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In this medical thriller, three female doctors struggle to survive in a San Francisco hospital's "boy's club," as they encounter the challenges of the medical profession, a murder charge, and a deadly wager.
The only three females in a group of new residents, the women quickly become roommates and friends, face long hours, a frenetic work pace, and unwanted advances from male colleagues. One becomes involved in unsavory underworld activities, another...
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Skirt!, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
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1 online resource
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English
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"Dr. Lisa Masterson traces a journey that begins with in an unconventional childhood shaped by her larger-than-life mother, who broke away from an abusive husband in Louisiana to find new opportunities for the two of them in West. With charm, determination, and a budget that often involves moving every few months to skip out on the rent, plus a lot of other creative financing, the two of them lead a hidden existence that allows Lisa to attend excusive...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie's notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie's words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So, he went off to medical school and became a doctor - one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and Melissa Sweet's...
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English
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In early 1966, Dr. Guy Clark received orders to go to Vietnam, and upon arrival that June was assigned to be a flight surgeon at Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base, on the South China Sea. Thus began a year-long assignment that would find Clark flying more than ninety bombing missions over Vietnam in the Phantom F4-C, plunging deep into the Viet Cong-infested jungle in search of the remains of two lost Phantom pilots.
7) The doctors Blackwell: how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine
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English
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"The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
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First edition.
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x, 268 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A memoir-expose of the health-care system by a cardiologist and much-praised author"--Provided by publisher.
A timely industry exposé and memoir calls for the reestablishment of moral practices in patient care while revealing how liability- and profit-driven practices in American healthcare are subjecting patients to unnecessary tests and high fees.
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Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"This book explores the extraordinary life and work of Mary Edwards Walker, a Civil War surgeon, a spy captured by the Confederacy, and the only woman to have ever been awarded the Medal of Honor"--
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Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
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3 DVDs (972 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Hugh Laurie stars as the brilliant but sarcastic Dr. Gregory House, a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner. Dr. House thrives on the challenge of solving medical puzzles that other doctors give up on.
18) The doctors
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Watts
Pub. Date
1968
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47 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
20) The doctor
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Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2012
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48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Explore the life of a colonial doctor and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
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