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Hardback. Authoritative, fascinating, and eye-opening, this short history of malaria concludes with policy recommendations for improving control strategies and saving lives. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 320 pages, 21, 2 black & white halftones, 19 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJC; MMRT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887123
ISBN
9780801887123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887161
ISBN
9780801887161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. , Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Rick Surpin, Independence Care System. Editor(s): Levine, Carol; Murray, Thomas H. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887710
ISBN
9780801887710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.84

Paperback. Chaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia. Num Pages: 144 pages, 35, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG; MBP; MJND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888274
ISBN
9780801888274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.04

Hardback. The intriguing and sometimes surprising information she presents will be valued by historians of medicine and classicists alike. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889783
ISBN
9780801889783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.30

Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890017
ISBN
9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.72

Paperback. Lindee's pathbreaking study shows the interdependence of technical and social parameters in contemporary biomedicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8, 7 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891014
ISBN
9780801891014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.19

Paperback. It will engage bioethicists and philosophers as well as inform policy and law regarding issues at the beginning and end of life. Editor(s): Lizza, John P. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893377
ISBN
9780801893377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.77

Hardback. Emphasizing creative engagement and hands-on care and featuring clinical vignettes and practical tips, this optimistic volume reinforces the potential for nursing homes and assisted living facilities to be communities where residents thrive. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MJX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893865
ISBN
9780801893865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.89
€ 65.90

Hardback. In providing empirical comparisons of access to care in these three health systems, the authors refute inaccurate claims about health care outside of the United States. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3, 2 black & white line drawings, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894442
ISBN
9780801894442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.83
€ 49.91

Paperback. Drawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894862
ISBN
9780801894862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.61

Hardback. This short, smart analysis will engage scholars across academia. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBC; MBDC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894909
ISBN
9780801894909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.54

Hardback. Neck pain is a common and debilitating problem. This guide to the nonsurgical treatment of neck pain tells people what they need to know to become a partner in charting an effective course of treatment. It identifies the various causes of pain and details the range of medical treatments and physical and alternative therapies available. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, 94, 83 colour illustrations, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJE; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896651
ISBN
9780801896651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Neck pain is a common and debilitating problem. This guide to the nonsurgical treatment of neck pain tells people what they need to know to become a partner in charting an effective course of treatment. It identifies the various causes of pain and details the range of medical treatments and physical and alternative therapies available. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, 94, 83 colour illustrations, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJE; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896668
ISBN
9780801896668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Hardback. The most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus. When the HPV vaccine first came to the market in 2006, it immediately grabbed attention. This book explores the national arguments and global disputes surrounding the hotly controversial HPV vaccine. Editor(s): Wailoo, Keith; Livingston, Julie; Epstein, Steven; Aronowitz, Robert A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MJCJ1; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 33. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896712
ISBN
9780801896712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.93
€ 63.34

Paperback. The most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus. When the HPV vaccine first came to the market in 2006, it immediately grabbed attention. This book explores the national arguments and global disputes surrounding the hotly controversial HPV vaccine. Editor(s): Wailoo, Keith; Livingston, Julie; Epstein, Steven; Aronowitz, Robert A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896729
ISBN
9780801896729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.74

Hardback. Jones compellingly narrates the biography of this frightfully hardy disease from the ancient world through the present day. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896965
ISBN
9780801896965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898143
ISBN
9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. , Creighton University Medical Center. Editor(s): Purtilo, Ruth B.; Have, Henk A. M. J. ten. Num Pages: 396 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBP; MJND; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898396
ISBN
9780801898396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.62

Hardback. Based on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1; HRA; MBX; MMF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898730
ISBN
9780801898730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.07
€ 58.30

Hardcover. Nothing short of a call to rework the psychiatric profession, Narrative Psychiatry advocates taking the inherently narrative-centered patient-psychiatrist relationship to its logical conclusion: making the story a central aspect of treatment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: MMH; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899027
ISBN
9780801899027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Paperback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899041
ISBN
9780801899041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.07

Hardback. By putting debates around stem cell research in to conversation with debates about universal healthcare, People's Science challenges readers to move beyond a narrow focus on bioethics to account for the larger social context in which new biotechnologies are coming to market. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804782968
ISBN
9780804782968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804787000
ISBN
9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.32

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