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Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

par Atul Gawande ...

2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction“No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande. His stories about becoming a surgeon are scary, funny, absorbing....Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies.” —Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the MoonIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction“No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande. His stories about becoming a surgeon are scary, funny, absorbing....Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies.” —Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the MoonIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits
... En savoir plus
Riding the Lightning

A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic

par Anthony Almojera ...

“An intense look at the high-stakes world of a NYC paramedic in the months before and after COVID-19 altered our landscape.”—Damon Tweedy, MD, author of Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and MedicineThe education of a New York City paramedic, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city’s emergency medical system ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

“An intense look at the high-stakes world of a NYC paramedic in the months before and after COVID-19 altered our landscape.”—Damon Tweedy, MD, author of Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and MedicineThe education of a New York City paramedic, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city’s emergency medical system
... En savoir plus
These Vital Signs

A Doctor’s Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

par Sayed Tabatabai ...

A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find ... En savoir plus

$18.99 CAD

A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find
... En savoir plus
White Hot Light

Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine

par Frank Huyler ...

FINALIST FOR THE JAN MICHALSKI PRIZE FOR LITERATUREAnother "pitch-perfect book of short essays" ( New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this one exploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctor with 25 years of experience in the ER.In the late 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunning memoir of ... En savoir plus

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FINALIST FOR THE JAN MICHALSKI PRIZE FOR LITERATUREAnother "pitch-perfect book of short essays" ( New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this one exploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctor with 25 years of experience in the ER.In the late 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunning memoir of
... En savoir plus
Soins de fin de vie

par Jocelyne Saint-Arnaud, Delphine Roigt ...

Il s’agit d’un sujet dont personne n’aime parler, mais qui est incontournable, car nul n’échappe à la mort. Tôt ou tard elle viendra nous chercher. Aussi bien que ça se passe pour le mieux. Ce n’est pas tant la mort que l’on craint que ce qui la précède. Personne ne veut mourir lentement dans la souffrance. Pour cela, plusieurs décisions doivent être prises: si nous sommes atteints d’une maladie ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

Il s’agit d’un sujet dont personne n’aime parler, mais qui est incontournable, car nul n’échappe à la mort. Tôt ou tard elle viendra nous chercher. Aussi bien que ça se passe pour le mieux. Ce n’est pas tant la mort que l’on craint que ce qui la précède. Personne ne veut mourir lentement dans la souffrance. Pour cela, plusieurs décisions doivent être prises: si nous sommes atteints d’une maladie
... En savoir plus
Profession médecin de famille

par Marc Zaffran ...

« Médecin de famille » L’expression en dit beaucoup plus qu’on ne l’imagine. Cette figure est chargée de symboles, de souvenirs d’enfance, d’émotions intenses et d’expériences de vie marquantes. Elle véhicule son poids d’histoire et de réalité contemporaine. Et, parce que l’expression est riche, il est difficile d’en faire le tour en quelques mots ou quelques pages. Marc Zaffran raconte ici ... En savoir plus

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« Médecin de famille » L’expression en dit beaucoup plus qu’on ne l’imagine. Cette figure est chargée de symboles, de souvenirs d’enfance, d’émotions intenses et d’expériences de vie marquantes. Elle véhicule son poids d’histoire et de réalité contemporaine. Et, parce que l’expression est riche, il est difficile d’en faire le tour en quelques mots ou quelques pages. Marc Zaffran raconte ici
... En savoir plus
Telltale Hearts

A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story

par Dean-David Schillinger, MD ...

A doctor's powerful meditation on what his patients taught him, and what they can teach us about listening, healing, and public health.For over three decades, Dr. Dean-David Schillinger has served in one of the country’s busiest and most important public hospitals. A public health leader and primary care physician for underserved patients, Schillinger learned that high-tech tests and novel ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

A doctor's powerful meditation on what his patients taught him, and what they can teach us about listening, healing, and public health.For over three decades, Dr. Dean-David Schillinger has served in one of the country’s busiest and most important public hospitals. A public health leader and primary care physician for underserved patients, Schillinger learned that high-tech tests and novel
... En savoir plus
Healthy Brain, Happy Life

A Personal Program to to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better

par Wendy Suzuki, Billie Fitzpatrick ...

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide to improving your brain health—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide to improving your brain health—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive
... En savoir plus
Better

A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

par Atul Gawande ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession.**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession.**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more
... En savoir plus
Love, Loss, and What We Ate

A Memoir

par Padma Lakshmi ...

