Category: Health and Wellness
I absolutely love medical books, such as the kinds that doctors would have to read to get their license. Anything medical and complex absolutely interests and intrigues me. If any of you know of any that i can read, please share.
I did used to purchase ebooks from ebooks.com; ohwever, the site now requires that books be read with Adobe Digital Additions or Kindel, which is stupid. So, I'm looking for a good source that will allow me to read very complex medical books without to much trouble. Thanks for any contributions.
Try seeing if the recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic has anything you could read. You might need to have a membership with either them or bookshare when ytou start school. just a suggestion.
Thanks. i'm also going to see if I can pay to have them put into Braille, too.
Just letting you know, it's very expensive. I no longer have the space for Braille books anymore. Any point in getting the book in Braille anyway? I mean, the information's going to be out-of-date ten years from now as technology and medicine gets better. that would have been a waste of money anyway. I'm not saying don't do it, just letting you know ...
i'm not an auditory learner, so listening to books is hard for me to do. I lose attention very quickly. This is why I like either digital, as I can stop and go as needed, convert portions in Braille that I want through Duxberry, and Braille, so i can see what I'm reading and how it is spelled. I understand what you mean, though. In that case, I'd say that the digital option is the most economical. I'm going to subscribe to medical journals, just so I can read things. I've been wanting to do that for quite some time but neglected to do so.
With regards to the medical journals, have you considered checking your local library? I know that my city's library offers Proquest (which gives its patrons access to digital versions of many journals, professional or otherwise), the Lexus Nexus (more journals, newspapers, and other periodicals), and other databases like that. I can't make any remarks about accessibility because I'm a sighted user but perhaps it's something to look into. Good luck.
John