Overview

Barton Childs demonstrates that knowledge of the ways both genes and environment contribute to disease provides a rational basis for medical thinking. This ""genetic"" medicine, he explains, should help the physician use the results of laboratory tests to perceive the uniqueness of the patient as well as that of the family and the cultural conditions in which the patient's condition arose. Childs thus provides a conceptual framework within which to teach and practice a humane medicine.

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Author:   Barton Childs, MD (Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780801874420

ISBN 10:   0801874424
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   10 November 2003
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents:1. IntroductionI. MEDICAL THINKING 2. Inborn Errors and Chemical Individuality 3. The Transition from Oslerian to Garrodian Medicine 4. Individuality and Causes 5. Definitions of DiseaseII. A LOGIC OF DISEASE 6. Biology and Medicine: Contrasts and Convergences 7. A SynthesisIII. SPECIES IDENTITY 8. Lessons from PhylogenyIV. ADAPTIVE FLEXIBILITY: HOMEOSTASIS AND DEVELOPMENT 9. Physiological Homeostasis: The Homeostasis of the Moment 10. Genetic Homeostasis: The Past 11. Developmental Homeostasis: The Lifetime 12. Sociocultural Homeostasis 13. Homeostatic InteractionsV. DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION: GENETIC VARIATION 14. What is a Gene? 15. The Paths of Gene Action 16. Whatever Is, Is Variable 17. The Semantics of Genetics 18. Classification of DiseaseVI. REPRODUCTION, FREQUENCY, AND CONTINUITY 19. The Diploid State 20. Gene Frequency 21. Heterogeneity 22. Unity and Continuity of Disease 23. Heritability 24. InfectionsVII. AN ANALYSIS OF DISEASE IN THREE TIME FRAMES 25. The Moment: Type I Diabetes 26. The Lifetime 27. Biological and Social History, and a Vision of Disease in Three Time FramesVIII. THE LOGIC AND MODERN MEDICINE 28. The Human Genome Project 29. The Medical-Genetic Synthesis and Society 30. A Basis for Medical Education

Reviews

The author gives us new ways of looking at old medical disorders and offers plenty of food for thought to stimulate changes in current thinking. -- Virginia E. Kimonis Teaching and Learning in Medicine Barton Childs's book is erudite and informative. -- Rodney Harris Human Genetics This book is highly recommended for a wide variety of audiences in addition to physicians and medical students: ethicists, anthropologists, social workers, nurses, and other members of the health profession. Hospital administrators, insurance personnel, and lawyers could also benefit, particularly in this day of managed care. Members of curriculum committees of medical schools and public health schools could also benefit. Fortunately, some of Childs's concepts are being applied to medical teaching already, but I know of no better synthesis in one book. -- James E. Bowman Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

<p> This book is highly recommended for a wide variety of audiences in addition to physicians and medical students: ethicists, anthropologists, social workers, nurses, and other members of the health profession. Hospital administrators, insurance personnel, and lawyers could also benefit, particularly in this day of managed care. Members of curriculum committees of medical schools and public health schools could also benefit. Fortunately, some of Childs's concepts are being applied to medical teaching already, but I know of no better synthesis in one book. -- James E. Bowman, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

The author gives us new ways of looking at old medical disorders and offers plenty of food for thought to stimulate changes in current thinking. -- Virginia E. Kimonis * Teaching and Learning in Medicine * Barton Childs's book is erudite and informative. -- Rodney Harris * Human Genetics * This book is highly recommended for a wide variety of audiences in addition to physicians and medical students: ethicists, anthropologists, social workers, nurses, and other members of the health profession. Hospital administrators, insurance personnel, and lawyers could also benefit, particularly in this day of managed care. Members of curriculum committees of medical schools and public health schools could also benefit. Fortunately, some of Childs's concepts are being applied to medical teaching already, but I know of no better synthesis in one book. -- James E. Bowman * Perspectives in Biology and Medicine *

Author Information

Barton Childs, M.D., is professor emeritus of pediatrics and biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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