Torrid Disease: Memoirs of a Tropical Physician in the late Twentieth Century    by Professor G C Cook
Price: $14.00 USD. 82310 words. Language: English. Published by Amolibros  on April 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals.
This very readable and well illustrated book outlines the medical career of a physician who undertook a series of assignments in tropical countries between 1960 and 1990: Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea. He was later appointed to London’s Hospital for Tropic Diseases.

Hidden Gifts    by Jacinta McShane
Price: $4.99 USD. 67730 words. Language: English. Published by Austin Macauley  on March 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals.
Staring death in the face of a cancer diagnosis throws the world of this professional single mother and her 9 year old son into sheer chaos. As her world begins to fall apart, she sinks uncontrollably into the suppressed, agonising pain of her abusive childhood. This is a true story of past and present, emotional, physical and spiritual healing written with raw emotion.

Doctors, Disease, and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region    by Tim Blevins
Price: $5.99 USD. 109870 words. Language: English. Published by Pikes Peak Library District on November 12, 2012. Nonfiction » History » North America.
Readers will learn about some of the formidable health challenges of our region, challenges often overcome by advancements in medical science; about the early development of health care as a thriving industry; and about the scientists, doctors, nurses, and other concerned professionals who have led the cause for a better quality of life in the Pikes Peak area.

The Work of Human Hands    by G. Wayne Miller
Price: $6.99 USD. 130970 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals.
THE WORK OF HUMAN HANDS is a timeless medical journey through pioneering surgeon Dr. Hardy Hendren’s legendary operating room that the Los Angeles Times called “impossible to forget.” The new edition includes a fresh introduction and a greatly expanded epilogue updating readers on Hendren and patient Lucy Moore today.

The First Nurse: Ethel Bedford Fenwick    by Jenny Main
Price: $4.99 USD. 54910 words. Language: English. Published by North Highland Publishing  on July 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals.
The life of Ethel Bedford Fenwick, written by Jenny Main is a biography of one of the Nineteenth Century's major reformers to whom the nursing profession owes an eternal debt of gratitude.

Soul's Harbor: True Adventures of Medic-13    by Nicholas Black
Price: $4.99 USD. 61870 words. Language: English. Published on July 23, 2012. Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Medicine.
Witness the wild west era of emergency medicine as seen through the eyes of Paramedic-13. In this gritty, pull-no-punches account you will live each call through the people who wrestle with death each and every day to keep the rest of us alive. Every paramedic, firefighter, EMT, and nurse should show this to their families. Because none of us actually have any idea what really goes in inside.

The Courtship of Two Doctors: A 1930s Love Story of Letters, Hope & Healing    by Martha Holoubek Fitzgerald
Price: $9.95 USD. 102490 words. Language: English. Published by Little Dove Press  on July 20, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
From a private collection of nearly 800 courtship letters, the daughter of two remarkable physicians has crafted a timeless valentine to long-lasting love and the healing profession.

Wilhelm Reich: una biografía personal    by Ilse Ollendorff Reich
Price: $5.99 USD. 67350 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Peter Reich on May 22, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Social scientists & psychologists.
Esta biografía de Wilhelm Reich capta la historia del brillante aprendiz de Freud quien declaró La revolución sexual y describió La función del orgasmo en la década de 1920, pero cayó en desgracia con el gobierno de los Estados Unidos en la década de1950 con sus afirmaciones sobre la energía orgón. El fue sentenciado a prisión y sus libros fueron quemados por el gobierno en 1956. Murió en 1957

Doctor Miss Sahiba    by Norman Miller
Price: $4.99 USD. 65210 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals.
Dr. Adelaide Woodard was a nurse who fell in love with the ability to serve those who needed care most. In 1915, Dr. Miss Sahiba (as she would later be called) would join the North India Mission to serve in a country where women could not seek care from male doctors. This story will have you captivated as Woodard shares her love for India and those who shared with her that culture.

Where's the Nurse?    by Margaret Stewart
Price: $4.99 USD. 53300 words. Language: English. Published by North Highland Publishing  on February 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Physicians & medical professionals.
The author tells of patients; old Mr Hickey who sharpens the blade of his cut-throat razor during the night watches; little Anne Marie whose aim in life was to be a dancer until, at nine years of age, she had her leg amputated. Young men in the orthopaedic ward enliven the strict discipline of the day. The dreaded ward sisters of those times live up to their reputation.