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Coping with Illness Digitally

Coping with Illness Digitally

Coping with Illness Digitally

by Stephen A. Rains

ISBN: 9780262038287

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 21, 2018

An examination of “digital coping” involving the use of communication technologies, particularly social media, in responding to illness.
Biomedical Platforms

Biomedical Platforms

Biomedical Platforms

Realigning the Normal and the Pathological in Late-Twentieth-Century Medicine

by Peter Keating and Alberto Cambrosio

ISBN: 9780262612159

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 11, 2006

Since the end of World War II, biology and medicine have merged in remarkably productive ways. In this book Peter Keating and Alberto Cambrosio analyze the transformation of medicine into biomedicine...
Pietà

Pietà

Pietà

by George Klein

ISBN: 9780262610988

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 29, 1994

As Albert Camus's famous dictum has it, the only truly important philosophical question is suicide, or whether or not life is worth living. Now, in Pieta, his latest collection of essays, George...
The Electroencephalogram

The Electroencephalogram

The Electroencephalogram

Its Patterns and Origins

by John S. Barlow

ISBN: 9780262519991

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 16, 1993

In this book, John Barlow describes an ingenious new hypothesis for a comprehensive model of the EEG that is able to emulate a large variety of known EEG patterns with few variables.
The Atheist and the Holy City

The Atheist and the Holy City

The Atheist and the Holy City

Encounters and Reflections

by George Klein

ISBN: 9780262610773

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 25, 1992

In this series of 15 essays, which won the Letterstedt Prize, Sweden's equivalent of the Pulitzer, distinguished cell biologist George Klein shares his considerable insights on science and on human...
Hematology

Hematology, fifth edition

Hematology

by William S. Beck

ISBN: 9780262521574

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 30, 1991

The fifth edition of this well-known series of lectures by distinguished Harvard hematologists is substantially revised to include discussions of the many important scientific developments in contemporary...
Encounters Between Patients and Doctors

Encounters Between Patients and Doctors

Encounters Between Patients and Doctors

An Anthology

Edited by John D. Stoeckle

ISBN: 9780262690973

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 26, 1987

This book of readings offers compelling evidence that even in this age of advanced medical technology and large-scale bureaucracy, the essence of diagnosis, therapy, and management of illness continues...
The Healer’s Art

The Healer's Art

The Healer's Art

by Eric J. Cassell

ISBN: 9780262530620

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 7, 1985

Beyond drugs, beyond technology, there will always be the human element, "the healer's art." Dr. Cassell discusses the world of the sick, the healing connection and healer's battle, the role of omnipotence...
Talking with Patients

Talking with Patients

Talking with Patients

Clinical Technique

by Eric J. Cassell

ISBN: 9780262530569

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 27, 1985

Spoken language is the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in medicine, and, according to Dr. Cassell, "we must be as precise with it as a surgeon with a scalpel." In these two volumes,...
Talking with Patients

Talking with Patients

Talking with Patients

The Theory of Doctor-Patient Communication

by Eric J. Cassell

ISBN: 9780262530552

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 27, 1985

Spoken language is the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in medicine, and, according to Dr. Cassell, "we must be as precise with it as a surgeon with a scalpel." In these two volumes,...
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