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Vendor: Robert L. Wears
Still Not Safe Lib/E: Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine
Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement--and how an epidemic of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety...- $66.99
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The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
In this groundbreaking book, Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans who go to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own death. Faced with a terminal diagnosis and unbearable suffering, they decide to seek medical assistance in dying--a legal...- $36.99
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Vendor: Peter May
Snakehead
SUFFOCATEDA vehicle crammed with dozens of dead Chinese immigrants is found in southern Texas. Forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell must put aside her horror and find out why. SUMMONEDDetective Li Yan--an even more unwelcome memory for Campbell--has arrived stateside to investigate a link in the...- $35.00
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Vendor: Ritu Mukerji
Murder by Degrees: A Mystery
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.Philadelphia, 1875: It is the start of...- $39.99
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Vendor: Laural Merlington
A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, 2nd Edition: Making Meaningful Connections with the Person Who Has Alzheimer's Disease or Other Dementia or Memory
Author: Laural Merlington, Laura WaymanISBN-10: 1665120401ISBN-13: 9781665120401Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/16/2019Format: CDWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 5.70h x 5.60w x 0.60d- $36.99
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Vendor: Natalie Angier
Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell
As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best...- $46.95
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Vendor: Artie Vierkant
Health Communism: A Surplus Manifesto
A searing analysis of health and illness under capitalism from hosts of the hit podcast Death Panel Written by cohosts of the hit Death Panel podcast and longtime disability justice and healthcare activists Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie, Health Communism first examines how capital has...- $41.99
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Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent and necessary book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people. America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known...- $45.00
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Vendor: Daniel Howell
You Will Get Through This Night
A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer. 'There's a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you...- $29.99
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Vendor: Chris Eagle
Dwell Here and Prosper
Dick, a blunt and bawdy Philly sports fan, finds himself in an assisted living facility following a stroke. Determined to regain his independence, he does daily laps around the grounds with his quad cane. But when recovery never comes, and days swell into years,...- $31.95
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Vendor: Chanchal Cabrera
Holistic Cancer Care: An Herbal Approach to Reducing Cancer Risk, Helping Patients Thrive During Treatment, and Minimizing Recurrence
Patients facing a cancer diagnosis often feel at the mercy of an illness they don't understand and in the hands of doctors offering treatments that focus on the cancer, instead of on the patient. In Holistic Cancer Care, Chanchal Cabrera, a consulting medical herbalist...- $45.00
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Vendor: Charles Barber
In the Blood: How Two Outsiders Solved a Centuries-Old Medical Mystery and Took on the US Army
The "high-stakes" true story of how an absent-minded inventor and a down-on-his-luck salesman joined forces to create a once-in-a-generation lifesaving product: "Suspenseful storytelling helps us see and feel the struggle and frustration, the sweat and tears . . . Inspiring" (Robert Kolker, #1 New...- $45.00
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Vendor: Chris Eagle
Dwell Here and Prosper
Dick, a blunt and bawdy Philly sports fan, finds himself in an assisted living facility following a stroke. Determined to regain his independence, he does daily laps around the grounds with his quad cane. But when recovery never comes, and days swell into years,...- $36.95
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Vendor: Jason Fung
The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
Author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer--and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward.Our understanding...- $39.99
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Vendor: Maya Dusenbery
Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
In this shocking, hard-hitting exposé in the tradition of Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich, the editorial director of Feministing.com, reveals how inadequate, inappropriate, and even dangerous treatment threatens women's lives and well-being.Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological...- $29.95
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Vendor: Adam Rutherford
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls "a defining idea of the twentieth century." Inspired by Darwin's ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England...- $36.95
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Vendor: Kristin Harmel
How to Save a Life
Now on audio for the first time! Groundhog Day meets Grey's Anatomy in this heartfelt novella with a hint of magic from the internationally bestselling author of The Room on Rue Am駘ie, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Sweetness of Forgetting, in which...- $29.99
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Vendor: Bryn Nelson
Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure
For readers of Giulia Enders' Gut and Bill Bryson's The Body, a surprising, witty and sparkling exploration of the teeming microbiome of possibility in human feces from microbiologist and science journalist Bryn Nelson.The future is sh*t: the literal kind. For most of human history...- $45.00
