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  • John Macalister's Other Vision

    A History of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

    by Gordon Cook ...
    What systems can be set up in primary care to recognise child abuse? What action should be taken? Who should be contacted and at what stage? This book guides the reader towards the correct procedures when alerted to a child abuse or neglect case, and provides practical 'what to do and why' advice. It takes a unique approach in looking at child protection from the perspective of primary care and ... Read more

    $285.82 CAD

  • The Incurables Movement

    v. 4, Respiratory Disease, Mental Health, Diabetes, Dermatology

    by Gordon Cook ...
    This significant work records the history of the pioneering British Home and Hospital for Incurables, founded in 1861. It examines the social, political and medical climate through the years and charts the fascinating and important changes over this time. It provides a vital overview for historians of medicine, healthcare and social development. Physicians, nurses and managers involved in care of ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Caribbean Diseases

    Doctor George Low's Expedition in 1901-02

    by Gordon Cook ...
    In this unique, highly detailed examination, Gordon C Cook investigates the very beginnings of tropical medicine through the work of Dr George Low (1872-1952). Widely known as the 'father of tropical medicine', Low was a pioneering force in the study of Caribbean diseases and the development of preventative medicine. His work on parisitology and importance of epidemiology and ecology was ground ... Read more

    $236.35 CAD

  • Disease in the Merchant Navy

    A History of the Seamen's Hospital Society

    by Gordon Cook, Anna Pavlov ...
    In this unique, highly detailed examination, Gordon C Cook explores disease in the merchant navy through the history of the Seamen's Hospital Society. From its foundation in 1812, until the present day, the Seamen's Hospital Society has been responsible for the physical welfare of merchant seamen and has headed many remarkable advances in medical science. This handsome volume is ideal for all ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • Twenty-Six Portland Place

    The Early Years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    by Gordon C. Cook ...
    Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, from its foundation in 1907 to its half-century in 1957. Following its formation at the height of the Empire, it became a forum in which to discuss and develop ideas and current research by physicians and clinical parasitologists into diseases prevalent in warm ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice

    by Gordon C. Cook ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice is the sixth monograph to appear in the now established and flourishing Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science. Written by a distinguished authority in the field, the book gives a comprehensive and detailed description of parasitic infections and their clinical consequences. Such infections are no longer confined to tropical parts of the world and now have a ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • National Service Fifty Years Ago: Life of a Medical Conscript in West Africa

    by Gordon Charles Cook ...
    Between 1946 and 1962, following World War II (1939-45), for the first time in peace-time Britain, conscription was introduced as a partial solution to Churchill's 'cold war' strategy. While the majority of conscripts served their two-years within the UK or Europe, a minority was sent to overseas locations, some to where actual fighting was taking place. The author of this book was based in ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise and Fall of a Medical Specialty: London's Clinical Tropical Medicine

    by Gordon Charles Cook ...
    In the late nineteenth century it became clear to the British government that health hazards facing those serving in warmer climates, particularly West Africa, were unacceptable. This led to the origin of a new clinical specialty – tropical medicine. Until the Great War (1914-18), the discipline flourished not only in Britain but in every country with possessions in a warm climate. However, in the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Health-Care For All: History of a ‘Third-World’ Dilemma

    by Gordon Charles Cook ...
    In the 1960s to 1980s, a heated controversy arose as to how best medical care could be delivered to individuals living in rural 'third-world' communities. This became polarised: should the national health budget be directed to primary health care with the exclusion of tertiary care (including hospitals)? This became confused with the training of medical personnel, including doctors. Of course, a ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australian Bryozoa Volume 2

    Taxonomy of Australian Families

    Edited by Haylee Weaver, Patricia Cook, Philip Bock, Dennis Gordon ...
    Bryozoans are aquatic animals that form colonies of connected individuals. They take a variety of forms: some are bushy and moss-like, some are flat and encrusting and others resemble lace. Bryozoans are mostly marine, with species found in all oceans from sublittoral to abyssal depths, but freshwater species also exist. Some bryozoans are of concern as marine-fouling organisms and invasive ... Read more

    $197.99 CAD

  • Australian Bryozoa Volume 1

    Biology, Ecology and Natural History

    Edited by Haylee Weaver, Patricia Cook, Philip Bock, Dennis Gordon ...
    Bryozoans are aquatic animals that form colonies of connected individuals. They take a variety of forms: some are bushy and moss-like, some are flat and encrusting and others resemble lace. Bryozoans are mostly marine, with species found in all oceans from sublittoral to abyssal depths, but freshwater species also exist. Some bryozoans are of concern as marine-fouling organisms and invasive ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • The New Reflectionism in Cognitive Psychology

    Why Reason Matters

    Edited by Gordon Pennycook ...
    Series series Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning
    This volume presents detailed reviews and will be of use to anyone interested in the strengths and weaknesses of human reason. This volume will also be of use to both proponents and skeptics of dual-process theory as it represents a strong case for the wide theoretical significance of the distinction between intuition and reflection. The empirical evidence indicates that analytic thinking plays a ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD