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Medical check-up, Rae Varcoe
The Good Doctor: What Patients Want Ron Paterson Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869405922 Neither title nor subtitle accurately reflects the thrust of this book. It is less about how we might distinguish the good doctor (and define what we…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 100, Rae Varcoe, Ron Paterson, Summer 2012
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Getting fit for the Empire, Caroline Daley
Strong, Beautiful and Modern: National Fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935–1960 Charlotte Macdonald Bridget Williams Books, $50.00, ISBN 978927131404 In July 1937 the Physical Training and Recreation Act was passed in Britain. A few months later the…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Caroline Daley, Charlotte Macdonald, Issue 99, Spring 2012
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Orchids in socks, Rae Varcoe
Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border Gavin McLean and Tim Shoebridge Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877372827 The word quarantine derives from the Italian for 40: the number of days deemed appropriate to seclude a vessel known to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Gavin McLean, Issue 97, Otago University Press, Rae Varcoe, Tim Shoebridge
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Survivor stories, Christine Dann
Abortion Then and Now: New Zealand Abortion Stories from 1940 to 1980 Margaret Sparrow Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864736321 It was estimated in the early 20th century that a quarter of all maternal deaths in New Zealand were…
Tagged with: Christine Dann, Issue 94, Margaret Sparrow, Victoria University Press, Winter 2011
Posted in Gender, Health, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Health, History, Non-fiction, Review
Trials and lessons, Anne Else
A History of the “Unfortunate Experiment” at National Women’s Hospital Linda Bryder Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 978186940435 The Cartwright Papers: Essays on the Cervical Cancer Inquiry, 1987-88 Joanna Manning (ed) Bridget Williams Books, $39.99, ISBN 9781877242458 July 2008 marked…
Tagged with: Anne Else, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2010, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 89, Joanna Manning, Linda Bryder
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Pioneers of bicultural spirituality, Paul Morris
Ratana: The Prophet Keith Newman Raupo, $40.00, ISBN 978014310972 Double Rainbow: James Baxter, Ngati Hau and the Jerusalem Commune John Newton Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864736037 Pakeha and Maori find themselves in Martin Heidegger’s phrase “thrown” together in our…
Tagged with: Issue 87, James K Baxter, John Newton, Keith Newman, Paul Morris, Raupo, Spring 2009, Victoria University Press
Posted in Health, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Differently wired, Harvey Molloy and Latika Vasil
A Perfect World: A Father’s Quest to Unriddle the Mysteries of Autism David Cohen Random House, $34.95, ISBN 9781869418151 As New Zealanders, we like to pride ourselves that we live in a caring egalitarian society with decent, though imperfect, health…
Tagged with: David Cohen, Harvey Molloy, Issue 82, Latika Vasil, Random House, Winter 2008
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Every breath you take, Rae Varcoe
Adverse Reactions: The Fenoterol Story Neil Pearce Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869403744 At the outset I confess to a personal interest in this story. I am a physician (some physicians are among the villains of this piece), and I…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 80, Neil Pearce, Rae Varcoe, Summer 2007
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Not to be sneezed at, Rae Varcoe
Black November: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in New Zealand Geoffrey W Rice University of Canterbury Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877257354 Survive Bird Flu and Other Disasters Bronwen King Hazard Press, $14.99, ISBN 1877393185 This week’s papers contain news of progress in…
Tagged with: Bronwen King, Canterbury University Press, Geoffrey W Rice, Hazard Press, Issue 75, Rae Varcoe, Spring 2006
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review
Frontiers of marketing, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand ed Bronwyn Dalley and Gavin McLean TVNZ/Hodder Moa, $79.95, ISBN 1869710061 “Another damned, thick, square, book!” We’ve all heard the story about those words spoken by a doltish Duke of Gloucester upon…
Tagged with: Bronwyn Dalley, Gavin McLean, Hodder Moa, Issue 72, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Summer 2005, TVNZ
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review