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Medical Apartheid

The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

by Harriet A. Washington ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

19 hours 2 min

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge—a tradition that continues today ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge—a tradition that continues today
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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

$15.99 USD

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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Dark Archives

A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

by Megan Rosenbloom ...

Narrated by Justis Bolding ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... Read more

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On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering.
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Immortality, Inc.

Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever

by Chip Walter ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are ... Read more

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This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are
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The Distracted Mind

Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

by Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves
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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
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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
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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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Искусственный интеллект в медицине: Как умные технологии меняют подход к лечению

by Эрик Тополь, Эрик Тополь ...

Narrated by Андрей Барабанщиков, Алекс Лайт ...

Unabridged

12 hours 41 min

Мир медицины стремительно меняется: на помощь традиционным врачебным методам приходит искусственный интеллект. Как внедрение новых технологий отразится на современной диагностике и лечении? Как будут взаимодействовать врач и пациент, если обработку данных возьмут на себя машины? Смогут ли пациенты влиять на ход и методы лечения своих заболеваний? Какие перспективы открывает использование ... Read more

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Мир медицины стремительно меняется: на помощь традиционным врачебным методам приходит искусственный интеллект. Как внедрение новых технологий отразится на современной диагностике и лечении? Как будут взаимодействовать врач и пациент, если обработку данных возьмут на себя машины? Смогут ли пациенты влиять на ход и методы лечения своих заболеваний? Какие перспективы открывает использование
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Euthanasie

Een hoorcollege over levensbeëindiging en levenseindebegeleiding in Nederland

by Paul Schnabel ...

Narrated by Paul Schnabel ...

Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

Het woord euthanasie komt uit het Grieks en betekent goede dood of genadedood. De term kent vanuit de geschiedenis verschillende betekenissen en invullingen. Meestal wordt met euthanasie het volgende bedoeld: het op hun eigen verzoek beëindigen van het leven van patiënten die ondraaglijk en uitzichtloos lijden. In de meeste landen is euthanasie bij wet verboden en wordt het vervolgd als een ... Read more

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Het woord euthanasie komt uit het Grieks en betekent goede dood of genadedood. De term kent vanuit de geschiedenis verschillende betekenissen en invullingen. Meestal wordt met euthanasie het volgende bedoeld: het op hun eigen verzoek beëindigen van het leven van patiënten die ondraaglijk en uitzichtloos lijden. In de meeste landen is euthanasie bij wet verboden en wordt het vervolgd als een
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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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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

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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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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

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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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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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Die ene patiënt

Artsen over de patiënt die hun leven voor altijd veranderde

by Ellen de Visser ...

Narrated by Tanneke Hartzuiker, Louis van Beek, Ad Knippels ...

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

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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
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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

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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
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Denying to the Grave

Why We Ignore the Science That Will Save Us

by Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman ...

Narrated by Rosemary Benson ...

Unabridged

17 hours 20 min

In Denying to the Grave, Sara Gorman and Jack Gorman explore the psychology of health science denial. Using several examples as case studies, they propose six key principles that may lead people to reject "accepted" health-related wisdom: the charismatic leader; fear of complexity; confirmation bias; fear of corporate and government conspiracies; causality and filling the ignorance gap; and the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In Denying to the Grave, Sara Gorman and Jack Gorman explore the psychology of health science denial. Using several examples as case studies, they propose six key principles that may lead people to reject "accepted" health-related wisdom: the charismatic leader; fear of complexity; confirmation bias; fear of corporate and government conspiracies; causality and filling the ignorance gap; and the
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Deadly Spin

An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

by Wendell Potter ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

"My name is Wendell Potter, and for twenty years I worked as a senior executive at health insurance companies. I saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick—all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors." —Senate testimony, June 24, 2009Wendell Potter is the insurance industry's worst nightmare.In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony ... Read more

$17.99 USD

"My name is Wendell Potter, and for twenty years I worked as a senior executive at health insurance companies. I saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick—all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors." —Senate testimony, June 24, 2009Wendell Potter is the insurance industry's worst nightmare.In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony
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The South Carolina State Hospital

Stories from Bull Street

by William Buchheit ...

Narrated by Adam Lofbomm ...

Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823, despite an operating
... Read more
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Medicine Chest, The

A Physician's Journey Towards Reconciliation

by Jarol Boan ...

Narrated by Kelley Jo Burke ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

An examination of the barriers facing Indigenous people within the healthcare system from the perspective of an empathetic settler physicianAfter leaving her medical practice in Pennsylvania in 2011, Jarol Boan returned to her childhood home in Saskatchewan, Canada to practice medicine. There she found a healthcare system struggling with preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism. ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An examination of the barriers facing Indigenous people within the healthcare system from the perspective of an empathetic settler physicianAfter leaving her medical practice in Pennsylvania in 2011, Jarol Boan returned to her childhood home in Saskatchewan, Canada to practice medicine. There she found a healthcare system struggling with preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism.
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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,
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Minute Six

How High-Performance Teams Navigate the Unknown

by Kevin Fong ...

Narrated by Kevin Fong ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

A unique survival guide for an uncertain world - from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and writer-presenter of the hit podcast 13 Minutes to the MoonNo plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?Kevin Fong has spent his working life in high-risk, high-performance teams – flying as a ... Read more

$18.79 USD

A unique survival guide for an uncertain world - from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and writer-presenter of the hit podcast 13 Minutes to the MoonNo plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?Kevin Fong has spent his working life in high-risk, high-performance teams – flying as a
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