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    Complications

    A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

    by Atul Gawande ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 31 min

    ****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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    Miracles We Have Seen

    America's Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can't Forget

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    This is a book of miracles—medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters.Among the extraordinary cases ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Little Miss Diagnosed

    A Surgeon’s Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

    Narrated by Erin Nance, MD ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Cartas a un joven médico

    Narrated by Hernán Espinoza ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 8 min

    Una obra que conjuga las dos grandes pasiones de Federico Ortíz Quesada: la medicina y la literatura.El Dr. Federico Ortíz Quesada, miembro del Comité de exprofesores del Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Siglo XX, devela a través de 28 cartas la íntima relación entre la reflexión filosófica y el estudio de la medicina...Las cartas literarias han sido un medio privilegiado para que los ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Les mystères du cerveau: Connaître et soigner

    by Anne Debroise ...
    Narrated by Frédéric KNEIP ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 29 min

    Extrêmement complexe, notre cerveau livre peu à peu ses mystères grâce aux recherches récentes. On connaît mieux aujourd’hui l’ensemble du système nerveux, la structure du cerveau, les éléments qui le composent, et, contrairement aux idées reçues, ses indéniables capacités d’évolution, voire de régénération.Grand régulateur des fonctions vitales (respiration ou sommeil), siège des fonctions ... Read more

    $21.33 USD

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    No Apparent Distress

    A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine

    Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at riskIn medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes.Rachel ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Страшный доктор: реальные истории из жизни хирурга

    Series series Звезда соцсети

    Unabridged

    6 hours 1 min

    Что приводит людей в хирургию и как вообще становятся хирургами? Ведь невозможно научить этому тонкому искусству по учебникам. Гнойный и торкальный хирург с общим стажем 10 лет проведет вас в закулисье операционных залов. Вся правда о работе тех, кто регулярно спасает жизни людей - без прикрас, цензуры и пафоса. Автор расскажет все подробности личной практики и даже больше. Множество историй – ... Read more

    $11.13 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Unbutchered Dehumanising a Plastic Surgeon

    Narrated by Dr. Luke Gordon ...
    Series Audiobook 1.0 - Unbutchered

    Unabridged

    1 hour 4 min

    One of the last of the baby boomers, Dr Luke Gordon was born in the mining town of Boksburg, South Africa, to Catholic parents. He grew up the fourth of five children in a middle-class neighbourhood, raised in large part by his beloved nanny Sarah, who became a surrogate mother to him. His father was a teacher; his mother a typist who worked to help make ends meet. They were not wealthy, but they ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Основы медицины, о которых пора забыть

    Series series Фактология

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    Эта книга — экспресс-курс для тех, кто готов сомневаться во всем! Древняя, античная и средневековая медицина — одни из самых забавных фарсовых страниц в истории, где великие имена — Гиппократ, Гален, Парацельс — на самом деле символы мифов и заблуждений. Эта книга проведет вас от абсолютного незнания до внятного понимания, почему изучение классиков медицины часто оказывается данью устаревшим ... Read more

    $18.62 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Die ene patiënt

    Artsen over de patiënt die hun leven voor altijd veranderde

    Unabridged

    5 hours 6 min

    Nu aangevuld met een nieuw verhaal van Anthony Fauci, de belangrijkste adviseur van president Trump bij de strijd tegen de coronapandemie.In Die ene patiënt vertellen zorgverleners over de patiënt die hun leven voor altijd veranderde. Van chirurg tot psychiater en van ouderenverpleegkundige tot seksuoloog; de verhalen die in deze bundel door Ellen de Visser zijn samengebracht vormen een unieke ... Read more

