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Technology and Medical Practice
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95The advanced technologies being used in diagnosis and care within modern medicine, whilst supporting and making medical practices possible, may also conflict with established traditions of medicine and care. The changes in medical practices bought about by the involvement of these artefacts highlights some interesting questions to be addressed in this... more...
The Economics of Medical Technology
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 114.95Medical technology is profoundly important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. However, because of the extensive regulation of the markets for healthcare goods and services, the development and application of medical technologies differs fundamentally from non-medical technological advances. This book looks at theoretical... more...
The Transhumanist Reader
Wiley 2013; US$ 44.95The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address... more...
Oz Garcia's The Healthy High-Tech Body
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Do you want to live until you're ninety but always feel like you're twenty? Do you want to find out about the most recent breakthroughs in nutrition, weight loss, disease prevention, cognitive enhancement, and anti-aging? Do you want the very best body you've ever had?one that will last you a lifetime? Oz Garcia's Look and Feel... more...
A Guide to Methods in the Biomedical Sciences
Springer 2006; US$ 69.99A Guide to Methods in the Biomedical Sciences gives a basic description of common methods used in research. This is not intended to be a methods book. Rather, it is intended to be a book that outlines the purpose of the methods described, their limitations and provide alternative approaches as appropriate. Thousands of methods have been developed in... more...
Decommissioning Health Physics
CRC Press 2001; US$ 129.95This text describes the practical issues essential for designing and interpreting MARSSIM surveys. It presents many of the technicalities and challenges that arise during the planning and implementation of decontamination and decommissioning projects. more...
Personalised Health Management Systems
IOS Press 2005; US$ 114.00Shows a synergy between research efforts in three areas: sensor technologies, advanced textiles and nanotechnology and computing. This book brings together researchers from academia, industry and clinical healthcare provision and focuses the need for multi-disciplinary collaborations in the developments of personalised health management systems. more...
Future of Intelligent and Extelligent Health Environment
IOS Press 2005; US$ 129.00Human body and the world in which it functions is a changing complex adaptive system. We are able to collect data about it, but the challenge is to infer local dynamics from that data. Intelligent Caring Biomechatronic Creatures and Healthmaticians have a better chance of inferring the dynamics that needs to be understood than human physicians. more...
Molekularmedizinische Grundlagen von para- und autokrinen Regulationsstörungen (Molekulare Medizin) (German Edition)
Springer 2006; US$ 31.99Im vorliegenden Band stehen lokal wirksame Hormonsysteme, Gewebshormone, ihre auto-, para- und intrakrinen Funktionen sowie ihre Störungen als Ursache von Erkrankungen im Mittelpunkt der Darstellung. Namhafte Experten haben hundert Jahre nach der Einführung des Hormonbegriffes durch Starling 1905 den gegenwärtigen Wissensstand in 25 Kapiteln zusammengeführt,... more...
The Handbook of Nanomedicine
Springer 2008; US$ 109.99This handbook covers the broad scope of nanomedicine. Starting with the basics, the subject is developed to potential clinical applications many of which are still at an experimental stage. The prefix nano is used liberally and indicates the nano dimension of existing scientific disciples and medical specialties. Two important componants of nanomedicine... more...









