Containing high quality images, this book presents the common visual diagnoses that are either pathognomonic or suggestive of specific illnesses. Organized randomly as a patient would present their 'chief complaint' rather than neatly into topics, this book is an invaluable aid for all health care personnel who manage patients in acute care settings. This book is also ideal for national examinatio…
This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals – increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice – on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research. To help researchers take on this challen…
Hypertension is a condition which affects millions of people worldwide and its treatment greatly reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks. This fully revised and updated edition of the ABC of Hypertension is an established guide providing all the non-specialist needs to know about the measurement of blood pressure and the investigation and management of hypertensive patients. This new edition…
Nurses and other public health practitioners have a crucial role to play in helping to improve the collective well being of society and so developing skills in public health – preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health – is key to this process. Public Health Skills: A practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners covers the complete spectrum of public health practice: th…
Now in its Second Edition, this book helps to unravel the process of evidence-based practice, which requires clinicians to evaluate and collate information from the journals they read. Understanding Clinical Papers, Second Edition uses actual papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, but goes beyond this to provide an explanation of a range of important research-relat…
Пособие содержит лечебно-физкультурные комплексы упражнений для пациентов с болезнью Паркинсона, в т. ч. кинезиотерапевтические модули, элементы фитбол-гимнастики, степ-гимнастики, эрготерапии, дыхательной гимнастики, упражнения для улучшения моторики кишечника, баланса равновесия и многие другие.
[i]How to Pass the FRACP Written Examination[/i] is an indispensable review and study guide for anyone preparing for the challenging Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) exam. This up-to-date resource fully aligns with the current FRACP core training curriculum, containing a wealth of traditional multiple-choice questions (MCQs) as well as extended-matching questions (EMQ…
Diverticular disease first became recognised at the beginning of the 20th century and although the incidence of the disease is not known, it is considered to be a disease of the older person. This book looks at a disease that is known as a Western world disease, often called by surgeons a 'cinderella disease' as they often feel that there is little to offer the patient with uncomplicated diverticu…
The Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection presents, in a convenient and practical format, the major features of fungal infections in humans, providing visual information for each pathogen and the infections they cause. The second edition has been extensively revised. In each chapter the clinical manifestations and management sections have been revised and updated to include recently developed antifunga…
The Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection presents, in a convenient and practical format, the major features of fungal infections in humans, providing visual information for each pathogen and the infections they cause. The second edition has been extensively revised. In each chapter the clinical manifestations and management sections have been revised and updated to include recently developed antifunga…
Food Service Manual for Health Care Institutions offers a comprehensive review of the management and operation of health care food service departments. This third edition of the book—which has become the standard in the field of institutional and health care food service—includes the most current data on the successful management of daily operations and includes information on a wide variety of to…
В пособии дается характеристика института врачебной тайны на основе анализа российского законодательства и правоприменительной практики с учетом принципов и норм международного права, а также правовой позиции Конституционного Суда РФ. Дается подробный анализ понятия и содержания врачебной тайны, правил предоставления сведений, составляющих врачебную тайну, с согласия гражданина, а также оснований …
Авторами описаны природные Камчатские минеральные, термальные источники, показано их лечебно-оздоровительное действие на человека Всего на Камчатке выделено 274 проявления и месторождения минеральных вод, включая 160 термопроявлений Авторы подробно приводят истоки медицинских знаний и навыков чукчей и коряков, поселившихся на полуострове четыре тысяч лет назад. Также подробно описаны проблемы Тихо…
Данная книга посвящена особенностям взимодействия ультразвука с биологическими объектами, исследованию механизмов биологического и лечебного действия ультразвука, методам ультразвуковой диагностики. Она поможет студентам освоить теоретические и практические вопросы применения ультразвука в хирургии, биотехнологии и фармации, изучить основы ультразвуковой стимуляции и терапии. Издание снабжено иллю…
Haematology at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to haematology. It follows the easy-to-use 'at a Glance' format of double-page spreads comprising clear, memorable diagrams illustrating the key facts and essential textual information. It starts with an explanation of normal blood cells and routine laboratory tests. It then reviews a wide range of blood disorders. This new edi…