Titoli in Medico

"27 april 2015: Jag stod inne på toaletten och stirrade på mig själv i spegeln. Lång mörkblå sjukhuskofta över den vita särken. I övrigt såg jag frisk ut, med håret i tofs, osminkad, men fräsch. Jag lyfte upp mobiltelefonen och tog en selfie rätt in i spegeln. En bild på mig själv lutad mot det vita kaklet bakom mig. Det fanns något hårt i min mage. I morgon skulle jag sövas och skäras upp. Äggstockarna skulle bort, bukhinnan också, äggledarna, livmodern och blindtarmen. Allt som kunde avvaras. Ifall det hårda i min mage var cancer."

Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. The Other Side of the War reveals the war as experienced by the thousands of women volunteered to work in hospitals and for the Sanitary Commission, the organization that advocated better practices and lobbied for increased supplies. Katharine Prescott Wormeley was one of those volunteers, an American nurse in the Civil War, as well as author, editor, and and one of America’s best-known translators of French language literary works.

A 23-year veteran of emergency medical services, paramedic Matthew Sias took a detour in his career to pursue the death-care business and found a complementarity between two seemingly divergent careers. Silent Siren: Memoirs of a Life Saving Mortician is the record of some of the more memorable calls he has responded to through the years.   

Kort efter födseln började Gabriellas tillvaro på intensivvårdsavdelningen. Hon lider av ett tillstånd som gör att hon inte kan andas i sömnen, och efter ett års utredning är läkarna tveksamma till om hon ens kan få något som kan kallas ett rimligt liv. Den sommaren spenderar föräldrarna så mycket tid som möjligt med Gabriella i sjukhusets stora park, innan de måste fatta ett fruktansvärt beslut.

Att klara vardagen kan ibland vara som att lägga ett mycket invecklat pussel. Om du också har en neuropsykiatrisk diagnos kan det innebära att pusslet blir ännu krångligare. Men det behöver inte bli det. Den här boken är till för dig som har fått en diagnos eller har en närstående med en diagnos. Här kan du läsa om tips och råd för hur du kan göra livet enklare. Carolina Lindberg är en svensk författare. Hon arbetar med utbildning och handledning inom området AST.

Efter 9 månaders sjukskrivning och en lång väntan och oro bekräftas Ulla Assarssons värsta farhågor. Hennes man har Alzheimers sjukdom! Han är bara 62 år och tanken var att de skulle njuta av livet, barnen och barnbarnen tillsammans. Men vad ska hända nu? Ulla är i grunden en positiv människa och har oftast förlitat sig på att hon har förmågan att hitta lösningar på olika problem som uppstått i såväl arbetslivet som privatlivet. Hennes livsfilosofi att det mesta kommer att gå bra har alltid gett henne framtidshopp.

I denne skalpelskarpe og hylemorsomme debatbog giver Steffen Jacobsen læseren sine selvoplevede anekdoter og betragtninger om læger, regneark og blindtarme. Et besøg på skadestuen bliver aldrig det samme igen... så er De advaret! Steffen Jacobsen er ud over bestsellerforfatter og knivskarp samfundsdebattør også overlæge og ortopædkirurg. For nylig sagde han op i protest mod Sundhedsplatformen. Dette er hans egen historie, fyldt med selvoplevede anekdoter og betragtninger om, hvordan politikere og DJØF‘ere har ødelagt det danske sundhedsvæsen.

Issa Ibrahim's memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly 20 years. Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental-health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery.

Jon Reiner was happily married with two children, living on Manhattan's Upper West Side, when a near-fatal medical crisis that resulted in emergency surgery threatened to take his life. He was sentenced to months of intravenous feeding that required him to abstain from eating anything, in order to give his digestive tract a rest.

When Michael Collins decided to become a surgeon, he was totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. But compared to his fellow residents, Collins felt inadequate and unprepared.

