Medical research and global awareness of health inequalities continue to grow apace. Why then is global health inequality widening, with benefits disproportionally affecting the richest third? How ca
Cheung (palliative care research, Marie Curie Hospice, Newcastle, and anthropology, U. of Durham, UK) considers issues of ethics in relation to medical research. He describes specific laws throughout
Scott (organization, U. of St. Andrews, Fife, UK), Rundall (organized health systems, U. of California, Berkeley), Vogt (Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Hawaii) and Hsu (physician scient
This collection of 14 articles, written for those who instruct, prepare curriculum for, and supervise healthcare students or create policies on their education, describes fresh methods of instruction
This resource for healthcare educators in university and workplace settings contains a set of scenarios designed for use in communication skills training sessions that involve simulated patients (acto
Giving an overview of neuro-linguistic programming, this text takes the procedures through from initiating the session to gathering information, building the relationship and closing the session, with
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
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
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 guide for clinicians who work with patients and clients in various healthcare settings begins with an overview of the communication skills curriculum. Later chapters cover communication skills fo
Designed for medical students, psychiatry trainees, mental health professionals, and others who need to learn diagnostic coding, this study resource provides lists of ICD-10 codes, organized into chap
'As recent medical graduates we understand all too well the pressures faced during medical school. Lectures, tutorials, never-ending ward rounds, outpatient clinics, course work assignments and, of co
Surgeons have a duty to provide accurate information before asking for consent for surgery, and patients are increasingly interested in obtaining as much information as possible regarding their proced
Medical education and the tools used for assessment are continually evolving. Single Best Answer (SBA) questions are a relatively new method of assessment commonly encountered in final surgical exams.
The majority of doctors and nurses involved in specialist palliative care reject the legalisation of physician assisted suicide (PAS). This book explores the reasons why the healthcare professionals w
A London psychiatrist specializing in mood disorders and the neurobiology of emotion, Keedwell presents the case that depression is not a disease of fast-paced consumer capitalism requiring expensive
Jones (economics, U. of York) gives professionals and students in health economics all the tools they need to understand econometric techniques in applied research, including ways to formulate empiric
Sweeney (Penninsula Medical School, universities of Plymouth and Exeter) suggests that a basic understanding of complexity theory can be applied by general practitioners to better account for the myri
A family physician in Shrewsbury, Barritt presents ideas and develops themes that he hopes will stimulate especially young health professionals but also more experienced professionals who have not cal
This working manual has been developed to ensure that all health professionals involved in immunization will be both knowledgeable about procedures and confident about their benefits. This new edition
This resource for health service managers and others responsible for performance evaluation addresses some of the reasons why doctors may fail to meet reasonable standards. Ten contributions from acad
The characteristic of healthcare in rich countries, argues Maynard (health economics, U. of York, UK), is "its resistance to change and the preservation of inefficient practices by management techniqu
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
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
Of interest to health care professionals and general readers, this collection of 30 fictional stories is closely based on interviews with real general practitioners around the world. Some stories feat
Dawood, an emergency medicine nurse in the UK who is joined by other UK emergency medicine nurse practitioners, presents a handbook for nurses, junior doctors, general practitioners, and other emergen
Community-based medical education refers to medical training which takes place in small rural communities under the supervision of medical clinicians and GPs. This guide is for physicians involved in
Dedicated and hard-working staff at all levels of large healthcare organisations can be frustrated by a perceived inability to influence healthcare priorities. One way of enabling such practitioners t
Inspired by the work of the Hackney Teenage Health Demonstration Site CHYPS Plus, this spiral-ring bound book offers background information on adolescent development and ideas for group activities wit
In this update of the 1996 text, Green (psychiatric intensive care, Cheadle Royal Hospital) incorporates the latest thinking about mental disorders and their treatment in a UK context. Coverage includ
This guide to the culture and beliefs of Hindus has been aimed at healthcare professionals who must act with sensitivity toward value systems while providing quality care. Editors Thakrar (Hillingdon
Founded in 1821, the Seamen's Hospital Society (SHS) became one of the greatest Victorian charities, and remains today funded entirely by charitable contributions. It was established to aid the multi-
Aimed at medical professionals and students as well as interested lay readers, this indexed anthology contains some 1500 extracts from approximately 600 works of fiction describing doctors as major or
In this update of the 1992 (Kluwer Academic) edition and companion volume to The Inner Consultation, a UK trainer/ psychologist treats hallmarks of excellence in training teachers of doctors identifie
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
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
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
Griffiths, a surgical trainee in the UK, offers medical students, junior doctors, and surgical trainees a pocket guide to acute presentations commonly seen in a surgical ward. Specialists in general a
Key to recovery-oriented approaches such as psyosocial rehabilitation of serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is the practice of placing the person at the center of th
From the first instances of curriculum integration at Case Western Reserve and McMaster universities to the present, this book explores ways to move toward a problem-based curriculum in medical educat
