How everyday products make people sick [[electronic resource] ] : toxins at home and in the workplace / / Paul D. Blanc |
Autore | Blanc Paul D. <1951-> |
Edizione | [Updated and expanded.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina | 615.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Toxicology
Environmental health - History Occupational diseases - History Health risk assessment Product safety |
Soggetto non controllato |
case histories
dangers different times doctor documented emerging toxins engaging everyday products everyday toxins everywhere expose health dangers health hazards health risks hidden dangers home setting injury and illness innocent products modern technologies nonfiction physicians public health risks sickness thorough account toxic exposure toxic glue toxic products toxin histories toxins workplace setting |
ISBN |
1-282-36008-6
9786612360084 0-520-94531-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 / The Forgotten Histories of "Modern" Hazards -- 2 / The Shadow of Smoke: How to Evade Regulation -- 3 / Good Glue, Better Glue, Superglue -- 4 / Under a Green Sea: The Rising Tide of Chlorine -- 5 / Going Crazy at Work: Cycles of Carbon Disulfide Poisoning -- 6 / Job Fever: Inhaling Dust and Fumes -- 7 / Emerging Toxins -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780641603321 |
Blanc Paul D. <1951-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Krankheit und lyrische Selbstsorge : Dichtung, Medizin und Theologie in der Frühen Neuzeit (1490-1720) / / Oliver Grütter |
Autore | Grütter Oliver |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 194 p.) |
Collana | Frühe Neuzeit : Studien und Dokumente zur deutschen Literatur und Kultur im europäischen Kontext |
Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry |
Soggetto non controllato |
Early mordern period
disease illness poetry self care sickness |
ISBN | 3-11-121297-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Paradigmatische Krankheiten -- 3 Religiöse Sinngebung -- 4 Schlaglichter: Das siebzehnte Jahrhundert -- 5 Schluss -- Bibliographie -- Anhang -- Personenregister |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996565572103316 |
Grütter Oliver | ||
Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2023] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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On being human : where medicine, ethics and spirituality converge / / Daisaku Ikeda, Rene Simard, Guy Bourgeault |
Autore | Ikeda Daisaku |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 174/.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Health - Religious aspects - Buddhism
Medical ethics - Religious aspects - Buddhism Bioethics - Religious aspects - Buddhism Buddhism - Doctrines AIDS (Disease) - Research Cancer - Research Sick - Legal status, laws, etc Right to die Euthanasia Medical ethics Bioethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
medical ethics
bioethics AIDS sickness cancer right to die |
ISBN |
979-1-03-651386-2
2-7606-2377-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: CANCER AND AIDS -- 1. Cancer Past and Present -- 2. Prevention and Treatment -- 3. Cancer and Disclosure: The Doctor-Patient Bond -- 4. AIDS Menace and Countermeasures -- 5. AIDS and Human Rights -- 6. Cloning and the Value of Life -- CHAPTER TWO: HEALTH AND HARMONY -- 1. The Nature of Health -- 2. Health and Illness -- 3. Harmony with the Environment -- 4. Obsession with Perpetual Youth -- 5. Overcoming Stress -- 6. Coping with Mental Illness -- 7. The Ideal Life -- CHAPTER THREE: BIOETHICS -- 1. Religion and Medical Ethics -- 2. Definition of Death -- 3. Brain Death -- 4. Death with Dignity: Overcoming the Suffering of Death -- 5. Confronting Death -- 6. Birth -- 7. Procreation Technology -- CHAPTER FOUR: EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND BIRTH OF HUMANITY -- 1. Origin of Life -- 2. Theories of Biological Evolution -- 3. Birth of Humankind -- 4. Diverse Views -- CHAPTER FIVE: DAWN OF THE CENTURY OF LIFE -- 1. Pathology of our Time -- 2. Goals of Education -- 3. Mission of the University -- 4. Ethical Aspects of Technoscientific Development -- 5. Century of Life -- Postscript. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910279743603321 |
Ikeda Daisaku | ||
Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertain suffering [[electronic resource] ] : racial health care disparities and sickle cell disease / / Carolyn Moxley Rouse |
Autore | Rouse Carolyn Moxley <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 362.196/15270089 |
Soggetto topico |
Sickle cell anemia - Patients - United States
Discrimination in medical care - United States Health services accessibility - United States Minorities - Medical care - United States Race discrimination - United States Social medicine - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
ambivalence american healthcare system anthropology black americans community based health programs cultural assumptions disease doctor health disparity healthcare services healthcare human condition life and death medical treatment medicine mental suffering national policy pain and suffering physical suffering politics of racism race in america resource limitations sicker sickle cell anemia sickle cell patients sickness symptoms united states of america wealth disparity |
ISBN | 0-520-94504-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Questions -- Part 2. Reforming the System -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779550603321 |
Rouse Carolyn Moxley <1965-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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