Physician Healing

This is a book about physician burnout. It's also a book about physician engagement. Why? Because these two concepts are deeply connected. When physicians team up with the organizations they work for to pursue mutual goals, they are far less likely to burn out. And when organizations seek to prevent and treat physician burnout, they go a long way toward getting everyone, physicians included, working together to meet the same goals.

An orphan leaves Dark Ages London, taking a dangerous journey and posing as a Jew to study medicine in Persia, in "an adventurous and inspiring tale" (Library Journal). A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift - an acute sensitivity to impending death - never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.

Dr. Neil Spector, one of the nation’s top oncologists, led a charmed life. He was educated at prestigious universities, trained at top medical centers, and had married the woman of his dreams. It seemed too perfect. And it was. In 1994, it all came crashing down. He and his wife lost two unborn children. And a mysterious illness brought him to the brink of death. In his compelling memoir, Gone in a Heartbeat, Dr. Spector describes in great detail how he was misdiagnosed and, despite being a medical insider, was often discounted by his fellow physicians. As he recounts his own unorthodox ...

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle. Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness...

In Healing through Connection, diabetes nurse, educator, and storyteller Beverly Thomassian invites you on a deeply personal journey through the heart of healthcare. From bustling hospitals to rural villages and quiet moments of shared humanity, her experiences reveal a profound truth: meaningful care goes far beyond clinical skill—it is rooted in empathy, presence, and the courage to release judgment.

Doctors work in life-and-death situations every day. But what happens when they encounter something even they can’t explain scientifically? Dreams foretelling future events, apparitions, and other miraculous experiences fill this book, as practicing doctors recount the most unusual moments of their careers. Meant to awe, instruct, and inspire, these tales will convince even the harshest skeptic that there are things beyond this physical world and that sometimes, all we need to do is believe. Physicians’ Untold Stories doesn’t stop at chronicling these occurrences. Scott J. Kolbaba, MD...

Ibn Sina saw the human body as a map and the mind as its terrain. He began as a prodigy and became the physician-philosopher who shaped medicine for centuries. This concise, piercing biography traces his ascent from self-taught teenager to author of the Book of Healing and the Canon of Medicine—works that treated diagnosis as anatomy and ethics, treatment as physiology and metaphysics, and illness as a clue to the soul's state. Read this book for clarity, not hagiography. It strips away myth and keeps the brave questions: how did one thinker fuse Greek logic, Persian learning, and Islamic...

A scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, bringing readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor—the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who...

Across cultures and civilizations, humans have relied on natural medicine for thousands of years. Long before modern pharmaceuticals existed, healers worked with roots, leaves, bark, minerals, sunlight, water, fasting, movement, and touch. They understood something essential: the body is not a machine that simply wears out. It is a living, adaptive, self-repairing system. Modern science is now confirming what traditional wisdom has known all along: Inflammation drives most joint degeneration. Nutrition shapes tissue repair. Movement nourishes cartilage. Sleep regulates healing hormones.

In this remarkable spiritual memoir, a career physician tells the true stories of how he experienced explicit spiritual guidance — often feeling the presence of Christ right next to him — as he helped thousands of patients. Dr. Rod Chelberg shares how he was given the right information at crucial moments to aid healing, ease suffering, or prepare for death. These unforgettable reports can help us all remember that the reality of divine guidance is as close as our willingness to say “Yes!” when it calls to us.“Not only has Dr. Chelberg spent decades of his life healing in the ...

*The Great Physician Revealed – Book One* unveils the extraordinary life, testimony, and Christ-centered revelation of **Lilian B. Yeomans, M.D.**—a trained medical doctor who was radically delivered from addiction, terminal illness, and despair by the living power of Jesus Christ. Drawing from Scripture, personal experience, and decades of walking with God, this book presents healing not as religious theory, but as **resurrection life in action**. Yeomans testifies that Christ is not only Savior, but Physician—actively restoring body, soul, and spirit through faith in His finished ...

God's Spirit is everywhere. Miracles Every Day is the story of Dr. Issam Nemeh, a Cleveland-based physician and devout Catholic who has prayed over tens of thousands of people from all faiths and all walks of life in the past two decades. The result? Miracles. Injuries healed, cancers cured...

Are you searching for God's Covenant Promise of Divine Healing but need guidance? This book will help you discover the promises of God and what you need to receive them. Whether you need healing or you want to pray for others to be healed, it's through faith in Jesus and the inerrant Word of God that you will find what your heart is searching for. For many years, my family was unable to afford health insurance. The Bible says that God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith. The poor do not have a bank account or health insurance for an arm of strength to trust in. They must look to God for...

At 19 years old, Jordan Rubin was a healthy 6'1" and 180 pounds. Shockingly, his weight fell to just 104 lbs. in a matter of months. His immune system was at an all-time low, as he suffered from Crohn's disease, food allergies, anemia, fibromyalgia, intestinal parasites, and a host of other...

Often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be a life-altering event that can produce a wide range of symptoms affecting physical as well as psychological health. Now, a physician shares her personal journey with TBI after suffering a life-changing accident. In this touching and informative book, Dr. Chrisanne Gordon chronicles her struggles - the high points as well as the lows - as she is challenged to make sense of what happened and realizes that her medical training did not prepare her for these struggles.

This is a book of miracles - medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters. Miracles We Have Seen is a book of inspiration and optimism, and a compelling glimpse into the lives of physicians.

When we need help, we count on doctors to put us back together. But what happens when doctors fall apart? Funny, fresh, and deeply affecting, We Are All Perfectly Fine is the story of a married mother of three on the brink of personal and professional collapse who attends rehab with a twist: a...

Upon returning home from golf on a rare afternoon free of responsibilities, Dr. Beverly Joyce, a busy and beloved OB-GYN, listened to a phone message that would shake her identity and send her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. That call would instantly help free her from the hidden doubt, guilt, and shame that had plagued her throughout her life.

The groundbreaking, scientifically based anti-aging program for people of all ages Many people believe that sags, bags, and wrinkles—on the face and body—are inevitable. According to award-winning research scientist and dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, M.D., they are due to inflammation at...

This “brutal and brave” (Booklist) novel transmutes the practice of medicine into a larger exploration of humanity, the meaning of care, and the nature of annihilation—physical, spiritual, or both. A young woman puts on a white coat for her first day as a student doctor. So begins this...