Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco-Roman Medicine

For the first time, medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world are studied side by side and compared. Early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen, Aelius Aristides, Vindicianus, the Talmud. The focus is the degree of 'rationality' or 'irrationality' in the various ways of medical thought and treatment. Fifteen specialists contributed thoughtful and well-documented chapters on important issues.

The Olympic Textbook of Medicine in Sport

This comprehensive new volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, delivers an up-to-date, state of the art presentation of the medical conditions that athletes may suffer from during training and competition.

Biostatistics DeMYSTiFied

A self-teaching guide to all the statistical procedures used in all medical disciplines

Offering broad coverage of all the statistical procedures used in all medical disciplines, this book is the ideal course companion and self-study tool. This easy-to-use guide clearly shows how to use counts and measurements to carry out description, comparison, correlation, and prediction in the biomedical field, and how to evaluate data accordingly. The book uses practical medical examples to improve students grasp of biostatistical analyses and features end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam to test knowledge.

 

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Handbook of Women's Health

This practical handbook provides a clear and comprehensive evidence-based guide to the care of women in primary care, intended for general and family practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, and all those who practise primary care of women. It emphasizes preventive and well-woman care throughout the life-cycle of a woman, including sexuality, contraception, medical care in pregnancy, and psychological and important medical concerns. This new edition, revised and updated throughout with several new contributing authors, incorporates the latest evidence and research-findings on a wide range of problems for which women seek medical guidance.

How to Succeed at the Medical Interview

Doctors are likely to undergo several interviews of different types during their career, and this new title in the popular 'How to' series aims to guide the medical professional through the steps necessary to thoroughly prepare for this competitive process.