Fiction - Medical

Books about death are invariably about life. In her book "Memento Mori," Muriel Spark says: "Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is...

Author: Robert M. ReeceISBN-10: 0991442423ISBN-13: 9780991442423Publisher: RobertmayhallreeceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2024Pages: 364Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d

"Pubescent insanity." In 1889, this is the diagnosis given to Amy Underwood, a seventeen-year-old with a history of erratic behavior. After her exhausted parents commit her to a northern Michigan psychiatric hospital, Amy must fend for herself among patients and doctors whose motives she...

With champagne and caviar, twenty-five-year-old Emily glitters through society, her life a kaleidoscope of luxury afforded to her by birthright as a coffee company heiress. But beneath the Herm?s, lurks a gnawing emptiness, one mirrored in the mammogram that shatters her perfect world.Scrambling to...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER 'We'd heard stories about the nurses in tent seven. A secret mission, stolen money, and spies...' In 1944, four American nurses disappeared for five days. No one knew what happened to them. Until now. When Kit and Red set foot on...

Is it possible to vanish without a trace? What elements would have to be at play for this to happen? What outside influences?At a time when technology can track our every movement, a forty-four-year old woman, Moira Dugan-Donnelley, has a stroke on the frigid...

It's truly powerful, and acrid, and barbed, and filled with wonderful, and unexpected, turns of phrase and above all it's shocking in its directness and understated anger and sadness and fear... it's an amazing piece of writing.--Cynthia OzickImagine being told before the age of...

A cure for obesity, worth billions. A death in a clinical trial. When patent lawyer Daniel Marchmont agrees to act for Calliope Biotech, he doesn't know what he's getting into. The first lawyer on the case is dead, and vital lab book is missing....

The final literary testament of "one of the most innovative, brilliant novelists in the Western World" (New York Times), Between Life and Death is a startlingly brave, funny, poetic, and moving autobiographical novel about the four months Yoram Kaniuk spent in a coma near...

Author: Ed BirnsISBN-10: 1588201066ISBN-13: 9781588201065Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2000Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

It's spring in Buffalo, New York. At sprawling St. Paul's Hospital, new interns rush through the halls, staff doctors scramble to catch their prot g s' mistakes, and everyone is aware of one unrelenting threat: A new and vicious strain of severe acute respiratory...

By turns funny, charming, and tragic, Baldwin's debut novel introduces leading Alzheimer's researcher Dr. Victor Aaron, who spends his days alternating between long hours in the lab and running through memories of his late wife, Sara.Author: Rosecrans BaldwinISBN-10: 1594485240ISBN-13: 9781594485244Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

"...this book is a must-read for anyone whose life has been touched by mental illness." -Alfredo Botello, award-winning author of 180 Days"A harrowing, no-holds-barred exploration of modern medicine and what it does to one man's mind." -Liam Callanan, award-winning author of When in Rome,...

A young neurologist, Dr. Callie Wallace, returns to her hometown of Sperling, Texas, with business partner and friend Dr. Richard Cortez to set up their neurology practice. The unexpected death of one of Callie's patients throws the overachieving physician into a tailspin, and she...

Author: Paul Anthony IannucciISBN-10: 1403330190ISBN-13: 9781403330192Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/14/2002Pages: 332Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

There's a randomness and whimsy to this collection, and anyone familiar with Linda, will expect exactly that. It is also represented in the cover art--a zentangle, aptly name 'Goldfish in the Garden'.Prose begins at a nurses' reunion where the usual entertainments slip away as...

ALICE HAMMOND is a troubled soul. She dropped out of medical school when one of her professors made it too stressful for her to stay. Now she works as a home health and hospice aide in Providence, Vermont. She is a wonderful aide, the...

"I don't know which is worse: disease of the human body or disease of humanity."In today's digital world, no one is safe from cyberattacks. Not even medical doctors and hospitals. Can a hacker remotely kill a doctor's patients, just by altering medical records?Dr. Mark...

