Medicine: general issues
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Medicine: general issues
Paperback. The book will be of great interest to academic researchers, postgraduate students, and advanced undergraduates in the fields of global public health, international relations, and public policy, as well as health professionals, diplomats, and practitioners with a professional interest in global health security. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416489
- ISBN
- 9781421416489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Paperback. Essays describing how dramatic, and especially technoscientific, changes in the constitution, organization, and practices of contemporary biomedicine have coalesced since the mid-1980s in biomedicalization, the second transformation of American medicine. Editor(s): Clarke, Adele E.; Mamo, Laura; Fosket, Jennifer Ruth; Shim, Janet K. Num Pages: 512 pages, 21 photographs, 3 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: MBG; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714. Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S. 472 pages, 25 illustrations. Editor(s): Clarke, Adele; Mamo, Laura; Fosket, Jennifer Ruth. Essays on the impact of biomedical technologies--MRI scans, assisted reproduction and specialized drugs--on the social construction of gender. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: MBG; MQW. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 30. Weight: 708.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345701
- ISBN
- 9780822345701
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.19
€ 41.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. This title takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects patients, doctors, and the institution of medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 figures, 1 halftone, 4 tables. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131884
- ISBN
- 9781592131884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In 2005, American experts sent out urgent warnings throughout the country: a devastating flu pandemic was fast approaching. Influenza was a serious disease, not a seasonal nuisance; it could kill millions of people. This book explores how American experts framed a catastrophe that never occurred. Num Pages: 250 pages, 18 b/w. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284098
- ISBN
- 9780520284098
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. In 1831, Cholera swept from Asia across Continental Europe, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. John Snow worked out that cholera spreads through drinking water. Drawing on 19th century medical, political and personal records, this book presents various diversions into aspects of medical and social history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; MBNS; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079373
- ISBN
- 9781862079373
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Hardback. Examines how commercial medicine operated before the foundation of the NHS, and how this could be compatible with a system based on charity. It challenges the assumptions of historians, politicians and the public. Series Editor(s): Waddington, Keir. Series: Social Histories of Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526114327
- ISBN
- 9781526114327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.97
€ 57.97
Hardback. Mathematical modeling is critical to our understanding of how infectious diseases spread at the individual and population levels. This book explains how to translate biological assumptions into mathematics to construct useful and consistent models, and how to use the biological interpretation and mathematical reasoning to analyze these models. Series: Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology. Num Pages: 520 pages, 53 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: MBNS; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155395
- ISBN
- 9780691155395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.91€ 95.13
€ 124.91
€ 95.13
Paperback. This book details all aspects of simulation in medical education and evaluation. It details current techniques and technologies, including concepts and capabilities, and offers tips on funding, development, accreditation, and marketing of simulation centers. Editor(s): Levine, Adam I.; DeMaria, Samuel; Schwartz, Andrew D.; Sim, Alan. Num Pages: 721 pages, 176 black & white illustrations, 30 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBP; MJ; MMB; MMK; MMKL; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 278 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1706.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 730
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013, Corr. 2nd printing 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461459927
- ISBN
- 9781461459927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 168.88
€ 168.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446252512
- ISBN
- 9781446252512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Paperback. Explores the moral lives of mental health clinicians serving the most marginalized individuals in the US healthcare system. This title traces the ethical dilemmas and everyday struggles of front line providers. It shows how people working deep inside the system struggle to maintain their ideals and manage a chronic sense of futility. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346. Voices from the Front Line of Community Psychiatry. 248 pages. Explores the moral lives of mental health clinicians serving the most marginalized individuals in the US healthcare system. This title traces the ethical dilemmas and everyday struggles of front line providers. It shows how people working deep inside the system struggle to maintain their ideals and manage a chronic sense of futility. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBPK. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 14. Weight: 346.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274792
- ISBN
- 9780520274792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. This authoritative edited text looks at how diverse and complicated experiences of loss can be for people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID). It discusses current theory, practice issues in health and care settings, and specific considerations for children, individuals with autism, those in forensic environments, and those facing their own death. Editor(s): Read, Sue. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 black and white. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053693
- ISBN
- 9781849053693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the legal issues in relation to counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. This work provides coverage of the key developments in the law that have had major impact on therapists' practice with regard to data protection and the management of confidentiality. Series: Professional Skills for Counsellors Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSN2; LNTM; MBQ; MMJT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412900065
- ISBN
- 9781412900065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.77
€ 59.77
Paperback. Provides a concise reference for practicing epidemiologists, and provides trainee readers with a thorough understanding of basic the concepts which are critical to understanding specialist areas of infectious disease epidemiology Editor(s): Abubakar, Ibrahim; Stagg, Helen; Cohen, Theodore. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MBNS; MJCJ. Dimension: 180 x 100. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719830
- ISBN
- 9780198719830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.94
€ 113.94
Paperback. Learning About Mental Health Practice covers the key areas of contemporary mental health practice and is ideal for those in the early stages of their mental health training. The text is organized into three parts. Editor(s): Stickley, Theo; Bassett, Thurstine. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470512272
- ISBN
- 9780470512272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH; MMBP; MMZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 243.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556432354
- ISBN
- 9781556432354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. Written by an autism expert who has witnessed in her own child the improvement that can be made through dietary intervention, this book offers a guide to the science behind the considerations; strategies for implementing a safe diet; a handy list of ingredients to be avoided; as well as a concise bank of essential resources and contacts. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MJNA; WBHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843109839
- ISBN
- 9781843109839
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Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. The Ethics of Sport explores moral issues that arise in sports in a manner that is accessible to a wide audience but which also explores and evaluates arguments on different sides of major controversies in the world of sports, such as the controversy over the use of performance enhancing drugs. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNJS; MBDC; WSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190270193
- ISBN
- 9780190270193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 1KBBSX; BM; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729544
- ISBN
- 9780896729544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.36
€ 31.99
€ 28.36
Paperback. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism, Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521264
- ISBN
- 9781487521264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226396101
- ISBN
- 9780226396101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00