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UNINA9910454404503321 |
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Tone Andrea |
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Medicating Modern America [[electronic resource] ] : Prescription Drugs in History |
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New York, : NYU Press, 2007 |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Drugs -- United States -- History |
Drugs - History - United States |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
Chemicals and Drugs |
Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology |
Health & Biological Sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Contents; Introduction; Part I; Antibiotics: From Germophobia to the Carefree Life and Back Again; Mood Stabilizers: Folie to Folly; Hormone Replacement: " Educate Yourself"; Part II; Oral Contraceptives: Women over 35 Who Smoke; Stimulants: Not Just Naughty; Tranquilizers: Tranquilizers on Trial; Part III; Statins: The Abnormal and the Pathological; Viagra: Making Viagra; About the Contributors; Index |
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With Americans paying more than 200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life. Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contra |
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UNINA9910458721003321 |
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Autore |
Anand Akanksha |
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Remarkable contributions : indias women leaders and management practices / / by Akanksha Anand |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (149 p.) |
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Women - India - Social conditions |
Women politicians - India |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER EIGHT; ANNEX 1; ANNEX 2; ANNEX 3; REFERENCES |
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Designed to meet the needs of students, teachers, practitioners, and researchers, this fascinating and insightful, contemporary text is from an author who is a research scholar in the area of leadership, gender, and organizational studies. The book provides a firm grounding in theory driven by mixed methods research, including the inquiry into leadership behaviors in India. It uniquely addresses two profound changes taking place in the 21st century: namely, the explosion of interest in the le... |
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