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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

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**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
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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

****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
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Cartas a un joven médico

by Federico Ortiz Quezada ...

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

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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
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The Great American Medical Show

The Good, the Not-So-Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

by Bernard Patten ...

Narrated by Gregory Diehl ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

What happens when a seasoned physician pulls back the curtain on America's health care system?Dr. Bernard M. Patten has lived medicine from every angle: patient, doctor, advocate, and critic. With wit, candor, and unflinching honesty, he takes readers on an eye-opening journey through decades of encounters that reveal both the brilliance and the failures of modern medicine.From the golden age of ... Read more

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What happens when a seasoned physician pulls back the curtain on America's health care system?Dr. Bernard M. Patten has lived medicine from every angle: patient, doctor, advocate, and critic. With wit, candor, and unflinching honesty, he takes readers on an eye-opening journey through decades of encounters that reveal both the brilliance and the failures of modern medicine.From the golden age of
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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

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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...
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Miracles We Have Seen

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

by Harley A. Rotbart, MD ...

Narrated by Angela Brazil, Stephen R. Thorne ...

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

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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
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Personale Sanitario In Tempi Di Pandemia. Una Prospettiva Psicologica.

by Juan Moisés de la Serna ...

Narrated by Patrizia Barrera ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 min

In seguito al successo del libro intitolato ”Aspetti psicologici nei tempi della pandemia”, in cui vengono affrontati temi relativi all’ impatto del virus sulla vita dei cittadini dal punto di vista psicologico, e sulla base dell’espressa richiesta da parte dei lettori di un testo incentrato sul personale sanitario, ho deciso di scrivere questo libro. L'obiettivo è quello di offrire informazioni ... Read more

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In seguito al successo del libro intitolato ”Aspetti psicologici nei tempi della pandemia”, in cui vengono affrontati temi relativi all’ impatto del virus sulla vita dei cittadini dal punto di vista psicologico, e sulla base dell’espressa richiesta da parte dei lettori di un testo incentrato sul personale sanitario, ho deciso di scrivere questo libro. L'obiettivo è quello di offrire informazioni
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Дневник акушера. Реальные истории, рассказанные врачом роддома

by Анастасия Седова ...

Narrated by Екатерина Радостева ...

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

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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.
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Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии

by Юлия Левченко ...

Narrated by Юлия Левченко ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

В книге «Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии» вы посмотрите на мир психиатрии глазами автора, увидите несколько процентов ее жизненных переживаний, и, возможно, кого-то книга даже побудит стать врачом-психиатром. Автор не только рассказывает о сложных, интересных и порой ужасающих случаях из практики, но и открывает читателям то, что происходило в душе юной девушки, вступившей на путь ... Read more

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В книге «Маленькая женщина в большой психиатрии» вы посмотрите на мир психиатрии глазами автора, увидите несколько процентов ее жизненных переживаний, и, возможно, кого-то книга даже побудит стать врачом-психиатром. Автор не только рассказывает о сложных, интересных и порой ужасающих случаях из практики, но и открывает читателям то, что происходило в душе юной девушки, вступившей на путь
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Человеку мало века

by Федор Углов ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков ...

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

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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
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Overcoming Dyslexia: The Ultimate Guide to Recognizing and Overcoming Dyslexia With Proved Tools and Tactics

by Terry M. Robertson ...

Narrated by Nick Dolle ...

Unabridged

34 min

Have you asked yourself what is dyslexia? Learn about the signs of dyslexia in children as well as dyslexia treatment options.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population and it is the most common learning disability. Individuals with this medical condition have difficulty in the areas of language processing. This condition makes it hard to ... Read more

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Have you asked yourself what is dyslexia? Learn about the signs of dyslexia in children as well as dyslexia treatment options.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population and it is the most common learning disability. Individuals with this medical condition have difficulty in the areas of language processing. This condition makes it hard to
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Близко к сердцу. Истории кардиохирурга

by Алексей Фёдоров, Алексей Фёдоров ...

