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    Complications

    A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

    by Atul Gawande ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 31 min

    ****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Art of Seeing

    by Aldous Huxley ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 7 min

    A Natural Path to Better VisionUnlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley focuses on the actual vision of the human eye. Documenting his own profound near-blindness and subsequent attempts to improve his own sight, Huxley offers a thorough instruction manual on the controversial ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Anatomy of Hope

    How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

    Narrated by Paul Michael ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can changethe course of illnessSince the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s ... Read more

    $12.95 USD

  • Audiobook

    Alzheimer

    Unabridged

    4 hours 36 min

    Una forma di demenza senile che altera le funzioni cognitive più preziose per l'uomo - pensare, progettare, ricordare - con effetti devastanti sulla qualità della vita del malato e dei suoi familiari. Nel volume le caratteristiche cliniche dell'Alzheimer - sintomi, possibili cause, terapie, ipotesi sulla prevenzione - ma anche le indicazioni necessarie per affrontare i problemi assistenziali ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Alzheimer's Canyon

    Unabridged

    6 hours 31 min

    "In the middle of the night I wake up and don't know where I am.... Am I in my house? My neighbor's house? Do I turn on the light? Do I get dressed? I turn to Jane, hold her hand, and let her bring me back to reality."What do you do when your reality slips away? If you're Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write.When Sky was diagnosed with "probable ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Miracles We Have Seen

    America's Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can't Forget

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    This is a book of miracles—medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters.Among the extraordinary cases ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Little Miss Diagnosed

    A Surgeon’s Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

    Narrated by Erin Nance, MD ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Cartas a un joven médico

    Narrated by Hernán Espinoza ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 8 min

    Una obra que conjuga las dos grandes pasiones de Federico Ortíz Quesada: la medicina y la literatura.El Dr. Federico Ortíz Quesada, miembro del Comité de exprofesores del Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Siglo XX, devela a través de 28 cartas la íntima relación entre la reflexión filosófica y el estudio de la medicina...Las cartas literarias han sido un medio privilegiado para que los ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    Les mystères du cerveau: Connaître et soigner

    by Anne Debroise ...
    Narrated by Frédéric KNEIP ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 29 min

    Extrêmement complexe, notre cerveau livre peu à peu ses mystères grâce aux recherches récentes. On connaît mieux aujourd’hui l’ensemble du système nerveux, la structure du cerveau, les éléments qui le composent, et, contrairement aux idées reçues, ses indéniables capacités d’évolution, voire de régénération.Grand régulateur des fonctions vitales (respiration ou sommeil), siège des fonctions ... Read more

    $21.33 USD

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    No Apparent Distress

    A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine

    Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at riskIn medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes.Rachel ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Страшный доктор: реальные истории из жизни хирурга

    Series series Звезда соцсети

    Unabridged

    6 hours 1 min

    Что приводит людей в хирургию и как вообще становятся хирургами? Ведь невозможно научить этому тонкому искусству по учебникам. Гнойный и торкальный хирург с общим стажем 10 лет проведет вас в закулисье операционных залов. Вся правда о работе тех, кто регулярно спасает жизни людей - без прикрас, цензуры и пафоса. Автор расскажет все подробности личной практики и даже больше. Множество историй – ... Read more

    $11.13 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Unbutchered Dehumanising a Plastic Surgeon

    Narrated by Dr. Luke Gordon ...
    Series Audiobook 1.0 - Unbutchered

    Unabridged

    1 hour 4 min

    One of the last of the baby boomers, Dr Luke Gordon was born in the mining town of Boksburg, South Africa, to Catholic parents. He grew up the fourth of five children in a middle-class neighbourhood, raised in large part by his beloved nanny Sarah, who became a surrogate mother to him. His father was a teacher; his mother a typist who worked to help make ends meet. They were not wealthy, but they ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Основы медицины, о которых пора забыть

    Series series Фактология

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    Эта книга — экспресс-курс для тех, кто готов сомневаться во всем! Древняя, античная и средневековая медицина — одни из самых забавных фарсовых страниц в истории, где великие имена — Гиппократ, Гален, Парацельс — на самом деле символы мифов и заблуждений. Эта книга проведет вас от абсолютного незнания до внятного понимания, почему изучение классиков медицины часто оказывается данью устаревшим ... Read more

    $18.62 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Человеку мало века

    Series series МедБестселлер. Лучшее

    Unabridged

    6 hours 18 min

    Федор Григорьевич Углов — знаменитый советский хирург, имя которого занесено в книгу рекордов Гиннеса. Он прожил 104 года и оперировал до 100 лет. Поэтому тема долголетия для него не только чистая теория, но, прежде всего, практика. Нужно соблюдать не так уж много правил, чтобы прожить долгую и активную жизнь. Долголетие по Углову — это, скорее образ жизни, чем свод предписаний. Сохранить здоровье ... Read more

