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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton & Company
W. W. Norton & Company
"One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."— Entertainment Weekly Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies...
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
University Of Chicago Press
University Of Chicago Press
There's a "Frank & Ernest" comic strip showing a chick breaking out of its shell, looking around, and saying, "Oh, wow! Paradigm shift!" Blame the late Thomas Kuhn. Few indeed are the philosophers or historians influential enough to make it into...
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In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
Qanta A. Ahmed
Sourcebooks, Inc.
Sourcebooks, Inc.
"In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr....
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The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine
Ted J. Kaptchuk
McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
Completely and thoroughly revised, The Web That Has No Weaver is the classic, comprehensive guide on the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. This accessible and invaluable resource has earned its place as the foremost authority in the...
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The Social Transformation of American Medicine
Paul Starr
Basic Books
Basic Books
Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two...
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Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine
Harriet Beinfield, Efrem Korngold
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books
Two of the foremost American educators and healers in the Chinese medical profession demystify Chinese medicine's centuries-odl approach to health. Combining Eastern traditions with Western sensibilities in a unique blend that is relevant today,...
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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter
W. W. Norton & Company
W. W. Norton & Company
Samuel Johnson once called the medical profession "the greatest benefit to mankind." In the 20th century, the quality of that benefit has improved more and more rapidly than at any other comparable time in history. With all the capabilities of...
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Freud And Beyond: A History Of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
Steven Mitchell, Margaret Black
Basic Books
Basic Books
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...
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