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Offers reflections, provocative questions, and practical strategies for ethical, responsible approaches to health history. In Do Less Harm, editors Courtney E. Thompson and Kylie M. Smith bring toge……続きを見る

This book is the first study to consider the extraordinary manuscript now known as the Carrara Herbal (British Library, Egerton 2020) within the complex network of medical, artistic and intellectual……続きを見る

Um estudo enriquecedor sob diversos aspectos, o material aqui contido proporciona aos leitores uma reflexão sobre a memória e a história de instituições públicas e privadas voltadas para a ciência d……続きを見る

Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies ac……続きを見る

In "Rules and Directions for the Employment of Injections in Various Diseases," Thomas Lewis presents a comprehensive examination of the therapeutic use of injections in medical practice during the ……続きを見る

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing……続きを見る

Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representation, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume. Following a survey of……続きを見る

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In 1930 the Cretan healer Nikolaos Konstantinos Theodorakis of Meronas re-copied a notebook containing medical lore passed down through his family over generations. The present volume offers an edit……続きを見る

The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces th……続きを見る

“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” ー Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The M……続きを見る

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents……続きを見る

“China Syndrome is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But that’s not all. For reade……続きを見る

This book offers a close glimpse of the nuanced dialectic between major psychoanalytic concepts and the sociopolitical environments in which such ideas were germinated, spread, took roots, and furth……続きを見る

Why do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this groundbreaking study of humor, is that jokes, like dreams, satisfy our unconscious desires. The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious explains ho……続きを見る

In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health an……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Vergänglichkeit" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Buch: "Die Trauer über den Verlust von etwas, d……続きを見る

This book provides an overview of the current epidemiology of the HIV epidemic among young people in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and examines the efforts to confront and reduce the high level ……続きを見る

Esta esmerada obra – que reúne um conjunto iconográfico singular, fruto de ampla pesquisa, e uma compilação dos mais expressivos documentos relativos à vida e à obra de Carlos Chagas – conduz o leit……続きを見る

O livro aborda o processo de especialização da atividade intelectual no Brasil durante as três primeiras décadas do século XIX, ao mesmo tempo em que analisa a emergência do ´cientista´ nesse proces……続きを見る

It is now thirty years since the discovery of AIDS but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. Inspired by his own experiences working as an infectious diseases physician in Africa, J……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Zur Geschichte der psychoanalytischen Bewegung" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Die Geschichte der Psych……続きを見る

Systems of Classification in Premodern Medical Cultures puts historical disease concepts in cross-cultural perspective, investigating perceptions, constructions and experiences of health and illness……続きを見る

This is the first historical dictionary of psychiatry. It covers the subject from autism to Vienna, and includes the key concepts, individuals, places, and institutions that have shaped the evolutio……続きを見る

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key t……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Werke: Psychoanalytische Studien + Theoretische Schriften + Briefe" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturge……続きを見る

The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions. The Locus of Care provid……続きを見る

The book consists of a selection of papers presented at the Asia-Pacific Research Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities. It contains essays on current legal issues in law and justice, and the……続きを見る

The Antibody Molecule follows the extraordinary journey of the medics and scientists who shaped the course of medical advances in the field of immunology. One of the oldest of the medical sciences, ……続きを見る

While the United States was dominant in the development of psychology for much of the twentieth century, other countries have experienced significant growth in this area since the end of World War I……続きを見る