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Break Through Anesthesia Fog

Protect Your Brain and Heal Faster After Surgery

par Sandra Bargeron ...

Have you ever worried about surgery, wondering how anesthesia might affect your brain and body?Are you afraid of lingering brain fog, emotional swings, or slow recovery-and wish someone had shown you how to prepare?Sandra Bargeron, PA-C, CAA, is a board-certified Physician Assistant and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant. As part of the Anesthesia Care Team, she has administered anesthesia to ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

Have you ever worried about surgery, wondering how anesthesia might affect your brain and body?Are you afraid of lingering brain fog, emotional swings, or slow recovery-and wish someone had shown you how to prepare?Sandra Bargeron, PA-C, CAA, is a board-certified Physician Assistant and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant. As part of the Anesthesia Care Team, she has administered anesthesia to
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當呼吸化為空氣：一位天才神經外科醫師最後的生命洞察（揪心感動暢銷版）

When Breath Becomes Air

par 保羅．卡拉尼提, Paul Kalanithi ...

Traduit par 唐勤 ...

Collections series 人生顧問
人終將一死，但當死亡迫近時，我們才會開始學習如何好好活著。＊蟬聯亞馬遜書店長銷榜的經典動人之作。＊榮獲紐約時報暢銷書。＊入選普立茲獎決選名單、比爾．蓋茲2017年推薦書單。「這本小書擁有非常多層次的意義及諸多的對比關係，比如生與死、病人與醫生、兒子與父親、工作與家庭、信仰與理智。在保羅短暫的一生中，他透過書籍、寫作、醫學、手術、科學等各種方式探尋生命的意義。我非常有幸能閱讀這本書，得以見證這段旅程的一小部分。」──比爾．蓋茲｢患病後，棘手之處在於，你的價值觀不斷在變……你決定要把時間花在當神經外科醫師，可是兩個月後，你不那麼想了。再過兩個月，你也許想去學吹薩克斯風，或想全心服事教會。死亡是個單一事件，可是身罹絕症地活下去，卻是個歷程。｣──保羅．卡拉尼提即將攀上充滿希望的人生巔峰，死亡的陰影卻突然橫亙身前，一位三十七歲的... ... En savoir plus

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人終將一死，但當死亡迫近時，我們才會開始學習如何好好活著。＊蟬聯亞馬遜書店長銷榜的經典動人之作。＊榮獲紐約時報暢銷書。＊入選普立茲獎決選名單、比爾．蓋茲2017年推薦書單。「這本小書擁有非常多層次的意義及諸多的對比關係，比如生與死、病人與醫生、兒子與父親、工作與家庭、信仰與理智。在保羅短暫的一生中，他透過書籍、寫作、醫學、手術、科學等各種方式探尋生命的意義。我非常有幸能閱讀這本書，得以見證這段旅程的一小部分。」──比爾．蓋茲｢患病後，棘手之處在於，你的價值觀不斷在變……你決定要把時間花在當神經外科醫師，可是兩個月後，你不那麼想了。再過兩個月，你也許想去學吹薩克斯風，或想全心服事教會。死亡是個單一事件，可是身罹絕症地活下去，卻是個歷程。｣──保羅．卡拉尼提即將攀上充滿希望的人生巔峰，死亡的陰影卻突然橫亙身前，一位三十七歲的...
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Back in Control, 3rd Edition

A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain

par David Hanscom ...

$26.79 CAD
Letters To A Young Doctor

par Richard Selzer ...

Highly candid, insightful, and unexpectedly humorous essays on both the brutality and the beauty of the profession in which saving and losing lives is all in a day’s work. A timeless collection by the “best of the writing surgeons” (Chicago Tribune). With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition. ... En savoir plus

$9.99 CAD

Highly candid, insightful, and unexpectedly humorous essays on both the brutality and the beauty of the profession in which saving and losing lives is all in a day’s work. A timeless collection by the “best of the writing surgeons” (Chicago Tribune). With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition.
... En savoir plus
Borrowing Life

How Scientists, Surgeons, and a War Hero Made the First Successful Organ Transplant a Reality

par Shelley Fraser Mickle ...

