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Taylor & Francis Ltd Superman Supreme Fascist Body as Political Icon Global Fascism Sport in the Global Society
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Superman Supreme Fascist Body as Political Icon Global Fascism 15 Sport in the Global Society
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Taylor & Francis Anthropologies of Cancer in Transnational Worlds
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Taylor & Francis Explaining Human Diversity Cultures Minds Evolution
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Taylor & Francis Explaining Human Diversity
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World
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Taylor & Francis Dementia as Social Experience
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Taylor & Francis Embodied Cognition Acting and Performance
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Taylor & Francis Routledge International Handbook of Critical
Book SynopsisThe Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a multidisciplinary reference book that brings together cutting-edge health and illness topics from around the globe. It offers a range of theoretical and critical perspectives to provide contemporary insights into complex health issues that can offer ways to address inequitable patterns of illness and ill health. This collection, written by an international pool of expert academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, is unique in providing theoretical and critical analyses on key health topics, considering power and broader social structures that influence health and illness outcomes. The chapters are organised in three parts. The first covers medical contexts; here, chapters provide commentary and critical analysis of the history of medicine, medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation, services and care, medical technology, diagnosis, screening, personalised medicine, and Table of ContentsEditors Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Critical perspectives on health and illness Part I. Medical Contexts 2. The social and cultural histories of medicine 3. Medicalisation 4. Pharmaceuticalisation: Origins, drivers and new directions 5. Governing medical technology 6. Health services and care: Political and affective economies 7. Diagnosis: A social and political phenomenon 8. Population-based screening for detection and prevention 9. Personalised medicine 10. Complementary and alternative medicine Part II. Life Contexts 11: Health inequality 12. Beyond binary categories: A contemporary gender studies perspective on health and illness 13. Sexual orientation and gender identity as determinants of health and illness 14. Reproductive justice: Revitalising critical reproductive health research 15. Ethnicity and health 16. Indigeneity and wellness: Critically understanding the health of Indigenous peoples and communities 17. Disability, technology and health 18. Health and illness among older people: What has age got to do with it? 19. Death, dying and end-of-life care Part III. Shifting Contextual Domains 20. Bioethics: Critical reflections and future directions 21. Digital health 22. Migration and health 23. Medical travel: Critical perspectives 24: Place in health, illness and health care 25. Commercialization: The role of unhealthy commodity industries 26. Towards a critical social science of climate change and health 27. Globalisation and health Index
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Taylor & Francis Routledge International Handbook of Critical
Book SynopsisThe Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a multidisciplinary reference book that brings together cutting-edge health and illness topics from around the globe. It offers a range of theoretical and critical perspectives to provide contemporary insights into complex health issues that can offer ways to address inequitable patterns of illness and ill health. This collection, written by an international pool of expert academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, is unique in providing theoretical and critical analyses on key health topics, considering power and broader social structures that influence health and illness outcomes. The chapters are organised in three parts. The first covers medical contexts; here, chapters provide commentary and critical analysis of the history of medicine, medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation, services and care, medical technology, diagnosis, screening, personalised medicine, and Table of ContentsEditors Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Critical perspectives on health and illness Part I. Medical Contexts 2. The social and cultural histories of medicine 3. Medicalisation 4. Pharmaceuticalisation: Origins, drivers and new directions 5. Governing medical technology 6. Health services and care: Political and affective economies 7. Diagnosis: A social and political phenomenon 8. Population-based screening for detection and prevention 9. Personalised medicine 10. Complementary and alternative medicine Part II. Life Contexts 11: Health inequality 12. Beyond binary categories: A contemporary gender studies perspective on health and illness 13. Sexual orientation and gender identity as determinants of health and illness 14. Reproductive justice: Revitalising critical reproductive health research 15. Ethnicity and health 16. Indigeneity and wellness: Critically understanding the health of Indigenous peoples and communities 17. Disability, technology and health 18. Health and illness among older people: What has age got to do with it? 19. Death, dying and end-of-life care Part III. Shifting Contextual Domains 20. Bioethics: Critical reflections and future directions 21. Digital health 22. Migration and health 23. Medical travel: Critical perspectives 24: Place in health, illness and health care 25. Commercialization: The role of unhealthy commodity industries 26. Towards a critical social science of climate change and health 27. Globalisation and health Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics
Book SynopsisGenomic technologies provide the means of diagnosis and management of many human diseases. Without insights from cytogenetics, correct interpretation of modern high-throughput results is difficult, if not impossible. This book summarizes applications of cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics for students, clinicians and researchers in genetics, genomics and diagnostics. The book combines the state-of-the-art knowledge and practical expertise from leading researchers and clinicians and provides a comprehensive overview of current medical and research applications of many of these technologies.KEY FEATURES Provides clear summaries of fluorescence in situ hybridization technologies and others Comprehensively covers established and emerging methods Chapters from an international team of leading researchers Useful for students, researchers and cliniciansTable of ContentsSeries Preface. Preface. Acknowledgements. Editor. List of Contributors. Chapter 1 Cytogenetics and Chromosomics. Chapter 2 Banding Cytogenetics. Chapter 3 Generation of Microdissection-Derived Painting Probes from Single Copy Chromosomes. Chapter 4 FISH—An Overview. Chapter 5 FISH—Microscopy and Evaluation. Chapter 6 FISH—in Routine Diagnostic Settings. Chapter 7 FISH—in Leukemia Diagnostics. Chapter 8 FISH—in Tissues. Chapter 9 FISH—in Human Sperm and Infertility. Chapter 10 FISH—in Spontaneously Aborted Products of Conception. Chapter 11 FISH—Characterization of Chromosomal Alterations, Recombination, and Outcomes after Segregation. Chapter 12 Multicolor-FISH—Methods and Applications. Chapter 13 FISH—Centromere- and Heterochromatin-Specific Multicolor Probe Sets. Chapter 14 FISH—Detection of Individual Radio Sensitivity. Chapter 15 FISH—Detection of CNVs. Chapter 16 FISH—Interphase Applications Including Detection of Chromosome Instability (CIN). Chapter 17 FISH—Determination of Telomere Length (Q-FISH/CO-FISH). Chapter 18 FISH—in Three Dimensions—3D-FISH. Chapter 19 FISH—On Fibers. Chapter 20 FISH—and Single-Cell Gel Electrophoresis Assay (Comet Assay). Chapter 21 Molecular Karyotyping. Chapter 22 FISH—Mitochondrial DNA. Chapter 23 FISH—in Birds. Chapter 24 FISH—in Fish Chromosomes. Chapter 25 FISH—and the Characterization of Synaptonemal Complex. Chapter 26 RNA-FISH—on Lampbrush Chromosomes: Visualization of Individual Transcription Units. Chapter 27 FISH—in Insect Chromosomes. Chapter 28 FISH—in Plant Chromosomes. Chapter 29 FISH—and CRISPR/CAS9. Index.
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Cambridge University Press Learning from HIV and AIDS 15 Biosocial Society Symposium Series Series Number 15
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Cambridge University Press Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology
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Cambridge University Press Human Variability and Plasticity 15 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 15
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Cambridge University Press Molecular Biology and Human Diversity
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Cambridge University Press Primates Face to Face
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Cambridge University Press Mountain Gorillas Three Decades of Research at Karisoke 27 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press Anthropometry
Book SynopsisAnthropometry is the measurement of human morphology, and can be used in a variety of contexts including paediatrics, orthopaedics, nutrition, physiology and anthropology. The book describes many of the ways in which anthropometry is used and discusses problems associated with such measurements.Trade Review"A fine collection of papers on growth, human biology, measurement errors, statistics and physiology." Journal of the American Association of Forensic DentistsTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The place of anthropology in human biology G. W. Lasker; 2. Asymmetry and growth P. H. Dangerfield; 3. Intra- and inter-observer error in anthropometric measurement S. J. Ulijaszek and J. A. Lourie; 4. Statistical issues in anthropometry C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor; 5. Statistical constructs of human growth: new growth charts for old T. J. Cole; 6. Growth monitoring and growth cyclicities in developed countries S. J. Ulijaszek; 7. Growth monitoring, screening and surveillance in developing countries A. Tomkins; 8. Variability in adult body size: uses in defining the limits of human survival C. J. K. Henry; 9. Anthropometry and body composition P. S. W. Davies; 10. Anthropometry and physical performance N. G. Norgan; 11. Anthropometry and physical fitness R. M. Malina; 12. Anthropometry in the U.S. Armed Forces C. C. Gordon and K. E. Friedl; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Human Biologists in the Archives Demography Health Nutrition and Genetics in Historical Populations 35 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 35
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Cambridge University Press Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation
Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview of how and why human populations vary so markedly in their skin colour. The biological aspects of the pigment cell and its production of melanin are reviewed and the functions of melanin are considered. The social and biological interface of skin colour in society is also discussed.Trade Review"Melanin has probably caused more social injustice than any other molecule in the body, yet few sociologists understand the biology of skin colour and few physicians are conversant with the anthropological, evolutionary, and psychosocial aspects of racial pigmentation. All these topics are crisply and elegantly reviewed in this monograph from a Cape Town pharmacologist. Robins has worked hard to select the essential facts from many disciplines, and the result is a concise yet thorough overview of this important subject." John L. Burton, Lancet"...a crisply written, expert and intelligible survey of the medical and anthropological work on human pigmentation, and both physicians and anthropologists will find uses for it." Times Literary Supplement"...concisely surveys the nature of skin color in humans....not so esoteric that it could not be used by anyone interested in the subjects of human pigmentation, skin color, and race." Choice"...this book is a success. Robins includes a good set of references, and the book is well written. For the topics that he decided to cover, he has done a good job. The book contains a great deal of information and is handy for references." Aaron B. Lerner, New England Journal of Medicine"...a complete and conscientious survey of all that is known about pigmentation in the human species....will be most useful to anyone who wishes to add to that literature, and there is much that could be added, particularly in genetics." Alice M. Brues, American Journal of Human BiologyTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Biology of the pigment cell; 2. The biochemical and hormonal control of pigmentation; 3. Ultraviolet radiation and the pigmentary system; 4. Functions of melanin; 5. Non-cutaneous melanin: distribution, nature and relationship to skin melanin; 6. The properties and possible functions of non-cutaneous melanin; 7. Measurement of skin colour; 8. Disorders of hyperpigmentation; 9. Disorders of hypopigmentation; 10. Skin colour and society: the social-biological interface; 11. The evolution of skin colour; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Human Growth in the Past Studies from Bones and Teeth 25 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 25
