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In the early 2000s, 16-year-old Todd Davison and his older brother Wade were living the Canadian hockey dream—playing together in the Western Hockey League, a stepping-stone for many future NHL stars. Todd seemed destined to be one of them. But after facing off against Sidney Crosby at the Canada Winter Games in 2003, that dream became a nightmare when Todd's mysterious shoulder pain led to a devastating cancer diagnosis. His Last Shift: The Playbook of Todd Davison recounts the journey of an incredible young man as he comes to terms with his death long before his time.

In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher—as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North—taps into a cultural moment, to offer wisdom, hope and insight into loss and change. Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing in women, trauma and the effect of our culture on our mental health, she looks inward in A Life in Light to what shaped her as a woman, one who has experienced darkness throughout her life but was always drawn to the light.

La letra de médico tiene fama de ser algo que no se entiende, pero este audiolibro es todo lo contrario. Carlos Presman escribió una memoria profesional amena, fascinante, que estaba faltando. Así lo demuestran más de veinte ediciones y veinte mil ejemplares vendidos. La edición completa de esta obra se divide en "Historias personales", "Cuentos clínicos" e "Historias a su salud". Con relatos breves y muy buena pluma, Presman nos pasea por los desafíos de la relación médico-paciente.

Ein Notarzt und kein Buch vom "Leben retten". Viele "Retter", Ärzte, Krankenschwestern und –pfleger, kurz Menschen, die regelmäßig mit dem Tod anderer Menschen konfrontiert sind, pflegen einen eigenen Umgang mit dem Thema "Leben und Sterben": Während der Tod gesellschaftlich häufig keinen Platz im Alltag findet (oder finden darf) und daher aus dem täglichen Gespräch lieber ausgespart wird, sind wir es gewohnt, offen darüber zu reden.

Den danske retsmediciner Preben Geertinger fortæller om sit liv med bizarre obduktioner, uløste kriminalsager og det specielle forhold, man uundgåeligt får til liv og død, når man håndterer lig på daglig basis. Af en retsmediciners bekendelser er tankevækkende læsning – både for de der går op i kriminalhistorie og for de, der er nysgerrige på, hvordan en retsmediciner arbejder med og tænker på døden.

"Endnu et besøg er slut. Jeg lukker stille døren bag mig til værelse 107, der har været mors hjem i en årrække. Jeg hører tonerne af "Efteråret" fra Vivaldis "De fire årstider" spille videre bag den lukkede dør. Jeg har endnu engang sagt farvel til hende og takket hende for vores fælles minder og liv sammen. Jeg har hvisket til hende, at det er i orden med mig, at hun giver slip på det jordiske liv og rejser videre. Til noget nyt. Forhåbentligt til et sted og til et liv uden demens.

"En rejse af usædvanlig menneskelighed, skrevet med lidenskab, engagement og ydmyghed, på baggrund af ufattelige forhold, der overvælder en for hvert skridt." - Michael Mansfield, Queen’s Counsel Kun tre måneder efter deres mor døde af leukæmi, blev lægen Izzeldin Abuelaish’ tre ældste døtre og hans niece dræbt den 16. januar 2009, da deres værelse i famili- ens hjem i Gaza blev sprængt i stumper og stykker af israelske granater.

"3.3.82 Line er nok min bedste veninde, men jeg ville meget hellere have en, som var smart og pæn. Men sådan én gider selvfølgelig ikke være gode venner med mig. Jeg har faktisk ikke rigtig nogen. Det er ret trist. Men jeg har jo min mor og dig, kære dagbog. Jeg er simpelthen nødt til at gå på slankekur nu. Jeg er 70 cm om maven, når jeg slapper af." Anne Refslund Poulsens dagbog fra 1980‘erne er en af de første personlige beskrivelser fra en ung person med anoreksi.

