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Last night I dreamed of peace

the diary of Dang Thuy Tram
An English translation of the diary of Dang Thuy Tram, a doctor who volunteered to serve in a Viet Cong battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province during the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970, when she was killed by American forces. Includes notes, photographs, and an introduction by Frances FitzGerald.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll, a kind and well-respected London physician, is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation.
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Dr. Cat

Tim and Jim go to Dr. Cat's office for a checkup. Who's going to be first--Tim or Jim? How will Dr. Cat examine their ears, noses, and throats?.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

and other stories of the supernatural
Presents Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror tale in which a respected doctor who lives a secret double life begins losing his identity to his violent, evil side. Also contains three of Stevenson's short stories.

The blink of an eye

a memoir of dying--and learning how to live again
2019
The author shares her experience of dying and coming back in a coma with blinking her only body function she controlled. Explores her account of relearning all the basic life skills and how to live again.
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Love thy neighbor

a Muslim doctor's struggle for home in rural America
2019
"In 2013, Dr. Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community"--Jacket flap.
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Odd creatures

2018
"Describes the habits, behavior, and care of a glurb (a noisy, mischievous little monster with smelly feet) and a second story about Doctor Bugspit"--OCLC.
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In shock

my journey from death to recovery and the redemptive power of hope
2018
Dr. Rana Awdish, a physician who suddenly became a dying patient, explores a new paradigm and rationale for cultivating emotional bonds with their patients.
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What the eyes don't see

a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city
2019
Mona Hanna-Attisha recounts the story about how she, and a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders in Flint, Michigan fought the government to expose the truth about lead contamination in the towns water supply.
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You can stop humming now

a doctor's stories of life, death, and in between
2018
"A critical care doctor's . . . stories about what it means to be saved by modern medicine [and] what comes after for those whose lives are extended by days, months, or years as a result of our treatments and technologies. . . . Lamas explores the complex answers to this question through intimate accounts of patients and their families. A grandfather whose failing heart has been replaced by a battery-operated pump; a salesman who found himself a kidney donor on social media; a college student who survived a near fatal overdose and returned home, alive but not the same; and a young woman navigating an adulthood she never thought she'd live to see--these moving narratives paint a detailed picture of the fragile border between sickness and health"--Provided by publisher.
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