Out-of-town bridesmaid Madison Baker was looking forward to a fun wedding of one of her oldest friends. She never thought she'd meet a groomsman that made even her measured mind-of-a-psychiatrist spin. Of course, he was the one guy who was off-limits. Steadfast Dr. Jason D'Alessandro was wedded to his work and his patients. Why, even the bride's beautiful sister couldn't turn his head! Still, stunning Madison stirred his impulsive, romantic side, although she insisted that their hot-and-heavy romance remain top secret. But this was one forbidden weekend fling that might just be for keeps….
Doctors In The Wedding by Gina Wilkins Out–of–town bridesmaid Madison Baker was looking forward to a fun wedding for one of her oldest friends. She never thought she'd meet a groomsman that made even her measured mind–of–a–psychiatrist spin! Steadfast Dr Jason D'Alessandro was wedded to his work. But stunning Madison stirred his impulsive, romantic side, although she insisted that their hot–and–heavy romance remain top secret! But this is one forbidden weekend fling that might just be for keeps... On Common Ground by Tracy Kelleher When Lilah Evans graduated from university, she was ready to leave college behind and change the world. Now, at a crossroads, she's doing something she never wanted to – attend her ten–year reuni on...and that means running into Justin Bigelow! A decade ago, Justin was the Big Man on campus. So it's surprising that he nominated Li lah for the Distinguished Alumni award. As they move through the nostalgia–fi led weekend, it's clear he isn't the partying jock she remembers. With the stakes higher now, does she finally have the courage to go for it?
A Wedding in Warragurra Single father Dr Baden Tremont moved to the Outback for a fresh start, and is focusing on raising his young daughter and his job as a flying doctor. But working together side by side with new flight nurse Kate Lawson, Baden realises that there's more to life than his work. They have both loved and lost in the past, and it will take courage now if they are to be a family together. Baden decides that he's going to make that happen. Somehow, some way, he's going to make Kate his Outback bride... The Playboy Doctor's Marriage Proposal Emily Tippett is a fabulous nurse - all the residents of Warragurra love her. Yet rarely does anyone see the real woman hiding behind the uniform - that is until her gorgeous new boss Linton Gregory arrives. On the face of it, Linton is not what Emily needs. An expert at protecting his own heart, this charming doctor prefers to date and move on... But Linton has seen the beauty that Emily is trying to hide - and she has captured his heart. He's ready to go from playboy doctor to husband-to-be! The Doctor Claims His Bride A nurse worth waiting for Nurse Mia Latham thinks she's found the perfect solution to get her life in order - a new job on an idyllic tropical island. But, thanks to her arrogant, teasing and devastatingly handsome new boss Dr Flynn Harrington, life isn't quite as simple as she might have hoped! Flynn can see Mia is hiding secrets, but the one thing she can't disguise is her passion for him! Flynn knows a thing or two about running away, but something about this beautiful nurse makes him want to unpack his suitcases and settle down - with Mia!
Before she marries Luca, Tia discovers that he doesn’t love her. She flees her wedding, goes back to London and is determined to make a life for herself and the child she is carrying. But then Luca shows up…as a doctor at the hospital where Tia works as a midwife. Citing his concern for the unborn child, Luca moves into her home. Contrary to his cool demeanor at the wedding, he’s incredibly attentive to her and an amazing doctor at work. Which of these men is the real Luca—the cold bridegroom or the attentive doctor?
He wants his wife back! When Dr. Riley Brennan decides he wants to work abroad as a volunteer doctor, he wants his wife, Jane Rossiter, to go with him. But Jane wants to start a family -- and when they can't agree, Riley goes alone, leaving Jane furious -- and heartbroken. Now Riley is back. He tracks Jane down to a rural medical practice and gets a job as a G.P. They will be working together once more! The passion between them is as strong as ever -- and Riley is determined to save their marriage. Even if it means he must seduce his wife all over again….
To: My assistant From: Scott Prince Re: Will you marry me? Bachelor Scott Prince knows he wants a family--so it's time to find a wife. But for a workaholic construction company owner with no time for romance, the perfect woman may just be his very loyal, very pretty assistant Tess Miller. For Scott, their engagement is a practical business deal...with a bonus. Scott's proposal is exactly what Tess needs to prevent another holiday season alone. And then he kisses her--and she realizes she's not as immune to her sexy boss as she thought. But this is a business deal, with no room for emotion...right? Or can Tess find a real happy-ever-after with her "Prince"?
