Medicine and Health Policy
New Releases
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The Accidental Teacher
Life Lessons from My Silent Son Annie Lubliner Lehmann A mother's honest, unvarnished, and touching memoir about the life lessons she learned from a son with autism 5 x 8. 184 pgs. 2009
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What Do Gay Men Want?
An Essay on Sex, Risk, and Subjectivity David M. Halperin A crucial effort to understand gay men's relation to sex and risk without recourse to tainted psychological concepts 5 x 8.5. 176 pgs. 2007
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The German Patient
Crisis and Recovery in Postwar Culture Jennifer M. Kapczynski A fascinating study of disease as a trope in German debates about the Nazi past 6 x 9. 272 pgs. 3 line drawings, 5 B&W photographs. 2008
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Dying Inside The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison Benjamin Fleury-Steiner A graphic exposé of the inhumane treatment of HIV-positive inmates in U.S. prisons 6 x 9. 248 pgs. 2 figures. 2008
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Beyond Sputnik U.S. Science Policy in the Twenty-First Century Homer A. Neal, Tobin L. Smith, and Jennifer B. McCormick A timely introduction to all facets of U.S. national science policy 8.5 x 11. 400 pgs. 23 figures, 3 tables. 2008
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The Cult of Statistical Significance How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 15 tables, 8 figures. 2008
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Best Sellers
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Inside/Outside A Physician's Journey with Breast Cancer Janet R. Gilsdorf, M.D. A memoir of a physician with breast cancer, Inside/Outside tells the unforgettable story of when a doctor becomes a patient 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 7 figures. 2006
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Ordinary Life A Memoir of Illness Kathlyn Conway A searingly honest account of one woman's ordeal with cancer that offers insights into all the emotions and reactions that illness evokes---sometimes noble, sometimes selfish, often despairing 5.25 x 8. 280 pgs. 2007
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White Coat, Clenched Fist The Political Education of an American Physician Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D. A doctor tells his own behind-the-scenes story of the making of a medical man and the disintegration of an American myth 6.125 x 9.25. 248 pgs. 2006
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