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Oxford American Handbook of Pulmonary Medicine - Paperback

$124.83

by Kevin Brown (Author), Teofilo Lee-Chiong (Author)The Oxford American Handbook of Pulmonary Medicine is an essential quick reference guide to all the major respiratory symptoms and diseases. Each topic is covered in a consistent format including practical tips for both inpatient and outpatient care settings. The handbook features a section on practical procedures plus useful pages on lung and bronchial anatomy, CT anatomy, lung function, and blood gas nomograms. Edited and written by pulmon...

Epilepsy in Our Words: Personal Accounts of Living with Seizures - Paperback

$82.06

by Steven C. Schachter (Author)A collection of 68 personal accounts of seizure activity from people with epilepsy that illustrates the wide range of experiences associated with seizures and living with epilepsy. Many have had epilepsy for years, and their passages are heartfelt and realistic. An introductory section explains epilepsy and different seizure types from a medical perspective. An index helps readers focus on particular symptoms and other specific aspects of seizures, such as seizu...

An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind - Paperback

$51.28

by Ian Glynn (Author)Drawing on a dazzling array of disciplines--physiology, neurology, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy--Ian Glynn explains virtually every aspect of the workings of the brain, unlocking the mysteries of the mind. Glynn writes with exceptional clarity as he illuminates the mechanics of nerve messages; the functioning of sensory receptors; the processes by which the brain sees, tastes, and smells; the seats of language, memory, and emotions. The breadth of...

An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care - Hardcover

$136.80

by Avedis Donabedian (Author)Avedis Donabedian's name is synonymous with quality of medical care. He unraveled the mystery behind the concept by defining it in clear operational terms and provided detailed blueprints for both its measurement(known as quality assessment) and its improvement(known as quality assurance). Many before him claimed that quality couldn't be defined in concrete objective terms. He demonstrated that quality is an attribte of a system which he called structure, a set of...

No Margin, No Mission: Health Care Organizations and the Quest for Ethical Excellence - Hardcover

$145.35

by Steven D. Pearson (Author), James E. Sabin (Author), Ezekiel J. Emanuel (Author)Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace? On this question hinges not only the future of health care in the US, but that of the health care systems of all advanced countries. This book presents both an analytic framework and a menu of pragmatic answers. The team of authors, physician-ethicists from Harvard Medical School and the National Instit...

Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories Behind the Drugs We Use - Hardcover

$97.47

by Jie Jack Li (Author)The stories behind drug discovery are fascinating, full of human and scientific interest. This is a book on the history of drug discovery that highlights the intellectual splendor of discoverers as well as the human frailty associated them. History is replete with examples of breakthrough medicines that have saved millions of lives. Ether as an anesthetic by Morton; penicillin as an antibiotic by Fleming; and insulin as an anti-diabetic by Banting are just a few example...

Methods in Medical Ethics: Critical Perspectives - Hardcover

$160.74

by Tom Tomlinson (Author), Thomas Tomlinson (Author)Over the last several decades, bioethicists have championed a bewildering variety of methods for understanding and resolving difficult ethical problems in medicine, including: principlism, wide reflective equilibrium, casuistry, feminism, virtue theory, narrative, and others. Much of this advocacy overlooks the limitations of the favored method, and also neglects the strengths found in alternative approaches. Tom Tomlinson systematically unc...

Evaluation of Parenting Capacity in Child Protection - Paperback

$126.54

by Karen S. Budd (Author), Mary Connell (Author), Jennifer R. Clark (Author)Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of t...

Sleep Medicine: Essentials and Review - Paperback

$138.51

by Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr. (Author)Sleep Medicine is one of the fastest growing fields of medicine and of strong interest to neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, pulmonologists, otolaryngologists, and the technologists who perform sleep studies. Almost all of the major medical centers in the US now have centers for sleep disorders. In 2007, sleep medicine will become an official medical subspecialty, with board examinations being administered by the American Board of Medical Special...

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by David M. Oshinsky (Author)Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and other key players, Oshinsky paints a suspenseful portrait of the race for the cure, weaving a dramatic tale centered on the furious rivalry between Salk and Sabin. He also tells the story of Isabel Morgan, perh...

Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness - Paperback

$94.05

by Rita Charon (Author)Narrative medicine has emerged in response to a commodified health care system that places corporate and bureaucratic concerns over the needs of the patient. Generated from a confluence of sources including humanities and medicine, primary care medicine, narratology, and the study of doctor-patient relationships, narrative medicine is medicine practiced with the competence to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved by the stories of illness. By placing events in temp...

