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.

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Understanding medicine through the arts and humanities. Podcast Medicine Unboxed VOICES on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify. MATTER, London May 2023.

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My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route

Sally Hayden

Medicine Unboxed

Next 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

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Illness: The Cry of the Flesh

Havi Carel

Medicine Unboxed

Next 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

$42.99$21.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors

Caroline Elton

Medicine Unboxed

CAROLINE 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

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Inequality and the 1%

Danny Dorling

Medicine Unboxed

VOICES - 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

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence

Gavin Francis

Medicine Unboxed

Next 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

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping

Samantha Harvey

Medicine Unboxed

Ep9, 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

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Illness

Jodie M. Swanson

Medicine Unboxed

Paperback, 2016

$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death

Richard Holloway

Medicine Unboxed

And 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

Paperback, 2019

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry

Medicine Unboxed

And 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

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

Christie Watson

Medicine Unboxed

Christie 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

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book