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Medicine and memory in Tibet : amchi physicians in the age of reform
Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet’s medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitio…
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- 9780295743004
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- xvi ; 286p. : ill.
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- 610.9515 THE m
Manipulating practices : a critical physiotherapy reader
"Manipulating practices is the first ever collection of critical physiotherapy studies and comes at a time of unprecedented change in the profession. Written as a collaboration between 20 authors, many members of the Critical Physiotherapy Network (CPN), the book uncovers the growing body of critical thinking now emerging in physiotherapy. From topics as diverse as 21st century education, ethic…
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- 9788202550011
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- 615.82 MAN m
Misery to mirth : recovery from illness in early modern England
The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies, and died. This book seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580–1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, Misery to Mirth shows tha…
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- 9780198779025
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- xiii ; 272p. : ill.
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- 610.942
IAEA atlas of cardiac PET/CT
This open access book presents a wide portfolio of examples of positron emission tomography coupled with computer tomography (PET/CT) studies in various cardiac conditions in order to provide a rationale for the implementation of this technology in an array of clinical conditions. Cardiovascular diseases are a major contributor to premature morbidity and mortality worldwide. Low- and middle…
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- 9783662644997
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- ix; 207 PG; ill.
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- 616.120757 IAE i
Whole-Body Regeneration : Methods and Protocols
This Open Access volume provides a comprehensive overview of the latest tools available to scientists to study the many facets of whole-body regeneration (WBR). The chapters in this book are organized into six parts. Part One provides a historical overview on the study of the WBR phenomena focusing on the primary challenges of this research. Parts Two and Three explore a series of non-vertebrat…
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- 97810716217219781071621721
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- xvii, 685 p.
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- 571.889 WHO S
Disorder Contained : Mental Breakdown and the Modern Prison in England and Ir…
Disorder Contained is the first historical account of the complex relationship between prison discipline and mental breakdown in England and Ireland. Between 1840 and 1900 the expansion of the modern prison system coincided with increased rates of mental disorder among prisoners, exacerbated by the introduction of regimes of isolation, deprivation and hard labour. Drawing on a range of archival…
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- 9781108993586
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- ix, 318 p ; ill
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- 365.608740941 DIS C
Polio Across the Iron Curtain : Hungary's Cold War with an Epidemic
By the end of the 1950s, Hungary became an unlikely leader in what we now call global health. Only three years after Soviet tanks crushed the revolution of 1956, Hungary became one of the first countries to introduce the Sabin vaccine into its national vaccination programme. This immunization campaign was built on years of scientific collaboration between East and West, in which scientists, spe…
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- 9781108355421
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- ix, 268 p ; ill
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- 616.835009439 POL D
Bioethics And The Holocaust
This open access book offers a framework for understanding how the Holocaust has shaped and continues to shape medical ethics, health policy, and questions related to human rights around the world. The field of bioethics continues to face questions of social and medical controversy that have their roots in the lessons of the Holocaust, such as debates over beginning-of-life and medical genetics…
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- 9783031019876
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- Public health & preventive medicine
The Cambridge Handbook of Health Research Regulation
The first ever interdisciplinary handbook in the field, this vital resource offers wide-ranging analysis of health research regulation. The chapters confront gaps between documented law and research in practice, and draw on legal, ethical and social theories about what counts as robust research regulation to make recommendations for future directions. The Handbook provides an account and analys…
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- 9781108620024
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- xix, 444 p ; ill
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- 344.04196 CAM G
EBMT/EHA CAR-T CELL HANDBOOK
This first open access European CAR-T Handbook, co-promoted by the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) and the European Hematology Association (EHA), covers several aspects of CAR-T cell treatments, including the underlying biology, indications, management of side-effects, access and manufacturing issues. This book, written by leading experts in the field to enhance rea…
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- 13
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- 9783030943530
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- x, 237p;
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- 610.73 EBM N
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