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Patiently Waiting For...
by Jeff Nisker
Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2016 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-136-2, ISBN: 1-77180-136-0

"Patiently Waiting For... is the story of the indomitable, feisty, and subversive Ruth, who, having quadriplegia, longs to access a wider world through use of available software and a computer. She decides to almost run over, with her power chair, a physician who is also a writer of health-related social justice plays and ask him to write her story. What results is this powerful indictment of the inequality of care and diminishing access ..."

The 'Healthy' Embryo(1st Edition)
Social, Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
by Jeff Nisker, Isabel Karpin, Roxanne Mykitiuk, Carolyn Mcleod, Françoise Baylis, Franã§Oise Baylis
Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-74813-1, ISBN: 0-521-74813-5

"Public attention on embryo research has never been greater. Modern reproductive medicine technology and the use of embryos to generate stem cells ensure that this will continue to be a topic of debate and research across many disciplines. This multidisciplinary book explores the concept of a 'healthy' embryo, its implications on the health of children and adults, and how perceptions of what constitutes child and adult health influence t ..."

Love and Injustice in Medicine
Annotated Narrative Ethics Explorations
by Jeff Nisker
Hardcover, Published 2022 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-609-1, ISBN: 1-77180-609-5

Medical Humanities(1st Edition)
An Introduction
by Professor Therese Jones, Professor Delese Wear, Professor Lester D. Friedman, Mark Vonnegut, Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, Michael Sappol, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Professor Lisa I. Iezzoni, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Rebecca Hester, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Professor Bernice Hausman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani Dasgupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Lisa Keränen, Paul Root Wolpe, Professor Allison B. Kavey, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2014 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-6246-9, ISBN: 0-8135-6246-5

"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."

From Calcedonies to Orchids
Plays Promoting Humanity in Health Policy
by Jeffrey A. Nisker
Paperback, 386 Pages, Published 2012 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-927403-36-5, ISBN: 1-927403-36-7

Patiently Waiting For...
by Jeff Nisker
Published 2016
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-137-9, ISBN: 1-77180-137-9

Health Humanities Reader(1st Edition)
by Professor Therese Jones, Mark Vonnegut, Allen Peterkin, Michael Sappol, Professor Lester D. Friedman, Shelley Wall, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Rebecca Hester, Jack Coulehan, Professor Delese Wear, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Amy Haddad, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Martin F. Norden, Rosemarie Tong, Professor Bernice Hausman, Gretchen A. Case, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani Dasgupta, Professor Anne Hudson Jones, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Benjamin Saxton, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Michael Rowe Dr, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Professor Jonathan M. Metzl, Professor Lisa I. Iezzoni, Audrey Shafer M.D., Howard Brody, Lisa Keränen, Alice Dreger, Catherine Belling, Joseph N. Straus, Sander L. Gilman, Daniel Goldberg, Thomas R. Cole, E. Ann Kaplan, Alan Bleakley Dr, Paul Root Wolpe, Professor Allison B. Kavey, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Jay Baruch, Kathleen Pachucki
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2014 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-6247-6, ISBN: 0-8135-6247-3

Health Humanities Reader
by Therese Jones, Delese Wear, Lester D. Friedman, Allen Peterkin, Mark Vonnegut, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Lisa Keränen, Michael Sappol, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Rebecca Hester, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Bernice Hausman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani Dasgupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Paul Root Wolpe, Allison B. Kavey, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch
448 Pages, Published 2014 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-6248-3, ISBN: 0-8135-6248-1

"In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the ..."

From Calcedonies to Orchids
Plays Promoting Humanity in Health Policy
by Jeff Nisker
Published 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-927403-37-2, ISBN: 1-927403-37-5

An Examination of Theatre as a Tool for Public Engagement in Policy Development Regarding Genetic Testing
[microform]
by Jeff Nisker
438 Pages, Published 2005 by Library And Archives Canada = Bibliothèque Et Archives Canada
ISBN-13: 978-0-494-02858-2, ISBN: 0-494-02858-0

"In a justice-based democracy, engagement of large numbers of citizens of diverse perspectives is required for legitimate policy development."

Confined to the Sidelines.
New and Selected Verses
by Nisker, Jeff
Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 2023 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-626-8, ISBN: 1-77180-626-5

Love and Injustice in Medicine
Annotated Narrative Ethics Explorations
by Nisker MD PhD, Jeff
Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2022 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-590-2, ISBN: 1-77180-590-0

Confined to the Sidelines
New and Selected Verses
by Nisker, Jeff
Hardcover, Published 2023 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-627-5, ISBN: 1-77180-627-3

This Senior Sillysaurus and Arya
by Sillysaurus, This, Bell, Kerry, Nisker, Jeff
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2024 by Iguana Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-77180-675-6, ISBN: 1-77180-675-3

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