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  • The Science of Cookery and the Art of Eating Well

    Philosophical and Historical Reflections on Food and Dining in Culture

    by Donald Phillip Verene, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft ...
    Series Book 3 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    The Science of Cookery and the Art of Eating Well is a philosophical and historical reflection on food and dining in human culture. It includes discussions of the nature of the first meals as found in Greek literature and the philosophy of history of Giambattista Vico, the Roman cookbook of Apicius (the first known cookbook), the cookbook of Artusi (the seminal cookbook of Italian cooking), ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Salt and Hypertension

    Dietary Minerals, Volume Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Regulation

    Edited by Rainer Rettig, Detlev Ganten, Friedrich C. Luft ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Controversy regarding the wisdom of a high salt intake has been with us for 5000 years. In the Nei Ching, the oldest of the extant medical writings, the Yellow Emperor observed, "Hence, if too much salt is in the food, the pulse hardens, tears make their appearance, and the complexion changes". At about the same period in history, Job asked the question, "Can that which is unsavory be eaten ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Galen on Apodictics

    by Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft, Dmitry A. Balalykin ...
    Series Book 7 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    This book is dedicated to one of the topical issues of the history and philosophy of medicine—the analysis of the research method of Galen of Pergamon, an outstanding physician of Antiquity (2nd century AD). Galen's works, on the one hand, were the outcome of the Hippocratic tradition and its development in medicine for more than 500 years and, on the other hand, have determined the further ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Rethinking Medical Ethics

    Concepts and Principles

    by Jean-Pierre Clero, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft ...
    Series Book 4 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    In this unique study, Jean-Pierre Clero examines medical ethics from a philosophical perspective. Based on the thoughts of great philosophers, he develops a theory of medical ethics that focuses on the values of intimacy. ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Practice of Medicine as Being in Time

    by Raymond C Barfield, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft ...
    Series Book 8 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    This is an exciting, but difficult, season for the practice of medicine. The effects of corporate transformation on the practice are part of a larger cultural crisis. The arena of medicine is a proving ground for our responses to this crisis, because it is so intimately and immediately related to our bodies. Our answers to contemporary challenges in the practice of medicine will depend on, and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Patient Safety

    The Relevance of Logic in Medical Care

    Translated by Tatiana Tzarvulanova ...
    by Alexander Gungov, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft ...
    Series Book 5 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    In our time of well-publicized health care travails, in the USA and the UK and elsewhere, matters of financing too often subsume the dimension of patient care. In his latest book, Alexander L. Gungov studies a vital but neglected aspect of patient safety. Of the thousands of medical errors committed on a daily basis, in the bulk of unfortunate clinical decisions, a significant share pertains to ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Human Genome as Common Heritage of Mankind

    by Jean Buttigieg, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft ...
    Series Book 2 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    In this timely study, Jean Buttigieg demonstrates the necessity to make it a legal principle of international law that the human genome is a common heritage of mankind. In 1997, the UNESCO General Conference declared the human genome a common heritage of humankind. This declaration was followed by the Joint Statement of March 14, 2000, by US President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • A Systems Analysis of Medicine (SAM): Healing Medicine

    by Ken A Bryson, Alexander L Gungov, Friedrich Luft ...
    Series Book 6 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    This book is a must-read for anyone interested in transforming the impersonal character of the medical experience into a personalized, relational, spiritual, and holistic dialog about human health. It promotes a holistic vision of the doctor-patient relationship, a medicine that ought to be based on the totality of the human experience rather than on the reductive view of the patient as a person ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Medical Philosophy

    A Philosophical Analysis of Patient Self-Perception in Diagnostics and Therapy

    by David Låg Tomasi, Friedrich Luft, Alexander Gungov ...
    Series Book 1 - Studies in Medical Philosophy
    This innovative book concentrates on the important distinction between philosophy of medicine and medical philosophy, by expanding the focus from ‘knowing that’ of the first term to the ‘knowing how’ of the latter. Thus, the idea of patient and provider self-discovery becomes integral part, method, and strategy at the basis of therapeutic treatment. Among the most important contributions of this ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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    Underlying Mechanisms and Therapy

    Edited by Christian A Koch, George P Chrousos ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. The exact prevalence of hypertension related to hormonal derangements (endocrine hypertension) is not known but estimated to affect less than 15% of hypertensive patients. Recent ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Cardiovascular Aspects of Dialysis Treatment

    The importance of volume control

    Edited by E.J. Dorhout Mees ...
    Cardiovascular complications are not only responsible for more than half of our patients' mortality, they also represent the bulk of everyday problems in a dialysis unit. Yet, the space allocated to them in the major textbooks covers only 2-8% of their total content. The origins of this book lie in many years of day-to-day care of dialysis patients. It gradually became clear to the author that ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Ciliopathies

    A reference for clinicians

    Edited by Thomas D. Kenny, Philip L. Beales ...
    The ciliopathies are a group of rare diseases that often affect multiple systems within the body, and are caused by defects in the function or structure of cilia. When cilia go wrong, there are profound consequences; these are discussed in detail for the first time in Ciliopathies: a reference for clinicians. The book provides a clinical overview and reference to this newly emergent group of ... Read more

    $81.89 CAD