Medicine and Religion is the first book to comprehensively examine the relationship between medicine and religion in the Western tradition from ancient times to the modern era. Beginnin...więcej »
It is splendid news for all classicists, especially those interested in the history of women in antiquity that Owsei Temkin's translation of Soranus' Gynecology is back again in print . . . thanks ...więcej »
PREFACE: This little volume is simply what its title indicates, a "Practical Guide" in the treatment of the common forms of acute disease. It is not the aim of this work to make physicians of the p...więcej »
Nursing is a vocation: a calling from God to care for others. The role of the nurse originally grew out of a holistic Christian understanding of humans as created in the image o...więcej »
Autism can be defined as a persistent deficit in communication and social interaction in multiple contexts, as well as restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests and activities. Base...więcej »
Cancer is the second most common cause of mortality and morbidity in kidney transplant recipients. Kidney transplant recipients have at least a twofold higher risk of developing or dying from cance...więcej »
The formal healthcare system in Nigeria is near collapse and the National Health Insurance Scheme has failed to improve coverage. In this situation, a well-organized quality rural medical and surgi...więcej »
Brain tumors are the second commonest tumors after leukemia and the commonest solid tumors in children. Childhood brain tumors (CBT) are the commonest cause of cancer related deaths in children and...więcej »
Both Obesity and Respiratory Diseases have seen a large increase in both prevalence and incidence in recent decades, so the study of the pathophysiological link between them has become increasingly...więcej »
This book is similar in design to other books in the Paso a Paso Series for Health Care Professionals. This package is specifically for mental health workers attempting to break through language...więcej »
Today's medicine is spiritually deflated and morally adrift; this book explains why and offers an ethical framework to renew and guide practitioners in fulfilling their profession to heal.więcej »
After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees came to Miami. With this influx, the city's health care system was overwhelmed not just by the number of patients but also b...więcej »
To many, asylums are a relic of a bygone era. State governments took steps between 1950 and 1990 to minimize the involuntary confinement of people in psychiatric hospitals, and many mental health f...więcej »
Battle-scarred examines mortality, medical care and military welfare during the British Civil Wars. Its focus on the victims of war and their means of survival provides a series of case stud...więcej »
This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers insights beyond current literature. Contributions f...więcej »
Naltrexone is an opiate antagonist drug developed in the 1970s and approved by the FDA in 1984 for opiate and drug abuse treatment. When used at much lower doses in an off-label protocol referre...więcej »
A clinically focused, no-nonsense pocket book to the key elements of microbiology and infection. A must-have guide to stop common and often unnecessary mistakes that occur in everyday m...więcej »
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high ...więcej »