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Book cover of Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care

Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care

An Interdisciplinary Reader

by Charles E Rosenberg, Ralph B Little, Edward A Strecker
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013

Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries. This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
Book cover of Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience
by Stephen J. McPhee, Margaret A. Winker, Michael W. Rabow
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010

From one of the world’s leading medical journals comes the definitive evidence-based, full-color guide to end-of-life and palliative care "...represents an important milestone in the evolution of care for people with advanced disease—-for which its editors and authors and JAMA should...
Book cover of Urate Deposition in Man and its Clinical Consequences
by R.D. de Abreu, G. van den Berghe, G. Calabrese
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

One person in four in the industrialized countries suffers from hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developing gouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the other consequences of urate deposition. At present, far too little is known about urate deposition and the mechanisms by which it occurs,...
Book cover of Transparent Ceramics
by Ling Bing Kong, W. X. Que, Y. Z. Huang
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015

This book covers the latest progress in the field of transparent ceramics, emphasizing their processing as well as solid-state lasers. It consists of 10 chapters covering the synthesis, characterization and compaction, fundamentals of sintering, densification of transparent ceramics by different methods...
Book cover of Child Abuse
by O. Ayalon, E. Deutsch, B.M. Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The Medicolegal Library is the first and only series of its kind. Its importance is self-evident. During the last decade, science, especial­ ly medical practice, has become an increasingly complex undertak­ ing. Recent dramatic developments in medicine have given rise to both theoretical controversies...
Book cover of Atlas of Practical Mohs Histopathology
by David J. Leffell, Sumaira Z. Aasi, Rossitza Z. Lazova
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014

Mohs surgery is microscopically controlled surgery used to treat common types of skin cancer and allows for the removal of a skin cancer with a very narrow surgical margin and a high cure rate. However, for those involved with the Mohs procedure, it is critical to understand the optimal preparation...
Book cover of Praxishandbuch der Kreislauf- und Rohstoffwirtschaft
by Armin Rockholz, Martin Faulstich, Johannes Kirchhoff
Language: German
Release Date: November 28, 2017

Die traditionell vielschichtige Abfallwirtschaft entwickelt sich mit der ihr eigenen Dynamik zur Kreislauf- und Rohstoffwirtschaft. Im vorliegenden Handbuch werden erstmalig alle wesentlichen Aspekte dieses Wirtschaftssektors – fachübergreifend und interdisziplinär – behandelt. Neben den in...
Book cover of Power Electronics Handbook

Power Electronics Handbook

Devices, Circuits and Applications

by Muhammad H. Rashid, Khurram Afridi, J. Marcos Alonso
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010

Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications...
Book cover of Bound by Mystery

Bound by Mystery

Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press

by Kerry Greenwood, Laurie R King, James Sallis
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present. Some names will be immediately recognizable to mystery aficionados--Kerry Greenwood with her Phryne Fisher mysteries, now also a popular television...
Book cover of Wastewater Management for Coastal Cities

Wastewater Management for Coastal Cities

The Ocean Disposal Option

by Q.M. Lu, J.F. Knudsen, S.K. Eskesen
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Protection of coastal waters from direct pollution by coastal cities is a vital task in preserving marine ecosystems and promoting human health. This book, edited by two leading experts on wastewater management for coastal cities, delves deeply into the ecological and oceanographic fundamentals that...
Book cover of Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations
by David J. Fine, Brian W. Amy, Peter J. Fos
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012

Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations provides readers with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the application of epidemiological principles to the delivery of health care services and management of health care organizations. As health administration becomes evidence- and...
Book cover of Clinical Acupuncture

Clinical Acupuncture

Scientific Basis

by B.M. Berman, S. Birch, C.M. Cassidy
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011

Acupuncture is rapidly moving out of the arena of "alternative" medicine, in large part because it is grounded more firmly than other alternative treatments in research. This book provides readers with the up-to-date information on the clinical bases of acupuncture.
Book cover of Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations
by Peter J. Fos, David J. Fine, Miguel A. Zúniga
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018

A new edition of the comprehensive and practical introduction to managerial epidemiology and population health Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations has introduced the science of epidemiology and population health to students and practitioners in health management and health...
Book cover of Captured by Pirates

Captured by Pirates

22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas

by John Richard Stephens, Captain Sabins, Aaron Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013

Pirates are primarily known for their swashbuckling attitudes, their freebooting lifestyle, their high-seas adventures and their stolen treasure, but their victims tend to be forgotten. These are the innocent and not-so-innocent voyagers who find themselves suddenly snatched up, brutalized, and franticly...
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