Medical & Nursing

25001 books

Physicians and the Law: The Intersection of Medicine, Business, and Medical Malpractice - Paperback

$93.15

by Timothy E. Paterick (Author)Healthcare providers encounter complex problems in medical, business, and legal venues on a daily basis, and in an ever-evolving landscape. However, an incomplete understanding of how these three arenas intersect can undermine ability and confidence in handling the resulting medical and business decisions.Physicians and the Law employs succinctly stated concepts to create a toolkit for healthcare providers to confidently tackle the everyday intersection of medic...

Sold Out

Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement - Paperback

$152.21

by Michael K. Harrington (Author)Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement combines financial principles unique to the health care setting with the methods and process for reimbursement (including coding, reimbursement strategies, compliance, financial reporting, case mix index, and external auditing). It explains the revenue cycle, correlating it with regular management functions; and covers reimbursement from the initial point of care through claim submission and ...

Sold Out

Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century - Paperback

$19.00

by Kevin Fong (Author)Little more than one hundred years ago, maps of the world still boasted white space: places where no human had ever trod. Within a few short decades the most hostile of the world's environments had all been conquered. Likewise, in the twentieth century, medicine transformed human life. Doctors took what was routinely fatal and made it survivable. As modernity brought us ever more into different kinds of extremis, doctors pushed the bounds of medical advances and human en...

Sold Out

Attachment Theory Expanded: Security Dynamics in Individuals, Dyads, Groups, and Societies - Hardcover

$100.44

by Mario Mikulincer (Author), Phillip R. Shaver (Author)From pioneering attachment researchers, this book takes an expansive look at the nature and functions of security dynamics in personal and social relationships. Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver examine how attachment operates not only in close dyadic relationships (parent-child, romantic partners), but also between teachers and students, therapists and clients, physicians and patients, leaders and followers, and within organization...

Sold Out

The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines - Paperback

$10.99

by Charles W. Fetrow (Author), Juan R. Avila (Author)The first scientific quick-reference book shares--in clear, everyday language--the most up-to-the-minute, reliable, and accessible information available on more than three hundred herbal medicines. "Each year, more than sixty million Americans use herbal remedies and other types of alternative medical care. In fact, more people seek help from alternative health-care providers than from conventional health-care practitioners..." --Dr. Simeon...

Sold Out

Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3: What Babies Ask of Us - Paperback

$61.47

by Mary Jane Maguire-Fong (Author), Marsha Peralta (Author), J. Ronald Lally (Foreword by)Infants invite those caring for them to join as companions on an incredible journey. Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3 is a helpful guide to that journey. Each chapter taps a distinct area of research to shed light on babies' biological expectations for care and their amazing competence as active participants in that care. Because the shadow of adversity and trauma disrupts the jour...

Sold Out

The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain - Paperback

$18.95

by Kate Bingham (Author), Tim Hames (Author)How Covid-19 vaccines went from the laboratory to people's arms - the inside story of an extraordinary national campaign against all odds A Sunday Times bestseller and Financial Times Book of the Year. The unmissable inside story of the race against the virus. Catapulted into an international crisis, Kate Bingham knew the odds were heavily stacked against a workable Covid-19 vaccine. From a remote cottage, Bingham juggled vaccine suppliers, Whitehal...

Sold Out

Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health - Paperback

$148.97

by Lisa M. Sullivan (Author).Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Fourth Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health. Many examples are drawn directly from the author's remarkable clinical experiences with the renowned Framingham Heart Study, making this text practical, interesting, and accessible for those with little mathematical background. The examples ar...

ACLS Provider Manual 2023-2024: Test Prep and Practice Question Help You Succeed on American Heart Association Exam Review - Paperback

$36.43

by Michael Brown (Author)Unlock the key to saving lives with the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource in advanced cardiovascular life support. The "ACLS Provider Manual 2023-2024" is your essential guide, brought to you by the trusted authority in cardiac care, the American Heart Association.In this newly revised edition, you'll find the latest guidelines and protocols, ensuring that you are well-prepared to respond effectively to critical cardiac emergencies. Whether you're a seasoned ...

The Murder Plague: A Dystopian Thriller - Paperback

$31.61

by Scott Michael Powers (Author)An engineered virus that attacks the brain leaks from a research lab and spreads quickly, causing infected people to go into psychotic rage. Before almost anyone knows what is happening, a well-armed America is terrorized by a pandemic of violence.Kanetha Wilson-friend of the first victim-is first to recognize that something is not as it seems. She inspires a small cadre of scientists and others into a breakneck, lonely, and lawless mission to identify and stop...

Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management - Hardcover

$199.08

by Robin Deaver (Editor)A stroke refers to a medical condition in which there is insufficient blood flow to the brain that leads to cell death. There are two types of stroke, namely, hemorrhagic and ischemic. Hemorrhagic stroke is caused by bleeding, whereas ischemic stroke is caused by a lack of blood flow. High blood pressure is the most important risk factor of stroke. Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for stroke are influenced by genetics. The genetic risk is proportional to an i...

