Titres dans Médecine

Ein einzigartiges Hörbuch, das Sie nicht gleichgültig lassen wird! Von den dunklen Anfangszeiten der Chirurgie, als noch ohne Betäubung amputiert wurde, über königliche Operationen bis zu den heutigen High-Tech-OPs – der Chirurg Arnold van de Laar beschreibt in seinem Hörbuch so packend wie allgemeinverständlich die Geschichte der Chirurgie, und gibt einen spannenden Einblick in sein Fach. In 28 Kapiteln erzählt van de Laar anhand berühmter Operationen, was genau im Operationsaal geschieht.

He never saw the moment on the end of his bed thinking about the nature of the world resulting in him losing touch with reality. But it was the moment he broke through the pressures in the west: to be better, work harder, and ultimately chase your dreams. That he realized nothing meant anything. The only purpose in life was to laugh when something was funny, cry when something was sad, eat when you were hungry, and enjoy every fleeting moment. Being a disciplined, calculated, accomplished engineer, this new paradigm didn’t fit in with the persona he had spent a lifetime creating.

November 13, 2021 will be forever burned into my memory. That day, my sister passed away via medical assistance in dying after an 18-month battle with metastatic breast cancer. Medical assistance in dying became legal in Canada in 2016. Since then, thousands of terminally ill patients have taken advantage of their right to die. I never dreamed that my own sister would be one of them. Jennifer's Choice is the poignant story of the final year and a half of Jennifer's life, and chronicles not only her experiences, but also those of her family as we supported her.

In the multibillion-dollar business of American medicine, doctors are often portrayed as culprits—opportunistic millionaires who prey on the misfortune of their hapless patients and drive up the cost of health care. But often they are the real victims of a system designed to increase profits for the insurance companies, shady businessmen, and Big Government.

Schon als kleines Mädchen wollte Stephanie Petersen Tierärztin werden. Der Liebe wegen strandete sie auf Sylt - dort, wo andere Urlaub machen, führt sie seit fast 20 Jahren ihre eigene Praxis. In ihrem Alltag mit kleinen und größeren Tieren gleicht kein Tag dem anderen, und in all den Jahren hat Dr. Petersen viel erlebt; lustige Begegnungen mit Hunden und ihren Haltern, dramatische Rettungsaktionen und traurige Abschiede von langjährigen Weggefährten, all das vor der großartigen Kulisse der schönsten Insel Deutschlands.

Questa è la storia vera di Malena, una ragazza normalissima a cui il destino e la malattia avevano detto che non ce l'avrebbe fatta e che i suoi giorni si sarebbero conclusi all'età di 26 anni: "Un altro mese di vita, niente più". Eppure Malena una mattina si è accorta che quel mese lo aveva superato, grazie alle cure, a una grandissima forza di volontà e a quel suo senso dell'umorismo che non l'ha mai lasciata. Si è accorta di esserci ancora. E da quel fatidico aprile del 2007 lei splende, lotta, ride e piange. Lei vive.

A doctor’s personal and unsparing account of how modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effective In The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as a simple physical sensation, but as a cultural experience...

Nearly one in every five Americans deals with mental illness in a given year, and the rates are climbing. Among physicians, the rate is even higher as the time spent in medical training significantly increases the risk of poor mental health. None of us is fully immune from the ravages of mental health problems. This book is about the fallibility of us all, including the doctors who are supposed to care for us. It is about the fine line of illness and normal emotion and about how to change the norms of medical practice in light of human weakness.

Meet Dr. Josef Mengele, a man with a twisted mind who had no compassion for the subjects he experimented on. His methods were cruel. His conclusions were inconclusive, and his sadism hardly knew any boundaries. At the time of WWII, Josef Mengele was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and cosmetic surgeon. He is known for his exploits at the Auschwitz prisoner-of-war camp, where he carried out deadly experiments on slaves, belonged to the team of medical professionals that chose victims for the gas chambers, and was just one of the medical professionals who administered the gas.

Véritable médecin aux pieds nus, sensible aux conditions misérables des travailleurs et épris de justice, Norman Bethune n’a qu’un seul objectif : l’accès aux soins de santé universel. Engagé dans les causes humanitaires, et au volant de sa clinique mobile, il combat le fascisme pendant la guerre d’Espagne, puis il se joint aux efforts des Chinois communistes en allant lutter a leurs côtés et en soignant les blessés dans des conditions héroïques. Il est considéré, en Chine, comme un héros de la Révolution.

