Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota
$26.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
A passionate account of the toxic culture of bullying and overwork that junior doctors can experience in the workplace as part of their training.Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and on track to becoming a surgeon. A self-confessed workaholic ...Show more
A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
<b>‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - <i>Observer</i></b> When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that ...Show more
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Picador Collection
'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' - GuardianHailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the ext ...Show more
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
$29.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Longlisted for both the Guardian First Book Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, Do No Harm ranks alongside the work of Atul Gawande, Jerome Groopman, and Oliver Sacks.With compassion and candor, leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving t ...Show more
Things I remember, or was told by Carol Shand
$40.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
Things I remember, or was told, is the memoir of outspoken Wellington GP Carol Shand, who since the early 1960s has spent her life fighting for change in medical, social and legal issues that she considered important: maternity care, access to contraception, abortion law change, and improved response to ...Show more
The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent And Reverse The Full Spectrum Of Inflammatory Symptoms And Diseases by Amy Myers
$29.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Over 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Until now, conventional medicine has said there is no cure. Minor irritations like rashes and runny noses are ignored, while chronic and debilitating diseases like Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis are handled with a c ...Show more
The Unseen Body - A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy by Jonathan Reisman
$37.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
In his beautifully written prose, Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world.Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel, Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the ...Show more
Ill Feelings - Stories of Unexplained Illness by Alice Hattrick
$35.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
Ill Feelings is a collective biography of medically unexplained illness. Structured around the narrative of their own ill feelings, Alice Hattrick uncovers their and their mother's case histories, and branches out into the records of ill health that women have written about in diaries and letters. Their ...Show more
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
$24.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author.
The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics by Arthur W. Frank
$37.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Since it was first published in 1995, "The Wounded Storyteller" has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a "remission society" of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework o ...Show more
The Healthy Baby Gut Guide: How to Prevent Allergies, Build Immunity and Develop Good Gut Health from Day One by Vincent Ho
$32.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
An accessible, practical guide to preventing and managing children's allergies and improving their immune systems, from leading gastroenterologist Dr Vincent Ho.
Also Human: the Inner Lives of Doctors by Caroline Elton
$28.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
'A furious dispatch from the front line of the hospital system.' THE TIMES, Book of the WeekDoctors are the people we turn to in our darkest moments. We trust them with our lives. But what does that stress do to a person? What does it take to confront death, disease, distress and suffering every day? T ...Show more