Titoli in Medica

County General—a hospital that serves the forgotten, the uninsured, and the desperate. Inside its failing walls, dedicated doctors and nurses fight to save lives every day. But when one of their own, Hareem Aubrey, succumbs to addiction and dies by suicide after committing an unforgivable crime, his brother Kellan is left with nothing but rage and a target list. The hospital administrator. The nurse. The drug dealer. In Kellan’s eyes, they all played a part in his brother’s downfall, and now, they will pay.

If you go, there's no coming back. Dr. Georgia Healey can't grieve. Her nineteen-year-old daughter, Stephanie, stepped out for a walk two years ago and never returned. No body. No answers. Just an open wound that refuses to heal. On the anniversary of Stephanie's disappearance, Georgia isn't ready to let go — not yet. She retraces every step her daughter took, determined to question everyone: students, professors, ex-boyfriends, anyone who might hold a sliver of truth. But the truth isn't always a comfort. And what Georgia uncovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined.

Trowbridge Dispatch is part of the Trowbridge, Vermont series of novels and stories, wherein I.M. Aiken draws on her roots in public safety to narrate tales of the everyday heroes that every community depends on.

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit. Lynne Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Lynne's first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

When Jess gives birth to Edie, it’s the happiest day of her life. She knows, from the moment her little girl’s hand grasps her finger, that her daughter owns her heart, completely and utterly. And even though Edie’s father has left them, and single motherhood isn’t easy, her beautiful, innocent child brings her untold joy.

Kitty has escaped her family home in England to join an international brigade of fighters high up on the snow-covered Spanish borders, determined to lead an effective fight against the growing Fascist forces sweeping across Spain. In Oxford, Grace has embarked on a new posting, working with two medical scientists—one Australian, one a German refugee—on the brink of a great discovery that will impact a life-changing treatment for infection. But for now, they need to keep their findings away from the envious eyes of Nazi extremists.

Wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer: mörderische Brandstiftung, vier verkohlte Leichen und ein neuer Fall für Tempe Brennan Tempe Brennan hat als forensische Anthropologin Leichen im verschiedensten Erhaltungszustand zu untersuchen. Doch kaum etwas ist ihr unangenehmer als verkohlte Körper nach einem Großbrand. Als sie nach Washington, D.C., gerufen wird, um die Opfer eines vom Feuer zerstörten Gebäudes zu untersuchen, sieht sie all ihre Bedenken bestätigt.

Set against industrial action that beset the NHS in the 1970's, the normal healthy camaraderie of the City Hospital is lost as the dispute sets nurse against nurse and doctor against doctor. Operations are cancelled, waiting lists spiral out of control and patient's lives are put at risk. Kate and Paul are saddened that so many of their colleagues are prepared to become involved. Hadn't they agreed to abide by the Hippocratic Oath with its simple message 'First do no harm'?

A collection of short medical stories about medical misadventures in the daily life of medical professionals.

Platt's Gulch, 1902, The Southwest Territory: The Judge arrives into town to find the people suffering from an illness that's more virulent than Ebola and yet not contagious. Some of the survivors seem to be changing—they aren't quite themselves anymore. The Judge must find the source to find a cure before the whole town is wiped out. Does the strange glow in the sky have anything to do with it? Will she come to terms with her dark past as she fights to save the small town?

In this collection of medical tales, the training of one slightly naive young trainee is viewed through the experiences of the patients he treats as he embarks on this most challenging of careers. We share his joy when things go well, his anguish when they don’t and learn that, at the end of the day, compassion and a sense of humour make wonderful medicine.

Whilst Paul and Kate work alongside each other as doctor and nurse on the surgical ward, strains in their relationship emerge. And when Kate's baby dies and Paul's inexperience costs lives, doubt and despair hang in the air and their marriage appears to be doomed.

Sloan Hastings es adoptada y nunca quiso localizar a sus padres biológicos. Ahora está investigando para su tesis sobre patología forense y decide enviar su ADN a una empresa de genealogía. Los resultados de su búsqueda son impactantes. El perfil de ADN de Sloan sugiere que su verdadera identidad es Charlotte Margolis, también conocida como “bebé Charlotte”. Este caso conmovió al país cuando desapareció misteriosamente junto a sus padres hace treinta años.

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, Trowbridge Vermont EMT Brighid Doran delivers the region’s ambulance to a three-alarm house fire. Afterward, she sits in a warm truck with her girlfriend Sam, a US Army officer fresh from the battlefields of Iraq, as they watch a local volunteer firefighter battle the blast in subzero weather.

When Shelby Arnold slipped into the airplane bathroom to argue with her husband, she never would have thought it would save her life. But it did. While she bickers with him over video chat, an unexplained phenomenon strikes the earth with devastating force, and the world is plunged into darkness and silence. In an instant, ninety percent of the population loses both their sight and their hearing. Shelby is not one of them. She and a few others on flight 1515 are spared the effects of the anomaly. Unfortunately, they are not spared the horrors of the world they face once they land.

O doutor Daniel tem um compromisso importante. Afinal, todos os compromissos eram importantes para um jovem advogado que busca se estabelecer em sua profissão. Cada detalhe conta. Contudo, nesta tarde de terça-feira em específico sua pontualidade é comprometida pelo inconveniente de um quase atropelamento de uma lavadeira distraída que anda pelas ruas com uma pilha de roupas sem se dar ao trabalho de prestar atenção no tráfego. E que, para piorar, após o acidente exige ser levada de volta para casa de carruagem para compensar os danos causados.

Michelle will never get tired of the view from her office window. Jagged mountains—and the wintry streets of Reykjavik, Iceland. It's a perk of her new job at Kimia Pharmaceuticals. Her old life—a dreary 9-to-5 and a cheating ex back in London—already feels a million miles away. Still, there's something strange about Michelle's new colleagues. They're all young, beautiful . . . and aloof. But then Michelle meets Lars, a jittery researcher from the restricted upper floors. She thinks she's alone in the elevator, until he squeezes between the doors. Just in time.

En kvinde i trediverne strejfer ensomt gennem tilværelsen med en hjemløs kærlighed. Hun har en affære med en mand og bliver gravid, men straks efter fødslen bliver barnet taget fra hende. I journalen står, at kvinden har fået fjernet en tumor, og at hun lider af paranoide vrangforestillinger: hun tror, hun er blevet mor. Men hun er blevet mor, det ved hun. En nat bryder hun ind på hospitalet og henter sin datter. Hun er bristefærdig af kærlighed og søger tilflugt i et gammelt hus i skoven. Men maden slipper langsomt op, og uden for lusker et sultent dyr omkring.

Et si l'avenir de l'humanité dépendait d'un enfant condamné par la médecine ? Et si sauver la planète était la clé de sa guérison ? L'année de ses douze ans, Thomas se prépare à mourir d'une maladie orpheline, lorsqu'une clown d'hôpital lui propose un marché : rejoindre un groupe d'enfants incurables qui soignent la Terre à distance. " Plus tu te battras pour préserver la vie de la planète, plus tu rendras ta guérison nécessaire ".

Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright has only just got her head above water in the acute psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital when she's thrown into the deep end of the outpatient clinic. Keen to develop her skills in talking therapies, she finds herself up against a boss who's focused on medication and a senior colleague with a score to settle. Hannah's fellow first-years face problems of their own: on-and-off flame Alex is being bullied, Ndidi's marriage is in trouble, Jon feels isolated and Carey is concerned their autism will be a career barrier.