Family General Practice category: 781 books
Learning from Paediatric Patient Journeys
What Children and Their Families Can Tell Us
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Good healthcare is about more than making a diagnosis and giving the correct medical treatment - the experience of those going through the system is hugely important. As a result, the use of patient stories or “narratives” in learning is gathering significant support and interest. This is a collection...
How to Look After your Breath
The Definitive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
How to Look After Your Breath provides scientific facts about halitosis, along with the true stories of patients treated by doctor Jonas Nunes. Doctor Nunes, PhD in Halitosis, is a well-known researcher and the Director of the Breath Institute as well as the Halitosis Unit of the prestigious Teknon...
Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
This compelling title is a comprehensive, practical guide for current and aspiring leaders in academic medical centers (AMC). Offering both a broad overview of the dynamics of the AMC and a detailed “how-to” set of instructions for the wide-ranging situations that demand skilled leadership,...
by Jennifer Cafardi
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
The Manual of Dermatology was developed by Dr. Cafardi at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Dermatology, and covers broad dermatological topics necessary for any dermatology resident treating patients. Topics include alopecia, medication dosing and management pearls, fungal disorders,...
Atlas of Skin Cancers
Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
The incidence of skin cancer has risen rapidly in recent decades, and patients often present initially to practitioners in many different specialties. Because skin cancer can vary in clinical appearance, even dermatologists may experience difficulty in reaching a clinical diagnosis. For primary care...
by Sara D Rynders, MPAS, PA-C
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The first reference of its kind designed specifically for PAs, Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants is a comprehensive, portable handbook that helps you master orthopaedic physical examination and history taking, imaging interpretation and diagnosis, and treatment strategies – essential knowledge...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Motility is a fundamental property of living systems, from the cytoplasmic streaming of unicellular organisms to the most highly differentiated and de veloped contractile system of higher organisms, striated muscle. Although of motility have a long and in scientific investigations into the mechanisms...
Practical Cardiology
Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Thoroughly updated to reflect current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines, this concise yet comprehensive handbook presents practical information on the common cardiovascular problems that clinicians encounter daily. The book provides a user-friendly, authoritative...
Extending Primary Care
Polyclinics, Resource Centres, Hospital-at-Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
'Fundamental changes in the Health Service demand a radical shift in approaches to patient core. The NHS is becoming increasingly led by the primary care sector. This has a greater meaning than simply more involvement of GPs in secondary care purchasing. It means that we start from where the patient...
Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics E-Book
A Case-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Employing a unique case-based approach, Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics continues to be your comprehensive source of clinical solutions for this challenging population. This gerontology medical reference book features an interdisciplinary perspective that empowers you with team-oriented knowledge on...
Patient Treatment Adherence
Concepts, Interventions, and Measurement
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations. It provides a comprehensive source on the conceptualization, interventions, and measurement of treatment adherence and a synthesis of the research across demographic and chronic diseases. The...
Neurology for the Hospitalist
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Neurology for the Hospitalist is a concise and eminently practical resource for inpatient neurological care. Internal Medicine Hospitalists frequently face patients with neurological issues and many feel that their training was insufficient in this area. Hospitalists are often the primary inpatient...
by Howard Brody
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
Our personalities and our identities are intimately bound up with the stories that we tell to organize and to make sense of our lives. To understand the human meaning of illness, we therefore must turn to the stories we tell about illness, suffering, and medical care. Stories of Sickness explores...
Manual of Gynecardiology
Female-Specific Cardiology
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
This book provides a much-needed, internationally oriented text, focusing on specific aspects of heart disease in women. Despite the large amount of information available, there is still considerable confusion regarding female patients. As such, the book highlights the health events that occur during...