(Paperback)
By: Neil Pearce
ISBN: 9781990046889
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
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New Zealand has been one of the world's heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can do better.
(Paperback)
By: Mike Berridge
ISBN: 9780908321339
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
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In a world saturated with information, how can we know what to trust when it comes to the science that affects our everyday lives
(Hardback)
By: Victoria Shepherd
ISBN: 9780861540914
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2022
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The extraordinary worlds created in our minds
(Paperback)
By: Victoria Shepherd
ISBN: 9780861545308
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2023
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The extraordinary worlds created in our minds
(Hardback)
By: Carol Cooper
ISBN: 9780711294622
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 24th October 2024
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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A History of Medicine in 12 Objects is an entertaining and insightful guide through the instruments that have come to shape modern medicine as we know it.
(Paperback)
By: Linda Bryder
ISBN: 9781869404352
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Auckland University Press
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In this carefully researched book, medical historian Dr Linda Bryder provides a detailed analysis of the treatment of carcinoma in situ at National Women's since the 1950s, an assessment of international medical practice and a history of the women's health movement.
(Paperback)
By: Penny Bee
ISBN: 9781526136534
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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An engaging and comprehensive research handbook for patients and members of the public who want to learn more about the approaches, methods and language of health-services research. -- .
(Hardback)
By: Waltraud Ernst
ISBN: 9781526159403
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon, emphasising medical attitudes to alcohol and the changing perception of consumption in psychiatry and mental health.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Sarah Chaney
ISBN: 9781788162463
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 13th July 2023
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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The riveting history of the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession
(Hardback, Main)
By: Sarah Chaney
ISBN: 9781788162456
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 14th July 2022
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession.
(Paperback)
By: Kate Cole-Adams
ISBN: 9781922268747
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: Text Publishing
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An astonishing work of creative non-fiction exploring the mysteries of general anaesthesia, now in a smaller, competitively priced format.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Mark Cross
ISBN: 9780733339424
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: ABC Books
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(Hardback)
By: Mones Abu-Asab
ISBN: 9781594774324
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology
(Paperback, Main)
By: Atul Gawande
ISBN: 9781846685828
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2015
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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From the international bestselling author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto and Reith Lecturer 2014, a revolutionary and emotionally searing account of death, dying and medicine.
(Paperback)
By: Roy Porter
ISBN: 9781789142792
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A magisterial account by Roy Porter of representations of the body in health, disease and death.
(Paperback)
By: Richard Layard
ISBN: 9780241430002
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Athena Aktipis
ISBN: 9780691207865
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Richard Royle
ISBN: 9781922979964
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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Imagine a time when any patient, no matter who they are or where they live, can visit their doctor or specialist online and immediately access all the relevant diagnostic information and medical records a time when a holistic view of a person's health data and outcomes is literally always at their fingertips.
(Hardback)
By: David Spiegelhalter
ISBN: 9780241547731
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 7th October 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback, Revised Edition)
By: Wesley J. Smith
ISBN: 9781594038556
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: Encounter Books,USA
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(Paperback)
By: Raina MacIntyre
ISBN: 9781742237671
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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World-leading epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre navigates the past, present and future of pandemics and biosecurity. MacIntyre examines the history of biological warfare, Soviet and US bioweapons programmes, developments in genetic engineering, synthetic biology and catastrophic laboratory accidents. She also explores the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Hardback)
By: Eric Topol
ISBN: 9781541644632
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Basic Books
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One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care
(Paperback)
By: Ben Lynch
ISBN: 9780062698155
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Gill Haddow
ISBN: 9781526114181
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Implanting the human body with human/animal organs or implantable devices not only changes what you are but also changes who you are.
