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Health, Disease, and Illness

Health, Disease, and Illness



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Edition: 1
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1589010140



Health, Disease, and Illness: Concepts in Medicine


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Historically one can see that health, disease, and illness are concepts that have been ever fluid. Modern science, sociology, philosophy, even society -- among other factors -- constantly have these issues under microscopes, learning more, defining and redefining ever more exactly Medical books Health, Disease, And Illness: Concepts In Medicine By Arthur L Caplan Paperb. Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Health, Disease, and Illness: Concepts in Medicine by Arthur L Caplan Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New In the 1850s, quot;Drapetomania quot; was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of upp

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format paperback language english publication year 18 06 2004 subject medicine subject 2 medicine general title health disease and illness concepts in medicine author caplan arthur l editor mccartney james j editor sisti dominic a editor pellegrino edmund d foreward by publisher georgetown univ pr publication date jun 01 2004 pages 311 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 7 00 wx 9 75 hx 1 00 d isbn 1589010140 subject medical health policy brand new paperback all orders get full access to

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The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor -- and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental illness, or is mental illness just a myth? Is Alzheimer's really a disease? What is menopause -- a biological or a social construction?

Historically one can see that health, disease, and illness are concepts that have been ever fluid. Modern science, sociology, philosophy, even society -- among other factors -- constantly have these issues under microscopes, learning more, defining and redefining ever more exactly. Yet often that scrutiny, instead of leading toward hard answers, only leads to more questions. Health, Disease, and Illness brings together a sterling list of classic and contemporary thinkers to examine the history, state, and future of ever-changing "concepts" in medicine.

Divided into four parts -- Historical Discussions; Characterizing Health, Disease, and Illness; Clinical Applications of Health and Disease; and Normalcy, Genetic Disease, and Enhancement: The Future of the Concepts of Health and Disease -- the reader can see the evolutionary arc of medical concepts from the Greek physician Galen of Pergamum (ca. 150 ce) who proposed that "the best doctor is also a philosopher," to contemporary discussions of the genome and morality. The editors have recognized a crucial need for a deeper integration of medicine and philosophy with each other, particularly in an age of dynamically changing medical science -- and what it means, medically, philosophically, to be human.



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Walker's Mammals of the World

Walker's Mammals of the World



Author: Ronald M. Nowak
Edition: 6th
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801857899



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From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas, Ernest P. Medical books Walker's Mammals of the World . Walker's Mammals of the World is the most comprehensive—the pre-eminent—reference work on mammals. Now, completely revised and updated, this fascinating guide is better than ever. Providing a complete account of every genus of mammal in all historical time, the sixth edition is 25 percent longer than its predecessor. Of the previous generic accounts, 95 percent have been substantively modified, and there are 80 new ones—among them, three remarkable, large ungulates recently discovered in the forests of Indochina Medical books Walker's Mammals of the World (Two Volume Set). Categories: Mammals, Mammals->Classification. Contributors: Ronald M. Nowak - Author. Format: Hardcover

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Walker's Mammals of the World, ISBN-13: 9780801839702, ISBN-10: 080183970X

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1991. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes fifth edition 1991 hardcover large octavo 1629pp. respectively illustrated in b&w. Books fine with previous owner's signature to front end papers bindings tight texts clean bright and unmarked. DJs fine. "From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas Walker's Mammals of the World is the most comprehensive--the preeminent--reference work on mammals."



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Walker's Mammals of the World is the most comprehensive—the pre-eminent—reference work on mammals. Now, completely revised and updated, this fascinating guide is better than ever. Providing a complete account of every genus of mammal in all historical time, the sixth edition is 25 percent longer than its predecessor. Of the previous generic accounts, 95 percent have been substantively modified, and there are 80 new ones—among them, three remarkable, large ungulates recently discovered in the forests of Indochina. New also is a full account of the woolly mammoth, now known to have survived until less than 4,000 years ago.

