Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Play Up! Play Up! And Play the Game!
by Leslie P. Kozak
In August 1956 at 3 o’clock in the morning a 15-year old aspiring hockey player boarded a Greyhound bus in Yorkton, Saskatchewan to begin a journey that first took him to Maple Leaf Gardens where he achieved his childhood dream of playing in the...
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Never Give Up
12 Ways to Have an Outstanding Life by Tom Shindruk
In this book you will read about living to a ripe old age that was wrought with Cancer, Death of a son, facing everyday day challenges and coming out cheerful and happy and healthy in the end. Living a life filled with joy, happiness and good...
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Conquering Cancer My Way
by Dr. Elior Kinarthy
When Dr. Elior Kinarthy retired from California to the seaside city of Victoria, British Columbia, he was soon faced with a daunting challenge. Diagnosed with prostate cancer, he began a fifteen-year journey to finding the treatment plan that...
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Walking Them Home
A Soldier’s Journey in Postwar Rwanda by Derrick Nearing
In July of 1994, Leading Seaman Derrick Nearing, a military medic, is urgently deployed to Rwanda, a country he has never heard of, sent on a mission halfway around the world that will colour the rest of his life. In the previous months, Rwanda...
