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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

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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

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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

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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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The Sadness Business

by Patrick Landman ...

Narrated by Alan Cook ...

Unabridged

2 hours 43 min

Have you lost a loved one? Your sadness becomes depression. Your child is a little too lively? He or she may be a danger to society. Do you have a penchant for cake? You have a psychiatric disorder. The new standard way of thinking about mental health, dictated by the publication of an international guide, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is authorian and overshadows ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Have you lost a loved one? Your sadness becomes depression. Your child is a little too lively? He or she may be a danger to society. Do you have a penchant for cake? You have a psychiatric disorder. The new standard way of thinking about mental health, dictated by the publication of an international guide, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is authorian and overshadows
... Read more
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Life Lived Chronically, A

Memoir of a DES Daughter

by Claire R. Silverstone-Bright ...

Narrated by Kimberly Rog ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a DES Daughter is a compelling and emotionally resonant memoir written by Claire R. Silverstone-Bright, brought to life through the narration of Kimberly Rog and published by Panda Publishing Agency UK.Long before her birth, Claire’s life was already influenced by diethylstilbestrol (DES), a drug once widely prescribed to pregnant women and promoted as a ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a DES Daughter is a compelling and emotionally resonant memoir written by Claire R. Silverstone-Bright, brought to life through the narration of Kimberly Rog and published by Panda Publishing Agency UK.Long before her birth, Claire’s life was already influenced by diethylstilbestrol (DES), a drug once widely prescribed to pregnant women and promoted as a
... Read more
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Diagnostic Revolution, The: How AI is Transforming Healthcare

by S Williams ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an era where technology is reshaping the foundations of medicine, The Diagnostic Revolution delves into the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. This groundbreaking book explores how AI in healthcare is revolutionizing medical diagnostics, from enhancing predictive analytics in medicine to improving patient outcomes ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an era where technology is reshaping the foundations of medicine, The Diagnostic Revolution delves into the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. This groundbreaking book explores how AI in healthcare is revolutionizing medical diagnostics, from enhancing predictive analytics in medicine to improving patient outcomes
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Science, Religion, and Ethics in Twenty-First Century Biomedical Discoveries: Which Way Is Forward?

by Kevin FitzGerald ...

Narrated by Kevin FitzGerald ...

Series series Learn25: Science & Technology
Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

What is human? Can the promise of great scientific discoveries be reconciled with traditional notions of God and ethics? Are we capable of using biotechnology to better the human condition? How can science, religion and ethics be used to inform our decisions? What will an increasingly sophisticated understanding of genetics mean for healthcare, our understanding of free will?Advances in 21st ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What is human? Can the promise of great scientific discoveries be reconciled with traditional notions of God and ethics? Are we capable of using biotechnology to better the human condition? How can science, religion and ethics be used to inform our decisions? What will an increasingly sophisticated understanding of genetics mean for healthcare, our understanding of free will?Advances in 21st
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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
... Read more
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What Cannot Be Undone

True Stories of a Life in Medicine

by Walter M. Robinson ...

Narrated by Daniel Thomas May ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This
... Read more
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Cash Cow

How the maternal body became a global commodity – and the hidden costs for women

by Alev Scott ...

Narrated by Alev Scott ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

*A Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing' – Maureen Freely'Humane, thoughtful and urgent — this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage' – Dr Mary WellesleyA thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body__________Should surrogacy be a... ... Read more

$23.99 USD

*A Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing' – Maureen Freely'Humane, thoughtful and urgent — this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage' – Dr Mary WellesleyA thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body__________Should surrogacy be a...
... Read more
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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
... Read more

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