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Narrative Medicine
Bridging the Gap between Evidence-Based Care and Medical Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
This book examines all aspects of narrative medicine and its value in ensuring that, in an age of evidence-based medicine defined by clinical trials, numbers, and probabilities, clinical science is firmly embedded in the medical humanities in order to foster the understanding of clinical cases and...
by Christopher J. Burrell, Colin R. Howard, Frederick A. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Fenner and White's Medical Virology, Fifth Edition provides an integrated view of related sciences, from cell biology, to medical epidemiology and human social behavior. The perspective represented by this book, that of medical virology as an infectious disease science, is meant to provide a starting...
by F. H. Kayser, K. A. Bienz, J. Eckert
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
While medical and hygienic developments have driven down the mortality rates of infectious diseases, pathogenic microorganisms are still a major factor in everyday clinical practice. They are still the most frequent cause of death in Third World countries. New and incurable infectious diseases are...
Nuclear and Radiation Physics in Medicine
A Conceptual Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Modern physics, radiation, atomic and nuclear physics have revolutionized medical diagnosis and the treatment of cancer. The work of the scientists whose discoveries fuelled this revolution is an important part of our scientific and cultural heritage. Using basic physics and simple mathematics this...
by Victor W. Rodwell, David Bender, Kathleen M. Botham
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2015
Gain a thorough understanding of the principles ofbiochemistry as they relate to the study of clinical medicine
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The Thirtieth Edition of Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry combines outstanding full-colorillustrations with...
by Gerhard Meisenberg, PhD, William H. Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
For nearly 30 years, Principles of Medical Biochemistry has integrated medical biochemistry with molecular genetics, cell biology, and genetics to provide complete yet concise coverage that links biochemistry with clinical medicine. The 4th Edition of this award-winning text by Drs. Gerhard Meisenberg...
Psychological Co-morbidities of Physical Illness
A Behavioral Medicine Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Evidence for the efficacy of behavioral approaches to the treatment and management of physical illness is mounting, as is the evidence for behavioral interventions for psychological disorders. A pressing question that remains is how to effectively treat co-morbid physical and psychological illnesses....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
This volume is devoted to the application of microorganisms in medical treatment and health protection. Topics discussed include the role of probiotics in immune modulation, in prevention of influenza, and in atopic dermatitis. Further chapters cover aspects such as the relation of the gut microbiome...
Geriatric Nephrology
The medical, psychosocial, nursing, financial and ethical issues of treating end-stage renal disease in the elderly
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The year was 1943. As a third-year medical student at Stanford, I was about to witness the beginning of a medical miracle. Dr. Arthur Bloomfield, Professor of Medicine, had selected my patient, a middle aged man, who was dying of acute pneumococcal pneumonia, as one of the first patients to receive...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Small Animal Medical Diagnosis, Third Edition takes a problem-oriented approach to clinical diagnosis and outlines core information necessary to effectively evaluate the major medical problems in dogs and cats. The text starts by defining problems caused by disease and proceeds to integrate the history,...
by Derek G. Waller, BSc, DM
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2017
Medical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, now in its fifth edition, offers medical students all they need to know to become safe and effective prescribers. It forms a complete, integrated resource for basic pharmaceutical science, pathophysiology, clinical pharmacology, and therapeutics.
The...
Intimate Relationships in Medical School
How to Make Them Work
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2000
Intimate Relationships in Medical School is for anyone studying the medical sciences who is married or in a committed relationship. Michael Myers-an experienced psychiatrist and clinician- uses several case examples throughout the book which are composites from his practice. Through these and the...
by Prof David Goldberg, Linda Gask, Richard Morriss
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
This fully updated third edition of Psychiatry in Medical Practice takes into account major changes in medical education since 1994. New sections provide information on problem-based learning and observed structured clinical examinations.
Divided into four sections, this book covers:
clinical...
Cannabis Extracts in Medicine
The Promise of Benefits in Seizure Disorders, Cancer and Other Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
As of December 2014, medicinal cannabis is legal in 23 states where news and medical journals report success stories of people recovering from diverse medical conditions such as epilepsy, cancer and chronic pain. In states where cannabis remains illegal, users and providers risk arrest and imprisonment....