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An Account of the Sore Throat Attended With Ulcers - a Disease Which Hath of Late Years Appeared in This City, and in Several... An Account of the Sore Throat Attended With Ulcers - a Disease Which Hath of Late Years Appeared in This City, and in Several Parts of the Nation. by John Fothergill, M.D (Paperback)
John Fothergill
R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Observations and Experiments on the Poison of Lead (Paperback): Thomas Percival Observations and Experiments on the Poison of Lead (Paperback)
Thomas Percival
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Neurostimulation for Epilepsy - Advances, Applications and Opportunities (Hardcover): Vikram R. Rao Neurostimulation for Epilepsy - Advances, Applications and Opportunities (Hardcover)
Vikram R. Rao
R3,447 R3,126 Discovery Miles 31 260 Save R321 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Neurostimulation for Epilepsy: Advances, Applications and Opportunities comprehensively reviews the diverse array of neurostimulation technologies currently in use and development for the treatment of epilepsy. The book covers basic research on mechanisms of neurostimulation, technical features of various FDA-approved and investigational devices for neurostimulation, clinical applications and programming considerations of these devices, and emerging insights and research based on data derived from these devices. It provides a contemporary assessment of neurostimulation in epilepsy, one that reveals recent progress in clinical applications and outcomes, fundamental questions that remain unanswered in the field, and future directions and considerations in developing next-generation devices.

Bioethics Around the Globe (Hardcover): Catherine Myser Bioethics Around the Globe (Hardcover)
Catherine Myser
R2,212 Discovery Miles 22 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Contemporary bioethics, now roughly 40 years old as a discipline, originated in the United States with a primarily Anglo-American cultural ethos. It continues to be professionalized and institutionalized as a maturing discipline at the intersections of philosophy, medicine, law, social sciences, and humanities. Increasingly bioethics - along with its foundational values, concepts and principals - has been exported to other countries, not only in the developed West, but also in developing and/or Eastern countries. Bioethics thus continues to undergo intriguing transformations as it is globalized and adapted to local cultures. These processes have occurred rapidly in the last two decades, with relatively little reflection and examination.
This volume brings together contributors from a wide variety of disciplines to take a critical, empirical look at bioethics around the globe, examining how it is being transformed - at both local and global levels - in this process of cross-cultural exporting and importing. One concern is to identify sociocultural forces and consequences which may positively or negatively affect ethics and social justice goals. This book thereby offers the first comparative anthropology and sociology of globalizing bioethics in the field, exploring the global dissemination, local adaptations, cultural meanings and social functions of bioethics theories, practices and institutions and comparing developed and developing countries.
The volume considers a full range of countries on every inhabited continent, including: Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Topics include government agendas such as nationalism and nation building; agendas of powerful, associated professions (e.g., medicine, law); theological and political agendas such as 'culture wars'; agendas of entrepreneurial economies of profit; and other cultural and ideological agendas consciously or unconsciously advanced or contested by bioethics work in particular countries based on their unique history, politics and culture. This cross-cultural exploration of globalizing bioethics will be of great interest to a field that is increasingly introspective about its underlying sociocultural assumptions and biases.

"At last-an unabashedly sociological and anthropological look at the globalization of bioethics, a really fresh approach to a maturing discipline. The chapters speak from the perspective of sophisticated Western-developed exporters of the bioethical paradigm and equally sophisticated] Eastern-developing and third-world and interdisciplinary critics suspicious of the canonical view. Trained in the dominant school of American, mainstream philosophy, Myser draws on her long-standing commitment to a social and cultural approach to bioethics to take a fresh look at bioethics globally. She grasps the globalization of bioethics and the skepticism about analytical philosophy's Americanized consensus. The book sets the stage for a new era in bioethics theory and practice {debating] whether a universal common morality underlies the rich variation in national and cultural bioethics traditions."
- Robert Veatch, Georgetown University
"This path-breaking volume is the first to explore the global export of Western bioethics to a variety of non-Western settings. Explicitly critical, the book also points to the liberating potential of bioethics to achieve social justice and improve the lives of patients around the world. The book is a must-read for all medical anthropologists interested in bioethics." - Marcia Inhorn, Yale University
"Bioethics Around the Globe should change the way bioethics is conceived and practiced in the U.S. and elsewhere. Its rich and wide-ranging comparative examination opens new possibilities for bioethical reflection. I enthusiastically recommend this wonderful book." - James F. Childress, University of Virginia
"The past 40 years have seen a remarkable spread of bioethics to every part of the world. Dr. Myser's collection is a wonderful and rich exploration of its international impact, revealing important similarities and differences from country to country. It will have an important impact." - Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center

Controversies in Food and Nutrition (Hardcover): Myrna Chandler Goldstein, Mark A Goldstein Controversies in Food and Nutrition (Hardcover)
Myrna Chandler Goldstein, Mark A Goldstein
R2,016 Discovery Miles 20 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago--but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition, making it difficult for the average customer to know what to believe. Is anything safe at McDonald's? Do carbohydrates cause obesity? This provocative new resource explores 15 common controversies in the field of food and nutrition.

