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A masterful synchronization of history and cutting-edge science shines new light on humanity’s darkest diagnosis. Over 50,000 copies sold! “Tripping over the Truth will have profound consequences fo……続きを見る

A profound, human history of biology’s most vital idea. From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies comes a sweeping exploration of the cell – the building blo……続きを見る

2021年歐巴馬總統最愛書籍 巴美列．捷福獎非虛構寫作獎 《紐約時報》暢銷書 《時代》雜誌百大好書 亞馬遜近一萬讀者4.7顆星好評 Goodreads逾七萬讀者4.6顆星好評 　　因慈善事業聞名的薩克勒家族，利用鎮定劑煩寧……続きを見る

We are living in a stressful world, yet despite our familiarity with the notion, stress remains an elusive concept. In The Age of Stress, Mark Jackson explores the history of scientific studies of s……続きを見る

The burgeoning field of Lacan studies critiques that most discourses have been formed in dominant cultures, considering the impacts of Western imperialism on the structure of non-Western or postcolo……続きを見る

Unraveling the enigma of the human heart – a captivating journey through medical history and personal discovery For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shudder……続きを見る

William Glasser's classic bestseller examines his alternative to Freudian psychoanalytic procedures, explains the procedure, contrasts it to conventional treatment, and describes different individua……続きを見る

This book charts the journey of British General Practitioners (GPs) towards professional self-realisation through the development of a political consciousness manifested in a series of bruising enco……続きを見る

A New York Times Bestseller **Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian "Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hi……続きを見る

This volume offers a comprehensive biography of the Roman physician Galen, and explores his activities and ideas as a doctor and intellectual, as well as his reception in later centuries. Nutton’s w……続きを見る

Medical Licensing and Discipline in America traces the evolution of the U.S. medical licensing system from its historical antecedents in the 18th and 19th century to its modern structure. David A. J……続きを見る

In 1831, an unknown, horrifying and deadly disease from Asia swept across Continental Europe, killing millions in its path and throwing the medical profession into confusion. Cholera is a killer wit……続きを見る

A brilliantly witty book about the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter and the guru of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Welsh-born psychoanalyst Ernest Jones was S……続きを見る

The fascinating and controversial history of personality disorders. The concept of personality disorders rose to prominence in the early twentieth century and has consistently caused controversy amo……続きを見る

This book examines British eugenics from its origins in 1865 to the early 1990s. It considers the two institutions promoting the doctrine: the Galton Laboratory attached to the University of London;……続きを見る

本書蒐集、譯註日治臺灣時期的醫療、公衛重要史料及文獻，是研究日治臺灣醫療公衛史極其重要的必備書。內容共分三部分：第壹部，譯註堀內次雄、丸山芳登撰寫之〈臺灣醫事衛生年表〉，記述當時醫療、公共衛生重要大……続きを見る

The Life and Work of Joan Riviere traces her journey from dressmaker’s apprentice, and member of the Society for Psychical Research, to Sigmund Freud’s patient and his favourite translator. Marion B……続きを見る

Co to jest neuropsychologia i jak to działa? Przewodnik ten ma na celu wprowadzenie czytelnika w tę dziedzinę, starając się w prosty sposób przekazać wiedzę, z której się składa. Wewnątrz podręcznik……続きを見る

This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women. With a particular focus on sixteen……続きを見る

Ferenczi for Our Time stakes its greatest claim on the reader's attention by making manifest the contours of a distinctively Ferenczian tradition in the history of psychoanalysis, covering methodolo……続きを見る

Over the past 70 years or so, psychiatry has come out of the shadows. With it, has come the truly exceptional leaders that have spearheaded the investigations, interventions, medications, and develo……続きを見る

Bodily Matters explores the anti-vaccination movement that emerged in England in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth in response to government-mandated smallpox vaccination. By requiring……続きを見る

服裝改變我們對世界的看法，也改變世界看待我們的方式。〜吳爾芙 《紐約客》雜誌年度最佳書籍 《魅力》雜誌 二○二二年第一季年度好書 《哈潑時尚》雜誌 二○二二最佳年度新書 本書不僅是一部人類服裝的社會史、深刻……続きを見る

Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine and of public health in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, local and national focuses still pred……続きを見る

The Lumber Room: Mental Illness in the House of Medicine (second edition published in 2016) is a lively, literate examination of handbooks written to help doctors distinguish mental illness from phy……続きを見る

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology, based on one of Yale’s most popular courses of all time How does the brainーa three-po……続きを見る

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston Globe An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addictionーa phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunders……続きを見る

Originally published in 1981, this volume brings together contributions by several of the authors whose research had contributed significantly to the recent advances in our understanding of the role……続きを見る

Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand. Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world ……続きを見る

This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Vaccinating Britain shows how the British public has played a central role in the development of vaccination policy since ……続きを見る