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Emily K. Abel: Who Cares for the Elderly?
 
Who Cares for the Elderly?
Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters

Abel, Emily K.

248 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1991
paper 0-87722-950-3
EAN 978-0-87722-950-6
cloth 0-87722-814-0
EAN 978-0-87722-814-1
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Peter Aggleton: Men Who Sell Sex
 
Men Who Sell Sex
International Perspectives on Male Prostitution and AIDS

edited by Aggleton, Peter

296 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-669-7
EAN 978-1-56639-669-1
cloth 1-56639-668-9
EAN 978-1-56639-668-4
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Kristin K. Barker: The Fibromyalgia Story
 
The Fibromyalgia Story
Medical Authority and Women’s Worlds of Pain

Barker, Kristin K.

272 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2005
paper 1-59213-161-1
EAN 978-1-59213-161-7
cloth 1-59213-160-3
EAN 978-1-59213-160-0
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
 
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
An Introduction and Study Guide for Medical Students

edited by Baron, MSEd, DO, David and Ellen Sholevar, MD

224 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2008
paper 1-59213-531-5
EAN 978-1-59213-531-8

The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange
 
The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange
Baronov, David

264 pp • 6x9• Fall 2008
cloth 1-59213-915-9
EAN 978-1-59213-915-6

Dan E. Beauchamp: The Health of the Republic
 
The Health of the Republic
Epidemics, Medicine, and Moralism as Challenges to Democracy

Beauchamp, Dan E.

312 pp • Fall 1988
paper 0-87722-729-2
EAN 978-0-87722-729-8
cloth 0-87722-558-3
EAN 978-0-87722-558-4

Dan E. Beauchamp: Health Care Reform and the Battle for the Body Politic
 
Health Care Reform and the Battle for the Body Politic
Beauchamp, Dan E.

224 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1996
paper 1-56639-414-7
EAN 978-1-56639-414-7
cloth 1-56639-413-9
EAN 978-1-56639-413-0
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Patrick Biernacki: Pathways from Heroin Addiction
 
Pathways from Heroin Addiction
Recovery Without Treatment

Biernacki, Patrick

268 pp • Spring 1986
cloth 0-87722-410-2
EAN 978-0-87722-410-5

Joan Cassell: Life and Death in Intensive Care
 
Life and Death in Intensive Care
Cassell, Joan

248 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2005
paper 1-59213-336-3
EAN 978-1-59213-336-9
cloth 1-59213-335-5
EAN 978-1-59213-335-2
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Susan E. Cayleff: Wash and Be Healed
 
Wash and Be Healed
The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health

Cayleff, Susan E.

257 pp • Spring 1987
paper 0-87722-859-0
EAN 978-0-87722-859-2
cloth 0-87722-462-5
EAN 978-0-87722-462-4
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Peter Conrad, Eugene B. Gallagher: Health and Health Care in Developing Countries
 
Health and Health Care In Developing Countries
Sociological Perspectives

edited by Conrad, Peter and Eugene B. Gallagher

336 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1993
cloth 1-56639-027-3
EAN 978-1-56639-027-9

Peter Conrad, Joseph W. Schneider: Deviance and Medicalization
 
Deviance and Medicalization
From Badness to Sickness

Conrad, Peter and Joseph W. Schneider

352 pp • 7x10 • Fall 1992
paper 0-87722-999-6
EAN 978-0-87722-999-5
cloth 0-87722-998-8
EAN 978-0-87722-998-8

Raymond De Vries: A Pleasing Birth
 
A Pleasing Birth
Midwives and Maternity Care in the Netherlands

De Vries, Raymond

296 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2004
paper 1-59213-103-4
EAN 978-1-59213-103-7
cloth 1-59213-102-6
EAN 978-1-59213-102-0
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Paul Draus: Consumed in the City
 
Consumed in the City
Observing Tuberculosis at Century's End

Draus, Paul

304 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2004
paper 1-59213-249-9
EAN 978-1-59213-249-2
cloth 1-59213-248-0
EAN 978-1-59213-248-5
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Jean Elson: Am I Still a Woman?
 
