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A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers: Midwives, Nurses, and Physicians
ISBN: 9781573562195 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the core professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present. For the high school or college student, it will serve as an introduction to the lives of these healers; some students may be inspired to do... Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illness... |
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357,95 |
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Why I Am an Abortion Doctor
ISBN: 9781573920452 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shares details about the author's own life and work in an effort to promote better understanding of the reality of abortion and the violent forces that threaten a woman's right to choose. This work offers readers a view from the clinic operating room as well as information on the abortion pill known as RU 486.
Shares details about the author's own life and work in an effort to promote better understanding of the reality of abortion and the violent forces tha...
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161,72 |
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From Caracas to Stockholm: A Life in Medical Science
ISBN: 9781573922272 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this delightful and often humorous memoir, Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruj Benacerraf discusses the colorful history of his family and how they shaped his values and goals, his marriage to life-partner Annette, and his career in medical research. He reflects on his decision to specialize in immunology, recent advances in medicine, the challenges of being chief administrator of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the extraordinary experience of winning the Nobel Prize in medicine (with G. D. Snell) in 1980. Dr. Benacerraf offers valuable insights into the future of education in general and...
In this delightful and often humorous memoir, Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruj Benacerraf discusses the colorful history of his family and how they shaped his...
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202,17 |
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In Search of Self in Service of Others
ISBN: 9781573922302 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life of Holocaust survivor Dr. Heinz Hartmann is a fascinating one indeed, from escaping Hitler's concentration camps as a young man to making house-calls as a general practitioner in America. As chronicled in his compelling 1986 autobiography, Once a Doctor, Always a Doctor: The Memories of a German-Jewish Immigrant Physician, Hartmann completed his medical studies in the 1930s, when the Nazis were in power. Just two weeks after his wedding to the beautiful Herta, a young nurse, Hartmann and scores of other Jewish men were taken by the Nazis to Buchenwald. It was these horrifying...
The life of Holocaust survivor Dr. Heinz Hartmann is a fascinating one indeed, from escaping Hitler's concentration camps as a young man to making hou...
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152,00 |
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Angel of Ashland: Practicing Compassion
ISBN: 9781573928311 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over fifty years Dr. Robert Spencer (1889-1969) practiced medicine in the small coal-mining town of Ashland, PA. As the only town doctor, he was known by everyone as a dedicated medical professional who spent long hours at his clinic, charged a modest fee for his services, never turned anyone away who couldn't pay, and was the person the townspeople turned to with their many ailments and injuries.
But he also gained another kind of notoriety as well, about which there was generally a discreet silence in the town: he would willingly perform safe and reliable abortions. Women "in... For over fifty years Dr. Robert Spencer (1889-1969) practiced medicine in the small coal-mining town of Ashland, PA. As the only town doctor, he was k...
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151,61 |
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Doctor to the Resistance: The Heroic True Story of an American Surgeon and His Family in Occupied Paris
ISBN: 9781574887730 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maine-born Dr. Sumner -Jack- Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married a beautiful French Red Cross nurse. When the war was over, Jackson joined the staff of the American Hospital in Paris, where he quickly became a favorite physician of such Lost Generation figures as Hemingway and Fitzgerald.
During World War II, Jackson, his wife, and their teenage son joined the French Resistance. They hid and treated wounded Allied flyers and Resistance fighters, used the hospital as a cover for Resistance activities,... Maine-born Dr. Sumner -Jack- Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married a ...
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113,84 |
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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in the Hospitals, Camps, and Battlefields.
ISBN: 9781582181592 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1865, this memoir is a record of events which transpired in military field camps and hospitals during the Civil War. Emma Edmonds tells the exciting story of her stint in the Secret Service as a spy, where she successfully penetrated the enemy's lines in various disguises no fewer than 11 times.
Originally published in 1865, this memoir is a record of events which transpired in military field camps and hospitals during the Civil War. Emma Edmo...
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124,28 |
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Visions Through a Black Bag
ISBN: 9781585002405 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,39 |
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The Road Back: A Doctor's Recovery from a Traumatic Accident
ISBN: 9781585009800 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an important book for patients, their loved ones and their care givers, a doctor writes about surviving the ordeal of a traumatic accident, brain damage and multiple operations, offering help and hope.
In an important book for patients, their loved ones and their care givers, a doctor writes about surviving the ordeal of a traumatic accident, brain d...
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66,16 |
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Long Walk Through War: A Combat Doctor's Diary
ISBN: 9781585440238 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 344 days of combat of the 88th Infantry Division were part of the bitterly contested struggle for supremacy in Italy during the Second World War. Here is the gripping story of the first selective service division committed to battle in the European Theater, seen from the unique vantage point of a battalion physician. Using notes hastily scribbled on the backs of maps and finished out whenever he was rotated to rear areas for rest, Dr. Klaus Huebner captured in his diary the frustration, fear, boredom, devotion, and anger that were the daily portion of combat infantrymen. The result...
The 344 days of combat of the 88th Infantry Division were part of the bitterly contested struggle for supremacy in Italy during the Second World War. ...
