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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461414903321

Autore

Silverman Chloe

Titolo

Understanding autism [[electronic resource] ] : parents, doctors, and the history of a disorder / / Chloe Silverman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-29070-7

9786613290700

1-4008-4039-2

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

618.9285882

Soggetti

Autism in children

Parents of autistic children

Autistic children - Family relationships

Autism in children - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Love as an Analytic Tool -- Part One -- 1. Research Programs, "Autistic Disturbances," and Human Difference -- 2. Love Is Not Enough: Bruno Bettelheim, Infantile Autism, and Psychoanalytic Childhoods -- 3. Expert Amateurs: Raising and Treating Children with Autism -- Interlude. Parents Speak: The Art of Love and the Ethics of Care -- Part two -- 4. Brains, Pedigrees, and Promises: Lessons from the Politics of Autism Genetics -- 5. Desperate and Rational: Parents and Professionals in Autism Research -- 6. Pandora's Box: Immunizations, Parental Obligations, and Toxic Facts -- Conclusion. What the World Needs Now: Learning About and Acting on Autism Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Autism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. Understanding Autism, a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness, takes a close look at the



role of emotion--specifically, of parental love--in the intense and passionate work of biomedical communities investigating autism. Chloe Silverman tracks developments in autism theory and practice over the past half-century and shows how an understanding of autism has been constituted and stabilized through vital efforts of schools, gene banks, professional associations, government committees, parent networks, and treatment conferences. She examines the love and labor of parents, who play a role in developing--in conjunction with medical experts--new forms of treatment and therapy for their children. While biomedical knowledge is dispersed through an emotionally neutral, technical language that separates experts from laypeople, parental advocacy and activism call these distinctions into question. Silverman reveals how parental care has been a constant driver in the volatile field of autism research and treatment, and has served as an inspiration for scientific change. Recognizing the importance of parental knowledge and observations in treating autism, this book reveals that effective responses to the disorder demonstrate the mutual interdependence of love and science.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910293139703321

Autore

Speck Ulrich

Titolo

X-Ray Contrast Media [[electronic resource] ] : OVERVIEW, USE AND PHARMACEUTICAL ASPECTS / / by Ulrich Speck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Springer Nature, 2018

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-662-56465-3

Edizione

[5th ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 131 p. 29 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

616.0757

Soggetti

Radiology

Neuroradiology

Diagnostic Radiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- General principles of X-ray contrast media -- Structure and properties of X-ray contrast media -- Degradation of iodinated X-ray contrast media -- Physiochemical properties of water-soluble contrast media -- Pharmaceutical product quality -- Pharmacological properties of contrast media -- Uses of X-ray contrast media -- Interactions -- Risk of contrast media use -- Drugs and measures for the treatment of a contrast medium reaction -- Further development of contrast media -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book is an overview on CT/X-ray contrast media designed for radiologists and other medical specialists who use contrast media in imaging and interventional procedures as well as related scientists on the use and pharmaceutical aspects of X-ray contrast media. The overall goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview relevant for the optimal use of x-ray contrast media covering next to the historic development, their structure and properties also practical information for handling of contrast media, and explanation of the relevant risks during use and measures for prevention and treatment of potential side effects. .