Human biology Books

Book SynopsisLessons in Politics and Ethics from the Public Hospital takes us behind the scenes of one of America's last major public hospitals - San Francisco General.Drawing on his unique position as both an anthropologist and a psychiatric nurse with 26 years of experience, Foster reveals the complex interplay between compassionate care and institutional constraints that defines modern public healthcare. Through vivid storytelling and keen analytical insight, this book illuminates how caregivers navigate the daily challenges of treating over 100,000 patients annually - from trauma victims to the mentally ill, from the indigent to the disenfranchised. He presents an innovative conceptual framework that delineates four essential models for the care process: normalization, care, trauma response, and management. This compelling narrative explores: The delicate balance between compassionate care and fiscal constraints; how caregivers develop an ethics of practice in challenging conditions; the hospital's evolution in response to public health crises; the intersection of societal ills with medical and traumatic illness; the future of public healthcare in America.Both a deeply human story and a critical analysis of our healthcare system, this book offers an unprecedented look at how a major public hospital functions, adapts, and perseveres in an era of increasing precarity. Essential reading for healthcare professionals, policymakers, anthropologists, and anyone concerned with the future of public health in America.

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Book SynopsisA NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author and belovedsocial media starDr.Anthony Youncomes a revolutionary step-by-step guide to reversing the effects of aging at any stage in lifeGrowing older is a blessing. But the slow decline and the loss of functionality associated with aging has led us to treat the process like a disease. These negative effects of aging, however, are not inevitable. Rather, they'relargelythe result of environmental and lifestyle factors that, when properly addressed, can be reversedthrough a process called Autojuvenation. Dr. Youn, one of America's most trusted surgeons, offers a groundbreaking new approach toturning back the clocknaturally. In this step-by-step guide, he shows us how, through simple changes in diet,activityand skin care, we can look youngerthan ever before. Readers will learn:How to reverse the aging processby combining intermittent fasting with autojuvenation-promoting foodsHow to develop a simple skin care routine to look younger for life

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive training?  In this controversial and engaging exploration of athletic success and the so-called 10,000-hour rule, David Epstein tackles the great nature vs. nurture debate and traces how far science has come in solving it. Through on-the-ground reporting from below the equator and above the Arctic Circle, revealing conversations with leading scientists and Olympic champions, and interviews with athletes who have rare genetic mutations or physical traits, Epstein forces us to rethink the very nature of athleticism.

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Book SynopsisNew Publication Now Available!Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences Laboratory Manual provides a molecular and cellular approach to human biology. From experiments covering the breadth of human biology, from diffusion to cell division to genetics to histology to organ systems, students gain an integrated view of human biology. This manual contains 14 topics, and emphasizes the use of microscopes, data analysis, and the Scientific Method throughout.Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences Laboratory Manual is designed to give students all the tools they need to master the material. Chapters feature: Lists of objectives, vocabulary, and skills gained from the laboratory. Background information explaining the theory of the lab. Color images. Key words in bold. Critical thinking questions. Clearly laid out, step by step protocols. Multiple activities for each subject. Multiple experiments for each subject. Multiple experiments for each concept. Guided data collection and interpretation. Comprehension questions. Review questions. Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences Laboratory Manual is perfect for introductory life sciences courses with an emphasis on human biology.

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Book SynopsisIn Curvology, Cambridge Veterinary Anatomist David Bainbridge applies the science of evolutionary biology to women's bodies, to explain why the human female is the only female animal to have curves and how these curves rule our lives, by influencing not only sexual selection but also social hierarchy and self-image. Written in lucid and engaging prose, Bainbridge's unique brand of popular science also draws on illuminating references from zoology, art history, contemporary media culture, and a range of first-person interviews with some actual human women. Offering a level-headed and fresh perspective on a contentious issue, Curvology is a fascinating, controversial, and highly newsworthy read.