    $28.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Человеку мало века

    Series series МедБестселлер. Лучшее

    Unabridged

    6 hours 18 min

    Федор Григорьевич Углов — знаменитый советский хирург, имя которого занесено в книгу рекордов Гиннеса. Он прожил 104 года и оперировал до 100 лет. Поэтому тема долголетия для него не только чистая теория, но, прежде всего, практика. Нужно соблюдать не так уж много правил, чтобы прожить долгую и активную жизнь. Долголетие по Углову — это, скорее образ жизни, чем свод предписаний. Сохранить здоровье ... Read more

    $11.60 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    創造力的修行:打開一切可能

    The Creative Act: A Way of Being

    Narrated by 郝明義 ...
    Series Audiobook 148 - From

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    一個不會任何樂器,也不懂得使用錄音控台的人,卻能贏得八座葛萊美獎,被歐美音樂界的巨星視為「傳奇」。我不懂音樂,但我很了解自己要的是什麼。────《創造力的修行:打開一切可能》作者 里克・魯賓紐約時報暢銷書排行榜 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 創意類 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 大眾心理學類 第一名亞馬遜暢銷書排行榜 全分類 第四名 蟬聯十六週天神級音樂製作人,公開自己窮極一生累積的心法我的初衷,是要寫一本如何創造偉大藝術的書。然而它揭露了自己,變成了一本關於如何「活著」的書。其中有些想法可能引起共鳴,也有一些可能不會。有些可能喚醒你內心原本已遭遺忘的某種認識。有益的,加以利用。至於其他,就放手。如果世界上的萬事萬物,都是創作的「材料」,我們可以怎麼妥善地運用它們?在橫跨四十年的音樂製作生涯裡,里克・魯賓不但是葛萊美獎的常勝軍,也是許多知名音樂人心中一等一的大師(guru)。然而 ... Read more

    $9.75 USD

  • Audiobook

    Women of the Pandemic

    Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19

    by Lauren McKeon ...
    Narrated by Katie Ryerson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women's leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together.Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through the world's defining crises. That all changed with COVID-19. In Canada, women's presence in the response ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    Letters to a Young Therapist

    by Mary Pipher ...
    Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 54 min

    A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Better

    A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    by Atul Gawande ...
    Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 34 min

    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Nachtdienst

    Onvergetelijke en ontroerende verhalen uit de zorg

    by Rhijja Jansen ...
    Narrated by Thijs Miedema, Roos van Erkel ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 58 min

    Werken in de nacht heeft iets magisch, iets bijzonders en soms ook iets griezeligs. De rust biedt ruimte voor diepgaandere momenten, maar ook voor een spanning die overdag ontbreekt. In dit boek delen zorgverleners herinneringen aan hun meest memorabele nachtdienst, waarin ze zorgen voor het fysieke én emotionele welzijn van hun patiënten. Ze vertellen openhartig over het belang van ogenschijnlijk ... Read more

    $17.81 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    These Vital Signs

    A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

    Narrated by Christopher Salazar ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 19 min

    A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find ... Read more

    Was $27.99 USD Now $17.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

    Narrated by Gregory V. Diehl ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 49 min

    In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Ante todo no hagas daño

    by Henry Marsh ...
    Narrated by Eugenio Barona ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    El eminente neurocirujano británico Henry Marsh expone a ojos del mundo la esencia de una de las especialidades médicas más difíciles, delicadas y fascinantes que existen.El resultado es este volumen que poco tiempo después de su publicación se encaramó a las listas de más vendidos del Sunday Times y el New York Times. Escogido «Mejor Libro del Año» por el Financial Times y The Economist, obtuvo ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    L’Anoressia nervosa

    Unabridged

    4 hours 4 min

    I disturbi alimentari risultano essere in crescita nelle società industrializzate odierne e si configurano come una delle patologie psichiatriche con i più alti tassi di mortalità (OMS, 2014). All’interno del Manuale Diagnostico e Statistico dei Disturbi Mentali (DSM - V, 2014), tra i disturbi del comportamento alimentare troviamo il disturbo da ruminazione, la pica, il disturbo evitante ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    男人的憂傷,只有屌知道:你不可不知的性智慧

