The blood of strangers [[electronic resource] ] : stories from emergency medicine / / Frank Huyler |
Autore | Huyler Frank <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.02/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Emergency medicine
Hospitals - Emergency services |
Soggetto non controllato |
accidents
anthology blood career collection of stories disease emergency medicine emergency rooms emotional er physicians fast paced firsthand accounts healthcare human struggles illness injury life and death literary nonfiction lyrical essays medical professionals medical world memoirs modern medicine neurosurgeons new mexico nonfiction stories patients and doctors retrospective trauma surgeons vignettes visceral |
ISBN |
0-585-46784-6
1-283-29193-2 9786613291936 0-520-95072-0 0-520-90003-0 1-59734-502-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Unknown Assailant -- Prelude -- Through The Dark, Softly -- Faith -- Black Bag -- A Good Scar -- The Engineer In The Desert -- The Invitation -- Sunday Morning -- The Short Arm Of Chromosome 4 -- Needle -- The Dead Lake -- The Prisoner -- Numbers And Voices -- A Difference Of Opinion -- The Bleeding Girl -- I ' M Driving -- Burn -- The Secret -- Speaking In Tongues -- Power -- Jaw -- The Virgin -- Sugar -- Liar -- The Bee Sting -- The House In The Wilderness -- Time |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780374603321 |
Huyler Frank <1964-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The blood of strangers [[electronic resource] ] : stories from emergency medicine / / Frank Huyler |
Autore | Huyler Frank <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.02/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Emergency medicine
Hospitals - Emergency services |
Soggetto non controllato |
accidents
anthology blood career collection of stories disease emergency medicine emergency rooms emotional er physicians fast paced firsthand accounts healthcare human struggles illness injury life and death literary nonfiction lyrical essays medical professionals medical world memoirs modern medicine neurosurgeons new mexico nonfiction stories patients and doctors retrospective trauma surgeons vignettes visceral |
ISBN |
0-585-46784-6
1-283-29193-2 9786613291936 0-520-95072-0 0-520-90003-0 1-59734-502-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Unknown Assailant -- Prelude -- Through The Dark, Softly -- Faith -- Black Bag -- A Good Scar -- The Engineer In The Desert -- The Invitation -- Sunday Morning -- The Short Arm Of Chromosome 4 -- Needle -- The Dead Lake -- The Prisoner -- Numbers And Voices -- A Difference Of Opinion -- The Bleeding Girl -- I ' M Driving -- Burn -- The Secret -- Speaking In Tongues -- Power -- Jaw -- The Virgin -- Sugar -- Liar -- The Bee Sting -- The House In The Wilderness -- Time |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822852003321 |
Huyler Frank <1964-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flesh wounds : the culture of cosmetic surgery / / Virginia L. Blum |
Autore | Blum Virginia L. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.9/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Surgery, Plastic - Social aspects
Surgery, Plastic - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american identity anthropology beauty icons beauty ideals celebrity contemporary culture cosmetic surgery cultural analysis cultural criticism cultural practices elective surgery ethnographers ethnography feminism gender studies interviews modern society nonfiction account patients and doctors philosophical plastic surgeons plastic surgery psychology social conditions sociology youthful ideals |
ISBN |
0-520-24473-7
1-4175-1057-9 0-520-93873-9 1-59734-616-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The patient's body -- Untouchable bodies -- The plastic surgeon and the patient: a slow dance -- Frankenstein gets a facelift -- As if beauty -- The monster and the movie star -- Being and having: celebrity culture and the wages of love -- Addicted to surgery. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780449403321 |
Blum Virginia L. <1956-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flesh wounds : the culture of cosmetic surgery / / Virginia L. Blum |
Autore | Blum Virginia L. <1956-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.9/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Surgery, Plastic - Social aspects
Surgery, Plastic - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american identity anthropology beauty icons beauty ideals celebrity contemporary culture cosmetic surgery cultural analysis cultural criticism cultural practices elective surgery ethnographers ethnography feminism gender studies interviews modern society nonfiction account patients and doctors philosophical plastic surgeons plastic surgery psychology social conditions sociology youthful ideals |
ISBN |
0-520-24473-7
1-4175-1057-9 0-520-93873-9 1-59734-616-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The patient's body -- Untouchable bodies -- The plastic surgeon and the patient: a slow dance -- Frankenstein gets a facelift -- As if beauty -- The monster and the movie star -- Being and having: celebrity culture and the wages of love -- Addicted to surgery. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808844103321 |
Blum Virginia L. <1956-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taking charge of breast cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Julia A. Ericksen |
Autore | Ericksen Julia A. <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.196/99449 |
Soggetto topico |
Breast - Cancer - Patients
Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
appearance
breast cancer activism breast cancer education breast cancer support breast cancer survivor breast cancer breast surgery cancer activism cancer recovery cancer treatment cancer cultural studies diagnosis disease doctors orders doctors dying ethnography faith gender studies illness medicine micro sociology patients and doctors personal experience personal illness politics sexuality sociology treatment women and cancer women |
ISBN |
0-520-94118-7
1-281-38567-0 9786611385675 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Telling Stories -- 2. Following the Doctors' Orders -- 3. Patients and Doctors as Partners -- 4. Faith in the Ultimate Authority -- 5. Opposing the Mainstream -- 6. The Assault on the Breast -- 7. Bodies after Cancer -- 8. Breast Cancer Activism, Education, and Support -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782162103321 |
Ericksen Julia A. <1941-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taking charge of breast cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Julia A. Ericksen |
Autore | Ericksen Julia A. <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.196/99449 |
Soggetto topico |
Breast - Cancer - Patients
Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
appearance
breast cancer activism breast cancer education breast cancer support breast cancer survivor breast cancer breast surgery cancer activism cancer recovery cancer treatment cancer cultural studies diagnosis disease doctors orders doctors dying ethnography faith gender studies illness medicine micro sociology patients and doctors personal experience personal illness politics sexuality sociology treatment women and cancer women |
ISBN |
0-520-94118-7
1-281-38567-0 9786611385675 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Telling Stories -- 2. Following the Doctors' Orders -- 3. Patients and Doctors as Partners -- 4. Faith in the Ultimate Authority -- 5. Opposing the Mainstream -- 6. The Assault on the Breast -- 7. Bodies after Cancer -- 8. Breast Cancer Activism, Education, and Support -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823902903321 |
Ericksen Julia A. <1941-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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