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Book SynopsisThe Managed Body productively complicates ‘menstrual hygiene management’ (MHM)—a growing social movement to support menstruating girls in the Global South. Bobel offers an invested critique of the complicated discourses of MHM including its conceptual and practical links with the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) development sector, human rights and ‘the girling of development.’ Drawing on analysis of in-depth interviews, participant observations and the digital materials of NGOs and social businesses, Bobel shows how MHM frames problems and solutions to capture attention and direct resources to this highly-tabooed topic. She asserts that MHM organizations often inadvertently rely upon weak evidence and spectacularized representations to make the claim of a ‘hygienic crisis’ that authorizes rescue. And, she argues, the largely product-based solutions that follow fail to challenge the social construction of the menstrual body as dirty and in need of concealment. While cast as fundamental to preserving girls’ dignity, MHM prioritizes ‘technological fixes’ that teach girls to discipline their developing bodies vis a vis consumer culture, a move that actually accommodates more than it resists the core problem of menstrual stigma.Trade Review“The author effortlessly links postcolonial feminist thinking to MHM, which is commendable for a book that hails from the global north.” (Aysha Farhana Chakkampully, Gender and Research, Vol. 22 (2), 2021)“The Managed Body would be a valuable addition to courses on gender and health, embodiment, critical development studies, medical anthropology, and reproductive health and rights. This book’s accessible style also makes it appropriate for a much wider audience, and The Managed Body belongs on the reading lists of development professionals, feminist activists and anyone else interested in gender, health, and development.” (Leigh Senderowicz, Gender & Society, Vol. 20 (10), 2020)“This book will not only appeal to those interested in the topic but also to those who research race, globalization, transnationalism, rhetoric, feminism, public health, gender, activism, or economics.” (Berkley Conner, Affilia, December 6, 2019)“The book is a timely, important and provides a fascinating read about contemporary feminism, activism and capitalism.” (Camilla Mørk Røstvik, Social History of Medicine, Vol. 32 (4), November, 2019)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: What a Girl Needs….- Part I: Context.- Chapter 2: The Girling of Development.- Chapter 3: Making Menstruation Matter in the Global South: Mapping a Critical History of the Menstrual Hygiene Management Movement.- Part II: Framing the Problem: Stories of Risk, Risk of Stories.- Chapter 4: “Can You Imagine?” Making the Case for a Bloody Crisis.- Chapter 5: The Spectacle of the ‘Third World Girl’ and the Politics of Rescue.- Part III.Framing the Solution: Developing the ‘Good Body’.- Chapter 6: “Dignity Can’t Wait”: Building a Bridge to Human Rights.- Chapter 7: Disciplining Girls through the Technological Fix: Modernity, Markets, Materials.- Chapter 8: Beyond the Managed Body: Putting Menstrual Literacy at the Center.- Appendix A: Methods.- Appendix B: Notes on Language.

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Book SynopsisKompakter geht es kaum: der bekannte Autor hat das aktuelle Wissen der Physiologie maximal komprimiert. Die wesentlichen Fakten sind klar und einprägsam in farbigen Graphiken, Tabellen und Übersichten zusammengestellt. Es müssen keine längeren Textpassagen bewältigt werden und so eignet sich das Taschenbuch gleichermaßen zum effektiven Rekapitulieren vor der Prüfung wie zum schnellen Nachschlagen wichtiger klinischer Werte und Daten.Table of ContentsAllgemeine Physiologie der Zelle und der interzellulären Kommunikation, Muskelphysiologie.- Integrative Leistungen des Nervensystems.- Allgemeine und spezielle Sinnesphysiologie.- Neuronale und humorale Steuerungs- und Regelprozesse.- Blut und Blutkreislauf.- Atmung.- Energiewechsel, Arbeit und Umwelt, Altern.- Stoffaufnahme und -ausscheidung.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is really a very much-needed text and reference book which is not only immensely helpful for physical anthropologists, but also for general biologists and anatomists working on the development of the human skeleton. ...The book can whole-heartedly be recommended..." --M. Schultz, Auxologie, 2002 "The text is informative and well written, and makes fluent reading. This book will become a standard reference text and should be available not only in departments of archaeology and anthropology, but also to paediatric clinicians, radiologists and lawyers." --Christine Hall, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2001Table of Contents1. Introduction: A Guide to the Text 2 Skeletal Development and Aging 3. Bone Development 4. Early Embryological Development 5. The Skull 6. Dentition 7. The Vertebral Column 8. The Thorax 9. The Pectoral Girdle 10. The Upper Limb 11. The Pelvic Girdle 12. The Lower Limb

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Cardiovascular pathology: guide to practice and training L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA, BIHONG ZHAO, ANA SEGURA, LAURA LELENWA, MICHELLE MCDONALD AND KATARZYNA MICHAUD 2. Anatomic considerations and examination of cardiovascular specimens (excluding devices) J.J. MALESZEWSKI, C.K. LAI, VIDHYA NAIR AND JOHN P. VEINOT 3. Age-related cardiovascular changes and diseases ATSUKO SEKI AND MICHAEL C. FISHBEIN 4. Fundamental principles in cardiovascular genetics MICHAEL A. SEIDMAN AND RICHARD NEAL MITCHELL 5. Pathophysiology of heart failure and an overview of therapies M.J. RANEK, J.M. BERTHIAUME, J.A. KIRK, R.C. LYON, F. SHEIKH, B.C. JENSEN, B.D. HOIT, J. BUTANY, M. TOLEND, V. RAO AND MONTE S. WILLIS 6. Congenital heart disease: pathology, natural history, and interventions GIULIA OTTAVIANI AND L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA 7. Vascular pathobiology atherosclerosis and large vessel disease QUINN A. BONAFIGLIA, MICHELLE BENDECK AND AVRUM I. GOTLIEB 8. Diseases of small and medium-sized blood vessels JAMES R. STONE 9. Aneurysms of the aorta: ascending, thoracic, and abdominal and their management RENU VIRMANI, YU SATO, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO, MARIA E. ROMERO AND JAGDISH BUTANY 10. Myocardial ischemia and its complications GREGORY A. FISHBEIN, MICHAEL C. FISHBEIN, JESSICAWANG AND L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA 11. Pathology of sudden death, cardiac arrhythmias, and conduction system GAETANO THIENE, S. RIZZO AND C. BASSO 12. Toxins and the heart RYAN P. LAU AND MICHAEL C. FISHBEIN 13. Myocarditis MICHAEL A. SEIDMAN AND BRUCE MCMANUS 14. Cardiomyopathies GIULIA D’AMATI AND C. GIORDANO 15. The pericardium and its diseases SUSAN M. ARMSTRONG, P. THAVENDIRANATHAN AND J. BUTANY 16. Valvular heart disease PRADEEP VAIDEESWAR, JAGDISH BUTANY AND SARANYA SINGARAVEL 17. Cardiac valve replacement and related interventions J. BUTANY AND F.J. SCHOEN 18. The pathology of cardiovascular interventions and devices for coronary artery disease, vascular disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA AND FRED J. SCHOEN 19. Tumors of the cardiovascular system, heart, and blood vessels MARIA E. ROMERO, YU SATO, MASAYUKI MORI AND RENU VIRMANI 20. Pathology of cardiac transplantation E. RENE RODRIGUEZ, CELESTE SANTOS-MARTINS AND CARMELA D. TAN 21. Basic pathobiology of cell-based therapies and cardiac regenerative medicine L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA AND RICHARD N. MITCHELL 22. Forensic aspects of cardiovascular pathology BARBARA SAMPSONA, J. HAMMERS AND MICHELLE STRAMA

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Book SynopsisWhy do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? Exploring the history of cannibalism, the science of homosexuality, and serious questions about life and death, the author covers a generous expanse of our kaleidoscope of quirks and origins.