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical miracle of the world's first successful organ transplant."An extraordinary work. Shelley Fraser Mickle has not only provided a detailed, fascinating documentation of the world's first successful organ ... En savoir plus

$9.89 CAD

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical miracle of the world's first successful organ transplant."An extraordinary work. Shelley Fraser Mickle has not only provided a detailed, fascinating documentation of the world's first successful organ
... En savoir plus
Direct Red

A Surgeon's View of Her Life-or-Death Profession

par Gabriel Weston ...

In this powerful and sometimes shocking account, a surgeon reveals her experience of hospital life with rare frankness.In her mid-twenties, Gabriel Weston - an arts graduate with no scientific qualification beyond high school-level biology - decided to become a surgeon. She enrolled at night school, then went through many years of medical school and surgical training.Now in her late thirties, she ... En savoir plus

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In this powerful and sometimes shocking account, a surgeon reveals her experience of hospital life with rare frankness.In her mid-twenties, Gabriel Weston - an arts graduate with no scientific qualification beyond high school-level biology - decided to become a surgeon. She enrolled at night school, then went through many years of medical school and surgical training.Now in her late thirties, she
... En savoir plus
50 Studies Every Orthopaedic Surgeon Should Know

Modifié par Kapil Sugand, Hani B. Abdul-Jabar ...

Collections series Fifty Studies Every Doctor Should Know
50 Studies Every Orthopaedic Surgeon Should Know is a compilation of landmark studies from all subspecialties within emergency and elective Trauma and Orthopaedic practice. It is written in an accessible way, appropriate for an array of practicing experts, allied healthcare professionals and students with the goal of disseminating findings from high-quality studies that have led to standardized ... En savoir plus

$81.59 CAD

50 Studies Every Orthopaedic Surgeon Should Know is a compilation of landmark studies from all subspecialties within emergency and elective Trauma and Orthopaedic practice. It is written in an accessible way, appropriate for an array of practicing experts, allied healthcare professionals and students with the goal of disseminating findings from high-quality studies that have led to standardized
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The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain

Modifié par Brian P. Jacob, David C. Chen, Bruce Ramshaw, Shirin Towfigh ...

Collections series Medicine (R0)
This manual captures and summarizes the key elements in management of groin pain, including relevant anatomy, etiologies, diagnostic evaluation tools, imaging, detailed pharmacologic options, interventional modalities and options for operative remediation. The manual separately addresses the management of intrinsic groin pain due to primary disease processes and secondary groin pain due to a prior ... En savoir plus

$141.89 CAD

This manual captures and summarizes the key elements in management of groin pain, including relevant anatomy, etiologies, diagnostic evaluation tools, imaging, detailed pharmacologic options, interventional modalities and options for operative remediation. The manual separately addresses the management of intrinsic groin pain due to primary disease processes and secondary groin pain due to a prior
... En savoir plus
Evidence-Based Surgery

A Guide to Understanding and Interpreting the Surgical Literature

Modifié par Achilles Thoma, Sheila Sprague, Sophocles H. Voineskos, Charles H. Goldsmith ...

Collections series Medicine (R0)
The purpose of this book specifically is to teach surgeons (academic or community), surgical fellows and surgical residents regardless of the surgical specialty, the skills to appraise what they read in the surgical literature. Surgeons need to be able to understand what they read before applying the conclusions of a surgical article to their practice. As most surgeons do not have the extra ... En savoir plus

$128.99 CAD

The purpose of this book specifically is to teach surgeons (academic or community), surgical fellows and surgical residents regardless of the surgical specialty, the skills to appraise what they read in the surgical literature. Surgeons need to be able to understand what they read before applying the conclusions of a surgical article to their practice. As most surgeons do not have the extra
... En savoir plus
Plasticity

My Life and Vocation

par Dr. Mirek Stranc, FRCS ENG, FRCS CAN ...

