Biographies of Disease – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Biographies of Disease. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
55 produkter
Downs
The history of a disability
Av David Wright
Inbunden, 2011
533 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. In a narrow medical sense, Down's syndrome is a common disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named …
Hysteria: The Biography
Av Scull
Häftad, 2011
149 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed. Where are they now? The very disease no longer exists. In this fascinating account, Andrew Scull tells the story of Hysteria - an illness that disappeared not through medical endeavour, but through …
Managing Group Process
E-bok, 2003
1364 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Aimed at front-line and senior managers faced with ongoing reorganization and an increasingly reluctant workforce, this book examines what it takes to facilitate problem solving, decision-making, and workforce retention and commitment. Gottlieb explains that managers can most effectively facilitate …
Parkinson's Disease
Av Nutan Sharma
Inbunden, 2008
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biography of Diseases series provides students with the information that they …
Depression
Inbunden, 2008
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biography of Diseases series provides students with the information that they …
Stroke
Inbunden, 2008
662 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they …
Diabetes
Inbunden, 2008
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they …
Influenza
Av R. K. Devlin
Inbunden, 2008
662 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year—the flu—but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that killed millions during 1918.Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including:• The influenza virus and …
Influenza
Av R. K. Devlin
E-bok, 2008
723 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year—the flu—but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that killed millions during 1918. Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including: • The influenza virus and …
ADHD
Inbunden, 2008
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they …
ADHD
E-bok, 2008
660 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they …
Rabies
Inbunden, 2008
662 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions—the Biography of Diseases series provides students with the information that they …
Rabies
E-bok, 2008
723 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions—the Biography of Diseases series provides students with the information that they …
Autism
Inbunden, 2008
625 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Few issues cause as much strife in contemporary society as does the cause and treatment of autism. Stories about the autism epidemic abound on talk shows and make headlines in newspapers and magazines. Celebrities and politicians express their personal opinions on the cause (or causes) of the …
Autism
E-bok, 2008
682 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Few issues cause as much strife in contemporary society as does the cause and treatment of autism. Stories about the autism epidemic abound on talk shows and make headlines in newspapers and magazines. Celebrities and politicians express their personal opinions on the cause (or causes) of the …
Food Allergies
Inbunden, 2009
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Most people take eating for granted - but for some, eating can be downright dangerous. Thirty thousand Americans are hospitalized each year due to an allergic food reaction and peanut allergies in American children doubled from 1997 to 2002. Between two and ten percent of children are affected by …
Food Allergies
E-bok, 2009
695 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Most people take eating for granted - but for some, eating can be downright dangerous. Thirty thousand Americans are hospitalized each year due to an allergic food reaction and peanut allergies in American children doubled from 1997 to 2002. Between two and ten percent of children are affected by …
Obesity
Av Kathleen Y. Wolin, Jennifer Petrelli
Inbunden, 2009
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An overview written for general readers of the history, prevention, treatment, causes, and consequences of obesity.What makes obesity a disease instead of just a matter of overeating? What are the genetic and environmental factors behind it? What new breakthroughs are being developing to combat it? …
Obesity
Av Kathleen Y. Wolin, Jennifer Petrelli
E-bok, 2009
674 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An overview written for general readers of the history, prevention, treatment, causes, and consequences of obesity. What makes obesity a disease instead of just a matter of overeating? What are the genetic and environmental factors behind it? What new breakthroughs are being developing to combat …
Polio
Inbunden, 2009
600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A compelling account of the most feared childhood disease of the 20th century and its impact on victims and medical science.This new title in the Biographies of Disease series offers a thorough examination of medical and scientific efforts to battle polio, from the 19th-century identification of …
Polio
E-bok, 2009
680 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A compelling account of the most feared childhood disease of the 20th century and its impact on victims and medical science. This new title in the Biographies of Disease series offers a thorough examination of medical and scientific efforts to battle polio, from the 19th-century identification of …
Alcoholism
Inbunden, 2009
625 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An intriguing look at the history of alcoholism and its dramatic effects, from the first fermented grape to current advances in genetic research.Alcoholism tells the story of a disease familiar to many yet not well understood. It is the first "biography" of alcohol abuse that gauges its devastating …
Alcoholism
E-bok, 2009
707 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An intriguing look at the history of alcoholism and its dramatic effects, from the first fermented grape to current advances in genetic research. Alcoholism tells the story of a disease familiar to many yet not well understood. It is the first "biography" of alcohol abuse that gauges its …
Anorexia
Inbunden, 2009
502 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Written in accessible but medically accurate prose, Anorexia provides a detailed explanation of how the diagnosis of anorexia is made, common physical and personality characteristics of those affected by the illness, and both short and long-term complications. Anorexia takes the discussion a step …
Anorexia
E-bok, 2009
534 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Written in accessible but medically accurate prose, Anorexia provides a detailed explanation of how the diagnosis of anorexia is made, common physical and personality characteristics of those affected by the illness, and both short and long-term complications. Anorexia takes the discussion a step …
Sports Injuries
Inbunden, 2009
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume traces the history of the field of sports medicine and offers an informative survey of the evaluation and treatment of sports injuries across the life cycle.Sports Injuries tells the story of a specific area of medicine that can be traced back as far as the days of the gladiators, but …
Sports Injuries
E-bok, 2009
674 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume traces the history of the field of sports medicine and offers an informative survey of the evaluation and treatment of sports injuries across the life cycle. Sports Injuries tells the story of a specific area of medicine that can be traced back as far as the days of the gladiators, but …
Cancer
Av Susan E. Pories, Marsha A. Moses m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Once a certain death sentence and often a cause for shame, cancer is now a treatable disease. Cancer provides a broad introduction to this complex family of diseases, tracing the fascinating history of scientific discoveries that led to today’s sophisticated treatments. This extraordinary new …
Cancer
Av Susan E. Pories, Marsha A. Moses m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
674 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Once a certain death sentence and often a cause for shame, cancer is now a treatable disease. Cancer provides a broad introduction to this complex family of diseases, tracing the fascinating history of scientific discoveries that led to today''s sophisticated treatments. This extraordinary new …
Anxiety
Inbunden, 2010
662 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This engagingly written survey covers the history of anxiety disorders and current approaches to their definition and treatment.Anxiety disorders are significant mental health illnesses that impair lives and cost society millions of dollars in health care expenses and lost productivity. Greater …
