Títulos en Médicos

Kay’s books, looking back on his medical career, give an insight into the trials and tribulations of life as a junior doctor. His latest title, Undoctored, looks into Kay’s life as a medical student and how things have been since leaving the medical world. We chatted to Adam Kay about the one good thing Matt Hancock did, how mental health is regarded in medicine, and whether or not Adam would say he is a bad patient.

Author of Do No Harm and a memoir titled Admissions, both of which became Sunday Times best sellers, Marsh has documented his career as a neurosurgeon. He spent two decades as senior consultant at St George’s hospital in London, one of the countries largest specialist units for neurosurgery, as well as travelling to Ukraine, Nepal and the United States of America to perform surgeries. Since retiring from full-time work at the NHS, Marsh has been undergoing treatment after receiving a diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer.

When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Jew and a medical doctor, the prisoner Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the man who became known as the infamous "Angel of Death" - Dr. Josef Mengele. Nyiszli was named Mengele's personal research pathologist. In that capacity he also served as physician to the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners who worked exclusively in the crematoriums and were routinely executed after four months.

El cerebro de mi hermano es un relato de la evolución de un padecimiento degenerativo en el seno de una familia. Recuerdos, emociones, temores y expectativas, el singular proceso de adaptación a lo impensable, el dolor de atestiguar la extinción de un ser querido, pero también la historia compartida, los años, los lugares, las pasiones conjuntas, la apertura a la conciencia del propio final, el ajuste de cuentas inexorable con lo vivido....

Between Wounded and Well: Lessons in Healing shares a nurse practitioner journey of resilience and hope through the lens of wound healing stages. Debra Palmer, PhD, nurse, researcher, educator and survivor shares an extraordinary story of a childhood marked by trauma and chaos, in which she chooses to not let her past define her future. Through decades of personal struggle and professional insight, she discovered that healing begins with courage.

When Tony Moretti began caring for his Parkinson’s-stricken father, Vince, he thought, How hard could this be? But as the years mounted and Vince’s symptoms progressed, Tony found himself floundering on a monumental journey . . . and there were no answers at the back of the proverbial book. With the support of his wife, their four adult kids, and his three out-of-town siblings (Team Vince!), Tony followed his instincts while navigating Vince’s ever-shifting needs, HMO foibles, and his own father-son baggage.

Ein Moment im Leben, der alles veränderte – live im Fernsehen. Mario D. Richardt wurde vor laufenden Kameras mit einer uncharmanten Aussage konfrontiert: Du hast ja ganz schön zugenommen! Dieser peinliche Augenblick entpuppte sich als Wendepunkt in Marios Leben. Warum nahm er stetig zu, obwohl er seine Essgewohnheiten nicht verändert hatte? Die Diagnose Insulinresistenz trifft ihn wie ein Blitz aus heiterem Himmel. Und er ist nicht allein: Ein erheblicher Anteil der übergewichtigen Menschen kämpft mit diesem Problem.

Carl Gustav Jung ha sido un gran seductor de mujeres de fama legendaria. Esta ficción dramática explora e ilustra las relaciones de C.J. Jung con sus cuatro mujeres más importantes: Emma Rauschenbach, su esposa, Sabina Spielrein, su primera paciente y amante, Toni Wolff. Paciente, asistente, amiga y amante durante 40 años y finalmente , durante sus años maduros, con la estudiante Marie-Louise von Franz.

This raw and unflinching narrative delves into the inner world of an Australian midwife, her professional journey, recounting experiences of empowering women to make choices and confronting a system that resists change. From homebirth scenes to the hallways of a hospital amid the pandemic, this is a story marked by passion, burnout, peaks and valleys, tears and triumphs. Midwife Crisis is an unfiltered emotional journey, interwoven tales of birth and loss, encapsulating the joy of bringing life into the world along with the profound love and heartbreak intrinsic to the midwifery profession.

Care dintre noi este experiența majoră-magică a lui Chris după ce a primit diagnosticul de cancer și, în loc să închidă fereastra, a deschis-o larg. Albumul a început ca o joacă între ea și fotografa Cătălina Flămânzeanu, devenind pe parcurs un joc între ea și toată lumea. Chris vede paharul plin și când acesta e gol și scoate din orice suferință sensul, latura izbăvitoare.