A police doctor tries to extricate herself from a tricky situation in this gripping medical thrillerWhen human remains are discovered in the garden of a house in the seaside town of Hastings, Dr Callie Hughes can't resist trying to dig up the truth.However, her...

When a local woman is killed, police indifference leads a doctor to begin her own investigationIt is not unusual for Callie Hughes to see a dead body. As a part-time police doctor, she has seen more than most. And it was hardly unusual for...

A doctor is diagnosed with an incurable skin cancer. As he faces his mortality, and attempts to avoid it, his life parallels a New York family immediately recognizable as having a common thread with him. The doctor was adopted and has no known siblings...

Forgiving yourself can be the hardest task of all. Dr Peter Florin is the sexy bad boy of St Steven's hospital. Despite his love 'em and leave 'em attitude, every woman still wants him - and nurse Jenny White is no exception. For one...

In Susan Carlisle's latest Harlequin Medical Romance, a doctor finds an unexpected flame in Iceland with her colleague. But what happens when things can only be temporary? A CONNECTION TO STAY FOR? When Dr. Trice moves to the far north of Iceland, she's looking...

A doctor's return to Rainbow Bay soon turns complicated when he learns his new next-door neighbor is his former crush and colleague! Find out what happens in Fiona McArthur's latest Harlequin Medical Romance! TEMPTATION ON THE DOORSTEP! Returning to Rainbow Bay, Dr. Henry learns...

In this second installment of the Valentine Flings duet, a nurse relocates to the remote hills of Kerala, finding herself in irresistibly close quarters with her handsome new doctor colleague... A STEAMY ASSIGNMENT! Nurse Ally is hoping that a posting in India will be...

"In this tale, A Surgeon's Tale, every cut tells a story, and every suture holds determination. Prepare to be enchanted by the cut-throat world of surgery from the first page to the final stitch." -Cyra A., blogger and owner at The Literary VaultA surgical...

She'd spent a lifetime packing armor around her heart...Raised an Army brat, Regis Simpson was used to calling new towns home, learning to quickly make friends but never letting anyone get too close. When devastating floods tear through the Badlands of South Dakota, she...

'The doctor had fantasized about this moment since the first time he laid eyes on Muriel...' When an automobile accident on Deadman's Curve throws Doctor Shane French and Muriel Dufrense together, they feel a once-in-a-lifetime kind of connection. However, the road to a fairy...

In this first installment of the Valentine Flings duet, a GP travels to Svalbard and is soon swept into a steamy fling with her new boss... LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE? GP Larissa has escaped to the Arctic island of Svalbard for a work...

Based on a true story of how a community comes together to organize a miracle for a teen battling terminal brain cancer while two men find their own restoration in his healing journey. Genre: Drama, Graduation Runtime: 87 minutes Dove Rating: Ages 12+ https:...

Harry and Laura are the perfect couple. But when Harry is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, the cracks soon start to appear. Struggling to cope, when his wife then asks for a divorce, his whole world crumbles. Can his beautiful, mysterious new client, the beguiling...

Nothing in his worst nightmares could have prepared Ben Levinson for what befell him in 1952 as a twenty-three-year-old medical student. With legs paralyzed from poliomyelitis, he wondered how he could function as a doctor. And how could he marry, have a family, teach...

'A masterfully told, character-driven novel that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures' THE AUSTRALIAN 'A deeply empathetic, humanising portrait of a mental health facility, and the souls that pass through it' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY 'Stunning . . . [A] unique...

Take a trip between Heaven and Hell with a small group of docs and nurses as they journey through a big-city ER. There they will dance with Death in a sixteen-part saga, laughing, crying, loving, screaming and talking with God. And by the way...

A subtle classic, Dr Thorne, the third book of the Barchester series, is regarded by many as the finest of Anthony Trollope's works. We follow the story of Mary Thorne, niece of the eponymous doctor, as love and social propriety clash. A beautiful and...

