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1) Cell
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Language
English
Description
Entering a profession on the brink of radical transformation by a new smartphone technology capable of diagnosing and treating patients, radiology resident George Wilson is horrified when his fiancee and several patients die after beta testing the technology.
"The New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with a top-notch fusion of groundbreaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense. George Wilson, M.D.,...
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English
Description
It all started the previous summer. Marc, his wife, and their two beautiful teenage daughters agreed to spend a week at the Meier's extravagant summer home on the Mediterranean. Joined by Ralph and his striking wife Judith, her mother, and film director Stanley Forbes and his much younger girlfriend, the large group settles in for days of sunshine, wine tasting, and trips to the beach. But when a violent incident disrupts the idyll, darker motivations...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young student doctor discovers the long hours and heartbreaking work at the hospital begin to blur the lines between her new life as a physician and the traumas she's tried to flee from her past.
4) Charlatans
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Series
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English
Description
"Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as "hybrid operating rooms of the future"-- an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy...
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English
Description
"In the 19th century, women rarely study medicine. This means that Nora Beady, the only woman in her medical school, constantly feels like an outsider. And when she is chosen to work with the only female professor to develop the caesarian section, Nora draws the wrath of her male peers and professors. It's a dangerous-and divisive-procedure that could save countless lives and revolutionize women's health. But most doctors think it's too risky, many...
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English
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"Janessa McNeil's husband, Dr. Brock McNeil, a researcher and professor at Stanford University's Department of Medicine, specializes in tick-borne diseases--especially Lyme. For years he has insisted that Chronic Lyme Disease doesn't exist. Even as patients across the country are getting sicker, the committee Brock chairs is about to announce its latest findings--which will further seal the door shut for Lyme treatment. One embittered man sets out...
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Series
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
From the stethoscope to the clinical trial, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest inventions in medicine.
Get to know the physicians, scientists, and other researchers responsible for these breakthroughs in medicine, and explore the ups, the downs, and the eureka moments that are science in action.
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Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Visit the Doctor! focuses on doctor visits while discussing steps children can take to practice healthy lifestyles. Readers are introduced to what may happen during a typical medical exam and specifics about the job of a doctor. Callouts prompt inquiry, further thinking, and close examination of photographs. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
10) Host
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English
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"Lynn Pierce, a fourth-year medical student at Mason Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But when her otherwise healthy boyfriend, Carl, enters the hospital for routine surgery, she doesn't know it's the last time she will see him whole again. Devastated by Carl's death, Lynn searches for answers. Convinced there's more to the story than what the authorities are willing to reveal, Lynn uses all her resources at Mason Dixon--including...
Author
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustratins (some color)
Language
English
Description
Explores the technological innovations that are changing healthcare and the way medicine is practiced in the twenty-first century, and highlights the technology and innovations that can expand the boundaries of medicine beyond the traditional scope of clinical practice and research and can deliver more precise, personalized, and effective care to patients. Includes color photographs and figures.
12) Medical robots
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about medical robots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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"When Dr. Croft takes in orphan Eleanor Beady, he doesn't realize that he's gained an apprentice. Raised amidst Croft's experiments, "Nora" becomes his most trusted assistant-an unthinkable and unlawful pursuit for a woman. Nora helps Croft's groundbreaking research and his clinic gain recognition, and she finds she doesn't mind working in the background, as long as she can continue to hone her skills. But the arrival of a new surgical resident threatens...
15) Marker: #45
Author
Series
Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton volume 5
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
533 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 390 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks-how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the authors' lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virus-smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, HIV-that...
17) Foreign body: #8
Author
Series
Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends Jennifer Hernandez, an idealistic UCLA medical student, on a desperate search for answers about her grandmother's sudden death. With the discovery of other unexplained deaths followed by hasty cremations, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery, who has her own deep connection to Jennifer's grandmother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
From machine learning to virtual surgery practice, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in medical artificial intelligence.
Get to know the physicians, scientists, and other researchers responsible for these breakthroughs in medicine, and explore the ups, the downs, and the eureka moments that are science in action.
19) Emergency care
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents the history of and developments in the field of emergency care and profiles individuals who have made lasting contributions to the field.
Series
Scrubs volume Season 1
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Relive all 24 episodes of the groundbreaking show's highly acclaimed first season. Three interns learn the ins and outs of medicine at the mildly psychotic Sacred Heart hospital.