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  • Rund ums Impfenby Anita Petek-Dimmer; Julia Emmenegger; Daniel Trappitsch; Netzwerk Impfenschteid

    Netzwerk Impfentscheid 2013; Not Available

    Rund ums Impfen ist ein übersichtliches Nachschlagewerk, in welchem jede Krankheit mit ihren Behandlungsmöglichkeiten, sowie die dazugehörige Impfung mit Zusatzstoffen, Nebenwirkungen, etc. beschrieben wird. Zusätzliche Hinweise, was im Falle des Impfens zu beachten ist, runden das Buch ab. Es enthält ausserdem Adressen von allen impfkritischen Organisationen... more...

  • Health Economicsby Barbara McPake; Charles Normand; Samantha Smith

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 75.00

    This popular textbook provides a comprehensive but accessible coverage of health economic principles and applications. It provides an introduction for those with no previous knowledge of economics, but also more advanced material suitable for those with a background in economics. Now into its second edition, Barbara McPake and Charles Normand have... more...

  • Coping with Prednisone, Revised and Updatedby Eugenia Zukerman; M.D. Julie R. Ingelfinger

    St. Martin's Press 2013; US$ 16.99

    Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. While these medicines may be necessary to treat serious illnesses, they may also have unpleasant, and even devastating, side effects, including changes in mood, weight, and physical strength, and vulnerability to infection. In 1997, after acclaimed flutist... more...

  • The Transformation of Contemporary Health Careby Tiago Moreira

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00

    The past three decades have seen enormous changes in the organisation of health care. This book explores the role of knowledge production and technology on these transformations, focusing on the market (attempts to embed principles of economic rationality and efficient use of resources in the shaping and delivery of health care), the laboratory (science,... more...

  • How to Stop Smoking - 30 Solutions to Suit Youby Matthew Aldrich

    Hodder & Stoughton 2013; US$ 17.21

    A down-to-earth, reflective and balanced guide to giving up smoking - forever. more...

  • How to Stop Smoking - 30 Solutions to Suit Youby Matthew Aldrich

    Hodder & Stoughton 2013; Not Available

    A down-to-earth, reflective and balanced guide to giving up smoking - forever. more...

  • Medicare Meltdownby Rosemary Gibson; Janardan Prasad Singh

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2013; US$ 24.99

    Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh weave two hotly-debated issues in American political and economic life: the Medicare program and its future, which is up for grabs, and the growing influence of the healthcare industry, Wall Street investment firms, private equity firms, and hedge funds that are cashing in on the business of Medicare. ... more...

  • After a Fallby Laurel Richardson

    Left Coast Press 2013; US$ 94.00

    For renowned sociologist and writer Laurel Richardson, a broken foot led to a month as a patient in an extended care facility. In this compelling description of her lived experience in one of these institutions, she addresses key questions of health delivery and behavior: nurses who can be angelic or cruel, institutional policies often structured... more...

  • In Sickness as in Healthby Barbara Kivowitz; Roanne Weisman

    Cameron + Company 2013; US$ 9.99

    For those who find themselves at the intersection of lifetime love and overwhelming obligation, the right path is often painful and difficult to find. When illness invades the couple relationship, partners ask themselves and each other some really hard questions: "What do I want to do for this person whom I have loved for many years?" "How much of... more...

  • The Citizen Patientby Nortin M. Hadler

    The University of North Carolina Press 2013; US$ 28.00

    Conflicts of interest, misrepresentation of clinical trials, hospital price fixing, and massive expenditures for procedures of dubious efficacy--these and other critical flaws leave little doubt that the current U.S. health-care system is in need of an overhaul. In this essential guide, preeminent physician Nortin Hadler urges American health-care... more...