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
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
The Allied Health Professions --- Essential Guides series is unique in providing advice on management, leadership and development for those in the Allied Health Professions (AHP). This highly practica
From a personal statement for admittance into a medical school to communication and continuing professional development, students, nurses, and doctors need to have good English and writing skills. Thi
Insisting that ethical considerations must be factored into public policy considerations of the provision of health care services, Worthington (general internal medicine, Yale U.) and Rohrbaugh (psych
Although there has been a growing recognition among clinicians that experiences of pain and suffering involves a complex interaction of physical and emotional influences and that approaches to pain an
Many midwives will care for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), whether these women disclose this or not. Pregnant and birthing women commonly experience their bodies becoming `p
The imprisonment of women, which is dramatically increasing around the world (with the US leading the way) severely affects the health and well-being of those imprisoned, both behind bars and after re
Chambers and Ryder (both specialist public and practical nursing, Oxford Brookes U.) offer a resource to help new nurses who are revisiting core concepts of nursing for their roles within community pr
This book of role-playing activities, case studies, and worksheets is designed to help medical trainees and personnel learn skills for dealing with conflict, delivering bad news, and other complex sit
Medical educator Skelton (clinical communication, U. of Birmingham Medical School, UK) previously worked as a language teacher, teacher educator, and applied linguist in the UK and abroad. In this tex
This is part two of a multi-part volume reviewing topics in mental health services edited by Kaye and Howlett (both of the UK's High Security Psychiatric Service). The 13 articles in this part contain
Conciliation is the term used in the National Health Service to describe a particular form of dispute resolution that is used in relation to the complaints process.Conciliation in Healthcare provides
MacDonald (human rights and social justice emeritus, London Metropolitan U.) analyzes the UN and its role in the denial of access to effective HIV/AIDS treatments, sexual abuse by UN personnel, and la
This handbook focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse for professionals and parents. Powell, a child protection, pedophiliac sex offender identification, and risk management professional from
This best-selling classic has now been fully revised, expanded and updated. It has established itself over ten years and with three previous editions as the essential handbook for study and daily refe
John and Erica Middleton, who are a doctor and artist respectively, use a casual novelistic tone to explain the benefits of art appreciation for doctors. The authors contend that reflection about art
This work contains forewords by Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus, Cape Town, South Africa and Mogobe Ramose, Chairperson and Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of South
Acknowledging the fact the biomedical model of healthcare does not have all the answers, practitioner Kliewer and academic Saultz (family medicine, Oregon Health and Science U.) join forces to bridge
A consultant neuro-psychiatrist in Birmingham, Prasher (King's College, London) assembles findings from research and clinical practice with a multi-disciplinary perspective regarding the practical asp
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Directed at health and social care professionals, this work provides practical strategies for developing leadership skills. Phillips currently works as a pediatric speech and language therapist. She h
This work looks at the history and philosophy of relations between law and medicine in the UK, from ancient apothecaries to current general practitioners. References and an extensive bibliography dire
Anesthetists Cottle and Laha, and other anesthetists from the UK, provide students, trainees, junior doctors, and allied professionals with 32 chapters on the basics of anesthetics. They explain the f
A team of radiologists offer memory jogs that examination candidates can use to remember especially long differential diagnosis lists associated with a particular radiological finding. They cover card
Gotzsche is a specialist in internal medicine, a physician who was involved with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in Copenhagen from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, a professor of clinical resea
Sharma (medical and health education, U. of Hong Kong) provides a book of drills for interpreting blood results, X-rays, and ECG's in a variety of medical presentations. He presents very short case st
In introducing this anthology, noted holistic medical educator Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, remarks that physicians "...may all need to know a little less and wonder a little more" in caring for patients.
At the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Kansas, an idea was born that gave rise to this useful reference. Initial chapters discuss pros and cons and practicalities of spirituality and religion in the
In order to become an ophthalmologist it is necessary to learn the skill of refractionand retinoscopy which requires a great deal of skill and practice.This full-colour, comprehensive revision guide h
