If That Ever Happens to Me: Making Life and Death Decisions after Terri Schiavo (Studies in Social Medicine) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Shepherd's book is a readable, thoughtful, balanced look at the strange, sad case of Terri Schiavo, peeling back the media attention and hysteria to look at the fundamental aspects of how should we treat such cases from the viewpoint of patients, loved ones and society as a whole. The author strikes...

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Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This well-written and most informative book is a real eye-opener. It made me wonder how it is that the human race has managed to survive this long, given the dangers that lurk out in nature. The author, a physician specializing in infection disease, has done an excellent job in describing the various...

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Sexology (Family Medical Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was thrilled to find a more pristine copy of this book to replace my crumbing 1904 version. This book is the origins of the myth that "female intelligence is a freak of nature" and that boys masturbating will cause blindness and insanity among many other misconceptions and beliefs. I had heard about...

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Changing Humors of Portsmouth: The Medical Biography of an American Town 1623-1938 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Delightfully preserved memoirs and photos of lives of medical pioneers long ago in the seacoast New Hampshire town of Portsmouth, the reader gleans a deep appreciation for the medical care we so often diss. As a nurse at the current Portsmouth Hospital, I loved reading about the roots of the hearty predecessors...

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Y2K Compliance Manual for the Medical Office Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I knew going into this book that we had to do something to prepare our practice for Y2K but thought that the majority of problems were isolated to our internal systems. After reading through this manual, my eyes were opened to the real problems that we face. Sure, our own computers and systems still...

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Adenoviruses: Basic Biology to Gene Therapy (Medical Intelligence Unit 15) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Do you know how about my feeling when I got the book and skimmed through it at first? I found it is just what I am hungry for 乧it indeed is an excellent source of information for beginning the study and research of adenovirus and its application in gene therapy. The book represents the tremendous effort...

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Great Medical Discoveries - Chemotherapy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There is a time in everyone's life when a friend or loved one is touched by the cold grip of cancer. It is an indiscriminant disease that afflicts the very young, the very old and sometimes those in the prime of their lives. In Great Medical Discoveries-Chemotherapy, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen artfully...

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Cell Chemistry and Physiology: Part III, Volume 4C (Principles of Medical Biology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book has some good title and context about ion transport across the cell membrane. Understanding of ions transport is very essentail way to study of cell membrane functions and its responses to stimuli. It is very good for any biological and medical students that have well known information about...

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Anderson Ruffin Abbott (Canadian Medical Lives) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Anderson Ruffin Abbott is a name unfamiliar to many Canadians, but a man of great importance to the Afro-American community in Canada. Born in Toronto in 1837, he became the first Afro-American physician in Canada, and was one of only eight Afro-American surgeons in the U.S. Army during the American...

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"Medical Madness" . . . and You Are The Victim: Be Aware/Be Prepared, Hospitals and Drugs Can Be Dangerous To Your Health Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ever wonder how good modern medicine really is for you? This book has the answers and tells how to avoid falling into the hospital trap.Click Here to see more reviews about: "Medical Madness" . . . and You Are The Victim: Be Aware/Be Prepared, Hospitals and Drugs Can Be Dangerous To Your HealthClick...

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Medical Risk Management Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Medical Risk Management" is a timely volume addressing personal interactions, expectations, and complications between physicians and patients, although it is valuable and applicable to all medical professionals who have patient contact. The book focuses on breaking both patient and physician personalities...

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Quantitative Dynamnic Telethermometry in Medical Diagnosis Management Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This monograph gives a good review of thermal dianosis down through the ages, but then drifts into wishland when it comes to the latest in thermal imaging. "Could", "would", should", and "may" are overused in making the case for thermography as a diagnostic tool for the future, with little real data...

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Image Analysis in Histology (Postgraduate Medical Science) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a good text covering the important and expanding area of image analysis. However, to get the best out of it, one would need to be studying a course on Image Analysis (such as the MSc. run by the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London for whom the book is aimed), and using iamge analysis systems...

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Liver Transplantation and the Alcoholic Patient: Medical, Surgical and Psychosocial Issues Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I haven't read it beacause it is all about the liver and stuff. Maybe you eggheads would like it.Click Here to see more reviews about: Liver Transplantation and the Alcoholic Patient: Medical, Surgical and Psychosocial IssuesAlcohol-induced liver disease, the most common cause of end-stage liver failure...

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"Doctors Only": The Evolving Image of the American Physician (Contributions in Medical Studies) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I recently read this book and was amazed at Malmsheimer's insightful commentary on what it means to be a doctor in America. He transcends the prevalent petty finger-pointing of other authors on the subject to delve into the philosphical, historical, and even literary basis for his arguments. He explores...

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Harlequin Medical - Large Print - Airborne Emergency Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Airborne Emergency by Olivia Gates Mills & Boon Medical Romance # 1249 - January 2005 From the time Cassandra St. James was three years old, she'd been thoroughly entranced by Vidal, demanding all of his attention; only the then 14 year old Vidal was determined not to stand out or disappoint Cassandra's...

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The Police Doctor's Discovery (Harlequin Medical - Large Print) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Description from the book back cover:A bad boy turned good? When Dr. Rachel Beresford returns home as a locum GP and police doctor, she's surprised that Nick Kowalski still lives there. Her bad-boy former boyfriend is now a senior police officer, and the powerful connection they once shared flares back...

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