History of medicine

Providing scientifically accurate, detailed, and accessible information to students and general readers, this book presents the history of vaccination; describes the administration, manufacturing, and regulation of vaccines in the United States; and explains the most recent scientific findings about vaccination while addressing concerns of those who oppose immunization.

Using contemporary theories drawn from health humanities, this volume analyses the nature and effects of disability, medicine, and health discourse in a variety of early Christian literature.

Using contemporary theories drawn from health humanities, this volume analyses the nature and effects of disability, medicine, and health discourse in a variety of early Christian literature.

This book details how "e;Alzheimer Disease"e; went from being an obscure neurologic diagnosis to a household word.

Proteomics is a systematic approach for studying the identity and function of all proteins expressed in a cell, tissue or organ.

Based on three hundred civil and criminal cases over four centuries, Elizabeth W.

Rabies is one of the oldest known pathogens, is incurable, and has the highest fatality rate of all infectious diseases.

Prenatal genetic testing has changed the circumstances under which parents choose what pregnancies to carry to term.

Prenatal genetic testing has changed the circumstances under which parents choose what pregnancies to carry to term.

This book is the first to explore memory, misremembering, forgetting, and anniversaries in the history of psychiatry and mental health.

Vital to the acceptance of medical women was the willingness of patients - largely women and children - to be treated by them.

AIDS has grown in just two decades from a rare disease to one that has already killed millions of men, women, and children worldwide.

This book is the first to explore memory, misremembering, forgetting, and anniversaries in the history of psychiatry and mental health.

Chester Pierce's list of accomplishments was second to none: graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, president of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, president of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, founding national chair of the Black Psychiatrists of America, and namesake of the American Psychiatric Association's Human Rights Award.

In diesem Buch wird die Kunsttherapie, ein spezifisches Instrument zur Erhaltung der Gesundheit im Bereich der affektiven Entwicklung, der Rehabilitation, der Motorik und der kognitiven Funktionen, eingehend analysiert und diskutiert.

This book tells the story of how chemists, physicians, and surgeons attempted to end the problem of urinary stones.

We rely on environmental health scientists to document the presence of chemicals where we live, work, and play and to provide an empirical basis for public policy.

Ahistory of aging in the United Statesand an innovative blueprint for revolutionizingcare for older adultsfrom Northwell Health, New York's largest health care system.

This new edition of Viral Pandemics illuminates how the increasing emergence of novel viruses has combined with intensifying global interconnectedness to create an escalating spiral of viral disease.

Of the many books written over the past century about the Old South and the American Civil War, a very few explore the scientific history of the South or the medical history of the war itself.

This book explores, through case studies, the interplay between religion, culture, government, and politics in diverse societies on questions arising in the domain of bioethics.

An exploration of the censorship of medical books from their proliferation in print through the prohibitions placed on them during the Counter-Reformation.

In a quarter million clinical laboratories in the United States alone, techs work every day with little visibility or recognition.

In this book, Dale Hutchinson traces the history of American health care and well-being from the colonial era to the present, drawing on evidence from material culture and historical documents to offer insights into the long-standing tension between traditional and institutionalized cures, as well as the emergence of the countrys unique brand of medical consumerism.

Tuberculosis was a main cause of distress, disablement, and death in England until the late 1950s.

Tuberculosis was a main cause of distress, disablement, and death in England until the late 1950s.

Living Well with HIV: A Psychological Social Medical and Personal Guide aims to empower people living with HIV worldwide to thrive while addressing the critical need to reduce HIV stigma.

Living Well with HIV: A Psychological Social Medical and Personal Guide aims to empower people living with HIV worldwide to thrive while addressing the critical need to reduce HIV stigma.

First published in 1946, National Health Insurance in Great Britain: 1911-1946 by R.

First published in 1946, National Health Insurance in Great Britain: 1911-1946 by R.

This unique exploration examines informed consent as a social construct within surgical practice.

This unique exploration examines informed consent as a social construct within surgical practice.

Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves to develop students' historical sensibilities, as well as their critical thinking, critical reading skills and their ability to perform historical document analysis.

Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves to develop students' historical sensibilities, as well as their critical thinking, critical reading skills and their ability to perform historical document analysis.