The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by University Of Chicago Press $13.00
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably not claim his own...
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of Aids by Simon & Schuster $23.00
The first book by a doctor who works with AIDS victims daily offers a revealing look at the impact of AIDS on a small Tennessee town, as townspeople respond to the disease's presence in inspiring ways.
Forty Studies That Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research by Prentice Hall College Div $27.00
Roger R. Hock, professor of Psychology at New England College, recounts and illuminates forty of the most elegant and influential studies that have shaped our understanding of human behavior during psychology's brief past. Each study chosen for this book is presented in a meaningful and accessible style within a consistent format that includes: a brief introduction and overview of historical...
Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought by Basic Books $17.95
Freud’s concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But psychoanalytic thinking has undergone an enormous expansion and transformation over the past fifty years. With Freud and Beyond, Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black make contemporary psychoanalytic thinkingthe body of...
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Knopf $24.00
Attempting to demythologize the process of dying, Nuland explores how we shall die, each of us in a way that will be unique. Through particular stories of dying--of patients, and of his own family--he examines the seven most common roads to death: old age, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, accidents, heart disease, and strokes, revealing the facets of death's multiplicity. "It's impossible to read How...
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Random House $26.95
"This is a gripping book. Elizabeth Norman presents a war story in which the main characters never kill one of the enemy, or even shoot at him, but are nevertheless heroes. . . . First on Bataan, then moved to Corregidor, they were under almost constant shell fire, were always hungry, close to starvation, had horrendous diseases to deal with despite a shortage or even a complete lack of proper...
Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System Student Lecture Companion by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. $53.95
In a clear, cohesive format, these books provide a concise survey of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality.
Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years by St. Martin's Griffin $16.99
When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. But compared to his fellow residents Collins feels inadequate and unprepared. All too...
Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective, Fourth Edition by Health Administration Press $89.00
This book will help your students understand the economics underlying the issues and politics of healthcare. It presents 36 short, topical chapters that focus on the financing and delivery of medical services. The fifth edition includes updated chapters, figures, and tables as well as a new chapter on comparative effectiveness research and a completely revised chapter on the new Patient...
Bed Number Ten by CRC Press $42.95
A patient's personal view of long term care.Seen through the eyes of a patient totally paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, this moving book takes you through the psychological and physical pain of an eleven month hospital stay. BED NUMBER TEN reads like a compelling novel, but is entirely factual.You will meet:The ICU staff who learned to communicate with the paralyzed woman - and those who...