Published September, 2021
By Carl H. Klaus
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
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A groundbreaking and timely book on aging: the first to focus explicitly and at length on eighty-somethings, the fastest-growing demographic in the industrialized world. The Ninth Decade is a unique, first-hand source of information for anyone in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, as well as for persons devoted to care of the aged.

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Published June, 2016
By David N. Wetzel
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Painstakingly pieces together evidence from letters, newspaper reports, hospital records, mug shots, and published reminiscences of Francis Schlatter to find out what really happened to him. In doing so, David N. Wetzel uncovers a historical puzzle of lies, deception, and betrayal, and offers a tantalizing look into a nineteenth-century messiah and his twentieth-century reincarnations.

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Published May, 2016
By Anne Davis Basting, Maureen Towey, Ellie Rose, Teresa Mangum, Anne M. Valk, Elinor Fuchs, Anne Basting and Anne Valk
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Of the 15,000 nursing homes in the US, how many are places you'd want to visit, much less live in? Now that people are living longer, this question is more important than ever, particularly for people with disabilities. We must transform long-term care into an experience we and our loved ones can face without dread. It can be done. The Penelope Project shows how.

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Published October, 2015
By Daneen Wardrop
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Examines the first wave of autobiographical narratives written by northern female nurses and published during the war and shortly thereafter, ranging from the wellknown Louisa May Alcott to lesser known figures such as Elvira Powers and Julia Wheelock. As a subgenre of war literature, the Civil War nurse narrative offered realistic reportage of medical experiences.

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Published April, 2013
By Robin Hemley and Professor Robin Hemley
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Published March, 2013
By Professor Thomas Doherty
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Originally published: Madison, Wis.: Spenser-Hoyt, c2007.

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Published March, 2013
By Jody McAuliffe
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Published April, 2009
By David Watts
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Whether recounting the decline and death of a dear friend or poking holes in the faulty logic of an insurance company underling, this title lays bare the nobility and weakness, generosity and churlishness of human nature.

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Published March, 2009
By Suzanne Poirier
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
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Compounded by long hours of intellectually challenging, physically taxing, and emotionally exhausting work, medical school has been called one of the most harrowing experiences a student can encounter. This title illuminates the process by which students become doctors and the physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences of the process.

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Published March, 2009
By S. L. Wisenberg and S.L. Wisenberg
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Drawing on personal, literary, and historical sources - from Jewish liturgy to the first crude mastectomies, from Anne Frank to Emma Goldman, this title creates an image of a politically engaged, self-aware (sometimes neurotic) woman facing a daunting disease with humor, well-founded fear, and keen intelligence.

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