Physician & Patient

This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners....

This book builds on the person-centered medicine movement to promote a shift in the philosophy of care of distress. It discusses the vital importance of whole person health, healing, and growth.

The two best-selling memoirs (London Call-Out and Doctor in the House) from London GP Alex Rudd, brought together in one hilarious and touching set....

In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor - the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients....

Miracles We Have Seen is a book of inspiration and optimism, and a compelling glimpse into the lives of physicians....

How can you protect your right to a balanced life, in a profession that demands perfection? Under constant stress, many doctors sacrifice their own wellbeing to try and provide the best possible care for their patients. Coaching offers a way to immediately start bridging this known gap....

This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years-long investigation into his father's old classmate who seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and PhD, but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.

A world-class oncologist's devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer....

Every weekend, in Holland’s most popular newspaper, de Volkskrant, renowned science-journalist Ellen de Visser asks a different medical professional to tell her about ‘that one patient’; the patient who changed everything for them....

While modern medicine produces miracles, it also delivers care that is too often unsafe, unreliable, unsatisfying, and impossibly expensive. This riveting audiobook offers the prescription for getting it right....

The Inner Consultation, Second Edition sets out the author’s thoughts on how consulting skills, and methods of teaching them, have evolved in the 17 years since the book’s first publication....

The White Coat Investor is a manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar professionals....

Many know from experience that the medical system can be difficult to navigate. Take it from Randy Pherson, who struggled with a medical condition for five years before getting a proper diagnosis - and once he did, had to undergo a major surgery to save his life....

The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most....

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Also Human by Caroline Elton, read by Rachel Bavidge....

How Do You Feel? follows one psychiatrist and four of her patients as they deal with the unspoken mental and physical costs of caring for others.

This audiobook is a comprehensive guide in understanding how to deal with a person on the autism spectrum within the medical system....

A 'textbook with passion', Hardwiring Excellence offers a road map and practical how-to guide for creating and sustaining a culture of service and operational excellence....

Developing personal self-confidence, choosing the right doctor for you, walking out on the wrong ones with impunity, and making the right choices will add up to great health care....

Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it's a profound and painful breach....

Despite modern medicine's infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion's share of illnesses....

Adults who have been undiagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often face a daily struggle but remain unaware there is a way to make life better. This audiobook explains the process of autism diagnosis through a former patient's personal account after being diagnosed with autism....

Seamus O'Mahony charts the realities of work in the 'ministry of bodies', that huge complex where people come to be cured and to die. From unexpected deaths to moral quandaries and bureaucratic disasters, O'Mahony documents life in the halls that all of us will visit at some point....

While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach....

Develop an action plan and learn to overcome the fear of diabetes to manage it successfully. Take steps to strike a balance among your food, physical activities, and medications and cultivate determination to tale charge of your life....