    $11.60 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    創造力的修行:打開一切可能

    The Creative Act: A Way of Being

    Narrated by 郝明義 ...
    Series Audiobook 148 - From

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    一個不會任何樂器,也不懂得使用錄音控台的人,卻能贏得八座葛萊美獎,被歐美音樂界的巨星視為「傳奇」。我不懂音樂,但我很了解自己要的是什麼。────《創造力的修行:打開一切可能》作者 里克・魯賓紐約時報暢銷書排行榜 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 創意類 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 大眾心理學類 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 全分類 第四名 蟬聯十六週天神級音樂製作人,公開自己窮極一生累積的心法我的初衷,是要寫一本如何創造偉大藝術的書。然而它揭露了自己,變成了一本關於如何「活著」的書。其中有些想法可能引起共鳴,也有一些可能不會。有些可能喚醒你內心原本已遭遺忘的某種認識。有益的,加以利用。至於其他,就放手。如果世界上的萬事萬物,都是創作的「材料」,我們可以怎麼妥善地運用它們?在橫跨四十年的音樂製作生涯裡,里克・魯賓不但是葛萊美獎的常勝軍,也是許多知名音樂人心中一等一的大師(guru)。然而 ... Read more

    $9.75 USD

  • Audiobook

    病非如此:一位人類學家的母女共病絮語

    by 劉紹華 ...
    Narrated by 劉紹華, 汪世瑋 ...
    Series Audiobook 186 - Mark

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    一個家庭的生命變奏曲,一段疾病與關係的敘事阿茲海默症、癌症,兩個世紀之症同時發生在一個家庭中,患者的人生、家人的未來,該如何面對與承擔?認識老病死苦的生命倫理與合宜應對之道,該是日常教育的一環我想記錄自己和母親的這段生命旅程,儘管片段,但求誌念。記錄是為了母親、自己和家人,且身為醫療人類學者,也希望這段疾病與康復敘事,有助於其他的病人親友理解病中之人,並與之平和相處。──劉紹華二〇一八年七月,人類學家劉紹華和她的母親接連確認罹患「世紀之症」,其母診斷為阿茲海默症初期,而紹華得了癌症。兩人同時生病,對於家人的打擊重大,照護人手嚴重不足,家中混亂了一段相當長的時間,生病的人不好過,沒生病的人也不好過。數年間各種沒想過的生命經驗陸續發生,正面的、負面的都有。不論生病或康復,變壞或變好,都不是跨過一條界線那麼簡單,而是得經歷一段來回反覆的灰色地帶。生病與康復都是一趟旅程,只有走過才知道風景微妙 ... Read more

    $9.08 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Personale Sanitario In Tempi Di Pandemia. Una Prospettiva Psicologica.

    Unabridged

    2 hours 27 min

    In seguito al successo del libro intitolato ”Aspetti psicologici nei tempi della pandemia”, in cui vengono affrontati temi relativi all’ impatto del virus sulla vita dei cittadini dal punto di vista psicologico, e sulla base dell’espressa richiesta da parte dei lettori di un testo incentrato sul personale sanitario, ho deciso di scrivere questo libro. L'obiettivo è quello di offrire informazioni ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Когти перемен. Истории из жизни ветеринарного врача

    Series series Звезда соцсети

    Unabridged

    5 hours 40 min

    После предательства мужа Надежда уезжает из Петербурга в провинциальный город N, чтобы начать всё с чистого листа. Новая клиника, новые знакомства, насыщенные трудовые будни — и старая добрая надежда на то, что жизнь может заиграть новыми красками. Надю ждет многое: сложные случаи, спасённые животные, чуткие коллеги, порой — равнодушие, порой — благодарность. А ещё кошка по имени Мусильда, которую ... Read more

    $13.47 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Complications

    A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

    by Atul Gawande ...
    Narrated by William David Griffith ...

    Abridged

    7 hours 48 min

    A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Burning Out on the COVID Front Lines

    Narrated by Dhaval R Desai M.D. ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    This memoir tells the story of Georgia physician Dhaval Desai's life during the Covid-19 pandemic. As a new father, frontline physician and healthcare leader on the brink of burnout, and a member of an ethnic minority in the South, his tale is marked by chaotic intersections. His commitment to fostering and advocating for humanity in medicine inspired him to write a personal narrative of his ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    A Psychological Perspective Of The Health Personnel In Times Of Pandemic

    Unabridged

    2 hours 30 min

    Afterward the successful on reception of the book “Psychological Aspects in Times of Pandemic” where a number of issues from the perspective of psychological science are addressed, related to the impact of the appearance COVID-19 on the lives of citizens, and afore readers insistent request for a text focused on healthcare personnel, from there came this book The purpose of it is to offer updated ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Arthritis: The Ultimate Guide to Conquering and Healing Arthritis

    Narrated by Jessie Gross ...

    Unabridged

    22 min

    Do you suffer from crippling arthritis?Is it ruining your quality of life every day?Are you ready for a solution that will heal it for good?Arthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that millions suffer from and most never see an end to. It can affect every aspect of life and mean an end to participation in sport, or even mild exercise in its worst case. But there are things you can, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Women of the Pandemic

    Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19

    by Lauren McKeon ...
    Narrated by Katie Ryerson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women's leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together.Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through the world's defining crises. That all changed with COVID-19. In Canada, women's presence in the response ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    Letters to a Young Therapist

    by Mary Pipher ...
    Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 54 min

    A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their ... Read more

    $18.99 USD