These are the extraordinary realities of the NHS frontline. From the historic junior doctor strikes to the 'humanitarian crisis' declared by the Red Cross, the overstretched health service is on the precipice. This is a powerful polemic on its systematic degradation, and a letter of optimism to that same health service and those who support it. It captures with tenderness, a new doctor's experiences of an NHS at breaking point.

Robert McCrum was 42 when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body paralysed, his speech drastically impaired and his sense of himself radically altered. My Year Off traces McCrum's gruelling recovery as he regains sensation and begins to come to terms, with the help of his family, with what can and cannot be recovered after a grave injury. It is a moving remonstrance against human frailty and a vital and insightful exploration of hope, despair, determination and, ultimately, love.

When 22-year-old Susan Stachler was diagnosed with cancer, her mother, Laura, was struck by déjà vu. The same illness that took her sister's life was threatening to take her daughter's too. Heartbroken but steadfast, Laura pledged to help Susan through the worst of her treatments. When they discovered that Laura's homemade ginger cookies soothed the side effects of Susan's chemotherapy, the mother - daughter duo soon found themselves opening the business "Susansnaps" and sharing their gourmet gingersnaps with the world.

Vad innebär det att vara autistisk? För många autister definieras det av att man är annorlunda. Men på vilket sätt? I "Autism inifrån" är det autisterna själva som berättar. Texterna har skapats som ett resultat av en grupp autistiska vuxnas diskussioner, där man delat med sig av egna erfarenheter och synpunkter. Här är det autisternas upplevelser av omvärlden som får ta plats, istället för det utifrånperspektiv som de flesta av oss är vana vid att höra.

Året är 2011, och Elisabet Höglund diagnosticeras med cancer. En jättelik tumör har upptäckts på hennes bukspottskörtel, och vid en operation tas flera organ bort för att bekämpa sjukdomen. Ingreppet är okomplicerat, och snart är hon på bättringsvägen. Men några veckor senare uppstår en komplikation, och Höglund är nära att förlora livet. Efter att redan ha varit nära döden två gånger kommer nu komplikationerna som klubbslag, under några veckor kämpar hon för sitt liv.

Known as one of America's most dangerous cities, New Orleans plays host to incidents ranging from the tragic and disturbing to the completely bizarre - and during his career as an emergency medic, Jon McCarthy saw it all. He chronicles some of the most formative calls of his career in this autobiography that sounds like crime fiction. McCarthy demonstrates with detail and clarity that the difficult choice is often the right choice. While not for the faint of heart, each entry in this collection provides poignant insight into the bonds between medics and the people and city they serve.

Seamus O'Mahony charts the realities of work in the 'ministry of bodies', that huge complex where people come to be cured and to die. From unexpected deaths to moral quandaries and bureaucratic disasters, O'Mahony documents life in the halls and wards that all of us will visit at some point in our lives with his characteristic wit and dry and unsentimental intelligence.

Grada was only 17 years old when she met her soulmate, Peter. By 19 she was married and had migrated from Holland to live in Peter’s homeland, Tasmania, Australia. Grada lived her dream - homesteading at the "back of beyond" with the love of her life, six children, and a menagerie of farm animals. In 2000 she and Peter opened a wellness clinic in their back yard. At the pinnacle of her life, Grada was hit by a truck - literally. During the near-death experience that followed, Grada had to make the decision to return to her body.

When Laura Jensen Walker was diagnosed with breast cancer on her first wedding anniversary, she found humor to be healing in the midst of terrifying circumstances. In this energetic and hope-filled book, she draws on her faith and her sense of humor to encourage others going through the same thing. From discovering that "bald is beautiful" to navigating the world of saline breast implants, Walker recounts the highs and lows of coping with cancer. 

When Peter Canning started work as a paramedic on the streets of Hartford, Connecticut, 25 years ago, he believed drug users were victims only of their own character flaws. Although he took care of them, he did not care for them. But as the overdoses escalated, Canning began asking his patients how they had gotten started on their perilous journeys. And while no two tales were the same, their heartrending similarities changed Canning's view and moved him to educate himself about the science of addiction.