If you liked God’s Hotel: a Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine, by Victoria Sweet you might like:
Moran Prairie Library Book Club selection for Thursday, February 28th, at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome! |
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 | Belkin, Lisa |
| First, Do No Harm |
| Exploring major ethical questions and differing opinions among medical personnel, administrators, and patients, these real-life cases follow the lives of four sets of patients/families in a Texas hospital as they face life or death decisions. |
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 | Belluck, Pam |
| Island Practice: Cobblestone Rash, Underground Tom, and Other Adventures of a Nantucket Doctor |
| Dr. Timothy Lepore is a medical jack-of-all-trades on his beloved island of Nantucket – physician, psychiatrist, and occasional veterinarian – whether rich, poor, native or immigrant, he is the glue that holds health-care together for all its inhabitants. |
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 | Caldwell, Taylor |
| Dear and Glorious Physician: a Novel about Saint Luke |
| A fictional portrait of a brilliant and renowned Greek physician who traveled extensively through the Mediterranean region healing the sick. Finding in Jesus the God he was seeking, he visited places where Jesus had gone, gathering information and meeting those who knew him…eventually writing what is now known as the Gospel according to St. Luke. |
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 | Christensen, Randy, Dr. |
| Ask Me Why I Hurt: the Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them |
| The inspiring memoir of a pediatrician who treats the homeless youth of Phoenix from his clinic on wheels, a 38 foot Winnebago called “Big Blue” – without homes and access to healthcare, he is the one they turn to for conditions ranging from infected insect bites to STDs. |
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 | Dosa, David |
| Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat |
| Follow the journey of Oscar, a remarkable cat with a special gift of knowing when the end is near for residents at a Rhode Island nursing home – keeping vigil in their final hours and bringing comfort to both patients and their families. |
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 | Larimore, Walter L. |
| Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor’s First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains |
| Captivating stories of a young doctor’s first year of practice in the Smoky Mountains of Appalachia – humor, adventure, and life lessons await as the reader is swept into the world of engaging characters (including pets) that reside in a small country town. |
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 | Lehman, Elton |
| House calls and Hitching Posts: Stories from Dr. Elton Lehman’s Career among the Amish |
| An intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman’s thirty-six years as a country doctor to the rural Amish of Wayne County, Ohio – where medical technology and rural values converge in treating farm accidents, navigating several feet of snow for a house-call, and creating make-shift birthing centers. |
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 | Reef, Catherine |
| Alone in the World: Orphans and Orphanages in America |
| From the almshouses of the 1700s to the foster system of today, this narrative takes a thorough look at the evolving history and viewpoints regarding children’s homes for the orphaned, homeless, and abused youth of America. Includes historic photos. |
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 | Rothman, Claire |
| The Heart Specialist |
Abandoned as a young child by her physician father, Agnes eventually follows in his footsteps to earn her M.D. in the late 1800s – unaccepted by male colleagues and facing discrimination at every turn, she eventually becomes a pioneer in the science of the human heart. Inspired by one of Canada’s first female physicians, Maude Abbott.
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 | Shem, Samuel |
| The House of God |
| A novel about the experiences - some heartbreaking, some comical - of six interns from the top of their class assigned to one of the most distinguished teaching hospital in the country as they learn how to be good doctors and even better human beings. |
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 | The Book of Madness and Curses |
| O’Melveny, Regina |
| A female doctor is blocked from practicing medicine due to the absence of her mentor and father in 16th century Venice. Setting out to find him she travels through Europe, Scotland, the Netherlands, and finally Morocco – meeting and learning from other healers along the way. |
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 | Verghese, A. (Abraham) |
| My Own Country: a Doctor’s Story |
| A young infectious disease physician is working in a small, conservative town in eastern Tennessee in 1985 when its first AIDS patient arrives, with several more soon following – suddenly a place immune to the worries of modern America is forced to face its deepest prejudices and fears. |
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