Adventures of a female medical detective : (Record no. 486964)

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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2015034008
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781421419992 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 1421419998 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9781421420004 (electronic)
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Description conventions rda
Modifying agency DLC
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Authentication code pcc
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049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library Alfaisal Main Library
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number R692
Item number .G85 2016
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Guinan, Mary E.,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Adventures of a female medical detective :
Remainder of title in pursuit of smallpox and AIDS /
Statement of responsibility, etc Mary Guinan, PhD, MD, with Anne D. Mather.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Baltimore :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 123 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 23 cm
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Content Type Term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media Type Term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier Type Term volume
Source rdacarrier
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "In 1974, a young doctor arrived at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with one goal in mind: to help eradicate smallpox. The only woman physician in her class in the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a two-year epidemiology training program, Mary Guinan soon was selected to join India's Smallpox Eradication Program, which searched out and isolated patients with the disease. By May of 1975, the World Health Organization declared Uttar Pradash smallpox-free. During her barrier-crossing career, Dr. Guinan met arms-seeking Afghan insurgents in Pakistan and got caught in the cross fire between religious groups in Lebanon. She treated some of the first AIDS patients and served as an expert witness in defense of a pharmacist who was denied employment for having HIV--leading to a landmark decision that still protects HIV patients from workplace discrimination. Randy Shilts's best-selling book on the epidemic, And the Band Played On, features her AIDS work.In Adventures of a Female Medical Detective, Guinan weaves together twelve vivid stories of her life in medicine, describing her individual experiences in controlling outbreaks, researching new diseases, and caring for patients with untreatable infections. She offers readers a feisty, engaging, and uniquely female perspective from a time when very few women worked in the field. Occasionally heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious, Guinan's account of her pathbreaking career will inspire public health students and future medical detectives--and give all readers insight into that part of the government exclusively devoted to protecting their health"--
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Mary Guinan broke through many gender barriers to have an exciting and successful career in public health. After completing medical school at Johns Hopkins (she was one of ten women in a class of 110), she spent five months in India working on smallpox, before becoming an STD expert and an instrumental part of the team that uncovered the AIDS epidemic. (She was even featured in the book and movie And the Band Played On.) Dr. Guinan was the first woman to serve as chief scientific advisor for the CDC. Her career over the next several years at the CDC involved AIDS research and education and culminated in her becoming Nevada's first chief public health officer and the founding Dean of the UNLV School of Public Health. In Adventures of a Female Medical Detective, Guinan writes twelve stories about her career at the CDC as a medical detective, providing the unique perspective of being a woman at a time when very few women worked in this field. Throughout the book, Guinan investigates fascinating diseases including smallpox, AIDS, STDs, and listeria. Her adventures in medical forensics are told within the context of the larger public health concerns of the time. She focuses on methods used to find solutions to problems. This first-hand account is written with the general reader in mind; the stories are short, engaging, and informative. The manuscript reviewer, Dr. Joel Breman, describes Mary's work as a collection of "poignant and often hilarious tales . . . from a front-line, public health heroine." In addition to its target market of general readers and public health practitioners, this book will be an enthralling addition to undergraduate public health and early MPH courses"--
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Guinan, Mary
General subdivision Health.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women physicians
Geographic subdivision United States
Form subdivision Biography.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women in medicine
Form subdivision Biography.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Epidemiology
Form subdivision Case studies.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element MEDICAL / Public Health.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Source of term local
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Genre/form data or focus term Print books.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Mather, Anne D.,
Relator term author.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type BOOKS
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Alfaisal University Alfaisal University On Shelf 2017-11-02   R692 .G85 2016 AU00000000010561 2017-11-02 180.00 2017-11-02 BOOKS

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