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Cambridge University Press The Evolution and Genetics of Latin American Populations
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Cambridge University Press Development Function and Evolution of Teeth
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Cambridge University Press Dental Functional Morphology
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Cambridge University Press Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change
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Cambridge University Press Surnames and Genetic Structure 1 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press Models for Infectious Human Disease Their Structure and Relation to Data 6 Publications of the Newton Institute Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press Genetic Variation and Its Maintenance
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Cambridge University Press Human Adult Odontometrics The Study of Variation in Adult Tooth Size 4 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 4
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Cambridge University Press Isolation Migration and Health
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Cambridge University Press Health Consequences of Modernisatn Evidence from Circumpolar Peoples Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 17
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Cambridge University Press Epidemic Models Their Structure and Relation to Data 5 Publications of the Newton Institute Series Number 5
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Cambridge University Press The Biology of Traditions Models and Evidence
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Cambridge University Press The Physiology of Human Growth
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Cambridge University Press Urban Ecology and Health in the Third World 32 Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series Series Number 32
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Cambridge University Press Human Biology and Social Inequality 39 Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series Series Number 39
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Cambridge University Press The Biology of Human Ageing 25 Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series Series Number 25
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Cambridge University Press Human Physiological Work Capacity 15 International Biological Programme Synthesis Series Series Number 15
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Cambridge University Press The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations 21 International Biological Programme Synthesis Series Series Number 21
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Cambridge University Press Human Mating Patterns 28 Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series Series Number 28
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Cambridge University Press The Concepts of Illness Disease and Morbus
Book SynopsisDr Taylor's book analyses the disease concept as it developed in medical history and seeks to clarify it with the help of concepts largely derived from logical class theories. A solution is proposed to the problem of how to distinguish between the class of 'patients' and the class of 'healthy persons' which corresponds to the actual diagnostic practices of doctors. The earliest theories of disease postulated concrete entities which exist independently of the body. The notion of disease entity has lost its original ontological connotations and instead its important feature has become the possession of a unitary and self-contained character. Dr Taylor describes the modern theories as essentially 'reactive' in character, that is the symptoms of a disease are the bodily reactions to the 'noxae'. After seeing the subject in its historical content, Dr Taylor goes on to discuss in detail the notion of the classification of diseases, making extensive use of modern views on the logic of classesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Early notions of disease; 2. Ontological theories of disease; 3. Reactive theories of disease; 4. Source indicators and their perception; 5. Classes and classifications; 6. Morbidity; 7. Morbi; 8. Molecular morbi; 9. Summary; References; Name index; Subject index.
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Cambridge University Press Injury and Trauma in Bioarchaeology
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Cambridge University Press Urbanism Health and Human Biology in Industrialised Countries 40 Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series Series Number 40
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Cambridge University Press The Philosophy of Human Evolution Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
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Cambridge University Press Variability in Human Fertility 19 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 19
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Cambridge University Press Longterm Consequences of Early Environment Growth Development and the Lifespan Developmental Perspective 37 Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series Series Number 37
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Cambridge University Press Biological Aspects of Human Migration 2 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 2
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Cambridge University Press Capacity for Work in the Tropics
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