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Language is of central importance in children’s development and vital for their success at school and in the world beyond. Designed for the many professionals involved in encouraging language develo……続きを見る

The Science of Starving in Victorian Literature, Medicine, and Political Economy is a reassessment of the languages and methodologies used, throughout the nineteenth century, for discussing extreme ……続きを見る

Este livro descortina um dos mais incríveis legados da humanidade: a evolução dos hospitais e da medicina, num relato repleto de humor e erudição. Veremos que as primeiras cirurgias eram realizadas ……続きを見る

O que é a epidemiologia? Quais as causas de uma nova doença? Como uma pandemia pode ser evitada? A epidemiologia é o ramo da medicina que estuda a prevalência de doenças (contagiosas ou não) a fim d……続きを見る

First Place, History and Public Policy, 2010 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards This new interpretation of the history of nursing in the United States captures the many ways women r……続きを見る

This socially conscious, culturally relevant book explores the little-known history and present climate of Black people in the medical field. It reveals the deficiencies in the American healthcare s……続きを見る

First place, Large Nonprofit Publishers Illustrated Covers, 2010 Washington Book PublishersNamed one of the Top Five Books of 2009 by Anne Grant, The Providence Journal This history of father-daught……続きを見る

In 1786, Guatemalan priest Pedro José de Arrese published a work instructing readers on their duty to perform the cesarean operation on the bodies of recently deceased pregnant women in order to ext……続きを見る

Henry Daniel’s Liber Uricrisiarum is the earliest known work of academic medicine written in Middle English, presented here for the first time in a complete edition. Working in the late 1370s, Danie……続きを見る

Il libro: Medicina e magia popolare sono spesso vicine: sono in simbiosi e danno vita a una serie di pratiche che oggi in gran parte fanno parte dell’archeologia culturale: le sue pratiche non sono ……続きを見る

催眠術是清末民初時期最眾聲喧嘩的大眾科學， 展現菁英與常民、科學與迷信、心理學與靈學 在界線上的浮動和滲透， 並帶來深遠的社會和文化效應。 《精神的複調：近代中國的催眠術與大眾科學》從科學史的角度，結合……続きを見る

Life and Work of Erich Neumann: On the Side of the Inner Voice is the first book to discuss Erich Neumann’s life, work and relationship with C.G. Jung. Neumann (1905–1960) is considered Jung’s most ……続きを見る

“Forensic Psychology 101: A Quick Guide That Teaches You the Top Key Lessons About Forensic Psychology from A to Z” is aimed towards persons interested in a brief but comprehensive guide about the a……続きを見る

When Charles Miller Fisher was born in 1913 there was very little scientific knowledge about stroke. But thanks to him, our understanding of stroke and of other brain disorders are now well establis……続きを見る

A blend of theory and counseling techniques, this comprehensive text provides readers with an overview of several major counseling theories and their application to substance use disorders and addic……続きを見る

The book examines the history of abortion and contraception in Modern Greece from the time of its creation in the 1830s to 1967, soon after the Pill became available. It situates the history of abor……続きを見る

How does a boy from a financially and intellectually impoverished background grow up to become a Harvard researcher, win international acclaim for his groundbreaking work, and catch fire as a pionee……続きを見る

The creator of the famous "Obedience Experiments," carried out at Yale in the 1960s, and originator of the "six degrees of separation" concept, Stanley Milgram was one of the most innovative scienti……続きを見る

**The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought “Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after……続きを見る

In this riveting medical detective story, Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner recount the history of thalidomide, from the epidemic of birth defects in the 1960's to the present day, as scientists work ……続きを見る

Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fences, no guards, no locked gates. But McLean Hospital……続きを見る

In 1877, a young Freud met an established physician named Josef Breuer and they began a collaboration that would lead to the publication of the classic work, Studies on Hysteria. But by the time it ……続きを見る

El título de este libro alude a Freud; el subtítulo toma como referencia el pensamiento de Spinoza. Desde ambas perspectivas, el autor viene trabajando hace años para responder al desafío del psicoa……続きを見る

La lectura de este libro nos permite adentrarnos en debates que son a la vez, culturales e inherentes a la disciplina psicoanalítica en sí misma. También son, de modo paradójico, localmente francese……続きを見る

El mundo se encuentra sacudido por otra de las grandes crisis del capitalismo, la misma hace el barrido final a las ilusiones posmodernas. Así nos despedimos del supuesto fin de la historia que augu……続きを見る

This book comprises a series of lectures given by celebrated Soviet neurophysiologist Nikolai Alexandrovich Bernstein in Moscow in 1925 and first published in Russian in 1926. Bernstein’s groundbrea……続きを見る

Arguably the most informative and readable account of the development of British independent psychoanalysis, Eric Rayner’s The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis offers a coherent account of……続きを見る

Sigmund Freuda (1856-1939) fue un médico neurólogo austriaco de origen judío, padre del psicoanálisis y una de las mayores figuras intelectuales del siglo XX. Su interés científico inicial como inve……続きを見る

Throughout history, medical science has been at the helm of human development**,** from Neanderthals stitching their wounds with bone needles to modern organ transplantation. Robert Snedden explores……続きを見る

Basado en una extensa investigación de archivos en Perú, España e Italia, Preparando medicinas en Lima durante el temprano periodo colonial examina cómo se entrenaron los boticarios en la Ciudad de ……続きを見る