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1	Interpreting the Medical Literature more books like this by Stephen H Gehlbach add to wishlist Keeping up with the medical literature is a daunting task for most health care professionals. As medical research becomes increasingly sophisticated, and as statistical analysis becomes considerably more complex, this task can seem even more challenging. "Interpreting the Medical Literature" enhances the reader's ability to demystify, interpret, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| SVS
2	Return to the House of God: Medical Resident Education, 1978-2008 more books like this by Martin Kohn (Editor), Carol Donley (Editor) add to wishlist This book reflects on Samuel Shem's "The House of God" and its impact on medical resident education.Samuel Shem's "The House of God" is widely regarded as one of the most influential novels about medical education in the twentieth century. Decades after being published, this satire still raises issues of how interns and residents are trained and ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $18.06! \| SVS
3	Boswell's Clap and Other Essays: Medical Analyses of Literary Men's Afflictions more books like this by William B Ober add to wishlist Balancing biographical and clinical evidence with psychological speculation, these ten delightful essays show how medical insights can illuminate and perhaps resolve certain literary problems. 10 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Recognitions: Doctors and Their Stories more books like this by Carol C Donley (Editor), Martin Kohn (Editor) add to wishlist Carol Donley and Martin Kohn believe that "physicians stand at a unique vantage point as observers of the human condition". In this text, contributors attempt to prove this assertion through their prose on topics as diverse as the clashes between forces of creation and destruction, institutional economic survival, conflicts between genders and ... see all copies from $6.04! new only from $14.95!
5	Teaching Literature & more books like this by Anne Hunsaker Hawkins (Editor), Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Editor) add to wishlist Courses in literature and medicine flourish in undergraduate, medical school, and continuing-education programs throughout the United States and Canada. This volume presents a variety of approaches to the subject. It is intended both for literary scholars and for physicians who teach literature and medicine or who are interested in ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $32.85! \| first editions
6	Native American Medicine more books like this by Nancy Bonvillain add to wishlist Surveys the Native American healing and health care practices from the time of first European contact up to the present. Includes a chapter profiling some Native American healers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
7	The Body of Frankenstein's Monster: Essays in Myth and Medicine more books like this by Cecil Helman add to wishlist Frankenstein. Werewolves. Dracula. These images aren't just imaginary creatures -- they're also powerful symbols of the body. The body can be thought of as a machine made up of parts like Frankenstein's monster, or as a creature ruled by animalistic urges, or as an entity that's vulnerable to infection from a diseased fiend. In "The Body of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Modernism, Medicine & William Carlos Williams more books like this by T Hugh Crawford add to wishlist Of all the modernist poets, William Carlos Williams is unique in that his training as a physician and his lifetime of medical practice made him especially conversant in the language of medical science, at a time when medical education was being reformed along more scientific lines and the physician's everyday experience was being transformed by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.64! \| first editions
9	William Carlos Williams & the Diagnositcs of Culture more books like this by Brian Bremen add to wishlist Bremen's study examines the development of William Carlos Williams's poetics, focusing in particular on Williams's ongoing fascination with the effects of poetry and prose, and his life-long friendship with Kenneth Burke. Using a framework based on Burke's and Williams's theoretical writings and correspondence, as well as on the work of ... see all copies from $8.63! new only from $99.21! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Epidemics in the Modern World more books like this by Joann P Krieg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45! \| first editions
11	African American Healers more books like this by Clinton Cox, James Haskins (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of profiles tells the inspiring stories of 25 African American healers: both the famous and the forgotten heroes whose contributions were invaluable to the advancement of medical science. Young readers will be encouraged by the achievements of physicians whose humanitarian and courageous efforts paved the road for other healers. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Medical Progress and Social Realit: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Literature more books like this by Lilian R Furst (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.68! new only from $23.95!
13 view cover	Doctors more books like this by Dee Ready add to wishlist Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of doctors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.22! \| SVS
14 view cover	Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature more books like this by Lesel Dawson add to wishlist In early modern medical texts, intense unfulfilled erotic desire is held to be a real and virulent disease: it is classified as a species of melancholy, with physical etiologies and cures. Lesel Dawson analyzes literary representations of lovesickness in relation to medical ideas about desire and wider questions about gender and identity, ... see all copies from $71.28! new only from $82.25! \| first editions
15 view cover	We Need Doctors more books like this by Lola M Schaefer add to wishlist Simple text and photographs present doctors and their role in the community. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.05! \| SVS
16	Studying a Study & Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical Literature more books like this by Richard K Riegelman, M.D., M.P.H., PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy more books like this by Dr. Gary Westfahl (Editor), George Slusser (Editor) add to wishlist Offers a broad study of the history of medicine in science fiction and fantasy literature and film as well as detailed examinations of some of the field's greatest works. Speculations about new medical advances have been a crucial aspect of science fiction since its origins in the 19th century, when such novels as Frankenstein and The Island of Dr ... see all copies from $36.80! new only from $57.75! \| first editions
18 view cover	Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion: Our Feverish Contact more books like this by Allan Conrad Christensen add to wishlist This intriguing book examines the ways 'contagion' or disease inform and shape a wide variety of nineteenth century texts and contexts. Christiensen dissects the cultural assumptions concerning disease, health, impurity and so on before exploring different perspectives on key themes such as plague, nursing and the hospital environment and focusing ... see all copies from $76.95! new only from $140.68! \| first editions
19 view cover	Psychoanalysis and Narrative Medicine more books like this by Peter L Rudnytsky (Editor), Rita Charon (Editor) add to wishlist Contributors explore the significance of literature and psychoanalysis for medical education and practice. see all copies from $32.48! new only from $32.48! \| SVS
20	The Body and the Text: Comparative Essays in Literature and Medicine more books like this by Bruce Clarke add to wishlist see all copies from $5.58! new only from $40.00! \| first editions
21	Careers in Animal Care more books like this by Christopher Benson, Milton J. Blumenfeld add to wishlist Introduces various careers that involve the health and welfare of animals including public health veterinarian, zookeeper, veterinary para-professional, humane society worker, wildlife management specialist, and others. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Native American Book of Wisdom more books like this by White Deer of Autumn, White, Shonto W Begay (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of stories focusing on the spiritual and medicine man traditions of the Native American. see all copies from $3.36! new only from $6.00!
23 view cover	Bracing Accounts: The Literature and Culture of Polio in Postwar America more books like this by Jacqueline Foertsch add to wishlist This book is the textual response to polio from the postwar era to the present. It considers women's magazines, in which polio was both a fitfully treated subject and a frequently important subtext; polio memoirs, which boomed in the postwar period but continue to influence the illness-memoir marketplace today; and, polio novels, the vast majority ... see all copies from $39.87! new only from $39.87!
24	Animal doctors: what do they do? more books like this by Carla Greene add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
25 view cover	A doctor's life : a visual history of doctors and nurses through the ages more books like this by Rod Storring add to wishlist Real doctors and nurses come to life in this fascinating book of medical history that spans the time from Roman physicians to modern-day surgeons, from Native American healers to district nurses. Also features a comprehensive time line and an index, a glossary of medical terms, and a list of places to visit. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.03!

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