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Trauma Room Two

In every hospital emergency department there is a room reserved for trauma. It is a place where life and death meet. A place where some families celebrate the most improbable of victories while others…

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The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year

A scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, bringing readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence.

In medical school, Matt McCarthy …

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The Natural Way of Things

Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the middle of a desert. Strangers to each other, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be…

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Emergency!: True Stories from the Nation's ERs

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All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience

“The surgical interventions in these pages are dizzying, but the fact that Jay Wellons can write as well as he can operate provides a whole other level of amazement.”—Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times b…

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Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

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All Better Now

From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes a young adult thriller about a world where happiness becomes contagious and the teens caught in the conspiracy by the powers that be to bri…

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Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER

"A stunning account of the chaos of the emergency room." ― Boston Globe In this eye-opening account of life in the ER, Paul Austin recalls how the daily grind of long, erratic shifts and endless horde…

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Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries

As a Yale School of Medicine physician, the New York Times bestselling author of Every Patient Tells a Story, and an inspiration and adviser for the hit Fox TV drama House, M.D., Lisa Sanders has seen…

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Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented w…

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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery

"This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In other words, by all of us."
--Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles

Rule One for the ne…

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Letters from the Pit: Stories of a Physician's Odyssey in Emergency Medicine

In a culture of comic book heroes, it's gratifying to be reminded that there are real heroes out there. Every day the staff of emergency rooms throughout the world are saving lives - 24/7/365. Dr. Pat…

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Empire of Wild

From the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel inspired by the traditional Métis story of the Rogarou - a werewolf-like creature that haunts the …

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Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising

A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.

Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eye…

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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. There are account…

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The Space Between Here & Now

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All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit

A gripping portrait of trauma surgeons and their place in the controlled chaos of a trauma center, as told by a 40-year veteran of trauma care.

For all the awe-inspiring medical stories we might hear a…

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25 Real Patient Stories: A Junior Doctor's Journey through the Highs and Lows of Medicine

"25 Real Patient Stories" reveals the untold experiences that unfold within the walls of hospitals and outpatient clinics, offering a touching glimpse into the humanity that binds patients and medical…

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The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER

The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare s…

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Denison Avenue

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders

Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Inn…

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Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea

What happens to patients when it all goes wrong at sea?

Say hello to Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spending a year as a repatriation doctor, he's now sailing off around the world as a ship's doctor - and wi…

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