Holt, Terry.
Summary: Out of the crucible of medical training, award-winning writer Terrence Holt shapes this stunning account of residency, the years-long ordeal in which doctors are made. Amid all the mess and squalor of the hospital, with its blind random unraveling of lives Internal Medicine finds the compassion from which doctors discover the strength to care
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOLT, TERRY HOLWatts, H. David.
Contents: Facts and lies -- The orange wire problem -- Brain damage -- Let eagles come -- The chart in the window -- Thank you Mr. Nicholson -- Talking about Christmas -- Silence knows the right questions -- One cancer cell -- Anathema -- Telling the truth in the realm of truth -- Ghosts in the machine -- Blood butterfly -- Is something wrong with your prostate? -- The soft animal of the body -- Aspirin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2009
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Summary: Describes the complexities of two relationships; the one between doctor and patient, and the other between mentor and student.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 NULSchott, Philipp
Summary: "Cats, dogs, people - funny and heartbreaking stories from a pet veterinarian With insight and humor, Dr. Philipp Schott shares tales from the unlikely path he took into his career of veterinary science and anecdotes from his successful small-animal clinic. Dr. Schott brings to his writing the benefit of many years of expertise. Wisdom he imparts on readers includes the best way to give your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2019
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Summary: "From Dr. Schott's 30 years in veterinary practice come over 60 heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogs In the third book in this bestselling series, we meet the oddest creatures, from an escaped newt to a baby snow leopard, but the focus is on the dogs and cats that make up most of a pet vet's day, and on the wacky and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 SCHKelley, Brent P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.108 KELOfri, Danielle.
Summary: Ofri has finished her training as a physician and is learning through practice to become a more rounded healer. The book opens with the tables turned: Ofri has to enter her own hospital as a patient. She experiences the very real sense of invasion and panic that routinely visits her patients. These fifteen intertwined tales include that of a man who has lost the will to live, and she too comes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.696 OFRTrout, Nick.
Summary: From the frontlines of modern medicine, this is an insider portrait of a veterinarian, his furry patients, and the blend of old-fashioned instincts and cutting-edge technology that defines pet care in the 21st century. Dr. Trout, an Englishman who is a staff surgeon at Boston's Angell Animal Medical Center, takes the reader on a vicarious journey through 24 intimate, heartrending hours in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 TRODalrymple, Theodore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andre Deutsch 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.914 DALTrout, Nick.
Summary: This book is an insider portrait of a veterinarian, his furry patients, and the blend of old-fashioned instincts and cutting-edge technology that defines pet care in the twenty-first century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.089 TROLarimore, Walter L.
Summary: "Family doctor and bestselling author of the Bryson City series pens a second collection of stories about colorful and crusty characters, warmhearted townspeople, and peppery medical personalities, offering vibrant slices of a young physician's early years of practice and unfolding drama in a small town in rural Florida"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LARIMORE, WALTER L. LARWells, Jeff
Summary: The veterinarian author relates stories revealing that llamas do not enjoy having their toenails trimmed, Scottish Highland cattle prefer each other to their medical caregivers, and amorous burros need to be neutered expediently.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 WELFine, Karen R.
Summary: "All Creatures Great and Small meets Being Mortal in this compelling memoir of one woman's dream to become a veterinarian in a field historically dominated by men, and how, through her work both with her patients and their people, she comes to better understand humanity, mortality, and the unique role animals play in our lives. Karen Fine always knew that she wanted to be a vet and wasn't going...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 FINHerriot, James.
Summary: This fifth and final installment in James Herriot's heartwarming collection brings back familiar friends (including old favorites such as Tricki Woo) and introduces new ones, including Herriot's children Rosie and Jimmy and the marvelously eccentric vet Calum Buchanan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015