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McCall, Jeffrey.
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302.230973
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2007
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Viewer Discretion Advised shows where our media has gone wrong and what we can do about it. Established media critic Jeffrey McCall illustrates the problems with much of contemporary media content, why it is this way, how to better manage children's media use, how to become more critical audience members, and more. It also includes a helpful chapter on how readers can actively challenge media companies. Stop complaining about media content-change it!
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Anderlik, Mary R.
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174.2 21
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2001
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The Ethics of Managed CareA Pragmatic ApproachMary R. AnderlikA breakthrough reappraisal of the managed healthcare debate. Discussions of managed care frequently begin and end with an opposition between the Hippocratic ethic of dedication to patient welfare and a business ethic of self-interest in the service of efficiency. Mary R. Anderlik approaches managed care as a problem of organizations. Rejecting a simple "medicine vs. business" analysis, she directs attention to management as manipu.
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Westbrook, Steve, 1973-
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346.730482 22
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2009
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Burt, Robert, 1939-
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306.9 22
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2002
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The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted suicide.
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Aronson, Jay D., 1974-
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2007
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When DNA profiling was first introduced into the American legal system in 1987, it was heralded as a technology that would revolutionize law enforcement. As an investigative tool, it has lived up to much of this hype?it is regularly used to track down unknown criminals, put murderers and rapists behind bars, and exonerate the innocent. Yet, this promise took ten turbulent years to be fulfilled. In Genetic Witness, Jay D. Aronson uncovers the dramatic early history of DNA profiling that has been obscured by the technique?s recent success. He demonstrates that robust quality control and quality.
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Montoya, Michael J., 1965-
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362.19646200896872073 22
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2011
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This innovative ethnographic study animates the racial politics that underlie genomic research into type 2 diabetes, one of the most widespread chronic diseases and one that affects ethnic groups disproportionately.
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Irwin, Julia.
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2013
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In Making the World Safe, historian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency. Equally important, Irwin shows that the story of the Red Cross is simultaneously a story of how Americans first began to see foreign aid as a key element in their relations with the world. As the American Century dawned, more and more Americans saw the need to engage in world affairs and to make the world a safer place--not by military action but through humanitarian aid. It was a time pe.
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Orentlicher, David, 1955- author.
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2013
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Kapp, Marshall B.
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362.160973 22
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2005
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Braun, Kathryn.
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306.9 22
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2000
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The difficult decisions that face dying individuals, their families and the professionals that help them at the end of their life are impacted by cultural background, religious upbringing, education and experience.
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Olmstead, Alan L., author.
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636.08969 23
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2015
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Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections--border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs--turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable diseases, and remain central to public health policy.
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Swanson, Kara W., author.
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2014
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