At a time when medical care for the people of the United States is undergoing wrenching change due mainly to vast and costly technological progress, doctors have had to cede much of their initiative and responsibility to third parties. Medicine has become a commercial enterprise. Patients must affiliate themselves with a managed health care organization in order to have access to their doctors. In the hurly-burly of today's techno-medicine, many physicians are too busy to spend time in dialogue with their patients. As a consequence, social and emotional circumstances that have been thoroughly documented to affect physiology and susceptibility to disease are overlooked. Stewart Wolf here critiques the medical establishment and the way those concerned with its various responsibilities discharge them. He puts medicine's responsibilities to society into historical perspective, relating it to social changes. He begins with the ways medical candidates are selected. He continues with commentary on currently designed teaching and learning, the qualities required in a physician and in a medical scientist, and the nature and challenges of disease and what can be done about them. Finally, Wolf provides a useful way of thinking about human biology, to better understand why people become sick or well and what people have to contend with to stay well. Throughout he emphasizes the role of the brain in controlling behavior of all sorts, general and visceral. Wolf emphasizes the regulatory power of the nervous system as it perceives and evaluates life experiences and influences learning, behavior, and susceptibility to disease. Wolf'sgoal is not to supply a recipe for the achievement of better health, but to encourage a better understanding of ourselves and the paths toward health. Educating Doctors reexamines the responsibilities, goals, and activities of the medical establishment. As such it is a must read for policymakers, sociologists, and professionals working in the medical field.
After being turned down for his dream job, Evan needs to reassess his future as he returns home for his brother's wedding. Taking a chance, he asks Dr. Denver Sinclair to accompany him as his date. He never expects her to say yes, so he is surprised when she agrees. After all, he's been trying to get her to go out with him for the last two years with no luck. But brilliant ambitious Denver has an agenda. Her main goal in life is to prove her father wrong-she is perfectly capable of running a hospital without his connections or assistance. But to take up the reins as the administrator of Marietta Hospital, she must have community roots or marry a local. When Evan lets slip he's from Marietta, her goal is within reach. Seducing Evan is easy. She just didn't anticipate marriage to the small town doctor would ever involve her heart. Will Denver and Evan find love in the most unexpected place-with each other?
Without any warning, in September 1999, David Newman was told he had a rare and life-threatening tumor in the base of his skull. In the compressed space of five weeks, he consulted with leading physicians and surgeons at four major medical centers. The doctors offered drastically differing opinions; several pronounced the tumor inoperable and voiced skepticism about the effectiveness of any nonsurgical treatment. Talking with Doctors is the story of Newman's efforts, at a time of great stress and even impending death, to wend his way through the dense thicket of medical consultations in search of a physician and a treatment that offered the possibility of survival. It is the story, especially, of the harrowing process of assessing conflicting "expert" opinions and, in so doing, of making sense of the priorities, personalities, and vulnerabilities of different doctors. All too often, he found, the leading specialists to whom he was sent were strangers in the consulting room-and strangers who became stranger still, both cognitively and emotionally, when ambiguous findings pushed them to the outer limits of their training and experience. Newman writes poignantly of his sense of powerlessness and desperation, of the painstaking means by which he ascertained what could be known about his tumor, and of the fortuitous events that finally led him to life-saving help. Talking with Doctors is a compelling, absorbing, unsettling story that touches a collective raw nerve about the experience of doctors and medical care when life-threatening illness leads us to subspecialists at major medical centers. Probing the nature of medical authority and the grounds of a trusting doctor-patient relationship, Newman illuminates with grace and power what it now means for a patient to participate in life-and-death medical decisions.
This book arose from the authors knowledge of a small number of doctors who were not behaving in a professional or proper manner. As he read about them, he found he was astonished at the extent of some offenders. Any human being can have flaws in their character, personality disorders or mental illnesses, what if that person is your doctor? This book takes the reader on a journey from the colorful life of Geoffrey Edelsten through Medawar's The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice, a fertility specialist who used his own sperm to impregnate over 50 women without their knowledge to the lasting and devastating effects of the MMR vaccine debacle. The author suggests that a test needs to be devised to detect character flaws such as greed before they harm innocent people through fraud and deceit. As much a reference book as it is a celebration of the brave‘whistleblower’and witty commentary on human nature, capturing the imagination, leading the reader to wonder why people make the decisions they do. Anderson himself had a colorful life and a brilliant career, leaving an immeasurable legacy to medicine. His wish was that this book would prompt change, leading to enhanced integrity in the medical and scientific world.
