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Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the...

This volume contains 150 short cases for the MRCS examination, each presented in a standard format and grouped into one of the four sections of the clinical exam. The MRCS...

Winner, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Named a Best History Book of the year, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!" --Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake...

When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college...

The vivid, often gruesome portrait of the 18th century pioneering surgeon and father of modern medicine, John Hunter. WINNER OF THE MEDICAL JOURNALISTS' OPEN BOOK AWARD 2005 Revered and feared...

A weight loss surgeon explains the truth behind our bad food habits and why diets don't work by exploring the history of nutrition and appetite What if everything you were...

One in two of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives and yet many of us don't understand how cancers arise. How many different kinds of cancer...

Clinical decisions in modern medical practice are increasingly influenced by ethical and legal issues, but few doctors have been formally trained in medical law and ethics, and are unsure of...

The definitive beauty book for women of all ages by three generations of French beauty editors. Three generations of Parisian women - grandmother, mother and daughter - have each worked...

The story is set in the city of Melbourne in the latter half of the 19th century, when it was growing rapidly, due to the gold flowing from Ballarat and...

Musculoskeletal disorders are extremely common and are unique in medicine, in that they can be accurately diagnosed and hence treated, in most cases, by use of clinical methods alone. This...

This is a deeply practical and readable book, which will take you on an expedition through the anatomy of the most fascinating - and mysterious - of organs. World-leading neuroscientist...

The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery...

The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important that in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores grippingly how doctors...

This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death -...

For readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and Henry Marsh's Do No Harm, an unforgettably powerful and heart-breaking book about how to live. ** SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** 'Rattling....

The spellbinding story of a visionary British surgeon who changed medicine forever In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when...

'Radical, honest and timely' FOX FISHER'Fascinating' ASH PALMISCIANO'A cracking read' MEG-JOHN BARKER"This book is about my penis. This is my story of going through lower surgery, specifically phalloplasty, and the...

'Radical, honest and timely' FOX FISHER'Fascinating' ASH PALMISCIANO'A cracking read' MEG-JOHN BARKER"This book is about my penis. This is my story of going through lower surgery, specifically phalloplasty, and the...