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Vendor: Kevin Hazzard
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of...- $50.00
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Vendor: Michael Hollander
Helping Teens Who Cut, Second Edition: Using Dbt Skills to End Self-Injury
Discovering that your teen "cuts" is every parent's nightmare. Your most urgent question is: "How can I make it stop?"Tens of thousands of worried parents have turned to this authoritative guide for information and practical guidance about the growing problem of teen self-injury.Dr. Michael...- $36.95
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Vendor: Foluke Taylor
Unruly Therapeutic: Black Feminist Writings and Practices in Living Room
Centering the experiences of Black women allows for richer therapeutic practices for everyone."Black feminisms have provided a foundation from which it becomes more possible to speak and write of interconnection―of a spirited life, soul, a natural mystic blowing through the air―and engagement with all...- $41.95
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Vendor: John Chase
You What?!: Humorous Stories, Cautionary Tales, and Unexpected Insights about a Career in Medicine
The end of residency isn't the utopia you might have imagined.You know what to do with the medical stuff, but what about navigating private practice, unfamiliar hospitals, and--patients!In this collection of absurd moments, practical advice, and humorous tales from the medical trenches, Dr. John...- $31.95
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Vendor: Renee Alsarraf
Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us about Living Well
Written with grace and emotional honesty, Sit, Stay, Heal will live with you long after the last page.-- John Grogan, bestselling author of Marley & MeFor more than two decades, esteemed veterinary oncologist Dr. Renee Alsarraf treated cancer in her beloved canine patients. Then,...- $36.99
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Vendor: Christy Teal
No Longer Radical: Understanding Mastectomies and Choosing the Breast Cancer Care That's Right for You
A life-saving and empowering guide to understanding breast cancer detection, prevention, and treatment options, from two top doctors in the field--Rachel Brem, a breast radiologist, and Christy Teal, a breast surgeon--who have also made the personal decisions to have mastectomiesNo Longer Radical is an...- $39.99
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Vendor: Jolene Brighten
Is This Normal?: Judgement-Free Straight Talk about Your Body
A comprehensive and candid guide to women's health from naturopathic physician, bestselling author, and leader in women's health, Dr. Jolene Brighten.When discussing period pain or mood swings, hormonal imbalance or fertility issues, and all the "down there" concerns, vagina owners everywhere consistently ask their...- $49.99
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Vendor: Alison Young
Pandora's Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk
This fearless, deeply reported book about laboratory accidents asks the haunting question some elite scientists don't want the public to entertain: Did the COVID-19 pandemic start with a lab leak in Wuhan, China? This is an obvious question. Yet there's been an extraordinary effort...- $40.00
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Vendor: Jen Gunter
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism
The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women's bodies, and it's no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond. Menopause is not...- $39.99
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Vendor: Peter Grinspoon
Seeing Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth about Marijuana
Depending on which doctor you speak with or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine--even an aid to wellness--or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all...- $51.95
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The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
Irving Kirsch has the world doubting the efficacy of antidepressants. Do they work, or are they no better than placebos? Like his colleagues, Kirsch spent years referring patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs. Eventually, however, he decided to investigate for...- $36.95
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Vendor: Shilpa Ravella
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease
A riveting investigation of inflammation―the hidden force at the heart of modern disease―and how we can prevent, treat, or even reverse it.Inflammation is the body's ancestral response to its greatest threats: injury and foreign microbes. But as the threats we face have evolved, new...- $46.95
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Vendor: Aaron Kheriaty
The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
The coronavirus pandemic conferred enormous power on certain government officials. They have no intention of giving it up.In the space of a few weeks in early 2020, Americans witnessed the imposition of previously unimagined social controls by the biomedical security state--the unelected technocrats who...- $36.95
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Vendor: L. J. Ganser
Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future
The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly...- $51.99
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Vendor: William Bynum
The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Taking a thematic rather than strictly chronological approach, W. F. Bynum, explores the key turning points in...- $31.99
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Vendor: Renee Alsarraf
Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us about Living Well
Written with grace and emotional honesty, Sit, Stay, Heal will live with you long after the last page.-- John Grogan, bestselling author of Marley & MeFor more than two decades, esteemed veterinary oncologist Dr. Renee Alsarraf treated cancer in her beloved canine patients. Then,...- $41.99
