Johns Hopkins University Press: 958 books
Remaking College
Innovation and the Liberal Arts
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
As one of the most successful educational enterprises in American history, the residential liberal arts college has long been emulated across all spectrums of undergraduate education in the United States and increasingly around the world. These schools are characterized by broad-based curricula, small...
How to Run a College
A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators, and Policymakers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Residential colleges are the foundation on which US higher education is based. These institutions possess storied traditions fondly cherished by students, alumni, and faculty. There is no denying, however, that all colleges today struggle with changing consumer preferences, high sticker prices, and...
by C. Kenneth Dodd Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
With many frog populations declining or disappearing and developmental malformations and disease afflicting others, scientists, conservationists, and concerned citizens need up-to-date, accurate information. Frogs of the United States and Canada is a comprehensive resource for those trying to protect...
by David Hallock Secor
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Not since F. R. Harden Jones published his masterwork on fish migration in 1968 has a book so thoroughly demystified the subject. With stunning clarity, David Hallock Secor's Migration Ecology of Fishes finally penetrates the clandestine nature of marine fish migration.
Secor explains how the...
The Snake and the Salamander
Reptiles and Amphibians from Maine to Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
In the best tradition of natural history writing and art, The Snake and the Salamander explores the diverse collection of reptiles and amphibians that inhabit the northeastern quadrant of the United States. Covering 13 states that run from Maine to Virginia, author Alvin R. Breisch and artist Matt...
Global Perspectives on ADHD
Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis was much less common—even unknown—in other parts of the world. By the end of the twentieth century, this was no longer...
Health Disparities in the United States
Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice magazine
The health care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide health disparities persist between different social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. Donald A....
Social Networks and Popular Understanding of Science and Health
Sharing Disparities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Using social media and peer-to-peer networks to teach people about science and health may seem like an obvious strategy. Yet recent research suggests that systematic reliance on social networks may be a recipe for inequity. People are not consistently inclined to share information with others around...
The Story Within
Personal Essays on Genetics and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The contributors to The Story Within share powerful experiences of living with genetic disorders. Their stories illustrate the complexities involved in making decisions about genetic diseases: whether to be tested, who to tell, whether to have children, and whether and how to treat children medically,...
Improving Access to HIV Care
Lessons from Five U.S. Sites
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
The availability of combination antiretroviral therapy has changed the lives of millions of people living with HIV (PLWH), for whom a once fatal infection can now be a manageable chronic disease. Yet only 30 percent of PLWH in the United States are virally suppressed, and significant gaps in access...
Social Issues in Diagnosis
An Introduction for Students and Clinicians
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Diagnosis, the classification tool of medicine, serves an important social role. It confers social status on those who diagnose, and it impacts the social status of those diagnosed. Studying diagnosis from a sociological perspective offers clinicians and students a rich and sometimes provocative view...
Hepatitis C
A Complete Guide for Patients and Families
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The liver is the body's workhorse. It makes proteins and bile, processes fats, and detoxifies drugs and alcohol. The liver is a resilient organ, but it is susceptible to damage from a number of sources, including viral infections. Such infections cause inflammation of the liver, called hepatitis....
The Leatherback Turtle
Biology and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Weighing as much as 2,000 pounds and reaching lengths of over seven feet, leatherback turtles are the world’s largest reptile. These unusual sea turtles have a thick, pliable shell that helps them to withstand great depths—they can swim more than one thousand meters below the surface in search...
The Morehouse Mystique
Becoming a Doctor at the Nation's Newest African American Medical School
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of only four predominantly Black medical schools in the United States. Among its illustrious alumni are surgeons general of the United States, medical school presidents, and numerous other highly regarded medical professionals. This book...