Fiction - Medical

Tis the season in Ballybucklebo with New York Times bestselling author Patrick Taylor's An Irish Country Christmas. Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not...

"When the treatment is worse than the disease, its maker better pay for all the lives destroyed."Dr. Mark Lin hates greedy drug companies, along with herbal supplements that can sometimes do more harm than good. Two medical mysteries force him to confront both.First, a...

Bastard Soldier, Earnest Medic is a raw, darkly funny, and unflinchingly honest memoir that follows Joe's unlikely transformation from a wayward teenager into a soldier and army physician assistant forged in the chaos of three deployments.What begins as a desperate courtroom gamble, spirals into...

"Understanding Environmental and Public Health Laws in Liberia" is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the legal frameworks governing environmental protection and public health in the Republic of Liberia. Written by Mogana S. Flomo, Jr., a distinguished authority in the field of environmental and...

A tender, cheer-inducing debut novel about two lonely people who don't believe in romance, but who finally decide to give love a chance. Samuel Cooke knows most women wouldn't give him a second glance even if he were the last man on earth. He's...

Every week in a hospital cafeteria on Australia's Gold Coast, a support group convenes for people with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Aside from dealing with physical symptoms, the group also has to discover how their injuries have changed each of them at their very...

Running With Scissors is a raw, unflinching urban crime novella that explores how trauma, poverty, and survival collide on the streets of Washington, D.C.After a childhood accident shatters their family forever, siblings Deisha and Diamanté Forbes are forced to grow up fast in a...

A collection of short stories, mainly about medicine and surgery and for the most part set in Australia. The majority of the stories are fiction but three, told in the first person, are personal memoir.The author has extensive experience in health care and this...

Bestselling authors Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion return with eye-opening medical drama The Oasis. 'Written with a healthy dose of comedy and melodrama, an inside eye on the experience of young doctors, and a compassionate lightness of touch'THE AGE Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright...

This short story uses symbolism with vivid illustrations to help the reader from all ages understand some of the complex struggles of Addiction and some ways to recover from it.Author: Abdulmalek SadahISBN-13: 9798987669716Publisher: R. R. BowkerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2023Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w...

Amazon Best-Seller!Like Grisham is to legal 'thriller and suspense books', the medical fiction books of Robert E. Marx are as realistic as they come. Deadly Prescription is the most electrifying medical novel of the year. This is a 'David meets Goliath' story between victimized...

The frightening grip of cancer uncovers strengths and weaknesses within the human spirit. For Ethan Clarke, a very personal battle with the disease reveals hidden demons that had been stifling his sexual identity and his connections with others. These demons had kept him from...

A doctor does some sleuthing of her own when, following a murder, the police fish with rotten bait...With the fishing industry on its knees, it doesn't come as a huge surprise to find a boat owner hanging by their neck.But when the unfortunate man's...

Journey with a family through six months in "the valley of the shadow of death" as an aggressive lung cancer takes a beloved, firstborn son through the worst battle of his life. A Purple Heart recipient from the Afghan war, Scott's war with cancer...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Anthony TrollopeISBN-10: 1443734039ISBN-13: 9781443734035Publisher:...

Continuing from Book I (Hessian John, 19th Century Military Surgeon that ended in 1849), 32-year-old Captain Johann is an assistant surgeon who has recently returned from the Mexican War. After being chastised by Army Surgeon General Tom Lawson for criticizing poor camp-sanitation practices, he...

An idealistic young medical doctor, Giancarlo Avellino, inspired by a radical colleague, Sigismondo Malatesta decides that the biological hands of time can be scientifically reversed in the elderly, making them young again! Convinced that a combination of pharmaceutical compounds and nutraceutical dietary supplements may...

"The Thing of Venus" by Wilbur S. Peacock is a classic work exploring the fascinating intersection of science fiction and fantasy. This meticulously prepared edition resurrects a compelling story that delves into the lives of drug addicts through a lens of otherworldly imagination. Journey...

Delve into "The D'Arblay Mystery," a classic detective novel by R. Austin Freeman. This meticulously prepared edition revives a timeless story of crime and intrigue, centered around the world of medicine. A compelling tale featuring a physician, this book explores the darker side of...

"Dr. Breen's Practice" by William Dean Howells offers a compelling glimpse into the world of 19th-century women physicians. This literary work explores the challenges and triumphs faced by female doctors in a society grappling with evolving roles for women. The novel delves into the...

In R.R. Merliss's thought-provoking novel, "The Stutterer," explore the intersection of mental illness and the potential for telepathic communication. This science fiction story delves into the complexities of the human mind and the possibility of contact with alien intelligences. The narrative examines psychological themes...

The President of South Africa announces a 21 day lockdown because of COVID-19. As the unprecedented lockdown kicks in, city residents find their lives changed in all kinds of ways. 21 Days is a story set in a Johannesburg North suburb called Twinstreams which...

A corpse in the moor. A stolen body. A killer playing a twisted game.Forensic pathologist Julia Schwarz is efficient, brilliant, and emotionally impenetrable-traits that have earned her the nickname the Ice Lady. In the sterile halls of her institute, she forces the dead to...

XX9 is the sixth novel in the CIA series that continues the story of former CIA clandestine operator Woody Stressel and the beautiful KGB agent Ava Volkov. Six years have elapsed since the now-married couple escaped from Mexico and a planned horrible death by...

Dante traveled on a medical expedition to Southeast Asia to expand his knowledge as a vascular surgeon and witness the need for lower limb prosthetics. Surrounded by lives shattered and limbs lost from countless IEDs in war, he felt called to help others rebuild....

