BIOE 301 - Bioengineering and World Health

Book Reviews

In HW 17, you are asked to read a book related to world health and write a short review. The following reviews were written by former BIOE301 students. Adobe Acrobat is required for viewing the following documents. Please use this link if it is not currently installed on your machine.

Book
 Author Report Written By
Ambulance Girl Jane Stern Daniel Verrett
Bald in the Land of Big Hair Joni Rodgers Meagan Massey
Bald in the Land of Big Hair Joni Rodgers Robin O’Neil
Bald in the Land of Big Hair Joni Rodgers Amber Soares
Bald in the Land of Big Hair Joni Rodgers Desiree Stewart
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Marisa Cano
Complications: A Surgeon’s Note on Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Kuan-Fu Ding
Complications: A Surgeon’s Note on Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Amber Spindor
Expecting Adam Martha Beck Ashley Edwards
The Gifts of the Body Rebecca Brown Joey Peevy
The Gifts of the Body Rebecca Brown Carla Chavez
Love in the Driest Season Neely Tucker Elizabeth Donohoe
Love in the Driest Season Neely Tucker Lacy Jackson
Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder Vivek Bogale
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It Gina Kolata Joyce Kao

Book Reports Spring 2006

Book
Author
Report Written By
The Gifts of the Body Rebecca Brown Anne Hierholzer
Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich Josh Hesterman
Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich Kathleen Shergy
Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich Meagan Barry
Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich Mia Lopez
Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich Natalia Vasco
Bald in the Land of Big Hair Joni Rodgers Myra D'Souza
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Paul Maliakkal
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Priti Dangayach
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Sara Slabisak
AIDS and its Metaphor Susan Sontag Rachelle Sam
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Vinvent Malouf
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Yordanos Gebretatios
The Sex Lives of Cannibals   Anushree Kumar
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman Kasia Kimmel
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman Shuvro De
The Great Influenza John M. Barry Lindsay Zwiener
Race Against Time Stephen Lewis Christina Lagos
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families

Philip Gourevitch

 Gary Johnson
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families Philip Gourevitch Kassaundra Ecalera
Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder Emma Johns
Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder Natalie Gwilliam
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It Gina Kolata Sarah Taylor

 

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