Narrated by Станислав Иванов ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Жизнь врача сплетена из сирен Скорой, счастливых слёз родственников излеченных пациентов и горьких, увы горьких слёз тех, чьих близких не получилось спасти, острых шуток в ординаторской, новогодних вечеринок в отделении, лекарственного запаха операционных и тревожных звуков реанимации. И каждый случай, каждый пациент оставляют свой след. Автор живым языком делится удивительными историями: они ... Read more

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Жизнь врача сплетена из сирен Скорой, счастливых слёз родственников излеченных пациентов и горьких, увы горьких слёз тех, чьих близких не получилось спасти, острых шуток в ординаторской, новогодних вечеринок в отделении, лекарственного запаха операционных и тревожных звуков реанимации. И каждый случай, каждый пациент оставляют свой след. Автор живым языком делится удивительными историями: они
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Shapeshifters

A Journey Through the Changing Human Body

by Gavin Francis ...

Narrated by Thomas Judd ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies
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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

$20.99 USD

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
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Этюды о природе человека

by Илья Мечников ...

Narrated by Алексей Воскобойников ...

Series series Эксклюзив: Русская классика
Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

Вопросы старости и смерти всегда занимали важное место в исследованиях Мечникова. В своем труде «Этюды о природе человека» известный биолог в простой и изящной форме рассказывает о жизни и смерти живых существ, о строении тела человека и возможных причинах старения, о достоинствах, недостатках и «дисгармониях» человеческого организма, и о возможностях, которые изначально в нем заложены и должны ... Read more

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Вопросы старости и смерти всегда занимали важное место в исследованиях Мечникова. В своем труде «Этюды о природе человека» известный биолог в простой и изящной форме рассказывает о жизни и смерти живых существ, о строении тела человека и возможных причинах старения, о достоинствах, недостатках и «дисгармониях» человеческого организма, и о возможностях, которые изначально в нем заложены и должны
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A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver

by Adam Weddle ...

Narrated by Chris Reilly ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real life situations and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the reader visualize the experience for him or her self. ... Read more

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A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real life situations and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the reader visualize the experience for him or her self.
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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

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
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Основы медицины, о которых пора забыть

by Михаил Глухарев ...

Narrated by Максим Полтавский ...

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

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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
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La isla de los ciegos al color

by Oliver Sacks, Oliver Sacks ...

Narrated by Luis García Márquez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 11 min

Oliver Sacks siempre se ha sentido atraído por las islas, esos «experimentos de la naturaleza, lugares benditos y malditos por su singularidad geográfica, que albergan formas de vida únicas». En su última obra, esta fascinación le lleva más lejos que nunca, a las remotas islas del Pacífico, donde concilia su afición a explorar el mundo real con su pasión por investigar el mundo de la mente. En ... Read more

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Oliver Sacks siempre se ha sentido atraído por las islas, esos «experimentos de la naturaleza, lugares benditos y malditos por su singularidad geográfica, que albergan formas de vida únicas». En su última obra, esta fascinación le lleva más lejos que nunca, a las remotas islas del Pacífico, donde concilia su afición a explorar el mundo real con su pasión por investigar el mundo de la mente. En
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Accidental Kindness

A Doctor's Notes on Empathy

by Michael Stein ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too ... Read more

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We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too
... Read more
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The Art of Seeing

by Aldous Huxley ...

Narrated by David Pickering ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

A Natural Path to Better VisionUnlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley focuses on the actual vision of the human eye. Documenting his own profound near-blindness and subsequent attempts to improve his own sight, Huxley offers a thorough instruction manual on the controversial ... Read more

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A Natural Path to Better VisionUnlike the dystopian vision described in Brave New World, or the psychedelic vision described in his The Doors of Perception, in The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley focuses on the actual vision of the human eye. Documenting his own profound near-blindness and subsequent attempts to improve his own sight, Huxley offers a thorough instruction manual on the controversial
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L’Anoressia nervosa

by Sabrina Fronzi ...

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

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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
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God's Hotel

A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

by Victoria Sweet ...

Narrated by Victoria Sweet ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty ... Read more

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San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty
... Read more
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Letter to a Young Female Physician

Notes from a Medical Life

by Suzanne Koven ...

Narrated by Suzanne Koven ...

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8 hours 49 min

In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her ... Read more

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In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her
... Read more

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