Even Alaska isn't far enough away to escape. Dr.Kelly McKay flees to Alaska after surviving a near fatal attack. Kelly believes she's safe in the wilds where she hikes and flies on search missions. But old fears surge back when she's targeted by a...

A Woman's Quest to Become a Doctor in the 1890sSeventeen-year-old Fanny Wheeler-a bright, small-town girl from Kansas-cannot fathom a life of cooking, cleaning, washing, and sewing. She needs more. She dreams of curing illness and preventing suffering.Without telling her family-or Matt, her loving, handsome...

Author: Sharon V. AgarISBN-13: 9798896363026Publisher: She Writes PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2026Pages: 368Format: Paperback

Set in 1971-2, Seasons of Light and Dark tells the story of the physicians and their families who live and work at the Alaska Native Hospital in Bethel and struggle with living in this remote place. The tundra is wild yet beautiful, the Kuskokwim...

Thieves of Time Book OneIt is a couple of years after the millennium. An inexperienced young French doctor starts a new job as a Prison Medical Officer in England. After the initial introduction to the world of anger, dirt, and lies, the young doctor...

Dr. Josie Harjo never expected a dead police dog to haunt her dreams. The workweek begins with a steady flow of the usual sorts of dead bodies, and Josie eases into the comfortable routine of life on the necropsy floor. Everything chugs along smoothly...

When a homeless man dies under suspicious circumstances, Assistant Medical Examiner Kenzie Kirsch finds herself plunged into the enigmatic world of street medicine.When healing turns deadly, who can you trust?When Dr. Kenzie Kirsch autopsies a homeless man, she uncovers unsettling clues suggesting a deeper...

The new edition of this highly acclaimed volume provides a fully updated and comprehensive account of the psychopathology, clinical assessment, and treatment of facts about schizophrenia disorders. It emphasizes functional assessment and modern psychological treatment and rehabilitation methods, which continue to be under-used despite...

Fifty-four minutes after Kris Hopkins was born, his father snuck into the hospital nursery and slid a miniature football into his hands.It has been there ever since, helping him through the death of his mother, through a childhood with a single parent that was...

Three first year doctors (Isabella, Richard and Rachel) thought this was the year it all came together. After many years at medical school they were finally real doctors. However Darthington River Hospital and the NHS still have some harsh lessons for them to learn....

Pack your bags and join me in a journey into the devastating world of Alzheimer's disease that delves into the dark mind of dementia. I undertook this three year project as a means of therapy for my Alzheimer's disease, and journalize what it means...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

New Year's 1984 brings big changes for 40-year-old Jerry O'Donnell. After a messy divorce, he quits his job as a teacher at Muir High School in Pasadena, California, to become a stockbroker. When he leases a car, he meets his fiancée, Kate Cleary. The...

Doctor Marigold is a novella by the famous Victorian novelist Charles Dickens that tells the story of a "Cheap-Jack" who sells inexpensive articles to the poor in popular fairs. Doctor Marigold, named for the man who delivered him, is a ""cheap-jack"" who hawks sundries...

Be prepared to weave your way through stories of men driven by misunderstanding and confusion, fanatics confronted by a stark reality of their own making, prisoners living in what appears to be a concentration camp (but isn't), young children infected by weird viruses, gamblers...

Surgeon Parker Dawson finds his many years of medical training have not prepared him for the real world of practice he encounters in Palm Beach County, Florida when he operates on a drug courier on his first day of surgery. His budding surgical career...

A dare. A kiss. It changes their lives forever.Ruby Campbell knows a bad decision when she sees one, but it isn't her call to make. When bad boy Chase Calder returns to town to fill-in for another doctor, she knows there will be trouble....

"Mona Maclean, Medical Student--A Novel" by Graham Travers offers a compelling look at the challenges and triumphs of women in medicine. This meticulously prepared edition of a classic feminist novel explores the social issues surrounding higher education for women through the lens of its...

"The Vanishing Man: A Detective Romance" by R. Austin Freeman delivers a classic mystery brimming with suspense. A physician finds himself entangled in a web of crime, propelling readers into a thrilling investigation. This timeless detective story explores the intriguing intersection of medicine and...

2007 Book of the Year Honorable Mention, Short Stories, Foreword Magazine "Plunging into one of Jay Baruch's stories is like finding yourself in a busy Emergency Room at two in the morning--here you will meet characters whose lives are urgent and not always what...

Author: Patricia Ann McKnightISBN-10: 1038352800ISBN-13: 9781038352804Publisher: FriesenPressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2026Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d

At thirty, Lenore's life fractures into Before and After. A diagnosis - unyielding, indifferent to power, wealth, or influence - arrives without warning and narrows her world to caregivers, machines, and fleeting sparks of awareness. As her body weakens, the novel moves between the...

Dante traveled on a medical expedition to Southeast Asia to expand his knowledge as a vascular surgeon and witness the need for lower limb prosthetics. Surrounded by lives shattered and limbs lost from countless IEDs in war, he felt called to help others rebuild....

How We Survive Ourselves tells the stories of mental illness through the eyes of a man with dissociative identity disorder, a young woman with misophonia, a young woman with depression, the wife of the DID sufferer, and a therapist trying to help these characters...

Sometimes your reality can be scarier than fiction.Nick Weston thought his former girlfriend's unexpected marriage was his biggest problem.That is until a beautiful, brilliant doctor suspects him of murdering his daughter. Dr. Dakota Crenshaw is a DNA detective. She uses biological science to track...