After two years of hard work and personal challenges, Violet has made it to the final year of her midwifery training.Now she must pass her final assessments, tick all the boxes and gain the confidence she needs to make it as a midwife.With the...

DEFINED BY HER INTELLIGENCE AND AMBITION, ANNABELLE'S FATHER, A WELL-KNOWN LONDON PHYSICIAN, TRANSFORMED ANNABELLE FROM A RISING SOCIALITE, INTO HIS SILENT COLLABORATOR, WRITING SCHOLARLY MEDICAL ARTICLES FOR HIM, MUCH TO HIS ACCLAIM, AND HER ANONYMITY, AND CHAGRIN. BUT ANNABELLE NEVER THOUGHT HER SECRET, THAT...

And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field is a captivating novel about love, loss, and redemption. Set in a small New England town, it follows Emily Blair as she navigates personal challenges anda complicated romance, all while striving to reclaim her hearing and her future....

MILEYMy life is hectic, juggling a demanding anesthesia residency, helping at my parents' bubble tea shop, and fulfilling maid of honor duties at my sister's upcoming wedding keep me endlessly busy. Amidst the whirlwind that is my life, I've been looking forward to the...

When you are loved, you have everything to lose...Lily Masters was born with a deformity that shaped her life. When she, white and rural-raised, and Cam Taylor, a biracial army medic and literary professor who left his work under a cloud of suspicion, meet,...

Veteran Salesman Peter Waldmann is on a Routine Sales Call When he is Surprised to find that the new purchasing agent he is calling on is none other than John Stemple, his very best friend from high school, forty years earlier. When John invites...

From the ashes of shattered dreams, a tale of resilience rises. Sonia Bianchi's dream of conquering the fashion world shatters with a devastating health diagnosis. Suddenly, her meticulously planned future spirals into uncertainty. Yet, amidst the chaos, unexpected friendships bloom. Dani Abernathy, a compassionate...

The memory of who we are survives in those we love. In Conversations with My Mother: a Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast, an elderly, good-hearted Francophone struggles with dementia as her small town succumbs to real-estate development. Focused on her relationship with...

In Colette Cooper's Harlequin Medical Romance debut, a nurse and cardiac surgeon are in for a shock when their whirlwind one-night stand has not just one but two little consequences. DOUBLE SHOCK! Striding into the ICU, hotshot cardiac surgeon Max clashes with sassy nurse...

In Kate Hardy's latest Harlequin Medical Romance, two doctors share a job title, but can they share their hearts when their past hurts are revealed? SURPRISE ZING TO FOREVER FLING? Years after her divorce, Dr. Mandy's content with life. She has a vibrant social...

In JC Harroway's latest Harlequin Medical Romance, a single mom dives into a secret no-strings fling with her new tenant... TEMPTATION ACROSS THE WAY... Returning home from a winter night shift, all single mom and midwife Zara can think about is sleep. Only to...

In Janice Lynn's latest Harlequin Medical Romance, a doctor's challenge to start saying yes is put to the test when her charming cardiologist colleague asks her out on a date... SUN, SEA AND A SOULMATE? Having escaped a toxic relationship, Dr. Hailey is ready...

In Tina Beckett's latest Harlequin Medical Romance, one sizzling kiss in Las Vegas fires sparks into two doctors' friendship, and soon they start to question if just friends is what they really want... TAKING A GAMBLE...WITH THEIR FRIENDSHIP! Evie Milagre's last name might mean...

Return to Yoxburgh as two vets discover that working--and living!--together might be just what they need to heal their hearts in Caroline Anderson's latest Harlequin Medical Romance! RESISTING HIS UNEXPECTED HOUSEGUEST Vet Ellie has arrived in Yoxburgh with no job, no home and a...

Author: Alexandra Gilchrist, K. M. Carroll, Shari BranningISBN-13: 9798224895243Publisher: Worlds RedeemedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2023Pages: 446Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.99d