Physician & Patient

This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners....

You’ve heard about motivational interviewing, but you aren’t sure what all the buzz is about. Despite being created in the early 1980s, this collaborative approach to helping clients overcome health issues has often been overlooked in favor of other more therapist-led approaches....

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Also Human by Caroline Elton, read by Rachel Bavidge....

Horrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent behind bars....

Twelve Patients is a memoir from the medical director of Bellevue Hospital that uses the plights of 12 very different patients to illustrate larger societal issues....

One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care....

How can you protect your right to a balanced life, in a profession that demands perfection? Under constant stress, many doctors sacrifice their own wellbeing to try and provide the best possible care for their patients. Coaching offers a way to immediately start bridging this known gap....

Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it's a profound and painful breach.... 

Much as the printing press liberated knowledge from the control of an elite class, new technology is poised to democratize medicine....

Insights into the world of a prison doctor, this time taking us deeper into the walls of Bronzefield, the UK’s biggest women’s prison....

In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor - the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients....

In his exceptionally thought-provoking and moving memoir, neurosurgeon Joseph D. Stern explores how personal loss influences the way physicians relate to patients and their families....

When Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews left the frontline buzz of hospital medicine for an NHS GP surgery, she was overwhelmed by the number of patients that were being let down by our healthcare system....

Adults who have been undiagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often face a daily struggle but remain unaware there is a way to make life better.  This audiobook explains the process of autism diagnosis through a former patient's personal account after being diagnosed with autism....

While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach....

When you are told that you have leukemia, your world stops. Your brain can't function. You are asked to make decisions about treatment almost immediately, when you are not in your right mind. And yet you pull yourself together and start asking questions....

From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better health care....

Danger. Deportation. Death. These are just some of the fates facing the inmates at Huntercombe prison. Dr Amanda Brown is doing all she can for each patient stuck in no-man’s land....

Despite modern medicine's infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion's share of illnesses....

The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most....

A 'textbook with passion', Hardwiring Excellence offers a road map and practical how-to guide for creating and sustaining a culture of service and operational excellence....