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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

av Gardiner Harris ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Les mer

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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The Silent Patient

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- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film.Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago.When she shot her husband in the head five times.Since th... ... Les mer

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Bad Science

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Ben Goldacre’s wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book he takes on the MMR hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopathy ... Les mer

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The Scientist Who Wasn't There

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The Gene

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av Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

An epic, dazzling history of the idea that defines us.From Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to the discovery of DNA and the CRISPR revolution in gene-editing, The Gene tells the story of how we came to understand heredity – to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans – land how that knowledge now allows us to rewrite life itself. Siddhartha Mukherjee combines scientific insight with ... Les mer

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The Wounded Storyteller

Body, Illness & Ethics

av Arthur W. Frank ...

Updated second edition: "A bold and imaginative book which moves our thinking about narratives of illness in new directions." — Sociology of Heath and IllnessSince it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. A collective portrait of a so-called "remission society" of those who suffer from illness or disability, as well as a ... Les mer

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Medical Ethics

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av Tony Hope, Michael Dunn ...

Serie serien Very Short Introductions
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Saving Normal

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The Myth of Mental Illness

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av Thomas S. Szasz ...

“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York TimesThe 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays.Thomas Szasz's classic book ... Les mer

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av Jennifer Doudna, Samuel Sternberg ...

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av Rebecca Skloot ...

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A Life in Brain Surgery - as seen on 'life-changing' BBC documentary Confessions of a Brain Surgeon

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On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... Les mer

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Look at the Messenger. Who Is He? Whose Interest Is He Pursuing?:

SHORT STORY # 48. Nonfiction series #1 - # 60.

av Alla P. Gakuba ...

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One Little Finger

av Malini Chib ...

"The birth was hugely traumatic, and the pediatrician in charge kept repeating to himself, ′It was a mistake...I should have carried out a caesarean…lets see if she survives…I am not sure if she will survive…at the most 72 hours." I Survived!One Little Finger is the autobiography of Malini Chib—a woman who defied all odds to emerge victorious in spite of a crippling disability and an indifferent ... Les mer

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Public Health in the Age of Anxiety

Religious and Cultural Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada

av Centre for Studies in Religion & Society ...

Controversies and scepticism surrounding vaccinations, though not new, have increasingly come to the fore as more individuals decide not to inoculate themselves or their children for cultural, religious, or other reasons. Their personal decisions put the rights of the individual on a collision course with public and community safety.Public Health in the Age of Anxiety enhances both the public and ... Les mer

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Controversies and scepticism surrounding vaccinations, though not new, have increasingly come to the fore as more individuals decide not to inoculate themselves or their children for cultural, religious, or other reasons. Their personal decisions put the rights of the individual on a collision course with public and community safety.Public Health in the Age of Anxiety enhances both the public and
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Insider Trading

How Mortuaries, Medicine and Money Have Built a Global Market in Human Cadaver Parts

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The Stem Cell Revolution

av Elliot Lander MD, Mark Berman MD ...

The book describes the journey into the growing arena of clinical stem cell therapy by highlighting not only the road that brought a team of physicians together but also real stories from a number of their patients that were given their health back through the magic of stem cell therapy. Your fat is loaded with stem cells that can be used now to treat and reverse a large number of inflammatory and ... Les mer

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The book describes the journey into the growing arena of clinical stem cell therapy by highlighting not only the road that brought a team of physicians together but also real stories from a number of their patients that were given their health back through the magic of stem cell therapy. Your fat is loaded with stem cells that can be used now to treat and reverse a large number of inflammatory and
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Stories of Dignity within Healthcare: Research, narratives and theories

av Dr.Oscar Tranvåg, Dr Oddgeir Synnes ...

Dignity is fundamental to every single person’s life and history; and every interaction with another human being can potentially influence a person’s sense of identity and self-esteem. In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of ‘dignity in care’. When healthcare organisations and individuals prioritise dignity, service users, carers and staff are treated with respect, ... Les mer

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Dignity is fundamental to every single person’s life and history; and every interaction with another human being can potentially influence a person’s sense of identity and self-esteem. In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of ‘dignity in care’. When healthcare organisations and individuals prioritise dignity, service users, carers and staff are treated with respect,
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Kidney Transplants and Scams

India’s Troublesome Legacy

av Ramesh Kumar ...

A live kidney weighing 150-200gms is the most sought-after organ worldwide, with people willing to buy from unrelated live donors for a few lakh rupees. There are almost 2000 kidney transplants happening in India yearly – less than half this number meet the country’s legal requirements. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, Sudarshan Agarwal are the ... Les mer

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A live kidney weighing 150-200gms is the most sought-after organ worldwide, with people willing to buy from unrelated live donors for a few lakh rupees. There are almost 2000 kidney transplants happening in India yearly – less than half this number meet the country’s legal requirements. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, Sudarshan Agarwal are the
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Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics

Redigert av Joseph Boyle, Leonard Sumner ...

Serie serien Toronto Studies in Philosophy
How should we attempt to resolve concrete bioethical problems? How are we to understand the role of bioethics in the health care system, government, and academe? This collection of original essays raises these and other questions about the nature of bioethics as a discipline. The contributors to the volume discuss various approaches to bioethical thinking and the political and institutional ... Les mer

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How should we attempt to resolve concrete bioethical problems? How are we to understand the role of bioethics in the health care system, government, and academe? This collection of original essays raises these and other questions about the nature of bioethics as a discipline. The contributors to the volume discuss various approaches to bioethical thinking and the political and institutional
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Pharmaceutical Ethics and Health Care Access

av Richard George Boudreau ...

A fragmented health care industry combined with longer life expectancies is helping to push up the price of prescription drugs.While pharmaceutical manufacturers point to increased costs of research and development for higher prices, the truth is that big pharma and its allies operate in an environment of secrecy, with no rhyme or reason when it comes to charges.Richard George Boudreau explores ... Les mer

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A fragmented health care industry combined with longer life expectancies is helping to push up the price of prescription drugs.While pharmaceutical manufacturers point to increased costs of research and development for higher prices, the truth is that big pharma and its allies operate in an environment of secrecy, with no rhyme or reason when it comes to charges.Richard George Boudreau explores
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Experimenting with Humans and Animals

From Aristotle to CRISPR

av Anita Guerrini ...

Serie serien Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science
Examining the ideas and attitudes that encourage scientists to experiment on living creatures, what their justifications are, and how these have changed over time.Experimentation on animals—particularly humans—is often assumed to be a uniquely modern phenomenon. But the ideas and attitudes that encourage biological and medical scientists to experiment on living creatures date from the earliest ... Les mer

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Examining the ideas and attitudes that encourage scientists to experiment on living creatures, what their justifications are, and how these have changed over time.Experimentation on animals—particularly humans—is often assumed to be a uniquely modern phenomenon. But the ideas and attitudes that encourage biological and medical scientists to experiment on living creatures date from the earliest
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No More Tears

The Silent Patient

Bad Science

The Scientist Who Wasn't There

The Gene

The Wounded Storyteller

Medical Ethics

Saving Normal

The Myth of Mental Illness

The Treatment

A Crack in Creation

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Admissions

Dark Archives

Look at the Messenger. Who Is He? Whose Interest Is He Pursuing?:

One Little Finger

Public Health in the Age of Anxiety

Insider Trading

The Stem Cell Revolution

Stories of Dignity within Healthcare: Research, narratives and theories

Kidney Transplants and Scams

Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics

Pharmaceutical Ethics and Health Care Access

Experimenting with Humans and Animals