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  • Medicating Modern America

    Prescription Drugs in History

    de Andrea Tone, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins ...
    With Americans paying more than $200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life.Medicating Modern America examines the meanings ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Controlling Reproduction

    An American History

    Edición de Andrea Tone ...
    Series series The Worlds of Women Series
    Few topics stir stronger interest than birth control and abortion. Divisive opinions abound. This informative, detailed text contains 39 writings on the history of reproduction in the U.S. The historical path of reproduction control is viewed in the contexts of politics, law, medicine, sexuality, business, and social change. Because birth control has been construed chiefly as a female ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • The Age of Anxiety

    A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers

    de Andrea Tone ...
    Anxious Americans have increasingly pursued peace of mind through pills and prescriptions. In 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health estimated that 40 million adult Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder in any given year: more than double the number thought to have such a disorder in 2001. Anti-anxiety drugs are a billion-dollar business. Yet as recently as 1955, when the first ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

    The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping (Third Edition)

    de Robert M. Sapolsky ...
    "Robert M. Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time."—Oliver SacksThe author of New York Times Bestseller Determined offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print.Now in a third edition, the renowned primatologist Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Unwell Women

    Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

    de Elinor Cleghorn ...
    A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health—from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases—brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative.Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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  • Killing the Black Body

    Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

    de Dorothy Roberts ...
    Killing the Black Body remains a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women. It is as crucial as ever, even two decades after its original publication.**"A must-read for all those who claim to care about racial and gender justice in America." —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowIn 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes

    How Environment Shapes Our Genes

    de Richard C. Francis ...
    Goodbye, genetic blueprint. . . . The first book for general readers ?on the game-changing field of epigenetics.The burgeoning new science of epigenetics offers a cornucopia of insights—some comforting, some frightening. For example, the male fetus may be especially vulnerable to certain common chemicals in our environment, in ways that damage not only his own sperm but also the sperm of his sons. ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Life's Dominion

    An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom

    de Ronald Dworkin ...
    Internationally renowned lawyer and philosopher Ronald Dworkin addresses the crucially related acts of abortion and euthanasia in a brilliantly original book that examines their meaning in a nation that prizes both life and individual liberty. From Roe v. Wade to the legal battle over the death of Nancy Cruzan, no issues have opened greater rifts in American society than those of abortion and ... Leer más

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  • Pro

    Reclaiming Abortion Rights

    de Katha Pollitt ...
    A New York Times Book Review Notable BookFrom noted feminist and longtime columnist for The Nation, award-winning author Katha Pollitt's Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights presents a powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and social good. As the Supreme Court is set to overturn the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide, this urgent, controversial book reframes abortion as a ... Leer más

    $15.19 USD

  • Biotechnology in Our Lives

    What Modern Genetics Can Tell You about Assisted Reproduction, Human Behavior, and Personalized Medicine, and Much More

    de Jeremy Gruber, Sheldon Krimsky ...
    For a quarter of a century, the Council for Responsible Genetics has provided a unique historical lens into the modern history, science, ethics, and politics of genetic technologies. Since 1983 the Council has had leading scientists, activists, science writers, and public health advocates researching and reporting on a broad spectrum of issues, including genetically engineered foods, biological ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Complaints & Disorders

    The Sexual Politics of Sickness

    de Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English ...
    Series series Contemporary Classics
    The classic work on women's health and how the medical establishment helped to justify sexism, by the authors of Witches, Midwives, and Nurses.From Barbara Ehrenrich, New York Times-bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Bright-Sided, and other titles, and Deirdre English, former editor of Mother Jones, this book delves into the history of how women have been diagnosed, defined, and often ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Rigor Mortis

    How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions

    de Richard Harris ...
    An essential book to understanding whether the new miracle cure is good science or simply too good to be trueAmerican taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD