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The History of Radiology
The History of Radiology is an authoritative and engaging history of medical developments within radiology which will appeal to a wide audience including radiologists, medical physicists, medical historians, radiographers, medical students and doctors.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine
In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explore medical developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and theme.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. In recent decades, the history of medicine has emerged as a rich and mature sub-discipline within history, but the strength of the field has not precluded vigorous debates about methods, themes, and sources. Bringing together over thirty international scholars, this handbook provides a constructive overview of the current state of these debates, and offers new directions for future scholarship. There are three sections: the first explores the methodological challenges and historiographical debates generated by working in particular historical ages; the second explores the history of medicine in specific regions of the world and their medical traditions, and includes discussion of the `global history of medicine'; the final section analyses, from broad chronological and geographical perspectives, both established and emerging historical themes and methodological debates in the history of medicine.
A History of Haematology
A beautifully illustrated account of the remarkable developments within haematology, this insightful volume details the scientists and pioneers central to these advances.
To Comfort Always
Covers the rise of clinical studies, academic programmes and international collaborations to promote palliative care. It examines the continuing need to provide evidence in support of development and assesses the dilemmas of unequal access to services and pain relieving drugs.
Oxford Textbook of the Newborn
"Well into the 20th century, one in four newborns failed to survive their first year of life. It was after World War II that medicine "discovered" the newborn as a human being entitled to medical treatment and prioritised care. Since its definition by Alexander Schaffer in 1960, neonatology has evolved into a mature, innovative, and ethical field. A large number of medical professionals' care for neonates, yet no definitive medical history of the newborn has been available until now. The Oxford Textbook of the Newborn: A Cultural and Medical History offers readers a unique and authoritative resource on the 3000-year history of the newborn within Western societies. Written by Professor Michae...
Mind, State and Society
A multidisciplinary account of the reforms in psychiatry and mental health in Britain during 1960-2010 and their relation to society.
Oxford Case Histories in Geriatric Medicine
This new addition to the Oxford Case Histories series is a specialty-based collection of geratology cases. Based around the specialist training curriculum for geriatrics, Oxford Case Histories in Geriatric Medicine covers the presentation, management, and treatment of illness in older people and relevant social and ethical issues.
The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this i Very Short Introduction/i surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key turning points in the history of Western medicine - such as the advent of hospitals and the rise of experimental medicine - but also offering reflections on alternative traditions such as Chinese medicine, Bill Bynum offers insights into medicine's past, while at the same time engaging with contemporary issues, discoveries, and controversies.
