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The Paramedic Heretic

Immutable Laws and Ethical Illusions

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At one point during our lunch the famous Sonny Bono asked, "So in other words, we've reached a point where a rescuer can't just say, ‘the heck with the rules' and just do the right thing?"Not in other words, Sonny. Those are the perfect words.Immutable Law #2. Saving lives is not our priorityFollowing our policies is our priority. Protecting ourselves comes next. Avoiding lawsuits comes third. You ... Read more

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At one point during our lunch the famous Sonny Bono asked, "So in other words, we've reached a point where a rescuer can't just say, ‘the heck with the rules' and just do the right thing?"Not in other words, Sonny. Those are the perfect words.Immutable Law #2. Saving lives is not our priorityFollowing our policies is our priority. Protecting ourselves comes next. Avoiding lawsuits comes third. You
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Five Days at Memorial

Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ • A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter“An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ • A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter“An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a
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Dopesick

Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

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Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans.In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over ... Read more

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Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans.In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over
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Dreamland

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Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

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2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction“No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande. His stories about becoming a surgeon are scary, funny, absorbing....Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies.” —Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the MoonIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits ... Read more

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The Least of Us

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Apple Best Books of 2021Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal * Shortlisted for the Zocalo Book PrizeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Dreamland, a searing follow-up that explores the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of community repair.Sam Quinones traveled from Mexico to main streets across the U.S. to create Dreamland, a ground... ... Read more

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Apple Best Books of 2021Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal * Shortlisted for the Zocalo Book PrizeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Dreamland, a searing follow-up that explores the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of community repair.Sam Quinones traveled from Mexico to main streets across the U.S. to create Dreamland, a ground...
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The Real Grey's Anatomy

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The ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy has generated a flurry of interest in how medical professionals really make it through one of the most rigorous educational programs around, but how much of the medical drama seen in Grey’s Anatomy is pure entertainment, and how much is an accurate reflection of life both in and out of the OR?In The Real Grey's Anatomy, a well-known medical journalist provides ... Read more

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The ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy has generated a flurry of interest in how medical professionals really make it through one of the most rigorous educational programs around, but how much of the medical drama seen in Grey’s Anatomy is pure entertainment, and how much is an accurate reflection of life both in and out of the OR?In The Real Grey's Anatomy, a well-known medical journalist provides
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Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

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An engrossing examination of the science behind the little-known world of sleep.Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep.In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a
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Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole

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Cheating Death

The Doctors and Medical Miracles that Are Saving Lives Against All Odds

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**This riveting book from a bestselling author and neurosurgeon explores the unbelievable science that has saved lives and made recovery possible despite all odds."An exciting medical thriller with the compassion, hope, excitement and aspiration that define Sanjay." —Lance Armstrong, Olympic athlete**An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect. A skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake
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Nothing Is Impossible

Reflections on a New Life

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The legendary star of Superman and author of Still Me reflects on the power of hope and the limitless potential in each of us.“Graceful, persuasive . . . A reflective mixture of policy advocacy, personal philosophy, and candid self-observation.”—The Philadelphia InquirerChristopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In these candid ... Read more

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A timeless, “triumphant” (Entertainment Weekly) story of healing and recovery from the victim of a crime that shocked the nation: the Central Park Jogger.Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on April 19, 1989, a young woman jogs alone near 102nd Street in New York City's Central Park. She is attacked, raped, savagely beaten, and left for dead. Hours later she arrives at the emergency room—comatose—she has lost ... Read more

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A timeless, “triumphant” (Entertainment Weekly) story of healing and recovery from the victim of a crime that shocked the nation: the Central Park Jogger.Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on April 19, 1989, a young woman jogs alone near 102nd Street in New York City's Central Park. She is attacked, raped, savagely beaten, and left for dead. Hours later she arrives at the emergency room—comatose—she has lost
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