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Thursday, January 08, 2009

The transfigured body and the ethical turn in Australian illness memoir.

30 Aug 2008 Within the fields of social medicine and the medical humanities, chronic illness is acknowledged not just as an individually but as a socially transformative experience. The proliferation of published 'illness narratives' in recent years attests to ... Read more...

Ibn Jazlah and his 11th century accounts (Taqwim al-abdan fi tadbir al-insan) of disease of the brain and spinal cord. Historical vignette.

30 Aug 2008 The 11th century was culturally and medicinally one of the most exciting periods in the history of Islam. Medicine of this day was influenced by the Greeks, Indians, Persians, Coptics, and Syriacs. One of the most prolific writers of this period ... Read more...

"Moby-dick is my favorite:" evaluating a cognitively accessible portable reading system for audiobooks for individuals with intellectual disability.

30 Jul 2008 Significant barriers exist for individuals with intellectual disability to independently access print-based content. It is regrettable that, while the amount of content now available electronically increases, tools to access these materials have ... Read more...

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• Ibn Jazlah and his 11th century accounts (Taqwim al-abdan fi tadbir al-insan) of disease of the brain and spinal cord. Historical vignette. 30 Aug 2008
• "Moby-dick is my favorite:" evaluating a cognitively accessible portable reading system for audiobooks for individuals with intellectual disability. 30 Jul 2008
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Technical information about 'Books'

Descriptor UI: D001877

Alternative terms: Books; Book; Book Chapter; Book Chapters; Chapter, Book; Chapters, Book;

Related Mesh Headings: Bibliotherapy;

Allowable Qualifiers: history;

Tree Number: L01.178.682.192;

History Note: 64

Technical Notes: NOT for specific books ( = LITERATURE or its indentions); NOT for lists of books ( = BIBLIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC or its indentions): for books as a means of communication or as a subject ("books as carriers of germs"): Manual 33.11; relation to LITERATURE: Manual 33.11, relation to MANUSCRIPTS: Manual 33.12;TEXTBOOKS & REFERENCE BOOKS are also available