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Hardback. This work explores cosmetic surgery as a cultural phenomenon of late modernity. It shows how cosmetic surgery has been represented in medicine and popular culture, drawing upon a range examples taken from the media, music, performance art and literature. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; MNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514201
ISBN
9780742514201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.22

Paperback. This work explores cosmetic surgery as a cultural phenomenon of late modernity. It shows how cosmetic surgery has been represented in medicine and popular culture, drawing upon a range examples taken from the media, music, performance art and literature. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; MNPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514218
ISBN
9780742514218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.22

Hardback. A Christian Response to the New Genetics appeals to both secular and religious readers in the center of the great debate over our new genetic powers. These essays affirm many traditional Christian perspectives and virtues, while also introducing new insights. Editor(s): Smith, David H.; Cohen, Cynthia B. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFM; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514980
ISBN
9780742514980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.74

Hardback. A discussion of whether competent, terminally-ill patients have a right to die with the assistance of their physicians, or whether state and national governments have legitimate interests in forbidding this to happen. The debate covers constitutional issues and ethical and medical reflections. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFME; LND; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517240
ISBN
9780742517240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.99

Paperback. A discussion of whether competent, terminally-ill patients have a right to die with the assistance of their physicians, or whether state and national governments have legitimate interests in forbidding this to happen. The debate covers constitutional issues and ethical and medical reflections. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFME; LND; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517257
ISBN
9780742517257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardback. Wil Gesler examines how different environments affect physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional components of healing. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MBNH9; MX; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742519558
ISBN
9780742519558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.21

Paperback. Today patient-physician relationships are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the communication of scientific information to citizens. This gives us new obligations for clearer communication than ever before. This text argues for better communication practice in the doctor-patient relationship. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520295
ISBN
9780742520295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.53

Hardback. This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521957
ISBN
9780742521957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.38
€ 84.99

paperback. A collection of articles, essays, speeches and testimony, chronicling the start of America's national debate on genetics. It begins with selections from Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis, then looks to the future, moving on to the questions surrounding the debate over human cloning and stem cells. Editor(s): Kristol, William; Cohen, Eric. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521964
ISBN
9780742521964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.94

Hardback. This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Editor(s): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742528567
ISBN
9780742528567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.02

paperback. This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Editor(s): Conrad, Peter; Leiter, Valerie. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742528574
ISBN
9780742528574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.86

Paperback. Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, the author explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her 'parents' and family, and society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742529908
ISBN
9780742529908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.26

Hardback. As part of the Readings in Bioethics series, this volume collects critical essays by leading scholars on reproductive technologies, abortion, in vitro fertilization, prenatal diagnosis, and cloning. Editor(s): Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Readings in Bioethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; MFKC; MJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531505
ISBN
9780742531505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.27

Paperback. As part of the Readings in Bioethics series, this volume collects critical essays by leading scholars on reproductive technologies, abortion, in vitro fertilization, prenatal diagnosis, and cloning. Editor(s): Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Readings in Bioethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; MFKC; MJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531512
ISBN
9780742531512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.92

Hardback. Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. Editor(s): Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Readings in Bioethics. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742532151
ISBN
9780742532151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.74

hardcover. A medical ethicist offers a sober but ultimately encouraging assessment of the future of cloning, arguing ultimately that cloning will change the landscape of medicine and society in beneficial ways. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Hervorhebung
SKU
V9780742534087
ISBN
9780742534087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.36

Hardback. Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540699
ISBN
9780742540699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.15

Paperback. Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540705
ISBN
9780742540705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.72

Hardback. As HIV/AIDS wreaked havoc on the worlds of some of the most marginal and disenfranchised people in New York, they came together to create a shared response, forming an organizational field within which their various efforts were coordinated. This work offers a study of how communities organize in response to threats to their lives and well being. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKS; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540835
ISBN
9780742540835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.89

Paperback. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742543713
ISBN
9780742543713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.68

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