.png){kind=logo}
Medicine
Results 1201 - 1224 of 16427
Medicine
Hardcover. Argues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFS; MBGR; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226213095
- ISBN
- 9780226213095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.94€ 79.61
€ 94.94
€ 79.61
Paperback. Through engaging narratives of illness, medical work, and nursing in which people choose to act in ways that affirm their humanity, this book depicts the transformation of demoralized medicine into caring relationships through generosity - generosity towards both others and oneself. It demonstrates how generosity is renewed through dialogue. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260174
- ISBN
- 9780226260174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.08
€ 31.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. A primer on psychotherapeutic technique. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265995
- ISBN
- 9780226265995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 236 pages, 17figs. BIC Classification: JMAF; MM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284873
- ISBN
- 9780226284873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226314525
- ISBN
- 9780226314525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. As the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question. This title offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma, by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe and the United States. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 line drawings, 3 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JKS; MBP; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 185 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226322377
- ISBN
- 9780226322377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMN; PDX; PHN; PNRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323961
- ISBN
- 9780226323961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. This standard textbook on battered children updates and adds to the previous editions, while retaining their multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach. It contains chapters on the current treatment and prevention of child abuse, covering paediatrics, psychiatry, and social and legal studies. Editor(s): Helfer, Ray E.; Kempe, C.Henry; Krugman, Richard D. Num Pages: 684 pages, 106 halftones, 6 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JHBK; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326238
- ISBN
- 9780226326238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian in. Num Pages: 394 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226379401
- ISBN
- 9780226379401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 284 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226404820
- ISBN
- 9780226404820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Hardcover. Until the early 1960s, cancer treatment consisted of surgery and radiation therapy. Most practitioners then viewed the treatment of terminally ill cancer patients with heroic courses of chemotherapy as highly questionable. This title explores how practitioners established a style of practice, at the center of which lies the clinical cancer trial. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 halftones, 28 line drawings. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428918
- ISBN
- 9780226428918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.94€ 79.61
€ 94.94
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HB; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226429724
- ISBN
- 9780226429724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.13€ 80.56
€ 96.13
€ 80.56
Paperback. In 2003, in the face of errors and accidents caused by medical and surgical trainees, the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandated a reduction in resident work hours to eighty per week. This title takes up the apparent paradox of medical professionals resisting reforms designed to help them and their patients. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430034
- ISBN
- 9780226430034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This text investigates the history of the concept of trauma. It also explores the emergence of multiple personality disorder, Freud's approaches to trauma, medical responses to shell-shock and combat fatigue, and Sandor Ferenczi's revisions of psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMA; MJN; MMKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226477664
- ISBN
- 9780226477664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 568 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482330
- ISBN
- 9780226482330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.79
€ 44.99
€ 34.79
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 448 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MFG; MJN; PDX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482354
- ISBN
- 9780226482354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions, which it had done since the Revolutionary War. This title includes a story that culminates in the postwar establishment of the Veteran's Administration. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWJ; MQV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482538
- ISBN
- 9780226482538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.94€ 79.61
€ 94.94
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, 40 halftones, 100 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBGR; MFC; MNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226490151
- ISBN
- 9780226490151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 46.16
€ 53.41
€ 46.16
Hardcover. Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714-74), an artist and scientist, surmounted meager origins and limited formal education to become one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. This title tells the story of her arresting life and times. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 colour plates, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AFKB; BGH; HBJD; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520810
- ISBN
- 9780226520810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.03€ 44.25
€ 51.03
€ 44.25
Paperback. This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and presents empirical and theoretical work which aims to determine more accurate predictions of violent behaviour. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 334 pages, 7 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMAL; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534060
- ISBN
- 9780226534060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Through combined theoretical and empirical study, this work argues that transgendered people are not so much "produced" by medicine or psychiatry as they are "erased", or made invisible, in a variety of institutional and cultural settings. Num Pages: 354 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSK; JMU; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226568102
- ISBN
- 9780226568102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Mema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSK2; JMU; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682570
- ISBN
- 9780226682570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; HBTB; MBPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709642
- ISBN
- 9780226709642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91