Sold Out

Disparities in Urban Health: The Wounds of Policies and Legal Doctrines - Paperback

$48.53

by Edward V. Wallace (Author)A firsthand look at how policies and legal doctrines affect families living in low-income urban neighborhoods.In Disparities in Urban Health, Edward V. Wallace examines the impacts of political and structural determinants of health on people living in urban settings. This timely book intertwines the personal stories of real families with a comprehensive analysis of the policies and legal doctrines that shape their lives.Through interviews and an investigation of v...

Sold Out

Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons: An Examination Guide - Paperback

$113.38

by Christos Markopoulos (Editor), Andreas Karakatsanis (Editor)This book is a revision companion for the UEMS breast exam. The contents extract and distil the key messages and facts of the exam-linked textbook, published in 2017, giving self-test opportunities in the last chapter. Each chapter starts by listing the key facts. The chapters have been edited by the exam board in collaboration with most of the authors of the original chapters of key relevance.The book is specifically designed to ...

Sold Out

The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations - Hardcover

$97.16

by Peter M. Ginter (Author), W. Jack Duncan (Author), Linda E. Swayne (Author)A comprehensive guide to effective strategic management of health care organizations. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides essential guidance for leading health care organizations through strategic management. This structured approach to strategic management examines the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documentation of that thinking into a strategic plan, and creating an...

Waldy, Myelo, & Me: Surviving Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia & Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Hardcover

$27.99

by Carol Turner (Author)At fifty-seven, Dr. Carol Turner was in peak health and avidly participating in the full gamut of outdoor sports that Colorado has to offer. Then, on her way to watch her sons compete in the state's annual high school mountain bike championship, she pulled into a gas station, received a call from her doctor, and learned that she had cancer. As a doctor herself, she instantly knew that what was to come would have personal and universal significance, and started taking n...

Sold Out

Nctrc Exam Secrets Study Guide - Review and Nctrc Practice Test for the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification Exam: [2nd Edition] - Paperback

$78.82

by Mometrix Test Prep (Editor) Number of Pages: 212 Publication Date: January 31, 2023

Sold Out

Differential Diagnosis of Body Fluids in Small Animal Cytology - Paperback

$105.84

by Paola Monti (Author), Francesco Cian (Author)Illustrated with high quality photomicrographs, Differential Diagnosis of Body Fluids in Small Animal Cytology provides a comprehensive review of fluid cytology, with an extensive visual atlas.With key points describing the main clinical and cytological features of each pathologic condition, the book provides lists of causes and differential diagnoses, including handy "pearls and pitfalls" boxes. It is also enriched by chapters on microbiology t...

Sold Out

Mars Hospital: A Doctor's Novel - Paperback

$19.95

by Lloyd Flatt (Author)In this rollicking dark comedy about a failing hospital in Mars, Nebraska, Dr. Wave, a kind and well-meaning outsider, leaps into a year-long fight against an overwhelming bureaucracy upheld by a corrupt administrator who refuses to budge. Wave juggles some of the worst (and silliest) medical cases of his career and struggles to manage a hostile coterie of MDs with a host of defects, the least of which is their ubiquitous lack of Medical Board certifications, while doin...

Beyond Burnout, Second Edition: Overcoming Stress in Nursing & Healthcare for Optimal Health & Well-Being - Paperback

$50.33

by Suzanne Waddill-Goad (Author)Healthcare professions typically attract those who give deeply of themselves to make a positive difference in others' lives. But that giving can come at a significant price: burnout. While the healthcare vocation offers myriad options in work settings and career paths, it can also involve tremendous amounts of stress because of long shifts, mental and physical exhaustion, patient challenges, and regulatory changes. When stress and fatigue overtake a healthcare ...

Sold Out

Antiracist Occupational Therapy: Unsettling the Status Quo - Paperback

$56.70

by Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou (Editor), Various (Author)Social justice, inclusion, and person-centredness are the cornerstones of occupational therapy but despite this, the experiences and inequities faced by Black and minoritised populations in health and social care often go unseen and unattended in occupational therapy practice. This timely book provides a compendium of global insights into the inequities faced by Black and minoritised groups in health and social care and considers how k...

Sold Out

Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill - Paperback

$134.64

by James L. Levenson (Editor), Stephen J. Ferrando (Editor)With 19 new psychiatric drugs, 19 new forms of previously available drugs, and new medical agents, this third editionl has been updated to account for both medical and psychiatric drugs that have become available since the second edition, as well as recent relevant randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Number of Pages: 896 Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 18, 2023

Sold Out

The Tantrum Survival Guide: Tune in to Your Toddler's Mind (and Your Own) to Calm the Craziness and Make Family Fun Again - Paperback

$14.95

by Rebecca Schrag Hershberg (Author), Daniel J. Siegel (Foreword by)If you are the parent of a toddler or preschooler, chances are you know a thing or two about tantrums. While those epic meltdowns can certainly be part of "normal" toddler behavior, they are still maddening, stressful, and exhausting--for everyone involved. What can you do to keep your cool and help your child calm down? Rebecca Schrag Hershberg, child psychologist and mother of two, has a unique understanding of both the sci...

