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse.Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually h...

At the age of thirty Wendy Evans, a vivacious, versatile and devoted primary school teacher with singing and acting talents, was struck down by a devastating and very rare nerve disease with serious and debilitating symptoms including pain and foreign body sensations in her throat, shock-like pains in her ears and neck, and difficulty and pain when talking, swallowing, chewing, coughing and yawning. As a consequence, her teaching career and singing aspirations were tragically cut short. Fr...