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  • Risky Medicine

    Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty

    de Robert Aronowitz ...
    "A thoughtful and compelling book that focuses attention on the extent to which risk avoidance characterizes modern medicine."—Rick Mathis, Health AffairsWill ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health? Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in Risky Medicine. In ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Three Shots at Prevention

    The HPV Vaccine and the Politics of Medicine's Simple Solutions

    Edición de Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston, Steven Epstein, Robert Aronowitz ...
    In 2007, Texas governor Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring that all females entering sixth grade be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), igniting national debate that echoed arguments heard across the globe over public policy, sexual health, and the politics of vaccination. Three Shots at Prevention explores the contentious disputes surrounding the controversial vaccine ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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  • In Your Own Time

    How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop

    de Sara Wickham ...
    Pregnant women and maternity services are facing an induction epidemic. As medical guidelines include more “at risk” categories, women and our already overwhelmed and under resourced maternity systems are increasingly pressured to induce birth before labour begins spontaneously. Women are deemed to be too large and too old, while babies are estimated to be too big and too overdue. But is ‘better ... Leer más

    $8.04 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • Seeking Sickness

    Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease

    de Alan Cassels ...
    "Alan Cassels strips layers of expectation, hype, jargon, false-starts, and conflicts of interest off the medical screening mantra." —Nortin M. Hadler, author of Worried SickWhy wouldn't you want to be screened to see if you're at risk for cancer, heart disease, or another potentially lethal condition? After all, better safe than sorry. Right?Not so fast, says Alan Cassels. His Seeking Sickness ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hippocrasy

    How doctors are betraying their oath

    de Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian Harris ...
    Two world-leading doctors reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. In Hippocrasy, rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris argue that the benefits of medical treatments are often wildly overstated and the harms understated. That overtreatment and overdiagnosis are rife. And the medical system is not ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Medical Ethics For Dummies

    de Jane Runzheimer, Linda Johnson Larsen ...
    A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcareSucceeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow, while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices, and so much ... Leer más

    $15.00 USD

  • Testing Treatments: better research for better healthcare

    de Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton, Iain Chalmers, Paul Glasziou ...
    How do we know whether a particular drug, therapy or operation really works, and how well? How reliable is the evidence? Are clinical trials truly unbiased? And is current research focused on the real needs of patients? Such timely and pressing questions are raised and addressed in this probing enquiry into modern clinical research, with far-reaching implications for daily medical practice and ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

    de Michel Odent ...
    Since the middle of the twentieth century, the development of plastics has been one of the main factors influencing the history of medicine. For example, an anaesthesiologist was formerly an expert in delivering drugs by inhalation. Today, this expert delivers drugs through plastic catheters, in particular via intravenous and epidural routes. Where obstetrics is concerned, a typical modern woman ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Midwifery

    Preparation for practice

    Edición de Sally Pairman, Sally K. Tracy, Hannah Dahlen, Lesley Dixon ...
    - Now available in two volumes for ease of use: - Book 1 focuses on the context of midwifery practice - Book 2 focuses on midwifery practice - New and significantly updated chapters include: - man rights in childbirth - Midwifery as primary healthcare - Birth place and birth space - Social and environmental determinants of women's health - Contraception - Variations in normal - Endorsed by the ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Rethinking Aging

    Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society

    de Nortin M. Hadler M.D. ...
    For those fortunate enough to reside in the developed world, death before reaching a ripe old age is a tragedy, not a fact of life. Although aging and dying are not diseases, older Americans are subject to the most egregious marketing in the name of “successful aging” and “long life,” as if both are commodities. In Rethinking Aging, Nortin M. Hadler examines health-care choices offered to aging ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Midwifery Preparation for Practice

    Edición de Sally Pairman, MNZM, D.Mid, MA, BA, RM, RGON., Sally K. Tracy, DMID MA BNURS AdvDipMid RM RGON, Hannah Dahlen, BN, GradCert (Mid-Pharm), MCommN,PhD, RN, RM, FACM, Lesley Dixon, PHD, RM ...
    Now in its 5th edition Midwifery Preparation for Practice continues to present a global model of midwifery best practice that is supported by a range of examples from the Australian, New Zealand and international midwifery contexts.Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives and the New Zealand College of Midwives the text continues to reinforce the established principles of midwifery ... Leer más

    $83.99 USD

  • Getting Risk Right

    Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks

    de Geoffrey Kabat ...
    Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation and confusion, amplified by the media, regarding what influences our health. In Getting Risk Right, ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD