Dr. Colby Phillips, a professor of anthropology and archeology, sets out with his grandson Jimmy to dig in South Dakota Indian graves, searching for the Thomas Jefferson Peace Medal, the Holy Grail of artifact collecting. They quickly learn they are in a race with bandits and bureaucrats, a river is rising, and the whole enterprise may be damned, but with new friends and a revised sense of his own strength, Dr. Phillips stands up to everything that is in his way-including his own desires. "...an adventurous, engaging, page-turner." -Lee Whittlesey, National Park Service Historian & author of eight books, including Storytelling in Yellowstone
Ultimately, Dr. Soloway has a diagnosis for all Americans: Our healthcare system—and our country as a whole—is headed for disaster. The prescription? Read this book to find out.
On the birth of controlled trials and of medical statistics, Stephen R. Bown, Scurvy (Chichester, 2003); P. C. A. Louis, Researches on the Effects of Bloodletting in Some Inflammatory Diseases (Birmingham, Ala., 1986); Andrea A. Rusnock ...
Today, we are still plagued by countless medicalmyths and misconceptions. Bad Medicine sets the record straight bydebunking widely held yet incorrect notions of how the body works,from cold cures to vaccination fears.
A battery - powered radio / tape player — a boom box , really — sits on the table beneath the shade arbor alongside a green two - burner Coleman gas stove and a gas lantern . Usually there is music coming from the boom box — an odd ...
Early in his career, Judge John Reilly did everything by the book.
In Doing Harm, Dusenbery explores the deep, systemic problems that underlie women’s experiences of feeling dismissed by the medical system.
Ned’s friend Trevor is a promising young doctor, but his patients keep disappearing. As Nancy unravels the mystery, the bodysnatcher stalks her. Could this be Nancy’s final operation?
Clarke M, Clarke L, Clarke T. Yes Sir, No Sir, Not Much Difference Sir. JRSM 2007 Dec 1;100(12):571–572. Chalmers Iain. Underreporting Research Is Scientific Misconduct. JAMA 1990 Mar 9;263(10):1405–1408. Chalmers I. From optimism to ...
Based on exhaustive research culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, this haunting book raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to be "insane," and what we ...
An American doctor, Robert S. Hoffman, blamesthe process on achain ofirreversible and tragic events, whereby 'a primary physician appliesa preliminary diagnosis ofmental disorder which is decisive in determining the patient's subsequent ...