Published May, 2016
By Bianca Mitu and Valentina Marinescu
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This volume fills in a gap in the emerging field of media and health by including micro and macro-level oriented approaches of health and communication, based on multiple methodologies. The authors analyse the media and medicine from different perspectives. Interesting and revealing results emerge, which contribute to the re-evaluation of health communication and health literacy theories.

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Published May, 2016
By Mary Kaplan
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Published March, 2016
By Cristina Faragli
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Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disorder affecting 2 to 20 out of every 1,000,000 newborns. Patients suffer from total facial paralysis. Unable to smile, frown or otherwise express emotion, their everyday personal relationships are deeply affected. This memoir of a young woman with Moebius syndrome provides a first-person view of life "behind the mask".

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Published March, 2016
By Richard Adler and Elise Mara
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The story of typhoid is in many ways the story of modern medicine itself, with early efforts at treatment and prevention paving the way for our understanding of infectious disease in general. This book chronicles the fight against typhoid in the words of these and other medical pioneers, showing how far we have come and how far we have yet to go.

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Published March, 2016
By Phoebe Ann Pollitt
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Published December, 2015
By W. Douglas Fisher and Joann H. Buckley
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A century ago, 104 African American doctors joined the US Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units. Beginning with their assignment to the Medical Officers Training Camp (Colored), this book covers the early years, education and war experiences of these physicians, as well as their careers in the black communities of the early 20th century.

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Published November, 2015
By Janet C. Pittard
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Published October, 2015
By Lawrie Reznek
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Published October, 2015
By Elaine A. Moore, Jeffrey Dach and Justin Kander
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Published September, 2015
By Richard S. Ross
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In 1831, Prussia was consumed by two fears: the possibility of revolution resulting from the 1830 November Uprising of Poland against Russia, and a looming cholera epidemic. This book examines the Prussian government's strict health policy and its consequences, including social unrest and resulting public health reforms.

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