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  • Therapeutic Revolutions

    Pharmaceuticals and Social Change in the Twentieth Century

    Edited by Jeremy A. Greene, Flurin Condrau, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins ...
    When asked to compare the practice of medicine today to that of a hundred years ago, most people will respond with a story of therapeutic revolution: Back then we had few effective remedies, but now we have more (and more powerful) tools to fight disease, from antibiotics to psychotropics to steroids to anticancer agents.This collection challenges the historical accuracy of this revolutionary ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

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  • The Drug Hunters

    The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines

    by Donald R. Kirsch, Ogi Ogas ...
    The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter.The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity- by chewing, brewing, and snorting-some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the five ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Vaccine Race

    Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease

    by Meredith Wadman ...
    **"A real jewel of science history...brims with suspense and now-forgotten catastrophe and intrigue...Wadman’s smooth prose calmly spins a surpassingly complicated story into a real tour de force."—The New York Times“Riveting . . . [The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—NatureThe epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Blue Dreams

    The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds

    by Lauren Slater ...
    The explosive story of the discovery and development of psychiatric medications, as well as the science and the people behind their invention, told by a riveting writer and psychologist who shares her own experience with the highs and lows of psychiatric drugs.Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the fact remains that nearly seventy years after doctors first ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Generic

    The Unbranding of Modern Medicine

    by Jeremy A. Greene ...
    The turbulent history of generic pharmaceuticals raises powerful questions about similarity and difference in modern medicine.Generic drugs are now familiar objects in clinics, drugstores, and households around the world. We like to think of these tablets, capsules, patches, and ointments as interchangeable with their brand-name counterparts: why pay more for the same? And yet they are not quite ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Ways of Regulating Drugs in the 19th and 20th Centuries

    Edited by V. Hess ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This collection takes the perspective that the historiography of science, technology, and medicine needs a broader approach toward regulation. The authors explore the distinct social worlds involved in regulation, the forms of evidence and expertise mobilized, and means of intervention chosen to tame drugs in factories, consulting rooms and courts. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Adrenaline

    by Brian B. Hoffman ...
    Famous as the catalyst of the fight or flight response, adrenaline has also received forensic attention as a perfect, untraceable poison—and rumors persist of its power to revive the dead. True to the spirit of its topic, Adrenaline is a stimulating journey that reveals the truth behind adrenaline’s scientific importance and popular appeal. ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class, Fourth Edition

    by Janet L. Stringer ...
    A time-saving, stress-reducing approach to learning the essential concepts of pharmacologyGreat for USMLE review!"This could be a very useful tool for students who struggle with understanding the most basic concepts in pharmacology for course and licensure examinations. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review ServiceBasic Concepts in Pharmacology provides you with a complete framework for studying -– and ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

  • The Antibiotic Era

    Reform, Resistance, and the Pursuit of a Rational Therapeutics

    by Scott H. Podolsky ...
    A compelling analysis of nearly seven decades of antibiotic reform, framing our current efforts to stave off a post-antibiotic era.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLIn The Antibiotic Era, physician-historian Scott H. Podolsky narrates the far-reaching history of antibiotics, focusing particularly on reform efforts that attempted to fundamentally change how ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Basics In Medical Education (2nd Edition)

    by Zubair Amin, Hoon Eng Khoo ...
    Medical education — the art and science behind medical teaching and learning — has progressed remarkably. Teaching and learning have become more scientific and rigorous, curricula are based on sound pedagogical principles, and problem-based and other forms of active and self-directed learning have become the mainstream. We have progressed from the role of problem-identifier to that of solution ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • How Cancer Crossed the Color Line

    by Keith Wailoo ...
    In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman's nemesis to a "democratic disease" to a fearsome threat in communities of color. Drawing on film and fiction, on medical and epidemiological evidence, and on patients' accounts, Keith Wailoo tracks this transformation in cancer awareness, revealing how not only awareness, but cancer prevention, treatment, and ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Human Subjects Research after the Holocaust

    Edited by Sheldon Rubenfeld, Susan Benedict ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    “An engaging, compelling and disturbing confrontation with evil …a book that will be transformative in its call for individual and collective moral responsibility." – Michael A. Grodin, M.D., Professor and Director, Project on Medicine and the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston UniversityHuman Subjects Research after the Holocaust challenges you to confront the misguided ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD