“…To illuminate what illness can teach us about life, Frank draws upon his own encounters with serious illness -- a heart attack at age thirty-nine and, a year later, a diagnosis of cancer. In poignant and clear prose, he offers brilliant insights into what happens when our bodies and emotions are pushed to extremes. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Proctología práctica; Página legal; Contenido; Prólogo; 1 Anatomía del recto; 2 Historia clínica; 3 Exploración proctológica; 4 Abscesos anorrectales; 5 Prolapso rectal; 6 Prurito anal; 7 Proctitis posradiación; 8 Diagnóstico diferencial de sangrado transanal; 9 Ultrasonido transanal; 10 Enfermedad pilonidal; 11 Enfermedad hemorroidal; 12 Cáncer de recto; 13 Tumores retrorrectales; 14 Condilomatosis perianal; 15 Fístula anorrectal; 16 Incontinencia anal; 17 Dermatosis perineales; 18 Enfermedades de transmisión sexual; 19 Pólipos colorrectales; 20 Cuerpos extraños en el recto…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Co-Production, Agency, and Normativity / The Distribution of Agency -- Back to the Drawing Board Inventing a Sociology of Technology / Artifacts as Social Agents / Diversity and Distributed Agency in the Design and Use of Medical Video-Communication Technologies / The Mediation of Agency -- Choices and Choosing in Cancer Genetics / Artifacts and Attachment: A Post-Script Philosophy of Mediation / Art and Technology Playing Leapfrog: A History and Philosophy of Technoèsis / The Politics of Agency -- Taking the Socio-Technical Seriously Exploring the Margins for Change in the Traffic and Transport Domain / Trapped in the Duality of Structure: An STS Approach to Engineering Ethics / The Cultural Politics of Prenatal Screening / Epilogue. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Editor Bio -- The Social Determinants of Health and Trends Concerning Health Disparity -- Behavioral Problems in Children -- Metabolic Syndorome -- Cancer and Socioeconomic Status -- Coronary Heart Disease -- Stroke -- Chronic kidney disease -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Suicide -- Depression -- Dementia -- Falls and Related Bone Fractures -- Malnutrition in Older People -- Oral Health -- Healthy aging:IADL and functional disability -- Life Course Epidemiology -- Social capital and health -- Access to Healthcare and Health Inequality -- Measures of Health Inequality and Health Impact Assessment -- What Measures Can Be Taken to Reduce Health Disparity? …”

“…On February 22, 2010 the Initiative on the Future of Nursing held the last public forum in a series of three at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. This forum, which covered the education of nurses, consisted of three armchair discussions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….] -- A novel meta-analysis approach of cancer transcriptomes reveals prevailing transcriptional networks in cancer cells / A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-Chapter 10 Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychosomatic Medicine -- Chapter 11 Family Assessment and Intervention for Physicians -- Part V Specific Psychosomatic Symptoms -- Chapter 12 Pain, Depression and Anxiety: a Common Language of Human Suffering -- Chapter 13 Psychosomatic Aspects of Fibromyalgia -- Chapter 14 A Psychosomatic Approach to the Treatment of the Difficult Chronic Pain Patient -- Part VI Specific Psychosomatic Disorders -- Chapter 15 Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Mechanism and Clinical Aspects -- Chapter 16 Poststroke Depression: Mechanisms and Management.-Chapter 17 Cancer in a Psychosomatic Perspective -- Chapter 18 Psychosocial Aspects of Breast Cancer: Focus on Interventions -- Part VII Specific Therapeutic Interventions and Biological Effects of Interventions -- Chapter 19. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…FUNDAMENTOS DE GENÉTICA MÉDICA PARA ESTUDIANTES DE PREGRADO -- PÁGINA LEGAL -- COLABORADORES -- CONTENIDO -- PRÓLOGO -- PREFACIO -- 1 INTRODUCCIÓN -- 2 BIOLOGÍA CELULAR -- 3 GENÉTICA MOLECULAR (BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR) -- 4 CITOGENÉTICA -- 5 GENÉTICA MENDELIANA -- 6 GENÉTICA DE LAS POBLACIONES -- 7 GENÉTICA Y CÁNCER -- 8 TÉCNICAS PARA EL DIAGNÓSTICO DE ENFERMEDADES GENÉTICAS BASADAS EN (...) -- 9 CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE EL TRATAMIENTO DE ENFERMEDADES GENÉTICAS -- 10 GENÉTICA CLÍNICA -- 11 ERRORES INNATOS DEL METABOLISMO -- 12 PADECIMIENTOS Y MALFORMACIONES GENÉTICAMENTE DETERMINADOS -- 13 EFECTO DEL ASESORAMIENTO GENÉTICO EN FAMILIAS CON UN MIEMBRO (...) -- APÉNDICE I -- APÉNDICE II -- APÉNDICE III -- ÍNDICE ALFABÉTICO…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; El sistema inmunitario, los guardianes de nuestro cuerpo; Un espermatozoide, un óvulo y un buen plan; El cáncer, o el desafortunado éxito de una célula; ¿De dónde venimos? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Nutrición en la práctica clínica; Página legal; Contenido; 1 Impacto de la desnutrición en los pacientes hospitalizados; 2 Cómo evaluar el estado nutricional en pacientes hospitalizados; 3 Nutrición e insuficiencia renal; 4 Nutrición y enfermedad hepática; 5 Aspectos nutricionales en el paciente con infección por VIH; 6 Nutrición y diabetes mellitus; 7 Obesidad; 8 Nutrición en el paciente geriátrico; 9 Nutrición en el embarazo y la lactancia; 10 Nutrición y cáncer; 11 Dislipidemias; 12 Nutrición en insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva; 13 Enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trayectorias de cuidados del cáncer (...); VII. Cuando las desigualdades se multiplican: (...); Bibliografía…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ethics Dumping: Introduction -- Social Science Research in a Humanitarian Emergency Context -- International Genomics Research Involving the San People -- Sex Workers Involved in HIV/AIDS Research -- Cervical Cancer Screening in India -- Ebola Vaccine Trials.