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The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World - Paperback

$27.99

by Elkhonon Goldberg (Author)Elkhonon Goldberg's groundbreaking The Executive Brain was a classic of scientific writing, revealing how the frontal lobes command the most human parts of the mind. Now he offers a completely new book, providing fresh, iconoclastic ideas about the relationship between the brain and the mind. In The New Executive Brain, Goldberg paints a sweeping panorama of cutting-edge thinking in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, one that ranges far beyond the frontal...

Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery - Paperback

$76.93

by Michael Bliss (Author)Here is the first biography to appear in fifty years of Harvey Cushing, a giant of American medicine and without doubt the greatest figure in the history of brain surgery. Drawing on new collections of intimate personal and family papers, diaries and patient records, Michael Bliss captures Cushing's professional and his personal life in remarkable detail. Bliss paints an engaging portrait of a man of ambition, boundless, driving energy, a fanatical work ethic, a pench...

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This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine - Paperback

$68.38

by Eliza Lo Chin (Editor)Throughout history women have practiced the art of medicine and healing. Yet they have always faced difficulties in the medical profession--not only have they struggled to gain acceptance from their male colleagues, they have also struggled to find a balance between being a doctor and being a wife and mother. Here, in This Side of Doctoring Eliza Lo Chin offers a penetrating analysis of what it's like to be a woman in the highly competitive field of medicine. Written ...

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Population Health: Concepts and Methods - Hardcover

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by T. Kue Young (Author)Population health encompasses traditional public health and preventive medicine but emphasizes the full range of health determinants affecting the entire population rather than only ill or high-risk individuals. The population health approach integrates the social and biological, the quantitative and qualitative, recognizing the importance of social and cultural factors in practice and research.This text is organized around the logical sequence of studying and attempti...

Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Ptsd Teen Workbook: Teen Workbook - Paperback

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by Kelly R. Chrestman (Author), Eva Gilboa-Schechtman (Author), Edna B. Foa (Author)This treatment program adapts the principles of Dr. Foa's proven effective Prolonged Exposure Therapy for adolescents suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.) The treatment program is based on the principles of prolonged exposure and emotional processing for use with those individuals who suffer from PTSD. In vivo and imaginal exposure comprise the core of the treatment, along with breathing retrai...

Health Care Regulation in America: Complexity, Confrontation, and Compromise - Hardcover

$179.55

by Robert I. Field (Author)Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry, from the flow of dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. It is the engine that translates public policy into action. While the health and lives of patients, as well as almost one-sixth of the national economy depend on its effectiveness, health care regulation in America is bewilderingly complex. Government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels direct portion...

Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents with Ptsd Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences, Therapist Guide - Paperback

$123.12

by Edna B. Foa (Author), Kelly R. Chrestman (Author), Eva Gilboa-Schechtman (Author)This program is specifically intended for adolescents suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Clients are exposed to safe but anxiety-provoking situations as a way of overcoming their trauma-related fears. Recounting the memory of the trauma also helps clients emotionally process their traumatic experiences in order to diminish PTSD symptoms. The workbook is designed for adolescent use and includes teen-...

The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America - Paperback

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by Barron H. Lerner (Author)In this riveting narrative, Barron H. Lerner offers a superb medical and cultural history of our century-long battle with breast cancer. Revisiting the past, Lerner argues, can illuminate and clarify the dilemmas confronted by women with--and at risk for--the disease. Writing with insight and compassion, Lerner tells a compelling story of influential surgeons, anxious patients and committed activists. There are colorful portraits of the leading figures, ranging fro...

The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing - Paperback

$100.89

by Betty R. Ferrell (Author), Nessa Coyle (Author)The essence of nursing care continually exposes nurses to suffering. Although they bear witness to the suffering of others, their own suffering is less frequently exposed. This slim volume attempts to give voice to the suffering that nurses witness in patients, families, colleagues, and themselves. By making this suffering visible, the authors wish to honor it and to learn from it. The audience includes nurses in all phases of training and pr...

In Defense of Self: How the Immune System Really Works - Paperback

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by William R. Clark (Author)We live in a sea of seething microbial predators, an infinity of invisible and invasive microorganisms capable of setting up shop inside us and sending us to an early grave. The only thing keeping them out? The immune system. William Clark's In Defense of Self offers a refreshingly accessible tour of the immune system, putting in layman's terms essential information that has been for too long the exclusive province of trained specialists. Clark explains how the im...

