American Medicine

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    • The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
    • Written by: Harriet A. Washington
    • Narrated by: Ron Butler
    • Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2016-03-08
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans....

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    • The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman
    • Written by: Bear Heart, Molly Larkin - contributor
    • Narrated by: Larry Winters
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2019-04-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American medicine men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world....

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    • The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
    • Written by: Paul Starr
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 24 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2018-07-18
    • Language: English
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    • Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries....

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    • Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
    • Written by: Deirdre Cooper Owens
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 2019-05-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Medical Bondage moves between southern plantations and northern urban centers to reveal how 19th-century American ideas about race, health, and status influenced doctor-patient relationships in sites of healing like slave cabins, medical colleges, and hospitals....

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    • A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine
    • Written by: Rachel Pearson MD
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 2017-05-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America's medical system....

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    • A Global History of the First Psychedelic
    • Written by: Mike Jay
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2019-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity....

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    • A Journey in Native American Healing
    • Written by: David Carson
    • Narrated by: Jason Manuel Olazabal
    • Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2014-12-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • David Carson's personal story of his initiation into the mysterious healing rites of the Choctaw with medicine woman Mary Gardener....

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    • Written by: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2010-02-02
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
    • Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

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    • Written by: Scientific American
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 2020-08-25
    • Language: English
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    • During allergy season, sufferers know the drill: runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing up a storm. For the unlucky with asthma, symptoms might also include coughing and wheezing. However, asthma is not always caused by allergens like pollen and dust....

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    • A Novel
    • Written by: Thomas King
    • Narrated by: Meegwun Fairbrother
    • Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 2021-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a. the Forecaster, can look into the heart of humanity and see the patterns that create opportunities and profits for the rich and powerful. Problem is, Camp has looked one too many times....

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    • Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine (Critical Studies in Native History, Book 15)
    • Written by: Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell - foreword
    • Narrated by: Marsha Knight, Maria Campbell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 2022-12-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In Life Stages and Native Women, Kim Anderson shares the teachings of fourteen elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by Metis, Cree, and Anishinaabe girls and women during the mid-twentieth century....

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    • Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles
    • Written by: Nicole Redvers N.D.
    • Narrated by: Essie Bartosik
    • Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 2020-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Indigenous naturopathic doctor Nicole Redvers pairs evidence-based research with traditional healing modalities, addressing modern health problems and medical processes....

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    • A Journey to the Fringes of American Medicine
    • Written by: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
    • Narrated by: Jamie Renell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 2023-04-04
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of non-traditional treatments....

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    • The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History
    • Written by: Molly Caldwell Crosby
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2017-12-05
    • Language: English
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    • Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country - and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year....

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    • Written by: Scientific American
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 2021-01-12
    • Language: English
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    • Growing knowledge of the genetic complexities of sexual determination is changing the way the medical community treats intersex individuals. This book examines the latest studies in biology, medicine, and psychology, and their bearing on healthcare, identity, and access....

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    • How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It
    • Written by: John Abramson
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 2022-02-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The inside story of how Big Pharma’s relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge—misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health....

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    • How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
    • Written by: Elisabeth Rosenthal
    • Narrated by: Nancy Linari
    • Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 2017-04-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American health-care system....

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    • Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men
    • Written by: Vine Deloria Jr.
    • Narrated by: Wes Studi
    • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 2020-01-02
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • The world lost a courageous leader and a treasured friend with the passing of Vine Deloria Jr. He was, and is, one of the greatest spiritual thinkers of our time. Before his death, Deloria was reexamining native spirituality....

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    • An Insiders' Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men
    • Written by: Fred D. Gray
    • Narrated by: David Sadzin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 2021-01-26
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In 1932, the US Public Health Service recruited 623 African American men from Macon County, Alabama, for a study of "the effects of untreated syphilis in the Negro male". For the next 40 years, these men were denied medical care for this potentially fatal disease....

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