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Ivan Pavlov(2014) TODES, DANIEL P. (PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MD)This is the first scholarly biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) in any language. Based upon a wealth of archival material, it weaves his life and science into some 100 years of Russian history and offers a fundamental reinterpretatioVezava: Trda55,49 € -
Advanced Health and Social Care for NVQ and Foundation Degrees(2008) SUSSEX, FRANCES,SCOURFIELD, PETER,HERNE, DAVIDTotally revised to reflect the latest legislation, occupational standards and best practice - so candidates have the up-to-date information they need to succeed.Vezava: Mehka117,29 € -
Measuring Well-Being(2021)This edited volume focuses on both conceptual and practical challenges in measuring well-being. Leveraging insights across diverse disciplines, contributors consider the philosophical and theological traditions on happiness, well-being and the good life,Vezava: Trda66,28 € -
Ecosocial Theory, Embodied Truths, and the People's Health(2021) KRIEGER, NANCY (PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH)Drawing on an array of novel examples such as workplace discrimination, relationship abuse, Jim Crow, climate change, and pesticides, Nancy Krieger argues for a more expansive understanding of how humans biologically embody our societal and ecological conVezava: Trda60,93 € -
Public Health(2016) BERRIDGE, VIRGINIA (DIRECTOR AT THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY IN PUBLIC HEALTH, LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE)This Very Short Introduction outlines the nature of public health in our world today and places public health in its historical context from the earliest times, analysing in particular the changes in public health regulation through the nineteenth centuryVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nutrition(2014) BENDER, DAVID (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)There is much conflicting information about diet and health; with issues such as obesity and food allergies increasing worldwide despite healthy eating campaigns such as 'five-a-day'. In this Very Short Introduction, David Bender provides a simple but autVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Medical Risk Prediction Models(2022) GERDS, THOMAS A.,KATTAN, MICHAEL W.The backbone of medical decision making is prediction. Statistical prediction models can help in medical decision making. This book takes the viewpoint of the single patient and asks what does it mean that a risk prediction model performs well for a singlVezava: Mehka96,24 € -
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Sociology of Health and Medicine(2014) ANNANDALE, ELLEN ( UNIVERSITY OF YORK)The fully revised edition of this highly respected textbook addresses the most important theoretical and empirical debates in the sociology of health and medicine. Chapter by chapter the book examines important issues such as the complexities surroundingVezava: Mehka40,97 € -
Economics of Health and Health Care(2017) FOLLAND, SHERMAN,GOODMAN, ALLEN CHARLES,STANO, MIRONVezava: Mehka96,67 € -
Causality(2014) ILLARI, PHYLLIS (LECTURER IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, LECTURER IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON),RUSSO, FEDERICA (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM)Scientific and philosophical literature on causality has become highly specialised. It is hard to find suitable access points for students, young researchers, or professionals outside this domain. This book provides a guide to the complex literature, explVezava: Trda91,00 € -
Nano Comes to Life(2021) CONTERA, SONIAIncreasingly, scientists are gaining control over matter at the nanometer scale. Spearheaded by physical scientists operating at the interfaces of physics and biology, advances in nanoscience and technology are transforming how people think about life andVezava: Mehka25,84 € -
Screening the Body(1995) CARTWRIGHT, LISAMoving images are used as diagnostic tools and locational devices in hospitals, clinics and laboratories. But how and when did such use become established/accepted sources of knowledge about the body in medical culture? This book traces the history of sciVezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Prison Doctor(2022) BROWN, DR AMANDAFrom the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown In The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence, Dr Amanda Brown reveals stories of her time spent with foreign national prisoners.Vezava: Mehka12,62 €










