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Inside Technology eBook Series

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  • The Global Biopolitics of the IUD

    How Science Constructs Contraceptive Users and Women's Bodies

    by Chikako Takeshita ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    The biography of a multifaceted technological object, the IUD, illuminates how political contexts shaped contraceptive development, marketing, use, and users.The intrauterine device (IUD) is used by 150 million women around the world. It is the second most prevalent method of female fertility control in the global South and the third most prevalent in the global North. Over its five decades of use ... Read more

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  • The Day She Cradled Me

    by Sacha De Bazin ...
    A fascinating novel based on the life of the infamous baby farmer Minnie Dean, the only woman in New Zealand history ever to be hanged. Accused of infanticide and awaiting trial and then sentence, Minnie confides in Reverend Lindsay. Alternating between these two contrasting personalities, the novel tells Minnie's version of events. From her oppressive upbringing in Victorian Scotland to adulthood ... Read more

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  • An American Sickness

    How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

    by Elisabeth Rosenthal ...
    **A New York Times bestseller • A Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal and NPR"This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The GeneAt a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking ... Read more

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  • Thrive

    How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money

    by Richard Layard, David M. Clark ...
    A compelling argument for improving society's mental health through increased services and better policyMental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, ... Read more

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  • Catastrophic Care

    How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It

    by David Goldhill ...
    A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year ... Read more

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  • Let Patients Help! A Patient Engagement Handbook

    by e-Patient Dave deBronkart ...
    "Will unquestionably help many individuals become more active and fully engaged in their health care." - From the introduction by Eric J. Topol, MD"There's not a doctor or patient in the land who won't benefit from reading this clear, concise manual which sets out how each can contribute and collaborate to get better and safer healthcare." - Dr. Tessa Richards, Analysis Editor, British Medical ... Read more

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  • Biopolitics

    An Advanced Introduction

    by Thomas Lemke, Lisa Jean Moore, Monica Casper ...
    Series Book 5 - Biopolitics
    The first systematic overview of the notion of biopolitics and its relevance in contemporary theoretical debateThe biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of “biopolitics” has been linked to everything from rational ... Read more

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  • What Psychotherapists Should Know About Disability

    by Rhoda Olkin, Phd ...
    This comprehensive volume provides the knowledge and skills that mental health professionals need for more effective, informed work with clients with disabilities. Combining her extensive knowledge as a clinician, researcher, and teacher with her personal experience as someone with a disability, Olkin provides an insider's perspective on critical issues that are often overlooked in training. A ... Read more

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  • When Does Life Begin? And 39 Other Tough Questions About Abortion

    by John Ankerberg, John G. Weldon ...
    Where do you stand on abortion? Have you made a decision? Have you been avoiding the issue? This book provides straight answers to these tough questions about abortion: When does life begin? Doesn't a woman have the right to control her own body? Is abortion murder? Does the baby feel pain during an abortion? Isn't a fetus only a "potential" human being? Isn't abortion a safe procedure for women? ... Read more

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  • Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, Tenth Edition

    by Victoria D. Weisfeld, MPH ...
    This tenth edition of a classic textbook, updated in November 2013 with a free, downloadable chapter on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), presents the critical issues and core challenges surrounding our health care system. Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, it includes the contributions of leading thinkers, educators, and practitioners who provide an in-depth and objective ... Read more

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  • The Second Amendment

    An Excerpt from Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

    by Lawrence E. Rosenthal, Adam Winkler ...
    For many years, some groups have claimed that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stands as an obstacle to most gun control laws. Lawrence E. Rosenthal and Adam Winkler debunk this myth with careful legal analysis of recent court decisions, including District of Columbia v. Heller. This selection from Reducing Gun Violence in America tackles the most fundamental question at hand: How do ... Read more

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  • Fixing Medical Prices

    How Physicians Are Paid

    by Miriam J. Laugesen ...
    Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S. ... Read more

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