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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not - Paperback

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by Florence Nightingale (Author)My heart always sinks within me when I hear the good housewife, of every class, say, 'I assure you the bed has been well slept in, ' and I can only hope it is not true. What? Is the bed already saturated with somebody else's damp before my patient comes to exhale in it his own damp? Has it not had a single chance to be aired? No, not one. It has been slept in every night.From the best known work of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the originator and founder of...

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by Louisa May Alcott (Author)Before her wider fame as the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott achieved recognition for her accounts of her work as a volunteer nurse in an army hospital. Written during the winter of 1862-63, her lively dispatches appeared in the newspaper Commonwealth, where they were eagerly read by soldiers' friends and families. Then, as now, these chronicles revealed the desperate realities of battlefield medicine as well as the tentative first steps of women in mi...

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Great Discoveries in Medicine - Paperback

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by William Bynum (Editor), Helen Bynum (Editor)Sickness and health, birth and death, disease and cure: medicine and our understanding of the workings of our bodies and minds are an inextricable part of how we know who we are. With the science of healing now more vital than ever, as our bodies face new challenges from the globalizationof disease, environmental change, and increased longevity, Great Discoveries in Medicine is a timely guide to medicine's achievements and its prospects for the f...

Life Without Disease: The Pursuit of Medical Utopia - Paperback

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by William B. Schwartz (Author)The chaotic state of today's health care is the result of an explosion of effective medical technologies. Rising costs will continue to trouble U.S. health care in the coming decades, but new molecular strategies may eventually contain costs. As life expectancy is dramatically extended by molecular medicine, a growing population of the aged will bring new problems. In the next fifty years genetic intervention will shift the focus of medicine in the United States...

Healing the Infertile Family: Strengthening Your Relationship in the Search for Parenthood - Paperback

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by Gay Becker (Author)Unlike most infertility books that focus on medical treatment, Healing the Infertile Family examines the social and emotional problems experienced by couples confronting infertility and suggests how they can be alleviated. In this updated edition, Gay Becker discusses her most recent study of couples experiencing infertility and offers guidelines for resolution of this common problem that will enable couples to face the future with hope. This title is part of UC Press's...

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Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Story of the Intrepid Reporter - Paperback

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by Nellie Bly (Author)At the age of 23, pioneering reporter Nellie Bly faked dementia in order to expose abuses of patients in Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York City. Such investigative journalism was unusual in 1887 -- almost as rare as women reporters. Bly's subsequent articles created a sensation, exposing the rampant psychological and physical mistreatment of inmates, many of whom were not mentally ill but simply recent immigrants and other impoverished individuals without soci...

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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: The Revolutionary 1805 Classic - Paperback

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by Hannah Glasse (Author)A very interesting glimpse at everyday cooking in the daily life of 18th-19th century England, with many helpful tips, tricks, and recipes (for the day). The language is enjoyable and the information contained is substantial. -- Jefferson-Madison Regional Library SystemRevised and republished many times since its 1747 debut, this cookbook was a bestseller in England and the United States for more than 100 years. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned copies, and...

Anxiety and Related Disorders Interview Schedule for Dsm-5, Child and Parent Version: Clinician Manual - Paperback

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by Wendy K. Silverman (Author), Anne Marie Albano (Author), Connor M. Kerns (Contribution by)The Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5, Child and Parent Versions, are the gold standard semi-structured interviews used in clinical research and services to assess and diagnose the major mental health conditions affecting children, adolescents and young adults. These interviews cover the range of conditions identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), whi...

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Immortal Thoughts: Late Style in a Time of Plague - Hardcover

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by Christopher Neve (Author)In 2020, as the spread of COVID-19 caused pandemonium worldwide, a painter and writer returned to a childhood home to reflect upon the transcendence of nature and the work of the artists he most admires. It seems to Christopher Neve that in their final works--their late style--that they have something remarkable in common. This has more to do with intuition and memory than with rationality or reason. Immortal Thoughts: Late Style in a Time of Plague is an anthology...

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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands - Paperback

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by Mary Seacole (Author)Famed for her work among the sick and wounded of the Crimean War, Mary Seacole possessed a unique perspective: that of a Victorian-era black woman at a battlefield's front line. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805, she began her career as a healer by helping her mother nurse British officers at nearby military camps. In the 1850s, her compassion aroused by agonizing reports from Crimea, she headed for England to offer her services. Seacole was denied entry to Florence ...

