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Review of ‘Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain’ by Allan Ropper and B D Burrell

07/04/2024 nsford Leave a comment

A fascinating book about neurology, which is the study of medical conditions of the brain and nervous system. The author…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Allan Ropper, books, medicine, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘All That Remains: A Life in Death’ by Sue Black

06/03/2024 nsford Leave a comment

A unique, thought-provoking book by renowned forensic anthropologist Sue Black, who is now a Baroness and peer in the House…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, medicine, non-fiction, reviews, Sue Black

Medical memoirs – some recommendations

26/02/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Medical memoirs have become very popular in recent years, perhaps encouraged by Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt (which…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reading

Review of ‘Haunted Healthcare’ by Richard Estep

07/02/2024 nsford Leave a comment

The contents of this book do not match the very creepy cover image. For a collection of real ghost stories,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, medicine, reviews, Richard Estep

Review of ‘Adventures of a Disease Detective’ by Mark White

01/07/2023 nsford Leave a comment

An unusual and entertaining memoir of an epidemiologist who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Mark White, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Seven Ages of Death’ by Richard Shepherd

03/05/2022 nsford 4 Comments

Richard Shepherd’s first book, Unnatural Causes, was a brilliant read. The follow-up book is just as good, maybe even better.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Richard Shepherd

Review of ‘Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries’ by Lisa Sanders

28/11/2021 nsford 2 Comments

A collection of many real-life medical detective stories, this book is not as sensational as the title suggests. The main…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Lisa Sanders, medicine, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Prison Doctor’ by Amanda Brown

11/04/2021 nsford 4 Comments

Are you drawn to medical memoirs? And prison memoirs too? Then this book is for you, as it’s about the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Amanda Brown, books, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, true crime

Review of ‘Defeating the Ministers of Death’ by David Isaacs

15/06/2019 nsford 4 Comments

Vaccination has saved millions, possibly billions, of lives. This fascinating book by Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician, tells the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Isaacs, health, history, medicine, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Critical’ by Matt Morgan

15/05/2019 nsford 14 Comments

Intensive care. Critically ill patients are on the edge between life and death. They’ve been in an accident, or have…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, health, Matt Morgan, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, science

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