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Paperback. If we can decode the human genome and fashion working machines out of atoms, why can't we navigate the quagmire that is our health care system? This book recounts the fraught history of health care in America since the 1960s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illustrations, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024151
- ISBN
- 9780674024151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Hardback. Janeway was one of the most prominent paediatricians of the 20th century. This biography describes his illustrious medical family and his remarkable tenure of nearly three decades as Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and head of the department of medicine at Children's Hospital, Boston. Num Pages: 425 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023802
- ISBN
- 9780674023802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.29
€ 38.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. A generation has passed since a physician first noticed that women who drank heavily while pregnant gave birth to underweight infants with telltale physical characteristics. This book charts the course of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome through the courts, media, medical establishment, and public imagination. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 halftones, 1 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: MJTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022379
- ISBN
- 9780674022379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Hardcover. Essential reading for anyone interested in how the brain registers sensation and perception. Num Pages: 640 pages, 32 halftones, 121 line illustrations, 19 tables. BIC Classification: MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 217 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019744
- ISBN
- 9780674019744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.58€ 114.76
€ 129.58
€ 114.76
Hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the way in whiich Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019522
- ISBN
- 9780674019522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. This book chronicles the complex interactions between disease and the peoples of America from the pre-Columbian world to the present. In a powerful challenge to our tendency to see disease as unnatural and its virtual elimination as a real possibility, Grob asserts the undeniable biological persistence of disease. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017573
- ISBN
- 9780674017573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.69€ 67.40
€ 74.69
€ 67.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: MFCC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016217
- ISBN
- 9780674016217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology: The First ...
M.D. (Ed.) Walter H. Abelmann
Hardcover. This volume describes, analyzes, and evaluates the first 25 years of the collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Editor(s): Abelmann, W.H. Num Pages: 346 pages, 18pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBT; JNMN; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014589
- ISBN
- 9780674014589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.25
€ 31.99
€ 27.25
Hardcover. Based primarily on personal papers and correspondence that have remained in the possession of Smith's family, this is a biography of Theobald Smith, widely considered to be America's first significant medical scientist and a leading comparative pathologist. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MMFM; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012202
- ISBN
- 9780674012202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.30
€ 51.99
€ 43.30
Hardcover. Applying anti-trust tools wisely is a tricky business, and Haas-Wilson carefully explains how it can be done. Focusing on the economic concepts necessary to the enforcement of the anti-trust laws in healthcare markets, Haas-Wilson provides a useful roadmap for guiding the future of these markets. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC; KNS; LNCH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010529
- ISBN
- 9780674010529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.87€ 74.43
€ 82.87
€ 74.43
Hardcover. How do smokers evaluate evidence that smoking harms health? Some evidence suggests that smokers over-estimate health risks from smoking. This book challenges this conclusion and finds that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about their longevity and future health if they quit later in life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010390
- ISBN
- 9780674010390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.39€ 89.50
€ 100.39
€ 89.50
Hardcover. Having a baby is surely one of the pinnacle events of a woman's life. The resulting depression - how it is experienced, and how it might be relieved - is the subject of this volume, which recounts the stories of new mothers caught between a cultural ideal and a far more complex reality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBF; MMJ; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007611
- ISBN
- 9780674007611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.35€ 65.48
€ 72.35
€ 65.48
Paperback. Reviewing research and presenting empirical data from Sweden and elsewhere, the authors examine basic concepts, possible hypotheses, explanatory models, and policy solutions for the biological and social causes of the differences in health between men and women. Editor(s): Ostlin, Piroska; etc.; Danielsson, Finn; Harenstam, Annika; Lindberg, Gudrun. Translator(s): Duncan, Dorothy. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JH; JPQB; MBNH; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005280
- ISBN
- 9780674005280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.17
€ 17.99
€ 16.17
Hardcover. In the French Third Republic, nursing was an occupation caught in the crosscurrents of conflicting notions about the role of women. This deft political history shows how the turmoil and transformation of nursing during this period reflected the political and cultural tensions at work in the nation. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004917
- ISBN
- 9780674004917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.87€ 80.46
€ 89.87
€ 80.46
Paperback. Based on a long-term study begun in 1939 exploring the human life cycle, this work provides an analysis of individual differences in coping with stress in life. The author presents a clearly defined scheme of "adaptive mechanisms" that are rated mature, immature, neurotic or psychotic. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 tables and 4 figures. BIC Classification: JMC; JMS; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004146
- ISBN
- 9780674004146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.55
€ 38.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632065141
- ISBN
- 9780632065141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.83
€ 57.83
Hardcover. With contributions from over 100 leading authorities within the fields of exercise physiology, clinical internal medicine, sports medicine and traumatology, this book offers comprehensive coverage of both basic science and clinical aspects of sports injury and physical activity. Editor(s): Kjaer, Michael; Krogsgaard, Michael; Magnusson, Peter; Engebretsen, Lars; Roos, Harald; Takala, Timo; Woo, Savio. Num Pages: 816 pages, 457 illustrations. BIC Classification: MMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 257 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632065097
- ISBN
- 9780632065097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.77
€ 240.77
Paperback. Medicine and Surgery is an exciting new book that contains the core information needed by medical students in the run up to exams. This is the only book available that covers both medicine and surgery. Num Pages: 552 pages, 111. BIC Classification: MJ; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 192 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064922
- ISBN
- 9780632064922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rodriguez-Merchan, E. Carlos; Lee, Christine A. Num Pages: 232 pages, 124. BIC Classification: MJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064779
- ISBN
- 9780632064779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.48
€ 270.48
Paperback. Addresses issues and key concerns in accountability, focusing on accountability in the four main branches of nursing (adult, child, learning disabilities and mental health), as well as in midwifery, community nursing, and nursing management. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBQ; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632064694
- ISBN
- 9780632064694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97