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Containing 100 challenging clinical cases illustrated with superb, high-quality images, this book covers a wide range of dermatological conditions, from the commonly occurring to those slightly rarer cases. This book is an invaluable reference for all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492384786Author Aarti Esther SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Population health management is being increasingly adopted by health systems yet the importance of primary health care in influencing population mortality and the mechanisms that explain it are not well understood. Too often, primary health care is...

At a world level addiction and the fall-out from substance use is affecting more and more lives. Professionals are increasingly being confronted with puzzling, multifaceted aspects of substance use, whether they work in a clinic, the laboratory or the...

This title includes Foreword by Sheila Kitzinger, Writer, Researcher, Activist and Honorary Professor, Wolfson School of Health Sciences, Thames Valley University. Birth centres are suitable for every woman whose birth is straightforward, which accounts...

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014This highly practical manual presents an ideal introduction to adolescent substance use. It offers invaluable guidance for all professionals involved with adolescents including social workers, health and...

General Practice Today explores the GP consultation in the context of external 'stressors' and 'helpers' that doctors use to make best clinical decisions. Over the last 30 years there has been a move towards mandatory training on legal aspects, risk...

Information is vital for healthcare professionals striving to keep their practice current and based on the best available evidence. The Internet is playing an increasingly crucial role in life long learning of health professionals and is becoming the...

The FRCR Part 2B is a demanding examination consisting of an oral examination, a rapid reporting session and a reporting session (also known as the 'long cases'). Preparation can prove very stressful - the multiple parts of the examination rely on...

This book compares the methods of surveillance prevention and control of communicable diseases in countries selected for their different situations and approaches. Based on a comprehensive study including local interviews with key individuals supported...

This book explores the Care Trust concept promoted by central government for improving partnership working between health and social care. Using case studies and examples to raise current issues related to partnership working it explains how Care Trusts...

This book contains over 300 MCQs with explanatory answers organised into 10 sections and these questions attempts to reflect the wide range of topics in the current syllabus of MRCPCH Part 1 examination. It assists paediatricians everywhere in their...

This book has been written specifically to meet the needs of counsellors and trainers working with the National Health Service. It will also provide useful insights for doctors, nurses, and managers within the healthcare sector. The book covers topics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909446151Author Martin PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bristol Books CICPublisher Bristol Books CICWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Stay up-to-date in health care ministry as cultural and spiritual heterogeneity increases! Ministry in the Spiritual and Cultural Diversity in Health Care: Increasing the Competency of Chaplains identifies concrete methods for improving the provision of...

Every health professional interacts with patients from different cultures to their own, not just those from different countries, ethnic or religious groups, but also those with cultural differences due to sexual orientation, lifestyle, beliefs, age,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088095881Author Hippocrates of KosFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 50gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 1mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorK Sembulingam PhD Prema Sembulingam PhDBook InformationISBN 9789386150578Author K SembulingamFormat PaperbackPage Count 638Imprint Jaypee Brothers Medical...

A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines...

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a rare group of autoimmune diseases, negatively affecting the lives of an estimated 250,000 people worldwide. Delays in diagnosis often occur owing to a lack of recognition of disease presentation, or...

Illuminating the Diversity of Cancer and Palliative Care Education examines a myriad of original approaches, techniques, methods, educational strategies and imaginative innovations within this vital field of medicine. Its contributors share a range of...

This guide contains a foreword by Simon Gregory, Dean of Postgraduate GP Education, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland and General Practitioner, Northampton. This concise, jargon-free guide examines and explains the skills and attitudes needed...

Statutory and mandatory training is an area that all healthcare organisations are required to tackle, yet it is commonly undertaken as a tick-box exercise without flair or creativity. Proof of attendance at a training course is not in itself proof of...

Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in the developed world. The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift in the management of stroke, with the understanding that care of acute stroke patients by specialists...

Action learning was developed in the UK in the 1960s and is now one of the most widely used development methods in healthcare. This practical manual embodies the dual focus of action learning as both philosophy and technique - exploring the underlying...

This practical guide helps health or social care professionals across all settings to understand how important it is to prevent and manage their service users' overweight and obesity, and motivate them to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, so...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913342531Author Doreen JarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Straightforward PublishingPublisher Straightforward Publishing

Long-Term Care: Planning for Finance, Medical, and Living Expenses We're living exciting bonus years--decades that our parents and grandparents didn't have. But how to navigate this complex terrain? Questions abound around long-term care planning:...

Chemistry: An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences provides students and practitioners with a clear, readable introduction to the chemical terms and concepts that are relevant to their study and practice. Assuming little prior knowledge of the...

Medical mycology refers to the study of fungi that produce disease in humans and other animals, and of the diseases they produce, their ecology, and their epidemiology. This new edition has been fully revised to provide microbiologists with the latest...

This book covers the work each person needs to do in laying a strong foundation for career development in healthcare, providing some background on typical career problems and their causes, and some strategies for getting in the right frame of mind for...

Learn to build successful working relationships with your patientsPsychology and Dentistry: Mental Health Aspects of Patient Care is a practical guide to an often-neglected aspect of dentistry-the contributions of the behavioral sciences to dental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781079704549Author Ben CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

This work features a Foreword by David Taylor, Vice Dean, Leicester Medical School. "This book is the first to assist students with a new format of testing knowledge and clinical skills, i.e., the extended matching question. I am delighted my colleagues...

The particular needs of people with progressive long-term neurological conditions - including Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Huntington's disease - may make care delivery and planning the last stages of life...

This is an exploration of how the higher functions of the brain can be investigated, evaluated and, possibly, explained. A central theme throughout the book is rationality, since issues requiring rational evaluation confront many people everyday though...

What distinguishes the consulting of experienced family doctors from their newly qualified colleagues? The question is often frustratingly hard answer clearly or objectively: unlike many professions, family doctors face a dearth of clear expectations of...

This text consists of eleven chapters concisely summarizing general adult psychiatry in the form of notes. It is primarily intended for junior hospital psychiatrists, general practitioners and medical students; however, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric...

Get Through FRCA Primary: 710 MCQs is written for all candidates undertaking the FRCA Primary examination. The authors have focussed on the most daunting parts of the examination syllabus, namely, physiology, pharmacology, clinical chemistry and physics...

You've read your textbook and your course notes. Now you need to apply your knowledge to real-life clinical situations.The problem-solving approach of Core Clinical Cases guides you to think of the patient as a whole, rather than as a sequence of...