"Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in...

"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--

Liubovʹ vseĭ zhizni ili rabota mechty? A chto by vybrali vy?«Propavshie dushi» -- vtoraia kniga tsikla, deĭstvie kotorogo razvorachivaetsia v bolʹnitse Uaĭtstoun. Geroi ėtoĭ serii ne tolʹko budut spasatʹ zhizni patsientov, no i zavoditʹ novykh druzeĭ i vliubliatʹsia.Sʹerra Kharris znaet: serdtse ne mozhet razbitʹsia, no ono ispytyvaet bolʹ. Imenno poėtomu ee interesuet tolʹko karʹera. Romanticheskie otnosheniia eĭ ne nuzhny.Pered...

"Yang Wei wakes to find himself still a patient at the hospital. Somehow, he's aged decades overnight and is confined to the geriatric ward on a massive Hospital ship as it floats along a blood red sea full of unsightly things. But human remains and sea nymphs are perhaps nothing compared to the goings-on below decks. The doctors are nowhere to be found, replaced by a procession of medical robots from whom, of course, no information can be gleaned....

"Salama Kassab era una estudiante de farmacia cuando empezaron a estallar los gritos de libertad en Siria. Todavía tenía a sus padres y a su hermano mayor; todavía tenía su casa? Tenía una vida de adolescente normal. Ahora, Salama trabaja como voluntaria en un hospital de Homs, ayudando a los heridos que atraviesan sus puertas a diario. Sin embargo, en secreto, está desesperada por encontrar una forma de salir de su querido país antes de que...

This book narrates the experiences of working in various hospitals across New York City, a place teeming with a myriad of cultures and often extreme medical situations. It prompts reflection on how destiny congregates individuals from assorted backgrounds and how such diversity becomes relative in the face of challenges and a collective eagerness to assist each other. The author gains deeper insights into his global explorations and medical endeavors...