The authors explain the varying opinions and underlying issues that surround these debates, shedding new light on tensions over popular diets, fast food, and vegetarianism. Readers will gain a better understanding of these arguments and learn of the controversies surrounding lesser known topics as well, such as food irradiation, organic and imported food, vitamin supplementation, animal growth hormones, and more. Hot topics such as mad cow disease, high-protein diets, food allergies, and genetic modifications are clearly presented. This resource is perfect for high school and college students, as well as the general public.

An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-Mare (Paperback): John Bond An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-Mare (Paperback)
John Bond
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Annuities on Lives - Second Edition, Plainer, Fuller, and More Correct Than the Former. With Several Tables, Exhibiting at One... Annuities on Lives - Second Edition, Plainer, Fuller, and More Correct Than the Former. With Several Tables, Exhibiting at One View, the Values of Lives, for Several Rates of Interest. by A. De Moivre (Paperback)
Abraham de Moivre
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Diseases of the Stomach (Paperback): William Brinton The Diseases of the Stomach (Paperback)
William Brinton
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Professor Cullen's Treatise of the Materia Medica - With Large Additions, Including Many New Articles, Wholly Omitted in... Professor Cullen's Treatise of the Materia Medica - With Large Additions, Including Many New Articles, Wholly Omitted in the Original Work (Paperback)
William Cullen
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children (Paperback): David Francis Condie A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children (Paperback)
David Francis Condie
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Puerperal Diseases - Clinical Lectures Delivered at Bellevue Hospital (Paperback): Fordyce Barker The Puerperal Diseases - Clinical Lectures Delivered at Bellevue Hospital (Paperback)
Fordyce Barker
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions Upon Disorders of the Body - Being the Essay to Which the Fothergillian Medal... A Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions Upon Disorders of the Body - Being the Essay to Which the Fothergillian Medal Was Adjudged (Paperback)
William Falconer
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Some Observations on the Origin and Progress of the Atrabilious Constitution and Gout - Chap. Iv. Containing the Regular,... Some Observations on the Origin and Progress of the Atrabilious Constitution and Gout - Chap. Iv. Containing the Regular, Cardinal Fit (Paperback)
William Grant
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Treatise on the Venereal Disease (Paperback): John Hunter A Treatise on the Venereal Disease (Paperback)
John Hunter
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Essay on the Action of Medicines in the System; Or, 'On the Mode in Which Therapeutic Agents Introduced Into the... An Essay on the Action of Medicines in the System; Or, 'On the Mode in Which Therapeutic Agents Introduced Into the Stomach Produce Their Peculiar Effects on the Animal Economy' (Paperback)
Frederick William Headland
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of the Contagious Cholera - With Facts Explanatory of Its Origin and Laws, and of a Rational Method of Cure... The History of the Contagious Cholera - With Facts Explanatory of Its Origin and Laws, and of a Rational Method of Cure (Paperback)
James Kennedy
R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Cautions to Women, Respecting the State of Pregnancy - the Progress of Labour and Delivery; the Confinement of Child-Bed; and... Cautions to Women, Respecting the State of Pregnancy - the Progress of Labour and Delivery; the Confinement of Child-Bed; and Some Constitutional Diseases: Including Directions to Midwives and Nurses. ... by Seguin Henry Jackson, M.D (Paperback)
Seguin Henry Jackson
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Theory of Circulation by Respiration - Synopsis of Its Principles and History (Paperback): Emma Willard Theory of Circulation by Respiration - Synopsis of Its Principles and History (Paperback)
Emma Willard
R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Medical Science and the Medical Profession in Europe and the United States. an Introductory Lecture, November, 1840... Medical Science and the Medical Profession in Europe and the United States. an Introductory Lecture, November, 1840 (Paperback)
Harvey Lindsly
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On Flooding After Delivery and Its Scientific Treatment - With a Special Chapter on the Preventive Treatment (Paperback): James... On Flooding After Delivery and Its Scientific Treatment - With a Special Chapter on the Preventive Treatment (Paperback)
James Lumley Earle
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Remarks on the Cholera Morbus (Paperback): H. Young Remarks on the Cholera Morbus (Paperback)
H. Young
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Modern Practice of Physic (Paperback): Robert Thomas The Modern Practice of Physic (Paperback)
Robert Thomas
R1,052 Discovery Miles 10 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On Poisons in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine (Paperback): Alfred Swaine Taylor On Poisons in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine (Paperback)
Alfred Swaine Taylor
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Brief Description of Surgical Apparatus - Intended to Accompany a Series of Delineations of the Most Important Mechanical... A Brief Description of Surgical Apparatus - Intended to Accompany a Series of Delineations of the Most Important Mechanical Auxiliaries of Surgery (Paperback)
Henry Thomas Chapman
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Immunity in Infective Diseases (Paperback): Elie Metchnikoff Immunity in Infective Diseases (Paperback)
Elie Metchnikoff
R754 Discovery Miles 7 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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