Published July, 2013
By Michel T. Torbey, Magdy H. Selim, Michel Torbey and Magdy Selim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Designed for busy professionals needing quick answers, this is a concise and practical reference for anyone who manages critically ill cerebrovascular patients. This revised and updated new edition includes a chapter summarizing key clinical trials for stroke therapies and a color plate section to illustrate key pathology and diagnostic imaging.

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Published July, 2013
By Alicia Ouellette
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book provides the tools for understanding the concerns, fears and biases people with disabilities and bioethicists have that the health care setting is a dangerous place and that disability activists have nothing to offer bioethics.

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Published July, 2013
By Jim Orford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Jim Orford argues that power and powerlessness have been neglected in addiction studies. He covers the disempowering nature of addiction, effects on family and others, social resources and vulnerability, studies of the legal and illegal supply, and theories of treatment and change.

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Published July, 2013
By Jim Orford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Jim Orford argues that power and powerlessness have been neglected in addiction studies. He covers the disempowering nature of addiction, effects on family and others, social resources and vulnerability, studies of the legal and illegal supply, and theories of treatment and change.

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Published July, 2013
By F. Dawtry Drewitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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Eminent scientist Frederick Dawtrey Drewitt (1848-1942) had general readers in mind when he retraced the steps that led to the growing worldwide recognition of the 'father of immunology', Edward Jenner (1749-1823). The first edition was published in 1931 and this enlarged second edition appeared in 1933.

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Published July, 2013
By John Elliott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Published in 1780, this work was the first to suggest that specific receptors, tuned to only part of the physical spectrum, were responsible for communicating auditory and optical sensation. This insight led John Elliott (1747-87) to postulate the existence of ultraviolet and infrared radiation, prompting future discoveries in human sensory perception.

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Published July, 2013
By Florence Nightingale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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Returning from the Crimea, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was appalled by the conditions she found in many English civilian hospitals. Her belief that high mortality rates were preventable was seen as revolutionary. This 1859 collection of pieces on hospital design and sanitary conditions greatly contributed to improved medical care.

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Published July, 2013
By Francis Galton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In this book, published in 1902 as the second edition of the 1884 original, Sir Francis Dalton conveys his hope that, through the scrupulous use of this record book throughout life, hereditary physical, mental and other health problems may be anticipated and avoided by the owner of the book and their descendants.

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Published June, 2013
By Insoo Hyun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Bioethics and the Future of Stem Cell Research provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of emerging trends in stem cell research and their accompanying ethical issues. Insoo Hyun encourages readers to look beyond the embryo debate to consider tough ethical issues involving animal research, clinical trials and stem cell tourism.

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Published June, 2013
By Insoo Hyun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Bioethics and the Future of Stem Cell Research provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of emerging trends in stem cell research and their accompanying ethical issues. Insoo Hyun encourages readers to look beyond the embryo debate to consider tough ethical issues involving animal research, clinical trials and stem cell tourism.

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