{"product_id":"adventures-of-a-female-medical-detective-9781421439815","title":"Adventures of a Female Medical Detective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rip-roaring read.NatureFresh out of college in the 1960s, Mary Guinan aspired to be an astronautuntil she learned that NASA's astronaut program wasn't recruiting women. Instead, Guinan went to medical school and became a disease detective with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service. Selected to join India's Smallpox Eradication program, Guinan traveled to remote villages to isolate smallpox cases and then vaccinate all uninfected persons within a ten-mile radius. By May 1975, the World Health Organization declared Uttar Pradesh smallpox-free.   During her barrier-breaking career, Dr. Guinan met arms-seeking Afghan insurgents in Pakistan and got caught in the crossfire between religious groups in Lebanon. She was one of the first medical detectives on the ground in San Francisco at the start of the AIDS crisis. And she served as an expert witness in a landmark decision that still protects HIV patients from workplace discrimination. Randy Shilts'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rip-roaring read. As a 'medical detective,' Guinan presents a series of case studies in explicit homage to super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA frank and illuminating look at how scientists—female scientists in particular—actually work to combat disease.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Mary Guinan is a true pioneer, and the stories she tells of her early career are jaw-dropping. In every job-related battle she fought, Guinan's tenacity is impressive and empowering.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookworm Sez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA punchy whodunnit.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight-hearted and easy to read. Guinan's stories embody the modesty and humor inherent in the culture of epidemiology as practiced by the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEmerging Infectious Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. My First Outbreak Investigation\u003cbr\u003e2. Something to Believe In: Operation Smallpox Zero\u003cbr\u003e3. A Gift of an Elephant\u003cbr\u003e4. Dr. Herpes\u003cbr\u003e5. Healthcare Workers and Enemy Information in a War Zone, Pakistan, 1980\u003cbr\u003e6. An AIDS Needlestick at a Rundown Hotel in San Francisco, 1982\u003cbr\u003e7. ACT UP Acts Up at CDC over the Definition of AIDS for Women\u003cbr\u003e8. The HIV-Infected Preacher's Wife\u003cbr\u003e9. Few Safe Places\u003cbr\u003e10. Expert Witness for John Doe, the Pharmacist, 1991\u003cbr\u003e11. The Milk Industry Challenges CDC over the Source of a Listeriosis Outbreak\u003cbr\u003e12. On Getting AIDS from a Toilet Seat and Other STD Myths and Taboos\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408140640599,"sku":"9781421439815","price":15.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421439815.jpg?v=1730501735","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adventures-of-a-female-medical-detective-9781421439815","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}