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This book bears witness to the personal experiences of Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe in the highly gendered profession of nursing.

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(Paperback)

The book offers a deep insight into the early days of industry-sponsored clinical research in psychiatry. Examining how the clinic, patients, doctors, nursing staff, corporations, and authorities interacted, it meticulously reconstructs the experimental practices in a psychiatric hospital from 1940-80 whilst telling a larger story.

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"Practical Biomechanics for the Podiatrist" covers functional foot orthotic devices in the industry, computer assisted gait analysis, shoe modifications and styles, and 23 case histories of real patients in Dr. Blake's practice.

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The intersection of art and science. A voyage across the boundaries of perception. Transforming radiographic medical imaging into abstract self-portraits, offering a profound exploration of the human form as seen through the lens of X-ray technology and innovative artistic vision. Within each of us lies a universe of beauty, complexity, and mystery.

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Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive treatment for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.

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(Paperback)

Obesity and diabetes are not just problems for the individual. They pose risks to the environmental, psychological and economic stability of the entire world. The solutions, therefore, need to be equally wide-ranging and accessible to all.

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The science behind the nutrition and feeding of the major domesticated animal species.

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What causes anxiety to be so prevalent in so many people How is it best prevented and treated What can patients and physicians do to better understand this common medical issue

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Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal. This book provides the information needed to tackle these issues and features advanced principles and practices of forward trauma surgery as used by military physicians in far flung locations around the globe.

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How did American geneticists go from fearing the dysgenic effects of deaf intermarriage to considering modern biotechnology a threat for Deaf culture This book provides insight into changing ideas of what deafness is, what science and medicine should achieve, and to the transformative effect of exchange between scientists and deaf communities.

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An intoxicating, illustrated guide to Japan's ritual of hot-tub bathing.

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Infectious diseases specialist Frank Bowden sheds light on the everyday diseases that affect most of us (colds, head lice) and the more serious issues that keep us awake at night (antibiotic resistance, the Ebola epidemic). As well as exploring treatments and busting myths, Bowden draws out the basics of epidemiology and medical research to look at the big issues affecting public health.

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2003 marks the twentieth anniversary of the first case of HIV-AIDS in Australia. Working from an extensive array of documents and interviews with key participants, Australia's response to the epidemic is examined to establish why it has been one of the most effective responses in the world.

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Since the 1980s, Australians have had a system of universal health care that they largely take for granted. But the road there wasnt easy. Making Medicare is a comprehensive account of the Australias long, tortuous and unconventional path towards universal health care as it was established, abolished and introduced again and of the reforms that brought it into being.