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Book SynopsisA philosophical examination and celebration of the human hand.Trade ReviewIt's hard to imagine any other book that could tell us so much about ourselves. Raymond Tallis is a man unusual in modern medicine. His career has been devoted to caring for, studying, and advancing the health of older people in society. But while working as a Professor of Geriatric medicine at the University of Manchester, he has developed a parallel career - as a philosopher, critic, poet and novelist - largely unknown to his clinical brotherhood and sisterhood. Indeed, important though his medical work has been, it is likely that his philosophy, and especially his philosophical anthropology will leave a particularly indelible mark on human affairs. -- Richard Horton Compellingly interesting ! An extraordinary achievement. -- Michael Grant, editor of The Raymond Tallis Reader One of the most intriguing figures in the current intellectual scene. Tallis conjures up a challenging and endlessly fascinating way of thinking about ourselves that should act as a signpost for the future where we might learn once again to glimpse, as our forebears did, the wonder - and mystery - of ourselves.Table of ContentsContents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Overture; 1 Grasping the Hand; 1.1 Preliminary Grapplings; 1.2 The Manipulative Hand; 1.3 The Knowing Hand; 1.4 The Communicative Hand; 1.5 From Prehension to Apprehension; Part I Brachio-Chiral; 2 The Armed Hand; 2.1 Two Fingers to Over-digitisation; 2.2 The Genius of Reaching; 2.3 Mechanism and Agency; 3 The Talking Hand; 3.1 Introduction: The Sign-making Animal; 3.2 Gesturing; 3.3 Clapping and Other Hand Shouting; 3.4 Handsome; 4 Hand Talking to Hand; 4.1 Manucaption; 4.2 The Dialogue of the Left Hand with the Right; 4.3 The Interlocutors; 4.4 The Hand Talking to its Self or the Self; 5 The Playful Hand; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Carnal Hand; 5.3 Hand Games; 5.4 Post-script: Handy (like); Part II Chiro-Digital; 6 One-finger Exercises; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Thumb; 6.3 Index; 6.4 Middle; 6.5 Ring; 6.6 Little; 7 Polydactylic Exercises; 7.1 Introduction: The Ordeal of Precision; 7.2 Two Fingers; 7.3 Three Fingers; 7.4 Four Fingers; 7.5 Five Fingers; 7.6 Ten Fingers; 8 Abstract Digits; 8.1 Introduction and Disclaimer; 8.2 The Number Sense: From Magnitudes to Digits; 8.3 Digits and Digits; 8.4 Units: From Counting to Measurement; 8.5 The Unreasonable Power of the Precision of Abstract Digits; 9The Tool of Tools; 9.1 Prologue: The Self-shaping Hand; 9.2 Tool-using, Tool-making and the Tool of Tools; 9.3 Tools and the Origin of Human Culture; 9.4 Eolith and SuperCray; 9.5 Tools and Language; 9.6 Brain, Tools and Language; 9.7 Beyond Biology and Biologism; 9.8 Epilogue: Handicraft; Appendix: Karl Marx and the Collectivisation of; Human Consciousness in Tools; Part III Towards Chiro-Philosophy; 10 Getting and Grip on the Conscious Human Agent; 10.1 Recapitulation; 10.2 The Dawn of the Conscious Human Agent; 10.3 From Biology to Philosophical Anthropology; Coda; 11 Waving Farewell to the Hand; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The Paradox of Handyman: (1) Part of; and Separate from Nature; 11.3 The Paradox of the Handyman: (2) Subject to and Yet Manipulating Nature's Laws; 11.4 The Balance Sheet: (1) Knowledge. Does the Hand Grasp the Truth?; 11.5 The Balance Sheet: (2) Moral and Spiritual; 11.6 Handing On; 11.7 A Last Wave Farewell; Index.

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Book SynopsisAs a scientist, David Linden had devoted his career to understanding the brain processes and behaviors that are common to us all. That is, until a few years ago, when he found himself on OKCupid. Looking through that vast catalog of human difference, he got to thinking, where does it all come from? Why does one person have perfect pitch, a taste for hoppy beer, and an aversion to bathroom selfies? That is, what makes you, you, and me, me?In Unique, David Linden tells a riveting and accessible story of human individuality. Exploring topics that touch all of our lives-among them sexuality, gender identity, food preferences, biological rhythms, mood, personality, memory, and intelligence-Linden shows that human individuality is not simply a matter of nature versus nurture. Rather, it is a product of the complex, and often counterintuitive, interplay between our genetic blueprints and our experiences. Experience isn't just the how your parents reared you, but the diseases you have had, the foods you have eaten, the bacteria that reside in your body, the weather during your early development, and the technology you've been exposed to. Drawing all those factors together, Linden argues that human individuality is key to how we live as individuals and groups and explores how questions of individuality are informing social discussions of morality, public policy, religion, healthcare, education, and law.Like Carl Zimmer's She Has Her Mother's Laugh and Robert Sapolsky's Behave, Unique unveils a new vista on the intricacies of human existence. But, for all its brilliance and insight, this is no weighty academic tome. Told with Linden's unusual combination of authority and openness, seriousness of purpose and a great sense of humor, Unique sets a new standard for what popular science can be.

