Patient Care category: 3822 books
by Laura H Krefting, Jerry A Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This sensitive book provides a much-needed compilation and description of OT programs for the care of individuals disabled by traumatic brain injury (TBI). Focusing on the disabled individual, the family, and the societal responses to the injured, this comprehensive book covers the spectrum of available...
Positive Options for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Self-Help and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Imagine if the mere breeze of an air conditioner were to send you into excruciating pain. For those suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), historically called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), this crippling neuropathic pain is an unrelenting reality. With symptoms such as swelling,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Through the use of ICT tools, such as the internet, portals, and telecommunication devices, the quality of healthcare has improved in local and global health; aiding in the development of a sustainable economy. Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare...
The NHS Experience
The 'Snakes and Ladders' Guide for Patients and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The NHS Experience is an accessible and engaging guide for all those journeying through the NHS, whether as patients, carers or professionals. It draws on the experience of staff and families at Great Ormond Street Hospital to provide good practice guidance for both users and providers of health care.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
A case-based book organized by the top 10 common complaints of patients presenting to emergency departments. This approach allows the reader to learn the pathophysiology of the major diseases, and analyze each case in a way that more closely approximates the clinical practice of medicine; not knowing...
Dr Ruth's Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver
How to Care for Your Loved One without Getting Overwhelmed…and without Doing It All Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Dr. Ruth, a trusted name in relationship therapy, presents effective coping strategies for both the practical problems and emotional stresses of Alzheimer's care. More than 15 million Americans are responsible for the care of a loved one with Alzheimer's disease, a situation that can quickly lead to...
by Jon William Castos
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Don't wait for and emergency to occur and later realized that you do not have the tools to help. Learn more about first Aid CPR, CPR guidelines, know what appropriate steps to take, know how to properly place a CPR mask on a patient and much more.
Pregnancy Series I
All You Need to Know About Antenatal Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
The outmost goal of managing a pregnancy is to prevent complications and enhance safe labour, childbirth, and neonatal period. This goal is achieved in this book. The first chapter on prepregnancy care deals with what you have to do before trying for a baby; this was followed with human anatomy, early...
by Ranjana Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
So It's Cancer: Now What? is a guide to what to do when you receive a diagnosis of cancer, by medical oncologist and award-winning author Ranjana Srivastava.
'You have cancer.' These three small words have the power to dramatically change the rest of your life. The words can set in motion a chain...
Assisted Living
Sobering Realities
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Learn how to make elder housing more homelike!
Taking an incisive look at assisted living for the elderly, Assisted Living: Sobering Realities is an important book for the professionals who work with aging Americans and their families. This vital book provides a multidisciplinary overview of...
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2004
More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer’s, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients...
by Christopher Maloney
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Got back pain?
Tried treatment without success?
Relief might be closer than you think.
Try these ten things before resorting to surgery.
There’s a new science to back pain beyond stretches, rest, and pain killers.
You may have developed a habitual pain response, which can be retriggered...
Open Heart
A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death
When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined...
Summary of Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Summary of Do No Harm by Henry Marsh | Includes Analysis Preview: Do No Harm is neurosurgeon Henry Marsh’s memoir, with a particular focus on his mistakes and regrets. Marsh admits that he grew up privileged. He began his college career studying English, but quit...