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“charles b smith”

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  • The Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease

    by Margaret P Battin, Leslie P Francis, Jay A Jacobson, Charles B Smith ...
    Bioethics emerged at a time when infectious diseases were not a major concern. Thus bioethics never had to develop a normative framework sensitive to situations of disease transmission. The Patient as Victim and Vector explores how traditional and new issues in clinical medicine, research, public health, and health policy might look different in infectious disease were treated as central. The ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    how to plan for a good death

    by Charlie Corke ...
    ‘Too frequently, we leave it too late to start to think — but a crisis is never the best time for careful thought.’As Australia's population ages, many individuals are faced with making complex medical decisions, for themselves and for others, in times of great stress. How far should doctors go when trying to prolong life? How can we decide what is ‘too far’ and ‘not far enough’ for our loved ones ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Suffering the Silence

    Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial

    by Allie Cashel ...
    Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world ... Read more

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  • Antimicrobial Therapy Guide®, 19th edition

    by Antonio Anzueto, MD, George A. Pankey, MD, Gary P. Wormser, MD, Jack D. Sobel, MD ...
    The leading clinical reference source on therapeutic antimicrobials, this latest edition contains up-to-date treatment guidelines and algorithms for most infections in an expanded, easy-to-read format. Composed by a team of expert contributing editors, this book is conveniently organized and tabbed for quick reference of drug toxicities, prophylaxis strategies, and dosage options. Now available ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Contemporary Guide to Surgical Infections™

    by Michael A. West, MD, PhD ...
    Written by one of the nation’s foremost experts on the diagnosis and treatment of surgical infections, Contemporary Guide to Surgical Infections™ is divided into two segments. Segment 1—Sections 1 through 10—defines and characterizes surgical infections and discusses the general principles of diagnosis and management, including routine operations and potential postoperative complications. Specific ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Attending Children

    A Doctor's Education

    by Margaret E. Mohrmann ...
    In a fast-paced, complicated, and evermore dangerous world it is easy to become self-absorbed and consumed with our own problems. There is one place, however, where we put our self-centered concerns aside, and our deep, common humanity is profoundly touched. That place is where sick children dwell.It is no less difficult—and perhaps even more difficult in many ways—for physicians who have chosen ... Read more

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  • Catching Breath

    The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis

    by Miss Kathryn Lougheed ...
    Tuberculosis is an ancient disease, but it's not a disease of history. With more than a million victims every year – more than any other disease, including malaria – and antibiotic resistance now found in every country worldwide, tuberculosis is once again proving itself to be one of the smartest killers humanity has ever faced. But it's hardly surprising considering how long it's had to hone its ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections®, 3rd edition

    by Thomas M. File, Jr., MD, MS, Dennis L. Stevens, MD, PhD ...
    The third edition of this valuable handbook features a new chapter on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, which are a growing problem in community and hospital environments. The handbook also covers the treatment of pyodermas, diabetic foot infections, and necrotizing soft-tissue infections, and features a useful insert of disease-related color photos as an aid to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Health, Disease, and Causal Explanations in Medicine

    Edited by L.Y Nordenfelt, B.I.B Lindahl ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    On May 13-15, 1982, some 50 scientists and scholars - physicians, philos ophers and social scientists - convened at Hasselby Castle in Stockholm for the first Nordic Symposium on the Philosophy of Medicine. The topics for the symposium included (1) the concepts of health and disease, (2) classification in medicine, and (3) causality and causal explanations in medicine. The majority of the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Etiquette of Eating & Personal Hygiene from Islamic Perspective

    by Muhammad Vandestra ...
    The religion of Islam is a holistic way of life. It is not separated into physical, emotional and spiritual areas; rather it teaches that all aspects of life combine to fulfil one purpose. What is that purpose and is it possible to understand the meaning of life? Yes it is! Islam makes it very clear that the purpose of life is to worship our Creator, the One True God. What gives meaning to our ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Acute Respiratory Infections

    Edited by Wei Shen Lim ...
    Series series Oxford Respiratory Medicine Library
    Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are the most common acute medical problem encountered in primary care. Not only are RTIs very common, the spectrum of disease is wide. Clinical management differs according to the characteristics of the infected host and infecting pathogen. Despite these features, there are currently no pocketbooks that bring together clinically relevant information on this ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Autobiography of a Disease

    by Patrick Anderson ...
    Series series Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives
    Autobiography of a Disease documents, in experimental form, the experience of extended life-threatening illness in contemporary US hospitals and clinics. The narrative is based primarily on the author’s sudden and catastrophic collapse into a coma and long hospitalization thirteen years ago; but it has also been crafted from twelve years of research on the history of microbiology, literary ... Read more

    $61.99 USD