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Book SynopsisThe discovery of vitamins changed our world dramatically. Terrifying diseases such as scurvy, which had claimed the lives of millions, became preventable and curable. But before long word of these ‘miracles’ had spread from the laboratory and into the hands of food marketers. Decades of over-hyped advertising later and we’ve accepted as fact the idea that dietary chemicals can be used as shortcuts to improving our health. Award-winning journalist Catherine Price goes in search of the truth about vitamins, taking us to vitamin manufacturers, food laboratories and military testing kitchens. In this page-turning investigation of the history, science and future of nutrition, she reveals just how much we still don’t know about vitamins – the way they work in our bodies and the amounts we really need. Engaging, witty and personal, The Vitamin Complex proposes an alternative to our obsessive vitamin-driven approach to nutrition – given our lack of knowledge, the best way to decide what to eat is to stop obsessing and simply embrace this uncertainty head-on.Trade Review'An excellent book...10/10...a deeply satisfying masterpiece of nutrition science writing'. * NHD Magazine *‘Gets to the nub of how we have become nutritionally idiotic… alarming’ * Sunday Times *‘Engaging… makes a compelling case for the importance of eating real food’ * BBC Focus *'Measured, funny and fascinating. . . . If you need vitamins to survive (you do), you should read this book.' * Scientific American *'[An] absorbing and meticulously researched history of the beginnings and causes of our obsession with vitamins and nutrition.' * New York Times *'Behind the bizarre disconnect between rigorous drug regulation and a ‘whatever’ approach to dietary supplements are industry lobbying, Oz-like doctors and politicians on both sides of the aisle whose states benefit from the thousands of jobs provided by the multi-billion-dollar supplement industry. It is not a new story, but Ms. Price gives it a vigorous retelling. She also reminds us that the prophets of vitamania, and their political allies, would all be powerless if it were not for a peculiar kind of deficiency in ourselves that keeps us reaching for ‘a salve against uncertainty.’ Faced with such primal fears, it seems, science is powerless.' * Wall Street Journal *'[Price’s] investigation, full of scurvy-ridden sailors, questionable nutritional supplements and solid science, is both entertaining and enlightening.' * Discover *‘Well told’ * Spectator *‘A much-needed critique of the nation’s obsession with nutritional supplements. Price exposes the less-than-scientific roots of what has become a multi-billion industry, along with the inadequate regulatory oversight that drives unsavory marketing practices. The book concludes with this refreshing advice: get your nutrition from eating real food.’ -- Michele Simon, President of Eat Drink Politics, and author of Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back‘This is a fascinating look at what we know – and mostly what we don’t – about vitamins. You'll never look at the a bottle of multivitamins the same way again.’ -- Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better‘This entertaining and informative book traces the history of vitamins and nutritional diseases . . . Readers interested in health, and those who enjoy Marion Nestle’s books will want to read this work . . . An excellent addition to collections in public and consumer health libraries.’ * Library Journal *‘Catherine Price gives us a journalist’s entertaining romp through the fascinating history of the discovery of vitamins, and their use and marketing as objects of health obsession. Faith in vitamins, she advises, should be tempered by scientific uncertainty and dietary complexity, and the understanding that foods are better sources than pills.’ -- Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of What to Eat'Price’s sharp wit, skillful and vivid translation of science into story, and valiant inquisitiveness (she insists on tasting synthetic vitamins and gets buzzed on the military’s caffeinated meat sticks) make for an electrifying dissection of our vitamin habit in contrast to our irrevocable need for naturally nutrient-rich food.' * Booklist *

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Book SynopsisA highly entertaining book debunking the many myths about the human body. Everything You Know About the Human Body is Wrong debunks the scientific myths we all take for granted. Written by author Matt Brown in his trademark humourous style, this book takes you through all the facts we thought true, from bodily blunders, medical mis-quotes and curious cures. Does giving kids sugar make them go hyper-active? Not at all – there is no proven link! Is there such a thing as being 'double-jointed'? And is it dangerous to swim after eating? Covering everything from pseudoscience to recent research, Everything You Know About the Human Body is Wrong shatters a range of illusions we have accepted unquestioningly since childhood and demystifies this most puzzling of subjects.Trade Review'This lovely little hard-backed book is one that you will want to dip into often.' * School Science Review *

