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Medicine: general issues

Hardback. A discussion of whether competent, terminally-ill patients have a right to die with the assistance of their physicians, or whether state and national governments have legitimate interests in forbidding this to happen. The debate covers constitutional issues and ethical and medical reflections. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFME; LND; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517240
ISBN
9780742517240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.99

Paperback. A discussion of whether competent, terminally-ill patients have a right to die with the assistance of their physicians, or whether state and national governments have legitimate interests in forbidding this to happen. The debate covers constitutional issues and ethical and medical reflections. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFME; LND; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517257
ISBN
9780742517257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardback. Wil Gesler examines how different environments affect physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional components of healing. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MBNH9; MX; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742519558
ISBN
9780742519558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.21

Paperback. Today patient-physician relationships are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the communication of scientific information to citizens. This gives us new obligations for clearer communication than ever before. This text argues for better communication practice in the doctor-patient relationship. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520295
ISBN
9780742520295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.53

Hardback. This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521957
ISBN
9780742521957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43
€ 84.99

paperback. A collection of articles, essays, speeches and testimony, chronicling the start of America's national debate on genetics. It begins with selections from Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis, then looks to the future, moving on to the questions surrounding the debate over human cloning and stem cells. Editor(s): Kristol, William; Cohen, Eric. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521964
ISBN
9780742521964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.94

Hardback. This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Editor(s): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742528567
ISBN
9780742528567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.02

paperback. This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Editor(s): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742528574
ISBN
9780742528574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.86

Paperback. Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, the author explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her 'parents' and family, and society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742529908
ISBN
9780742529908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.26

Hardback. Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. Editor(s): Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Readings in Bioethics. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742532151
ISBN
9780742532151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.74

hardcover. A medical ethicist offers a sober but ultimately encouraging assessment of the future of cloning, arguing ultimately that cloning will change the landscape of medicine and society in beneficial ways. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Hervorhebung
SKU
V9780742534087
ISBN
9780742534087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.36

Hardback. Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540699
ISBN
9780742540699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.15

Paperback. Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540705
ISBN
9780742540705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.72

Paperback. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742543713
ISBN
9780742543713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.68

Hardback. Considers the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine. This book offers a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. Series: Gender Lens Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBNH; MBNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102378
ISBN
9780759102378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.40

Hardback. Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, and the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs. Editor(s): Dundes, Lauren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102644
ISBN
9780759102644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.00

Paperback. Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs. Editor(s): Dundes, Lauren. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102651
ISBN
9780759102651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07

Hardback. Reveals the social inequalities that often represent significant threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, and women. This book defines an anthropology of policy concerned with decision-making and the impact of health policy on human lives. It is of interest to researchers and practitioners in medical anthropology. Editor(s): Castro, Arachu; Singer, Merrill. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 184 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759105102
ISBN
9780759105102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBPM; MJT; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761809111
ISBN
9780761809111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.64

Hardback. This account of the history of US health policy pinpoints the lessons of what does and does not work in health care policy and implementation. The study is focused on the origins, development and demise of one of the Great Society programmes to ensure all Americans had access to medical advances. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817758
ISBN
9780761817758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.49

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