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Dissolving Illusions

Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History 10th Anniversary Edition

de Roman Bystrianyk, Dr. Suzanne Humphries ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Roman E ...

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15 hora 53 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world's health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you'll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new ... Leer más

$30.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world's health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you'll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new
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Medical Bondage

Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

de Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Narrado por Allyson Johnson ...

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5 hora 39 minutos

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied
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Dr. Koop

The Many Lives of the Surgeon General

de Nigel M. de S. Cameron ...

Narrado por Mike Cooper ...

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10 hora 45 minutos

When Ronald Reagan chose C. Everett Koop to be Surgeon General of the United States in 1981, liberal politicians, women's groups, and even the public health community opposed the nomination because of his conservative social views and strong anti-abortion beliefs. By the time he left office in 1989, the same people who had vilified him as "Dr. Kook" were singing his praises, and many conservative ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

When Ronald Reagan chose C. Everett Koop to be Surgeon General of the United States in 1981, liberal politicians, women's groups, and even the public health community opposed the nomination because of his conservative social views and strong anti-abortion beliefs. By the time he left office in 1989, the same people who had vilified him as "Dr. Kook" were singing his praises, and many conservative
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Laboratory Medicine Terminology: Unlocking the Language of Laboratory Medicine

de Chetan Singh ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Parag G ...

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6 hora 57 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In "Laboratory Medicine Terminology: Unlocking the Language of Laboratory Medicine," embark on a captivating journey into the realm of diagnostic precision and medical excellence. This complete guide demystifies the intricate language of laboratory medicine, empowering healthcare professionals, students, and enthusiasts with a deep understanding of ... Leer más

$3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In "Laboratory Medicine Terminology: Unlocking the Language of Laboratory Medicine," embark on a captivating journey into the realm of diagnostic precision and medical excellence. This complete guide demystifies the intricate language of laboratory medicine, empowering healthcare professionals, students, and enthusiasts with a deep understanding of
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Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

de Atul Gawande ...

Narrado por Robert Petkoff ...

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9 hora 3 minutos

**#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

**#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine
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The Black Death

A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic

de Thomas Asbridge ...

Narrado por Thomas Asbridge, Justin Avoth ...

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19 hora 1 minutos

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid
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The Gene

An Intimate History

de Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Narrado por Dennis Boutsikaris ...

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19 hora 23 minutos

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-FictionThe #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).<... ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-FictionThe #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).<...
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The Ghost Map

de Steven Johnson ...

Narrado por Alan Sklar ...

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8 hora 38 minutos

A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Handbook

de Dr. Karl Disque ...

Narrado por Guy Thillet ...

Series series The Save a Life Initiative
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2 hora 17 minutos

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in an ... Leer más

$0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in an
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Twelve Patients

Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)

de Eric Manheimer, MD ...

Narrado por Eric Manheimer, MD ...

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13 hora 11 minutos

**In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection."As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama." —The New York Daily News**Twelve Patients shows the plights of twelve very different patients—from ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

**In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection."As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama." —The New York Daily News**Twelve Patients shows the plights of twelve very different patients—from
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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

de Gardiner Harris ...

Narrado por Gardiner Harris ...

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14 hora 23 minutos

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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Letters to a Young Therapist

de Mary Pipher ...

Narrado por Eliza Foss ...

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4 hora 54 minutos

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their
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Lies I Taught in Medical School

How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life

de Robert Lufkin MD, Joshua Lisec ...

Narrado por Jim Meskimen ...

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8 hora 6 minutos

Modern medicine is lying to you. Discover the true science behind chronic diseases—and implement an actionable plan to restore your health and longevity once and for all.For the first time in history, chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity plague our population on a global scale. From a seasoned physician, this paradigm-shifting book comprehensively explains the linked cause of ... Leer más

$22.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Modern medicine is lying to you. Discover the true science behind chronic diseases—and implement an actionable plan to restore your health and longevity once and for all.For the first time in history, chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity plague our population on a global scale. From a seasoned physician, this paradigm-shifting book comprehensively explains the linked cause of
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Treat Your Own Back

de Robin McKenzie OBE CNZM ...

