Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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Saving the Art of Medicine
Observations of a Practitioner by Allen Sussman
In his deeply thoughtful book, Dr. Sussman provides an expansive view of the field and all that being a healer entails. Sharing stories from his training as well as practice, drawing on data from a wealth of studies, and including a nuanced ...
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Grab the Spark
How My Parkinson's Journey Sparked My Creativity Through Stories, Poems and Photos by Joe W. van Koeverden
Joe W. van Koeverden, MBA, PwP, has lived with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) for ten years. For the last twenty years, he worked in senior management as a CEO, president, and CAO. He’s twenty years cancer free and has been clean and sober for over ...
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Contagion Chaser
The Story of an Infectious Disease Detective by Lee F. Walters
Picking up where his previous book, Rescues from the Sky, left off, Contagion Chaser details Dr. Lee F. Walters’ transition from saving lives at sea as part of an air medical rescue team with the US Coast Guard to becoming an infectious disease ...
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Nevertheless She Persisted
What to Expect When You're Not Expecting Cancer by Dr. Christa L. Wilkin, PhD
Nevertheless She Persisted is an engaging collection of Christa’s blog writing while managing life with cancer. Honest and heartfelt, she recounts her emotional and physical journey from the time of diagnosis and offers extremely valuable social ...
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The Beast in My Head
by Sonia Bitca
The Beast in My Head is author Sonia Bitca’s memoir about her harrowing battle with a brain tumor—which she dubs “the beast”—and her journey from diagnosis, to surgery, hospitalization, and recovery. But it is also much more than that! It is a ...
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How to Smuggle Children and Other Confessions of a Country Doctor
by David L. Cogswell
An engaging and affectionate memoir, How to Smuggle Children and Other Confessions of a Country Doctor tells of three generations of Nova Scotian country doctors, whose combined practices span the twentieth century. With clear-eyed prose, Dr. David ...
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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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Enjoying the Interval: Murray Enkin: A Life
Medical Humanist and Honorary Midwife by Kerreen M. Reiger
Anyone who has enjoyed the great happiness and intimacy of a family-centred birth, and any midwife or health professional who has attended one, owes a debt of gratitude to internationally known Canadian doctor, researcher, and medical reformer, ...
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One Step at a Time
Reflections on a Battle with Leukemia by Brian Fraser and Callum Fraser
One Step At A Time is a firsthand account of a young man’s battle with leukemia. In the first half of the book, Brian Fraser describes, with the utmost honesty, what it is like to fight a relentless, punishing disease. He reflects on the horror of ...
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The Beatles, Babies and Broken Bodies
My Memoir Navigating Canada's Healthcare System by Pat Zehr
What does it take to be a frontline healthcare worker? Dedication, perseverance, strength, passion: the standard superlatives of a hero. Add being a nurse in Canada’s northern region and practising medicine as a woman, and the backstory gets more ...
