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  • Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice

    Equitable and Sustainable Global Futures

    Edited by Siân E. Halcrow, Sabrina C. Agarwal, Carlina de la Cova, Rebecca Gowland, Gwen Robbins Schug ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology and cognate disciplines, with the aim of fostering social and political change. The editors bring together a diverse range of bioarchaeologists and related practitioners whose work engages with some of the most pressing social issues facing humanity today, including infectious disease, structural violence, healthcare ... Read more

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  • The Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology

    Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes

    Edited by Rebecca Gowland, Siân Halcrow ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Over the past 20 years there has been increased research traction in the anthropology of childhood. However, infancy, the pregnant body and motherhood continue to be marginalised. This book will focus on the mother-infant relationship and the variable constructions of this dyad across cultures, including conceptualisations of the pregnant body, the beginnings of life, and implications for health ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

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    The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

    by Sandra Kahn, Paul R. Ehrlich ...
    There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of ... Read more

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  • Sleep

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep - it plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing. References to sleep abound in literature and art, and sleep has been recognized as fundamental to the human condition for thousands of years. Over the past century, our knowledge of how sleep occurs, ... Read more

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  • Sexing the Body

    Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality

    by Anne Fausto-Sterling ...
    Now updated with groundbreaking research, this award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history.Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most ... Read more

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  • Epidemiology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Rodolfo Saracci ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of disease and its main aim is to improve the health of populations. It's a vital field, central to the health of society, to the identification of causes of disease, and to their management and prevention. Epidemiology has had an impact on many areas of ... Read more

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  • Why Do People Get Ill?

    Exploring the Mind-body Connection

    by Darian Leader, David Corfield ...
    'Well-argued, thought-provoking . . . will make you think twice before reaching for the painkillers' Daily MailHave you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even cause conditions like heart disease, cancer or asthma? And what - if anything - can we do about it?Why Do People Get Ill? explores the relationship between what's going on in our heads and what happens in ... Read more

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  • Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

    by Michel Odent ...
    Since the middle of the twentieth century, the development of plastics has been one of the main factors influencing the history of medicine. For example, an anaesthesiologist was formerly an expert in delivering drugs by inhalation. Today, this expert delivers drugs through plastic catheters, in particular via intravenous and epidural routes. Where obstetrics is concerned, a typical modern woman ... Read more

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  • McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine

    by Thomas R. Freeman ...
    Highly acclaimed in its first three editions, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner might see in clinical practice, McWhinney's defines the principles and practices of family medicine as a separate and distinct field of practice. The fourth edition presents six new clinical ... Read more

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  • The Lancet: Zoonoses

    Global Health Series

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    Endemic and enzootic zoonoses cause about a billion cases of illness in people and millions of deaths every year, and emerging zoonoses are a rising threat to global health. Zoonoses – pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses which we share with animals – cause more than 60% of human infectious diseases, and have been responsible for some of the most devastating disease outbreaks in recent ... Read more

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  • Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

    by Peter Gluckman, Alan Beedle, Tatjana Buklijas, Felicia Low, Mark Hanson ...
    Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the field of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology, and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking is essential for medicine to achieve its full potential. ... Read more

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  • The Future of the Brain

    The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience

    by Steven Rose ...
    Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as profound insight into the nature of the brain. But these exciting new breakthroughs, warns Steven Rose, will also raise troubling questions about what it means to be human. In The Future of the Brain, Rose explores just how far neuroscience may help us understand ... Read more

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