"Avendo fuggito ogni altro lavoro per paura, mi ritrovo a fare il lavoro che fa più paura a tutti". Quante volte parliamo dei medici come di eroi, martiri, vittime... In verità, fuor di retorica, uomini e donne esposti al male. Appassionati e fragili, fallibili, mortali. Paolo Milone ha lavorato per quarant'anni in Psichiatria d'urgenza, e ci racconta esattamente questo. Nudo e pungente, senza farsi sconti.

In this revelatory memoir, doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth other doctors don’t always understand and often won’t share if they do - that chronic illness is complicated, and that treatment is not just a matter of test results and prescriptions but requires a more comprehensive approach. By sharing her own struggle with a disabling autoimmune crisis, which forced her to question her own conventional medical training and embrace the integrative principles of functional medicine, Li reveals the insider knowledge sufferers need to truly begin healing - mind, body, and spirit.

Flight for Life is the heart-stopping account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Dr. Stewart and his colleague moved mountains and cut red tape to fly patients to one of the premiere burn centers in the United States.

Bienvenido al mundo de Enfermera Saturada, un mundo donde el delirio se mezcla con el humor, a veces negro y siempre muy fino, pero donde el día a día del hospital siempre supera a la ficción.

In Liberation of Being: Allowing Terminal Illness to Teach Us How to Live, Dr. Dylan Shanahan invites listeners into a journey of profound resilience and philosophical exploration. Diagnosed with ALS in the prime of his life, Dylan confronts the relentless progression of the disease with courage and introspection. Formerly a vibrant athlete and dedicated scholar, Dylan's life takes an unexpected turn as he adapts to a body that steadily declines.

Médecin généraliste depuis une dizaine d'années, le docteur Gentamycine a soigneusement noté les meilleures répliques de ses patients... et le moins que l'on puisse dire c'est qu'ils ont du talent ! L'humour est-il un bon moyen de guérir ? En tout cas, il permet de détendre l'atmosphère parfois pesante d'une consultation.

Jeune médecin urgentiste, le docteur Mathieu Doukhan livre ici un témoignage sans concession sur sa vie quotidienne aux urgences. Joies, peines, amertumes, petits miracles… rien ne lui est épargné ! Ce jeune papa nous entraîne dans un monde parfois abrupt, où des patients improbables croisent des médecins parfois déconcertants. Un univers où les situations ubuesques sont le pain quotidien, où les méandres du système peuvent surprendre, mais surtout, avant tout, un monde plein d'humanité.

Un vétérinaire dit tout ! Jean Sévéan est vétérinaire par vocation ! Depuis des dizaines d'années il en a soigné des bêtes, sans oublier de porter son œil attentif aux propriétaires des vaches, chiens, chats et même chimpanzé qui sont passés dans son cabinet. Véto des villes et des campagnes, Jean Sévéan n'a pas la langue dans sa poche pour nous faire rire, nous surprendre et nous émouvoir. Derrière chacune de ces histoires - parfois incroyables - se cache un amour infini des animaux qui l'a poussé à garder un veau plus d'un mois dans sa clinique ou à se faire payer en œufs !

Un médecin urgentiste raconte son quotidien : - Une plongée dans les coulisses des urgences - La vérité sur les difficultés rencontrées chaque jour - Des histoires incroyables mais vraies Le docteur Matthieu Heidet est urgentiste en région parisienne. Ce trentenaire passionné par son métier couche sur le papier ses souvenirs les plus incroyables, qu'ils soient positifs ou dramatiques. Au menu, une plongée vertigineuse dans le quotidien d'un service qui prend en charge l'urgence la plus absolue comme le quotidien le plus banal, reflet de notre société qui parfois marche sur la tête.

Questa è la storia vera di Marco, che ha trentotto anni, vive a Milano e si è da poco sposato con la ragazza che ama. Ha pochi pensieri e tutti rivolti a un futuro solare. La vita, però, accelera e cambia colore, quando gli diagnosticano il mieloma: un cancro del sangue inguaribile. Ospedali, dottori, chemio e trattamenti scandiscono le sue giornate. Prima di iniziare le terapie più faticose fa una scommessa con il destino: avere un figlio senza sapere se ce la farà a conoscerlo. La scommessa viene vinta e prende il nome di Lorenzo.