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Paperback. Convinced that he had uncovered the single source of psychosis, Henry Cotton, superintendent of the Trenton State Hospital, New Jersey, launched a ruthless campaign to 'eliminate the perils of pus infection'. This book reconstructs a nightmarish, cautionary chapter in modern psychiatry when professionals failed to police themselves. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126709
- ISBN
- 9780300126709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
The first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine. Editor(s): Greene, Jeremy A.; Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405063
- ISBN
- 9781421405063
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Condition: New
€ 81.01
€ 81.01
Paperback. The description for this book, The Clock and the Mirror: Girolamo Cardano and Renaissance Medicine, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628103
- ISBN
- 9780691628103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62€ 51.21
€ 66.62
€ 51.21
hardcover. Editor(s): Greydanus, Donald E.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634847476
- ISBN
- 9781634847476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.10€ 183.25
€ 245.10
€ 183.25
Paperback. Considers the Victorian anti-vaccination movement in the context of debates over citizenship, parental rights, class politics, the significance of bodily integrity, the control of contagious disease, and state access to the bodies of both adult and infant subjects Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334231
- ISBN
- 9780822334231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
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
€ 104.53€ 85.66
€ 104.53
€ 85.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 85. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489587
- ISBN
- 9780801489587
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.18
€ 23.99
€ 22.18
Hardback. A frank portrayal of the medical care of dying people past and present, The Inevitable Hour helps to explain why a movement to restore dignity to the dying arose in the early 1970s and why its goals have been so difficult to achieve. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBX; MMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409191
- ISBN
- 9781421409191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.26
€ 29.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experiments in nursing and midwifery training in the nineteenth century. It traces the development of nurse training and discusses the problems that beset a fledgling profession. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MBX; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861560445
- ISBN
- 9781861560445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.03
€ 71.03
Hardback. As Fee demonstrates, not simply in its formation but throughout its history the School of Hygiene served as a crucible for the forces shaping the public health profession as a whole. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421100
- ISBN
- 9781421421100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.64
€ 40.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425238738
- ISBN
- 9780425238738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.67
€ 17.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto illustrates how this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution found the niche that allowed it to exist, to provide medical care to a massive patient body and at times even to flourish in the apartheid state. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868147472
- ISBN
- 9781868147472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.05
€ 39.05
Hardcover. Describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091926
- ISBN
- 9780719091926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776391
- ISBN
- 9780814776391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Investigates how deCODE Genetics, in Iceland, became one of the wealthiest companies of its kind, as well as one of the most scandalous, with its plan to use the genes and medical records of the entire Icelandic population for scientific research. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; MBX; MFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247512
- ISBN
- 9780520247512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
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
€ 41.84
€ 41.84
Paperback. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415758
- ISBN
- 9781421415758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.19
€ 34.99
€ 29.19
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606040
- ISBN
- 9780691606040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.22€ 54.52
€ 71.22
€ 54.52
Hardcover. Consisting of approximately fifteen hundred maxims from the ancient Greek physician, this book is organized according to traditional medieval subspecialties such as gyoecology, hygiene, and diet. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University
- Edition
- 1 Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842528764
- ISBN
- 9780842528764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43€ 64.35
€ 77.43
€ 64.35
This intriguing study will interest historians of medicine and science, policymakers, and clinicians alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883279
- ISBN
- 9780801883279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Paperback. The same changes that transformed the social construction of lead poisoning transformed medicine and health care, giving rise to modern environmentalism and fundamentally altered jurisprudence. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868207
- ISBN
- 9780801868207
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Condition: New
€ 41.40
€ 41.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages, tables & photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Libbey & Co Australia
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861966066
- ISBN
- 9780861966066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.05€ 42.92
€ 55.05
€ 42.92
Paperback. The seventh book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume two 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: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706343
- ISBN
- 9781408706343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.24
€ 15.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613942
- ISBN
- 9781442613942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
€ 31.99
€ 28.46