Each section of the book describes one genus and includes facts such as scientific and common names, the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, locomotion, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, and longevity. Textual summaries present accurate, well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of mammals in every part of the world. As in the last two editions, the names and distributions of every species of every genus are listed in systematic order. These lists have now been cross-checked to ensure coverage of all species in the comprehensive new Smithsonian guide, Mammal Species of the World. Facts on the biology of mammals have been brought together from more than 2,700 newly cited references, nearly all published in the last decade. Also new are the latest data on reproduction, longevity, fur harvests, numbers in the wild and in captivity, and conservation status. The sixth edition also records all official classifications of every mammal species and subspecies in the massive 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

The illustrations—more than 1,700—include virtually every genus of mammal. Among them are pictures by such noted wildlife photographers as Leonard Lee Rue III, Bernhard Grzimek, David Pye, and Warren T. Houck. Mammals pictured here for the first time include the just-discovered giant muntjac deer of Viet Nam, a rodent known only from the Solomon Islands, a large fruit bat whose male suckles the young, and an extremely rare web-footed tenrec of Madagascar.

Since its publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers as well as an invaluable resource for professionals. This sixth edition represents more than half a century of scholarship—Ernest P. Walker himself devoted more than thirty years to the original project—and remains true to Walker's vision, smoothly combining thorough scholarship with a popular, readable style to preserve and enhance what the Washington Post called "a landmark of zoological literature."

In 1930, the great mammalogist Ernest P. Walker (1891-1969), who was then assistant director of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., set out to make a checklist of all the world's mammal species. Thirty-four years later, that simple catalog had grown into the huge first edition of Mammals of the World, a book dedicated to all mammals, "who contribute so much to the welfare and happiness of man, another mammal, but receive so little in return, except blame, abuse, and extermination."

Now in its sixth edition and compiled in two volumes, the even larger Mammals of the World contains thorough descriptions of every genus of the class Mammalia known to have lived in the last 5,000 years: 28 orders, 146 families, 1,192 genera, and 4,809 separate species. Volume 1 opens with the monotremes (including echidnas and the duck-billed platypus), which, write Walker and his successor Ronald Nowak, "resemble reptiles and differ from all other mammals in that they lay shell-covered eggs that are incubated and hatched outside of the body of the mother." The first volume then moves on to cover the insectivores, including an astonishing variety of bats, and closes with primates and carnivores. Volume 2 comprises the pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), moves through the cetacea (dolphins, porpoises, and whales) and artiodactyls (deer and their kin), and closes with a huge roster of rodents. It also contains an extensive bibliography numbering some 6,000 items, making the set of inestimable importance to students and professionals.

Many of those mammal species, Nowak writes, are now in jeopardy. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists 2,078 threatened species, an increase of 1,661 species over its first list, published in 1987. At the same time, Nowak adds, the U.S. Department of Interior list has grown by only 17 species, for, he continues, "The USDI classification process has become hopelessly subject to delay and manipulation by bureaucratic, political, and commercial interests." He argues that much greater effort needs to be given to protecting these animal citizens everywhere in the world. The knowledge of them that this extraordinary compilation affords is a start. --Gregory McNamee

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Statistical Methods for Reliability Data

Statistical Methods for Reliability Data



Author: William Q. Meeker
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0471143286



Statistical Methods for Reliability Data (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)


Amstat News asked three review editors to rate their top five favorite books in the September 2003 issue. Medical books Statistical Methods for Reliability Data . Statistical Methods for Reliability Data was among those chosen.

Bringing statistical methods for reliability testing in line with the computer age This volume presents state-of-the-art, computer-based statistical methods for reliability data analysis and test planning for industrial products. Statistical Methods for Reliability Data updates and improves established techniques as it demonstrates how to apply the new graphical, numerical, or simulation-based methods to a broad range of models encountered in reliability data analysis. It includes methods for planning reliability studies and analyzing degradation data, simulation methods used to complement large-sample asymptotic theory, general likelihood-based methods of handling arbitrarily censored data and truncated data, and more Medical books .

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Statistical Methods for Reliability Data was among those chosen.

