Medicine

Lee Johnson was a man with simple dreams. All he wanted was a steady job and a nice home for his wife and children, something better than the hard life he k...

North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting many t...

In the current environment of deepening class and income inequality, it is essential to understand the socio-economic conditions that shape the health of in...

A Discussion Of Yeast And How It Can Adversely Affect Your Health. Provides Information On Diet, Studies, Tests, Treatments, And Other Information On Proble...

Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in c...

For Decades, Experts Have Puzzled Over Why The Us Spends More On Health Care But Suffers Poorer Outcomes Than Other Industrialized Nations. Bradley And Tayl...

A Philosophy Professor Discusses The Right To Health And Explores Both Views On The Issue Including The Idea That It Is A Fundamental Right Along The Lines ...

An urgent and moving exploration of the Alzheimer's epidemic, The Forgetting is a dazzling meditation on the nature of memory and self and on the disease t...

This Book Is An Introduction To Issues Of The Social Determinants Of Health. Social Determinants Of Health Of The Living And Working Conditions That Shape W...

It Happened This Way: I Fell In Love And Then, Because The Love Was Ruining Everything I Cared About, I Had To Fall Out. So Begins Drinking: A Love Story, J...

Why The Modern World Forgot How To Sleep Why Is Sleep Frustrating For So Many People? While Human History Presents A Vast Diversity Of Sleeping Styles, Toda...

To Remedy Means To Heal, To Cure, To Set Right, To Make Reparations. The Remedy Invites Writers And Readers To Imagine What We Need To Create Healthy, Resil...

Decisions Made By The Food, Tobacco, Alcohol, Pharmaceutical, Gun, And Automobile Industries Have A Greater Impact On Today's Health Than The Decisions Of S...

Product Description From an award-winning science journalist, a “deeply researched, entertaining, and impassioned exploration of sanitation” (Natur...

Product Description "This book’s great service is that it challenges us to consider the ways in which our institutions and systems, and the assumptio...

Examines Ethical Dilemmas Found Within The Field Of Medicine In Canada. The Author Includes Real-life Stories As Well As His Own Experiences As A Patient Wi...

In This Book, Historian Judith Walzer Leavitt Tells The Remarkable Story Of Mary Mallon, The Woman Known As Typhoid Mary. Combining Social History With Biog...

Based, In Part, On Dr. Brian Goldman's Personal Search Around The World, From Canada To Brazil, India To Japan, To Rediscover And Rekindle His Own Capacity ...

national Bestseller“the Most Lacerating Tale Of Drug Addiction Since William S. Burroughs’ junky.” —the Boston Globethe Introduction, Discussion Questions,...

The provision and use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing globally over the last 40 years. As CAM develops alongs...

Beginning with a focus on the ethical foundations of caregiving in health and expanding towards problems of ethics and justice implicated in a range of issu...

Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatize...