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4 simple steps to better health - an insiders look    by Peter Yellowlees
Price: $5.00 USD. 17860 words. Published on March 19, 2009. .

The goal of this book is to describe how you, as a patient, can best use the Internet to improve your own healthcare, and how you can do that by working with your usual doctor. You will learn to check out the expertise and qualifications of your doctor and your current treatment program, so that you can be certain that you are getting the best possible care
Henry's Nursing Notes    by Ian Martin
Price: $0.99 USD. 18290 words. Published on May 16, 2010. .

Ian Martin spent three years as a hospital orderly and kept a ward diary chronicling the sights, sounds and smells that assailed him. Based on this record, "Henry Fuckit's Nursing Notes" is an unflinching account of nursing the sick and dying. Looking through the eyes of his disreputable hero, Martin uses a brutal blend of cynicism and dark humour to describe a world of suffering and pathos.
Surgical Heights    by Paul Hardy
Price: $3.99 USD. 79460 words. Published on July 1, 2010. .

This novel follows Dr. Jim Smythe through the most tumultuous six months of his career thus far. At the top of his game, he has doubts about his own health. He finds himself under escalating pressure from the Medical Licensing Authority and his own hospital administration over a series of complaints. The situation reaches a breaking point in the emergency room where everything is on the line.
Emergency Responder Communication Skills Handbook: How Your Words and Actions Affect People in Medical Distress    by Brian Walsh
Price: $6.99 USD. 10300 words. Published on January 10, 2011. .

As an emergency responder you’re trained to handle crises. Your tense and stressful work environment can cause depersonalization of casualties and victims, with potentially negative consequences. Discover words and actions that support victim recovery, and others that can unintentionally hinder it. Understand how easily you can lessen their feelings of vulnerability, distress, pain, and fear.
Suffer the Children: Flaws, Foibles, Fallacies and the Grave Shortcomings of Pediatric Care    by Peter Palmieri
Price: $3.99 USD. 46600 words. Published on March 6, 2011. .

A Board Certified pediatrician with over 15 years of experience exposes the darkest secrets of his profession. Far from being the lucid application of scientific principles for the patient’s best interest, the practice of Pediatrics is often driven by the fear of lawsuits and the desire to please parents; hampered by inanity and human fallibility; and tainted by conflicts of interest and greed.
Surviving the Emergency Room: Expecting the Unexpected    by Ron Clark
Price: $6.99 USD. 18630 words. Published on March 27, 2011. .

An insider's view of the emergency medical system, a valuable resource for patients and families, and a thorough guide preparing readers for the labyrinth of functions, personnel, and treatments in the Emergency Room.
Among Giants; Courageous Stories of Those Who Are Obese and Those Who Care for Them    by Michael Dionne
Price: $9.99 USD. 95150 words. Published on August 28, 2011. .

Among Giants offers profound insights into the lives of those who battle to achieve success over adversity. Sometimes the struggle is spiritual, physical and sometimes the struggle is discrimination or failed support systems. Readers will laugh and cry. Among Giants is a must-read for anyone who works with or is a person of size. Please watch our book preview on your favorite video site.
My Father's America - Volume Two - The Colonies    by Walter Lorenz
Price: $4.99 USD. 175370 words. Published on November 7, 2011. .

England was ready. Of all the nations in Europe, 17th-century England was most peculiarly suited to succeed in peopling the North American continent. This was a strange turn of events. England had been the very last of the Western powers to show any kind of interest in the world beyond Europe. Yet once they got started, the English were destined to succeed in the most spectacular way.
Jenny's First Visit to Doctor Widmark    by Dick Morris
Price: $2.99 USD. 9910 words. Published on December 24, 2011. .

Jenny Saunders has wanted to be a patient of the handsome Doctor Widmark ever since she was told about him by her friend Emily. Now, after a long wait, she is knocking at his door, and the consequences for her and the people closest to her are going to be profound.
Within the Walls of Westfield - A Diary of Madness    by Peter Davidson
Price: Free! 3790 words. Published on February 9, 2012. .

The contents of this transcript were discovered after clean-up operations began at the Westfield Psychiatric Hospital on 1st October 2009. Contained inside are field notes regarding the strange & abnormal progress of patient Jonathan Winterhall Gray, taken from the discovered journal of Dr Henry Renholm.