Hidden Arguments

Author: Professor Sylvia Noble Tesh
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0813513154
Category: Medical

Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention Policy

In this provocative book, Sylvia Tesh shows how "politics masquerades as science" in the debates over the causes and prevention of disease. Download Hidden Arguments medical books for free.
esh argues that ideas about the causes of disease which dominate policy at any given time or place are rarely determined by scientific criteria alone. The more critical factors are beliefs about how much government can control industry, who should take risks when scientists are uncertain, and whether the individual or society has the ultimate responsibility for health. Tesh argues that instead of lamenting the presence of this extra-scientific reasoning, it should be brought out of hiding and welcomed. She illustrates her position by analyzing five different theories of disease causality that have Get Hidden Arguments our bestseller medical books.

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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Mete

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Saturday Is for Funerals

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Medical Nemesis

Author: Ivan Illich
Edition: 1st Edition, 6th Printing
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0394712455
Category: Medical

Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

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Refugee and Immigrant Health Download

Author: Charles Kemp
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0521828597
Category: Medical

Refugee and Immigrant Health: A Handbook for Health Professionals

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The Gold Standard Download

Author: Stefan Timmermans
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1592131883
Category: Medical

The Gold Standard: The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine

Few things make people react more strongly to the changes going on in health care than the word standardization. Download The Gold Standard medical books for free.
Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. The Gold Standard takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects patients, doctors, and the institution of medicine. Showing that standards are not about less or more skills, or more or less uniformity, but rather about a redefinition of autonomy, patients, and relationships, Timmermans and Berg show instead that they are about creating new worlds of medical treatment. Cutting through the hype and fears, the authors Get The Gold Standard our bestseller medical books.

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Getting It Done

Author: Tom Daschle
Edition:
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B003OUXE7E
Category: Medical

Getting It Done: How Obama and Congress Finally Broke the Stalemate to Make Way for Health Care Reform

Senator Tom Daschle's narrative of what went on behind the scenes in the making of the new health care legislation delivers a powerful lesson in the workings of American politics. Download Getting It Done medical books for free.
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Author: Samuel Kelton Jr. Roberts
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0807832596
Category: Medical

Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation (Studies in Social Medicine)

For most of the first half of the twentieth century, tuberculosis ranked among the top three causes of mortality among urban African Americans. Download Infectious Fear medical books for free.
Often afflicting an entire family or large segments of a neighborhood, the plague of TB was as mysterious as it was fatal. Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr. examines how individuals and institutions-black and white, public and private-responded to the challenges of tuberculosis in a segregated society. Reactionary white politicians and health officials promoted "racial hygiene" and sought to control TB through Jim Crow quarantines, Roberts explains. African Americans, in turn, protested the segregated, overcrowded housing that was the true root of the tuberculosis problem. Moderate white and black political le Get Infectious Fear our bestseller medical books.

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