When Jill Stephenson received the call that her son, Ben Kopp, had been shot in the leg while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom, her fear was that he would lose his leg. But soon her fears would be realized in more devastating ways. Due to complications, Ben went into a coma, and eight days later he was pronounced brain-dead. Corporal Ben Kopp, an American hero who was credited with saving the lives of six of his fellow soldiers on the battlefield, was struck down defending his country; he died a ranger, a warrior, and a patriot. And his heroism would not stop at death.

After suddenly being diagnosed with a rare form of aggressive cancer, I immediately started spiraling downward. Denial, loneliness, fear, depression, anger, and self-destructive behaviors. My life was a disaster. I was a mess. I was doing just about everything I was instructed not to. All sense of responsibility flew out the window, right along with my sense of morals. Further and further I slid into the deepest, darkest part of my life. I had come to terms with the fact that my life was over. I was going to die. Until I was rescued from not only cancer - but from myself.

Die ergreifenden Schilderungen des Friedensnobelpreisträgers von 2018. Denis Mukwege, weltbekannter kongolesischer Gynäkologe und Menschenrechtsaktivist, hat es sich zur Lebensaufgabe gemacht, Opfern sexueller Gewalt zu helfen. Er erhielt 2018 den Friedensnobelpreis für seinen Einsatz für die Gesundheit und Rechte von Frauen in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. Im Hörbuch verwebt er seine eigene dramatische Lebensgeschichte mit den Schilderungen einzelner Frauenschicksale.

Gina has no intention of marrying again following a disastrous divorce. She wants to focus on raising her son and building a career, not falling in love. But then she meets a spirited airman named David Scheff and everything changes. It doesn’t take long for him to convince her that marrying her soul mate might be a good idea after all. A member of the Air Force, David eventually becomes the flight chief for Air Force One, giving Gina the opportunity to shake hands with presidents William Jefferson Clinton and George W. Bush. It’s a great adventure!

Where Night Is Day is a nonfiction narrative grounded in the day-by-day, hour-by-hour rhythms of an ICU, in a teaching hospital, in the heart of New Mexico. It is the story of patients and families, suddenly faced with critical illness. In this context, Kelly reflects on the nature of medicine and nursing, on how doctors and nurses see themselves. Drawing on the words of medical historians, doctor-writers, and nursing scholars, Kelly examines the relationship of professional and lay observers, to the meaning of illness, empathy, caring, and the silence of suffering.

Woody and I almost made our 50th wedding anniversary - a marriage filled with adventure: fly fishing, backpacking in mountains; living in exotic locations like New Zealand and Alaska; and retiring to a beautiful cabin high in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana. But the last two years proved traumatic when the monster Glioblastoma tore apart our dreams for retirement by stealing Woody's memory and sense of time and place, zapping his energy, stamina, and balance until standing and walking were impossible.

Scott Brewster didn’t ask for cancer - at least, not in any way he understood. A doctor of chemical engineering, he lived in a world of numbers and hard data. A world in which cancer is something that “just happens”. But when science failed him, his search for holistic answers would challenge his world view on every level, healing far more than he ever could have imagined. As Elaine Brewster watched her husband’s incredible transformation, she realized that all miracles begin with a choice - the decision to let go of illness, anger, fear, resentment, sorrow, and despair.

The uplifting story of a life-long battle to overcome shyness, bullying, and pain, suffered as a result of 20 facial disfigurement operations. Shelley Hull’s inspirational memoir is a story about growing up as a young girl with facial disfigurement, daring to wish that someday she’d live a normal life, and fit in. It records the journey of a timid, shy child with no self-confidence or worth, experiencing the world of modern medicine, maxillofacial surgery, and setbacks around every corner.

Despite the fact that African American lineage has given rise to such undeniable talent, intelligence, and genius as that of Dr. Charles Drew, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, and an exhaustive list of many, many others, the proverbial badge of honor in "the white coat" seems to exist as only a mirage of truth until it is achieved. For every budding and current Black doctor seeking guidance, if ever you've wanted to know what it takes to get in, how to stay in, and what it takes to win, consider this the blueprint.

"Vier bis acht Wochen. Ihnen bleiben maximal acht Wochen." Katrin Höfer und ihre Mutter sitzen wie erstarrt da, als die Ärztin ihrer Mutter diese niederschmetternde Prognose verkündet. Aber dann nehmen Mutter und Tochter den Kampf auf - nicht gegen den Krebs, denn der lässt sich nicht mehr gewinnen. Sondern um acht letzte, gute gemeinsame Wochen. Von den Höhen und Tiefen, dem Glück und dem Leid in dieser aufwühlenden Zeit und dem Spagat zwischen Akzeptanz des nahenden Todes der geliebten Mutter und dem unbedingten Willen, auch im tiefsten Leid noch das Schöne zu entdecken.