Medical, Essays
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No One Left Behind: Decades of Growth
Collective Stories of Nurse Practitioners Transforming Healthcare in Canada
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When the nurse practitioner role was first introduced in the 1960s, no one could foresee the revolution in health care delivery it would auger. But decades later, the role is still little understood. In this striking follow-up to Claudia...
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Skull Fragments
Expressions of My TBI LIfe
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It’s estimated that one in three people have suffered an acquired brain injury in their lifetime. Yet so little is understood about brain health and its various injuries, especially the daily and personal effects. Author Len Roach knows these...
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123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine
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A baby is born, after a long nerve-wracking labour. A family struggles to make the right end-of-life decision for an elderly relative. Addicts and eccentrics find themselves in hospital emergency rooms. And doctors are there: treating patients...
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Science and Logic in Medical Diagnosis
In Defense of Individual Patients
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Clinicians and patients know the importance of correct diagnosis for proper treatment. So important – a correct diagnosis – it is the first theme of this book. Several other themes are also important. A second theme is established as “cause and...
