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By Philippe Vigand, Stéphane Vigand. 1999
Chronicles the struggles of a young French couple after Philippe develops a condition known as locked-in syndrome as a result…
of a ruptured brain artery. Describes their rehabilitation efforts, including the use of a blinking alphabet and a computer. Stéphane reflects on her decision to remain married and on the birth of their child. 1999. Uniform title: Putain de silence.By Isabelle Robert. 1979
L'histoire vécue d'une femme qui parle de sa grossesse et qui nous raconte dans toute ses nuances le rapport intime…
qui s'établit entre son corps et l'être qu'elle porte. Ce qui s'annonçait comme une merveilleuse aventure tourne au cauchemar. 1979.By Diane Ackerman. 2011
Author and naturalist Ackerman reflects on the time she spent caring for her husband, novelist Paul West, after a stroke…
took his ability to speak. With conventional therapy not working, Ackerman decided to step in and do everything she could to help her husband find his words. 2011.By Kathryn Lasky. 2010
By Morris Gibson. 1983
Amusing stories about a Scottish doctor's years as a medical student in Glasgow, an army physician in wartime England, and…
a general practitioner in rural Yorkshire. Followed by "A View of the Mountains." 1983.By Rick Van Warner. 2018
Through his harrowing personal story, Rick Van Warner exposes the common causes of opioid addiction, effective and ineffective ways it…
has been treated, and how families can walk alongside loved ones who are dealing with the realities of addiction. 2018.By Jérôme Ferrer. 2018
Quand le cancer s'invite à table, même un grand chef se sent démuni. Jérôme Ferrer l'a vécu lorsque Virginie, avec…
qui il s'apprêtait à fonder une famille, a appris qu'elle avait un cancer du poumon de stade 4. Plongé dans un combat injuste, il a affronté la maladie avec les armes qui sont les siennes : le plaisir de cuisiner des plats assaisonnés de souvenirs et de tendresse. Son témoignage est un récit touchant, une réflexion sur le pouvoir d'une simple recette de tomates farcies, une belle histoire d'accompagnement et un généreux hommage à la ' faim de vivre ' de ceux qui s'aiment. Faim de vivre trouvera un bel écho parmi tous ceux qui accompagnent une personne atteinte du cancer et se sentent impuissants à la soutenir. 2018.By Karen J Scott, Joan E Kieser. 2005
A true account of nurses in Canada's north. Describes the enormous challenges faced in these regions, and the limits to…
travel and communications caused by the weather. The scope of situations described in the delivery of health care to these communities is nearly unimaginable to non-northerners, as are the talents, creativity and determination needed to succeed in such a harsh and unforgiving environment. Sequel to "Northern nurses: true nursing adventures from Canada's north" (DC25082). 2005.One of the world's top surgeons, an advocate of democratic medical services, and an international humanitarian, Norman Bethune invented the…
mobile blood transfusion unit for the Spanish Civil War. He is revered in China as a hero, where he was a personal friend of Chairman Mao Zedong, and where his unceasing and inventive work established a lasting bond between his adopted people and this heroic Canadian. 2004By Roderick Stewart. 1974
By Adrienne Clarkson. 2011
Reviled as a communist by some, revered as a humanitarian by others, Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and…
political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious talents included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Includes violence. 2011.By Elspeth Cameron. 1997
Elspeth Cameron, a literary biographer, shares her journey from an unhappy marriage to the realization that she is a lesbian.…
Along the way she must deal with her own confused feelings and the reactions of her friends and family to her decision. Some descriptions of sex. c1997.By David Aretha. 2010
Only after his assassination did America truly begin to understand Milk's impact on the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and…
transgender people. Documents his life from his birth on Long Island, to his struggle for an identity, through his calling as a gay-rights activist and politician in San Francisco. For junior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2010.By Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham. 2016
By M. Phyllis Lose, Daniel Pratt Mannix. 1979
By François Lurçat. 2001
Une tentative, par moments philosophique, pour rendre l'oeuvre de Bohr compréhensible à des lecteurs qui ne savent rien de la…
physique. "Un appendice donne des précisions destinées à celui qui a des rudiments de mathématiques du niveau de l'enseignement secondaire". 2001.By Edie Ann Glaser. 2008
In this first comprehensive book written for the patient with nystagmus and those who care for them, the topics include…
What causes nystagmus, How to get a good diagnosis, How nystagmus affects daily vision, and What various treatments are available, including optical aids, vision therapy, drugs, and a review of the recently developed tenotomy procedure. Also covers surgery, and includes references for further study and an extensive glossary and index. 2008.By David Perrin. 2006
Veterinarian Dave Perrin is building his dream home in the peaceful community of Lister, B.C., and puts in overtime to…
deal with some of the most improbable clients and frustrating cases of his career: snakes with indigestion, alcoholic dogs, hogs that beep, and heifers from hell. His loving dog, Lug, makes himself useful in desperate times. 2006.By Lillian Faderman. 2003
Faderman is known as the foremother of gay and lesbian studies, yet few would suspect she was the illegitimate child…
of a guilt-obsessed single mother, that she tried to please her mom by becoming a movie star, or that she worked her way through college as a stripper. Faderman's mother and aunt left Latvia in 1923 to work in New York and send back money to their family, but neither could save their loved ones from Hitler's Holocaust, which tormented Faderman's mother endlessly. Trying to make her life meaningful and redeem her mother's suffering, Faderman eventually entered the University of California at Berkeley, ultimately achieving a Ph.D., a baby, a lover, and becoming a groundbreaking scholar of gay and lesbian studies. Some strong language and descriptions of violence, descriptions of sex. 2003.By Gillian Deacon. 2014
What if you’re doing everything right - living a healthy, virtuous, conscientious life - and something goes terribly wrong? Gillian…
Deacon was the paragon of virtue, the standard-bearer for how to live responsibly on the Earth. So when the all-natural, vegetarian, yoga-practising, marathon-running mother of three young boys was diagnosed with breast cancer, the world stopped making sense. This is her story. c2014.