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He finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886133
ISBN
9780801886133
Condition: New

€ 62.06

Paperback. From his seat, 14E, he infected 21 other passengers and crew members." Num Pages: 176 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886324
ISBN
9780801886324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.18

Paperback. Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment is a rare blend of medical expertise and compelling personal accounts that empowers those with breast cancer to meet the disease with confidence, knowledge, and hope. Editor(s): Miller, Kenneth D., M.D. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 416 pages, 47, 27 black & white line drawings, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886850
ISBN
9780801886850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.84

This engaging study will be of interest to historians, medical practitioners and researchers, and people whose lives have been altered by cancer. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888311
ISBN
9780801888311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

A cancer survivor who has himself been treated at the center, Olson imbues this history with humor, passion, and humanity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBX; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890567
ISBN
9780801890567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.74

A fascinating look into Koch's personality and his experimental work in medical bacteriology, Laboratory Disease reveals both the biographical and the historical roots of our modern understanding of infectious diseases. Translator(s): Forster, Elborg. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17, 16 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893131
ISBN
9780801893131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.31

Preventive Strikes aims to improve our understanding of professional, social, and cultural responses to cancer in the twenty-first century and to inform our reflections about how values are incorporated into routine medical practices.Ilana Lowy Num Pages: 344 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893643
ISBN
9780801893643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Hardcover. Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Degenerative Disease Prevention is a compilation of different segments of functional foods and nutraceuticals focusing on their mechanism of action in the human body leading to disease prevention. Editor(s): Paliyath, Gopinadhan; Bakovic, Marica; Shetty, Kalidas; Nair, Muraleedharan G. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813824536
ISBN
9780813824536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 247.61

Paperback. Analyzes global economic forecasts and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy Editor(s): Cahill, Kevin M. Series: International Humanitarian Affairs. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFC; MJCJ; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823250189
ISBN
9780823250189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.96

Hardcover. In 21 chapters the three main sections of the book set out to analyze and suggest the means of assessing complex factors that cause obesity. Editor(s): Fletcher, Gerald; Grundy, Scott; Hayman, Laura. Series: American Heart Association Monograph S. Num Pages: 390 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MJC; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879934187
ISBN
9780879934187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.08

Hardcover. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Springer Boston
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780898385670
ISBN
9780898385670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.60

Palliative Medicine is the professional medical practice of prevention and relief of suffering and the support of the best possible quality of life for patients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies. This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to content and patient treatment. Editor(s): Lutz, Stephen; Chow, Edward; Hoskin, Peter J. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: MJCL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 120 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118484159
ISBN
9781118484159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.63

Hardback. Provides a summary of immunosuppressive strategies in transplantation, with emphasis on the basic science mechanisms and clinical applicability of these strategies. This book has three special features, including immunosuppression in xenotransplantation, gene therapy approaches, and transplantation tolerance. Editor(s): Remuzzi, Giuseppe; Sayegh, Mohamed H. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000188
ISBN
9781402000188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.37

Hardback. Contains reviews on selected topics, ideas, hypotheses, and therapeutic strategies in the aetiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory phenomena. This book, in its introductory article, reveals the nature of the immune status of critically ill patients and proposes the usefulness of immuno-stimulating therapy. Editor(s): Gorski, Andrzej; Krotkiewski, Hubert; Zimecki, Michal. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000867
ISBN
9781402000867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.39

Hardback. Aims to summarize knowledge about the underlying molecular and biochemical mechanisms controlling the metastatic phenotype. This volume is useful to members of the cancer research community and clinicians interested in developing and implementing novel forms of treatment for cancer. Editor(s): Welch, Danny R. Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402005220
ISBN
9781402005220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.41

Hardback. Provides a comprehensive evaluation of the mechanisms of action of proteases and their inhibitors in tumor biology. This book provides the reader with a selective overview of the molecular biology of serine proteases, MMPs and their physiological inhibitors. Editor(s): Foidart, Jean-Michel; Muschel, Ruth J. Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402009235
ISBN
9781402009235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.46

Hardback. Discusses various aspects of transfusion of transmissible diseases, the facts and the fiction. This title is suitable for those who are involved in the vein to vein chain of transfusion medicine, and for hematologists and researchers involved in transfusion medicine. Editor(s): Sibinga, C.Th.Smit; Dodd, Roger Y. Series: Developments in Hematology and Immunology. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402009860
ISBN
9781402009860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.67

Hardback. In the mid-1990s, new treatment options introduced a new era of AIDS. Informed by ethnographic as well as statistical data, this book is a study of this new era and reveals the complex and ambiguous processes of change in the field of HIV/AIDS and beyond. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JHMP; MJCJ2; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402010484
ISBN
9781402010484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.01

Hardback. Emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach combining the experiences of a nuclear medicine physician, surgeon, and pathologist. This is also a useful reference for researchers and clinicians who want to become familiar with sentinel lymph node mapping. Editor(s): Leong, Stanley P.L. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 120 pages, 43 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402070136
ISBN
9781402070136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.75

Hardback. Advances in DNA sequencing and phylogenetic inference have created powerful methods to investigate many dangerous human viruses. This title provides a comprehensive introduction to the use of genetic methods in molecular epidemiology and examples of analyses from many viruses. Editor(s): Leitner, Thomas. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402071843
ISBN
9781402071843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.46

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