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1. Cover image for 'Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.'
Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.
New Edition
David Hemenway
A new edition of a classic: the first complete picture of the public-health approach to gun violence

 
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1. Cover image for 'Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.'
Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.
New Edition
David Hemenway
The first complete picture of the public-health approach to gun violence, and a commonsense plan for ending this American epidemic
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Playing Doctor
Television, Storytelling, and Medical Power
New and expanded edition
Joseph Turow
A classic look at doctors in television, updated with two decades of new shows and research
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Paper 2010 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Playing Doctor" to Cart
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Playing Doctor
Television, Storytelling, and Medical Power
New and expanded edition
Joseph Turow
A classic look at doctors in television, updated with two decades of new shows and research
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Paper 2010 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Playing Doctor" to Cart
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3. Cover image for 'The DNA Mystique'
The DNA Mystique
The Gene as a Cultural Icon
Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee
Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture
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The DNA Mystique
The Gene as a Cultural Icon
Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee
Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture
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4. Cover image for 'Formative Years'
Formative Years
Children's Health in the United States, 1880-2000
Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel, Editors
Sheds light on the development of the fields of pediatrics and child health during the last century
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Formative Years
Children's Health in the United States, 1880-2000
Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel, Editors
Sheds light on the development of the fields of pediatrics and child health during the last century
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5. Cover image for 'Remembering to Live'
Remembering to Live
Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural Indonesia
M. Cameron Hay
An ethnographic exploration of health, illness, and healing among a poor, rural Indonesian people
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Remembering to Live
Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural Indonesia
M. Cameron Hay
An ethnographic exploration of health, illness, and healing among a poor, rural Indonesian people
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6. Cover image for 'Technology in American Health Care'
Technology in American Health Care
Policy Directions for Effective Evaluation and Management
Alan B. Cohen and Ruth S. Hanft, with William E. Encinosa, Stephanie M. Spernak, Shirley A. Stewart, and Catherine C. White
Offers health care professionals vital information about risks, benefits, and costs of new medical technologies to help them make informed decisions
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7. Cover image for 'Mergers of Teaching Hospitals in Boston, New York, and Northern California'
Mergers of Teaching Hospitals in Boston, New York, and Northern California
John A. Kastor
A fascintating look at the difficulties involved in merging health-care institutions
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Mergers of Teaching Hospitals in Boston, New York, and Northern California
John A. Kastor
A fascintating look at the difficulties involved in merging health-care institutions
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8. Cover image for 'Affirmative Action in Medicine'
Affirmative Action in Medicine
Improving Health Care for Everyone
James L. Curtis, M.D.
An important look at how affirmative action in medical training is key to more equitable health care in the United States
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Hardcover 2003 $65.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Affirmative Action in Medicine" to Cart
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Affirmative Action in Medicine
Improving Health Care for Everyone
James L. Curtis, M.D.
An important look at how affirmative action in medical training is key to more equitable health care in the United States
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9. Cover image for 'Future Medicine'
Future Medicine
Ethical Dilemmas, Regulatory Challenges, and Therapeutic Pathways to Health Care and Healing in Human Transformation
Michael H. Cohen
A thought-provoking exploration of the future of alternative medicine in the healthcare system
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Future Medicine
Ethical Dilemmas, Regulatory Challenges, and Therapeutic Pathways to Health Care and Healing in Human Transformation
Michael H. Cohen
A thought-provoking exploration of the future of alternative medicine in the healthcare system
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Future Medicine
Ethical Dilemmas, Regulatory Challenges, and Therapeutic Pathways to Health Care and Healing in Human Transformation
Michael H. Cohen
A thought-provoking exploration of the future of alternative medicine in the healthcare system
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10. Cover image for 'Technological Change in Health Care'
Technological Change in Health Care
A Global Analysis of Heart Attack
Mark B. McClellan and Daniel P. Kessler, Editors
Illuminates the causes and consequences of technological change in health care in the developed world
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11. Cover image for 'Markets and Medicine'
Markets and Medicine
The Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States
Susan Giaimo
Explores diverse governmental and institutional solutions to containing health care costs
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Markets and Medicine
The Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States
Susan Giaimo
Explores diverse governmental and institutional solutions to containing health care costs
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12. Cover image for 'The Challenge of Regulating Managed Care'
The Challenge of Regulating Managed Care
John E. Billi and Gail B. Agrawal, Editors
A rare insight into the views of major stakeholders in the debate about oversight of the managed-care industry
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Hardcover 2001 $83.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Challenge of Regulating Managed Care" to Cart
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The Challenge of Regulating Managed Care
John E. Billi and Gail B. Agrawal, Editors
A rare insight into the views of major stakeholders in the debate about oversight of the managed-care industry
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13. Cover image for 'Combating Teen Smoking'
Combating Teen Smoking
Research and Policy Strategies
Peter D. Jacobson, Paula M. Lantz, Kenneth E. Warner, Jeffrey Wasserman, Harold A. Pollack, and Alexis K. Ahlstrom
A virtual how-to guide for reducing adolescent tobacco use
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14. Cover image for 'Health Networks'
Health Networks
Can They Be the Solution?
