medical care

A little boy does everything the doctor tells him to do when he goes for his check-up.

Sam visits the doctor for a check-up; has his eyesight & hearing tested, his heart listened to & gets an injection.

Judy Moody wants very much to be like Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor, so when her class starts to study the human body, Judy can hardly wait to begin her third-grade project--a real live operation.

Grover visits the hospital to find out what to expect when he goes to have his tonsils out.

A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on the controversy over health care, discussing the quality of United States health care, if the system needs to be reformed, if the government should help ensure access to health insurance, the benefits of a public health insurance option, and other related topics.

Uses letters, stories, and informational text to explain what to expect when you have to go to the hospital.

A war with Partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has devastated the human population due to a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, and Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, discovers that a connection between humans and Partials may be the key to saving both races.

Provides current information on the status of health in the United States today, emphasizing national health care financing, health insurance, health care providers and facilities, chronic, degenerative, and mental health diseases, and preventative measures.

Katie brings her favorite toy along on a visit to the doctor and together they learn about the tools and methods the doctor uses to diagnose his patients.

Atul Gawande discusses the complexity of daily living in the early twenty-first century, and advocates the benefits of using checklists to prevent avoidable failures.