medical care

Examines cultural issues in the American health care system through the case of Lia, a Hmong-American girl suffering from epilepsy whose treatment by doctors in California conflicted with the traditional healing beliefs held by her family.

Examines the health issues that confront African American women today and offers advice, comfort, inspiration, and strength.

A collection of true stories in which Dr. Elton Lehman recounts the experiences he had while making house calls among the Amish of eastern Ohio.

Describes how medical personnel were forced to adapt to new injuries suffered by soldiers during World War I. Draws on hundreds of letters, diary entries, and other primary documents to trace the journey of a wounded soldier from the front lines to the ship home.

Shares the memories of fifty women who served in Vietnam as members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps from 1965 to 1973, providing insights into the reasons they chose to enlist, their experiences in Vietnam, and the physical, emotional, and spiritual effects of the war.

A pediatrician's memoir of studying the effects of nuclear radiation on children after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Downexplores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest.

Presents representative selections from the writings of World War I nurses Ellen N. La Motte and Mary Borden in which they describe their experiences in a field hospital on the Western Front, and discuss their feelings about saving the lives of men only to return them to battle. An anthology of reprinted war sketches from E.N. La Motte's "The backwash of war" and M. Borden's "The forbidden zone.".

A medical reference for dog owners, offering advice on selecting a family dog, discussing challenges to good canine health, describing different diseases and disorders and their treatments, and including instructions for first aid emergencies.