Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


“glenn mcgee”

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “glenn mcgee”
Skip side bar filters

  • Beyond Genetics

    The User's Guide to DNA

    by Glenn McGee ...
    Genetic science is about to radically alter our lives. Sooner than you can imagine, human beings will be capable of diagnosing their own illnesses, designating the sex of their children, even designing the food they eat -- all as easily as using a cell phone. Now is the time for every one of us to take control of our DNA, and one man is uniquely qualified to show us how: Glenn McGee, bioethicist ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bioethics for Beginners

    60 Cases and Cautions from the Moral Frontier of Healthcare

    by Glenn McGee ...
    How far is too far? 60 cases illustrating modern bioethical dilemmasBioethics for Beginners maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding light on the social, economic and legal side of 21st century medicine while giving ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • The 10,000 Year Explosion

    How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

    by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending ...
    Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years.Scientists have long believed that the "great leap forward" that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in humans. In this stunningly original account of our evolutionary history, top ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bad Pharma

    How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

    by Ben Goldacre ...
    We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about a drug, when in reality much of the research is ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays

    by Joel Comm ...
    The Web is a powerful “money button” that can connect you with vast networks of customers, solidify your business image, and create continual growth. The key is in knowing how to install that button effectively. In an era of blogging, social networking, message boards, and web sites for every subject under the sun, it’s difficult to figure out which internet tools are the ones that will make your ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

  • The Phylogenetic Handbook

    A Practical Approach to Phylogenetic Analysis and Hypothesis Testing

    Edited by Philippe Lemey, Marco Salemi, Anne-Mieke Vandamme ...
    The Phylogenetic Handbook is a broad, hands on guide to theory and practice of nucleotide and protein phylogenetic analysis. This second edition includes six new chapters, covering topics such as Bayesian inference, tree topology testing and the impact of recombination on phylogenies, as well as a detailed section on molecular adaptation. The book has a stronger focus on hypothesis testing than ... Read more

    $67.29 USD

  • Body Brokers

    nside America's Underground Trade in Human Remains

    by Annie Cheney ...
    “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus“Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will follow.” —Matthew 24:28Body Brokers is an audacious, disturbing, and compellingly written investigative exposé of the lucrative business of procuring, buying, and selling human cadavers and body parts.Every year human corpses meant for anatomy classes, burial, or cremation find their way ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Pain®, 4th edition

    by Donlin M. Long, MD, PhD ...
    Pain can be both physiologically and psychologically debilitating. Furthermore, pain management can be complex. This text guides clinicians in assessing and treating acute and chronic pain. In the 3rd edition of this comprehensive handbook, the author, an international expert in pain management, discusses many different types of pain as well as pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Joosr Guide to… The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Our genes are hardwired to survive at all cost. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance For The Poor

    by Robinson Marguerite S. ...
    This book focuses on how the demand for microfinance can be met on a global scale. It documents the contributions of institutions and of people who have led the development of commercial finance for the poor, and it analyzes the principles on which the microfinance revolution is based. In sum, this work offers a detailed overview of the development of microfinance over the past 20 years; a global ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Indo-European Controversy

    Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics

    by Asya Pereltsvaig, Martin W. Lewis ...
    Over the past decade, a group of prolific and innovative evolutionary biologists has sought to reinvent historical linguistics through the use of phylogenetic and phylogeographical analysis, treating cognates like genes and conceptualizing the spread of languages in terms of the diffusion of viruses. Using these techniques, researchers claim to have located the origin of the Indo-European language ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Continuous Sedation at the End of Life

    Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives

    Edited by Kasper Raus, Freddy Mortier, Sigrid Sterckx ...
    Series series Cambridge Bioethics and Law
    Continuous sedation until death (sometimes referred to as terminal sedation or palliative sedation) is an increasingly common practice in end-of-life care. However, it raises numerous medical, ethical, emotional and legal concerns, such as the reducing or removing of consciousness (and thus potentially causing 'subjective death'), the withholding of artificial nutrition and hydration, the ... Read more

    $43.49 USD