Den medicinska professionen

Sylvestre var bara nitton år gammal när han dog i min famn och mitt misstag orsakade hans död. I sin bok berättar Christian Unge om misstag han har gjort med patienter under sin tjänstgöring för Läkare Utan Gränser i Afrika eller på akutmottagning...

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För två år sedan avslöjade Bosse Lindquist och Sveriges Television kirurgen Paolo Macchiarinis plågsamma och livsfarliga experiment på människor på Karolinska sjukhuset. Men läkarna som varnade misstänkliggjordes och ingen ställdes på riktigt till...

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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.A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can''t remember why he''s ...

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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 outrag...

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Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-FictionThe shocking, never-before-told story of America?s thalidomide victimsIn Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She was the first victim of the notorious thalid...

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?Extraordinary? Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.Violence. Drugs. Suicide. Welcome to t...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DAME SALLY DAVIES AND DR JIM DOWNFor every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn?t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. Thi...

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown.Insights into the world of a Prison Doctor, this time taking us deeper into the walls of Bronzefield, the UK?s biggest women?s prison.From the drug addicts who call Amanda ?the mother I neve...

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?Compelling and essential . . . will appeal to everyone who enjoyed Adam Kay?s This Is Going to Hurt? Philippa PerryIn this powerful and deeply personal memoir, award-winning GP Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews introduces us to the patients who have shap...

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From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda BrownRevisit the wold of The Prison Doctor, as she describes stories of her time spent with foreign national prisoners.DANGER. DEPORTATION. DEATH.These are just some of the fates facing the inmate...

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10? 9? 8? 7? 6?That?s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begin ? and that?s all most people know about what I do. But what happens between you conking out and waking up? And what does the anaesthetist have to d...

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She is his doctor. He will be her downfall.The bestselling phenomenon returns??Beautifully paced? CARA HUNTER?Beautifully written with an achingly real romance at its heart? SARAH HILARY?A masterclass in upmarket thriller writing? CHARLOTTE PHILBY...

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From the bestselling author of The Patient comes another powerful novel about betrayal, family and the secrets of the past.?Jane Shemilt is a mistress at skilfully weaving seemingly perfect family lives with deadly secrets from the past in stunnin...

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Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'One of the most valuable books I've ever read' Adwoa Aboah'A remarkable portrayal of how we need to understand ourselves to truly heal' Esther Perel'Hard recommend' Pandora Sykes_____________...

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Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin. ''The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .'' He solves the mysteries of unexplained o...

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Brought to you by Penguin. The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes , Dr Richard Shepherd. This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.A profound and moving portrait of one doctor's life and work in the NHS - pre-order your copy today."e;Wonderful - insightful and compassionate"e; - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural CausesWe ask so much of...

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Exploding pressure cookers, a thwarted wife's deadly revenge and transvestites in distress - manning an ambulance in the seventies kept you on your toes.Having survived the rites of passage as a probationer, Les Pringle now has to face up to the r...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of In Shock by Dr Rana Awdish, read by the author and Teri Schnaubelt.At seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her bl...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Also Human by Caroline Elton, read by Rachel Bavidge.Doctors are the people we turn to when we fall ill. They are the people we trust with our lives, and with the lives of those we love. Yet who can d...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Seven Signs of Life by Aoife Abbey, read by Caroline Lennon. Grief. Anger. Joy. Fear. Distraction. Disgust. Hope. All emotions we expect to encounter over our lifetime. But what if this was every day?...

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Brought to you by Penguin."e;Brilliant - a grimly humourous yet humane account of the realities of growing old in the modern age. Everybody over the age of 60 should read it and ponder their probable future."e; - Henry MarshWhat is a good ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.A vital and timely book about inspirational nurses, and the bravery of patients and families, from the bestselling author of The Language of KindnessNurses have never been more important. We benefit from their expertise i...

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Brought to you by Penguin. What happens when we die?Ten per cent of people whose hearts stop, and then restart, report near-death experiences. Stories of lights, tunnels and reunion with late loved ones have been relayed - and dismissed - since an...

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Brought to you by Penguin. The definitive guide to keeping your brain healthy for a long and lucid life, by one of the world's leading scientists in the field of brain health and ageing. The brain is our most vital and complex organ. It controls a...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Dr Shahed Yousaf is a prison doctor dedicated to caring for people on the margins of society. An outsider on the inside, in Stitched Up he introduces us to a cast of unforgettable characters, including killers, con men a...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Charlotte Raven had never heard of Huntington's Disease when, in her mid-thirties, she discovered that her father was suffering from the illness. Life for her and her young family would never be the same again.Patient 1 ...

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An epic BBC radio drama series set in the Welsh valleys, about medical life before the NHS Based on AJ Cronin's award-winning 1937 novel of the same name, which partly inspired Nye Bevan to create the NHS, this gripping dramatisation centres on An...

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Kan man förbereda sig för att dö? Måste döden göra ont? Hur kan den som står bredvid ge själsligt stöd? Och vad kan sjukvården bistå med? Här berättar den svenska cancersjuksköterskan Anita Lanz om sina erfarenheter från åratals arbete på ett sjuk...

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Doctor Arrowsmith es considerada una de las obras maestras de la narrativa norteamericana del siglo XX. Como hijo y nieto de medicos, Sinclair Lewis tenia gran cantidad de conocimientos sobre el mundo de la medicina. El libro sigue la vida de Mart...

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