Top 10 medical memoirs … by patients
Medical practitioners are not the only experts in the field of disease and injury, as these personal stories of trauma and recovery show
The trauma doctor: Gabor Maté on happiness, hope and how to heal our deepest wounds
The physician, author and self-help guru came to worldwide prominence when he appeared with Prince Harry last month. He discusses the mind-body connection, the reality of addiction and why trauma can be treated
The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen review – when hope fails
A remarkable meditation on friendship, success, madness and violence that refuses to oversimplify
The big idea: should doctors be able to prescribe psychedelics?
A move to allow Australian psychiatrists to treat depression with psilocybin may herald a new era
Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day review – friends with benefits
A candid examination of the difference between being good at friendships and being a good friend
Good Girls by Hadley Freeman review – anorexia from within
The journalist and former in-patient offers a clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness
‘We’re in a golden age for microbes’: the man rewriting history from the perspective of germs
Forget ‘great men’ – infection and disease are the really important forces in the development of humankind, believes public health specialist Jonathan Kennedy
The links between pollution and miscarriage: ‘This is the stuff nightmares are made of’
Journalist Isabelle Oderberg has spent years researching the links between pollution and early pregnancy loss. What she has learned keeps her up at night
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper review – how dementia changes lives
A clinical psychologist turns the spotlight on caregivers in this profoundly compassionate study
The People’s Hospital: why public healthcare can be successful in the US
A physician’s book details the success of a Houston hospital that treats uninsured Americans stranded by the system