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Reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day - a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, and a wood plank on an outdoor deck.
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Argues that standard recommendations such as annual Pap smears for women and prostate tests for men over forty are in fact simply rules of thumb that ignore the complexities of individual cases and the tradeoffs between escalating costs and early detection.
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How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon,... Læs mere
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The work of inner-city emergency psychiatric units might best be described as 'medicine under siege'. This title is based on the author's two-year immersion in one such unit and its work.
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The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry,... Læs mere
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Assesses the American maternity care system, and demonstrates how it fails to deliver safe, effective care.... Læs mere
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Doctors have always absorbed the racial stereotypes and folkloric beliefs about racial differences that permeate the general population. This... Læs mere
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Explores Japan's 'scientific colonialism' through a study of the changing roles of Taiwanese doctors under Japanese colonial... Læs mere
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Examining the cultural politics of public health and Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, this text looks at the history of racial formation in the US by focusing on the development of public health bureaucracies.
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What does it mean to be a good doctor in America today? How do such challenges as new biotechnologies, the threat of malpractice suits, and proposed health-care... Læs mere
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Tourism has long been associated with improved health, resulting in a boom of spas, yoga and rejuvenation treatments. Medical Tourism looks at the background and rise of health tourism,... Læs mere
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