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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

€ 104.62
€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

€ 77.53
€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

€ 55.12
€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. Presents a collection of representative historical texts that serve to trace and to illuminate the development of conceptions, policies, and treatments in public health from the dawn of Western civilization through the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century. This book provides annotated readings and biographical details. Editor(s): Schneider, Dona; Lilienfeld, David E. Num Pages: 770 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
770
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813542324
ISBN
9780813542324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.17
€ 61.41

Hardback. The story of the infamous "goat gland doctor" John R. Brinkley - controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario and prescient political campaigner - recounting his amazing rags to riches career. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 photographs, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122328
ISBN
9780813122328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.27

Hardback. Focusing on doctors' feuds and duels, yellow fever epidemics in Philadelphia, and a court-martial of the medical director of army hospitals in the Revolutionary War, this title is set during a time when American medicine was caught in a period of catastrophic change. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838641903
ISBN
9780838641903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Clinical Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854570901
ISBN
9781854570901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

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

€ 52.99
€ 40.33

hardcover. This book provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria from Paleolithic times up to the present. Series: Studies in Environment and History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b/w illus. 8 maps. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521854184
ISBN
9780521854184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.61

Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674168763
ISBN
9780674168763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.60

Hardcover. Covers treatises sixteen to twenty-one. This title includes central subjects of these treatises such as women's diseases, physical exercise, bathing, foods, and the consumption of drugs. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brigham Young University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842528436
ISBN
9780842528436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.53
€ 64.35

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464499
ISBN
9781580464499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.15

Paperback. Details the health issues faced by the Corps of Discovery on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 illustrations, 1 map, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; MBX; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235113
ISBN
9780803235113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.74

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