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Explore a comprehensive selection of medical books, including medical medium books, dictionaries, and textbooks covering dermatology, human anatomy, physiology, surgery, and pediatrics.
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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg PrisonAt a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison.Author: Allen M....
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Magnificent ObsessionWhen Robert Merrick's life is saved at the expense of the life of an eccentric but adored surgeon, the carefree playboy is forced to reevaluate his own path. Merrick embarks on a course of anonymous philanthropy, inspired by reading the doctor's private papers. An...
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Outpatient Psychiatry: A Beginner's GuideThis brief primer provides knowledge that will reduce therapists' initial anxiety and heighten their competence in working with outpatients; it covers psychotherapeutic techniques, uses of psychotropic medication, and pertinent issues from the expanding field of therapy research, and includes advice about what to do...
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Solution-Oriented Hypnosis: An Ericksonian ApproachWhen most people think of "hypnosis" they imagine either a sinister, Mesmeresque figure declaring to his subject "you're getting sleepier and sleepier ... your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, you vill go into trance," or an entertainer compelling a subject to "cluck like...
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Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just about EverythingMetabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein reveals the "invigorating history"...
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Sciatica Solutions: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Cure of Spinal and Piriformis ProblemsSciatica is the feeling of pain, numbness, "electric shocks," or strange sensations in the seat and running down the leg. It will afflict some five million Americans this year. In easy-to-understand terms, Loren Fishman demystifies the relationship between neurological injury and sciatica, explains the...
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Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal FearReaders of Edgar Allan Poe's tales--just think of The Premature Burial--may comfort themselves with the notion that Poe must have exaggerated: surely people of the 1800s could not have been at risk of being buried alive? But such stories filled medical journals as well...
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Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century ParisIn the 1870s, three women--Blanch, Augustine, and Genevieve--found themselves in the hysteria ward of the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris under the direction of the prominent neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Their illness came to define the era, and in turn they became medical celebrities: every week,...
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RetinoblastomaAlthough rare, retinoblastoma has been at the fore- fortunate; while in the developed world eye preser- front of cancer research and treatment for the last tion has become a priority, developing countries c- three decades. The two-hit hypothesis of oncogenesis tinue to face delays...
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All about Health and Beauty for the Black WomanSince its original publication, All About Health and Beauty for the Black Woman has firmly established itself as a classic reference in both the fields of health and beauty. Now, in this newly revised and expanded edition, Naomi Sims--famed model and beauty expert--brings Black...
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Before 25): Change Your Developing Mind for Real World SuccessThe Key to Your Future Is in Your Head Change Your Brain, Change Your Life has sold over 850,000 copies, spent 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and revolutionized the way people think about their brains and their health. And now...
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Neurologic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational BehaviorA groundbreaking investigation of the brain's hidden logic behind our strangest behaviors, and of how conscious and unconscious systems interact in order to create our experience and preserve our sense of self. From bizarre dreams and hallucinations to schizophrenia and multiple personalities, the human...
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The Sum of Her PartsIn this thrilling science fiction adventure--the triumphant conclusion to the Tipping Point trilogy--New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to a near future in which genetic manipulation and extreme body modification have changed profoundly what it means to be human. Dr. Ingrid...
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Last to Die (with Bonus Short Story John Doe): A Rizzoli & Isles NovelRizzoli & Isles - Hit series on TNT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today."--The Providence Journal For the second time in his short life, fourteen-year-old Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Orphaned once more when his...
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Daniels and Worthingham's Muscle Testing: Techniques of Manual Examination and Performance TestingA practical handbook on evaluating muscular strength and function, Daniels and Worthingham's Muscle Testing: Techniques of Manual Examination and Performance Testing, 10th Edition helps you to understand and master procedures in manual muscle testing and performance testing. Clear, illustrated instructions provide a guide to...
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Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing - 2-Volume Set: Assessment and Management of Clinical ProblemsGet a unique, conceptual approach to nursing care in this rapidly changing healthcare environment. Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition gives you a solid foundation in medical-surgical nursing. This thoroughly revised text includes a more conversational writing style, an increased focus on nursing concepts and...
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Financial Management for Nurse Managers and ExecutivesLearn how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives, 5th Edition covers the latest accounting and financial management practices distinctly from the nurse manager's point of view. Topics include how financial management fits into the health care...
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Sectional Anatomy for Imaging ProfessionalsAn ideal resource for the classroom or clinical setting, Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals, 4th Edition provides a comprehensive, and highly visual approach to the sectional anatomy of the entire body. Side-by-side presentations of actual diagnostic images from both MRI and CT modalities and...
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The Glma Handbook on Lgbt Health [2 Volumes]Recent years have seen a flood of high quality research related to the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and families. The GLMA Handbook on LGBT Health is the first comprehensive resource to gather that knowledge in one place in the service...
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All My Patients Have Tales: Favorite Stories from a Vet's PracticeAll My Patients Have Tales is a charming, funny, and engaging collection of stories in the great tradition of All Creatures Great and Small by the late James Herriot. Jeff Wells works in a mixed practice where he treats both farm animals and house...
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