The Mineral Waters and Spas of New Zealand by Arthur S. Wohlmann
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: good-very good
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
$10.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in ...Show more
Differences in Medicine - Unraveling Practices, Techniques, and Bodies by Marc Berg (Editor); Annemarie Mol (Editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Body, Commodity, Text Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
Western medicine--especially in contrast with non-Western traditions of medical practice--is widely thought of as a coherent and unified field in which beliefs, definitions, and judgments are shared. Marc Berg and Annemarie Mol debunk this myth with an interdisciplinary and intercultural collection of e ...Show more
Regulating How We Die - The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide by Linda L. Emanuel (ed.)
$16.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
The Supreme Court has ruled that states may prohibit physician-assisted suicide. Expressing the views of his fellow justices, Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote, "Americans are engaged in an earnest and profound debate about the morality, legality, and practicality of physician-assisted suicide. Our holding ...Show more
Medical Books, Libraries and Collectors: A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to the Medical Sciences by John L. Thornton
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Doctors in Denial - The Forgotten Women in the 'Unfortunate Experiment' by Ronald W Jones
$20.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
When Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Herbert Green's study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) - later called 'the unfortunate experiment' - had been in progress for seven y ...Show more
Practical Reasoning in Bioethics by James F. Childress
$25.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Medical Ethics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This is a valuable clarification, re-statement and defence of principlism as an approach to applied ethics. It is strongly recommended to many teachers of bioethics..." --Journal of the American Medical AssociationChildress' book deserves careful study by all concerned with the ethical aspect of contemp ...Show more
Pills & Potions at the Cotter Medical History Trust by Claire Le Couteur
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
In this fascinating and by turns alarming book, Claire Le Couteur has researched the background to some of the popular medical remedies in New Zealand's medical history, based on items found in the collection of the Cotter Medical History Trust. The Cotter Trust was established in Christchurch by retire ...Show more
Medical Ethics Today - Its Practice and Philosophy by BMA Staff
$16.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
This text answers the range of questions commonly raised and relates the long accepted standards which have governed professional behaviour to newly emerging situations. It aims to produce a tool for doctors, whilst recognizing that debate of ethical issues extends beyond the medical profession.
Recovering Bodies - Illness, Disability, and Life Writing by G. Thomas Couser; Nancy Mairs (Foreword by)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Health | Series: Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This is a provocative look at writing by and about people with illness or disability--in particular HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, deafness, and paralysis--who challenge the stigmas attached to their conditions by telling their lives in their own ways and on their own terms. Discussing memoirs, diaries, colla ...Show more
Claiming Power in Doctor-Patient Talk by Nancy Ainsworth-Vaughn
$20.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Nancy Ainsworth-Vaughn studied stories, topic control, "true" questions, and rhetorical questions in 101 medical encounters in US private-practice settings. In exceptionally lucid and accessible style, Ainsworth-Vaughn explains how power was claimed by and co-constructed for both patients and doctors (p ...Show more
Little People: Learning to See the World Through My Daughter's Eyes by Dan Kennedy
$15.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
A week after her birth in 1992, Dan Kennedy's firstborn daughter was diagnosed with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. Reassured by doctors that Becky would have normal intelligence and a normal life span, Dan and his wife, Barbara, quickly adjusted to the reality of her condition. What w ...Show more