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HealthSources.ca
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2017
A web portal featuring information and resources about health, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important arti...
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Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest and critic of the institutions of contemporary western culture. (1926-2002).

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Health Action International
Stichting Health Action International is a Dutch civil society Non-Government Organisation (NGO), with a coordinating office (HAI Global) in Amsterdam and partner regional offices Africa (Nairobi), As...
History & Policy
History & Policy: * Demonstrates the relevance of history to contemporary policymaking * Puts historians in touch with those discussing and deciding public policy today * Increases the influence of...

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Adolescent medicine
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Adolescent medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development.
Evidence-based medicine
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) or Evidence-based practice (EBP) aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to clinical decision making.
Evolutionary medicine
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Evolutionary medicine or Darwinian medicine is the application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease.
Gene wars: the last-ditch battle over who owns the rights to our DNA
McKie, Robin
2013
A US biotech company is fighting to protect the patents it took out on a test for a cancer-causing gene. Scientists say a win for the firm would set back a growing ability to detect diseases.
Medical Crisis
Secrets Your Doctor Won't Share With You
Martin. Dr. Anthony W.
Medical sociology
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Medical sociology involves the sociological analysis of medical organizations and institutions; the production of knowledges and selection of methods, the actions and interactions of healthcare profes...
Medicine
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Medicine is the science and art of healing humans.
Medicine Wars Will Alternative and Mainstream Medicine Ever Be Friends
Seidman, Barry F.
2001
In the wake of dozens of new and complementary medicines flooding both the marketplace and some hospitals, which path will medicine take?
Nanomedicine
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Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology.
Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms.
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
The PLOS mission is to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Everything that we publish is open-access – freely available online for anyone...

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Health and Medicine - Are They Synonymous?
Periodical profile published 1978
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1978
Humane Medicine
Periodical profile published 1986
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1986