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Medicine: general issues

Paperback. Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of disease. It is a vital field, central to the health of society, to the identification of causes of disease, and to their management and prevention. This Very Short Introduction dispels some of the myths relating to clinical trials, vaccination campaigns, and statistics concerning disease. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: MBNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199543335
ISBN
9780199543335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this title reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 420 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283824
ISBN
9780520283824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Kay Jamison draws on her work as a psychiatrist and researcher in mood disorders to explore connections between manic-depressive illness and artistic activity. She applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of artists including Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations facsim., genealogy, port. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JMAL; MBP; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684831831
ISBN
9780684831831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415744720
ISBN
9780415744720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.00

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Shah, Manish. Num Pages: 140 pages, 19 line illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Asthma Care
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954599614
ISBN
9780954599614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Clear, compassionate, and timely, Blue Marble Health is a must-read for leaders in global health, tropical medicine, and international development, along with anyone committed to helping the millions of people who are caught in the desperate cycle of poverty and disease. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27, 12 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: JFFA; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420462
ISBN
9781421420462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous writer of children's books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl's life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, this book uses Dahl's medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGT; DSBB; DSK; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383391
ISBN
9781781383391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Hardback. Presents a visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This volume combines detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, that forms a profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. It features historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 354 illustrations, 345 in colour. BIC Classification: AKLB; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500517345
ISBN
9780500517345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. A highly practical book that reflects the most frequently asked questions put to the BACP's advice line. Series: Legal Resources Counsellors & Psychotherapists. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MBQ; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 187 x 11. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848608863
ISBN
9781848608863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.63

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400046
ISBN
9781474400046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.83
€ 223.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH3; WSD; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Meyer & Meyer Sport
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Rep New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782550518
ISBN
9781782550518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.88

Hardcover. Explores the meaning of mental illness through the successive incarnations of the institution that defined it: the madhouse, designed to segregate its inmates from society; the lunatic asylum, which intended to restore the reason of sufferers by humane treatment; and the mental hospital, which reduced their conditions to diseases of the brain. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 191 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518977
ISBN
9780500518977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498740333
ISBN
9781498740333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473951969
ISBN
9781473951969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.13

Paperback. A modern, holistic approach to the NVQ/SVQ Level 5 Leadership and Management Award in Health and Social Care Series: Leadership & Management. Num Pages: 288 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; MBP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 266 x 14. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435075149
ISBN
9780435075149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.48

Paperback. The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing. Andrew Scull gives a fascinating account of this socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing the shifts in social, cultural, and medical perceptions through history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199692989
ISBN
9780199692989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0216175
ISBN
9780747565437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New
SKU
KHS0047276
ISBN
9780747565437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Written by scientists working in the field, this book will provide a series of "stories" about how disruption of the environment and transmission from animal hosts is responsible for emerging human and animal diseases. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 256 x 18. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Amer Society for Microbiology
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555818425
ISBN
9781555818425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.23

Paperback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700101
ISBN
9781501700101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

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