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The shocking story of a doctor who became a patient and discovered the extent of medical anaesthesia. What are doctors not telling us? Do they always give us the right medication? Are they concerned about our condition? What do they really think of us - the patients? She was lying on the operating table....

This book is a selection of the most interesting, moving, unusual and surprising events witnessed by its author - Wiesław Mikuś, a physician anaesthetist working in hospitals in Zamość, Szczebrzeszyn and Biłgoraj. As a man who likes people and...

The moving story of a prominent neurologist who faced the terminal illness of her husband, a doctor. In 2011, Dr Lisa Shulman's husband, Dr William Weiner, was diagnosed with cancer. He died seventeen months later. They were both neurologists. Suddenly they went from being doctors to...

Do people who have committed unimaginable atrocities still deserve help and care? Absolutely yes! It is a doctor's duty to prevent human suffering. Even the suffering of those convicted of the greatest crimes in history. Doctor ...

What was an abortion and how was it to be treated? What were the most commonly used methods of abortion? How did peasants use suppositories? Zofia Karaś describes her struggles from her medical practice at the beginning of the 20th century in a captivating and humorous way....

Agony' is Paweł Kapusta's reportage nominated for the Ryszard Kapuściński Prize. On the pages of the book, the author follows scandalous procedures and absurdities that make the lives of patients and doctors difficult. Many of them pose a real, direct threat to human life....

Katarzyna Kalukin in interviews with doctors of Poland's most popular specialisations and Polish healthcare professionals. What does a patient see in a hospital emergency room? A crowded waiting room where one sits for several hours at a time, crowding, doctors and nurses who...

Nurses. They complete difficult studies and receive low salaries. They are frustrated when they are treated only as doctors' assistants - after all, they do a hard and demanding job. Often unrewarding, too, because patients can be a pain in the ass. And yet they love what they do. They enjoy...

For more than twenty-five years now, Professor David Nott - a general and vascular surgeon working in London hospitals - has periodically taken unpaid leave and travelled as a volunteer to the most dangerous war zones. He has carried out lifesaving ...

"Wherever you are, Doctor..." is a passionate account of the lives of friends, initially medical students, later experienced doctors. A record of their lives, full of adventures and emotions, working on different continents of the world, in the Doctors Without Borders mission, skilfully...

(Dehumanisation of gynaecology) Gynaecologists, or "female butchers" as they were called, competed to see who could cut out a uterus, deliver a baby with forceps or remove a cyst faster. At times, the demonstration of operations and the skilful use of the scalpel were more in the interest of fame...

(Evaluation of care systems) In his previous, acclaimed book Small Gods (Empik Bestseller nomination), the author was employed by a hospital as a paramedic. This time, he travelled with the ambulance service to dramatic cases and took part in on-call duty in the ED. After discussions with...

(Physician's work as a tough profession) WHO HEALS US? Frustrated, unconsciously tired doctors after forty-eight hours on call. We feel that they are just soulless money-making machines. They, that they have become hostages to a system that is destroying ....

(Medical errors due to fatigue, inadequate training, lack of communication, stress, difficult ethical choices) A young Swedish doctor, Christian Unge, after graduating from a prestigious medical school, wants to use the knowledge he has gained and gain experience....

(Surgery/transplantology, ethical considerations) Difficult everyday life, history of transplantation, shocking cases and ethical issues. Mezrich also reflects on his vocation as a doctor. He recalls stories of courageous pioneers and independent surgeons whose...