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    • 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
    • By: Cory Franklin MD
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-22-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,904 ratings
    • Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre experiences....

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    • Medicine and What Matters in the End
    • By: Atul Gawande
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13,805 ratings
    • Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....

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    • A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
    • By: Uché Blackstock MD
    • Narrated by: Uché Blackstock MD
    • Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-23-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, it never occurred to Uché Blackstock and her twin sister, Oni, that they would be anything but physicians.

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    • Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
    • By: Sheri Fink
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
    • Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,536 ratings
    • After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs....

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    • What Broke American Health Care - and How to Fix It
    • By: Marty Makary MD
    • Narrated by: Marty Makary MD
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 01-31-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 904 ratings
    • From the New York Times best-selling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system - and the people who are saving it....

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    • A Doctor's Guide to Personal Finance and Investing
    • By: James M. Dahle MD
    • Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,256 ratings
    • The White Coat Investor is a manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar professionals....

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    • The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine
    • By: Sana Goldberg
    • Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better health care....

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    • The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors
    • By: Paul A. Ruggieri MD
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 284 ratings
    • As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession....

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    • How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
    • By: Elisabeth Rosenthal
    • Narrated by: Nancy Linari
    • Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 984 ratings
    • Award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American health-care system....

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    • How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It
    • By: John Abramson
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 227 ratings
    • The inside story of how Big Pharma’s relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge—misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health....

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    • The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
    • By: Paul Starr
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 24 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 07-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries....

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    • A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life
    • By: Katy Butler
    • Narrated by: Katy Butler
    • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 158 ratings
    • An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end-of-life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times best-selling author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door....

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    • Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine
    • By: Tom Mueller
    • Narrated by: Melissa Kay Benson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • How to Make a Killing reveals dialysis as a microcosm of American medicine and poses a vital challenge: find a way to fix dialysis, and we'll have a fighting chance of fixing our country's dysfunctional healthcare system as a whole, restoring patients, not profits, as its true purpose....

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    • By: Jerome Groopman M.D.
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 03-28-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 743 ratings
    • In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make....

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    • A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
    • By: Atul Gawande
    • Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
    • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,122 ratings
    • Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive for best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable - in Boston, India, Iraq, and in malpractice courtrooms....

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    • The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health―With Advice from Experts and Wisdom from Real People and Families
    • By: Ken Duckworth MD
    • Narrated by: Ken Duckworth MD, Tim Fannon
    • Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • Written with authority and compassion, this is the essential resource for individuals and families seeking expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, featuring inspiring, true stories from real people in their own words....

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    • A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas
    • By: Kim Wehle
    • Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
    • Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • A law professor and author teaches non-attorneys how to think like a lawyer to gain advantage in their lives—whether buying a house, negotiating a salary, or choosing the right healthcare....

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    • Hope and Peril in American Medicine
    • By: Ricardo Nuila MD
    • Narrated by: Ricardo Nuila MD
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
    • Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People’s Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila’s stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians....

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    • And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win
    • By: Marshall Allen
    • Narrated by: Marshall Allen
    • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health-care system - and win....

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    • A 12-Step High-Yield Guide to Bring Your Finances up to Speed
    • By: James M. Dahle
    • Narrated by: Tyler Rouse
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 145 ratings
    • Financial Boot Camp will teach you what you need to know to joint the ranks of these financially secure doctors. It starts at the very beginning and is filled with straight talk and clear explanations. Although appropriate for the financial novice....

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