Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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My Bert Has Alzheimer's
Caregiving is Living for Two by Paula de Ronde
My Bert Has Alzheimer’s is an intimate, detailed account of a wife’s experience with her husband’s dementia. As Paula de Ronde quickly learned, life for two people — patient and caregiver - is thrown into disarray with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s....
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Journeying with Jim
My personal reflections of caregiving successes and challenges while Dementia robbed me of the man I loved by Noreen Peters
Journeying with Jim is an intimate, detailed account of a wife’s experience with her soul mate’s Dementia. As Noreen Peters quickly learned, a diagnosis of Dementia throws life into disarray for two people—patient and caregiver. Together she and...
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In the Shadow of Angels
Intimate Stories from a Hospice Counsellor by Susan Breiddal
“You people are angels!” This is how many respond to those who work in palliative care. How hospice care professionals manage the emotional tension of being surrounded by sick, dying, and grief-stricken people is unfathomable. Over her 20 years...
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Different Drummer
A Cardiologist's Memoir of Imperfect Heroes and Care for the Heart by Douglass Andrew Morrison
Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary artery balloon angioplasty (plasty) in 1977. Shortly after that, Doug completed his medical education and training and determined to contribute to the field Gruentzig’s work had spawned. In 1984,...
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Big Breath In
The Fight to Breathe and the Journey to a Double-Lung Transplant by George Keulen
Big Breath In follows the ups and fateful downs of living with cystic fibrosis (CF), the journey to receiving a double lung transplant, and the hope of a second chance at life that transplant brings. Documenting the daily struggle of living with...
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The Dangerous Mind of a Dying Man
by Jason Kom-Tong
With only three months left to live and realizing there is no consequences for any of his actions, Jason takes you on a journey that can only be described as dangerous. Told in an unfiltered way that is relatable, The Dangerous Mind of a Dying...
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There's A Leak In My Boat!
The Challenges and Gifts of My Journey Through Chronic Illness by Flo Levia
There’s a Leak in My Boat! is a gripping personal tale about all the things that contributed to the author’s chronic illnesses, shared in the hopes that they may resonate with others who are wrestling with similar challenges and staring down the...
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Plasticity
My Life and Vocation by Dr. Mirek Stranc
Plasticity: My Life and Vocation is the autobiography of Dr. Mirek Stranc, a world-renowned Plastic Surgeon. It captures his childhood as a displaced person during World War II, forcibly taken from his home in Poland, loaded in a cattle car and...
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Path of a Healer
A Time to Reflect by Jacques G. LeBlanc
“Path of a Healer: a time to reflect,” is a story of the boundaries between life and death. Written by a pediatric cardiac surgeon, Dr. Jacques LeBlanc, the memoir examines and pays homage to a father-son relationship, faith, friendship,...
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Humanizing Medicine: Making Health Tangible
Memoirs of Engagement with a Global Development Network by Azim H. Jiwani
Covering more than forty years, this engaging memoir chronicles Dr. Azim Jiwani’s journey from his early years of acquiring a wide-ranging medical education; his varied medical experiences in developed and developing societies; and his impetus...