Am I Still a Woman?
Hysterectomy and Gender Identity

Elson, Jean

264 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Fall 2003
paper 1-59213-211-1
EAN 978-1-59213-211-9
cloth 1-59213-210-3
EAN 978-1-59213-210-2
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Philip M. Ferguson: Abandoned to Their Fate
 
Abandoned to Their Fate
Social Policy and Practice Toward Severely Retarded People in America, 1820-1920

Ferguson, Philip M.

232 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1994
cloth 1-56639-154-7
EAN 978-1-56639-154-2

Steve Fox: Toxic Work
 
Toxic Work
Women Workers at GTE Lenkurt

Fox, Steve

192 pp • Fall 1991
paper 0-87722-895-7
EAN 978-0-87722-895-0
cloth 0-87722-816-7
EAN 978-0-87722-816-5

Peter E. S. Freund: The Civilized Body
 
Civilized Body
Social Domination, Control, and Health

Freund, Peter E. S.

166 pp • Fall 1982
cloth 0-87722-285-1
EAN 978-0-87722-285-9

Lawrence A. Frolik: Aging and the Law
 
Aging and the Law
An Interdisciplinary Reader

edited by Frolik, Lawrence A.

690 pp • 7x10 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-653-0
EAN 978-1-56639-653-0
cloth 1-56639-652-2
EAN 978-1-56639-652-3
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Michael S. Goldstein: Alternative Health Care
 
Alternative Health Care
Medicine, Miracle, or Mirage?

Goldstein, Michael S.

280 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1999
paper 1-56639-678-6
EAN 978-1-56639-678-3
cloth 1-56639-677-8
EAN 978-1-56639-677-6
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Samuel Gorovitz: Drawing the Line
 
Drawing the Line
Life, Death, and Ethical Choices in an American Hospital

Gorovitz, Samuel

216 pp • 5.75x8.5 • Fall 1993
paper 1-56639-149-0
EAN 978-1-56639-149-8

Shirley A. Hill: Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families
 
Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families
Hill, Shirley A.

240 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2003
paper 1-59213-195-6
EAN 978-1-59213-195-2
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Barry Hoffmaster: Bioethics in Social Context
 
Bioethics in Social Context
edited by Hoffmaster, Barry

248 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2000
paper 1-56639-845-2
EAN 978-1-56639-845-9
cloth 1-56639-844-4
EAN 978-1-56639-844-2
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Jane Wegscheider Hyman: Women Living with Self-Injury
 
Women Living with Self-Injury
Hyman, Jane Wegscheider

248 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1999
paper 1-56639-721-9
EAN 978-1-56639-721-6
cloth 1-56639-720-0
EAN 978-1-56639-720-9
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Janice M. Irvine: Disorders of Desire, Revised and Expanded Edition
 
Disorders of Desire
Sexuality and Gender in Modern American Sexology

Irvine, Janice M.

320 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2005
paper 1-59213-151-4
EAN 978-1-59213-151-8

Gianna E. Israel, Donald E. Tarver: Transgender Care
 
Transgender Care
Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information, and Personal Accounts

Israel, Gianna E. and Donald E. Tarver, foreword by Diane Shaffer, M.D.

304 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1997
paper 1-56639-852-5
EAN 978-1-56639-852-7
cloth 1-56639-571-2
EAN 978-1-56639-571-7
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Stephanie Kane: AIDS Alibis
 
AIDS Alibis
Sex, Drugs, and Crime in the Americas

Kane, Stephanie

256 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1998
paper 1-56639-628-X
EAN 978-1-56639-628-8
cloth 1-56639-627-1
EAN 978-1-56639-627-1
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Patricia T. Kelly: Understanding Breast Cancer Risk
 
Understanding Breast Cancer Risk
Kelly, Patricia T.

195 pp • Spring 1991
paper 0-87722-813-2
EAN 978-0-87722-813-4
cloth 0-87722-812-4
EAN 978-0-87722-812-7

Judith N. Lasker, Susan Borg: In Search of Parenthood
 
In Search of Parenthood
Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception

Lasker, Judith N. and Susan Borg

240 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1994
paper 1-56639-259-4
EAN 978-1-56639-259-4
cloth 1-56639-258-6
EAN 978-1-56639-258-7

Ruth Macklin: Surrogates and Other Mothers
 
Surrogates and Other Mothers
The Debates over Assisted Reproduction

Macklin, Ruth

264 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1994
paper 1-56639-180-6
EAN 978-1-56639-180-1
cloth 1-56639-179-2
EAN 978-1-56639-179-5
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Luisa Margolies: My Mother's Hip
 
My Mother's Hip
Lessons from the World of Eldercare

Margolies, Luisa, foreword by Walter M. Bortz II, M.D.