    You Can Be Your Own Sex Therapist

    by 梁秀眉 ...
    Narrated by 梁秀眉 ...
    Series Audiobook 200 - Smile

    Unabridged

    6 hours 26 min

    ★心理諮商師梁秀眉獨門性治療方法大公開!搭配個案分析,全面拯救你的男言之隱。★性功能障礙是這個時代的文明病;走進性治療診療室,認識陽痿、性成癮等性功能障礙的成因與自助方法,並覺察己身的性智慧,增進伴侶關係,享受性愉悅。**★音樂人許常德、亞洲首部性治療影集《今夜一起為愛鼓掌》執行製作人曾馨儀強力推薦。      ****陽具無所不在卻隱而不顯,如同男人的憂傷……   ****無論是愈做感情反而愈不睦的醫生與醫生娘;   ****或是出外獵豔反而會軟屌的博弈業老闆;   ****還是持續訓練二十年卻仍然早洩的男子;   **每個人講述自身的性問題,其實就是在講述他的人生。隨著科技進步與社會變革,二十一世紀的人們正置身於性刺激、性資訊氾濫的時代。現代社會中的「性文化」也正在發生劇變,而這種變化還在不斷加速,但人們對性的理解卻沒能與時俱進,許多人甚或連性知識都沒機會接觸,大... ... Read more

    $8.38 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Дневник акушера. Реальные истории, рассказанные врачом роддома

    Series series Звезда соцсети

    Unabridged

    9 hours 20 min

    Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, с чем сталкиваются врачи-акушеры в своей практике? Как проходят их ночные дежурства? Как действуют врачи в сложных или безвыходных ситуациях? Анастасия Седова - врач акушер-гинеколог, о случаях из своей практики рассказывает на Дзен-канале "Блог акушера". Канал стремительно набирает популярность, а один рассказ набирает более 50 тыс. дочитываний. "Дневник акушера. ... Read more

    $13.47 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    怪奇醫學研究所2:吃土有益、糞便能入藥、性高潮可以治鼻塞……72個真實發生的怪奇事件

    by 蘇上豪 ...
    Narrated by 蘇上豪, 陳宗岳 ...
    Series series HISTORY

    Unabridged

    6 hours 31 min

    橫跨醫學、心理學、物理、化學、生物及新聞事件等領域,在詼諧幽默的文字中,深入瞭解故事背後的真諦。作者蘇上豪醫師 親錄導讀★企業家跟精神變態只有一線之隔?許多成功的企業領導人在精神層面上竟有超乎正常人的表現。★不論是盜墓者或考古學家,都會受到「木乃伊的詛咒」?染上惡疾,死於醫生無法診斷的疾病。★性高潮可以治鼻塞,研究的結果顯示,在做愛後鼻呼吸得到改善可以長達60分鐘。★土真的可以吃!據說美艷聞名的埃及艷后就是使用藥用土來保持皮膚的光滑柔潤。★糞便也能治病,變色龍的排泄物,塗抹在患者的喉嚨和胸口上,患者的氣喘竟然痊癒了。透過令人摒息的驚異解說,解答各種科學謎團與怪奇傳說,用說故事的方式來學習科學,引發聽者對科學的好奇心。【作者簡介】蘇上豪◎現任臺北市立聯合醫院心臟血管外科主治醫師... ... Read more

    $13.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Древние секреты мастера-целителя восточной медицины

    Series series Медицинские практики Востока

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    Клинт Дж. Роджерс, известный исследователь и сторонник доказательной медицины, всю свою карьеру посвятил изучению западных научных методов. Но когда болезнь его отца поставила под сомнение эффективность традиционной медицины, Роджерс оказался перед выбором: продолжать следовать устоявшимся канонам или искать альтернативные пути. Его поиски привели его в Гималаи, где он встретился с доктором ... Read more

    $12.30 USD