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English
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Part searing indictment of our healthcare system, part generational family memoir, part call to action, a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare recounts her journey to finally seizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Series
Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Doctor-in-training Louisa Vaughn has no intention of remaining in Sweetwater Crossing. She's just there for a few days to help a friend. But she can't abandon the injured man she finds at the side of the road. Until his broken leg heals, she'll serve as the town's doctor and midwife. She may not be fully qualified yet, but surely she's better than nothing. Josh Porter's plans to win his grandfather's challenge and fulfill his father's final wish...
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Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 27
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career. In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including...
Author
Publisher
Parson's Porch Books
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard Harris, hospital administrator, smiled when the sound of sirens woke him before dawn. Like an Armani-suited grinch, at this time of year, Harris would prowl the halls of Merry Hopes Hospital and grit a smile to the nurses, while his CPA trained mind tallied salaries and benefits going to waste. Revyval Hospital Management purchased Merry Hopes from Craven County two years ago. Harris's corporate instructions were simple: make a profit in three...
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Series
Dr. Julia Lewis volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
Author
Publisher
Freida McFadden
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"She's got a great job at a VA Hospital, an adorable daughter, and a loving husband. Granted, it would be wonderful if her preschooler wouldn't wake her up at three in the morning, and it would be a miracle if her husband would change the toilet paper roll once every millennium. Still, in most ways, she has the ideal life she'd always imagined. Then Jane discovers that Dr. Ryan Reilly is the VA's newest vascular surgeon. Dr. Ryan Reilly, a.k.a. Sexy...
8) Double take
Author
Series
Lake City heroes volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lainie Jackson survived her fiancé's murder plot and her attacker is dead--isn't he? Now, with the help of former Army Ranger James Holton, it's time to find out if the past has come back to haunt her--or if the recent attempts on her life come from a new threat"--
Author
Publisher
Freida McFadden
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can't imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of medical internship at County Hospital. And then there's the devil herself: Jane's senior resident Dr. Alyssa Morgan. When Alyssa becomes absolutely hell-bent on making her new interns pay...
Author
Series
Peachtree Cove novels volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
459 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It's been years since Dr. Imani Kemp has returned home to Peachtree Cove, Georgia. As Tallahassee's most sought-after OB-GYN, she doesn't have much time for anything else. But when her mom announces she's marrying a man she just met on a dating app, Imani knows she has to put a stop to it immediately. Let her mom be hurt again after the disastrous way her last marriage ended? Absolutely not. She just never expected sparks to fly with the groom's son......
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Series
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Appalachia, the story follows four generations in the family of Dr. Arthur Lee Jones, whose destinies are interwoven with the planning, building, and operation of Ashe Memorial Hospital. This traces the evolution of community healthcare from the days of folk remedies and midwives to horseback doctors and hospitals to the technological advances and outreach of today"--
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