Cannabis on the Brain by Paul Smith
$34.95 NZD
Category: Health
Cannabis is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Popular as a recreational drug for thousands of years, it has also been used as a medicine since 2300 BC. Over the last few decades, cannabis users and an increasing number of doctors and scientists have demanded that reform of cannabis laws. B ...Show more
Gay Men, Sex and HIV in New Zealand by Heather Worth
$37.95 NZD
Category: Health
This book gives an overview of New Zealand gay men's lives in the era of AIDS, their sexual practices and the strategies they have used in dealing with the epidemic. Using data, both qualitative and quantitative, investigates the hard facts about gay men's response to the virus as well as their personal ...Show more
Hearts Hands Minds: The cardio-thoracic nurses of Green Lane Hospital by Margaret Horsburgh with Heather Spinetto, Judy Murphy, Jill Crawford, Rachel Ronaldson & Sylvia Hilton
$34.99 NZD
Category: Health | Reading Level: Very Good
A poignant and well-researched history of Green Lane's cardio-thoracic unit: of interest to those who worked at, or have links to, Green Lane Hospital; personal stories, recollections and photographs are included; covers societal issues and the development of New Zealand's health services; describes the ...Show more
Mind Over Muscle : Surviving Polio in NZ by BUTTERWORTH, Karen P (Editor)
$29.95 NZD
Category: Health
Battling the Big B: Hepatitis B in New Zealand by Vivien Edwards
$29.95 NZD
Category: Health
When Sandy Milne discovers hepatitis B is endemic in Eastern Bay of Plenty children in the mid-1970s, health officials refuse to acknowledge the problem. Undaunted, this laboratory technologist teams up with paediatrician Dr Chris Moyes to prove that New Zealand faces a serious hepatitis B crisis. They ...Show more
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: New Zealand Birth Mothers' Experiences by Jenny Salmon
$29.95 NZD
Category: Health
Based on academic research, this book tells the stories of eight New Zealand women who gave birth to children suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome - or fetal alcohol effects, as it is also known. The struggles of these women to raise their disabled children, in a society where everything from the legal ...Show more
Hidden Hazards in Women's Work by Celia Briar
$42.99 NZD
Category: Health
Women experience more work-related health problems than men. Gender segregation at work means different health and safety issues for women and men, but at present women’s occupational health and safety issues receive less attention and most research has been on men. Occupational health and safety issu ...Show more