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Medical Bondage

Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

by Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied ... Read more

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The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied
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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

by Gardiner Harris ...

Narrated by Gardiner Harris ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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Control

The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

by Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Greg Patmore ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents, ... Read more

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How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents,
... Read more
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Better Never to Have Been

The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar ...

Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into
... Read more
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The Book of Body Positivity

How We Got It All Wrong and What We Can Do About It

by Rajeev Kurapati ...

Narrated by ERROL RODRIGUES ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Have you ever been bullied for being overweight?The reality of being a plus-sized person isn't that every moment of your life is about being plus-sized―it’s that you’re trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful and difficult life as everyone else. The only problem is that at every turn, society says ‘you should apologize for just living in your body’. This antagonistic
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Bad Faith

When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine

by Paul A. Offit, MD ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. In twenty ... Read more

$16.99 USD

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their faith to fight life threatening illnesses. In twenty
... Read more
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Negligent by Design

Anti-Blackness in American Medicine and How to Address It

by Vanessa Grubbs MD ...

Narrated by Vanessa Grubbs MD ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctorUnequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts racism has on communities of color—particularly Black Americans. But these disparities in health care and ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctorUnequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts racism has on communities of color—particularly Black Americans. But these disparities in health care and
... Read more
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Confessions of a Male Nurse

by Michael Alexander ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Series series The Confessions Series
Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands;
... Read more
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Dangerous Medicine

The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis

by Sydney A. Halpern ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

The untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and
... Read more
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Still Not Safe

Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine

by Robert L. Wears, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem: the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient-safety movement—and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem: the
... Read more
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The Stem Cell Hope

How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives

by Alice Park ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

A landmark book by the senior science writer at Time magazine introduces us to a medical breakthrough that can save our lives.Few people know much about stem cell research beyond the ethical questions raised by using embryos. But in the last decade, stem cell research has made huge advances toward eliminating some of our most intractable diseases. Now this sweeping and accessible book introduces ... Read more

$34.99 USD

A landmark book by the senior science writer at Time magazine introduces us to a medical breakthrough that can save our lives.Few people know much about stem cell research beyond the ethical questions raised by using embryos. But in the last decade, stem cell research has made huge advances toward eliminating some of our most intractable diseases. Now this sweeping and accessible book introduces
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Further Confessions of a GP

by Benjamin Daniels ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Series series The Confessions Series
Unabridged

6 hours 19 min

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.Benjamin Daniels is back. He may be older, wiser and more experienced, but his patients are no less outrageous. Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to …The old age ... Read more

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Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.Benjamin Daniels is back. He may be older, wiser and more experienced, but his patients are no less outrageous. Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to …The old age
... Read more
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Selbstoptimierung

Zwei Originalvorträge

by Reinhard Ziegler, Dietrich Grönemeyer ...

Narrated by Reinhard Ziegler, Dietrich Grönemeyer, Reinhard Ziegler, Dietrich Grönemeyer ...

Series series O-Ton-Wissenschaft
Unabridged

57 min

1 | Reinhard Ziegler: Anti-Aging – Ein Markt der Illusionen Sendung: 23.09.2001, SWR2, Redaktion: Ralf Caspary Anti-Aging Medizin ist ein Begriff, der misstrauisch macht, meint er doch Medizin gegen das Älterwerden. Dem Altern sind alle Lebewesen vom Anfang der Evolution an unterworfen, damit einher geht eine jeweils durchschnittliche Lebenserwartungen. Die Phasen dieses Prozesses sind bekannt, ... Read more

$8.99 USD

1 | Reinhard Ziegler: Anti-Aging – Ein Markt der Illusionen Sendung: 23.09.2001, SWR2, Redaktion: Ralf Caspary Anti-Aging Medizin ist ein Begriff, der misstrauisch macht, meint er doch Medizin gegen das Älterwerden. Dem Altern sind alle Lebewesen vom Anfang der Evolution an unterworfen, damit einher geht eine jeweils durchschnittliche Lebenserwartungen. Die Phasen dieses Prozesses sind bekannt,
... Read more
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Lightning Flowers

My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life

by Katherine E. Standefer ...

Narrated by Katherine E. Standefer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises).What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds ... Read more

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This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises).What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds
... Read more
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Eugenics and Other Evils

by G. K. Chesterton ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

4 hours 50 min

During the first three decades of the twentieth century, eugenics, the scientific control of human breeding, was a popular cause within enlightened and progressive segments of the English-speaking world. The New York Times eagerly supported it, gushing about the wonderful “new science.” Prominent scientists, such as the plant biologist Luther Burbank, were among its most enthusiastic supporters. ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

During the first three decades of the twentieth century, eugenics, the scientific control of human breeding, was a popular cause within enlightened and progressive segments of the English-speaking world. The New York Times eagerly supported it, gushing about the wonderful “new science.” Prominent scientists, such as the plant biologist Luther Burbank, were among its most enthusiastic supporters.
... Read more
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The Criminal Mind

Gripping encounters with serial killers and true crime from Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist

by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Narrated by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder... ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder...
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Medical Malpractice Law Explained: Navigating Legal Issues in Healthcare

by Quinten J. Tenley ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the complex and high-stakes world of healthcare, the line between human error and professional negligence can have life-changing consequences. Medical Malpractice Law Explained: Navigating Legal Issues in Healthcare offers a clear, in-depth exploration of the key principles and regulations governing medical malpractice law. Designed for patients, ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the complex and high-stakes world of healthcare, the line between human error and professional negligence can have life-changing consequences. Medical Malpractice Law Explained: Navigating Legal Issues in Healthcare offers a clear, in-depth exploration of the key principles and regulations governing medical malpractice law. Designed for patients,
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Sick Money

The Truth About the Global Pharmaceutical Industry

by Billy Kenber ...

