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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€ 24.81
€ 29.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Broad in scope and sweep, Hamlin's study is a reflection of how the meanings of diseases continue to shift, affecting not only the identities we create but often our ability to survive. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20, 11 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415024
- ISBN
- 9781421415024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
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
€ 70.26€ 54.56
€ 70.26
€ 54.56
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934893756
- ISBN
- 9780934893756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.31€ 70.07
€ 84.31
€ 70.07
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1922
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642895555
- ISBN
- 9783642895555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.35
€ 89.35
Hardcover. Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors' ethical decision-making was led by their notions of male honour, professional politics and a paternalistic doctor-patient relationship rather than concern for patients' interests or the right of the sick to self-determination. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; MBDC; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553309
- ISBN
- 9780230553309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1928
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 1928th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662272817
- ISBN
- 9783662272817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.44
€ 68.44
Paperback. The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feeding into the process. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JHB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306886
- ISBN
- 9781349306886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback / so. Series: Fachbucher Fur Arzte (Closed). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1920
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662372951
- ISBN
- 9783662372951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.11
€ 70.11
Hardback. "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", more commonly known as the "DSM", is published by the American Psychiatric Association and aims to list and describe all mental disorders. This book offers a sustained philosophical critique of the "DSM" that addresses these concerns. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402033445
- ISBN
- 9781402033445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Paperback / so. Series: Meister Der Heilkunde. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1924
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709196052
- ISBN
- 9783709196052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403984227
- ISBN
- 9781403984227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardback. Epidemiology has come a long way since diseases were thought to be caused by 'pestilential vapours'. This fascinating history traces the evolution of epidemiology, with an emphasis on developments since World War II, and makes the case for continued vigilance. Editor(s): Pollock, George. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400739970
- ISBN
- 9789400739970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.89
€ 121.89
Hardcover. Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 242 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319548128
- ISBN
- 9783319548128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.13
€ 40.13
Paperback. Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photographs and engravings. BIC Classification: GBC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471245315
- ISBN
- 9780471245315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.01
€ 47.99
€ 33.01
Hardcover. Presents essays on the medical history of African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially in the South. This collection examines a variety of aspects of African American medical history, including health and illnesses, medical experimentation, early medical schools and medical professionals, and slave life insurance. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388788
- ISBN
- 9780873388788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 58.02
€ 63.23
€ 58.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBPK; MBX; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 187 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634848091
- ISBN
- 9781634848091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 285.70€ 212.03
€ 285.70
€ 212.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JB; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with some shelf wear, nicks and tears and some edgewear to DW
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002512
- ISBN
- 9780870234705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This book examines the striking way in which medical and scientific work on hearing in 18th and 19th-century France helped to shape modern French society and culture. The author argues that of all the senses hearing offered the greatest resources for remodelling the idea of the universal human condition within the modern French historical setting. Num Pages: 179 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455345
- ISBN
- 9781137455345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the way in whiich Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019522
- ISBN
- 9780674019522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.30
€ 44.99
€ 37.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Anderson, Julie. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBG; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986443
- ISBN
- 9781403986443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.11
€ 123.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244454
- ISBN
- 9780823244454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.41
€ 35.99
€ 32.41
Paperback. New perspectives on the history of twentieth century public health in Europe. Editor(s): Solomon, Susan Gross; Murard, Lion; Zylberman, Patrick. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464550
- ISBN
- 9781580464550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.32
€ 43.99
€ 36.32
Paperback. Focuses on the life, practices, and accumulated knowledge of the late A L Tommie Bass, a widely-known and admired Appalachian herbalist. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780822320173
- ISBN
- 9780822320173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33