New Books in Medicine
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Sara E. Davies, "Containing Contagion: The Poli...
Davies explains how and why a duty to contain contagion at the source or within borders became central to the contemporary politics of disease control.,,
49 min
827
George Scialabba, "How To Be Depressed" (U Penn...
In the place of dispensable banalities—"Hold on," "You will feel better," and so on—Scialabba offers an account of how it's been for him, in the hope that doing so might prove helpful to others.
32 min
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Travis Lupick, "Fighting for Space: How a Group...
Lupick explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of a city’s response to the drug crisis. It tells the story of a grassroots group of addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside who waged a political street fight for two decades to transform how the city treats its most marginalized citizens...
50 min
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Ray Dorsey, "Ending Parkinson's Disease: A Pres...
Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of disability...
39 min
830
Owen Whooley, "On the Heels of Ignorance: Psych...
Whooley’s book is no anti-psychiatric screed; instead, he reveals a field that has muddled through periodic reinventions and conflicting agendas of curiosity, compassion, and professional striving.
59 min
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Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Parad...
According to Cook, a paradox paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick...
51 min
832
Baptiste Brossard, "Why do We Hurt Ourselves? U...
Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves?
47 min
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Melissa Kravetz, "Women Doctors in Weimar and N...
Kravetz examines how German women physicians gained a foothold in the medical profession during the Weimar and Nazi periods,..
57 min
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Tania Jenkins, "Doctors’ Orders: The Making of ...
Jenkins engages readers in readers in a ethnography where she spent years observing and interviewing American, international, and osteopathic medical residents in two hospitals...
48 min
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Travis Bell et al., "CTE, Media, and the NFL: F...
In "CTE, Media, and the NFL," Bell, Applequist and Dotson-Pierson use media theory to unpack reporting on CTE.
56 min
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Josh Seim, "Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulanc...
What is the role of the ambulance in the American city?
58 min
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Sandro Galea, "Well: What We Need to Talk About...
Galea examines what Americans miss when they fixate on healthcare: health...
24 min
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Phillipa Chong, “Inside the Critics’ Circle: Bo...
How does the world of book reviews work?
39 min
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Daniel Skinner, "Medical Necessity: Health Care...
Skinner constructs a comprehensive understanding of the politics of defining medical necessity...
29 min
840
Sarah Fawn Montgomery, "Quite Mad: An American ...
If you live in America, chances are good you’ve heard the term “mental health crisis” bandied about in the media...
35 min
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Francesca Minerva, "The Ethics of Cryonics: Is ...
Minerva discusses the moral concerns of cryonics...
57 min
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David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe, "Obstacle Cour...
It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access to necessary health care...
34 min
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Ronald Epstein, "Attending: Medicine, Mindfulne...
Epstein explores four foundations of mindfulness — Attending, Curiosity, Beginner's Mind, and Being Present — and shows how clinicians can grow their capacity to provide high-quality care...
37 min
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K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alt...
If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change...
36 min
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Nancy D. Campbell, "OD: Naloxone and the Politi...
Over the last several years, overdose prevention has become the unlikely object of a social movement, powered by the miracle drug naloxone...
37 min
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Christina Adams, "Camel Crazy" (New World Libra...
Adams' son is on the autistic spectrum, and her love for him becomes a beautiful and passionate engine that ultimately leads her to start a movement that may just transform how we see camels and how we see and treat autism...
47 min
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Nicci Gerrard, "The Last Ocean: A Journey Throu...
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself...
33 min
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Jessica Lynne Pearson, "The Colonial Politics o...
Pearson recounts France’s collision with the UN and World Health Organization in the immediate post-World War II years...
45 min
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Rachel Louise Moran, "Governing Bodies: America...
How did the modern, American body come into being?
47 min
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Joe Miller, "US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hij...
In the aftermath of Prohibition, America’s top scientists joined forces with members of a new group, called Alcoholics Anonymous, and put their clout behind a campaign to convince the nation that alcoholism was a disease rather than a moral failing...
48 min