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Vendor: Barbara Collins
Regeneration: A Pulp Thriller
Joyce Lackey was a classic baby-boomer. She had it all: a high-paying position, a beautiful condo, a BMW. But there was one thing she didn't have any more--her youth, and that was what she needed most.Her boss fired her because he wanted someone with...- $31.95
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Vendor: Michael Hollander
Helping Teens Who Cut, Second Edition: Using Dbt Skills to End Self-Injury
Discovering that your teen "cuts" is every parent's nightmare. Your most urgent question is: "How can I make it stop?"Tens of thousands of worried parents have turned to this authoritative guide for information and practical guidance about the growing problem of teen self-injury.Dr. Michael...- $31.95
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Vendor: Adam Rutherford
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls "a defining idea of the twentieth century." Inspired by Darwin's ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England...- $31.95
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Vendor: Darin Olien
Fatal Conveniences: The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sick--And the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health
The New York Times bestselling author of SuperLife and cohost with Zac Efron of the hit Netflix series Down to Earth, Darin Olien offers invaluable advice for addressing the health of our bodies and the health of the planet by identifying common products and...- $41.99
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Vendor: Darin Olien
Fatal Conveniences: The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sick--And the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health
The New York Times bestselling author of SuperLife and cohost with Zac Efron of the hit Netflix series Down to Earth, Darin Olien offers invaluable advice for addressing the health of our bodies and the health of the planet by identifying common products and...- $41.99
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Vendor: Thomas Valone
Bioelectromagnetic Healing: A Rationale for Its Use
The only book explaining the scientific reasons for effective use of electrotherapy. It fills a gap in the popular health-related book selections by presenting clear interpretations of the latest research, backed up with easy-to-read charts and graphs. As the pharmaceutical choices for health care...- $24.95
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Vendor: Foluke Taylor
Unruly Therapeutic: Black Feminist Writings and Practices in Living Room
Centering the experiences of Black women allows for richer therapeutic practices for everyone."Black feminisms have provided a foundation from which it becomes more possible to speak and write of interconnection―of a spirited life, soul, a natural mystic blowing through the air―and engagement with all...- $31.95
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Vendor: Peter Grinspoon
Seeing Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth about Marijuana
Depending on which doctor you speak with or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine--even an aid to wellness--or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all...- $46.95
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Vendor: Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize! Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public...- $44.99
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Vendor: Rick Adamson
Concussion Rescue: A Comprehensive Program to Heal Traumatic Brain Injury
In Concussion Rescue, Dr. Kabran Chapek shares the programs and protocols that he uses at the Amen Clinics to put patients on the pathway to healing from traumatic brain injury. From general assessment using sophisticated tools (SPECT imaging, MRIs and CAT scans) to very...- $36.99
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Vendor: Chloe Cannon
Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind
A pioneering exploration of olfaction that upsets settled notions of how the brain translates sensory information. Decades of cognition research have shown that external stimuli spark neural patterns in particular regions of the brain. This has fostered a view of the brain as a...- $41.99
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Vendor: Max Allan Collins
Regeneration: A Pulp Thriller
Joyce Lackey was a classic baby-boomer. She had it all: a high-paying position, a beautiful condo, a BMW. But there was one thing she didn't have any more--her youth, and that was what she needed most.Her boss fired her because he wanted someone with...- $39.95
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Vendor: Ricardo Nuila
The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
Expensive. Broken. Americans use these two words more than any others to describe--and condemn--their own health-care system. And they're right. Could one local hospital--a David among the Goliaths of the Texas Medical Center--serve as a model for the change Americans have longed for?In the...- $39.99
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Vendor: F. Perry Wilson
How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't: Learning Who to Trust to Get and Stay Healthy
Blending personal anecdotes with hard science, an accomplished physician, researcher, and science communicator pulls back the curtain on medicine and medical research, revealing how progress is made--and how to rebuild trust between doctors and patients "A brilliant step toward patients and physicians alike reclaiming...- $45.00
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Vendor: Erik Vance
Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal
This riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs...- $34.95
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Vendor: Elizabeth Sandel
Shaken Brain: The Science, Care, and Treatment of Concussion
A physician with thirty-five years of experience treating people with brain injuries shares the latest research on concussions and best practices for care. Shaken Brain offers expert advice and urgently needed answers. Elizabeth Sandel, MD, is a board-certified physician who has spent more than...- $41.99
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