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Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report by The Covid Crisis Group
RRP: $35.68$20.12Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and scholars from many backgrounds came... -
Miller's Review of Critical Vaccine Studies: 400 Important Scientific Papers Summarized for Parents and Researchers by Neil Z. Miller 9781881217404
RRP: $41.90$28.29Many people sincerely believe that all vaccines are safe, adverse reactions are rare, and no peer-reviewed scientific studies exist showing that vaccines can cause harm. This book - Miller's Review of Critical Vaccine Studies - provides the other side of... -
Duty of Care: 'This is the book everyone should read about COVID-19' Kate Mosse Dominic Pimenta 9781787395596
RRP: $18.88$13.02'Beautifully written, passionate and moving, this is the book everyone should read about COVID-19' Kate Mosse'Hard to put down' Rachel Clarke'Gripping, humane, eye-opening and seriously tense' Ian DuntThe first book to tell the full story of the COVID-19... -
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World Laura Spinney 9781784702403
RRP: $23.08$16.32Read the devastating story of the Spanish flu - the twentieth century's greatest killer - and discover what it can teach us about the current Covid-19 pandemic.'Both a saga of tragedies and a detective story... Pale Rider is not just an excavation but a... -
Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness Dr. Thomas Cowan, MD 9781603587778
RRP: $39.88$26.78One doctor's surprising answer to the epidemic of chronic disease and essential reading for everyone concerned with the health of the next generation ..[T]he further we move away from nature the sicker we become, and it is our children who pay the... -
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Lydia Kang
RRP: $39.88$31.33From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks-how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them... -
No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses by Peter Piot 9780393345513 [USED COPY]
RRP: $29.38$5.57When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, "There's no future in infectious diseases. They've all been solved." Fortunately, Piot ignored him, and the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man,... -
No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses Peter Piot 9780393345513
RRP: $29.38$25.73When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, "There's no future in infectious diseases. They've all been solved." Fortunately, Piot ignored him, and the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man,... -
Covid By Numbers: Your Questions Answered by David Spiegelhalter 9780241547731 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$5.57'I couldn't imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane' Tim HarfordHow many people have died because of COVID-19? Which... -
Covid By Numbers: Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data David Spiegelhalter 9780241547731
RRP: $23.08$16.32'I couldn't imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane' Tim HarfordHow many people have died because of COVID-19? Which... -
The Year the World Went Mad: A Scientific Memoir from the Pandemic by Mark Woolhouse
RRP: $35.68$25.79In January 2020, leading epidemiologist Professor Mark Woolhouse learned of a new virus taking hold in China. He immediately foresaw a hard road ahead for the entire world, and emailed the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland warning that the UK should... -
Corona, False Alarm?: Facts and Figures Karina Reiss, Ph.D. 9781645020578
RRP: $23.08$15.54Does the race for vaccine development make sense? What are the chances of success? Will the vaccine be safe? Will people accept it?? In June 2020, Corona, False Alarm? exploded into the German market, selling 200,000 copies and 75,000 e-books in the... -
Modern Epidemiology by Kenneth J. Rothman
RRP: $202.86$182.05Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023! Now in a fully revised 4th Edition, Modern Epidemiology remains the gold standard text in this complex and evolving field, offering unparalleled, comprehensive coverage of the principles and methods of... -
Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance Margaret Somerville (NHS Highland, Inverness) 9781118999325
RRP: $67.10$59.41Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance is a highly visual introduction to the key concepts and major themes of population health. With comprehensive coverage of all the core topics covered at medical school, it helps students understand the... -
An Introduction to Medical Statistics by Martin Bland
RRP: $86.08$73.37Now in its Fourth Edition, An Introduction to Medical Statistics continues to be a 'must-have' textbook for anyone who needs a clear logical guide to the subject. Written in an easy-to-understand style and packed with real life examples, the text clearly... -
Beyond Mainstream Medicine: Dialogue Towards a New paradigm for Health: 2022 by Thomas Hardtmuth 9780952836483
RRP: $25.18$18.00In Beyond Mainstream Medicine, Thomas Hardtmuth, M.D. and Richard House, Ph.D. dive deeply into the very foundations of human well-being, exhaustively detailing what is wrong philosophically and clinically with the current prevailing biomedical paradigm... -
Essential Medical Statistics Betty R. Kirkwood (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) 9780865428713
RRP: $98.60$86.81Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way... -
Challenging health inequalities: From Acheson to Choosing Health Elizabeth Dowler (Department of Sociology, University of Warwick) 9781861348999
RRP: $62.98$48.34This book offers a unique multi-disciplinary perspective on tackling health inequalities in a rich country, examining the New Labour policy agenda for tackling health inequalities and its inherent challenges. The book presents an overview of progress... -
Anatomy Of An Epidemic by Robert Whitaker
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307452429Author Robert WhitakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
RRP: $27.28$19.09Read this gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can fight the current Covid-19 pandemic.WITH A NEW AFTERWORD ON CORONAVIRUSAs globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient... -
