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1	Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science more books like this by Atul Gawande In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance more books like this by Atul Gawande The "New York Times" bestselling author examines the complex and risk-filled medical profession and how those involved progress from merely good to great. Gawande provides rare insight and offers an honest firsthand account of his own life as a surgeon. see all copies from $2.44! new only from $2.44! \| first editions \| SVS
3	An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales more books like this by Oliver W Sacks In a fashion still more personal than his previous books, Oliver Sacks gives us portraits of several neurological patients, following them as far as possible into their otherworldly modes of being: a surgeon who is consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Anthropologist on Mars more books like this by Oliver W Sacks This collection of essays are mainly casebook studies. Neurological patients, Oliver Sacks once wrote, are travellers to unimaginable lands. This book offers portraits of seven such travellers, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating, an artist who loses all sense of colour in a car ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery more books like this by Richard Selzer In this collection of nineteen unforgettable essays, Dr. Richard Selzer describes unsparingly the surgeon's art, opening up the body to view, one part at a time. Both moving and perversely funny, Mortal Lessons is an established classic that considers not only the workings and misworkings of the human body, but also the meaning of life and death. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients more books like this by Lucy H DVM Spelman (Editor), Ted Y DVM Mashima (Editor), Jack Hanna (Foreword by) This one-of-a-kind heartwarming collection of stories gives fascinating insight into the exciting and exotic world of zoo veterinarians. see all copies from $9.23! new only from $13.20! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again more books like this by Dr. Drew Pinsky, M.D. Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with ... see all copies from $2.65! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Heart in the Right Place more books like this by Carolyn Jourdan Moving from her career as a successful Washington attorney back to her native Tennessee, Jourdan recognizes her father to be more heroic and devoted than any politician shed ever met. Told with tremendous heart, this is the story of how, sometimes, you can--and should--go home again. see all copies from $3.78! new only from $6.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Kill as Few Patients as Possible: And Fifty-Six Other Essays on How to Be the Wo more books like this by Oscar London, M.D. This oft-quoted all-time favourite of the medical community will gladden - and strengthen - the hearts of patients, doctors, and anyone entering medical study, internship, or practice. With unassailable logic and rapier wit, the sage Dr. Oscar London muses on the challenges and joys of doctoring, and imparts timeless truths, reality checks, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.98! \| first editions \| SVS
10	On Doctoring: New, Revised and Expanded Third Edition more books like this by Richard Reynolds, M.D. (Editor), John Stone, M.D. (Editor) Few subjects hold more universal appeal than that of medicine, and surely few books have evoked medicine's drama and magic more powerfully than "On Doctoring." In its many forms, from age-old ritual to the cutting edge of modern science, medicine concerns us all. It is a human profession, practiced by people who have dedicated their lives not only ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us about Courage and Character more books like this by Fred Epstein, Joshua Horwitz A world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon shares the lessons of courage, compassion, and resilience that he's learned from his exceptional young patients "If I Get to Five" is a one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind human being. The medical world knows him as Fred Epstein, M.D., the neurosurgeon who pioneered life-saving procedures for previously ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Intoxicated by My Illness more books like this by Anatole Broyard When celebrated literary critic and New York Times Book Review editor Broyard learned that he had cancer, he determined to see his terminal illness as a liberation. Here is the product of that intense period: a collection of essays and journal entries rich with rage, impudence, and idiosyncracy. Foreword by Dr. Oliver Sacks. see all copies from $7.82! new only from $9.29! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics more books like this by Arthur W Frank In "At the Will of the Body", Arthur Frank told the story of his own illnesses, heart attack and cancer. That book ended by describing the existence of a "remission society", whose members all live with some form of illness or disability. "The Wounded Storyteller" is their collective portrait. Frank suggests that ill people are more than victims ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $12.96! