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Starved: A Nutrition Doctor's Journey from Empty to Full

At the age of four, Anne McTiernan is left by her mother at boarding school. Overwhelmed with sadness at the neglect she experiences there, Anne starves herself emotionally and physically. A doctor, appalled by her excessive weight loss, forces Anne's mother to...

Nurse: The True Story of Mary Benjamin

This harrowing and inspiring bestseller is the story of eight weeks in the life of a nurse in a large urban hospital. It's all here: joy and pain, death and drama, mistakes, successes and secrets. The Nurse reads like a novel, but lingers in the memory like a real...

Bioethics and Women: Across the Life Span 2006

All individuals, though different, have the same value: this is the author's relatively uncontroversial starting point. Her end point is not uncontroversial: the ideal of justice as human flourishing, based on the unique set of capacities of each...

The Fourth Sun Sign: From A Doctor's Diary Paperback

Cancer, unlike many diseases, is not age-related; whether it is a young child of five, a young girl going to university, a pregnant mother or an old farmer, no one is spared. The emotional state of mind in the face of illness ...

I'm here. Compassionate communication in patient care

Modern medical technology is helping patients recover faster than ever before in history. However, the human interaction between patient and caregiver is still the basic foundation of treatment. 'I'm Here' is a personal narrative from the patient's perspective. Full of...

A Doctor's Diary: Health, Healing and Hope Paperback

The book is neatly divided into seven sections, each dealing with different aspects of healthcare in India. Apart from medicine, Dr Sen also discusses the psychology of patients and victims. The author deals with various diseases that people think they know about....

Harry's War: From Dunkirk to the Burma Railway. A Doctor's Diary

Harry Silman joined the army as a doctor in September 1939, just after the outbreak of the Second World War. He cared for the wounded during the bombing of the Dunkirk beaches and was one of the last to be deployed during the mass retreat in May 1940. His division...

Life or Death: A Matter of Choice? 2015

An easy-to-understand overview of euthanasia legislation, end-of-life treatment and medication for people who may not be able to decide for themselves whether treatment is necessary. 302 Our bodies are under our control, free from state interference - or at least ...