Narrated by Ciaran Saward ...

Unabridged

13 hours 51 min

The pharmaceutical industry is broken. From the American hedge fund manager who hiked the price of an AIDS pill from $17.50 to $750 overnight to the children's cancer drugs left intentionally to expire in a Spanish warehouse, the signs of this dysfunction are all around. A system that was designed to drive innovation and patient care has been relentlessly distorted to drive up profits.Medicines ... Read more

$37.99 USD

The pharmaceutical industry is broken. From the American hedge fund manager who hiked the price of an AIDS pill from $17.50 to $750 overnight to the children's cancer drugs left intentionally to expire in a Spanish warehouse, the signs of this dysfunction are all around. A system that was designed to drive innovation and patient care has been relentlessly distorted to drive up profits.Medicines
... Read more
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A Commitment to Compassion

Reflections from a Life of Service

by Avram R. Kraft MD ...

Narrated by Philip R. Smith, Andrew M. White, Nicole Laurenzi ...

Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

In A Commitment to Compassion, Avram R. Kraft, MD, reminds us that each of us can make a difference. Avram makes that difference against a medical landscape, but in sharing his wisdom, insights, doubt, and vulnerabilities, he invites all of us to consider what compassion means and how it can be part of our daily living. As he states in a chapter called Repairing the World, "Every day, we have an ... Read more

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In A Commitment to Compassion, Avram R. Kraft, MD, reminds us that each of us can make a difference. Avram makes that difference against a medical landscape, but in sharing his wisdom, insights, doubt, and vulnerabilities, he invites all of us to consider what compassion means and how it can be part of our daily living. As he states in a chapter called Repairing the World, "Every day, we have an
... Read more
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The Power of Protest in Healthcare

Lessons From a Doctor’s Journey to Activism

by Dr Meenal Viz ...

Narrated by Dr Meenal Viz ...

Unabridged

4 hours 1 min

"This was avoidable. These are unnecessary deaths. It's not a 'war'. This is a health crisis. This is systemic negligence."When Dr Meenal Viz, a heavily pregnant frontline NHS doctor, witnessed her colleagues die from the negligent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, she was determined to take a stand.This trail-blazing account explores the influences that drive powerful protest through the story ... Read more

$31.99 USD

"This was avoidable. These are unnecessary deaths. It's not a 'war'. This is a health crisis. This is systemic negligence."When Dr Meenal Viz, a heavily pregnant frontline NHS doctor, witnessed her colleagues die from the negligent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, she was determined to take a stand.This trail-blazing account explores the influences that drive powerful protest through the story
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Bad Pharma

How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

by Ben Goldacre ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much
... Read more
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The Doctor

by Annie Payne ...

Narrated by Tamsin Kennard ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

A new and gripping psychological thriller with a medical twist, perfect for fans of Harriet Tyce, B A Paris and Doctor Foster.Care giver, life saver… or cold-blooded killer?Running away from a past she’d rather forget, Doctor Alison Wilson has moved to a new town to take up the role of Medical Officer at failing hospital St Margaret’s.Tasked with shaking things up, she quickly learns that things ... Read more

$25.99 USD

A new and gripping psychological thriller with a medical twist, perfect for fans of Harriet Tyce, B A Paris and Doctor Foster.Care giver, life saver… or cold-blooded killer?Running away from a past she’d rather forget, Doctor Alison Wilson has moved to a new town to take up the role of Medical Officer at failing hospital St Margaret’s.Tasked with shaking things up, she quickly learns that things
... Read more
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Dark Science Experiments

The True History of Unethical Human Trials

by Dipesh Piplani ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 50 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark Science Experiments: The True History of Unethical Human TrialsExposing Real-Life Atrocities from MK‑Ultra, Tuskegee, and BeyondUnearth the shocking truth behind some of the most chilling unethical human experiments ever conducted in the name of science, national security, and medical advancement. In this gripping, rigorously documented nonfiction ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark Science Experiments: The True History of Unethical Human TrialsExposing Real-Life Atrocities from MK‑Ultra, Tuskegee, and BeyondUnearth the shocking truth behind some of the most chilling unethical human experiments ever conducted in the name of science, national security, and medical advancement. In this gripping, rigorously documented nonfiction
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

An Insiders' Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men

by Fred D. Gray ...

Narrated by David Sadzin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

In 1932, the US Public Health Service recruited 623 African American men from Macon County, Alabama, for a study of "the effects of untreated syphilis in the Negro male." For the next forty years—even after the development of penicillin, the cure for syphilis—these men were denied medical care for this potentially fatal disease.The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was exposed in 1972, and in 1975 the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In 1932, the US Public Health Service recruited 623 African American men from Macon County, Alabama, for a study of "the effects of untreated syphilis in the Negro male." For the next forty years—even after the development of penicillin, the cure for syphilis—these men were denied medical care for this potentially fatal disease.The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was exposed in 1972, and in 1975 the
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