MANUSCRIPTS
WRITTEN BY Dr. CARTER
Dr. Carter has written several books
that have not yet been published.
He has also developed outlines for many
more book ideas that may interest publishers.
All these books are now available for publication.
Medwords can write, edit or index medical books on any subject,
and for any audience from doctors to primary schoolers.
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COMPLETED MANUSCRIPTS
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION
The A to Z series consists of six (so far) small books (30-40,000 words) covering the most common topics in medicine - BABIES; BREASTS; MEN’S BUSINESS; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY and WEIGHT LOSS.
Despite their size they are comprehensive and include the anatomy, symptoms, investigation, diseases, management, function, milestones and all other relevant information for each topic.
Further topics in this series could be easily written.
They would be suitable as stand alone books, could be made into magazine inserts or used as promotional publications.
Doctors, particularly those in general practice, are frequently the recipients of extraordinarily confidential, private and personal information about their patients, and sometimes their patients’ families. They also share experiences with their patients which vary from the hilarious to the frightening.
The information from patients may be very sad, depressing and stressful; but at times doctors hear stories that are funny, unusual, titillating, wanton, salacious, sensual and raunchy. Despite being ill and feeling terrible, most people (and patients are people) also have a sense of humour. OK, sometimes that sense is rather warped or so dry that the Sahara looks lush by comparison, but it does exist, and amazingly often they let just a little bit of it show. Even when giving bad news about the length of their life, I have known a patient to say “Does that mean I’m not going to get Alzheimer’s doc?”.
I started collecting the jokes and stories that patients told me a decade ago, and once they know you are collecting they tell you more, and more and sometimes produce reams of paper filled with their own personal collection of jokes.
This is the best of my collection of these jokes and stories (some are actually true), covering thirty years of medical practice, that will hopefully entertain and lighten your mood, and help you forget your cares.
(THE EROTIC DREAMS OF A MENOPAUSAL HOUSEWIFE)
Doctors, particularly those in general practice, are frequently the recipients of extraordinarily confidential, private and personal information about their patients, and sometimes their patients’ families. They also share experiences with their patients which vary from the hilarious to the frightening.
The information from patients may be very sad, depressing and stressful; but at times doctors hear stories that are funny, unusual, titillating, wanton, salacious, sensual, raunchy and just plain erotic. This is a collection of such stories, all true, covering thirty years of medical practice, that will both educate and entertain.
BLOOD, URINE, SWEAT AND EVEN TEARS
(PATHOLOGY TESTS EXPLAINED)
A simple explanation of what all blood, urine, faeces and other pathology tests mean.The reason for performing them, the normal range of results, what abnormalities may mean and the way in which they work.
Written by the author of a pathology guide for doctors that has been published in 85 countries and eleven languages.
(ARMADILLOS CAN CATCH LEPROSY)
Doctors encounter some extraordinary and unusual facts during their training and careers, some of which are totally useless to the practice of medicine, but never the less interesting. This is a collection of just such information.
This is not a dictionary, guide book, encyclopaedia or vademecum, just a miscellany of fascinating facts gleaned from a more than 30 year career in medicine, and the research necessary to write twenty other books that cover everything from postgraduate pathology texts to simple question and answer collections for lay people.
This collection is designed primarily to intrigue, secondly to entertain, and rarely to educate.
The letters and diaries of Warwick and Jane Carter during their 33 month road journey across Asia, around Europe and down through Africa between January 1974 and September 1976
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LIFE - A USER’S GUIDE
From Birth to Death with stops along the way for Infancy, Childhood, Puberty, Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age. this book covers every stage of human development and associated medical problems.
MEDICAL SYNDROMES EXPLAINED
Hundreds of medical syndromes explained in a way that the lay man can understand.
Medical syndromes are multiplying exponentially in modern medicine. Some are just a passing fad; others, though, become diagnostic classics, and are handed down from one generation of doctors to the next with the names of the original describers’ surnames (the etymology of which can be quite fascinating at times), or Latin/Greek hybrids that are designed to paralyse even the most articulate tongue.
Every day in the press, media and from friends and doctors, people are hearing syndromes mentioned, and may nod knowledgeably as though they know all about it, but in reality, few lay people, and even many doctors, are not familiar with the hundreds of syndromes that have now been described in medical literature. Bizarre collections of symptoms may be meaningless and apparently unconnected to the layman, but to doctors they may add up to the classic signs of a specific syndrome.
REVERSE MEDICAL DICTIONARY
Most medical books for the public start with the disease, and then discuss that condition.
This book is different, in that it reverses the process, and starts where you, the patient, starts, with your symptoms and the way you feel, then goes on to discuss what could be causing those symptoms.
A MAN’S MEDICAL GUIDE
From puberty to andropause, impotence to vasectomy, ejaculation to infertility, prostatitis to hypertension.
This book cover every topic a man could possibly want to know about his health, medical problems, investigations and treatments.
A WOMAN’S MEDICAL GUIDE
From puberty to menopause,contraception to pregnancy, abortion to infertility, pap smears to mammograms.
This book cover every topic a woman could possibly want to know about her health, medical problems, investigations and treatments.
EVERY DISEASE
Diseases fascinate and horrify everyone, and the mention in the press of a new or unusual exotic disease always attracts a lot of attention.
This is the most comprehensive list of diseases that affect humans ever compiled for use by those outside the medical profession. It includes alternate names, an explanation of the disease, its causes, investigation, treatment and prognosis.
SHOULD I GO TO THE DOCTOR
We all have symptoms. Symptoms are the feelings (eg: pain) and observations (eg: bloody noses) that make us aware that something is wrong with our bodies.
Symptoms can vary from the mild headache associated with stress, to the excruciating pain of a kidney stone, or the gross diarrhoea of a gut infection. No matter what the symptom, we are always worried about what it may mean.
Doctors are trained to listen to your symptoms, notice other changes in your body, examine you, perform tests, make a diagnosis and arrange treatment. When severe symptoms occur, most of us would go to a doctor immediately, but sometimes even mild symptoms can mean severe disease (eg: a chest ache from a heart attack), or severe symptoms (eg: a bloody nose) may be easily treated at home.
The aim of this book is to explain what the various aches, pains and other symptoms you experience could mean. Should you go to the doctor? Is it urgent? Can home remedies help?
Sometimes you will be reassured, sometimes urged to seek help, and at other times problems will be explained. There is no doubt that the better informed you are, the better you can deal with your condition.
LIVING LONGER
Life is finite and death is inevitable, but very few of us are in a hurry to reach this end point. On the other hand, many of us are doing things that do just that - speed us on the way to a premature eternity.
This book is designed to point out the obvious, and not so obvious, ways in which each person can live longer by changes in their lifestyle and approach to health care.
The aim of the entire health industry - doctors, nurses, therapists, hospitals and everyone else peripherally involved - is to prolong life and delay death as long as possible in those they care for.
Medical science, education and modern hygeinic engineering have combined to dramatically increase the human lifespan in the last century, but more can be done by each individual to improve his or her chances of adding not only qualtity but quality to their life.
ORGAN SERIES
“Your Skin and its Diseases”
“Your Liver and its Diseases”
“Your Breasts and their Diseases”
“Your Prostate and its Diseases”
“Your Heart and its Diseases”
etc.
THE CURE FOR CANCER
Details of the types of cancer, their description, anatomy, cause, prevention, symptoms, complications, treatment, alternate treatments, and prognosis
HOW TO DIE YOUNG
All the things not to do that ruin your health.
ANNOTATED MEDICAL DICTIONARY
A medical dictionary for lay people with detailed explanations, diagrams and illustrations.
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