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77,68 |
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A New England Country Veterinarian: Memories and Musings
ISBN: 9781587217777 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,80 |
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Attending Children: A Doctor's Eduction
ISBN: 9781589011076 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a fast-paced, complicated, and evermore dangerous world it is easy to become self-absorbed and consumed with our own problems. There is one place, however, where we put our self-centered concerns aside, and our deep, common humanity is profoundly touched. That place is where sick children dwell. It is no less difficult--and perhaps even more difficult in many ways--for physicians who have chosen to attend to the health and well-being of gravely ill or dying children. Margaret Mohrmann has devoted most of her professional life to them, and in Attending Children she shares... In a fast-paced, complicated, and evermore dangerous world it is easy to become self-absorbed and consumed with our own problems. There is one plac... |
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107,56 |
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Patients Say the Darndest Things
ISBN: 9781591133971 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Patients say the darndest things and healthcare providers know it. But in the midst of a hectic day it's often hard to remember or appreciate some of the things said. This is a collection of some memorable, humorous patient encounters.
Patients say the darndest things and healthcare providers know it. But in the midst of a hectic day it's often hard to remember or appreciate some of ...
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65,47 |
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Strength and Courage
ISBN: 9781591137436 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Curt Stechert was eighteen when he was found to have a rare form of lymphoma. With no known cure and no former survivors, his chances were nil. This is his amazing story, told by his mom, of survival against all odds.
Curt Stechert was eighteen when he was found to have a rare form of lymphoma. With no known cure and no former survivors, his chances were nil. This i...
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67,90 |
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A Look Inside Bipolar Disorder - One Woman's Story
ISBN: 9781598245110 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Book Description This short book delves into the life of the author's life with bipolar disorder. Having symptoms since her teens, she was not diagnosed until she was twenty-six years old. This book gives one woman's account of what her life is like on a day to day basis. However, it also gives the reader her history and how she got to where she is today. It is a great book for a person suffering from bipolar to read, so that they know they are not alone. It is filled with drama, heartbreak, hope, and inspiration. Enjoy!
Book Description This short book delves into the life of the author's life with bipolar disorder. Having symptoms since her teens, she was not diagnos...
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38,10 |
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A Mind That Found Itself
ISBN: 9781599867182 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Mind That Found Itself by Clifford Whittingham Beers, is derived from as human a document as ever existed; and, because of its uncommon nature, perhaps no one thing contributes so much to its value as its authenticity. It is an autobiography, and more: in part it is a biography; for, in telling the story of the authors life, which he must relate the history of another self-a self which was dominant from his twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth year. During that period, unlike he had ever been been, or what he has been since. The biographical part of his autobiography might be called the history of...
A Mind That Found Itself by Clifford Whittingham Beers, is derived from as human a document as ever existed; and, because of its uncommon nature, perh...
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112,68 |
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A Mind That Found Itself
ISBN: 9781599868844 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Mind That Found Itself by Clifford Whittingham Beers, is derived from as human a document as ever existed; and, because of its uncommon nature, perhaps no one thing contributes so much to its value as its authenticity. It is an autobiography, and more: in part it is a biography; for, in telling the story of the authors life, which he must relate the history of another self-a self which was dominant from his twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth year. During that period, unlike he had ever been been, or what he has been since. The biographical part of his autobiography might be called the history of...
A Mind That Found Itself by Clifford Whittingham Beers, is derived from as human a document as ever existed; and, because of its uncommon nature, perh...
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59,46 |
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The Chase for Beauty
ISBN: 9781600372773 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr. Dennis Hurwitz's chase for beauty hasn't merely been in the operating room. It has been in the plastic surgeon's own backyard. As a father, he was confronted with unimaginable ugliness when, on October 27, 1989, he stepped out his backdoor and into what is every loving parent's most horrific nightmare. Heroically, he somehow found beauty again. But a decade later, after he tried to achieve one of his miraculous surgical outcomes for a young deformed patient, he was drawn into another abyss of ugliness. The ""Chase for Beauty"" is about much more than Dennis Hurwitz, the plastic surgeon....
Dr. Dennis Hurwitz's chase for beauty hasn't merely been in the operating room. It has been in the plastic surgeon's own backyard. As a father, he was...
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68,23 |
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A Good Knight for Children: C. Henry Kempe's Quest to Protect the Abused Child
ISBN: 9781601452153 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Escaping Nazi Germany, young Henry Kempe immigrated to the United States, and became a pediatrician and virologist specializing in smallpox. But ever the medical maverick, he would make his greatest contribution to medicine by exposing, treating, and preventing child abuse.
Escaping Nazi Germany, young Henry Kempe immigrated to the United States, and became a pediatrician and virologist specializing in smallpox. But ever ...
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76,42 |
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In the Midst of Life: A Hospice Volunteer's Story
ISBN: 9781603060202 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Midst of Life is a moving, evocatively described narrative of the patients and caregivers Charles Rose encountered as a hospice volunteer. It is also a perceptive account of his own journey into the world of the dying--a journey that in the end brings him, and us, more deeply and compassionately into the transitory world of our own lives.
In the Midst of Life is a moving, evocatively described narrative of the patients and caregivers Charles Rose encountered as a hospice volunteer. It i...
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79,63 |
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