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Shai Lavi, “Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Shai Lavi ed., et al.
Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel
Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in Israel StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society August 12, 2019 Renee Garfinkel

Once upon a time, or so we’ve been told, medical ethics were confined to the patient-doctor relationship. As long as doctors were true to their Hippocratic oaths, as long as they acted with compassion and wisdom, then all expectations were met. Life is more complicated today, and so is healthcare:... Read More
Matt Oram, “The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD Psychotherapy in America” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018)
Matt Oram
The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy
LSD Psychotherapy in America
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society August 5, 2019 Lucas Richert

Are we in the midst of a psychedelic renaissance? If so, what can we learn about the present moment through the history of psychedelic experiments in the past? Matt Oram discusses contemporary debates about LSD and MDMA and brings much-needed context with his new book, The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD... Read More
Sharra L. Vostral, “Toxic Shock: A Social History” (NYU Press, 2018)
Sharra Vostral
Toxic Shock
A Social History
NYU Press, 2018

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society August 2, 2019 Dorian Deshauer

In 1978, doctors in Denver, Colorado observed several healthy children who suddenly and mysteriously developed a serious, life-threatening illness with no visible source. Their condition, which doctors dubbed ‘toxic shock syndrome’ (TSS) was rare, but observed with increasing frequency over the next few years in young women, and was soon... Read More
Okezi Otovo, “Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945” (U Texas Press, 2016)
Okezi Otovo
Progressive Mothers, Better Babies
Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945
University of Texas Press, 2016

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 30, 2019 Patrícia Martins Marcos

Okezi Otovo’s Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945 (U Texas Press, 2016) explores the intersecting histories of race, gender, and class in modern Brazil. Between 1850 and 1945, the period covered in the book, Brazil experienced a range of profound socio-political transformations: from... Read More
Vanessa Heggie, “Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Vanessa Heggie
Higher and Colder
A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
University of Chicago Press, 2019

New Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SportsNew Books Network July 26, 2019 Michael F. Robinson

Vanessa Heggie talks about the history of biomedical research in extreme environments. Heggie is a Fellow of the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration (University of Chicago Press, 2019). During the long... Read More
Donna Dickenson, “Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good” (Columbia UP, 2016)
Donna Dickenson
Me Medicine vs. We Medicine
Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good
Columbia University Press, 2016

New Books in MedicineNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in Technology July 26, 2019 Dorian Deshauer

Personalized healthcare―or what the award-winning author Donna Dickenson calls “Me Medicine”―is radically transforming our longstanding “one-size-fits-all” model. Technologies such as direct-to-consumer genetic testing, pharmacogenetically developed therapies in cancer care, private umbilical cord blood banking, and neurocognitive enhancement claim to cater to an individual’s specific biological character, and, in some cases,... Read More
Alex Broadbent, “Philosophy of Medicine” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Alex Broadbent
Philosophy of Medicine

Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 19, 2019 Jonathan Fuller

Alex Broadbent‘s Philosophy of Medicine (Oxford University Press, 2019)  asks two central questions about medicine: what is it, and what should we think of it? Philosophy of medicine itself has evolved in response to developments in the philosophy of science, especially with regard to epistemology, positioning it to make contributions... Read More