Medicine & Health
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
Paperback
"A timely, fair-minded and crisply written account."—New York Times Book Review
When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
Paperback
The story of one man's evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon.
Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient
Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Paperback
The best-selling, groundbreaking classic by Norman Cousins on combating life-threatening illness through humor and patient participation in care.
The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis
Paperback
The "riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) story of the discovery that handwashing helps prevent the spread of disease.
Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream
Paperback
"Elliott's absorbing account will make readers think again about the ways that science shapes our personal identities."—American Scientist