Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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Restored
A Journey Towards Forgiving and Healing by Noah Mugenyi
At the heart of RESTORED - A journey towards Forgiving and Healing lies a twofold. A personal journey of lived experiences and a Mental health self-help resource for anyone, who is confronted with life’s greatest challenges; and seeking to ...
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Medicine The Dirty Profession
A Life Long Struggle of A Medical Doctor by Dr. Nabil Basanti
Don’t Trust Your Doctor! Do you know what to do when a loved one gets sick? Or, do you know how to handle medical information that a doctor gives you? And furthermore, can you trust what your doctor tells you? Medicine the Dirty Profession is a ...
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Sorrows Can Swim
by Ngan Huynh
This raw and powerful autobiography follows the life of a registered nurse who turns to alcohol to help chase away her demons brought on by persistent physical and mental domestic abuse, rape, workplace bullying, and deteriorating mental health. At ...
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The Tales of Doctor Harry
Retired Rural Family Doctor by Doctor Harry
How do you live life to the fullest and funniest? Harry Hall and his family know the secret. In his 57 years of medical practice, Dr. Hall worked in rural and remote areas around the world, from the Arctic to Oceania. He became a parent, then a ...
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My One Extraordinary Life
The Memories of Leona King by Leona King
After being diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease I began journaling. It became a healing process. In between relapses I began writing stories of my youth and continued to what could now be called the last third of my life. Reflections of happy ...
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I'm the Bob and Cathy's Kid
Emotions - Love and Fury by Dr. Trevor Hurwitz, BettyAnne Batt and Aga Karst
This is a story about Suzanna Bailey, who at the age of fourteen months began experiencing epileptic seizures. Consequently, these seizures led to countless appointments with medical professionals. Six successive brain surgeries left her with ...
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Remembering You
Until God Whispers My Name by Marilyn R. Duncan
As Canada’s population continues to age and lifespans lengthen, the incidence of dementia is also on the increase, with Alzheimer’s being the most common. For twelve years, author Marilyn Duncan cared for her beloved mother after she developed ...
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The Bipolar Doctor
by R.T. Kumar
Despite battling depression in his mid-teens, Rohit Kumar fulfilled his beloved parents’ dream of becoming a doctor in 1990. He was one of Canada’s first hospitalists before setting up a highly successful private practice, and acquired specialized ...
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Follow Your Bliss
The Life and Times of a Family Doctor by Donald Hodder
Dr. Donald Hodder has woven tales of joy and sorrow, humour and fulfillment into this interesting memoir. He practised family medicine for over forty-five years, all of it in his native Newfoundland. During his career, he kept many notebooks ...
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Parallel Journeys
A Mother and Daughter's Struggle through Alzheimer's Disease by Wanda Burse
During the years of progressive struggle and decline, Wanda kept journals of her experience as a means of coping with the frustration and heartache. These documents served as the raw material for Parallel Journeys, a memoir that is not only about ...
