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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2010
The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception.
And The Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
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Randy Shilts · 2000
An investigative account of the medical, sexual, and scientific questions surrounding the spread of AIDS across the country.
Textbook of Family Medicine
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Robert E. Rakel, David Rakel · 2011
Offers guidance on the principles of family medicine, primary care in the community, and various aspects of clinical practice.
Human Anatomy & Physiology
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This books offers an extensive coverage of the human anatomy and physiology covering the skin, body parts, skeleton, joints, muscles, tissues, nervous system, senses, the endocrine system, hormones, blood, the heart, cardiovascular system ...
Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction
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Christian W. McMillen · 2016
A concise and comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, including plague, tubercolosis, smallpox, malaria, cholera, and HIV.
The Immune System
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Peter Parham · 2014
The Immune System, Fourth Edition emphasizes the human immune system and presents immunological concepts in a coherent, concise, and contemporary account of how the immune system works.
The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
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Charles E. Rosenberg · 2009
"A major work of interpretation of medical and social thought . . . this volume is also to be commended for its skillful, absorbing presentation of the background and the effects of this dread disease."—I.B. Cohen, New York Times "The ...
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
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Antonio R. Damasio · 2003
In Looking for Spinoza, Damasio, one of the world's leading neuroscientists, draws on his innovative research and on his experience with neurological patients to examine how feelings and the emotions that underlie them support human ...
Gene Jockeys: Life Science and the Rise of Biotech Enterprise
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Nicolas Rasmussen · 2014
This book captures that heady, fleeting moment when a biologist could expect to do great science through the private sector and be rewarded with both wealth and scientific acclaim.
Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and ...
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Aubrey Milunsky, Jeff M. Milunsky · 2011
Highly Commended in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology category of the 2010 BMA Medical Book Competition Brand new edition of the world's leading text on prenatal diagnosis This 6th Edition of Genetic Disorders and the Fetus maintains it's pre ...