Plasticity: My Life and Vocation is the autobiography of Dr. Mirek Stranc, a world-renowned Plastic Surgeon. It captures his childhood as a displaced person during World War II, forcibly taken from his home in Poland, loaded in a cattle car and eventually left beside the rail tracks in the middle of the Siberian winter. Plasticity documents the tenacity of the human spirit, as refugees struggled ... En savoir plus

$3.99 CAD

Plasticity: My Life and Vocation is the autobiography of Dr. Mirek Stranc, a world-renowned Plastic Surgeon. It captures his childhood as a displaced person during World War II, forcibly taken from his home in Poland, loaded in a cattle car and eventually left beside the rail tracks in the middle of the Siberian winter. Plasticity documents the tenacity of the human spirit, as refugees struggled
... En savoir plus
Surgical Oncology Manual

Modifié par Frances C. Wright, Jaime M. Escallon, Moises Cukier, Melanie E. Tsang, Usmaan Hameed ...

Collections series Medicine (R0)
This third edition manual provides a comprehensive, insightful, evidenced-based review of general surgical oncology and serves as a valuable resource for general surgeons in training, practicing general surgeons, and surgical oncologists. The volume describes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates clinical, radiologic, and pathologic data in formulating practical clinical management, and ... En savoir plus

$180.69 CAD

This third edition manual provides a comprehensive, insightful, evidenced-based review of general surgical oncology and serves as a valuable resource for general surgeons in training, practicing general surgeons, and surgical oncologists. The volume describes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates clinical, radiologic, and pathologic data in formulating practical clinical management, and
... En savoir plus
The AST Handbook of Transplant Infections

par Deepali Kumar, Atul Humar ...

Whether you need to manage a post-transplant infection or reduce the possibility of infection, you will find effective guidance in this handbook. The work of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice, this reference exclusively uses tables and flowcharts to speed up decision making.This distinguished group of investigators and teachers provide point of care ... En savoir plus

$60.99 CAD

Whether you need to manage a post-transplant infection or reduce the possibility of infection, you will find effective guidance in this handbook. The work of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice, this reference exclusively uses tables and flowcharts to speed up decision making.This distinguished group of investigators and teachers provide point of care
... En savoir plus
Replaceable You

Adventures in Human Anatomy

par Mary Roach ...

**An Instant New York Times BestsellerA BEST BOOK OF 2025: TIME • SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN • SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE • KIRKUS • SHELF AWARENESS • CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARYA Goodreads Choice Awards NomineeFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy.**The body is the most complex machine in the ... En savoir plus

$29.69 CAD

**An Instant New York Times BestsellerA BEST BOOK OF 2025: TIME • SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN • SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE • KIRKUS • SHELF AWARENESS • CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARYA Goodreads Choice Awards NomineeFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy.**The body is the most complex machine in the
... En savoir plus
Under the Knife

A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

par Arnold vande Laar ...

Tales of twenty-eight famous operations, from Louis XIV to Einstein, JFK, and Houdini, with "insight into the thought process and philosophy of those who cut to heal" ( Booklist).From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights ... En savoir plus

$17.59 CAD

Tales of twenty-eight famous operations, from Louis XIV to Einstein, JFK, and Houdini, with "insight into the thought process and philosophy of those who cut to heal" ( Booklist).From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights
... En savoir plus
The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

par Atul Gawande ...

The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist.We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist.We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and
... En savoir plus
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
The Trident

The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader

par Jason Redman, John Bruning ...

