Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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Three Minutes for a Dog
My Life in an Iron Lung by Paul R. Alexander
Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit afflicted with unimaginable physical and psychological challenges. Paul Alexander’s life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped ...
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Caregiver's Survival Toolkit
Go from Surviving to Thriving by Pamela C Spahr
Don’t struggle! Ease and Tranquility are your Caregiving Rights. Insight! Impact! Results! INSIGHT: Discover the impact of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease on the family unit. Gain insight into what the patient experiences. IMPACT: Learn ...
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Hometown Asylum
A History and Memoir of Institutional Care by Jack Martin
Starting in 1911, and for many years, the Alberta Hospital Ponoka, or AHP, was the largest and highest-population psychiatric institution in the Western Canadian Province of Alberta. It was also located on the outskirts of Jack Martin’s hometown, ...
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Love Always
My Wife’s Courageous Battle Against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by John Charles Corrigan
It started with a worrisome lump in Donna’s neck. It was May 2017. At the time, John and Donna Corrigan were looking forward to the publication of John’s debut non-fiction title about the Red Knight. John had spent twenty-four years doing meticulous ...
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No Doctor! You're Wrong.
I Don't Have... How My Husband Saved My Life When I Was Misdiagnosed Over and Over and Over..... by Sherri Antoinette
We have been brought up to believe that, when we become sick, we can trust our medical system and (more specifically) our doctors to fix us. It’s their calling and their duty. We hope that when they don’t know or understand what is wrong, they will ...
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Picking Up The Broken Pieces
My Journey Through Psychosis, Depression and Anxiety by Arielle Bradberry
An honest and inspiring memoir of a young women battling psychosis, depression and anxiety The story is of a women who experiences mental health brought on by stress. A candid and intimate retelling of her breakdown, and her memories and ...
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A Firefighter's Story
30 Years On The Front Lines by Richard Ehrlich
A Firefighter’s Story is a powerful memoir of a man’s thirty-year career in a couple of exceptional and selfless professions. Richard A. Ehrlich spent three decades as a professional Firefighter and paramedic with the Philadelphia Fire Department, ...
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The Unsung Heroes of Paediatric Medicine
The History of the Department of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (1888-2018) by Ernest Cutz and David Wencer
Within the world of medicine, the work the pathologist does is integral to positive patient outcomes, but it is rare for the pathologist to actually have any interaction with their patients. Thus, their work can often go unrecognized and ...
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Rescues from the Sky
True Stories of the Air Medical Rescue Teams of the US Coast Guard who risk their lives to save others as seen through the eyes of a newly trained flight surgeon 1971-1973 by Lee F. Walters MD
Rescues from the Sky features the true stories of the US Coast Guard Aviation Medical Rescue Service as seen through the eyes of a wet-behind-the-ears flight surgeon fresh out of training. The events it recounts took place during the author’s ...
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Helping Hands
by Dr. Kimit Rai
This is a story of resilience, survival, and struggle; of appreciating how multi-storied our lives are; and to bearing witness to the alternating themes of economics, religion, and gender issues. Kimit Rai was born in a time of political turmoil ...
