Social Medicine

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    • The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
    • By: Paul Starr
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 24 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 07-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 114 ratings
    • Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries....

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    • A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
    • By: Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 06-26-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 992 ratings
    • What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine was dosed like Viagra....

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    • Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism
    • By: Dr. Jen Gunter
    • Narrated by: Jen Gunter
    • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 278 ratings
    • The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women's bodies, and it's no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond....

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    • Medicine and What Matters in the End
    • By: Atul Gawande
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13,951 ratings
    • Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....

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    • Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Determinants of Health
    • By: Donald A. Barr MD PhD
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 12-15-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • The health-care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide disparities persist between social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries....

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    • How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination, and Emerging Global Epidemics
    • By: Edward T. Haslam
    • Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 789 ratings
    • The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations....

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    • Using Marijuana to Feel Better, Look Better, Sleep Better - and Get High Like a Lady
    • By: Nikki Furrer
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 393 ratings
    • A woman's handbook to demystifying the world of weed, whether it's being used for pain relief, a moment of calm, or a fit of giggles....

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    • Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
    • By: Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 08-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 273 ratings
    • Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments....

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    • Everything You Need to Know About Medical School, Residency, Specialization, and Practice
    • By: Tania Heller MD
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • Covering everything you need to know about medical school, residency, specialization, and practice, On Becoming a Doctor will calmly and thoroughly walk you through each academic, physical, and emotional step you'll take on your way to a successful career in medicine....

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    • The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
    • By: Bear Heart, Molly Larkin - contributor
    • Narrated by: Larry Winters
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 04-23-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 511 ratings
    • With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American medicine men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world....

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    • How a Drink Transformed My Life
    • By: Duff McDonald
    • Narrated by: Duff McDonald
    • Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 216 ratings
    • Journalist and author Duff McDonald takes us inside the biological, physiological, and spiritual benefits of this beloved beverage, one of a remarkable category of liquids known as “living drinks”....

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    • Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
    • By: Deborah Blum
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 02-18-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2,572 ratings
    • Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City....

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    • Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II
    • By: Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
    • Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
    • Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • From the North African and Italian campaigns to the liberation of France and the conquest of Germany, Army nurses rose to the demands of war on the front lines with grit, humor, and great heroism. And If I Perish is also a powerful tribute to these women and their inspiring legacy....

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    • A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia
    • By: Henry Jay Przybylo MD
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 11-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 153 ratings
    • For many of the 40 million Americans who undergo anesthesia each year, it is a source of great fear and fascination....

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    • The Harm of Coming into Existence
    • By: David Benatar
    • Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence....

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    • A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living
    • By: Stephen Cope
    • Narrated by: Christopher Grove
    • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • While many Westerners still think of yoga as an invigorating series of postures and breathing exercises, these physical practices are only part of a vast and ancient spiritual science....

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    • How to Unlock Your Seven Energy Centers for Healing, Happiness, and Transformation
    • By: Susan Shumsky DD
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The Big Book of Chakras and Chakra Healing is perfect for novices and experienced practitioners alike and will lead you on a journey of discovery, balance, and enlightenment....

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    • What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks
    • By: Marc Dingman
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • Sleep. Memory. Pleasure. Fear. Language. We experience these things every day, but how do our brains create them? Your Brain, Explained is a personal tour around your gray matter....

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