360 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2003
paper 1-59213-238-3
EAN 978-1-59213-238-6
cloth 1-59213-237-5
EAN 978-1-59213-237-9
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Donna Maurer: Vegetarianism
 
Vegetarianism
Movement or Moment?

Maurer, Donna

216 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2002
paper 1-56639-936-X
EAN 978-1-56639-936-4
cloth 1-56639-935-1
EAN 978-1-56639-935-7
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Frank M. McClellan: Medical Malpractice
 
Medical Malpractice
Law, Tactics, and Ethics

McClellan, Frank M.

328 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1993
paper 1-56639-066-4
EAN 978-1-56639-066-8
cloth 1-56639-065-6
EAN 978-1-56639-065-1

Brian P. McDonough, M.D.: Talking Health with Dr. Brian McDonough
 
Talking Health with Dr. Brian McDonough
edited by McDonough, M.D., Brian P.

264 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1994
cloth 1-56639-207-1
EAN 978-1-56639-207-5

Barbara Melosh: The Physician's Hand
 
The Physician's Hand
Nurses and Nursing in the Twentieth Century

Melosh, Barbara

240 pp • Fall 1982
paper 0-87722-290-8
EAN 978-0-87722-290-3
cloth 0-87722-278-9
EAN 978-0-87722-278-1

Karen Messing: One-Eyed Science
 
One-Eyed Science
Occupational Health and Women Workers

Messing, Karen, foreword by Jeanne Mager Stellman

264 pp • 5.5x8.2 • Spring 1998
paper 1-56639-598-4
EAN 978-1-56639-598-4
cloth 1-56639-597-6
EAN 978-1-56639-597-7
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Damaged Goods?
 
Damaged Goods?
Women Living with Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Nack, Adina

248 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2008
paper 1-59213-708-3
EAN 978-1-59213-708-4
cloth 1-59213-707-5
EAN 978-1-59213-707-7

Constance A. Nathanson: Dangerous Passage
 
Dangerous Passage
The Social Control of Sexuality in Women's Adolescence

Nathanson, Constance A.

304 pp • Spring 1991
paper 1-56639-077-X
EAN 978-1-56639-077-4
cloth 0-87722-824-8
EAN 978-0-87722-824-0

Marianne A. Paget, Marjorie L. DeVault: A Complex Sorrow
 
A Complex Sorrow
Reflections on Cancer and an Abbreviated Life

Paget, Marianne A., edited by Marjorie L. DeVault

176 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1993
paper 1-56639-192-X
EAN 978-1-56639-192-4
cloth 1-56639-041-9
EAN 978-1-56639-041-5

Marianne A. Paget: The Unity of Mistakes
 
The Unity of Mistakes
A Phenomenological Interpretation of Medical Work

Paget, Marianne A., foreword by Joan Cassell

206 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2004
paper 1-59213-186-7
EAN 978-1-59213-186-0
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Borrowed Time
Artificial Organs and the Politics of Extending Lives

Plough, Alonzo L.

195 pp • Spring 1986
cloth 0-87722-415-3
EAN 978-0-87722-415-0

Hazel Qureshi, Alan Walker: The Caring Relationship
 
The Caring Relationship
Elderly People and Their Families

Qureshi, Hazel and Alan Walker

287 pp • Fall 1989
cloth 0-87722-663-6
EAN 978-0-87722-663-5

Judith Pence Rooks: Midwifery and Childbirth in America
 
Midwifery and Childbirth in America
Rooks, Judith Pence, foreword by Charles S. Mahan, M.D.

