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  • Cash Cow

    How the maternal body became a global commodity – and the hidden costs for women

    by Alev Scott ...
    *A Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing' – Maureen Freely'Humane, thoughtful and urgent — this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage' – Dr Mary WellesleyA thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body__________Should surrogacy be a... ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • No More Tears

    The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

    by Gardiner Harris ...
    **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 ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • 疼痛帝國：薩克勒家族製藥王朝秘史

    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    by 派崔克‧拉登‧基夫 ...
    Translated by 李佳純, 薄文承, 劉北辰 ...
    Series series 黑盒子
    2021年歐巴馬總統最愛書籍巴美列．捷福獎非虛構寫作獎《紐約時報》暢銷書《時代》雜誌百大好書亞馬遜近一萬讀者4.7顆星好評Goodreads逾七萬讀者4.6顆星好評　　因慈善事業聞名的薩克勒家族，利用鎮定劑煩寧（Valium）積累大量財富，其聲譽卻因疼始康定（OxyContin）而毀於一旦。本書出自《什麼都別說》（Say Nothing）一書的暢銷得獎作者之手，勾勒出薩克勒家族三代宏大且具毀滅性的故事。　　薩克勒家族的歷史充滿戲劇性的情節──巴洛克式的私人生活、激烈的財產糾紛、會議室中的拳腳相向、光彩奪目的藝術收藏、馬基維利式的法庭謀略，以及利用金錢來美化名聲，並擊潰那些較無權勢之人。　　許多知名機構的牆上都飾有薩克勒家族之名，如哈佛大學、大都會藝... ... Read more

    $15.51 USD

  • 餐桌上的偽科學：加州大學醫學院教授破解上百種健康謠言和深入人心的醫學迷思

    by 林慶順 ...
    Series Book 1 - 餐桌上的偽科學
    ＊醫學院教授化身鍵盤柯南，為網友解開各種醫學迷思＊各種食材致癌傳言、健康假新聞一一破解＊揭發維他命補充劑、酵素、益生菌、膠原蛋白等等營養補充品的世紀真相＊以輕鬆幽默的語法，為你解讀最新權威醫學期刊和論文＊更新你的營養資訊，補充醫學常識，培養網路保健謠言的終身抵抗力用最新科學論文終止長輩Line群組的各式謠言我們每天接收各種食物和養生保健的訊息多如牛毛，從長輩Line群組的危言聳聽，到電視新聞的專家見解，還有出自（或假藉）營養師、醫師和作家之口的資訊，連電視和報紙的報導也難分真假，更有甚者還能集結成書，深入人心。一般讀者因為沒有受過科學訓練，無法分辨哪些可信，哪些完全是誤傳或捏造，在不知情中可能還會加速傳播錯誤訊息。擁有40年醫學研究經驗，在加州大學舊金山分校任教，並擔任超過60間醫學期刊評審的林慶順教授，感於太多保健資訊被誤傳或是引用了過於陳舊的資料來源，所以在退休之後 ... Read more

    $8.33 USD

  • Being Mortal

    Medicine and What Matters in the End

    by Atul Gawande ...
    **#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 ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • The Deepest Well

    Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

    by Nadine Burke Harris ...
    “An extraordinary, eye-opening book.” —PeopleNational Health Information Awards winner“A rousing wake-up call. . . . This highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowDr. Nadine Burke Harris was ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • The Multi-Orgasmic Man

    Sexual Secrets Every Man Should Know

    by Mantak Chia, Douglas Abrams ...

    $11.49 USD

  • Lifesavers and Body Snatchers

    Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War

    by Tim Cook ...
    ***WINNER OF THE 2023 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TEMPLER MEDAL FOR BEST BOOK*From Canada’s top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • All In Her Head

    How Gender Bias Harms Women's Mental Health

    by Misty Pratt ...
    This provocative, deeply personal book explores how women experience mental health care differently than men—and lays out how the system must change for women to flourish.Why are so many women feeling anxious, stressed out, and depressed, and why are they not getting the help they need? Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Healing Politics

    A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic

    by Abdul El-Sayed ...
    A memoir about restoring the health of our people, and our democracy, from a physician and "one of the brightest young stars" of the progressive movement (Sen. Bernie Sanders).A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled—winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees, and landing a tenure ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • 餐桌上的偽科學2：頂尖醫學期刊評審用科學證據解答50個最流行的健康迷思

    by 林慶順 ...
    Series Book 2 - 餐桌上的偽科學
    ＊作者擔任超過知名60間期刊評審（含世界排名第一的新英格蘭醫學期刊），發表近200篇醫學論文＊任職加州大學舊金山分校醫學院教授，從事醫學研究40年＊個人網站「科學的養生保健」發表超過600篇基於醫學論文的謠言破解文章，十數家媒體爭相轉載＊以輕鬆幽默的語法，為你解讀最新權威醫學期刊和論文＊《餐桌上的偽科學**》出版後不斷再刷，售出簡體＆韓文版權，版稅將捐出贊助台灣兒童及弱勢團體****＊ 專業推薦：**王道還（生物人類學者）、黃雲慶醫師（嘉義長庚紀念醫院泌尿科主任）、黃振僑醫師（臺北醫學大學附設醫院乳房甲狀腺外科）、黃峻偉醫師（糖尿病筆記）、張心宇（壹電視主持人／製作人）這是一本醫學版的謠言終結者，從事醫學研究40年的加州大學舊金山分校醫學院教授林慶順，退休之後致力於保健偽科學的破... ... Read more

