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Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development
Clinicians and scientists are increasingly recognising the
importance of an evolutionary perspective in studying the
aetiology, prevention, and treatment of human disease; the growing
prominence of genetics in medicine is further adding to the
interest in evolutionary medicine. In spite of this, too few
medical students or residents study evolution. This book builds a
compelling case for integrating evolutionary biology into
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, as well as its
intrinsic value to medicine. Chapter by chapter, the authors -
experts in anthropology, biology, ecology, physiology, public
health, and various disciplines of medicine - present the rationale
for clinically-relevant evolutionary thinking. They achieve this
within the broader context of medicine but through the focused lens
of maternal and child health, with an emphasis on female
reproduction and the early-life biochemical, immunological, and
microbial responses influenced by evolution. The tightly woven and
accessible narrative illustrates how a medical education that
considers evolved traits can deepen our understanding of the
complexities of the human body, variability in health,
susceptibility to disease, and ultimately help guide treatment,
prevention, and public health policy. However, integrating
evolutionary biology into medical education continues to face
several roadblocks. The medical curriculum is already replete with
complex subjects and a long period of training. The addition of an
evolutionary perspective to this curriculum would certainly seem
daunting, and many medical educators express concern over potential
controversy if evolution is introduced into the curriculum of their
schools. Medical education urgently needs strategies and teaching
aids to lower the barriers to incorporating evolution into medical
training. In summary, this call to arms makes a strong case for
incorporating evolutionary thinking early in medical training to
help guide the types of critical questions physicians ask, or
should be asking. It will be of relevance and use to evolutionary
biologists, physicians, medical students, and biomedical research
scientists.
"Extremely well-written, innovative, and timely, "Infertility
Around the Globe is a definitive work. Together, the authors use
infertility as the lens to examine numerous compelling social
issues, generating a powerful argument that infertility is a
globally significant phenomenon. This volume will attract
anthropologists and other social scientists interested in the study
of reproduction, as well as anyone interested in gender studies,
women's studies, and international health."--Carolyn Sargent,
co-editor of "Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge:
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
"This groundbreaking, interdisciplinary book will change how
infertility is theorized and how intervention programs are
designed. It will become the primary sourcebook for international
and comparative research in a variety of cultural settings. Reading
this book was a distinct pleasure."--Lynn Morgan, co-editor of
"Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions
"A stunning achievement. Through its richly textured
ethnographic accounts, this book beautifully explicates the
universals and particularities of involuntary childlessness in
disparate world regions. It challenges the myopic view that the
heartbreak is limited to advanced industrial societies. This book
is a much-needed antidote in a field mostly characterized by
polemic and untested assumptions."--C. H. Browner, UCLA School of
Medicine
"Scholarship on infertility too often has been culture-bound,
focusing on Western versions of biosocial reproductive problems and
on technological solutions. This innovative volume decenters that
perspective, with studies on the ostracism of elder childless men
in Kenya, political suspicions of vaccination campaigns in
theCameroons, new reproductive technologies for ultraorthodox use
in Israel, and China's emergent eugenics. It enlarges the 'public'
in public health."--Rayna Rapp, co-editor of "Conceiving the New
World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction
The first edition of Color Atlas of Fetal and Neonatal Histology
was an important step in updating the histology texts available to
practicing pathologists and pathology trainees who perform fetal
autopsy and/or participate in research involving fetal tissues. It
was a well-received volume that filled a major gap in pathology
references related to normal histology and provided a
comprehensive, state-of-the art review of fetal and neonatal
histology. While the basics of fetal histology have changed little
in the intervening years since publication of the first edition,
this successor edition provides new insights and a fresh
perspective. This book contains six new chapters including: blood
vessels and lymphatics, external genitalia, eye, ear, skin, and
maceration changes. Many existing chapters have also been expanded
to address a greater breadth of fetal and neonatal histology such
as postnatal testis development and the cardiac conduction system.
The "Special Considerations" sections were also expanded in many
chapters to address particularly problematic issues within
individual organ systems. The book reviews the histology of the
major organ systems in the fetus and neonate and provides detailed
images, up-to-date references, and practical guidelines for
identifying tissues across all gestational ages of development. The
second edition of Color Atlas of Fetal and Neonatal Histology
serves as the ultimate go-to resource for pathologists and
researchers dealing with, and interested in, fetal and neonatal
histology. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current
status of the field with excellent and extensive illustrative
examples that help guide the clinical study of fetal and neonatal
histology and stimulate investigative efforts with fetal tissue.
"The dynamic spark that is responsible for creating each new human
being cannot be reduced to a mass of cells and biochemical
processes. There is a deeper mystery at play that women who are
struggling with fertility can tap into." This book explains how to
use the tools of spirituality and psychology to relax the endocrine
system, change your perspective, and get pregnant. Everyone is
fertile; however, our common standards for measuring fertility are
faulty. Today, our currently accepted narratives around fertility
offer much in the way of diagnosis, but little in the way of
customized care and consideration of a woman's entire mind, body,
and spirit. The dynamic spark responsible for creating each new
human being cannot be reduced to a mass of cells and biochemical
processes. There is a deeper mystery at play, one that women
struggling with fertility can tap into. In this ground-breaking
book, holistic fertility doctor Dr. Julie Von shows women a new way
to approach fertility so that the entire experience of becoming
pregnant is energetically uplifting. She shares tools and
techniques that help nourish and build women's receptive energy to
connect to the spiritual and unseen aspects of creating life. Dr.
Von helps readers understand that principles of cosmic timing can
be applied to all processes having to do with fertility and
child-rearing, from freezing eggs, to conceiving, to choosing to
adopt. With close to 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Von has
witnessed firsthand the power of the spiritual within fertility to
balance the hormonal system and promote a healthy pregnancy.
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