576 pp • 7x10 • Spring 1999
paper 1-56639-711-1
EAN 978-1-56639-711-7
cloth 1-56639-565-8
EAN 978-1-56639-565-6
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Dana Rosenfeld, Christopher A. Faircloth : Medicalized Masculinities
 
Medicalized Masculinities
edited by Rosenfeld, Dana and Christopher A. Faircloth

272 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2005
paper 1-59213-098-4
EAN 978-1-59213-098-6
cloth 1-59213-097-6
EAN 978-1-59213-097-9
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Beth E. Schneider, Nancy E. Stoller: Women Resisting AIDS
 
Women Resisting AIDS
Feminist Strategies of Empowerment

edited by Schneider, Beth E. and Nancy E. Stoller

352 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1994
paper 1-56639-269-1
EAN 978-1-56639-269-3
cloth 1-56639-268-3
EAN 978-1-56639-268-6

Susan Sherwin: No Longer Patient
 
No Longer Patient
Feminist Ethics and Health Care

Sherwin, Susan

280 pp • Fall 1991
paper 1-56639-061-3
EAN 978-1-56639-061-3
cloth 0-87722-889-2
EAN 978-0-87722-889-9
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Susan Sherwin, The Feminist Health Care Ethics Research Network: Politics of Women's Health
 
The Politics of Women's Health
Exploring Agency and Autonomy

Sherwin, Susan and the Feminist Healthcare Network

321 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1998
paper 1-56639-633-6
EAN 978-1-56639-633-2
cloth 1-56639-632-8
EAN 978-1-56639-632-5
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Geoffrey R. Skoll: Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk
 
Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk
An Ethnography of a Drug Abuse Treatment Facility

Skoll, Geoffrey R.

224 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1992
cloth 0-87722-917-1
EAN 978-0-87722-917-9

Michael S. Sparer: Medicaid and the Limits of State Health Reform
 
Medicaid and the Limits of State Health Reform
Sparer, Michael S.

248 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1996
paper 1-56639-434-1
EAN 978-1-56639-434-5
cloth 1-56639-433-3
EAN 978-1-56639-433-8
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Patricia Stephenson: Tough Choices
 
Tough Choices
In Vitro Fertilization and the Reproductive Technologies

edited by Stephenson, Patricia and Marsden G. Wagner

192 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Fall 1993
cloth 1-56639-060-5
EAN 978-1-56639-060-6

Claire E. Sterk: Fast Lives
 
Fast Lives
Women Who Use Crack Cocaine

Sterk, Claire E.

256 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1999
paper 1-56639-672-7
EAN 978-1-56639-672-1
cloth 1-56639-671-9
EAN 978-1-56639-671-4
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The Sense of Self
A Guide to How We Mature

Stringer, Lorene A.

170 pp • Spring 1971
cloth 0-87722-008-5
EAN 978-0-87722-008-4

Stefan Timmermans: Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR
 
Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR
Timmermans, Stefan, foreword by Bern Shen

272 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1999
paper 1-56639-716-2
EAN 978-1-56639-716-2
cloth 1-56639-715-4
EAN 978-1-56639-715-5
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Stefan Timmermans, Marc Berg: The Gold Standard
 
The Gold Standard
The Challenge of Evidence-Based Medicine and Standardization in Health Care

Timmermans, Stefan and Marc Berg

280 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2003
paper 1-59213-188-3
EAN 978-1-59213-188-4
cloth 1-59213-187-5
EAN 978-1-59213-187-7
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Donald VanDeVeer, Tom Regan: Health Care Ethics
 
Health Care Ethics
An Introduction

edited by VanDeVeer, Donald and Tom Regan

Fall 1986
paper 0-87722-441-2
EAN 978-0-87722-441-9

Darin Weinberg: Of Others Inside
 
Of Others Inside
Insanity, Addiction, and Belonging in America

Weinberg, Darin, foreword by Bryan S. Turner

248 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2005
paper 1-59213-404-1
EAN 978-1-59213-404-5
cloth 1-59213-403-3
EAN 978-1-59213-403-8

Susan M. Zimmermann: Silicone Survivors
 
Silicone Survivors
Women's Experiences with Breast Implants

Zimmermann, Susan M.

240 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1998
paper 1-56639-612-3
EAN 978-1-56639-612-7
cloth 1-56639-611-5
EAN 978-1-56639-611-0
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