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Doctors at War
Life and Death in a Field Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Doctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Mark de Rond tells of the highs and lows of surgical life in hard-hitting detail, bringing to life a morally ambiguous world in which good people face impossible choices...
by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become...
Man No Be God
Bushdoctor in Cameroon
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2001
man no be God is a story of a willing and driven Canadian doctor who spent his life immersed in the wonderful, complex and interesting lives of the people of western Cameroon. The individuals he went to learn from, to serve, to encourage, to support, and to befriend together provide a fascinating...
Telling Genes
The Story of Genetic Counseling in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
For sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in clinics, community and teaching hospitals, public health departments,...
by ubaldo sagripanti
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Queste pagine raccontano i medici che si potrebbero incontrare oggi in un ospedale italiano: donne e uomini che nella vita hanno scelto di curare gli altri. Per farlo รจ necessario non lasciarsi coinvolgere, e nello stesso tempo partecipare intimamente alla vita di chi chiede aiuto. Si sa. Ma in un...
Life Of Caring: 16 Newfoundland Nurses Tell Their Stories
16 Newfoundland Nurses Tell Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
A collection of oral histories from nurses practicing during the 20s and 30s in Newfoundland and Labrador.
by Marilyn Marsh
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Thirty-three nurses who graduated before 1950 were interviewed about nursing in communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Their nursing experiences cover a 60 year period and the stories reflect the nurses' perceptions and feelings about the nursing school experience, practicing nursing in...
Quick Boil Some Water
The Story of Childbirth in our Grandmother's Day
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2007
Childbirth during the war and after years - homes had no phones, few cars and little heating. Many women begin their story with, "I've never told anyone this."
by Nick James
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard Nixon echoed this pledge by declaring a 'war' on cancer. More than 30 years later, however, cancer remains one of the largest...
Black November
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
This book details New Zealand's worst public health crisis, and its worst natural disaster: over 8,500 New Zealanders died from influenza and pneumonia in just six weeks. Nearly a quarter of the victims were Maori, who died at seven times the death rate of European New Zealanders. First published...
by Nancy Lusignan Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The End of Plagues
The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to...
Ptsd and Me
The Story of My Struggle with Myself After Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2013
When Dennis James Williams returned home after fighting in Iraq, he had a hard time fitting back into society. He was under financial stress and could not communicate with his wife. Much of his time was spent trying to find a place to work so he could provide for his family. But what turned out to...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
In this multidisciplinary book, the editor and contributors provide the most accurate and most recent information on health and health care in the State of Mississippi. They explain why the state finds itself in precarious health conditions and reveal the prevailing circumstances as the state debates...