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Medicine, health, and bioethics : essential primary sources / K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.

Title
Medicine, health, and bioethics : essential primary sources / K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.
Publication
Detroit : Thomson/Gale, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Lerner, K. Lee
  • Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth
Description
lvii, 513 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
A focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents--speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art--as well as overview information that places each document in context.
Series Statement
Social issues primary sources collection
Uniform Title
Social issues primary sources collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Collected Work
  • History
  • Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-500) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Biomedical science -- Clinical medicine -- War and medicine -- Industry and medicine -- Public health -- Wellness and health -- Alternative medicine -- Bioethnics.
  • Advisors and Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- About the Set -- Introduction -- About the Entry -- Using Primary Sources -- Chronology -- 1. BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE -- Introduction to Biomedical Science -- The Lancet / Thomas Wakley, 1823 -- Head and Upper Body / Francesco C. Antommarchi, 1826 -- Rabies Vaccination in Pasteur's Clinic in Paris / Laurent-Lucien Gsell, 1887 -- Letter to Lord Chamberlain Hugo Radolinski / Ruldolf Virchow, 1888 -- Hand with Ring / Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, 1895 -- This Day Relenting God / Ronald Ross, 1923 -- Robert Koch Identifies the Bacteria That Cause Anthrax, Tuberculosis, and Cholera / K.A.H. Mörner, 1905 -- The Internal Secretion of the Pancreas / Frederick Grant Banting and Charles Herbert Best, 1922 -- On Individual Differences in Human Blood / Karl Landsteiner, 1930 -- A Strong Nation Is a Healthy Nation / N.H. Heiligman, 1940 -- A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid / James Dewey Watson and Frances Harry Compton Crick, 1953 -- Patient Undergoing a CT Scan / Anonymous, 1978 -- Louise Brown and Her Parents / Ray Foli, 1979 -- Pneumocystis Pneumonia--Los Angeles / Michael S. Gottlieb, et.al., 1981 -- Köhler and Milstein Develop Monoclonal Antibodies / Hans Wigzell, 1984 -- Baby Fae Loses her Battle / Claudia Wallis, 1984 -- The Promise of Prozac / Geoffrey Cowley, 1990 -- Animals and Medical Science: A Vision of a New Era / David O. Wiebers, 1994 -- Chorionic Villus Sampling and Amniocentesis / Richard S. Olney, 1995 -- Prions: Newly Identified Infectious Agent / Ralf F. Pettersson, 1997 -- Zoonosis / Karen Kasmauski, 2000 -- The Sequence of the Human Genome / John Craig Venter, 2001 -- Gene Therapy: Promises and Problems / Alexander Pfeifer and Inder M. Verma, 2001 -- What the Heck Is Antibiotic Resistance? / John C. Brown, 2002 -- Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions / Ruth L. Kirchstein and Lana Skirboll, 2001 -- He Never Gave Up / Jeffrey Klugar, 2004 -- Eulogy for Mattie Stepanek / Jimmy Carter, 2004 -- Can Gene-Altered Rice Rescue the Farm Belt? / Alexei Barrionuevo, 2005 -- Woman Finds Human Finger in Wendy's Chili / Dan Reed, 2005 -- 2. CLINICAL MEDICINE -- Introduction to Clinical Medicine -- Case II / Horton Howard, 1832 -- Insensibility During Surgical Operations Produced By Inhalation / Henry J. Bigelow, 1846 -- The Premature Burial / Antoine Joseph Wiertz, 1854 -- Conditions at Bellevue Hospital / Anonymous, 1860 -- Antiseptic Surgery / W. Watson Cheyne, 1882 -- Surgeon Amos Walker Barber, Wyoming Territory / Anonymous, circa 1890 -- Rules for the Prevention of Cholera / Anonymous, 1892 -- Radiation Used to Treat Tumors / Emil H. Grubbe, 1902 -- Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis, First Lecture / Sigmund Freud, 1909 -- Reliable Quinine / Anonymous, 1910 -- Postoperative Insanity / John Chalmers Da Costa, 1922 -- Psychological Consultation Report: Mrs. White and Miss Black / Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey C. Cleckley, 1952 -- Implementation of the Program / Douglas B. McKendrick, 1964 -- Operation: November 29, 1944 / Alfred Blaylock, 1944 -- Matthew's New Marrow / Matt Clark, 1976 -- Cholesterol and Heart Disease / Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, 1985 -- A Developmental Model of Ethnosensitivity in Family Practice Training / Jeffrey M. Borkan and Jon Neher, 1991 -- Outbreak of Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Fever--Zaire, 1995 / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995 -- Withdrawing Intensive Life-sustaining Treatment / Howard Brody, 1997 -- End-of-Life Issues / Frederick Flatow, 1998 -- Lasers and Fiber Optics Enable Microsurgery and Keyhole Surgery / Robert J. Herko, 2000 -- BSE Inquiry: The Report, Executive Summary, Key Conclusions / Committee of the BSE Inquiry, 2000 -- A Revised System for Reporting Pap Test Results / Caroline McNeil and Nicole Gottlieb, 2002 -- Amy's Story--Anorexia / Amy, 2002 -- X Ray of the Lungs of a Coal Miner / Chuck Nacke, 2003 -- Trends and Results for Organ Donation and Transplantation in the United States, 2004 / Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 2004 -- Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid / Department of Health and Human Services, 2004 -- Balancing Act: The Health Advantages of Naturally-Occurring Hormone Replacement Therapy / Barbara lving, M.D., 2004 -- Kryptonite / Amy Baird, 2004 -- Telemedicine / Jasemian Yousef, 2005 -- 3. WAR AND MEDICINE -- Introduction to War and Medicine -- Disqualifying Diseases / Theodoric Romeyn Beck, 1823 -- A Doctor's Memories / Victor C. Vaughan, 1926 -- Circular Letter No. 36 / Lieutenant Colonel Earle G.G. Standlee, 1944 -- Medical Intelligence / Robert S. Anderson, 1969 -- Sorting of Casualties / U.S. Department of Defense, 1975 -- Anthrax as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management / Thomas V. Inglesby, 1999 -- Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) / Lionel Healing, 2006 -- 4. INDUSTRY AND MEDICINE -- Introduction to Industry and Medicine -- Elizabeth Blackwell, First Female Physician / Charles Alfred Lee, 1849 -- Age First Premarital Petting / Alfred C. Kinsey, 1979 -- Gentlemen of the Class of 1878 / James Summerville, 1983 -- Nightingale Home and Training School for Nurses, St. Thomas Hospital / Anonymous, circa 1890 -- Bayer Pharmaceutical Products / Anonymous, 1900 -- The Jungle / Upton Sinclair, 1906 -- The Flexner Report / Abraham Flexner, 1910 -- State Registration of Trained Nurses / William Henry Welch, 1903 -- Letter by Dr. A.S. Calhoun to Franklin D. Roosevelt / Archie S. Calhoun, 1937 -- Private Health Insurance Originates with Blue Cross and Blue Shield / Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, 1954 -- President Lyndon Johnson Signs Medicare Bill / Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1965 -- The Belmont Report / U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979 -- Product Tampering / Anonymous, 1982 -- Helicopter Rescue of Air Crash Victims / Anonymous, 1982 -- Is there a Doctor in the House? / Anonymous, 1986 -- Shaman Loses Its Magic / Anonymous, 1999 -- Medical Tourism Companies Luring Americans Abroad with Surgery-Vacation Trips / Maria M. Parotin, 2004 -- America, Pull Up A Chair--We've Got Something Good to Talk About / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2005 -- E-mail from Hurricane Katrina / James T. Montgomery, 2005.
  • 5. PUBLIC HEALTH -- Introduction to Public Health -- John Snow's Map / John Snow, 1854 -- Immigrant Girl Receives Medical Exam at Ellis Island / Anonymous, 1905 -- AAAS Resolution: Death of Dr. James Carroll from Yellow Fever Experimentation / American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1907 -- Report on Condition of Women and Child Wage-Earners in the United States / Charles P. Neill, 1912 -- Typhoid Mary Has Reappeared / Anonymous, 1915 -- Sanitation / William Osler, 1921 -- Preliminary Survey and Current Data / Alabama Department of Public Health, 1937 -- March of Dimes / Anonymous, 1946 -- Constitution of the World Health Organization, Chapters I and II / World Health Organzation, 1947 -- On the State of Rural Hygiene / Florence Nightingale, 1893 -- Thalidomide and Congenital Abnormalities / W.G. McBride, 1961 -- Famine and Public Health / Dempster, 1970 -- Has Your Child Had a Lead Test Yet? / U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1970 -- President Nixon Declares "War" on Drugs / Richard M. Nixon, 1971 -- Marlboro Man; Bob, I've Got Emphysema / Robert Landau, 1976; Scott Houston, 2000 -- Ali Maow Maalin Survives the Last Endemic Smallpox Case / Anonymous, 1979 -- Camp Devens Letter / Roy, 1918 -- Immunization Campaigns / California Department of Health Services, circa early 1980s -- Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1989 / Library of Congress, 1989 -- A Hand and a Home for Pregnant Addicts / Dennis Wyss, 1989 -- The Clean Air Act, Title 1: Air Pollution Prevention and Control / Anonymous, 1990 -- Motor Vehicle Safety and Public Health / Tim Wright, 1998 -- Pasteurization and Aseptic Processing / U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2001 -- Bioterrorism at the Salad Bar / Bill Frist, 2002 -- Priority Traffic Safety Laws / MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), 2003 -- Carrier of SARS Made Seven Flights Before Treatment / Keith Bradsher, 2003 -- For a Few Pennies More / Television Trust for the Environment, 2004 -- Drug Recalls / David J. Graham, 2004 -- Alps Still Contaminated by Radiation from Chernobyl / Maryann DeLeo, 2004 -- World Water Crisis / Issouf Sanogo, 2005 -- Fluoridation of Drinking Water to Prevent Dental Caries / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999 -- Water, Sanitation Key to Disaster Response, Long-Term Development / Erica Bulman, 2005 -- The Initial Assessment: A Quick Checklist / UNICEF, 2005 -- Memories of Polio / Alakananda Mohanty and Martin Pernick, 2005 -- Outbreak Notice / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005 -- 6. WELLNESS AND HEALTH -- Introduction to Wellness and Health -- Not By Bread Alone / Harvey Washington Wiley, 1915 -- Don'ts in Removing Superfluous Hair / Plym S. Hayes, 1910 -- Alcoholics and God / Morris Markey, 1939 -- Conscious Control of our Sex Life / J. Rutgers, 1937 -- Our Bodies, Ourselves / The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1976 -- A Medical Student in 1867 / John Allen Wyeth, 1914 -- This I Believe / Margaret Sanger, 1953 -- Remarks on the Youth Fitness Program / John F. Kennedy, 1961 -- The Complete Book of Running / Jim Fixx, 1977 -- Americans with Disabilities Act / George H.W. Bush, 1990 -- A Wake-Up Call / Stanley Coren, 1996 -- Home Diagnostic Tests: The Ultimate House Call? / Carol Lewis, 2001 -- Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2003 / Donna L. Hoyert, et. al., 2005 -- Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004 -- America Is Still Working on Its Abs / Alex Williams, 2005 -- Fresh Faces / Sascha de Gersdorff, 2005 -- 7. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- Introduction to Alternative Medicine -- Yoga and Transcendental Meditation / Genevieve Naylor, 1962 -- More People Trying Vegetarian Diets / Dixie Farley, 1995 -- Consensus Statement on Acupuncture / David J. Ramsay, et. al., 1997 -- Manipulative and Body-Based Practices: An Overview / National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2004 -- Echinacea Disappoints: There's Still No Cure for the Common Cold / Nathan Seppa, 2005 -- 8. BIOETHICS -- Introduction to Bioethics -- Eugenics and Sex Harmony / Winfield Scott Pugh, 1947 -- Nuremberg Code Establishes the Principle of Informed Consent / Nuremberg Military Tribunal, 1947 -- Wilson Memorandum / Charles E. Wilson, 1953 -- World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki / World Medical Association, 1964 -- Survivor of '32 Syphilis Study Recalls a Diagnosis / James T. Wooten, 1972 -- The Pill: How Is It Affecting U.S. Morals, Family Life? / Anonymous, 1966 -- Roe v. Wade and the Abortion Debate / Henry A. Blackmun, 1973 -- On Death and Dying / Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 1969 -- Practical Guidelines for Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders / Mark H. Ebell, 1994 -- The Promised End / George J. Annas, 1996 -- Tube Is Removed After a Chaotic Day / William R. Levesque, Anita Kumar, Chris Tisch, and Graham Brink, 2005 -- Remarks by the President on Medical Privacy / William Jefferson Clinton, 2000 -- Owning Genetic Information and Gene Enhancement Techniques / Adam D. Moore, 2000 -- Organ Donations Increase When Families Have Good Information about the Donation Process / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2001 -- Made-to-order Baby Created in Hopes of Saving Ailing Sister / Margaret Taus, 2000 -- Screening Creates Disease Free Baby / Anonymous, 2002 -- Patient Rights and Responsibilities / Johns Hopkins Media Relations Staff, 2004 -- Human Cloning--Ethical Issues / United Nations, 2005 -- Monitoring Stem Cell Research / President's Council on Bioethics, 2004 -- Suffer the Children / Kit R. Roane, 2001 -- Sources Consulted -- Index.
ISBN
1414406231
LCCN
^^2005035526
OCLC
  • 62533853
  • SCSB-10072291
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library