Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity
Bert Gordijn • Ruth Chadwick Editors 2009
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Life After Residency
Melissa T. Berhow William W. Feaster John G. Brock-Utne 2009 A Career Planning Guide After four plus years of medical school, three plus years of residency and, possibly, an additional sub-specialty fellowship, you are finally ready to find a real job. You have an exciting and challenging task ahead of you!
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Richard B. Gunderman 2009 Leadership in Healthcare by Richard Gunderman is a marvelous and much needed book that examines the essential role of leadership in the future of the medical profession. As Gunderman notes in the first chapter: ‘‘To think outside the box, we need to read and converse outside the confines of our discipline.’’
Continue reading →HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On
Poul Rohleder · Leslie Swartz · Seth C. Kalichman Leickness C. Simbayi Editors 2009 Psychosocial Perspectives AIDS has been one of the defining challenges of our time. On our continent Africa, more so, because its greatest global burden is here, where wealth is least and human systems frailest. And in South Africa most acutely, not just because […]
Continue reading →HANDBOOK OF OPTIMIZATION IN MEDICINE
Edited By PANOS M. PARDALOS H. EDWIN ROMEIJN 2009 In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the application of optimization techniques to the delivery of health care. This is in large part due to contributions in three fields: the development of more and more efficient and effective methods for solving large-scale optimization problems (operations research), the […]
Continue reading →Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Bryan Kestenbaum 2009 An Introduction to Clinical Research This textbook was born from a disparate collection of written materials that were created to teach Epidemiology and Biostatistics to second year medical students at the University of Washington. These materials included handouts, practice problems, guides to reading research articles, quizzes, notes from student help sessions, and student emails.
Continue reading →Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness
Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic Editors 2009 The United States is experiencing a dramatic shift in demographics, with minorities comprising a rapidly growing proportion of the population. It is anticipated that this will likely lead to substantial changes in previously established values, needs, and priorities of the population, including health and mental health for individuals, families, and society at large. […]
Continue reading →Breast-Feeding: Early Influences on Later Health
Gail Goldberg • Andrew Prentice • Ann Prentice Suzanne Filteau • Kirsten Simondon 2009 The theme of ISRHML 2004, the 12th Symposium of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation was Breast-Feeding: Early Influences on Later Health. The conference attracted almost 200 delegates from 32 different countries and included speakers from five […]
Continue reading →Social Capital and Health
Edited by Ichiro Kawachi S.V. Subramanian Daniel Kim 2008
Continue reading →Promoting Health for Working Women
Athena Linos · Wilhelm Kirch Editors 2008 In the past few decades, the European workforce has seen a substantial rise in the number of employed women. There is an increasing trend in women entering most occupations while still carrying the responsibilities of domestic labor.
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