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning more books like this by Gretel Ehrlich After nature writer Gretel Ehrlich was struck by lightning near her Wyoming ranch and almost died, she embarked on a grueling but often exhilarating journey back to the land of the living. Here she invites readers to share that journey, as she hungrily explores the natural and spiritual world to try and make sense of what happened to her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine more books like this by Frank Huyler In these poignant, compassionate stories, an emergency room physician and poet describes both the dramatic decisions and the more subtle dilemmas he has faced throughout his medical career. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A Little Work: Behind the Doors of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon more books like this by Z Paul Lorenc, Trish Hall In "the" book for anyone who is thinking about getting plastic surgery, Dr. Lorenc not only supplies the answers to the most-asked questions but analyzes what increasingly drives people in our youth- and beauty-obsessed culture--women and men alike--to request his services. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Bedside Manners: One Doctor's Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters Between Patient and Healer more books like this by David Watts Have you ever wondered what life is like on the other side of the stethoscope? Combining the grace and precision of a poet with a down-to-earth, compassionate manner, physician and NPR commentator David Watts reveals what it's really like to be a doctor today. From difficult diagnoses, irreverent colleagues, brave survivors, and examining room ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $8.68! \| SVS
18 view cover	A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology more books like this by Robert Coles, M.D. (Editor), Randy Testa (Editor), Penny Armstrong A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession who are struggling to keep up with the science while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their work. Described as "an admirably complete look at the best recent writing on medicine" by the Detroit Free Press, the book includes well ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Heirs of General Practice more books like this by McPhee "Heirs of General Practice "is a frieze of glimpses of young doctors with patients of every age--about a dozen physicians in all, who belong to the new medical specialty called family practice. They are people who have addressed themselves to a need for a unifying generalism in a world that has become greatly subdivided by specialization, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Julia's Mother: Life Lessons in the Pediatric Er more books like this by William Bonadio, M.D. A real-life pediatric emergency room doctor reveals the trials, heartbreaks, and triumphs of his work. It's a place of intense human drama, life's highest hopes and deepest despairs. A place we rarely get to see through a doctor's eyes. But now the emergency room at a children's hospita is revealed in a moving and personal notembook by William ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Last Chance Dog: And Other True Stories of Holistic Animal Healing more books like this by Donna Kelleher, D.V.M. Yogi, a scrappy Jack Russell terrier, has a pain in the neck and hasn't walked for weeks. Nikita is a fifteen-year-old seal point Himalayan cat who has lost all interest in eating. And then there's Angel, a curious cockatoo whose bacterial infections defy every antibiotic known to science. Meet just a few of the remarkable, real-life characters ... see all copies from $2.58! new only from $2.58! \| SVS
22 view cover	Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue more books like this by Danielle Ofri Danielle Ofri writes eloquently about her years of training to be a doctor at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, sharing her encounters with the sick, the dying, and the living. In the course of this volume, Ofri becomes a doctor, learning not only to heal the sick but to cope with the death and failure that are a part of every doctor's life--and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story more books like this by Anthony Godby Johnson The autobiography of a 15-year-old New Yorker who is dying of AIDS. Anthony Johnson was born in 1977 and for 11 years was physically and sexually abused by his parents. However, this book is not a grimly explicit account of those years; it is a journal about the strength of friendship and the joy of growing up in New York, the wonders of knowledge ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $184.92! \| first editions
24 view cover	Patient's Voice: Experiences of Illness more books like this by Jeanine Young-Mason, EdD, RN, CS, FAAN The Patient's Voice: Experiences of Illness presents 16 contemporary autobiographical narratives written by children and adults who have experienced psychiatric and physical illnesses. These narratives offer a powerful insight into, and appreciation for, patients' experiences in dealing with illness. see all copies from $7.88! new only from $31.83! \| SVS
25 view cover	Body of Knowledge: One Semester of Gross Anatomy, the Gateway to Becoming a Doctor more books like this by Steve Giegerich A fascinating exploration of the medical student's most decisive course -- gross anatomy -- and of the intellectual, emotional and spiritual transformation that turns young men and women into doctors Medical Gross and Developmental Anatomy is a course every medical student dreads. As one future physician told the author, Steve Giegerich, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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