The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Crown $26.00
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could...
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Farrar, Straus and Giroux $14.99
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWhen three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos....
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Thorndike Press $29.95
A New York Times Bestseller For two thousand years, cadavers have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. Mary Roach's fascinating account visits their good deeds over the centuries, telling, in her droll voice, the story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics by General Books LLC $14.14
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Philosophy / General; Philosophy / Ethics
Eugenics and other Evils by CreateSpace $7.70
Written in the beginning of the 20th century, before the WW I, when this theme was the "topic of the hour", eugenics is the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding. Exerpts: "The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the...
HOOKED, A Thriller by $0.99
Get HOOKED! “All the sure elements of a big seller written by pros who know how to tell a story. Slick and sexy with easily recognizable people or composites.”— Publisher’s WeeklyHOOKED is a story of sex, greed, ambition, murder, revenge and assassination — and of a gifted doctor from a small town in Kentucky.With a contemporary feel, the novel takes place in the mid-20th century...
Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health by Beacon Press $15.00
A complex web of factors has created the phenomenon of overdiagnosis: the popular media promotes fear of disease and perpetuates the myth that early, aggressive treatment is always best; in an attempt to avoid lawsuits, doctors have begun to leave no test undone, no abnormality overlooked; and profits are being made from screenings, medical procedures, and pharmaceuticals. Revealing the social,...
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Anchor $17.00
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner (Nonfiction)PEN/Oakland Award WinnerBCALA Nonfiction Award WinnerGustavus Meyers Award WinnerFrom the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history...
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by General Books LLC $20.00
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of; Ethics;
Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues (with InfoTrac) by Wadsworth Publishing $87.95
Through a combination of the illuminating overviews composed by the editor and readings drawn from important traditional and contemporary sources, MacKinnon's ETHICS provides students with an introduction to both ethical theory and the moral debates surrounding a variety of contemporary issues. Edited with the intention of providing reader friendly, but not superficial, access to many complex...