Sold Out

$17.99

by Steve Parker (Author)Immerse yourself in the history of medicine - a colorful story of skill, serendipity, trial and error, moments of genius, and dogged determination. From traditional Chinese medicine to today's sophisticated gene therapies and robotic surgery, A Short History of Medicine combines riveting storytelling and beautiful images, historical accounts and lucid explanations, to illuminate the story of medicine through time. Witness early, bloody, anesthetic-free operations; see ...

Sold Out

Gerontological Nurse Exam Practice Questions: Gerontological Nurse Practice Tests & Exam Review for the Gerontological Nurse Exam - Paperback

$78.82

by Mometrix Nursing Certification Test Team (Editor)***Your #1 Gerontological Nurse Practice Test Resource*** Number of Pages: 104 Publication Date: January 31, 2023

Sold Out

Scoliosis, Yoga Therapy, and the Art of Letting Go - Paperback

$23.71

by Rachel Krentzman (Author), Matthew J. Taylor (Foreword by)Aged 16, Rachel Krentzman was diagnosed with scoliosis. At 32 she suffered a herniated disk and was told she would have to modify her activities for the rest of her life - instead, Rachel is now a walking testimonial for how yoga can be used therapeutically to heal your back pain. An easy and straightforward read, this manual contains step by step illustrated instruction for you to address the physical and emotional factors of your ...

Sold Out

Into the Illusive World: An Exploration of Animals' Perception - Hardcover

$59.38

by Paul A. Moore (Author)Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we tend to rely so heavily on our eyes or ears. We are figuratively, and lite...

Sold Out

A Journey Towards Patient-Centered Healthcare Quality: Patients, Families and Caregivers, Voices of Transformation - Paperback

$105.28

by Jean Moody-Williams (Author)This book provides valuable insight into emerging trends in healthcare delivery; patient, family and caregiver engagement and the intersection of the two. It is unique in that it not only incorporates patient's voice but provides context in the application of patients' families and caregivers in healthcare transformation and the future of healthcare models. It is suited toward not only promoting empathy toward patients but also challenging the reader to learn an...

Sold Out

La Clave Está En La Tiroides: Adiós Al Cansancio, La Neblina Mental Y El Sobrepeso...Para Siempre / The Thyroid: Why You Feel Tired, Brain-Fogged, Ove - Paperback

$19.95

by Amy Myers (Author)Aun cuando tus análisis de sangre son normales, podrías tener una enfermedad tiroidea, o podrías estar tomando las medicinas incorrectas. No te preocupes: puedes recuperar tu salud a través de la comida y el estilo de vida! Estás cansada todo el tiempo? No puedes bajar de peso permanentemente? Tienes insomnio o ataques de pánico? Y, sin embargo... tu doctor insiste en que tus niveles están estables, en que sólo tienes que hacer más ejercicio y comer menos? La verdade...

Sold Out

Ma Notes: Medical Assistant's Pocket Guide - Spiral

$71.21

by Cindi Brassington (Author), Cheri Goretti (Author)A DAVIS'S NOTES BOOK!Awesome! As an instructor, I am recommending it to all of my students!! It has all the basics, especially helpful for externship!"--Online ReviewerA must-have for every Medical Assistant! Amazing! A must-have for every Medical Assistant. Current up-to-date information. It never leaves my side. Highly recommend."--Online Reviewer Amazing product "Highly recommended to everyone in the medical field. Perfect size to keep i...

Sold Out

Surgical Notes: A Pocket Survival Guide for the Operating Room - Paperback

$72.83

by Susan D. Sheets (Author)The OR Survival Guide From aseptic technique to effective communication and everything in between, here's the on-the-spot guidance you need to succeed in the OR in a pocket-sized, quick reference format.Consult it at the start of your day or between cases to jog your memory and build your confidence. Refresh your knowledge of the essentials of aseptic technique, surgical conscience, anatomy, basic set-up, instruments, and sutures. Be ready for challenging situations...

Sold Out

Cancer: The Enemy from Within: A Comprehensive Textbook of Cancer's Causes, Complexities and Consequences - Hardcover

$194.38

by Carolyn Compton (Author)Back JacketThis comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author's many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the majo...

Sold Out

Emergency Medical Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care Student Workbook - Paperback

$163.55

by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Author)This Student Workbook contains exercises to reinforce what you will learn in both in the textbook and the classroom. The exercises cover the National EMS Education Standards and are designed to test your general knowledge, encourage critical thinking, and aid comprehension of assessment and treatment skills. Organized by chapter, the Student Workbook provides a variety of exercises to reinforce material learned, including: General Knowledge,...