    $9.31 USD

  • Beckmann and Ling's Obstetrics and Gynecology

    by Robert Casanova, Alice R. Goepfert, Nancy Hueppchen, Patrice M. Weiss, Anna Marie Connolly ...
    Beckmann and Ling’s Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9th Edition, provides the foundational knowledge medical students need to complete an Ob/Gyn rotation, pass national standardized exams, and competently care for women in clinical practice. Highly respected for its authoritative expertise and preferred by students for its concise, consistent approach, the text is fully aligned with the Association of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Prince of Medicine

    Galen in the Roman Empire

    by Susan P. Mattern ...
    Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. Susan Mattern's The Prince of Medicine offers the first authoritative biography in English of this brilliant, ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Crash Course Obstetrics and Gynaecology

    by Sophie Kay, Charlotte Jean Sandhu, Shreelata T Datta, Philip Xiu, Ruma Dutta, Fevzi Shakir ...
    Series series CRASH COURSE
    Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula now for over 20 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated – with an improved full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Crash Course Psychiatry - E-Book

    For UKMLA and Medical Exams

    by Robyn Canham, Hollie Craig, Philip Xiu, Katie FM Marwick, Steve Birrell ...
    Series series CRASH COURSE
    Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • We've Got You Covered

    Rebooting American Health Care

    by Amy Finkelstein, Liran Einav ...
    From a MacArthur Genius MIT economist and pre-eminent Stanford economist comes a lively and provocative proposal for American health insurance reformFew of us need convincing that the American health insurance system needs reform. But many of the existing proposals focus on expanding one relatively successful piece of the system or building in piecemeal additions. These proposals miss the point.As ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • Pediatric Cardiology Board Review

    by Benjamin W. Eidem, Bryan C. Cannon, Anthony C. Chang, Jonathan N. Johnson, Paul Kantor, Robert E. Shadey, Frank Cetta ...
    Designed to effectively prepare pediatric cardiology fellows and practitioners for board certification and recertification, Pediatric Cardiology Board Review, Third Edition, provides easy access to more than 1,200 board-style questions. Based on the popular Mayo Clinic Pediatric Cardiology Review course and edited by Drs. Benjamin W. Eidem, Bryan C. Cannon, Jonathan N. Johnson, Anthony C. Chang, ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • BRS Gross Anatomy

    by Nancy L. Halliday, Harold M. Chung ...
    Series series Board Review Series
    BRS Gross Anatomy, 10th Edition, presents the essentials of human anatomy in the popular Board Review Series outline format to help students master key information and confidently prepare for basic sciences level anatomy exams and the USMLE Step 1 board exam. Praised by students as the best review book for gross anatomy, this powerful, easy-to-use resource combines clear, concise writing, a ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • The Myth of Normal

    Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

    by Gabor Maté MD ...
    **The instant New York Times bestsellerBy the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.**In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems ... Read more

    $9.19 USD

  • Saving Normal

    An Insider's Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

    by Allen Frances ...
    International Bestseller • "An extraordinarily important book." —Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical SchoolA deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality, by "one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists" (The Atlantic)Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy Handbook, 13th Edition

    by Joseph T. DiPiro, Terry L. Schwinghammer, Vicki Ellingrod, LISA M HOLLE ...
    The drug information you need to pass the boards and make effective drug therapy decisions―all in one convenient portable guideAccessible and expertly written, DiPiro’s Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers key content to help you study for board examinations. It’s also filled with information necessary for successful clinical practice. While it’s concise enough for a quick read, the text provides ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Choice Theory

    A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

    by William Glasser, M.D. ...

    $12.79 USD

  • Buzzed

    The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy

    by Cynthia Kuhn, Ph.D., Scott Swartzwelder, Ph.D., Wilkie Wilson, Ph.D. ...
    The essential guide to how drugs affect the body and behavior.This fully updated, no–judgment book includes the up–to–the–moment discoveries about drugs and drug use, including new information on the opioid crisis, vaping, psychedelic therapy, cannabinoids, and the science of addiction. “Lively, highly informative, unbiased, [and] thorough” (Addiction Research & Theory), Buzzed surveys drugs from ... Read more

    $15.79 USD

  • The Social Medicine Reader, Volume I, Third Edition

    Ethics and Cultures of Biomedicine

    Edited by Jonathan Oberlander, Mara Buchbinder, Larry R. Churchill, Sue E. Estroff, Nancy M. P. King, Barry F. Saunders, Ronald P. Strauss, Rebecca L. Walker ...
    The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling Social Medicine Reader provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers by bringing together moving narratives of illness, commentaries by physicians, debates about complex medical cases, and conceptually and empirically based writings by scholars in medicine, the social ... Read more

    $21.59 USD