Narrado por Catherine Popert ...

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2 hora 46 minutos

This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of ... Leer más

$11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of
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The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

de Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Narrado por Fred Sanders ...

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27 hora 26 minutos

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOK OF THE CENTURY * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIME ALL-TIME 100 NONFICTION BOOKUpdated with FOUR NEW MAJOR CHAPTERS illuminating the new developments in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, and understanding in the fifteen years since the book’s first publication, this New York Times bestseller is “an ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOK OF THE CENTURY * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIME ALL-TIME 100 NONFICTION BOOKUpdated with FOUR NEW MAJOR CHAPTERS illuminating the new developments in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, and understanding in the fifteen years since the book’s first publication, this New York Times bestseller is “an
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Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

de Atul Gawande ...

Narrado por Robert Petkoff ...

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9 hora 31 minutos

****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it
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How to End the Autism Epidemic

de J.B. Handley ...

Narrado por J.B. Handley ...

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8 hora 50 minutos

In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue’s co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what’s causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it.While many parents have heard the rhetoric that vaccines are safe and effective and that the science is settled about the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue’s co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what’s causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it.While many parents have heard the rhetoric that vaccines are safe and effective and that the science is settled about the
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Quackery

A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

de Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen ...

Narrado por Hillary Huber ...

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10 hora 29 minutos

What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth?Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra.Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth?Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra.Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor,
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Control

The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

de Adam Rutherford ...

Narrado por Greg Patmore ...

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7 hora 29 minutos

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents, ... Leer más

$16.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents,
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Food Politics

How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

de Marion Nestle ...

Narrado por Kate Reading ...

Completo

10 hora 33 minutos

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why. ... Leer más

$20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.
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All Our Relations

Finding the Path Forward

de Tanya Talaga ...

Narrado por Tanya Talaga ...

Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
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5 hora 10 minutos

Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her workFinalist, 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingFinalist, 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionTanya Talaga, the bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples — youth suicide.“Talaga’s research is metic... ... Leer más

$29.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her workFinalist, 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingFinalist, 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionTanya Talaga, the bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples — youth suicide.“Talaga’s research is metic...
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Medical Billing and Coding Entrepreneur Audio Book

How to start your own business startup book

de Brian Mahoney ...

Narrado por Brian Mahoney, Katie Johnson ...

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1 horas 24 minutos

Medical Billing and Coding Entrepreneur Audio Book How to start your own business startup bookwritten by Brian Mahoney Narrated by Katie Johnson & Brian MahoneyDiscover how to start a home business. Imagine you can have the knowledge you want to have a home based business and live the Hassle Free All-American Lifestyle of Independence, Prosperity and Peace of Mind that comes from creating your own ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Medical Billing and Coding Entrepreneur Audio Book How to start your own business startup bookwritten by Brian Mahoney Narrated by Katie Johnson & Brian MahoneyDiscover how to start a home business. Imagine you can have the knowledge you want to have a home based business and live the Hassle Free All-American Lifestyle of Independence, Prosperity and Peace of Mind that comes from creating your own
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Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook

de Dr. Karl Disque ...

Narrado por Guy Thillet ...

Series series The Save a Life Initiative
Completo

47 minutos

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Basic Life Support. This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Basic Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in a Basic Life Support Certification or ... Leer más

$0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Basic Life Support. This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Basic Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in a Basic Life Support Certification or
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How the Clinic Made Gender

The Medical History of a Transformative Idea

de Sandra Eder ...

Narrado por Auto-narrated ...

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10 hora

An eye-opening exploration of the medical origins of gender in modern US history.Today, a world without “gender” is hard to imagine. Gender is at the center of contentious political and social debates, shapes policy decisions, and informs our everyday lives. Its formulation, however, is lesser known: Gender was first used in clinical practice. This book tells the story of the invention of gender ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

An eye-opening exploration of the medical origins of gender in modern US history.Today, a world without “gender” is hard to imagine. Gender is at the center of contentious political and social debates, shapes policy decisions, and informs our everyday lives. Its formulation, however, is lesser known: Gender was first used in clinical practice. This book tells the story of the invention of gender
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