Handbook of Pediatric Physical and Clinical Diagnosis - Paperback

$116.28

by Lewis A. Barness (Author), Enid Gilbert-Barness (Author), John M. Opitz (Foreword by)Despite the advent of powerful technological advances, the cornerstone of patient care remains the history and physical examination. In this era of lab tests and, in a system dominated by "adult medicine," the special approach to the unique examination of infants and children is often lost. In the Handbook of Pediatric Physical and Clinical Diagnosis, respected pediatrician Lewis Barness and noted pediatri...

Family-Based Treatment for Young Children with Ocd Workbook - Paperback

$87.21

by Jennifer B. Freeman (Author), Abbe Marrs Garcia (Author)Young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often require professional help to overcome their symptoms. This workbook corresponds to a treatment program specifically designed for children ages 5-8 and their families. Your therapist will tailor the program to your child's developmental level and family situation. Parents have an important role to play in treatment; you will be attending all sessions and working at home with...

Family Based Treatment for Young Children with Ocd: Therapist Guide - Paperback

$87.21

by Jennifer B. Freeman (Author), Abbe Marrs Garcia (Author)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can develop at a young age and when it does, it can cause significant distress for the child and the family. Parents may be unclear on the nature of OCD symptoms and how to best respond to their child. Family involvement in the child's symptoms may be making the situation worse for the whole family. When treating young children with OCD, it is important to recognize the family component and directly...

Evaluation of Workplace Disability - Paperback

$126.54

by Lisa Drago Piechowski (Author)Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psychological concept...

Managing Tourette Syndrome Adult Workbook: A Behaviorial Intervention - Paperback

$85.48

by Douglas W. Woods (Author), John Piacentini (Author), Susanna Chang (Author)If you suffer from Tourette Syndrome (TS), or any other chronic motor or vocal tic disorder, you know how difficult it can be to manage your symptoms. You may be taking medication or working with a medical doctor to control your tics. If you are seeking an alternative or adjunctive treatment, you may wish to try the scientifically proven behavior therapy program described in this workbook. Behavior therapy can teach...

Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary - Hardcover

$196.65

by Robert J. Campbell (Author)Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary is widely recognized as the definitive dictionary of psychiatry--up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative. Distinguished by its clarity and scholarship, it is unique among dictionaries in providing nearly encyclopedic discussions of many of the most important entries. The Ninth Edition is nearly double the size of the previous edition and has been updated, revised, and vastly expanded to cover the explosion of new words and t...

Life Before Birth: The Moral and Legal Status of Embryos and Fetuses - Paperback

$136.80

by Bonnie Steinbock (Author)Life Before Birth provides a coherent framework for addressing bioethical issues in which the moral status of embryos and fetuses is relevant. It is based on the "interest view" which ascribes moral standing to beings with interests, and connects the possession of interests with the capacity for conscious awareness or sentience. The theoretical framework is applied to ethical and legal topics, including abortion, prenatal torts, wrongful life, the crime of feticide...

A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Beginning of the End of Life, Minding the Body: Facilitator Guide - Paperback

$143.64

by Jason M. Satterfield (Author)Individuals with serious and incurable illnesses often require care that goes beyond the body. As they face the challenges of living with and eventually dying from their conditions, they may need to acquire new skills to cope and increase their quality of life. Even those at the beginning of the end of life can take an active role in their treatment. This skill-based program emphasizes flexibility and should be tailored to individual clients. The first module i...

Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disease - Paperback

$102.60

by Jeffrey A. Cohen (Author), Justin Mowchun (Author), Jon Grudem (Author)This book is a case-based learning guide for neuromuscular diseases. This second volume in the What Do I Do Now? series, Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disease recreates real clinical situations in which the attending is asked for advice as the neurological consultant. The approach to the clinical question is discussed emphasizing differential diagnosis and treatment pathways. The authors have included clinical pitfalls wh...

Evaluating Capacity to Waive Miranda Rights - Paperback

$141.93

by Alan Goldstein (Author), Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein (Author)Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant leg...

Ins Dictionary of Neuropsychology and Clinical Neurosciences (Revised) - Hardcover

$153.90

by David Loring (Author)The INS Dictionary of Neuropsychology and Clinical Neurosciences provides concise definitions of neurobehavioral abnormalities, diseases affecting the nervous system, clinical syndromes, neuropsychological tests, neuroanatomy, rehabilitation methods, medical procedures, basic neuroscience, and other important clinical neuroscience terms. Its broad scope not only encompasses the approaches, perspectives, and practice settings of neuropsychology, but also extends to the ...

Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine - Paperback

$160.74

by Robert A. Partridge (Editor), Lawrence Proano (Editor), David Marcozzi (Editor)Disasters are difficult to manage for many reasons: the immediacy of the event, magnitude of the event, lack of evidence-based practices, and the limited usefulness of many developed protocols. Consequently, combining academic approaches with realistic and practical recommendations continues to be an underdeveloped aspect of disaster texts. The Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine offers a functional bl...

Epilepsy Explained: A Book for People Who Want to Know More - Paperback

$71.80

by Markus Reuber (Author), Steven C. Schachter (Author), Christan E. Elger (Author)In the last five years, approximately 2.7 million people have been treated for epilepsy and it is estimated that as much as one in one-hundred of the world's population will develop epilepsy during their lifetime. It is further estimated that 60 million people worldwide have epilepsy and in the United States alone, between seventy to eighty thousand people are newly diagnosed each year. Despite being such a com...

Nature of Healing: The Modern Practice of Medicine - Hardcover

$179.55

by Eric J. Cassell (Author)Currently and for centuries past, sickness has been understood to be primarily the physical result of bodily disease. Yet this definition of illness is out-of-date and untrue to life at a time when chronic illness and the problems of disability and aging are increasingly common. When persons are sick, it pervades their whole being. The Nature of Healing is based on a different definition of sickness, one that recognizes persons as sick when they cannot achieve their...

The Business of Neuropsychology - Paperback

$136.80

by Mark T. Barisa (Author)The purpose of this text is to provide an overview of basic business principles and how they can be used to enhance the stability and fiscal responsibility of neuropsychological practice. The principles discussed are are defined and information is provided to guide practical application of the concepts. The book is designed to benefit professionals at varying levels of practice regardless of their work setting, but focuses primarily on the issues related to neuropsyc...

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by Stephen DeVries (Editor), James E. Dalen (Editor)Integrative Cardiology is an exploration of a new and much-needed perspective in cardiac care: the intelligent synthesis of conventional medicine with alternative approaches not typically part of Western medical curriculum. More than a blending of two approaches, this new perspective in cardiology highlights specific gaps in conventional heart care, and examines how alternative approaches may be ideally suited to address these missed opportu...

Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Paperback

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by R. Barker Bausell Ph. D. (Author)Hailed in the New York Times as "entertaining and immensely educational," Snake Oil Science is not only a brilliant critique of alternative medicine, but also a first-rate introduction to interpreting scientific research of any sort. The book's ultimate goal is to illustrate how the placebo effect conspires to make medical therapies appear to be effective--not just to consumers, but to therapists and poorly trained scientists as well. Bausell explores this ...

Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context - Hardcover

$143.64

by Nancy Krieger (Author)Epidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are rarely articulated. While the idea of epidemiologic theory may seem dry and arcane, it is at its core about explaining the people's health. It is about life and death. It is about biology and society. It is about ecology and the economy. It is about how myriad aspects of people's lives - involving work, dignity, desire, love, play, c...

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by Timothy P. Culbert (Editor), Karen Olness (Editor)There is ample evidence that children and adolescents in large numbers are actively using integrative (complementary and alternative) therapies. Various studies now indicate that over 50% of pediatricians surveyed would refer a patient for integrative therapy, and they would welcome more natural therapies for children provided they were safe and effective. However, there has been little training for pediatricians in this area. Integrative P...

Hitchhiker's Guide to Internal Medicine - Paperback

$104.31

by Atif Qasim (Author)The Hitchhiker's Guide to Internal Medicine offers a concise yet thorough overview of both clinical and factual knowledge required of medical students as they journey through their internal medical rotations. Included in this book are all the pertinent information for third year medical students and interns on the ward who are working up patients and preparing for the Step 2 and Step 3 exams. Beyond a simple pocketbook containing the minimal knowledge expected for the bo...

American Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries - Paperback

$94.05

by George J. Annas (Author)Bioethics was "born in the USA" and the values American bioethics embrace are based on American law, including liberty and justice. This book crosses the borders between bioethics and law, but moves beyond the domestic law/bioethics struggles for dominance by exploring attempts to articulate universal principles based on international human rights. The isolationism of bioethics in the US is not tenable in the wake of scientific triumphs like decoding the human genom...