Physician & Patient

This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners....

The White Coat Investor is a manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar professionals....

Twelve Patients is a memoir from the medical director of Bellevue Hospital that uses the plights of 12 very different patients to illustrate larger societal issues....

This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years-long investigation into his father's old classmate who seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and PhD, but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.

First-person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's disease - and how they did it....

A 'textbook with passion', Hardwiring Excellence offers a road map and practical how-to guide for creating and sustaining a culture of service and operational excellence....

Financial Boot Camp will teach you what you need to know to joint the ranks of these financially secure doctors. It starts at the very beginning and is filled with straight talk and clear explanations. Although appropriate for the financial novice....

All Bleeding Stops gives listeners an intimate look at what goes on inside a trauma center, highlighting injuries sustained in car crashes, shootings, and stabbings—basically anything bleeding, obstructed, or perforated....

In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor - the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients....

How Do You Feel? follows one psychiatrist and four of her patients as they deal with the unspoken mental and physical costs of caring for others.

From Dr. Rosanne M. Leipzig, a top doctor with more than thirty-five years of experience caring for older people, Honest Aging is an indispensable guide to the second half of life, describing what to expect physically, psychologically, functionally, and emotionally as you age....

Develop an action plan and learn to overcome the fear of diabetes to manage it successfully. Take steps to strike a balance among your food, physical activities, and medications and cultivate determination to tale charge of your life....

An epic story told by a unique voice in Ameri­can medicine, One Doctor describes life-changing experiences in the career of a distinguished physician....

Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves.

While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach....

From Tom Brokaw comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change - a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life....

Despite modern medicine's infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion's share of illnesses....

Discover the essential people skills you didn’t learn in medical school.

In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death....

The award-winning author of God's Hotel offers a radical reimagining of how we practice medicine....

Dr. Ilene Sue Ruhoy aims to empower the long-term patients of chronic and complex diseases, delving into her own harrowing experience as a patient.

Learn how big Pharma sells drugs by faking their studies. Understand the lies they stuff into websites and medical journals. Learn why it all gets ignored (hint: Pharma has the largest criminal settlements in history)....

Dr. Michael Lewis is a family physician and has spent the last 20 years honing his skills....

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the RBT exam's requirements, the benefits of becoming an RBT, and the exam format and structure. In addition to providing a theoretical overview of the key topics, this guide also includes 450 practice questions to help you prepare for the exam.

Are you ready to embark on your journey to becoming a NHA certified phlebotomist? Look no further! You are no doubt a busy individual with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the NHA exam....