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by Chris Johnson, Sarah Anderson, Jon Dallimore
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
Written by experienced expeditioners, the handbook is organized in to eight main sections and includes information on fieldcraft, diagnosis and treatment of medical problems encountered during an expedition (divided anatomically), environmental hazards, crisis management and issues to be dealt with after...
16 Wonders And Powers Of Alternative Medicine
Possess The Power Of The Different Alternative Medicine Treatment With This Alternative Medicine Book To Achieve Total Holistic Health And The Benefits Of Alternative Medicine!
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
What is alternative medicine? This is a term used to describe the different forms of medicine other than conventional methods. Alternative medicine includes a wide variety of medical practices including non-European (non-Western) medical practices and will include some new approaches to medicine....
by William James Cunningham Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
"The Ancient Healer In The 21st Century" There is a growing consensus in the world that the massive expenditures on medical research have failed to demonstrate any significant improvement in society's level of health. The incidence of major chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease...
by Feinstein, Richard J.
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Modern medical practice is complex and demanding, and physicians, as mere mortals, must always be diligent to avoid self interest and harm to their patients. Dr Feinsteins essays and stories describe dozens of real life situations as cautionary tales for medical students, practicing physicians, and patients alike.
by Derek R. Cooney
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Written exclusively for EMS physicians with everything you need to know for certification
A Doody’s Core Title for 2019!
In 2010 the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) began certifying emergency physicians in the subspecialty of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Every EMS...
by Tourette Syndrome Association Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Providing authoritative and up-to-date medical and scientific information about Tourette syndrome, A Familys Guide to Tourette Syndrome speaks to patients, families, care providers, academic institutions, and medical centers in easy-to-understand language about this neurodevelopmental disorder that...
by Stanley Finger
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
Among his many accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin was instrumental in founding the first major civilian hospital and medical school and in the American colonies. He studied the efficacy of smallpox inoculation and investigated the...
by Frances Garrett
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2008
This book explores the cultural history of embryology in Tibet, in culture, religion, art and literature, and what this reveals about its medicine and religion. Filling a significant gap in the literature this is the first in-depth exploration of Tibetan medical history in the English language. It...
by Thomas L. Higgins MD, Sandra W. Campbell, Gina O. Campbell RN
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
In 1895, Franklin County Public Hospital (FCPH) was founded by 36 citizens led by Dr. Adams Calhoun Deane. The newly incorporated hospital rented the former home of Rev. Dr. Francis Robbins and served 55 patients in its first year of operation. By 1898, FCPH moved to the larger Converse House and...
Medical Decision Making
A Health Economic Primer
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of medical decision making under uncertainty by combining Test Information Theory with Expected Utility Theory. The book shows how the parameters of Bayes’ theorem can be combined with a value function of health states to arrive at informed test and...
An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics
Theory and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
One of the most difficult issues that confronts veterinarians and staff today concerns the profession’s obligation to the animal and the sometimes conflicting demands from clients, peers and society. The veterinarian’s role has become more complex with new ethical challenges posed by issues such...
Monsoon Medicine
A Diary of a Canadian Medicine Woman & Tales of a Bengali Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
My adventure with Monsoon Medicine: A Diary of a Canadian Medicine Woman & Tales of a Bengali Doctor starts with an anxiety-filled arrival at the Kolkata (Calcutta) Dum Dum Airport. The question is, "Will I ever get through this grueling waiting line and pass the health screening process in the midst...
Between Flesh and Steel
A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the field of military medicine. Between Flesh and Steel traces the historical development of military medicine from the Middle Ages to modern times.Military...
Dr. Mary's Monkey
How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing...