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Few specialties have a longer or richer eponymous background than obstetrics and gynaecology. Eponyms add a human side to an increasingly technical profession and represent the historic tradition an……続きを見る

How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women’s bodies and how did it acknowledge women’s reproductive functions? Detailing women’s lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understud……続きを見る

This volume brings together for the first time an updated collection of articles exploring poverty, poor relief, illness, and health care as they intersected in Western Europe, the Mediterranean and……続きを見る

Banned in multiple countries for its frank depiction of the horrors of war, Ellen N. La Motte's The Backwash of War is one of the most stunning antiwar books ever published. "We are witnessing a pha……続きを見る

How deadly cholera pandemics transformed modern Iran. Pandemic cholera reached Iran for the first of many times in 1821, assisted by Britain's territorial expansion and growing commercial pursuits. ……続きを見る

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and sel……続きを見る

This book provides an overview and discussion of Cultural Psychology of Semiotic Dynamics (CPSD) as a general developmental science. It discusses the challenging interplay between the sophisticated ……続きを見る

This book expands the art historical perspective on art’s connection to anatomy and medicine, bringing together in one text several case studies from various methodological perspectives. The contrib……続きを見る

A perfect introduction for students and laypeople alike, A Degree in a Book: Psychology provides you with all the concepts you need to understand the fundamental issues. Filled with helpful diagrams……続きを見る

This book presents the early history of psychoanalysis, focusing on the network of psychoanalytic "filiations" and the context of discovery of crucial concepts, such as Freud's technical recommendat……続きを見る

This book sheds light on the history of Greek eugenics during the post-war period. At this time, eugenics had already been condemned by international declarations. Alexandra Barmpouti, however, chal……続きを見る

Em reportagem consagrada, Daniela Arbex denuncia um dos maiores genocídios do Brasil, no hospital Colônia, em Minas Gerais No Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Barbacena, conhecido apenas por Colôni……続きを見る

Trauma is a disease of epidemic proportions that preys on the young, killing more Americans up to age thirty-seven than all other afflictions combined. Every year an estimated 2.8 million people are……続きを見る

A timely examination of how restrictive policies force women to travel both within and across national borders to access abortion services. Safe, legal, and affordable abortion is widely recognized ……続きを見る

A comprehensive portrait of the osteopathic medical profession. Overcoming suspicion, ridicule, and outright opposition from the American Medical Association, the osteopathic medical profession toda……続きを見る

This book explores how madness was defined and diagnosed as a condition of the mind in the Middle Ages and what effects it was thought to have on the bodies, minds and souls of sufferers. Madness is……続きを見る

Pathologies of Modern Space traces the rise of agoraphobia and ties its astonishing growth to the emergence of urban modernity. In contrast to traditional medical conceptions of the disorder, Kathry……続きを見る

A frightening new plague. A medical mystery. A pioneering immunologist. In A Plague on All Our Houses, Dr. Bruce J. Hillman dissects the war of egos, money, academic power, and Hollywood clout that ……続きを見る

Esta obra é uma coletânea de trabalhos apresentados no XVII Encontro Winnicott, realizado em São Paulo, que contou com grande número de participantes do Brasil e da América Latina. Explana-se a pers……続きを見る

"Era melhor antes" – esta é a frase que abre este livro de Pontalis. O autor compara a memória à bolsa de uma mulher, em que "o fútil se esconde do olhar dos outros e o indispensável, de meus própri……続きを見る

A história de qualquer ciência remonta suas origens, dificuldades, insucessos, sucessos e evolução em sua trajetória e desenvolvimento. A história da Anatomia não é diferente e, mais ainda, por ser ……続きを見る

O uso adequado dos testes psicológicos exige o conhecimento dos pressupostos teóricos e das limitações dos diferentes tipos de instrumentos, além do momento histórico e social em que viviam seus aut……続きを見る

Elaborado com o objetivo de ser uma introdução aos estudos de História da Psicologia, este livro faz mais do que fornecer um "mapa" de orientação nesse campo. Em linguagem simples, questões, autores……続きを見る

Em edição revista e ampliada, História da Psicologia representa uma das mais importantes contribuições coletivas produzidas em nosso país no domínio da psicologia, mobilizando mais de trinta autores……続きを見る

A Chinese Physician is the portrait of a 16th century medical writer and clinical practitioner. Drawing on socio-economic/biographic, textual, and gender analysis along side a variety of sources, fr……続きを見る

Art, Psychotherapy and Psychosis reveals the unique role of art therapy in the treatment of psychosis. Illustrating their contributions with clinical material and artwork created by clients, experie……続きを見る

There are an increasing number of publications concerned with the work of Wilfred Bion (1897-1979). Many have sought new ideas from his writing however, little attention has been paid to the intelle……続きを見る

Whilst Michael Balint's applied work is widely known, many of his theoretical contributions have been incorporated into everyday analysis without due recognition of their source. In this account of ……続きを見る

Peter Fonagy Winner of the 2010 Sigourney Award! Joseph Sandler has been an important influence in psychoanalysis throughout the world during the latter part of the twentieth century, contributing t……続きを見る

Over the decades from 1900 to 1967 abortion was transformed from an important female-centred form of fertility control into a medical event, closely monitored by the State. This transition, the auth……続きを見る