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MEDICINE & HEALTH
By Fergus Shanahan
An appeal for the use of clearer, more holistic language surrounding mental illness. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Fergus Shanahan, an eminent gastroenterologist who has practiced in Ireland, the United States and Canada, and published widely around the world, looks at memoirs of illness, and outlines the lessons we can learn from a better understanding of the words we use to describe illness. He looks at the ways in which language can act as a barrier with regard to illness, and proposes practical ways in which we can dismantle these barriers.
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LIBERTIES PRESS Hardback • 9781912589159 • March 2021 • £18.99
Imperial Bodies in London
Empire, Mobility, and the Making of British Medicine, 1880–1914 By Kristin Hussey (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
A postcolonial history of medicine in London. With increased travel between Britain and its growing imperial territories came a wider range of illnesses and diseases which transformed medicine in Britain. Moving beyond the insular scale of the nation, this book challenges the idea of a uniquely domestic medical practice, arguing instead that British medicine was imperial medicine in the late Victorian era. Using the analytic tools of geography, it interrogates sites of encounter across the imperial metropolis to explore how medical research and practice were transformed and remade.
SCI & CULTURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS Hardback • 9780822946861 • October 2021 • £46.50 312 pages
Contemporary Public Health
Principles, Practice, and Policy Edited by James W. Holsinger and F. Douglas Scutchfield (both University of Kentucky, USA)
Provides historical background that contextualises the current state of the field and explores the major issues practitioners face today. "Public health" refers to the management and prevention of disease within a population by promoting healthy behaviours and environments to create a higher standard of living. In this comprehensive volume, editor James W. Holsinger Jr. and an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners offer a concise overview of this burgeoning field, emphasising that the need for effective services has never been greater.
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Paperback • 9780813180779 • July 2021 • £23.00 316 pages
The Passion for Thought Edited by Gabriela Gabbriellini, Arianna Luperini and Simonetta Nissim
An homage to Giovanni Hautmann, the former president of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society. This project features Giovanni Hautmann’s thought and theoretical elaboration on psychoanalysis, two of his most prestigious pieces of writing framing the opening and ending of this book. Never published in English, Hautmann receives little international recognition, and so this project aims to not only bring attention back to his theoretical-clinical construction but to extend it. Included are contributions from other psychoanalytic cultures that inspired or were inspired by this great scholar and scientist.
PSYCHOLOGY | MIMESIS INTERNATIONAL Paperback • 9788869773280 • March 2021 • £10.99 124 pages
The Gray Zones of Medicine
Healers and History in Latin America Edited by Diego Armus and Pedro F. Gómez
An investigation into how health practitioners working between official and unofficial medicines shaped Latin America. This book offers a human, complex examination of the history of healing in Latin American across five centuries. Contributors uncover how the biographies of individuals ranging from successful doctors to those outside the hegemonic biomedical knowledge can provide a unique window into social, cultural, political, and economic changes and continuities in the region. Through an accessible, story-like format, this book unlocks the potential of historical narratives of healing.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS Hardback • 9780822946854 • September 2021 • £49.00 312 pages
Vaccine Hesitancy
Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science By Maya Goldenberg
An exploration of vaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents in industrialised North America. The public have always been concerned about the adverse effects of vaccines. Although biomedical, public health, and popular science literature has focused on a scientifically ignorant public, the real problem, Maya Goldenberg argues, lies not in misunderstanding, but in mistrust caused by fraud, research scandals and misconduct in scientific institutions. She ultimately reframes vaccine hesitancy as a crisis of public trust rather than a war on science, advocating for trust-building measures that focus on relationships, transparency, and justice.
SCIENCE, VALUES, AND THE PUBLIC | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS Hardback • 9780822946557 • May 2021 • £34.50 264 pages
Diet Mania, Greed, and the Infamous Fen-Phen Swindle By Rick Christman
The shocking story of the weight-loss drug scandal that rocked a nation. During the early 1990s, the diet drugs fen-phen and Redux achieved tremendous popularity. But as the drugs' developer cashed in, medical researchers revealed that the drugs caused heart valve disease. Recounting a dramatic affair that bears conspicuous similarities to opioid-related class action litigation against the pharmaceutical industry, Christman offers an engaging if occasionally horrifying account of one of America's most prominent product liability cases and the settlement's aftermath.
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Hardback • 9781949669305 • March 2021 • £18.00 244 pages
A Tale of Two Viruses
The Parallel Research Trajectories of Tumor and Bacterial Viruses By Neeraja Sankaran
The first study of medical virology to compare the history of bacteriophages and sarcoma agents. This is the first study of medical virology to compare the history of two groups of medically important viruses: bacteriophages, which infect bacteria, and sarcoma agents, which cause cancer. By following the research trajectories of the two virus groups, Sankaran takes a novel approach to the history of the development of the field of medical virology, considering both the flux in scientific concepts over time and the broader scientific landscapes or styles that shaped those ideas and practices.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS Hardback • 9780822946304 • May 2021 • £43.00 312 pages
Healing Power
Living Traditions, Global Interactions Edited by Cunera Buijs and Wouter Welling
Essays from ritual specialists and scientists active in spiritual healing practices worldwide. Throughout the ages, numerous spiritual healing forms have been marginalised or severely persecuted. Nowadays, however, there is a growing interest in these traditions all over the world. This publication explores a limited selection of the manifold collective and individual healing practices, such as shamanism, winti, vodou and European witchcraft. Practitioners and/or academics share their insights and perspectives.
