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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)

By: Anne Fadiman

The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Paperback)

The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Paperback)

The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Paperback)

By: Peter Conrad

Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge (Paperback)

Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge (Paperback)

Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge (Paperback)

By: Eliot Freidson

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition (Paperback)

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition (Paperback)

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition (Paperback)

By: Arthur Kleinman

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover)

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover)

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover)

By: Harriet A. Washington

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome (Hardcover)

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome (Hardcover)

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome (Hardcover)

By: Alondra Nelson

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Hardcover)

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Hardcover)

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Hardcover)

By: Sheri Fink

The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (Science and Cultural Theory)

The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (Science and Cultural Theory)

The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (Science and Cultural Theory)

By: Annemarie Mol

Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Paperback)

Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Paperback)

Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Paperback)

By: Adina Nack

Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now (Paperback)

Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now (Paperback)

Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now (Paperback)

By: Charles E. Rosenberg

The Politics of Medical Encounters: How Patients and Doctors Deal With Social Problems (Hardcover)

The Politics of Medical Encounters: How Patients and Doctors Deal With Social Problems (Hardcover)

The Politics of Medical Encounters: How Patients and Doctors Deal With Social Problems (Hardcover)

By: Howard Waitzkin

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics (Paperback)

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics (Paperback)

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics (Paperback)

By: Arthur W. Frank

The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry (Paperback)

The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry (Paperback)

The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry (Paperback)

By: Paul Starr

The Fibromyalgia Story: Medical Authority And Women's Worlds Of Pain (Paperback)

The Fibromyalgia Story: Medical Authority And Women's Worlds Of Pain (Paperback)

The Fibromyalgia Story: Medical Authority And Women's Worlds Of Pain (Paperback)

By: Kristin K. Barker

Medicine and Public Health at the End of Empire (Paperback)

Medicine and Public Health at the End of Empire (Paperback)

Medicine and Public Health at the End of Empire (Paperback)

By: Howard Waitzkin

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S. (Paperback)

Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S. (Paperback)

Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S. (Paperback)

By: Adele E. Clarke

A Sociology of Health (Paperback)

A Sociology of Health (Paperback)

A Sociology of Health (Paperback)

By: David Wainwright

Treatments: Language, Politics, and the Culture of Illness (Paperback)

Treatments: Language, Politics, and the Culture of Illness (Paperback)

Treatments: Language, Politics, and the Culture of Illness (Paperback)

By: Lisa Diedrich

Mental Health, Social Mirror (Paperback)

Mental Health, Social Mirror (Paperback)

Mental Health, Social Mirror (Paperback)

By: William R. Avison

From IVF to Immortality: Controversy in the Era of Reproductive Technology (Hardcover)

From IVF to Immortality: Controversy in the Era of Reproductive Technology (Hardcover)

From IVF to Immortality: Controversy in the Era of Reproductive Technology (Hardcover)

By: Ruth Deech

Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy (Paperback)

Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy (Paperback)

Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy (Paperback)

By: Adia Harvey Wingfield

On Immunity: An Inoculation (Hardcover)

On Immunity: An Inoculation (Hardcover)

On Immunity: An Inoculation (Hardcover)

By: Eula Biss

Doctors' Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession (Hardcover)

Doctors' Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession (Hardcover)

Doctors' Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession (Hardcover)

By: Tania M Jenkins

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)

By: Maya Dusenbery

Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat (Deadly Diseases)

Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat (Deadly Diseases)

Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat (Deadly Diseases)

By: Gail Jarrow

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)

By: Sabrina Strings

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology (Kindle Edition)

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology (Kindle Edition)

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology (Kindle Edition)

By: Deirdre Cooper Owens

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America (Families in Focus)

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America (Families in Focus)

Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America (Families in Focus)

By: Ann V. Bell

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Paperback)

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Paperback)

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Paperback)

By: Elisabeth Rosenthal

When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)

When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)

When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)

By: Paul Kalanithi

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer (Audiobook)

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer (Audiobook)

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer (Audiobook)

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Hardcover)

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Hardcover)

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Hardcover)

By: Beth Macy

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)

By: Atul Gawande

Sociologies of Disability and Illness: Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology (Paperback)

Sociologies of Disability and Illness: Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology (Paperback)

Sociologies of Disability and Illness: Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology (Paperback)

By: Carol Thomas

The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of Medicine (Paperback)

The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of Medicine (Paperback)

The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of Medicine (Paperback)

By: Owsei Temkin

What is Mental Disorder?: An essay in philosophy, science, and values (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)

What is Mental Disorder?: An essay in philosophy, science, and values (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)

What is Mental Disorder?: An essay in philosophy, science, and values (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)

By: Derek Bolton

The Gold Standard: The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine (Paperback)

The Gold Standard: The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine (Paperback)

The Gold Standard: The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine (Paperback)

By: Stefan Timmermans

The Normal and the Pathological (Paperback)

The Normal and the Pathological (Paperback)

The Normal and the Pathological (Paperback)

By: Georges Canguilhem

Mental Illness in Popular Media: Essays on the Representation of Disorders (Paperback)

Mental Illness in Popular Media: Essays on the Representation of Disorders (Paperback)

Mental Illness in Popular Media: Essays on the Representation of Disorders (Paperback)

By: Lawrence C. Rubin

From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era (Hardcover)

From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era (Hardcover)

From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era (Hardcover)

By: Edward Shorter

The Patient's Brain: The neuroscience behind the doctor-patient relationship (Paperback)

The Patient's Brain: The neuroscience behind the doctor-patient relationship (Paperback)

The Patient's Brain: The neuroscience behind the doctor-patient relationship (Paperback)

By: Fabrizio Benedetti

Sociology of Diagnosis (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 12)

Sociology of Diagnosis (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 12)

Sociology of Diagnosis (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 12)

By: P.j. McGann

Anti-racist Health Care Practice (Paperback)

Anti-racist Health Care Practice (Paperback)

Anti-racist Health Care Practice (Paperback)

By: Elizabeth Anne McGibbon

Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) (California Series in Public Anthropology)

Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) (California Series in Public Anthropology)

Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) (California Series in Public Anthropology)

By: Paul Farmer

Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making (Paperback)

Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making (Paperback)

Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making (Paperback)

By: David J. Rothman

Perspectives in Medical Sociology (Paperback)

Perspectives in Medical Sociology (Paperback)

Perspectives in Medical Sociology (Paperback)

By: Phil Brown

Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

By: Steven Epstein