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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Random Acts of Heroic Love Random Acts of Heroic Love Danny Scheinmann Can love outwit death? A heartbreaking epic story of two lives sustained by the memory of love1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo … OL12018329W
Critical conditions Critical conditions Martine Ehrenclou A step-by-step guide to patient advocacy, based on more than 150 interviews with nurses, doctors, social workers, and families. OL13646188W
Trial by fire Trial by fire J. A. Jance In the heat of the Arizona desert, a raging fire pushes temperatures to a deadly degree, and one woman is left to burn. Pulled naked and barely breathing from the fire, the victim has no idea who she… OL13655W
Suture Self Suture Self Mary Daheim A bum hip has bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn limping off to Good Cheer Hospital -- a questionable "haven of healing" where two recent patients didn't make the cut after routine surg… OL14937631W
Isolation ward Isolation ward Joshua Spanogle When three female residents of Baltimore's group home for the mentally impaired are admitted to St. Raphael's Hospital with an unknown virus Dr. Nathaniel McCormick, an investigator from the CDC disc… OL15420076W
Your presence is requested at Suvanto Your presence is requested at Suvanto Maile Chapman In a remote, piney wood in Finland stands a convalescent hospital called Suvanto, a curving concrete example of austere Scandinavian design. It is the 1920s, and the patients, all women, seek relief … OL15570318W
In the Twilight, in the Evening (Cheney Duvall, M.D. #6) In the Twilight, in the Evening (Cheney Duvall, M.D. #6) Gilbert Morris,Lynn Morris Cheney fights with the hospital staff of St. Francis for the fair treatment of San Francisco's undesirables. OL16071029W
Riding the storm Riding the storm Susan Holliday When a powerful Welsh legend comes to life and creeps its way into a hospital, suddenly everyone begins thinking of miracles. When Alun wakes up from the terrible darkness, he can't tell where he is … OL1684802W
Waiting for Eden Waiting for Eden Elliot Ackerman Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young daughter. And he … OL19761179W
The ninth life of Louis Drax The ninth life of Louis Drax Liz Jensen "Nine-year-old Louis Drax is a problem child: bright, precocious, deceitful, and dangerously accident-prone. When he falls off a cliff during a picnic, the accident seems almost predestined. Louis m… OL20816111W
The awful orphan elf The awful orphan elf Gillian Johnson Alfonse, a one-eyed orphan elf, has arrived at Monster Hospital by helicopter. He's a football star, but a troll sat on his head and now he's seeing double! Can four naughty children help him get bet… OL24249587W
When the nurse becomes a patient When the nurse becomes a patient Cortney Davis In the summer of 2013, Cortney Davis, a nurse practitioner and author who often writes about her interactions with patients, underwent routine one-day surgery. A surgical mishap led to a series of li… OL27030335W
Daydreams Daydreams Marcia Lynn McClure Saylor Christy knew chances were slim to none that any of her silly little daydreams would ever actually come true, especially any daydreams involving Mr. Booker. Yet, working as a candy striper at R… OL31212943W
Doctored evidence Doctored evidence Michael M. Biehl Hospital lawyer Karen Hayes suspects a fatal operating-room accident was murder. She finds herself in a web of intrigue involving threats, intimidation, blackmail, and violence. OL4486029W
Isolation ward Isolation ward Joshua Spanogle In Baltimore's St. Raphael's Hospital, three newly admitted patients are among society's most helpless citizens: female residents of Baltimore's group homes for the mentally impaired, their bodies ra… OL5844324W
John Doe John Doe Antoinette Moses A man doesn't remember his name. A body is found. Is there a connection?. OL6222194W