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Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks - She died in 1951. What happened next changed the world.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta'...

Health Measurement Scales - A practical guide to their development and use

A new edition of this practical guide for clinicians who are developing tools to measure subjective states, attitudes, or non-tangible outcomes in their patients, suitable for those who have no knowledge of statistics.

An Introduction To Health Psychology

" Thoroughly revised and updated to provide an excellent, in-depth coverage of a wide range of topics within health psychology. The book is accessible and engaging and well grounded in theory and practice. It is highly recommended ." Dr. Gail Kinm...

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Beat Genetics, Save Time, and Redesign Your Body With Science

The History of Sexuality: v. 1 The Will to Knowledge

Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the west since the 17th century? Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. In a b...

Ethics in Professional Life - Virtues for Health and Social Care

What does it mean to be a good professional? What is the role of courage in professional life? How do we develop the moral qualities of respectfulness, justice and care? Firmly rooted in practice, this book is a timely exploration of the nature an...

Theory in a Nutshell - A Practical Guide to Health Promotion Theories

Highly Commended in the British Medical Association book awards 2011!! The use of theory in the planning and implementation of health promotion programs will more reliably produce positive outcomes. Following on from the success of the second edit...

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine

A lifeline for a generation of doctors, the new Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition offers the same erudite and practical clinical information as it has always done. The world's best-loved medical handbook now features more extensive...

Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

This is the first integrated and comprehensive textbook to explain the principles of evolutionary biology from a medical perspective and to focus on how medicine and public health might utilise evolutionary biology.

Anatomy of an Epidemic - Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

The Emperor of All Maladies

Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize In The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, doctor, r...

Understanding Pathophysiology

Learn the essential concepts of pathophysiology and stay up to date on treatments, manifestations, and mechanisms of disease with Understanding Pathophysiology, 5 th Edition. Filled with vibrant illustrations and complemented by online resources t...

Skills for Practice in Occupational Therapy

This book is a sequel to Duncan: Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy 4e and provides a comprehensive guide to the practice applications of the theory base. It is designed to be a 'basic and beyond' text, of value to students throughou...

Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Issues in medical ethics are rarely out of the media and it is an area of ethics that has particular interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This short and accessible introduction provides an invaluable tool with which...

Epidemiology - An Introduction

This introductory text offers an account of current thinking on epidemiological study design, data analysis and interpretation. The book begins with an introduction to causal thinking and causal inference, leading into measures of disease occurren...

Clean - The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself

A New York City cardiologist and a leader in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Alejandro Junger offers a comprehensive, safe, and medically proven program to rid our bodies of the multitude of toxins that tax and disrupt our systems on a dail...

The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present.

Oral Radiology - Principles and Interpretation

With more than 1,000 high-quality radiographs and illustrations, this bestselling book visually demonstrates the basic principles of oral and maxillofacial radiology as well as effective clinical application. You'll be able to diagnose and treat p...

Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

For courses in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Engineering Psychology, Human Performance, Human Information Processing, and Applied Cognitive Psychology. This text presents both a formal and intuitive understanding of how humans process info...

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dod...