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Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015
Language
English
Description
In 1959, Dr. Lucian Blake returns to his Australian hometown to continue his late father's medical practice, but it is his additional responsibility as the town's chief medical officer that leads him to investigating cases of suspicious death.
82) Once a midwife
Author
Series
Hope River novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Welcome back to Hope River in New York Times bestselling author Patricia Harman's newest novel as midwife Patience Hester, along with her family and friends, face the challenges of the home front during World War II.
The women of Hope River trust midwife Patience Hester, whose skill in delivering babies is known for miles around. But though the Great Depression is behind them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war...and it can only be a
...Publisher
Universal Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
He's sarcastic, incorrigible, bitter, and in a relationship? Dr. Gregory House has spent his career taking on seemingly hopeless cases, but when his rapport with Dr. Lisa Cuddy changes, he finds himself facing new, and very different, challenges. His team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital also continues to blaze trails as they investigate baffling medical cases involving a religious zealot, a professional bull rider, and possibly even smallpox....
Author
Series
Body farm mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm-a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter-the rising star of the state's medical examiners-to help her unravel a murderous puzzle. But after re-creating the death scene at the Body Farm, Brockton discovers his career, reputation,...
85) Sick: a memoir
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease. For as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn't know why. All of her trips to the ER and her daily anguish, pain, and lethargy only ever...
86) Evening primrose
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Compelling and heart-wrenching, Evening Primrose explores issues of race, poverty, and gender in post-apartheid South Africa through the eyes of a junior doctor... When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition istested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public health care system. As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba's eyes...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Martin Ellingham, an eminent physician with a nasty disposition. Forced to give up his career as a London surgeon after developing a fear of blood, he takes a job as GP in the sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn. His irascible manner and permanent scowl soon have the town in an uproar; he insults each patient he sees and offends nearly everyone else. The only person who's glad to see him is his aunt Joan."--sleeve.
Episode 1. Meet Martin...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2011], c2000
Language
English
Description
Robert Ludlum has been acclaimed as the master of. suspense and international intrigue for over twenty-five years. His many books have thrilled millions of readers, reaching the top of bestsellers lists the world over and setting a standard that has never been surpassed. Now, from the imagination of one of America's greatest storytellers comes Robert Ludlum's The Hades Factor. A homeless man in Boston, an Army major in California, and a teenage girl...
90) You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes what it was like to be a nurse during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Kay Scarpetta--now a senior forensic analyst for CNN--becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.
Author
Series
House of God novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God One of the most prominent and enduring titles in medical fiction is the bitingly funny House of God, which has sold more than 2 million copies, becoming required reading for generations of medical students and health care professionals. With Man's 4th Best Hospital, Samuel Shem "the comic genius and holy terror of medicine"* returns us to the hilarious and heartbreaking world of modern...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Paramedic Nick Malloy is plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a terrifying phone call from a vengeful psychopath connected to his past. The maniac threatens to unleash a murder spree unless Nick can complete a series of twelve challenges without involving the cops or missing a single deadline.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"We all know the dangers of sugar and salt: but the danger attributed to the second white crystal has more to do with getting too little of it, not too much. Aleading cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy overturns conventional thinkingabout salt and explores instead the little-understood importance of it, the health dangers of having too little, and how salt can actually help you improve sports performance, crush sugar cravings,...
97) Angels in the ER
Author
Series
Publisher
MJF Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Twenty - five years in the ER could become a resume for despair, but for Dr. Robert D. Lesslie it's a foundation for inspiring tales of angels who are friends, nurses, doctors, patients, strangers, or those unseen but clearly present "others" in the midst of trial.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Supervising an unrepentant alcoholic doctor who has been implicated in the death of a powerful Congressman, Dr. Lou Welcome uncovers a wealth of incriminating facts, including the doctor's alleged affair with the victim's wife, before stumbling on a high-level conspiracy that places Lou's life at risk.
99) The bone bed
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 20
Language
English
Description
"In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to suspect this may become her next case. Then, with shocking speed, events begin to unfold. A body recovered from Boston Harbor reveals bizarre trace evidence hinting of a link to other unsolved cases that seem to have nothing in common. Who is behind...
100) Human heart, cosmic heart: a doctor's quest to understand, treat, and prevent cardiovascular disease
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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