A vivid celebrity chef memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi’s unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera—a tantalizing blend of Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone and Nora Ephron’s Heartburn.Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how we eat is an ... En savoir plus

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A vivid celebrity chef memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi’s unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera—a tantalizing blend of Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone and Nora Ephron’s Heartburn.Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how we eat is an
... En savoir plus
Everything Is Wrong with Me

A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong

par Jason Mulgrew ...

“People who grow up like this tend to become agoraphobics, serial killers, or really funny writers. Mulgrew, I think – hope? – is the last of these three things. His stories of childhood made me laugh out loud.” — Rob McElhenney, star, creator, and producer of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia“The somewhat alarming, always interesting world inside Jason’s brain has now been strewn across the pages ... En savoir plus

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“People who grow up like this tend to become agoraphobics, serial killers, or really funny writers. Mulgrew, I think – hope? – is the last of these three things. His stories of childhood made me laugh out loud.” — Rob McElhenney, star, creator, and producer of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia“The somewhat alarming, always interesting world inside Jason’s brain has now been strewn across the pages
... En savoir plus
Heart Matters

A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon

par Kathy Magliato M.D. ...

An inspiring, surprising, sometimes shocking, and ultimately deeply informative memoir of the high-stakes, high-pressured life of a female heart surgeonDr. Kathy Magliato is one of the few female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group—those surgeons specially trained to perform heart transplants. Heart Matters is the story of the making ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

An inspiring, surprising, sometimes shocking, and ultimately deeply informative memoir of the high-stakes, high-pressured life of a female heart surgeonDr. Kathy Magliato is one of the few female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group—those surgeons specially trained to perform heart transplants. Heart Matters is the story of the making
... En savoir plus
Ink in the Blood

A Hospital Diary

par Hilary Mantel ...

Just after ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for ‘Wolf Hall’, she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary.Originally published in the London Review of Books, this diary by the acclaimed author Hilary Mantel explores in forensic detail her loss of dignity, her determination, the concentration of the senses into an animalistic struggle to get through, and ... En savoir plus

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Just after ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for ‘Wolf Hall’, she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary.Originally published in the London Review of Books, this diary by the acclaimed author Hilary Mantel explores in forensic detail her loss of dignity, her determination, the concentration of the senses into an animalistic struggle to get through, and
... En savoir plus
The Empathy Exams

Essays

par Leslie Jamison ...

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction PrizeA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction PrizeA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic
... En savoir plus
La santé repensée

Cessez de chercher la pilule miracle, agissez différemment

par Dr Gaétan Brouillard ...

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Nous cherchons souvent le remède miracle à nos maux, la pilule qui permettrait d'enrayer rapidement nos symptômes. Il n'existe toutefois aucune solution «toute prête» pour nous prémunir contre les nombreuses maladies chroniques qui prolifèrent actuellement. Cela dit, le Dr Brouillard nous invite à prendre notre santé en mains en adoptant une vision globale qui réconcilie le corps, le cœur et l ... En savoir plus

$20.99 CAD

Nous cherchons souvent le remède miracle à nos maux, la pilule qui permettrait d'enrayer rapidement nos symptômes. Il n'existe toutefois aucune solution «toute prête» pour nous prémunir contre les nombreuses maladies chroniques qui prolifèrent actuellement. Cela dit, le Dr Brouillard nous invite à prendre notre santé en mains en adoptant une vision globale qui réconcilie le corps, le cœur et l
... En savoir plus
Happy Accidents

Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century

par Morton A. Meyers ...

Happy Accidents is a fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the twentieth century. What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra have in common? They were each discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in the search for something else. In the 1990s, ... En savoir plus

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Happy Accidents is a fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the twentieth century. What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra have in common? They were each discovered accidentally, stumbled upon in the search for something else. In the 1990s,
... En savoir plus
What Doctors Feel

How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

par Danielle Ofri ...

A look at the emotional side of medicine—the shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and even love that affect patient carePhysicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice have a profound impact on ... En savoir plus

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A look at the emotional side of medicine—the shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and even love that affect patient carePhysicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice have a profound impact on
... En savoir plus
God's Hotel

A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

par Victoria Sweet ...