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Book SynopsisSince the first successful isolation and cultivation of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1998, there has been high levels of both interest and controversy in this area of research.This book provides a concise overview of an exciting field, covering the characteristics of both human embryonic stem cells and pluripotent stem cells from other human cell lineages. The following chapters describe state-of-the-art differentiation and characterization of specific ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm-derived lineages from human embryonic stem cells, emphasizing how these can be used to study human developmental mechanisms. A further chapter discusses genetic manipulation of human ES cells. The concluding section covers therapeutic applications of human ES cells, as well as addressing the ethical and legal issues that this research have raised.Trade ReviewThe book provides an outstanding introduction to embryonic stem cell research...The book includes an excellent mix of photomicrographs and diagrams as well as a few color plates...This is a well-written and easy-to-read, compact book. The editors have brought together outstanding experts and assembled a nice cross-sectional view of this enlarging field - Doody's Listings and Reviews This book will be of tremendous help to those who have already started, or soon will start, a journey into the murky waters of stem-cell research - The New England Journal of Medicine, 354: 1, Jan 06Table of Contents1. Biology of Embryonic Stem Cells 2. Characteristics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Embryonal Carcinoma Cells and Embryonic Germ Cells 3. Adult Stem Cell Plasticity 4. Human and Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: Windows to Early Mammalian Development 5. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Multilineage Differentiation to Mesoderm Lineages 6. Trophoblast Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells 7. Current and Future Prospects for Hematopoiesis Studies using Human Embryonic Stem Cells 8. Derivation of Endothelial Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells 9. Neural Specification from Human Embryonic Stem Cells 10. Modeling Islet Development through Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation 11. Cardiomyocyte Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Progeny 12. Genetic Engineering of Human Embryonic Stem Cells 13. ES Cells for Transplantation: Coping with Immunity 14. Clinical Applications for Human ES Cells 15. Production of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cellular Product for Therapeutic Use 16. Ethical and Policy Considerations in Embryonic Stem Cell Research 17. Legal Framework Pertaining to Research Creating or Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells 18. Genomic Approaches to Stem Cell Biology 18. Genomic Approaches to Stem Cell Biology 19. Proteomics and Embryonic Stem Cells

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to examine what it means to be vulnerable, to care and be cared for, within conditions of inequality, violence and crisis across the globe.Table of ContentsBodies, Resistance, Despair 1: JUDITH BUTLER: Bodies that Still Matter 2: ROSALBA ICAZA: Decolonial Feminism and Global Politics 3: C. JASON THROOP: Meteorological Moods and Atmospheric Attunements Response: The Terror of InvulnerabilityRAHUL RAO: Ambiguity, Affectivity, Violence 4: ERINN GILSON: The Problems and Potentials of Vulnerability 5: THOMAS GREGORY: Vulnerable Civilians: Coalition Checkpoints and the Perception of Hostile Intent 6: OMAR DEWACHI: Revealed in the Wound: Medical Care and the Ecologies of War in Post-Occupation Iraq Response: On the Condition of Being OpenVÉRONIQUE PIN-FAT: Narrative, Relationality, Disclosure 7: JACKIE LEACH SCULLY: The politics of care: from biomedical transformation to narrative vulnerability 8: JASON DANELY: "It rips you to bits!": Woundedness and Compassion in Carers' Narratives 9: ANN CAHILL: Disclosing an Experience of Sexual Assault: Ethics and the Role of the Confidant Response: Tenuous MooringsYASMIN GUNARATNAM: Dependence, Distribution, Waiting 10: LOTTE MEINERT: Vulnerability as Radically Social: Cash and Care for the Elderly in Uganda 11: LISA BARAITSER AND WILLIAM BROOK: Watchful Waiting: Temporalities of Crisis and Care in the UK: National Health Service Response: The Hopeless Hopeful Time of CaringTIFFANY PAGE: Index

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