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In 2016, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal cancer diagnosis and decided to live life to the full. When she matched with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams had come true, but never could have imagined she would be plunged into another nightmare: a four-year campaign of violence and coercive control at his hands.

Un ouvrage percutant sur une femme qui se bat, une véritable source d'inspiration pour tous et toutes. Avec force détails, rires et joies, Paola Corbo nous raconte son quotidien avec la sclérose en plaques avec un détachement hors du commun. "La descente aux enfers" pourrait bien définir le parcours de Paola n'eut été l'extraordinaire prise de pouvoir de ses pensées sur son état physique. Ceci est l'histoire, écrite à trois plumes, de la vie d'un vif-argent peu à peu restreint à rouler sa bosse dans un fauteuil électrique.

Diese Aufzeichnungen von Rosalie Linner über die Jahre 1943 bis 1980 spiegeln das weite Spektrum der Arbeit einer Landhebamme wider: Von freudig erwarteten, aber auch von unerwünschten Kindern ist die Rede, von der Freude und den Nöten in den Familien. Als in seiner Art einmaliges Zeit- und Alltagsdokument sowie als historisches Zeugnis eines ganzen Berufsstandes sind Frau Linners Aufzeichnungen gar nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen.

Julia Pylypenko is a young writer and scriptwriter in the field of PR. She speaks English, French, and Italian. In 2007, she became the world champion in singles and doubles tennis at the XVI World Championship for people with transplanted organs (Bangkok). Ten years ago, Ukrainian doctors sentenced Julia to pass away by her eighteenth birthday. This book is a diary and a confession, where each line is not the author's imagination, but real events from her life.

For Dr. Jessi Gold, everything was absolutely fine—until it suddenly wasn’t. As an assistant professor, practicing psychiatrist, university wellness leader, regular media expert, and dedicated friend and family member, Jessi was used to being constantly busy. After all, people—her patients, colleagues, and loved ones—needed her, so who was she to say no to any opportunity to help, be that an extra therapy session, corporate wellness talk, or favor for a friend. She was a doctor, trained to serve, to put the needs of others before her own.

Para Carmen, 2012 es un punto de inflexión. Tiene setenta y cinco años. La salud le empieza a fallar, los temblores repentinos aumentan y en una cena con amigos ocurre lo peor… Para más inri, sus problemas se multiplican cuando se sienta en el banquillo acusada de proxenetismo. Poco antes había sido desahuciada de la casa donde había vivido casi cincuenta años.

Durante su convalecencia, la doctora Sendino fue tomando notas sobre su experiencia de la enfermedad, de cara a un libro que deseaba escribir. Ante la inminencia de su muerte, le pidió a Pablo d'Ors que le ayudase a culminar esta tarea. El autor, que le atendía espiritualmente, rescata sus anotaciones y las contextualiza en una vida que no duda en calificar de ejemplar. Un testimonio sobre lo que al final de verdad importa. Un texto sin concesiones, tan escueto como directo al corazón. Un relato necesario sobre una muerte que da vida.

After 24 years in healthcare, one fateful evening transformed Mandi from practitioner to patient. A motor vehicle accident left her with a significant traumatic brain injury that has taken her much longer than expected to recover from. Follow along as she shares her journey back from her worst day through the first year.

A fast-paced account of a giant of twentieth century medicine, First the Patient details how David Nathan saved patients with his medical skill and rescued institutions with his visionary leadership.

Von den Älteren lernen wir über Widerstandsfähigkeit, die subtilen Freuden des Lebens und die Bedeutung von Geduld und Verständnis. In ihren Geschichten und Erfahrungen sehen wir ein Spiegelbild des Lebens selbst, mit all seinen Höhen und Tiefen. Marcel Mayr begann mit gerade einmal 16 Jahren die Ausbildung zum Altenpfleger. Er erlernte dabei nicht nur einen Beruf, sondern gewann durch den Umgang mit älteren Menschen auch an Lebenserfahrung.

