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"The Sensitive One is a braided memoir that alternates between Morris's childhood--as a sensitive child and then teenager who shouldered the burden of caring for her younger siblings as her dad's alcoholism tore at the threads of their home life--and an adult who for a decade-plus has been living a trauma-free life with a caring husband and rewarding career in nursing . . . only to be diagnosed with breast cancer. This is a story of redemption--of...
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Marcy Browning, a single mother and a nurse, had donated, walked, and cared for women with breast cancer, but joining their ranks with an advanced diagnosis was a shock. Marcy draws on her public journal, her social media, and her private emails to illustrate the world of a patient, a mother, a friend -- and ultimately a survivor. From the medical mazes and the undimming humor, to the hidden frustrations and the healing honesty between friends, Marcy's...
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"Clara Barton was once a very shy girl. So much so that her parents worried about it. But as she grew up she became a great patriot and a trailblazer. She taught herself to be a nurse so that she could tend to the needs of wounded soldiers in the Civil War. She set up the Missing Soldiers Office to help families find their loved ones, and finally she founded the American Red Cross.She was also its first president. To this day, the American Red Cross...
88) El ángel de la muerte: el enfermero que asesinó a más de 400 pacientes mientras fingía cuidarlos
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"La carrera contrarreloj para atrapar al asesino serial más victimario de Estados Unidos. Nueva Jersey, 1987. Charles Cullen pasa sus días atendiendo a los pacientes del pabellón de quemados. Nadie hubiera creído que en esa sala el tímido enfermo concebiría un macabro método para terminar de una vez por todas con los dolores de los enfermos que contaban con sus cuidados para recuperarse. Rumores sobre inexplicables sobredosis de medicamentos...
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"Lurking beneath the progressive activism and sex positivity in the 1970-80s, a dark undercurrent of violence rippled across the American landscape. With reported cases of sexual assault and homicide on the rise, the FBI created a specialized team--the 'Mindhunters,' better known as the Behavioral Science Unit-to track down the country's most dangerous criminals. And yet narrowing down a seemingly infinite list of potential suspects seemed daunting...
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