Bringing statistical methods for reliability testing in line with the computer age This volume presents state-of-the-art, computer-based statistical methods for reliability data analysis and test planning for industrial products. Statistical Methods for Reliability Data updates and improves established techniques as it demonstrates how to apply the new graphical, numerical, or simulation-based methods to a broad range of models encountered in reliability data analysis. It includes methods for planning reliability studies and analyzing degradation data, simulation methods used to complement large-sample asymptotic theory, general likelihood-based methods of handling arbitrarily censored data and truncated data, and more. In this book, engineers and statisticians in industry and academia will find:

  • A wealth of information and procedures developed to give products a competitive edge
  • Simple examples of data analysis computed with the S-PLUS system-for which a suite of functions and commands is available over the Internet
  • End-of-chapter, real-data exercise sets
  • Hundreds of computer graphics illustrating data, results of analyses, and technical concepts

An essential resource for practitioners involved in product reliability and design decisions, Statistical Methods for Reliability Data is also an excellent textbook for on-the-job training courses, and for university courses on applied reliability data analysis at the graduate level.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available upon requestfrom the Wiley editorial department.

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Guide To Occlusal Waxing Epub

Guide To Occlusal Waxing



Author: Herbert T. Shillingburg
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Quintessence Pub Co
Binding: Spiral-bound
ISBN: 0867153857



Guide To Occlusal Waxing


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Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! pdf

Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy!



Author: Springhouse
Edition: Second
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0781792894



Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series®)


Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this book presents everything the nurse and nursing student needs to know about how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease. Medical books Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! . The book focuses on mechanisms of drug action; details specific drugs by pharmacologic class; reviews the nursing process related to each drug category for all body systems, plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs, and cancer drugs; and highlights potentially dangerous interactions, including drug-herb interactions.

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The book focuses on mechanisms of drug action; details specific drugs by pharmacologic class; reviews the nursing process related to each drug category for all body systems, plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs, and cancer drugs; and highlights potentially dangerous interactions, including drug-herb interactions.

This thoroughly updated Second edition includes the most current NANDA diagnoses. New chapters cover genitourinary drugs and drugs to treat fluid and electrolyte imbalances. Obesity drugs have been added to the gastrointestinal drugs chapter.



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False Hope

False Hope



Author: Richard A. Rettig
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0195187768



False Hope: Bone Marrow Transplantation for Breast Cancer


In the late 1980s, a promising new treatment for breast cancer emerged: high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation or HDC/ABMT. Medical books False Hope. By the 1990s, it had burst upon the oncology scene and disseminated rapidly before having been carefully evaluated. By the time published studies showed that the procedure was ineffective, more than 30,000 women had received the treatment, shortening their lives and adding to their suffering. This book tells of the rise and demise of HDC/ABMT for metastatic and early stage breast cancer, and fully explores the story's implications, which go well beyond the immediate procedure, and beyond breast cancer, to how we in the United States evaluate other medical procedures, especially life-saving ones.

It details how the factors that drove clinical use--patient demand, physician enthusiasm, media reporting, litigation, economic exploitation, and legislative and administrative mandates--converged to propel the procedure forward despite a lack of proven clinical effectiveness Medical books The Uses of Pessimism: And the Danger of False Hope (Paperback). Description not available.

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By the 1990s, it had burst upon the oncology scene and disseminated rapidly before having been carefully evaluated. By the time published studies showed that the procedure was ineffective, more than 30,000 women had received the treatment, shortening their lives and adding to their suffering. This book tells of the rise and demise of HDC/ABMT for metastatic and early stage breast cancer, and fully explores the story's implications, which go well beyond the immediate procedure, and beyond breast cancer, to how we in the United States evaluate other medical procedures, especially life-saving ones.

It details how the factors that drove clinical use--patient demand, physician enthusiasm, media reporting, litigation, economic exploitation, and legislative and administrative mandates--converged to propel the procedure forward despite a lack of proven clinical effectiveness. It also analyzes the limited effect of technology assessments before randomized clinical trials evaluated decisively the procedure and the ramifications of this system on healthcare today.

Sections of the book consider the initial conditions surrounding the emergence of the new breast cancer treatment, the drivers of clinical use, and the struggle for evidence-based medicine. A concluding section considers the significance of the story for our healthcare system.

