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Global Health and the New World Order(2020)What does global health stem from, when is it born and how does it relate to the contemporary world order? In this book, historians and anthropologists tackle these questions by exploring the transnational circulation of drugs, bugs, therapies, biomedicalVezava: Trda129,20 € -
Descending with Angels(2019) SUHR, CHRISTIANThis book and award-winning film provide a unique account of the invisible dynamics of possession and psychosis, and how Muslim patients are transformed through the treatments offered by mosques and the psychiatric institutions of European nation-states.Vezava: Trda16,73 € -
Near Human(2021) SVENDSEN, METTE N.Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out on farms, in animal-based experimental science, and in hospitals, Mette Svendsen redirects the question of ""what it means"" to be human to ""what it takes"" to be human and to forge a nation.Vezava: Mehka53,45 € -
AIDS in the Shadow of Biomedicine(2020) NIEHAUS, ISAKAn in-depth ethnographic exploration of how the AIDs pandemic has played out at a local level in South Africa, revealing the importance of understanding culture for shaping effective strategies of AIDs treatment.Vezava: Mehka33,25 € -
From Here to Eternity - Travelling the World to Find the Good Death(2019) CAITLIN DOUGHTYVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Preventing Dementia?(2020)The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible. This volume looks at how this new conceptualization ignoVezava: Trda184,32 € -
Making Bodies Kosher(2019) KASSTAN, BENIntegrates archival and ethnographic material to explore healthcare concerns over time Original study of Haredi Jews in the UK, whereas most focus on Israel or the USA Explores the continuum of maternity care & child health in a ‘hard to reach’ minoriVezava: Trda170,54 € -
Birth as an American Rite of Passage(2022) DAVIS-FLOYD, ROBBIE (RICE UNIVERSITY)This book reexamines the "standard" procedures used to "manage" American childbirth, identifying non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals enacting core values of the American technocracy. This new edition brings together new data with Davis-FVezava: Mehka74,12 € -
Illness(2018) CAREL, HAVIWhat is illness? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? Can there be well-being within illness? Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own illness with reflections drVezava: Mehka64,61 € -
Covid-19 Reader(2020)This reader offers the most important writing to date from the science of COVID-19 and what science says for its spread and social implications. With carefully selected chapters for an introductory or graduate student readership by a distinguished medicalVezava: Mehka38,48 € -
Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology(2020)Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology emphasizes how several different theoretical perspectives can be used to reconstruct the biocultural experiences of humans in the past.Vezava: Mehka74,12 € -
Anecdotes and Antidotes(2020) USAYBI'AH, IBN ABIIbn Abi Usaybi'ah was a Syrian Arab physician of the 13th century who compiled a biographical encyclopedia of notable physicians, and scholars from the Greeks, Romans, Syriacs and Indians including Galen and Avicenna.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
5 Appetites(2020) RAUBENHEIMER, DAVID,SIMPSON, STEPHEN J.A New Scientist Best Book of 2020 How is it that a baboon and a blob of slime mould instinctively know what to eat for optimal health, balancing their protein, fat and carb intake in perfect proportions?Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Medicine Cabinet(2019) MCENROE, NATASHA,HURLEY, SELINA,MUSEUM, THE SCIENCEA compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Stuck(2020) LARSON, HEIDI J. (PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, RISK, AND DECISION SCIENCE, AND DIRECTOR OF THE VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROJECT, PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, RISK, AND DECISION SCIENCE, AND DIRECTOR OF THE VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROJECT, LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE)Vezava: Trda46,55 € -
