Specialties play an increasing role in the medical curriculum following the introduction of the Foundation Year programme. Junior doctors are now expected to be competent in a wide range of different
Full of practical, evidence based advice, ‘Heart Failure and Palliative Care’ encourages a multidisciplinary team based approach. It stimulates joint working between primary care, cardiology and palli
Every year 35,000 women in the UK suffer from postnatal depression. It follows that at some point further on they are likely to ask the question 'Do I/ we want another baby?'. This guide will support
Gavriel presents students, academics, and professionals working in a variety of healthcare contexts with a comprehensive examination of the three-pillar model of self-directed learning and its applica
Editors Brown and Williams present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of healthcare and education contexts with a collection of scholarly essays and academic
This book provides the trainee ophthalmologist with a guide to a multitude of practical skills which form the Royal College of Ophthalmologists syllabus. Using the college curriculum as a structure fo
This guide explains the use of specific, non-prescriptive, evidence-based components and management plans in emergency medicine care to improve patient outcomes. It provides care bundles consisting of
Gillam and Siriwardena present readers with a compendium of tools toward managing primary care organizations to improve overall quality of care. The text is organized in three sections dedicated to ma
Griffiths presents future surgeons with a comprehensive guide to the surgical interview process, written by surgical trainees who have recently completed it successfully. Subjects covered by the vario
This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the integration of quality palliative care into mental health practice. Recommended for students of health, social, psychological, legal and spiritual c
This is a short guide for medical students who seek to prepare for future fulfilling careers while pursuing degrees. While this book aims to educate the reader on all aspects of medical careers and ap
As an aging population pushes the health care infrastructure beyond its capacity, the urgency for ethical treatment of these elderly patients has become a focal point of many in the health care profes
In the first book in a series viewing healthcare practice from various perspectives, Amery, a family practitioner and children's palliative care specialist in the UK, shows healthcare practitioners ho
Amery, a family practitioner and children's palliative care specialist in the UK, offers this third book in a series viewing healthcare practice from different perspectives. The volume considers tools
Amery, a family practitioner and children's palliative care specialist in the UK, presents the second book in a series that looks at healthcare practice from various perspectives, discussing here the
The fourth book in a series authored by Amery, a family practitioner and children's palliative care specialist in the UK, describes how to integrate everything from the previous books, which consider
In the final book in a series that looks at healthcare practice from different perspectives, Amery, a family practitioner and children's palliative care specialist in the UK, provides the theoretical
Williamson and Thoms present a concise and comprehensive reference tool for trainees in a variety of disciplines. Reviewed by 33 clinicians in the UK, who contributed to the finished product, the book
This guide is aimed at medical school graduates from overseas who have decided to train to become general practitioners in the UK. It explains self-care, including money issues, holidays, faith and wo
Razaq, a general practitioner in the UK, compiles difficult cases in pediatric primary care, such as febrile seizures, atopic eczema, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, skull deformities, diabe
This volume contains 38 chapters on improving safety in primary healthcare in any country, with a focus on systems, people, learning and training for improvement, managing patient safety, and improvem
A team of consulting physicians here present a handbook-sized text which covers essential pediatrics in primary care. El-Radhi, Gregson, Paul, and Rahman cover the newborn; growth, development and dis
Pediatric gastroenterology is increasingly in demand, particularly in light of the impact chronic GI diseases have on children’s growth and development, and with certain GI conditions specific to infa
This volume outlines the patient-centered clinical method, pared down in this edition to four components (by omitting being realistic and integrating prevention and health promotion into other parts).
With modern nursing as a practice beginning with Florence Nightingale in the middle of the nineteenth century, it progressed in the twentieth to the nurse practitioner, and, finally, in the twenty-fir
Emphasizing the importance of a good knowledge of child development as a foundation for modern therapeutic interventions (inherited from developmental psychology), Vostanis looks at a cross-section of
Focusing on business skills, this guide enumerates eight strategies for building a profitable dental practice: constructing a three-year vision that includes goals for every aspect of life; planning t
Student Success in the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) The Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) is a two-hour open-book online examination which comprises eight sections incorporating eight main ty
Rai, a general dental practitioner and dental foundation training program director in the UK, aids UK dentists undertaking Foundation Training. He explains what Foundation Training is and how it allow
Bailey presents a synoptic view of the doctor-patient-illness relationship, promoting shared understanding and mutual respect. He aims to provide a template onto which all necessary information elicit
This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease. Wr
Watson, a general practitioner in the UK, and Gillespie, an actor, writer, producer, and corporate coach, offer a framework for communication in healthcare consultations that focuses on a status, stor
This slim handbook reviews the symptoms, investigation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of acute medical conditions commonly seen in the emergency room. The 100 conditions covered are separated
Aimed at dementia carers who speak English as a second language, this guide offers basic information about dementia, current thinking about care in the UK, communication strategies, language examples,
The editors invite readers to accompany them and their fictional patients as the latter receive therapy. In volume one symptom led to diagnosis, in volume two diagnosis led to treatment, and in volume
Continuing the journey from symptom to diagnosis, then to treatment, volume four covers prognosis, that is, “prognosis-as-lived” by the patient, and interacting with a physician. It describes how medi
With simple language, boxed definitions, summary charts, and bullet points, this introduction and guide will be accessible to youth workers, social workers, counselors, mental and physical healthcare
Editors Plews-Ogan (medicine, U. of Virginia) and Beyt (social policy & management, Brandeis U.) present this collection on leadership in medicine and medical research. A variety of contributors f
Worthington, a independent researcher, policy advisor, and medical ethicist who teaches ethics and professionalism in the UK, and Hays (health sciences and medicine, Bond U., Australia) help healthcar
This work will appeal to policy makers, advocates, and others with interest in health care policy and those interested more broadly in the policy-making process as a whole. Without assuming any previo
