1 comments about On Having a Heart Attack: A Medical Memoir.

1. This book could save your life or the life of someone you care about. It's lively and intelligent, and it's actually an entertaining narrative (if you can imagine a book about having a heart attack being entertaining.) This is a book that's witty and anecdotal, a book you won't be able to put down. It's a short book, but it tells you everything you need to know. It has an excellent glossary and a brief, smart list of things to do in order to avoid having a heart attack.

No comments about A Scottish Country Doctor: Recalled by His Son, Thomas Wyld Pairman (Flashbacks series).

No comments about Hospice in America.

1 comments about Man of Vision: The Story of Dr. Robert Morrison.

1. You know a book's worth when you read the last few pages very slowly hoping it will never end and just go on and on. Dr. Robert Morrison's book inspired me, like I try to do with my students, to always strive to be the "best you can". Even if you fall short sometimes, it's the striving that counts. Dr. Bob is truly an inspiration to millions of people with poor vision and especially contact lens wearers. The bottom line is, HE CARES. About the poor people in undeveloped nations, the royalty around the globe and the common person who has a vision problem and needs help from a master. I will never forget this book, and more importantly the man, Dr. Bob, who strived and succeeded in " making a difference " in life. I pray everyday that my high school students become the Jane Goodalls and Bob Morrisons of the future and straighten out some wrinkles in a troubled earth. Read this book.

No comments about I'm Dying and You Don't Know What to Say.

2 comments about Inner Strength: One Family's Experience With Cystic Fibrosis.

1. Cloyce Jones is clearly a remarkable woman. She has a strength that most of us can only dream of. This book portrays her family's lives as they cope with death, illness and then the happiness that the birth of healthy child and eventually a successful lung tranplant for Tara bring. With CF it is often one challenge after another but this family found unending courage to battle on. I was saddened by the extra stress caused to a sick child by insurance rules that meant they had to travel hundreds of miles to retain their coverage. It was however warming to read of the joy that the 'Wish Upon a Star Foundation' was able to bring.



2. I appreciate the willingness of the author to share this remarkable story -- it creates additional awareness of the disease and generates funds to help researchers find beneficial treatments and a cure for this disease. Our son, Burke (who died due to CF in 1997), would very much have appreciated the family emphasis here.

No comments about On His Own Terms: A Doctor, His Father, And the Myth of the "Good Death".

1 comments about Being One-Legged Is an Interesting Experience.

1. This book was interesting in that it provided a good insight as to how a 'one-legged' person adapted after the amputation. Unfortunately, this book was in serious need of an editor, or at the very least, a copyeditor. Though the material overall is interesting and useful, you have to wade through quite a bit of rambling and repetition to get to it. The 'poems' are nothing more than restatements of the previous paragraphs in fragment form. I did like the drawings; they helped me imagine the positions and assistive devices the author used. And I very much admire the author for what he has gone through! I hate mentioning anything negative about this book, because I do appreciate that the author took the time to share his experience. I just wish he had someone edit the book for errors and conciseness.

   As a 23 year old hemipelvectomy survivor (had bone cancer in the pelvis, my right leg and hip were amputated), I did find much of the book to be encouraging. My surgery was four months ago, and yet my physical therapist won't let me try crutches, as he believes a one-legged person should not use them. This book has given me the courage to at the very least try them--as the author shows, you never know what will help you best unless you try. I too have opted not to use a prostetic leg, and I found it refreshing to note that I am not the only one who has chosen that path.

   I am very glad the author wrote this book, and I do recommend it to anyone who is one-legged, will soon be one-legged, or knows/cares for someone one-legged.

1 comments about House Calls: The True Story of a Pioneer Doctor.

1. This picture book of brown tone illustrations is geared toward older elementary, based on the writing style. The story is about a pioneer doctor and contains illustrations of story items--e.g., blood-letting tools, whiskey, garlic--which Dr. Hutchinson uses. Factual details make this story real and could prompt much discussion.
   The story is told from the point of view of a girl who sees the many activities of the doctor, including his many roles in the community.

1 comments about Hildegard Peplau: Psychiatric Nurse of the Century.

1. To understand Peplau's theory of interpersonal relationships, I decided to read this book. Since Peplau was a detail person and kept all kinds of records, this book is filled with fascinating stories of her life.Through her stories pictures emerge of who Peplau was, the state of nursing in the first half of the century and the importance of her theory for nursing. One of her goals was to change nursing from a job to a profession. Early on, there was no set curriculum for nursing. The stories you will read will change you and make you enthusiastic about the nursing profession. I believe this book will inspire nurses and anyone will find it a fascinating life story.