A Practical Guide to Recovery-Oriented Practice: Tools for Transforming Mental Health Care - Paperback

$136.80

by Larry Davidson (Author), Michael Rowe (Author), Janis Tondora (Author)This book takes a lofty vision of "recovery" and of "a life in the community" for every adult with a serious mental illness promised by the U.S. President's 2003 New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and shows the reader what is entailed in making this vision a reality. Beginning with the historical context of the recovery movement and its recent emergence on the center stage of mental health policy around the world, t...

Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling - Paperback

$150.48

by Ian D. Young (Author)The process of genetic counseling involves many key components, such as taking a family genetic history, making a diagnosis, and providing communication and support to the family. Among these core processes is the mathematical calculation of the actual risk of a possible genetic disorder. For most physicians and counselors, the mathematics and statistics involved can be major challenge which is not always helped by complex computer programs or lengthy papers full of el...

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by Charles Horton (Author)Anesthesia Crash Course is uniquely positioned to address the needs of new trainees in anesthesia. This book is written in a conversational tone, avoiding unnecessary jargon and distilling the key concepts of anesthesia into easy-to-remember tidbits - an approach in increasing demand by medical students and junior physicians. The audience for this book is chiefly new anesthesia residents, interns, medical students who rotate through anesthesia services, and nurse an...

Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes - Paperback

$104.31

by Boris Draznin (Editor), Sol Epstein (Editor)The discipline of Endocrinology encompasses diabetes and obesity, two of the most common and pressing health care concerns today. The Oxford American Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes concisely reviews the entire discipline, providing a wealth of daily help for students and residents managing patients with diabetes and obesity as well as reproductive and neuroendocrine disorders, pediatric endocrinology, and problems of the thyroid, pituit...

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Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society - Paperback

$171.00

by Robert A. Hahn (Author), Marcia C. Inhorn (Author)Many serious public health problems confront the world in the new millennium. Anthropology and Public Health examines the critical role of anthropology in four crucial public health domains: (1) anthropological understandings of public health problems such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes; (2) anthropological design of public health interventions in areas such as tobacco control and elder care; (3) anthropological evaluations of public he...

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Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy - Paperback

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by Madison Powers (Author), Ruth Faden (Author)In bioethics, discussions of justice have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which people live healthy lives, and fairness is not the only consideration in determining whether a health policy is just. In this pathbreaking book, senior bio...

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Lilienfeld's Foundations of Epidemiology (Revised) - Paperback

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by Dona Schneider (Author)Two decades after the third edition of Lilienfeld's Foundations of Epidemiology advanced the teaching of epidemiology, this completely revised fourth edition offers a new and innovative approach for future generations of students in population health. Authored by two longtime educators in epidemiology, this all-new Foundations frames the field's fundamental concepts within a mix of classic examples and recent case studies, as well the inclusion of recently developed ...

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Overcoming Insomnia Therapist Guide: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach - Paperback

$126.54

by Jack D. Edinger (Author), Colleen E. Carney (Author)It is estimated that one in ten U.S. adults suffers from chronic insomnia. If left untreated, chronic insomnia reduces quality of life and increases risk for psychiatric and medical disease, especially depression and anxiety. There are two forms of insomnia: secondary insomnia, in which it is comorbid with another condition such as psychiatric disorders, chronic pain conditions, or cardiopulmonary disorders, and primary insomnia, which do...

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Brain Architecture (Revised) - Paperback

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by Larry W. Swanson (Author), Larry W Swanson (Author)Now in its second edition, Brain Architecture is the continued exploration of how the brain works. At the very core of our existence, the brain generates our thoughts and feelings, directs our voluntary interactions with the environment, and coordinates all of the vital functions within the body itself. This long-overdue new edition explains this oftentimes daunting intricacy and exquisite detail. The first half of the book discusses the b...

Ethics in Nursing: Cases, Principles, and Reasoning - Paperback

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by Martin Benjamin (Author), Joy Curtis (Author)Starting with detailed cases based on real life, the fourth edition of Ethics in Nursing introduces the principles, concepts, and reasoning needed to think them through. Changes in this edition reflect important developments in nursing, ethical theory, and nursing ethics. Among the expanded set of 64 cases, 22 have been significantly revised and 15 are entirely new. Reasoning skills and philosophical understanding are explained and illustrated i...

Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading - Paperback

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by Alvin I. Goldman (Author)People are minded creatures; we have thoughts, feelings and emotions. More intriguingly, we grasp our own mental states, and conduct the business of ascribing them to ourselves and others without instruction in formal psychology. How do we do this? And what are the dimensions of our grasp of the mental realm? In this book, Alvin I. Goldman explores these questions with the tools of philosophy, developmental psychology, social psychology and cognitive neuroscience. ...

Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Adults - Paperback

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by Kirk Heilbrun (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 concepts, follo...

Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology - Paperback

$150.48

by Leslie Iversen (Author), Susan Iversen (Author), Floyd E. Bloom (Author)Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology expands on the molecular and cellular foundations of the classic Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, Eighth Edition (Cooper, Bloom, and Roth) by now including the behavioral methods used to study psychoactive drugs in experimental animals and in humans. Authored by four founders of modern neuroscience, this concise and comprehensive text covers the current series of medicatio...

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A Short History of Medical Ethics - Paperback

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by Albert R. Jonsen (Author)A physician says, "I have an ethical obligation never to cause the death of a patient," another responds, "My ethical obligation is to relieve pain even if the patient dies." The current argument over the role of physicians in assisting patients to die constantly refers to the ethical duties of the profession. References to the Hippocratic Oath are often heard. Many modern problems, from assisted suicide to accessible health care, raise questions about the traditio...

In the Fullness of Time: Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder - Hardcover

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by Mary C. Zanarini (Author)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been widely viewed as a chronic disorder, which has led many clinicians to avoid treating patients with this diagnosis. BPD is also one of the most stigmatized of psychiatric disorders, due to the awkward manner in which these individuals attempt to get their needs met. As such those with BPD are increasingly marginalized by society and prevented from accessing quality care. In the Fullness of Time debunks the common myth t...

Oxford American Handbook of Urology - Paperback

$152.19

by David M. Albala (Author), Leonard G. Gomella (Author), Allen F. Morey (Author)The Oxford American Handbook of Urology provides authoritative, point-of-care guidance on all aspects of the field, covering both benign and malignant conditions, as well as medical and surgical management. Incorporating diagnosis and treatment advice from established, published guidelines as well as drawing from the experience of four seasoned urologists, the book's concise and accessible format quickly guides t...

Life Program for MS: Lifestyle, Independence, Fitness and Energy - Paperback

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by Susan J. Epstein (Author)Due to some of the limitations imposed by MS, such as chronic fatigue, depression, and muscle weakness, patients often become sedentary, gaining excess weight and developing poor eating and exercise habits. The LIFE Program for MS is a user-friendly teaching tool that helps sufferers to incorporate new behaviors into their daily routines, to live a healthier life and reduce the chances of secondary illnesses, such as cancer, stroke, and heart disease. Drawing on he...

HIV & Aids: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Alan Whiteside (Author)In 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died. Yet the outlook today is a little brighter. Although HIV/ AIDS continues to be a pressing public health issue the epidemic has stabilised globally, and it has become evident it is not, nor will it be, a...

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Doing Science: Design, Analysis, and Communication of Scientific Research - Paperback

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by Ivan Valiela (Author)Doing Science, second edition, offers a rare compendium of practical advice based on how working scientists pursue their craft. It covers each stage of research, from formulating questions and gathering data to developing experiments and analyzing results and finally to the many ways for presenting results. Drawing on his extensive experience both as a researcher and a research mentor, Ivan Valiela has written a lively and concise survey of everything a beginning scien...

Ib Visual Arts Course Book: Oxford Ib Diploma Programme - Paperback

$107.98

by Jayson Paterson (Author), Simon Poppy (Author), Andrew Vaughan (Author)Strengthen potential in IB Visual Arts. The only resource matched to the IB Visual Arts Guide, this essential Course Book breaks down and clarifies all the assessment components of the course. Guiding learners through each assessment task, a range of artwork examples contextualize the exam criteria, reinforcing comprehension and confidence. Build assessment potential enable learners to fully understand and engage with a...

Oxford American Handbook of Cardiology - Paperback

$152.19

by Jeffrey Bender (Editor), Kerry Russell (Editor), Lynda Rosenfeld (Editor)Despite major advances in prevention and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. The vast number of patients with cardiovascular disease coupled with ongoing clinical advances makes the Oxford American Handbook of Cardiology a must-buy for residents, fellows, and students, as well as an excellent reference guide for general practitioners. The reader will find here all...

The Body: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Chris Shilling (Author)The human body is thought of conventionally as a biological entity, with its longevity, morbidity, size and even appearance determined by genetic factors immune to the influence of society or culture. Since the mid-1980s, however, there has been a rising awareness of how our bodies, and our perception of them, are influenced by the social, cultural and material contexts in which humans live. Drawing on studies of sex and gender, education, governance, the economy, an...