History of medicine: a scandalously short introduction torrent download

For readers who wish to understand the how we have arrived at our current state of medical practice and knowledge, this book is essential reading.

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Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. Preface 1. Bedside Medicine 2. Library Medicine 3. Hospital Medicine 4. Social Medicine 5. Laboratory Medicine 6. Technological Medicine References and Further Reading. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

Academic Skip to main content. Search Start Search. Choose your country or region Close. Dear Customer, As a global organization, we, like many others, recognize the significant threat posed by the coronavirus. Please contact our Customer Service Team if you have any questions. She keeps an even tone as a historian, addressing medical moral issues throughout history; she proposes a simple moral interpretation of the material, instead encouraging the reader to reflect on the topics and how they relate to modern medical practice.

While these are most useful for students of history or medicine, they are interesting for the casual reader as well. I especially like the Education Objectives, as they summarize the key ideas of the text, showing the Duffin's purpose really is to clarify ideas with this ideal educational tool. Feb 22, Elizabeth marked it as to-read. The author gave the Noguchi lecture at Johns Hopkins. May 24, Diane rated it really liked it Shelves: history , science-and-medicine.

Interesting reading, raises questions, and it IS a textbook. Great reading for a textbook. Won't be the last time, either. Dec 14, Michael rated it really liked it. Pretty good overview of medicine and an interesting take on philosophy with the game "heroes and villains of medicine. Aug 01, Larry Wang rated it it was ok Shelves: non-fiction. Extremely tedious to read Duffin's style is very dense and boring. She also seems to compulsively view history from a feminist-centric viewpoint, which was quite annoying at times.

Aug 01, Heather McIntyre rated it it was amazing Shelves: medical-history , canadian-history. Probably the most interesting textbook I've ever read, and an amazing resource for understanding medical history. Jun 08, Czarny Pies rated it liked it Shelves: canadian-history. This book was written for medical students with the purpose of illustrating how the profession while making great advances that dramatically extended human life expectancy also made numerous errors.

The message is that the young doctors can expect to see over their careers many changes in what are considered to be the appropriate treatments for specific diseases. The discussions in this book on all the issues touched e. As the book is simple to read, it is well worth the time required to read it. Had read portions of this during my undergrad for a course and found it so interesting that I ended up reading the whole thing - and I'm not one to read a class text for fun.

Duffin provides a narrative that is easy to follow and doesn't feel like you're reading a highly academic text. Excellent book and should be required reading for all those interested in the health sciences and medicine.

Great book! I found it incredibly insightful as Duffin takes the reader through a brief history of many major aspects of Western Medicine. I found this book to be very well written and so I did not feel like I was reading a textbook at all. Only read some of it for school. Jeremy Woodman rated it really liked it Aug 04, Linda rated it really liked it Nov 09, Margaret rated it liked it May 23, Gillian Colette rated it really liked it Nov 04, Lish rated it it was amazing Oct 27, Emma rated it it was amazing Nov 23, Beth rated it really liked it Apr 23, Cord Helmken rated it it was amazing Dec 23, Nathan rated it it was ok Jun 27, Diana rated it really liked it Jan 27, Kristianna rated it liked it Nov 20, Laura rated it it was amazing Oct 06, Kayla rated it it was amazing Oct 21, Lulu rated it it was amazing Jan 06, Alan Chiu rated it really liked it Nov 04, Kat rated it it was amazing Mar 11, Silvana rated it really liked it Nov 15, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

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