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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover)

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover)

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover)

By: Harriet A. Washington

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Paperback)

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Paperback)

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Paperback)

By: Paul Farmer

On Immunity: An Inoculation (Hardcover)

On Immunity: An Inoculation (Hardcover)

On Immunity: An Inoculation (Hardcover)

By: Eula Biss

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

By: Anne Fadiman

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)

By: Mary Roach

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition (Paperback)

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition (Paperback)

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition (Paperback)

By: Arthur Kleinman

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa (Paperback)

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa (Paperback)

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa (Paperback)

By: Didier Fassin

Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry (Paperback)

Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry (Paperback)

Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry (Paperback)

By: Arthur Kleinman

Pain as Human Experience: An Anthropological Perspective (Paperback)

Pain as Human Experience: An Anthropological Perspective (Paperback)

Pain as Human Experience: An Anthropological Perspective (Paperback)

By: Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good

Medical Anthropology and the World System (Paperback)

Medical Anthropology and the World System (Paperback)

Medical Anthropology and the World System (Paperback)

By: Hans A. Baer

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It (Paperback)

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It (Paperback)

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It (Paperback)

By: Marcia Angell

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)

By: Gabor Maté

Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin (Miracle Makers)

Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin (Miracle Makers)

Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin (Miracle Makers)

By: Anne Rooney

The Thirlby: A Field Guide to a Vibrant Mind, Body, and Soul (Hardcover)

The Thirlby: A Field Guide to a Vibrant Mind, Body, and Soul (Hardcover)

The Thirlby: A Field Guide to a Vibrant Mind, Body, and Soul (Hardcover)

By: Almila Kakinc-Dodd

Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic (Paperback)

Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic (Paperback)

Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic (Paperback)

By: Julie Livingston

Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm (Hardcover)

Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm (Hardcover)

Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm (Hardcover)

By: Robert G. Wallace

Healing the Schism: Epidemiology, Medicine, and the Public’s Health (Frontiers of Primary Care)

Healing the Schism: Epidemiology, Medicine, and the Public’s Health (Frontiers of Primary Care)

Healing the Schism: Epidemiology, Medicine, and the Public’s Health (Frontiers of Primary Care)

By: Halfdan Mahler

Foucault, Health and Medicine (Hardcover)

Foucault, Health and Medicine (Hardcover)

Foucault, Health and Medicine (Hardcover)

By: Robin Bunton

Your Patient Safety Survival Guide: How to Protect Yourself and Others from Medical Errors (Hardcover)

Your Patient Safety Survival Guide: How to Protect Yourself and Others from Medical Errors (Hardcover)

Your Patient Safety Survival Guide: How to Protect Yourself and Others from Medical Errors (Hardcover)

By: Gretchen Lefever Watson

Social Ecology: Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space (Human-Environment Interactions Book 5)

Social Ecology: Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space (Human-Environment Interactions Book 5)

Social Ecology: Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space (Human-Environment Interactions Book 5)

By: Helmut Haberl

In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America (Hardcover)

In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America (Hardcover)

In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America (Hardcover)

By: Laurie Edwards

Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

By: Robert Levine

Extraordinary Conditions: Culture and Experience in Mental Illness (Hardcover)

Extraordinary Conditions: Culture and Experience in Mental Illness (Hardcover)

Extraordinary Conditions: Culture and Experience in Mental Illness (Hardcover)

By: Janis H. Jenkins

Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories (Paperback)

Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories (Paperback)

Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories (Paperback)

By: Terrence Holt

Spk: Turn Illness into a Weapon (Paperback)

Spk: Turn Illness into a Weapon (Paperback)

Spk: Turn Illness into a Weapon (Paperback)

By: Wolfgang Huber

Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on Poverty (Hardcover)

Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on Poverty (Hardcover)

Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on Poverty (Hardcover)

By: Thomas J. Ward

Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health (Global Connections)

Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health (Global Connections)

Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health (Global Connections)

By: Hannah Bradby

Social Ecology and Communalism (Paperback)

Social Ecology and Communalism (Paperback)

Social Ecology and Communalism (Paperback)

By: Murray Bookchin

Generic: The Unbranding of Modern Medicine (Hardcover)

Generic: The Unbranding of Modern Medicine (Hardcover)

Generic: The Unbranding of Modern Medicine (Hardcover)

By: Jeremy A. Greene

Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health (Paperback)

Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health (Paperback)

Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health (Paperback)

By: Judith Walzer Leavitt

Health Care and Public Policy (Hardcover)

Health Care and Public Policy (Hardcover)

Health Care and Public Policy (Hardcover)

By: David A. Reisman

Framing Animals as Epidemic Villains: Histories of Non-Human Disease Vectors (Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History)

Framing Animals as Epidemic Villains: Histories of Non-Human Disease Vectors (Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History)

Framing Animals as Epidemic Villains: Histories of Non-Human Disease Vectors (Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History)

By: Christos Lynteris

Modernity, Medicine and Health (Paperback)

Modernity, Medicine and Health (Paperback)

Modernity, Medicine and Health (Paperback)

By: Graham Scambler

Medicine, Health and Society (Paperback)

Medicine, Health and Society (Paperback)

Medicine, Health and Society (Paperback)

By: Hannah Bradby

Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

By: Steven Epstein

How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America (Hardcover)

How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America (Hardcover)

How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America (Hardcover)

By: Otis Webb Brawley

Medical Sociology: An Introduction (Paperback)

Medical Sociology: An Introduction (Paperback)

Medical Sociology: An Introduction (Paperback)

By: Hannah Bradby

Pharmaceutical Reason: Knowledge and Value in Global Psychiatry (Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences)

Pharmaceutical Reason: Knowledge and Value in Global Psychiatry (Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences)

Pharmaceutical Reason: Knowledge and Value in Global Psychiatry (Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences)

By: Andrew Lakoff

When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health (Hardcover)

When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health (Hardcover)

When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health (Hardcover)

By: João Biehl

The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body (Paperback)

The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body (Paperback)

The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body (Paperback)

By: Deborah Lupton

Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease (Hardcover)

Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease (Hardcover)

Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease (Hardcover)

By: Wendy Orent

The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It (Hardcover)

The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It (Hardcover)

The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It (Hardcover)

By: Jeanne Lenzer

Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa (Paperback)

Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa (Paperback)

Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa (Paperback)

By: Katherine A. Dettwyler

A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities (Hardcover)

A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities (Hardcover)

A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities (Hardcover)

By: Byron J. Good

Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?: How to Prevent Dangerous Interactions, Avoid Deadly Side Effects, and Be Healthier with Fewer Drugs (Hardcover)

Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?: How to Prevent Dangerous Interactions, Avoid Deadly Side Effects, and Be Healthier with Fewer Drugs (Hardcover)

Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?: How to Prevent Dangerous Interactions, Avoid Deadly Side Effects, and Be Healthier with Fewer Drugs (Hardcover)

By: Armon B. Neel Jr.

A Passion for Society: How We Think about Human Suffering (Paperback)

A Passion for Society: How We Think about Human Suffering (Paperback)

A Passion for Society: How We Think about Human Suffering (Paperback)

By: Iain Wilkinson

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)

By: Maya Dusenbery

Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger (Paperback)

Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger (Paperback)

Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger (Paperback)

By: Carlo Caduff