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"One of the most searching and thought-provoking discussions about human change processes I have read. The author writes from the perspective of a psychologist, psychotherapist, philosopher, and reseracher, but above all he writes as a perceptive and sensitive human being."--Hans Strupp, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

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To deal with these problems, we must understand the evolution of the human diet.

Studies of traditional peoples, non-human primates, human fossil and archaeological remains, nutritional chemistry, and evolutionary medicine, to name just a few, all contribute to our understanding of the evolution of the human diet.

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Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present.

Thanks to medical experiments performed on human subjects, we now have vaccines against smallpox, rabies, and polio.

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An attempt to create a framework for understanding the complexities of human performance by specifying the capacities that man brings to the performance of intellectual and physical skills.

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What should happen to the dead Bone collecting, body snatching and the politics of the trade in human remains is a gothic tale that still haunts contemporary life. Human Remains tells the scandalous story of how medical men obtained the corpses upon which they worked before anatomy was regulated in Australia and Britain.

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The increase in new medical technology and experimental treatments has made the study of medical ethics essential for practitioners on all levels.

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Presenting a cutting-edge theory for using humor in psychotherapy, counseling, and clinical intervention, this volume brings together a group of outstanding experts in the field of clinical intervention.

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Professionals who are creative users of humor, and whose work with humor is exemplary in nurturing children's cognitive, social, and/or emotional development, illustrate how humor played a key role in the relationships they developed with children.

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Hypoxia and Cold includes basic research, state-of-the-art technology and theory, practical applications, clinical problems and real-life situations on oxygen and oxygen deprivation. Although the emphasis is on man, several major papers explore hypoxia and cold in insects and other animals.

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Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living near the spa at Aix-les-Bains, she became the charity patient of its medical director, Antoine Despine, who treated her with hydrotherapy and animal magnetism. This title offers an account of the young woman's mental afflictions.

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The stunning debut of Jonathan Re, the Simon Schama of philosophy. I See A Voice is a joy to read: bold, crisp in style, effortlessly erudite, slyly humorous, passionate and humane. Roy Porter, Independent

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The only book that explores the vaccination issue from political, ethical, psychological, aesthetic, and spiritual perspectives.

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This text explores the vaccination issues from political, ethical, psychological, aesthetic and spiritual perspectives. Using principles of general semantics to recognise propaganda, particularly medical propaganda, it points to the power of the media to create our reality.

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A comprehensive synthesis of parasite variation at the molecular, population, and evolutionary levels, this book is suitable for students and researchers throughout biology and biomedicine. It uses an evolutionary perspective to meld the terms and findings of molecular biology, immunology, pathogen biology, and population dynamics.

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This book explores the topical issue of implementing a global vaccination programme. Focusing on smallpox, it explores why despite overwhelming challenges it succeeded in Nepal. Placing the country and people's perspectives at the centre, it offers an alternative to the top-down and centre-led standard narrative of the global smallpox programme.

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As Dr. Ken Fisher argues so passionately in this book, it's time for a change.

End-of-life care in the U.S. has evolved over the years into a nightmare for patients and family members, and it has created a near-crushing financial burden on the medical system that is not just excessive but unsustainable.

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One of the most persistent controversies of modern science has dealt with human visual perception. It erupted in Germany during the 1860s as a dispute between physiologists Hermann von Helmholtz, Ewald Hering, and their schools. Well into the twentieth century these groups warred over the origins of our capacity to perceive space, over the retinal