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Paperback. Challenging the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with European disease, Lux argues that the diseases killing the Plains people were not contagious epidemics but grinding poverty, malnutrition, and overcrowding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 6 graphs, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082954
- ISBN
- 9780802082954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.42
€ 44.99
€ 39.42
Paperback. In 'Medicine of the Prophet', Ibn Qayyim presents a concise summary of how the Prophet's guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Translator(s): Johnstone, Penelope. Num Pages: 350 pages, glossaries, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH; JFSR2; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621224
- ISBN
- 9780946621224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.66
€ 31.99
€ 22.66
paperback. Series: Folk wisdom series. Num Pages: 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQ; JFSL9; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879181373
- ISBN
- 9781879181373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.83
€ 15.99
€ 15.83
Hardback. Joshua David Bellin examines the complex issues surrounding Indian sacred performance in its manifold and intimate relationships with texts and images by both Indians and whites. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; HRKT; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240344
- ISBN
- 9780812240344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.48
€ 88.48
Hardcover. There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine-as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes-across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tibetan medicine is not only known as a scholarly medical tradition among other Asian medical systems.. Editor(s): Adams, Vincanne; Schreempf, Mona; Craig, Sienna R. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRAM3; JHM; MBS; MX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457587
- ISBN
- 9781845457587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.50
€ 165.50
Paperback. This unique and comprehensive second edition of an important volume presents writing from renowned authors about achieving social justice in medicine. Each of the 42 chapters addresses continuing and emerging policy challenges facing medicine. They deepen our understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of issues in the contemporary debate. Editor(s): Rhodes, Rosamond; Battin, Margaret; Silvers, Anita. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JFF; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199744206
- ISBN
- 9780199744206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 198.55
€ 198.55
Paperback. Offers an insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks that translated as racial inferiority. This work evaluates the diet, hygiene, clothing, and living and working conditions of African Americans, and analyzes the diseases and health conditions that afflicted them in urban areas, at industrial sites, and on plantations. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252008740
- ISBN
- 9780252008740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LN; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876685747
- ISBN
- 9780876685747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Paperback. This volume offers a broad perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe up to the advent of welfare states in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Barry, Jonathan; Jones, Colin. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JHM; JKSB; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390. Good copy 8vo. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304503
- ISBN
- 9780415111362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 343 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9; VXHT; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486259512
- ISBN
- 9780486259512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.11
€ 23.11
Paperback. Heart Disease and Durable Preoccupations with Difference. Series: Experimental Futures. 280 pages, 5 illustrations. Proposes that medical treatment should be seen as a site of, rather than an alternative to, political and social contestation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHM; MBDC; MJD. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353447
- ISBN
- 9780822353447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Ray, Robert L.; Watkins, Mackenzie A. Num Pages: 118 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSF; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619428898
- ISBN
- 9781619428898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.25€ 114.87
€ 168.25
€ 114.87
Hardback. Why and how did ADHD become the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder among children and adolescents, as well as one of the most controversial? This work argues that an alignment of social and economic trends and incentives converged in the early 1990s with greater scientific knowledge to make ADHD the most prevalent pediatric mental disorder. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JMC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031630
- ISBN
- 9780674031630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.56€ 56.30
€ 61.56
€ 56.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Marshall, Elena. Num Pages: 113 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; LNTJ; LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634825245
- ISBN
- 9781634825245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32€ 145.07
€ 194.32
€ 145.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Baylis, Charles V. Num Pages: 167 pages, b/w illus, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JKSB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760312
- ISBN
- 9781608760312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.92€ 100.70
€ 146.92
€ 100.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Williamson, Alice R. Num Pages: 114 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607411086
- ISBN
- 9781607411086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.71€ 70.02
€ 100.71
€ 70.02
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560726944
- ISBN
- 9781560726944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.19€ 83.20
€ 110.19
€ 83.20
Paperback. The male body in the study of gender, health, and medicalization largely has been ignored. This book presents research into the definition and regulation of masculinity by medicine. The introduction traces sociological work on medicalisation, masculinities, and the body. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Dana; Faircloth, Christopher A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 336 x 252 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9781592130986
- ISBN
- 9781592130986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.34
€ 31.99
€ 28.34
Paperback. Introduces students of sociology and health care to the fields of medical knowledge and medical work. This book chronicles research in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the years. It summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised in this period. Editor(s): Annandale, Ellen; Elston, Mary Ann; Prior, Lindsay. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223276
- ISBN
- 9780631223276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, 55 black & white halftones, 5 bl. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHB; MBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 14th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138668324
- ISBN
- 9781138668324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.75
€ 118.75