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The Conversations in Medicine and Society series publishes innovative, accessible, and provocative books on a range of topics related to health, society, culture, and policy in modern America (1900 to the present). Current and upcoming titles focus on the historical, social, and cultural dimensions of health and sickness, public policy, medical professionalization, and subjective experiences of illness.
An in-depth look at the Rockefeller Foundation's earliest ventures in international health
Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture
Sheds light on the development of the fields of pediatrics and child health during the last century
Explores the fascinating connections between university health centers and the evolution of American health and medicine
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
A doctor tells his own behind-the-scenes story of the making of a medical man and the disintegration of an American myth
A memoir of a physician with breast cancer, Inside/Outside tells the unforgettable story of when a doctor becomes a patient
A new and expanded edition of the authors' pivotal examination of the national silicosis crisis
Focusing on the human interaction of the industry this collection of essays asks, "Can you teach compassion?"
Examines why the U.S. is the only industrialized nation without universal health insurance coverage
