Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Emergency Medicine
Surviving the Chaos by Dale M. Bayliss
The discipline of medicine has been around since Hippocrates’ time. But the art and science of providing emergency care is constantly evolving, as shown by this book packed with the wisdom and experience Dale M. Bayliss has gleaned in his work as...
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The Power of Change
A Mennonite Girl's Footprints in Asia by Marcy (Weber) Ninomiya
Because my health continued to decline. . . I started bargaining with God. I was not going to die; I would do whatever God's plan was for me if He spared my life. In my mind, I was going to become a nurse and go to Asia. . . Yes, I was going to...
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And Then The Phone Rang...
The Life Adventures of Dr. Ron Hiller by Ronald E. Hiller
AND THEN THE PHONE RANG is an inspirational autobiography that tells the story of Dr. Ronald Hiller’s journey of faith and commitment to God’s call on his life. Fascinating stories of life as a missionary doctor in Nigeria and Cameroon highlight...