Made to Live depicts a physician’s journey to save lives. Dr. Paul Saba begins his story with the battle to save the life of his baby girl, Jessica, who was born with a severe congenital cardiac malformation. He describes the challenges of facing difficult diagnoses through both his personal experiences and those of his patients. This book debunks the myths of euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the United States from Jamaica with ambitions of becoming a nurse and living the American Dream. In December 2020, she became the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and was subsequently honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In First in Line Lindsay lays out her triumphs and setbacks as a single mother and working student who overcomes barriers. Her beginnings as a four-dollar-an-hour grocery store worker fortified her with the resilience to persevere over decades to become an executive at a globally recognized nationally known healthcare system.

More of: You can't make this stuff up. A collection of short true stories from the experiences that made me who I am. Some are serious, some funny, some sad, some empowering. Beginning with Prehospital care going to home health care. Next was a haunted nursing home, then the ER. There are stories that show WHY I can relate and some of the lessons I've learned. These stories are told in the first person because they all happened to me.

Dr. Alagoz writes a powerful memoir on the dangers healthcare professionals face, chasing their dream to pursue a medical career with integrity and to change lives. She was a successful and well-respected Obstetrician/Gynecologist in a small Texas town, having delivered over four thousand babies in her career, when a powerful hospital administrator lodged accusations that changed her life forever.

Mitreißend erzählt: Eine Familiengeschichte, generationenübergreifend geprägt von Alkoholabhängigkeit. Mia ist die jüngste Tochter in einer langen Dynastie von Trinkenden. Auch sie selbst liebt Rotwein, aber so schlimm wie bei ihrer verrückten Oma und ihrem rätselhaften Vater, die sich mit dem Trinken umgebracht haben, ist es bei ihr noch lange nicht, denkt sie. Sie ist eben ein Partygirl, eine Rebellin, eine Künstlerseele. Bei der Arbeit als Barkeeperin im Berliner Nachtleben lernt sie, zu trinken, von einem älteren Mann lernt sie Sex und Drama.

Jamie Greenley’s life was turned upside down by one seemingly simple decision. Well-intentioned dental professionals, although possibly persuaded by the industry itself, had convinced this healthy, athletic mother of three energetic boys that the best option for a dental issue was, in fact, safe and in her best interest. The procedure, although successful at first, led to the catastrophe that this 40-year-old now endures on a daily basis.

Kathy and Rob were pro-vaccine prior to COVID-19. They couldn't believe what they were hearing. Lies were being spouted on national TV. Kathy and her husband, Rob, are retired registered nurses. They both read research articles and listen to podcasts to keep their minds sharp after retirement and keep up to date on the field of medicine, especially COVID-19. The government will spin this time in history. It's very important that people step forward to tell their stories. Follow Kathy and Rob's journey through the COVID-19 pandemic and their insights to the politics governing the treatment.

After a year-long battle with Stage-4C Colon Cancer, 48-year-old Lisa finally heard the words she had been hoping for: no visible sign of disease. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments were over, she was technically disease free, and it was time to celebrate that success. She never expected how difficult it would be to transition from colon cancer patient to colon cancer survivor.

The first of our organs to form and the last to die, the heart is both a simple pump and the symbol of what makes us human; as long as it continues to beat, there is hope. In The Story of a Heart, Dr. Rachel Clarke interweaves the history of medical innovations behind transplant surgery with the story of two children—one of whom desperately needs a new heart.

Sometimes, what we can’t see... transforms us. For nine-year-old Wendy Slattery, the world was a big place that had no interest in fulfilling her dreams. Growing up on a farm in the 1960’s meant absorbing the rhetoric that women don’t become doctors. Instead, Wendy abandoned her medical ambitions and turned her dreaming to imaginary stories. That big imagination took a back seat through the rebellious days of the 1970’s, where she fell into a cutting-edge career in the newly burgeoning computer field.