The Pursuit of Perfection: The Promise and Perils of Medical Enchancement (Häftad)
avSheila M. Rothman, David J. Rothman
ISBN: 9780679758358 - UTGIVEN: 2004-11What does it mean to live in a time when medical science can not only cure the human body but also reshape it? How should we as individuals and as a society respond to new drugs and genetic technologies? Sheila and David Rothman address these troubling questions with a singular blend of history and [...]
Strangers at the Bedside (Häftad)
avDavid J. Rothman
ISBN: 9780202307251 - UTGIVEN: 2003-09David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the USA underwent a most remarkable and thoroughly controversial transformation. The discretion that the profession once enjoyed has been increasingly circumsc[...]
Medicine and Western Civilization (Pocket)
avDavid J. (EDT) Rothman, Steven (EDT) Marcus, Stephanie A. (EDT) Kiceluk
ISBN: 9780813521909 - UTGIVEN: 1995-08This fabulous anthology is sure to be a core text for history of medicine and social science classes in colleges across the country. In order to demonstrate how medical research has influenced Western cultural perspectives, the editors have collected original works from 61 different authors around n[...]
