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  • The One Best Way?

    Breastfeeding History, Politics, and Policy in Canada

    by Tasnim Nathoo, Aleck Ostry ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    In recent years, breastfeeding has been prominently in the public eye in relation to debates on issues ranging from parental leave policies, work−family balance, public decency, the safety of our food supply, and public health concerns such as health care costs and the obesity “epidemic.”Breastfeeding has officially been considered “the one best way” for feeding infants for the past 150 years of ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

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  • The Breastfeeding Book

    Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning

    by Martha Sears, RN, William Sears, MD, FRCP ...
    A fully revised edition of the Dr. Sears guide to breastfeeding, a perennial favorite of parents for nearly two decadesFrom pediatric experts Martha Sears, R.N., and William Sears, M.D., a comprehensive, reassuring, authoritative information on:How to get started breastfeeding, with illustrated tips for latching on Increasing your milk supply Breastfeeding when working away from home Pumps and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Japanese Secrets to Beautiful Skin

    The Maeda Program

    by Grace Maeda, Lucille Craft ...
    Japanese Secrets to Beautiful Skin & Weight Control is based on the simple and natural principle that diet and bathing are the most important factors in creating healthy, beautiful skin and a general feeling of well-being.And once your skin glows and you feel full of energy and enthusiasm, you are well on the way to realizing your complete beauty potential. How would you rate your physical ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Midwife

    by Susan Cohen ...
    Series Book 821 - Shire Library
    The midwife: medical professional, friend in a woman's hour of greatest need, potent social and cultural symbol. Though the role of midwife has existed since time immemorial, it is only since the Victorian era that it has been a recognised and regulated profession. This book, from social history expert Susan Cohen, looks at midwifery in Britain from ancient times up to the present, paying ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Madness in Civilization

    A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

    by Andrew Scull ...
    A beautifully illustrated history of the human encounter with unreasonThe loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won't let go—these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental disturbance is most commonly viewed through a medical lens, but societies have also ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Nobody Ever Told Me (or my Mother) That!

    Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development

    by Diane Bahr ...
    Nobody Ever Told Me (Or My Mother) That! : Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development fills a missing niche in the child rearing world. It explains everything from the basics of nursing, to SIDS, to facial massage; finishing with the secrets to good speech development and your child's best natural appearance. Written by an SLP with over 30 years experience, this book is a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Battling Melanoma

    One Couple's Struggle from Diagnosis to Cure

    by Claudia Cornwall ...
    In June 2013, Gordon Cornwall’s melanoma went metastatic and spread to his brain. He and his wife, Claudia, thought it was “game-over.” But his oncologist encouraged them to look for a clinical trial that might work for his form of melanoma. After embarking on a continent-wide search, they found a study in Texas with spots for just two more patients. They scrambled to get Gordon enrolled, and in ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Medications and Mothers' Milk 2017

    by Hilary E. Rowe, PharmD, Thomas W. Hale, RPh, PhD ...
    Now in its 17th Edition, Medications and Mothers’ Milk, is the worldwide best selling drug reference on the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers. This book provides you with the most current, complete, and easy-to-read information on thousands of medications in breastfeeding mothers.This massive update has numerous new drugs, diseases, vaccines, and syndromes. It also contains new tables, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Black Death in Egypt and England

    A Comparative Study

    by Stuart J. Borsch ...
    Throughout the fourteenth century AD/eighth century H, waves of plague swept out of Central Asia and decimated populations from China to Iceland. So devastating was the Black Death across the Old World that some historians have compared its effects to those of a nuclear holocaust. As countries began to recover from the plague during the following century, sharp contrasts arose between the East, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Caesarean Birth

    The Work of François Rousset in Renaissance France - A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarian Childbirth

    Edited by Thomas Baskett ...
    François Rousset's sixteenth-century treatise was the first known text to promote the idea of caesarean birth. In its time, Rousset's book was translated into German and Latin, but until publication of this book there was no known English translation. The original text was highly controversial four centuries ago, and caesarean section - especially the rising rate of caesarean births, with one ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Failure to Progress

    The Contraction of the Midwifery Profession

    by Rosemary Mander, Valerie Fleming ...
    Changes in the field of midwifery are of concern to those within the health care system, the academic world and those whose lives are touched by midwifery care. This text reflects on the current situation and questions whether it is the most appropriate way of providing care for the childbearing woman. The book discusses what is happening both within midwifery as well as to midwifery as a ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Scurvy

    The Disease of Discovery

    by Jonathan Lamb ...
    An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth centuryScurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing the speechless ... Read more

    $19.99 USD