**Victoria Sweet's new book, SLOW MEDICINE, is on sale now!For readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, a medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence of medicine” (The San Francisco Chronicle).**San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God’s hotel) that cared for the sick in the ... En savoir plus

$15.99 CAD

**Victoria Sweet's new book, SLOW MEDICINE, is on sale now!For readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, a medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence of medicine” (The San Francisco Chronicle).**San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God’s hotel) that cared for the sick in the
... En savoir plus
Les acteurs ne savent pas mourir

Récits d'un urgentologue

par Alain Vadeboncoeur, Guylaine Tremblay ...

La médecine d’urgence n’est pas un travail sans histoires, le docteur Alain Vadeboncoeur en sait quelque chose. Exerçant ce métier depuis près de 25 ans, il a été le témoin de fins violentes, il a vu des personnes revenir de la mort, il a sauvé des vies in extrémis, il a été confronté à de coriaces malades imaginaires, mais surtout, il a accompagné la douleur de ceux qui perdaient un proche et la ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

La médecine d’urgence n’est pas un travail sans histoires, le docteur Alain Vadeboncoeur en sait quelque chose. Exerçant ce métier depuis près de 25 ans, il a été le témoin de fins violentes, il a vu des personnes revenir de la mort, il a sauvé des vies in extrémis, il a été confronté à de coriaces malades imaginaires, mais surtout, il a accompagné la douleur de ceux qui perdaient un proche et la
... En savoir plus
The Making of a Nurse

par Tilda Shalof ...

The bestselling author of A Nurse’s Story is back with more insider stories.Tilda Shalof has been a caregiver all her life—at home for her family, at work for strangers—but her skills didn’t come easily. From when she was a child taking care of her sick parents to her current position on an ICU team in one of Canada’s largest hospitals, there have always been daunting challenges and worthy rewards ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

The bestselling author of A Nurse’s Story is back with more insider stories.Tilda Shalof has been a caregiver all her life—at home for her family, at work for strangers—but her skills didn’t come easily. From when she was a child taking care of her sick parents to her current position on an ICU team in one of Canada’s largest hospitals, there have always been daunting challenges and worthy rewards
... En savoir plus
What Patients Taught Me

A Medical Student's Journey

par Audrey Young ...

Do sleek high-tech hospitals teach more about medicine and less about humanity? Do doctors ever lose their tolerance for suffering? With sensitive observation and graceful prose, this book explores some of the difficult and deeply personal questions a 23-year-old doctor confronts with her very first dying patient, and continues to struggle with as she strives to become a good doctor. In her ... En savoir plus

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Do sleek high-tech hospitals teach more about medicine and less about humanity? Do doctors ever lose their tolerance for suffering? With sensitive observation and graceful prose, this book explores some of the difficult and deeply personal questions a 23-year-old doctor confronts with her very first dying patient, and continues to struggle with as she strives to become a good doctor. In her
... En savoir plus
The Language of Kindness

A Nurse's Stories of Life, Death and Hope

par Christie Watson ...

An internationally bestselling, moving, lyrical, beautifully written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched.Christie Watson spent twenty years working as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and the patients who are ... En savoir plus

$10.99 CAD

An internationally bestselling, moving, lyrical, beautifully written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched.Christie Watson spent twenty years working as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and the patients who are
... En savoir plus
The Unseen Body

A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy

par Jonathan Reisman, M.D. ...

"A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine—the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of the brain—is extraordinary!"—Mary RoachIn this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

"A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine—the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of the brain—is extraordinary!"—Mary RoachIn this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories
... En savoir plus
My Journey with Farrah

A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship

par Alana Stewart ...

“A beautiful testament to the powerful love and friendship the two women shared as they searched for a miracle.”—Wichita Falls Times Record NewsIn My Journey with Farrah, Farrah Fawcett’s longtime friend Alana Stewart shares her personal diaries from her three years by Farrah’s side, during the former Charlie’s Angels actress’s tragic struggle to defeat cancer. A celebration of an incredible bond, ... En savoir plus

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“A beautiful testament to the powerful love and friendship the two women shared as they searched for a miracle.”—Wichita Falls Times Record NewsIn My Journey with Farrah, Farrah Fawcett’s longtime friend Alana Stewart shares her personal diaries from her three years by Farrah’s side, during the former Charlie’s Angels actress’s tragic struggle to defeat cancer. A celebration of an incredible bond,
... En savoir plus

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