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Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital's inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff...

"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to hospitals through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--

"An intimate, heart wrenching portrait of one small hospital that reveals the magnitude of America's health care crises. By following the struggle for survival of one small-town hospital, and the patients who walk, or are carried, through its doors, The Hospital takes readers into the world of the American medical industry in a way no book has done before. Americans are dying sooner, and living in poorer health. Alexander argues that no plan will...

The adventures continue for the doctors and nurses of the 4077th unit during the Korean War.

A group of interns in a large city hospital experience a year of crises and experiences that will change their lives.

Follows the lives and activities of the doctors and staff of a Chicago hospital's emergency room.

"Dr. K's unusual cases and cures are as wild and unexpected as the animals that come through the door of her south Florida veterinary hospital. Along with her dedicated staff, Dr. Susan Kelleher treats a dynamic array of patients ranging from kangaroos and monkeys to birds, rabbits, pigs, and even fish. 'If it fits through the door, I'll treat it!' is Dr. K's motto, and through the door they come"--Container insert

Sometimes a single flame can ignite a love that lasts a lifetime. Milo Phillips knows the meaning of pain. Suffering through the most intense physical agony of his life, he is confined to a hospital bed to bear it alone. More than once, he wishes he had died in the explosion that melted and mangled his skin. Darkness consumes him, snuffing all the joy in his life and leaving an empty hole in its place. But one day, a flicker of light sneaks into...

Follows the lives of a group of doctors and nurses working in a London hospital, a world in which everything and everyone has their place. But underneath this veneer simmers a cauldron of lies and guilty secrets, driven by love, ambition and sex. Breathless opens in 1961, a time when Britain was on the brink of the '60s revolution, abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only just available to married women.

Memory and hallucination intertwine to expose a history of trauma, revealing Elyse is Catatonic and institutionalized in a State Hospital.