An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling by Emilia Vynnycky 9780198565765
RRP: $92.38$90.41Mathematical models are increasingly being used to examine questions in infectious disease control. Applications include predicting the impact of vaccination strategies against common infections and determining optimal control strategies against HIV and... -
Recognizing Reality: Youth Education in a Time of Global Crisis by Peter Selg
RRP: $42.00$26.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621483083Author Peter SelgFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press IncWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Great Plague: A People's History by Evelyn Lord
RRP: $23.08$19.68In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord's... -
Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians by Helen Ward 9780198529880
RRP: $71.38$61.45The Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians provides all the information required by students and junior doctors who need to understand and translate key epidemiological concepts into medical practice. Unlike standard textbooks in this area, the... -
Epidemiology For Dummies Amal K. Mitra (Jackson State University, MS) 9781394170708
RRP: $48.28$31.86Become a disease detective with this easy-to-understand resource Epidemiology For Dummies is packed with key concepts, practical applications, and real-life examples in the study of disease transmission and control. It's a must-have for students in all... -
Ecosocial Theory, Embodied Truths, and the People's Health by Nancy Krieger
RRP: $53.53$51.37From public health luminary Nancy Krieger comes a revolutionary way of addressing health justice and the embodied truths of lived experience. Since the 1700s, fierce debates in medicine and public health have centered around whether sources of ill... -
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease by Shilpa Ravella
RRP: $42.00$30.01Hidden inflammation lies behind many modern diseases. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turning against us and what we might do about it.'Controlling inflammation is the key to good health and this... -
R for Health Data Science by Ewen Harrison
RRP: $144.88$125.83In this age of information, the manipulation, analysis, and interpretation of data have become a fundamental part of professional life; nowhere more so than in the delivery of healthcare. From the understanding of disease and the development of new... -
Building Your Career as a Statistician: A Practical Guide to Longevity, Happiness, and Accomplishment by Craig Mallinckrodt 9781032368795
RRP: $67.18$59.49This book is intended for anyone who is considering a career in statistics or a related field, or those at any point in their career with sufficient work time remaining such that investing in additional learning could be beneficial. As such, the book... -
Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice 4e by Ichiro Kawachi
RRP: $75.58$64.93Fully revised and updated for the fourth edition, the award-winning Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for practitioners in the field. Structured into practical sections addressed towards professional competencies and... -
Getting to Zero: A Doctor and a Diplomat on the Ebola Frontline by Sinead Walsh 9781786992482
RRP: $33.58$26.17In 2014, a 28-year old British doctor found himself co-running the Ebola isolation unit in Sierra Leone's main hospital after the doctor in charge had been killed by the virus. Completely overwhelmed and wrapped in stifling protective suits, he and his... -
Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection: A handbook for field professionals by Irene A. Kreis 9780199663415
$187.28Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection guides front line public health practitioners through the decisions they are likely to face when dealing with environmental health problems. It does this by showing how to integrate relevant... -
Spike: The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story by Jeremy Farrar
RRP: $20.98$14.93SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022 THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BEST POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *Revised and updated... -
How Our Ancestors Died: A Guide for Family Historians by Simon Wills 9781781590386
RRP: $31.48$23.00What were the principal causes of death in the past? Could your ancestor have been affected? How was disease investigated and treated, and what did our ancestors think about the illnesses and the accidents that might befall them? Simon Wills's... -
The Wisdom of Plagues: Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics by Donald G McNeil
RRP: $42.00$27.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668001394Author Donald G McNeilFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Crash Course Medical Research, Audit and Teaching: the Essentials for Career Success by Amit Kaura 9780702073786
RRP: $67.18$66.78Crash Course - your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula... -
Decision Modelling for Health Economic Evaluation by Andrew Briggs
RRP: $134.40$129.30In financially constrained health systems across the world, increasing emphasis is being placed on the ability to demonstrate that health care interventions are not only effective, but also cost-effective. This book deals with decision modelling... -
Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future by Michael B. A. Oldstone
RRP: $37.78$27.99More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 1919, influenza virus claimed over 50 million lives. A century later, influenza is poised to return, ongoing... -
Understanding Human Metabolism by Keith N. Frayn 9781009108522
RRP: $25.18$18.73Does eating more carbohydrates, or fats, cause one to put on more weight? Are ketone bodies toxins or vital products that keep us alive during starvation? Does the concept of 'fat-burning exercise' hold true? In this game-changing book, Keith Frayn, an... -
The Medical Detective: John Snow, Cholera And The Mystery Of The Broad Street Pump by Sandra Hempel
RRP: $27.28$17.98In 1831, an unknown, horrifying and deadly disease from Asia swept across Continental Europe, killing millions in its path and throwing the medical profession into confusion. Cholera is a killer with little respect for class or wealth. When it arrived in...