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Medicine
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
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
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169880
- ISBN
- 9780226169880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Paperback. This exploration of the work of nurses and other caregivers in nursing homes is set in the context of wider political, economic and cultural forces that influence, both positively and negatively, the quality of care for America's elderly. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JKSG; MBP; MQCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226144740
- ISBN
- 9780226144740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 514 pages, x, 504 p., 46 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: MBGR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143743
- ISBN
- 9780226143743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 44.25
€ 51.09
€ 44.25
Paperback. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226137841
- ISBN
- 9780226137841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.82
€ 24.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226137810
- ISBN
- 9780226137810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. Explores some of the mysteries and complexities of medicine while untangling the inherent conundrums of scientific research and highlighting its vagaries. This book considers the prevalence of tonsillectomies, the placebo effect and randomized control trials, bogus doctors, efficacy of vitamin C in fighting cancer and the chronic fatigue syndrome. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113678
- ISBN
- 9780226113678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. Explores the social, political and cultural impact of AIDS on the African-American community. Informed by interviews with activists, ministers, public officials and people with AIDS, the book brings to light how the epidemic fractured, rather than united, the black community. Num Pages: 492 pages, 9 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSL3; JPVH; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112893
- ISBN
- 9780226112893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation. The author offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226108834
- ISBN
- 9780226108834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
Hardcover. Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBF; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080178
- ISBN
- 9780226080178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.81€ 83.43
€ 99.81
€ 83.43
Hardcover. Intuition is central to discussions about the nature of scientific and philosophical reasoning and what it means to be human. In this book, the author marshals his dual training as a physician and philosopher to examine the place of intuition in medicine. Num Pages: 255 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488. A Philosophical Defense of Clinical Reasoning. 255 pages, 20 halftones. Intuition is central to discussions about the nature of scientific and philosophical reasoning and what it means to be human. In this book, the author marshals his dual training as a physician and philosopher to examine the place of intuition in medicine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: MBDC. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071664
- ISBN
- 9780226071664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
Paperback. How has bioethics evolved into a legitimate specialty? When is such expertise necessary? How do bioethicists make their decisions? And whose interests do they serve? This book addresses these questions while reflecting on the ethical dilemmas that the author's ethnographic research among surgeons and genetic counselors has provoked. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066776
- ISBN
- 9780226066776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu has noted, "AIDS is South Africa's new apartheid." This title traces the historical shifts in health policy after apartheid and describes their effects, detailing, in particular, the changing relationship between biomedical and indigenous health care, both at the national and the local level. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064598
- ISBN
- 9780226064598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. An account which compares the contemporary anorexic teenager, counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and the ascetic medieval saint, examining her every desire. Num Pages: 260 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCV; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Print
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042053
- ISBN
- 9780226042053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69