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Proctor studies the connections between the "normal" and the "monstrous" aspects of Nazi science and policy, to explain the horror of fascism, and its appeal even to otherwise right-thinking Germans.

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A guide to how modern medicines are made and how they reach the public. This book leads the reader through the maze of the modern drug industry - from bench to bedside - and provides consumers with a step-by-step understanding of how medicines are created, approved, marketed, and sold.

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The New Motherhoods: Patterns of Early Child Care in Contemporary Culture offers innovative perspectives in psychotherapy that accommodate emerging pathways to parenthood, changing roles of mothers, and evolving patterns of family structure. Incorporating the most current rese...

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Charts the significance and impact of the human nose across different cultures throughout history, identifying its place in anthropology, art, health, sex, science, and other fields while considering its role in big business, from plastic surgery to allergies. Reprint.

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The nursing assistant has a special and vital role in nursing home care.

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This book presents original papers from Bowen's NIMH Family Study Project with commentaries concerning the origins and developments of family psychotherapy and the beginnings of a new type of therapeutic relationship. Far from being historical relics, the Family Study Project ...

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Until now, there has been an absence of information providing a clear and concise methodology for nurse anesthetists seeking to establish interventional pain practices. For the CRNA, nurse manager, or hospital administrator looking for answers, this is your starting point!

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At 47, Jonathan Brewster finally feels like he's king of the world - he has a lucrative job, a happy marriage, two children in private schools, an impressive house and a flashy car, but he has neglected his health. Urologist and author Mohamed Khadra comes into contact with his patient when he is diagnosed with bladder cancer.

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She gives graphic examples of actual events that illustrate the problems cited in a federal Institute of Medicine report showing medical errors in the hospital cause 44,000 to 98,000 deaths each year.

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A vivid, sweeping, history of mankinds battles with infectious disease that contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic for readers of bestsellers Yuval Hararis Sapiens and John Barrys The Great Influenza.

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This book examines the quest to promote the health and vigour of individuals and populations in Denmark and England. Based on a detailed account of obesity control and mental recovery programs, the book shows that these interventions are supported by a form of optimistic vitalism that seems to have no political limitations. -- .

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Provides a comprehensive, comparative study of global vaccine politics and their social, economic and historical context. -- .

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The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy: When Therapy Works-And When It Doesn't presents specificity theory, a contemporary process theory of psychotherapy that holds that each therapist-patient dyad constitutes a unique reciprocal system, challenging us to reconsider how ps...

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This combination makes it more likely that patients will sue when something goes wrong.

The so-called medical practice crisis is mostly the result of a system of health care that has promoted professional dominance and high-tech care.

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The book explains, with a simple overview of hearing anatomy and physiology, how we hear, and details hearing evaluation tests, the interpretation of those tests, and the conditions that most commonly cause hearing loss in adults.

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Written by experts in psycho-oncology, this book synthesizes the findings of the latest research on women's cancers to empower women to make informed choices about treatment options.

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Covering the years leading up to the Progressive Era through the 1920s, this book provides entries on the central figures, events, crusades, legislation, publications and terms of the health reform movements, while a detailed timeline ties health reform to political, social, and religious movements.

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The stem cells at the center of the cluster have the potential to become specialized cells that could one day benefit millions of Americans. Confounding the traditional polarized politics of the country previously dominated by anti-abortion and pro-choice politics, the politics of stem cell research may be redrawing the contours of public life.

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Now in paperback comes the book that presents the safest, most effective known strategy for fighting the number one cancer among American men.

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In the years between 1900 and 1930, American psychiatrists transformed their profession from a marginal science focused primarily on the care of the mentally ill into a discipline concerned with analyzing the common difficulties of everyday life. This work examines how psychiatry grew to take the whole world of human endeavor as its object.

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The psychoanalytic theory base for therapeutic practice is highly developed but the literature is thin when it comes to identifying practitioners' implicit knowledge base and developing more expert skills. This clear and vividly written book addresses the needs of practitioners moving beyond beginner level to more skilled and attuned practice.