Category: Textbooks

The molecular diagnostics landscape has transformed dramatically since the last edition of Molecular Microbiology: Diagnostic Principles and Practice in 2011. With the broadening of molecular testing and the development of new technologies and their opportunities, laboratory physicians and professionals more than ever need a resource to help them navigate this

From an eminent specialist at the Cleveland Clinic and medical and surgical experts in this expanding field comes an up-to-date, multidisciplinary resource on transgender health care and surgery. Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Patient (PDF) by Dr. Cecile Ferrando, encompasses all aspects of transgender health care, starting with epidemiology and

Climate Change and the Future of Democracy (PDF) will survey past and present struggles to democratize international institutions and will advance the argument that a new degree of accountability and transparency on a global scale is necessary to address the risk of climate change. The volume will evaluate how global

Drug users are usually portrayed as useless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless—morally, culturally, and economically. By contrast, , The Social Value of Drug Addicts, (PDF) argues that the social construction of some people as impractical is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists J.

In Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases (PDF) we provide a summary and discussion on the progress in the understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms of microbial host interactions in human diseases. Only lately have we started to appreciate the role of the microbiome in health and disease. Change