The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Picador Classic
With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer t ...Show more
The Women's Doc: True Stories from My Five Decades Delivering Babies and Making History by Caroline de Costa
$36.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Funny and poignant stories from the labour ward and from the frontline of campaigns for women's reproductive rights, from Australia's best known obstetrician. 'We never train women in Sydney,' Caroline de Costa was told in 1974 when she applied to become a junior registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology ...Show more
The Secret GP - What Really Goes on Inside Your Doctor's Surgery by Max Skittle
$22.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
A powerful first-hand account of working for the NHS, both before and during the Covid-19 epidemic.
Supercharge Your Brain: The New Science of Maintaining a Healthy Brain, from Childhood to Old Age by James Goodwin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
The definitive guide to keeping your brain healthy for a long and lucid life, by one of the world's leading scientists in the field of brain health and ageing.The brain is our most vital and complex organ. It controls and coordinates our actions, thoughts and interactions with the world around us. It is ...Show more
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond by Bruce Greyson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness.What happens when we die? 10% of people whose hearts stop report near-death experiences (NDEs). Stories of lights, tunnels and loved ones have been re ...Show more
Atlas of the Human Body by T. Takahashi
$75.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
The human anatomy, with every major organ and system, in more than 500 full-color, strikingly detailed illustrations.
Still Not Safe - Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine by Robert Wears; Kathleen Sutcliffe
$48.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
The term "patient safety" rose to popularity in the late nineties, as the medical community -- in particular, physicians working in nonmedical and administrative capacities -- sought to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of deaths in the US attributed to medical errors each year. But what was caus ...Show more
Duty of Care - One NHS Doctor's Story of the Covid-19 Crisis by Dominic Pimenta
$27.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
'Beautifully written, passionate and moving, this is the book everyone should read about COVID-19' Kate Mosse 'Hard to put down' Rachel Clarke 'Gripping, humane, eye-opening and seriously tense' Ian Dunt The first book to tell the full story of the COVID-19 pandemic from a doctor on the frontline. ALL R ...Show more
Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf by Oliver Sacks
$32.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
The bestselling author and "one of the greatest clinical writers of the twentieth century" (New York Times) explores the world of deafness and ponders the nature of human communication.
The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives by Olivia Gordon
$24.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
The First Breath is the first popular science book about the pioneering fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation into the world--a generation of babies without precedent, who would not have lived if they had been born only a few decades ago. Olivia Gordon explores the female experience of m ...Show more
The Quick and the Dead - True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist by Cynric Temple-Camp
$39.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Dr Cynric Temple-Camp's suspense-filled, often Gothic story-telling ability captivated readers in his debut book, The Cause of Death. In the Quick and the Dead, New Zealand's self-confessed aficionado of death is back with more mysterious illnesses, gruesome murders, baffling crimes, and the other curio ...Show more
Immunity: the Science of Staying Well by Jenna Macciochi
$34.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
Strengthen your immunity for good In this ground-breaking book, expert immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi unravels the new science around immunity and decodes exactly what it takes to be well in the modern day. Offering simple, clear and educated advice, debunking popular myths along the way, Immunity exp ...Show more