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Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery - Hardcover

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by Richard Barnett (Author)The nineteenth century saw major advances in the practice of surgery. In 1750, the anatomist John Hunter described it as "a humiliating spectacle of the futility of science"; yet, over the next 150 years the feared, practical men of medicine benefited from a revolution in scientific progress and the increased availability of instructional textbooks. Anesthesia and antisepsis were introduced. Newly established medical schools improved surgeons' understanding of the h...

Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych Er - Paperback

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by Julie Holland (Author)"A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds."--Katrina Firlik, M.D., author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of the psychiatric emergency room at New York City's Bellevue Hospital. In this absorb...

Teaching Perinatal Care: A Practical Guide - Paperback

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by Anne Biringer (Author), Sabrina Kolker (Author), Warren Rubenstein (Author)This multi-authored handbook-the first of its kind-focuses on methods and strategies for teaching perinatal care. Each chapter is inspired by presentations and workshops presented at the biennial National Forum on Teaching Competence in Family Medicine Maternity Care, which began in Toronto, Canada, in 2014. Full of insightful advice, step-by-step guides, and helpful visual models, Teaching Perinatal Care covers a w...

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by Diane Rosier Miles (Author)Recently retired from full-time ministry and hoping to see the world while serving God, Pastor James Atterley leaves his home in South Carolina with his wife, Candace, and joins the mysterious Majestic Waves Cruises as a chaplain. Instead of the adventurous retirement they had planned, Atterley discovers that all is not right on their ship, the Grand Rapina. As the ship fills with refugees looking for a new start in the United States, it becomes clear that safety...

The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable - Paperback

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by Juliette de Baïracli Levy (Author)The pioneer of herbal veterinary medicine has again thoroughly revised, updated and expanded her book on natural and organic cures and farming methods, first published in 1952 and now a classic in its field. Juliette de Baïracli Levy's The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable contains everything farmers need to know about farm management and animal husbandry. Levy's groundbreaking work in this insightful guide provides an invaluable resource for f...

Acupuncture and Hormone Balance - Paperback

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by Li Zheng (Author)This book tries to answer the following questions: Why can acupuncture relax our mind and body to alleviate stress and balance our immune function? Why can acupuncture reduce the pain without causing drowsiness and addiction? Why can acupuncture increase the success rate of fertility? How can acupuncture help people quit smoking or alcohol? Why can acupuncture promote your metabolism and suppress your appetite so you can regain your healthy body shape? Why do celebrities c...

Searching Eyes: Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America Volume 18 - Paperback

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by Amy L. Fairchild (Author), Ronald Bayer (Author), James Colgrove (Author)This is the first history of public health surveillance in the United States to span more than a century of conflict and controversy. The practice of reporting the names of those with disease to health authorities inevitably poses questions about the interplay between the imperative to control threats to the public's health and legal and ethical concerns about privacy. Authors Amy L. Fairchild, Ronald Bayer, and James...

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by Nina G. Jablonski (Author)We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. Skin: A Natural History celebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of human skin: its naked sweatiness, its distinctive sepia rainbow of colors, and its remark...

Cancer of the Esophagus: Approaches to the Etiology - Paperback

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by Valda M. Craddock (Author)The book deals briefly with the normal structure, functioning and biochemistry of the esophagus and with the histological and genetic changes accompanying the development of esophageal cancer in humans and animals. Factors implicated in causing esophageal cancer are described in relation to its very dramatic epidemiology. Thus dietary deficiencies and consumption of foods contaminated by Fusaria mycotoxins are discussed in connection with the extremely high incide...

Nutrition of the Dog and Cat: Waltham Symposium Number 7 - Paperback

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by I. H. Burger (Editor), J. P. W. Rivers (Editor)First published in 1989, this volume presents a detailed series of scientific reviews concerned with most of the key areas of dog and cat nutrition; for example, the volume surveys and provides data on protein and energy requirements, calcium metabolism and essential fatty acids. It shows the substantial developments in knowledge that have occurred in the subject and discusses potential trends. The volume is an expanded, updated and edited ver...

Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa - Paperback

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by Bep Oliver-Bever (Author)First published in 1986, this book describes the most important medicinal plants in tropical West Africa and similar humid tropical climates. After a short introduction about early traditional medicine, the bulk of the book gives an account of locally occurring plants, grouped by their medicinal actions. Plants that affect the cardiovascular and nervous systems are discussed, as are those with antibiotic, insecticidal and molluscicidal properties. Those which affec...