A Navy SEAL’s highly-charged military memoir of combat, his growth as a leader, his near fatal wounds, and his remarkable recovery—a wounded warrior whose strength and fortitude have made him a national symbolDecorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces in high-stakes special operations. In ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

A Navy SEAL’s highly-charged military memoir of combat, his growth as a leader, his near fatal wounds, and his remarkable recovery—a wounded warrior whose strength and fortitude have made him a national symbolDecorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces in high-stakes special operations. In
... En savoir plus
Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies

par Barbara Thompson, Brian K. Davidson, Marina S. Kurian ...

Your trusted guide to surgical weight-lossSixty percent of individuals over the age of 20—or 58 million people in the U.S.—are overweight. As the obesity epidemic continues to grow, many Americans are researching the benefits and complications of weight-loss surgeries. Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies, 2nd edition is the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to understanding the impact of ... En savoir plus

$20.99 CAD

Your trusted guide to surgical weight-lossSixty percent of individuals over the age of 20—or 58 million people in the U.S.—are overweight. As the obesity epidemic continues to grow, many Americans are researching the benefits and complications of weight-loss surgeries. Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies, 2nd edition is the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to understanding the impact of
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Confessions of a Surgeon

The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors

par Paul A. Ruggieri M.D. ...

As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession. In Confessions of a Surgeon, he pushes open the doors of the O.R. and reveals the inscrutable place where lives are improved, saved, and sometimes lost. He shares the successes, failures, remarkable advances, and camaraderie that make it exciting. He uncovers the ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession. In Confessions of a Surgeon, he pushes open the doors of the O.R. and reveals the inscrutable place where lives are improved, saved, and sometimes lost. He shares the successes, failures, remarkable advances, and camaraderie that make it exciting. He uncovers the
... En savoir plus
Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition

The Ben Carson Story

par Ben Carson, M.D. ...

Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who worked three jobs and pushed her sons to do their best, ... En savoir plus

$8.99 CAD

Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who worked three jobs and pushed her sons to do their best,
... En savoir plus
When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery

Tales from Neurosurgery

par Frank Vertosick Jr. ...

"Dramatic, moving, and utterly fascinating." —New York Times Book ReviewWith poignant insight and humor, When the Air Hits Your Brain chronicles one man’s evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr. describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

"Dramatic, moving, and utterly fascinating." —New York Times Book ReviewWith poignant insight and humor, When the Air Hits Your Brain chronicles one man’s evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr. describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young
... En savoir plus
The Tenth Nerve

A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

par Dr. Chris Honey ...

Riveting and dramatic, The Tenth Nerve offers a rare window into the world of a pre-eminent neurosurgeon and the seven exceptional patients that made him a better person.“The scalpel can only go so deep, and technical skill can only take one so far.”In this absorbing narrative, Dr. Chris Honey, an accomplished neurosurgeon at Vancouver General Hospital, weaves his personal journey together with ... En savoir plus

$15.99 CAD

Riveting and dramatic, The Tenth Nerve offers a rare window into the world of a pre-eminent neurosurgeon and the seven exceptional patients that made him a better person.“The scalpel can only go so deep, and technical skill can only take one so far.”In this absorbing narrative, Dr. Chris Honey, an accomplished neurosurgeon at Vancouver General Hospital, weaves his personal journey together with
... En savoir plus
Cheating Death

The Doctors and Medical Miracles that Are Saving Lives Against All Odds

par Sanjay Gupta, MD ...

**This riveting book from a bestselling author and neurosurgeon explores the unbelievable science that has saved lives and made recovery possible despite all odds."An exciting medical thriller with the compassion, hope, excitement and aspiration that define Sanjay." —Lance Armstrong, Olympic athlete**An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect. A skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

**This riveting book from a bestselling author and neurosurgeon explores the unbelievable science that has saved lives and made recovery possible despite all odds."An exciting medical thriller with the compassion, hope, excitement and aspiration that define Sanjay." —Lance Armstrong, Olympic athlete**An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect. A skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake
... En savoir plus
My Glory Was I Had Such Friends

A Memoir

par Amy Silverstein ...

In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant.Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant.Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to
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