Medical

The Checklist Manifesto

by Atul Gawande

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals...

A Man to Call My Own

by Johanna Lindsey

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey comes a love story as passionate, tumultuous, and colorful as the old American West.

In 1870s Texas, an unforgettable drama unfolds in the lives of rival...

EMT Rescue

by Pat Ivey

This book takes the reader to the front lines of medicine, from a serious automobile accident on a dark country road to a woman in cardiac arrest to a young man with near-fatal gunshot wounds. For these patients...

Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy

by David Sheff

The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Boy offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with –...

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2013

by Maxine Papadakis & Stephen J. McPhee

The #1 bestselling annual guide to internal medicine—now completely updated!

Learn from the experts – and accelerate your clinical decision making

Internationally acclaimed for its scholarship, conciseness,...

Color Atlas of Neuroscience: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

by Ben Greenstein & Adam Greenstein

Taking a uniquely visual approach to complex subject matter, this pocket Flexibook gives you a full understanding of the basics of neuroscience with 193 exquisite ...

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley

Half an hour after swallowing the drug I became aware of a slow dance of golden lights . . .

Among the most profound explorations of the effects of mind-expanding drugs ever written, here are two complete classic...

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2011

by Stephen J. McPhee

The 50th Anniversary Edition of the World’s Most Popular Annual General Medicine Book – Celebrated with a New Full-Color Design

Includes 5online-only chaptersat no additional cost atwww.AccessMedicine.com/CMDT...

ObamaCare Survival Guide: The Affordable Care Act and What It Means for You and Your Healthcare

by Nick Tate

When President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he handed Americans one of the most sweeping pieces of social legislation in U.S. history. Now that the Supreme Court has upheld...

Overdiagnosed

by H. Gilbert Welch

From a nationally recognized expert, an exposé of the worst excesses of our zeal for medical testing

Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening...

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 2011

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure,...

Bantam Medical Dictionary, Fifth Edition

by Laurence Urdang

The completely revised and expanded fifth edition of THE BANTAM MEDICAL DICTIONARY maintains its position as the essential medical reference for consumers, clearly defining more than 11,000 medical terms and...

Clinician's Pocket Drug Reference 2009

by Leonard G. Gomella, Steven A. Haist & Aimee G. Adams

Must-know information about 1000 of the most commonly used medictions -- at your fingertips and ready to use!

Praise for a previous edition:

"This is a very useful and up-to-date pocket reference for commonly...

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

by Marc Md Weissbluth

One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems

Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four,...

January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her

by Michael Schofield

Michael Schofield’s daughter January is at the mercy of her imaginary friends, except they aren’t the imaginary friends that most young children have; they are hallucinations. And January is caught in the...

Good Calories, Bad Calories

by Gary Taubes

For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics...

QuickFACTS Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know-NOW

by American Cancer Society

With greater public awareness, early detection of prostate cancer is on the rise and mortality rates are declining, and this book emphasizes that all patients should be well-informed decision makers in planning...

Best practice in vascular access

by Jan Tordoir

The main topic of “Best Practice in Vascular Access” is Evidence-based and Best practice in Vascular Access Creation and Maintenance. The 20 chapters were written by six nephrologists, ten surgeons...

Nurse's Pocket Drug Guide 2012

by Judith Barberio

Up-to-the-minute data on 1,000 of the most commonly prescribed medications – with a strong emphasis on patient safety

• Includes branded, generic, and over-the-counter medications
• Organized alphabetically by...

The End of Illness

by David B. Agus

CAN WE LIVE ROBUSTLY UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH? Do we have to suffer from debilitating conditions and sickness? Is it possible to add more vibrant years to our lives? In the #1 New York Times bestselling The End...