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Editorial -- Welcome to your new journal: Endoscopic ultrasound -- Reviews -- EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy for malignant distal biliary obstruction palliation: an article review -- Endoscopic ultrasound elastography -- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology and biopsy in the evaluation of lymphoma -- Transrectal ultrasound - Techniques and outcomes in the management of intestinal endometriosis -- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided double stenting for biliary and duodenal obstruction -- Original Articles -- Pilot trial of endoscopic ultrasound-guided interstitial chemoradiation of UICC-T4 pancreatic cancer -- Ethanol lavage of 14 mucinous cysts of the pancreas: A retrospective study in two tertiary centers -- Case Reports -- Rupture of a duodenal stromal tumor during EUS-FNA: A case report -- Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking a mediastinal tumor and the role of endoscopic ultrasonography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PARA UNA ESTETICA DE LOS NACIONALISMOS -- EL CANCER DE NUESTRA UNIVERSIDAD -- LA FALTA DE UNA CULTURA "PROPIA -- LA IZQUIERDA JURIDICA Y EL NUEVO REFORMISMO VERDE -- NOTAS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Pragmatics of Hope and Uncertainty -- 1 Embracing Uncertainty -- 2 Hope, Trust, Medical Action, and Care -- Part II: The Techno-Sphere -- 3 Self-Tracking Practices of “Doing Health” -- 4 Precarious Lives, Uncertainty and the Politics of Hope -- 5 Between Uncertainty and Routinization -- 6 “Being a Little Bit Pregnant” -- Part III: Health Management -- 7 Solo Living and Cancer in Denmark -- 8 The Uncertain Future of Antibiotics -- 9 Transfigurations of Lived Iatrogenic Risks in Switzerland -- 10 “Skyped, Zoomed and WhatsApped” -- Part IV: Individual and Socially Distributed Emotions -- 11 Affective Processes and the Diagnosing of Chronic Fatigue -- 12 Fighting for Recovery -- 13 Figurations of Feasting on Fermented Food in Four Remote Regions of Switzerland -- Appendix -- Contributors…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preparing for the National Council Exam for Registered Nurses -- Simplifying pharmacology -- Caring for the client with disorders of the respiratory system -- Caring for the client with disorders of the renal and genitourinary system -- Caring for the client with disorders of the hematopoietic system -- Caring for the client with disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance and acid/base balance -- Caring for the client with burns -- Caring for the client with sensorineural disorders -- Caring for the client with cancer -- Caring for the client with disorders of the gastrointestinal system -- Caring for the client with disorders of the musculoskeletal system -- Caring for the client with disorders of the endocrine system -- Caring for the client with disorders of the cardiovascular system -- Caring for the client with disorders of the neurological system -- Caring for the client with psychiatric disorders -- Caring for maternal/infant client -- Caring for pediatric client -- Emergency nursing -- Cultural practices influencing nursing care -- Legal issues in nursing practice…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interpretation and Modeling of Toxicity-Test Results; 8 Appendix A: Origins of Complex Mixtures; 9 Appendix B: Case Studies Establishing Active Agents and/or Interactions in Complex Mixtures; 10 Appendix C: Case Studies on Strategies for Testing the Toxicity of Complex Mixtures; 11 Appendix D: Predicting the Joint Risk of a Misture in Terms of the Component Risks; 12 Appendix E: Cancer Models; 13 Appendix F: Developmental Toxicology; 14 Appendix G: Empirical Modeling of the Toxicity of Mixtures; 15 Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter -- Preface -- REVIEWERS -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Principles of Harm Reduction -- 3 Historical Perspective and Lessons Learned -- 4 Products for Tobacco Exposure Reduction -- 5 The Scientific Basis for PREP Assessment -- 6 Surveillance for the Health and Behavioral Consequences of Exposure Reduction -- 7 Implementation of a Science-Based Policy of Harm Reduction -- 8 Principal Conclusions -- 9 Nicotine Pharmacology -- 10 Tobacco Smoke and Toxicology -- 11 Exposure and Biomarker Assessment in Humans -- 12 Cancer -- 13 Cardiovascular Disease -- 14 Nonneoplastic Respiratory Diseases -- 15 Reproductive and Developmental Effects -- 16 Other Health Effects -- A Presentations and Submissions -- B Committee Biographical Sketches -- C Time Line of Tobacco Events -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Palmer -- Prevention of cancer in the elderly / Robert B. Wallace -- Premature coronary heart disease : a family affair / Diane M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? …”