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History of medicine
Hardback. Although the subject of federally mandated Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) has been extensively debated, we actually do not know much about what takes place when they convene. This book melds observations of IRB meetings with the history of how rules for the treatment of human subjects were formalized in the United States. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; MBGR; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226770864
- ISBN
- 9780226770864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.67€ 88.84
€ 107.67
€ 88.84
Paperback. A fascinating narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs and the way in which they have shaped us from the author of Opening Skinner's Box. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MMGW; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Export
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471136894
- ISBN
- 9781471136894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Hardback. A fascinating narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs and the way in which they have shaped us from the author of Opening Skinner's Box. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MMGW; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471136887
- ISBN
- 9781471136887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.63
€ 25.99
€ 17.63
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629615
- ISBN
- 9781442629615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.58
€ 57.58
Paperback. First collected oral histories on tuberculosis in Canada's indigenous communities and the Indian Hospital System. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646507
- ISBN
- 9780888646507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
A history of the women who served Russia as wartime nurses during the Great War, featuring heretofore untold and highly compelling stories, filled with danger and deprivation, excitement and opportunity, sorrow and trauma, scandal and controversy. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; BK; HBWN; MBX; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621255
- ISBN
- 9780700621255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.91
€ 74.91
Paperback. A history of the controversial practice of self-experimentation. In telling the stories of pioneering researchers, the text offers a history of many of the most important medical advancements in recent years as well as centuries past - from anesthaesia to yellow fever to heart disease. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212817
- ISBN
- 9780520212817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. 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: 272 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226137827
- ISBN
- 9780226137827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.76
€ 53.99
€ 41.76
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
€ 23.99€ 19.26
€ 23.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612607
- ISBN
- 9780691612607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.36€ 57.06
€ 73.36
€ 57.06
Paperback. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734172
- ISBN
- 9780804734172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838753
- ISBN
- 9781843838753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBWP; JWTR; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845197186
- ISBN
- 9781845197186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 10.27
€ 30.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. * 'In every generation there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy' Ian Hacking Num Pages: 608 pages, 5pp of b/w int. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082346
- ISBN
- 9781844082346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFFH; JPH; JPWD; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 45. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900014
- ISBN
- 9781517900014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. In his unique sourcebooks, Liu Yanchi not only provides an invaluable reference for the practitioner of traditional medicine, but also an enlightening, readable introduction for anyone interested in Chinese culture or holistic medicine. Translator(s): Fang Tingyu; Laidi, Chen. Num Pages: 479 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 479
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103596
- ISBN
- 9780231103596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. The sixth book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume one of two on the history of the Royal College of Physicians. Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; MBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706329
- ISBN
- 9781408706329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. For over two thousand years, attitudes to menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in classical texts, to the medical literature of the 18th century, to contemporary clinical approaches. It redresses the myths and captures the truths about menopause. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081711
- ISBN
- 9781847081711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
He finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886133
- ISBN
- 9780801886133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- John Libbey & Co Australia
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861966073
- ISBN
- 9780861966073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.07
€ 49.99
€ 36.07