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by Edward Lin (Author), Atul Gaur (Author), Michael Jones (Author)The accuracy with which clinicians can locate nerves and blood vessels has increased greatly with the development of portable handheld ultrasound scanners, and no specialty has felt the benefit more than anesthesia. This practical atlas of ultrasound anatomy addresses the two main challenges for anyone learning ultrasound-guided techniques: 1. Where do I place the probe? 2. What exactly am I looking at? Each nerve block or vasc...

Catatonia: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment - Paperback

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by Max Fink (Author), Michael Alan Taylor (Author)Catatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation found in as many as 10% of acutely ill psychiatric in-patients. Treatments are well defined and catatonia has an excellent prognosis when they are used. Two leading neuropsychiatrists describe the features of catatonia; teach the reader how to identify and treat the syndrome successfully; and describe its neurobiology. Patient case histories from the authors' clinical practices, as well as from cl...

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by Bernard Hart (Author)This book is widely known for its lucid account of the modern theory that sanity and insanity are not to be divided in a clear-cut way, but rather shade gradually into one another. Since this book deals mainly with the fundamental general principles of abnormal psychology, and these were already clearly formulated at the time it was first written in 1912, a considerable part of the text needs no amendment. The author has revised the introductory chapter on the historic...

Chemistry and Biology of N-Nitroso Compounds - Paperback

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by William Lijinsky (Author)Originally published in 1992, this volume looks in depth at the carcinogenic properties of N-nitroso compounds. These compounds occur widely in smoked foods and in meat and fish cured with nitrates; they are also formed in some industrial processes and in addition are found in cosmetics, tobacco and tobacco smoke. By focusing on the chemical and biological properties, the volume attempts to explain how these compounds exert their carcinogenic potential and, further...

From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry: The Making of a Biomedical Discipline - Paperback

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by Robert E. Kohler (Author)This penetrating case study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science shows how a minor medical speciality evolved into a large and powerful academic discipline. Drawing extensively on little-used archival sources, the author analyses in detail how biomedical science became a central part of medical training and practice. The book shows how biochemistry was defined as a distinct discipline by the programmatic vision of individual biochemists and of pa...

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Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-Intermediate Student's Book with Audio CD [With CD (Audio)] - Paperback

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by Virginia Allum (Author), Patricia McGarr (Author)Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate (CEF level A2) is designed to improve the communication skills and specialist English language knowledge of healthcare professionals, enabling them to work more confidently and effectively. With an emphasis on listening and speaking, the course covers the core areas of nursing with authentic tasks and activities based on everyday scenarios, making the course relevant and motivating. The Student'...

Practical Medicine from Salerno to the Black Death - Paperback

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by Luis Garcia-Ballester (Editor), Roger French (Editor), Jon Arrizabalaga (Editor)From the eleventh century to the Black Death in 1348 Europe was economically vigorous and expanding, especially in Mediterranean societies. In this world of growing wealth educational institutions were founded, the universities, and it was in these that a new form of medicine came to be taught and which widely influenced medical care throughout Europe. The essays in this collection focus on the practical aspect...

The Transplant Patient: Biological, Psychiatric and Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation - Paperback

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by Paula T. Trzepacz (Editor), Andrea F. Dimartini (Editor)Over the past forty years transplantation has developed from a laboratory based experimental procedure to a clinical commonplace. Transplantation raises issues of patient screening and selection, quality of life for recipients, living donors and their families, cognitive changes associated with transplantation, ethical considerations, and the impact of immunological and pharmacological changes associated with the procedure. This compl...

Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications - Hardcover

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by Nadine Barrie Smith (Author), Andrew Webb (Author)Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and MRI, this textbook provides senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a broad introduction to medical imaging. Over 130 end-of-chapter exercises are included, in addition to solved example problems, which enable students to master the theory as well as providing them with the tools needed to solve more difficult problems. The basic theory, instrumentat...

Entering the Child's Mind: The Clinical Interview in Psychological Research and Practice - Hardcover

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by Herbert P. Ginsburg (Author)Entering the Child's Mind teaches the "clinical interview" as a technique for gaining insight into a child's way of thinking. In the tradition of Piaget and Vygotsky, Dr. Ginsburg argues that standardized instruments of evaluation often fail to meet the challenges of complex cognition. He presents the clinical interview as a powerful tool that, when understood and used properly, can provide psychologists with a profound appreciation for children's thinking. This...

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Case Studies in Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Paperback

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by Frank E. Berkowitz (Author)This book features 121 case studies intended to provide an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric infectious diseases. There are three sections: the first discusses the principles of diagnosing infections, using epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical medicine, while also discussing the principles of treatment; the second, constituting the core of the book, consists of case studies. A brief case scenario, designed to challenge the reader to work ou...