"Da jeg blev pensionist, fik jeg tid og kræfter til at tilfredsstille min nysgerrighed på områder, jeg ikke tidligere har beskæftiget mig meget med. Jeg har opdaget, at verden er meget mere spændende, end jeg vidste, og at vi mennesker har flere muligheder i os, end vi endnu har lært at udnytte helt og fuldt. Min indfaldsvinkel til et nyt verdensbillede har været krisen inden for vort sundhedsvæsen. På nogle områder har der været fremskridt i min tid, men på andre områder er det gået den forkerte vej.

Read by the author. “Sir, your sons have been in a car accident. How quickly can you get here?” The phone call no parent wants to receive would lead to a miracle only God could give. When Jeremy and Emily Freeman’s teenage son Caleb was in a devastating car accident, doctors gave him a 10...

As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. And Finally explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence. As he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient, he is haunted by past failures and projects yet to be completed, and frustrated by the inconveniences of illness and old age.

Beyond the Next Village is Mary Anne Mercer’s memoir of discovery, growth, and awakening in 1978 Nepal, which was then a mysterious country to most of the world. After arriving in Nepal, Mercer, an American nurse, spent a year traveling on foot–often in flip-flops–with a Nepali health team, providing immunizations and clinical care in each village they visited. Communicating in a newly acquired language, she was often called upon to provide the only modern medicine available to the people she and her team were serving.

At the age of 28, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben Bravery woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer. As a scientist, Ben understood the seriousness of his condition. Cancer had quite literally whacked him in the guts, after all. But what he didn't expect was how being a patient, and a young one at that, would make him feel. Why hadn't he been better prepared for the embarrassment and vulnerability of lying naked on the radiation table?

Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away. From day one, Alison, Marty’s spouse of over twenty-five years, kept a journal as a way to navigate the overwhelming state of her mind and soul. Soon the rawness of her words harmonized to tell the story of Marty’s diagnosis, illness, and decline. Dance Me to the End is an evocative memoir about witnessing a loved one suffer from a neurological, degenerative, and terminal disease.

In July 1952, Dr. Walter Freeman arrived at the gates of a West Virginia asylum. In his medical bag he carried two metal picks and a surgical hammer. He had invented a “cheap, easy” ten-minute lobotomy. The press described it as a miracle cure, a new frontier in psychosurgery. That summer, in just twelve days, Freeman lobotomized 228 men, women, and children in West Virginia’s public mental hospitals. His blitzkrieg of brain surgery became known as “Operation Ice Pick,” named after the tools he wielded.

Narrated by the author, Diane Wilson shares her journey through random and sometimes humorous events of having an invisible illness, how her brain kept this injury even from herself, the loss of focus and sense of self, an obsession with day trading retirement funds, and the alternative therapies that helped heal her brain—a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, acupuncture, learning to sing, and, most centrally, neurofeedback.

This moving memoir shares the true story of a doctor who survived both cancer and a spinal cord injury—and discovered hope, resilience, and healing beyond unimaginable pain. The Second Chance in Life is an inspirational audiobook about overcoming adversity, rediscovering purpose, and embracing transformation in the face of life’s greatest challenges.

These heartwarming and inspiring stories by brave women and men who have survived breast cancer are a must-listen for anyone personally or indirectly afflicted by the disease. How We Beat Breast Cancer brings together the experiences, thoughts, struggles, and victories of unique women and men from all walks of life, who tell the stories of their battles with breast cancer. Their narratives portray both the good and the bad in a real, candid language, sharing everything from diagnosis, through treatment, to life with and after cancer.

A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer. For thirty years, Rod Nordland shadowed death. As one of his generation's preeminent war correspondents, he...

Kan man bli fri från en kronisk sjukdom? När Nadja Öström får sköldkörteldiagnoserna Hashimotos sjukdom och Hypotyreos förändras hennes liv för alltid och hon kastas in i en djungel av hälsoråd och mediciner. Trots en svår och utmanande resa kommer hon ut på andra sidan starkare än någonsin och med nya kunskaper om kost, hälsa och vikten av att se sig själv som en helhet.