Medicine Unboxed Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Medicine Unboxed on XUnderstanding medicine through the arts and humanities. Podcast Medicine Unboxed VOICES on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify. MATTER, London May 2023.

My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route
Sally HaydenNext up is OCEAN with Sally Hayden. @SallyHayd is a journalist and photographer. Her multi-award winning book My Fourth Time, We Drowned explores the “lives and dreams of those who risk all to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe” (https://t.co/n8rIxSAlHs) #MUMatter
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Illness: The Cry of the Flesh
Havi CarelNext is Havi Carel on ILLNESS #mu18love HAVI CAREL is professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. Her research examines the experience of illness and receiving healthcare. She is the author of Illness (https://t.co/2lKt4vzDID) #mu18love
Paperback, 2018
$45.99Member price:$43.69 + Free shipping5% off
Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors
Caroline EltonCAROLINE ELTON is a psychologist who specialises in helping doctors. Her book, Also Human, draws on decades of this experience and some unique insights. https://t.co/slNTdKOLFC #mu18love
Hardcover, 2018
$32.00Member price:$32.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Inequality and the 1%
Danny DorlingVOICES - a new #podcast from Medicine Unboxed. S1, E1: Sam Guglani talks to Danny Dorling, author of 'Inequality and the 1%'. Follow us on Soundcloud for future episodes featuring Richard Holloway, Sarah Perry and others. https://t.co/uOn5rUiCal #arts #medicine #humanities https://t.co/wDPESLGP7H
Paperback, 2015
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence
Gavin FrancisNext up we have Gavin Francis (@GavinFranc) with BODY. Gavin is a GP and prolific writer. His most recent books are Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence, and Sir Thomas Browne: The Opium of Time. #MUMatter
Hardcover, 2023
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping
Samantha HarveyEp9, S1 of Medicine Unboxed VOICES: Samantha Harvey, author of 'The Shapeless Unease', talks to @samirguglani about writing, faith, love and suffering and why "writing is the most joyous and liberating thing in the world." https://t.co/A2pXSKzCve https://t.co/dbFyzlhN5h
Paperback, 2021
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Illness
Jodie M. SwansonNext is Havi Carel on ILLNESS #mu18love HAVI CAREL is professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. Her research examines the experience of illness and receiving healthcare. She is the author of Illness (https://t.co/2lKt4vzDID) #mu18love
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Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death
Richard HollowayAnd finally for #mu18love we have Richard Holloway on INTERRUPTION. A broadcaster, former bishop and writer, his most recent book Waiting for the Last Bus (https://t.co/v1eGwZBqiM) is a profound exploration of the many important lessons we can learn from death. #mu18love
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The Essex Serpent
Sarah PerryAnd last up we have ORBIT with international award winning author Sarah Perry, best known for her novels The Essex Serpent and Melmoth (https://t.co/E0K8VPbsQN). Her latest book was the non-fiction Essex Girls, an “exhilarating feminist defence” #MUMatter
Paperback, 2018
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
Christie WatsonChristie Watson (@tinysunbird) was a nurse for 20 years. Her book The Language of Kindness (https://t.co/G0vAFxMaMe) explores the historical and contemporary challenges and rewards of nursing, and asks what it means to care. #mu18love
Paperback, 2019
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book