Thomas P. Weil
Investigating ways to improve U.S. health care networks
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15. Cover image for 'La Partera'
La Partera
Story of a Midwife
New Edition
Fran Leeper Buss
The story of one woman's life in rural New Mexico and of her emergence as a community leader
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Paper 2001 $16.95 Available Add Paper for "La Partera" to Cart
16. Cover image for 'Beyond Complementary Medicine'
Beyond Complementary Medicine
Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Health Care and Human Evolution
Michael H. Cohen
Explores the web of legal, ethical, and regulatory issues surrounding the integration of complementary and alternative medicine into clinical care
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Hardcover 2000 $75.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Beyond Complementary Medicine" to Cart
17. Cover image for 'The Body Aesthetic'
The Body Aesthetic
From Fine Art to Body Modification
Tobin Siebers, Editor
Establishes the body's undeniable presence and strangeness as the material out of which human beings are made
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The Body Aesthetic
From Fine Art to Body Modification
Tobin Siebers, Editor
Establishes the body's undeniable presence and strangeness as the material out of which human beings are made
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Paper 2000 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "The Body Aesthetic" to Cart
Hardcover 2000 $88.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Body Aesthetic" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'Law at the End of Life'
Law at the End of Life
The Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide
Carl E. Schneider, Editor
Discusses the issues surrounding physician-assisted suicide in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision
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Hardcover 2000 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Law at the End of Life" to Cart
19. Cover image for 'Public Health in the Market'
Public Health in the Market
Facing Managed Care, Lean Government, and Health Disparities
Nancy Milio
Is a healthy profit compatible with a healthy population?
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Hardcover 2000 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Public Health in the Market" to Cart
20. Cover image for 'Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses'
Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
J. Paul Leigh, Steven Markowitz, Marianne Fahs, and Philip Landrigan
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Hardcover 2000 $88.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses" to Cart
21. Cover image for 'Measuring Mamma's Milk'
Measuring Mamma's Milk
Fascism and the Medicalization of Maternity in Italy
Elizabeth Dixon Whitaker
Shows how fascist biological politics continue to govern the flow of mother's milk in Italy today
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Hardcover 2000 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Measuring Mamma's Milk" to Cart
22. Cover image for 'Mental Health Care Administration'
Mental Health Care Administration
A Guide for Practitioners
Paul Rodenhauser, M.D., Editor
A comprehensive and current guide to the administration of mental health care services
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Hardcover 2000 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Mental Health Care Administration" to Cart
23. Cover image for 'Not Just Any Medical School'
Not Just Any Medical School
The Science, Practice, and Teaching of Medicine at the University of Michigan, 1850-1941
Horace W. Davenport
Presents a fascinating view of medical education at the University of Michigan supplemented with rare photographs
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Hardcover 1999 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Not Just Any Medical School" to Cart
24. Cover image for 'Wealth, Work, and Health'
Wealth, Work, and Health
Innovations in Measurement in the Social Sciences
James P. Smith and Robert J. Willis
Explores a multitude of perspectives, problems, and ways of measuring human behavior
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Hardcover 1999 $95.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Wealth, Work, and Health" to Cart
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Medicare
Issues in Political Economy
Ronald J. Vogel
Examines political and economic strategy and offers a blueprint for the structural reform of Medicare
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Hardcover 1999 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Medicare" to Cart
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