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Contemporary Social Research Methods Using MicroCase, InfoTrac Version

Contemporary Social Research Methods Using MicroCase, InfoTrac Version



Author: Rodney Stark
Edition: 3
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0534581897



Contemporary Social Research Methods Using MicroCase, InfoTrac Version (with Workbook and Revised CD-ROM)


This fully integrated text/workbook/software package lets students experience the challenge and excitement of doing real social research. Medical books Contemporary Social Research Methods Using MicroCase, InfoTrac Version . The textbook provides a highly readable introduction to the fundamental processes and techniques of contemporary research - without the usual overload of obscure terms and rarely used methods. From the beginning of the textbook, discussions of data analysis are integrated with explanations of the research process. In this way, students understand the purpose behind - and the end result of - the techniques they learn. They stay focused on the "big picture Medical books Contemporary Social Research Methods Using MicroCase, InfoTrac Version (with Workbook and Revised CD-ROM). Contemporary Social Research Methods Using MicroCase, InfoTrac Version (with Workbook and Revised CD-ROM), ISBN-13: 9780534581893, ISBN-10: 0534581897

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Contemporary Social Research Methods Using Microcase, Infotrac Version [With CDROM and Workbook] by Rodney Stark, Lynne Roberts Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New This fully integrated text/workbook/software package lets students experience the challenge and excitement of doing real social research. The textbook provides a highly readable introduction to the fundamental processes and techniques of contemporary re

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The textbook provides a highly readable introduction to the fundamental processes and techniques of contemporary research - without the usual overload of obscure terms and rarely used methods. From the beginning of the textbook, discussions of data analysis are integrated with explanations of the research process. In this way, students understand the purpose behind - and the end result of - the techniques they learn. They stay focused on the "big picture." The accompanying workbook, written by Michael Corbett and Lynne Roberts, allows students to receive hands-on training and practical experience in doing social research. This collection of computer-based exercises requires students to think like social scientists. They work through the same questions, problems, and issues that researchers face. Social Research Using MicroCase provides the flexibility for a course, whether it follows a "lecture-and-test" format or includes independent research projects.

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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4



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Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0387950427



Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, ... Manual/ Systemic Bacteriology (2nd Edition))


Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the phyla Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Chlamydiae, Spirochetes, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Dictyoglomi, and Gemmatimonadetes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 153 genera in 29 families. Medical books Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4. Medical books Bergey's Manual Of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 4. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 4, Second Edition, Excellent condition.

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"Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the phyla Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Chlamydiae, Spirochetes, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Dictyoglomi, and Gemmatimonadetes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 153 genera in 29 families. Includes many medically important taxa.File Size: 11683 KBPrint Length: 974 pagesPublisher: Springer; 2 edition (November 24, 2010) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B007C5T994"

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Medicine, Law and the State in Imperial Russia

Medicine, Law and the State in Imperial Russia



Author: Elisa M. Becker
Edition: 1
Publisher: Central European University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9639776815



Medicine, Law and the State in Imperial Russia


Examines the theoretical and practical outlook of forensic physicians in Imperial Russia, from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, arguing that the interaction between state and these professionals shaped processes of reform in contemporary Russia. Medical books Medicine, Law and the State in Imperial Russia. Medical books Medicine, Law, and the State in Imperial Russia, 9789639776814. Medicine, Law, and the State in Imperial Russia, ISBN-13: 9789639776814, ISBN-10: 9639776815

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It demonstrates the ways in which the professional evolution of forensic psychiatry in Russia took a different turn from Western models, and how the process of professionalization in late imperial Russia became associated with liberal legal reform and led to the transformation of the autocratic state system. Demonstrates the processes by which legal, social, and institutional authority was invested in disciplinary, scientific knowledge, and how these processes were linked to the shaping of a particular vision of legality tailored to Russia's social and political conditions. Identifying the ways in which social actors merged legal reform efforts with their professional objectives, it argues that this interrelationship was productive of a particular occupational perspective and course of reform, rather than an underdeveloped shadow of developments in Western, liberal states.

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