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Hippocratic, Religious, and Secular Medical Ethics
The Points of Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Where should physicians get their ethics? Professional codes such as the Hippocratic Oath claim moral authority for those in a particular field, yet according to medical ethicist Robert Veatch, these codes have little or nothing to do with how members of a guild should understand morality or make ethical...
The Nations Health
The Necessary Revolution Towards a Healthy Nation
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
The book reviews the causes of illness and offers solutions towards providing good health and health care in an effective and affordable way.
In 1948 the NHS budget was 170 million with no provision for any increase, assuming the population would become more healthy. The reverse has happened: evidence...
John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health
Eighteenth-Century Sensibility in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
John Armstrong's 2000-line poem The Art of Preserving Health was among the most popular works of eighteenth-century literature and medicine. It was among the first to popularize Scottish medical ideas concerning emotional and anatomical sensibility to British readers, doing so through the then-fashionable...
by HowExpert
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2017
Have you ever responded to someone needing help? Medical emergencies can happen anytime and anywhere, so it’s best that you are prepared to respond. First Aid 101 is your simple step-by-step reference on how to provide basic first aid with what you have in hand. A written work by a certified medical...
Intelligent Medical Decision Support System Based on Imperfect Information
The Case of Ovarian Tumor Diagnosis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
This book discusses computer-supported medical diagnosis with a particular focus on ovarian tumor diagnosis – since ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose and has high mortality rates, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. It presents the theoretical foundations (both medical and mathematical)...
by Judit Pongracz, BSc, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
British Medical Association Book Awards 2009 - Commended, Basic and Clinical Sciences
This textbook is aimed at medical and other health science students to explain the practical clinical impact of new techniques in biotechnology. It does not set out to explain the minutiae of the techniques...
Using Medicine in Science Fiction
The SF Writer’s Guide to Human Biology
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
This book offers a clearly written, entertaining and comprehensive source of medical information for both writers and readers of science fiction.
Science fiction in print, in movies and on television all too often presents dubious or simply incorrect depictions of human biology and medical...
Clinical Pharmacology and Poisoning E-Book
Key Articles form the Medicine journal
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Clinical Pharmacology and Poisoning is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Medicine. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in clinical medicine and portfolio material for life-long learning.
As well...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
This Army techniques publication (ATP) provides doctrine for conducting casualty evacuation (CASEVAC). Casualty evacuation encompasses both the evacuation of Soldiers from the point of injury or wounding to a medical treatment facility (MTF) and the coordination requirements for the use of...
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
How Medical Imaging Is Changing Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Many will remember the segment of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in the Disney film Fantasia; it is a perfect metaphor for medical imaging as it stands today. The apprentice magician tests his nascent skills at sorcery by bringing common household items to life and putting them to work. At first, things...
A Death Retold
Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's tragedy became a portal into the complexities...
When Psychological Problems Mask Medical Disorders, Second Edition
A Guide for Psychotherapists
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Widely regarded as a standard clinical resource, this book helps practitioners think outside the mental health box and recognize when a client may need a medical evaluation. Part I provides an accessible overview of symptoms that can be observed in a standard mental status examination and may point...
Medical-Surgical Nursing - E-Book
Concepts & Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Providing a solid foundation in medical-surgical nursing, Susan deWit’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice, 3rd Edition ensures you have the information you need to pass the NCLEX-PN® Examination and succeed in practice. Part of the popular LPN/LVN Threads series, this uniquely understandable,...
Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing
A Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: a Systems Approach is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of medical and surgical nursing, designed specifically to support all nursing students learning to care for the adult patient. Highly illustrated and with an easy-to-follow systems-based structure,...