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Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty
Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2006
Before 1980, sick building syndrome did not exist. By the 1990s, it was among the most commonly investigated occupational health problems in the United States. Afflicted by headaches, rashes, and immune system disorders, office workers—mostly women—protested that their workplaces were filled with...
by Brad Walker
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Cualquier persona que practica algún deporte puede sufrir lesiones. Mucha gente nunca se recupera de ellas porque no es consciente de lo que pueden hacer para facilitar la recuperación. Pero no hay necesidad de resignarse a vivir con una lesión deportiva. En La anatomía de las lesiones deportivas,...
Current Clinical Medicine E-Book
Expert Consult - Online
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Current Clinical Medicine's 2nd edition, by the world famous Cleveland Clinic, is an Internal Medicine reference that gives you authoritative and actionable information wherever you are, whenever you need it. More than 40 updated chapters, 13 new chapters, and 30% new illustrations ensure that you’ll...
by Robert D. Sheeler, MD
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice features expert clinical reviews on Cardiovascular Disease which includes current information on topics such as coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation and flutter, venous thromboembolic diseases, valvular heart...
Pediatric Orthopedics
A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Topics in pediatric orthopedics routinely surface in general pediatrics and primary care, whether on board exams or in clinical practice. From birth injuries to musculoskeletal infections, there are many conditions and presenting complaints that must be addressed by the primary care physician...
Being a Doctor
Understanding Medical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
Being a Doctor is much more than simply providing medical care. This book aims to increase the resilience and wellness of doctors, helping the profession to provide better care for patients, through a deep and thoughtful approach to clinical work. It explores areas that can challenge clinicians in...
Dermatologic Complications with Body Art
Tattoos, Piercings and Permanent Make-Up
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Body piercings, tattoos, and permanent make-up have become very popular as a fashion statement in recent decades. This book guides the reader through the world of body art. An overview is first provided of the history and epidemiology of tattoos and piercings. Subsequent chapters go on to examine...
by Maite Sainz de la Maza, Joseph Tauber, C. Stephen Foster
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
The Sclera is the definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with in-depth chapters on non-infectious scleritis, infectious sclertitis, non-inflammatory diseases of the sclera, and systemic implications of scleral disease. Basic physiology, anatomy, and biochemistry are addressed...
Neurology
An Evidence-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Evidence-based Clinical Practice (EBCP) is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best external evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. In neurology, practice has shifted from a rich, descriptive discipline to one of increasingly diagnostic and therapeutic...
by John P. Sloan
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Protocols in Primary Care Geriatrics aimes to improve practical clinical knowledge among physicians and oth- ers caring for elderly people. It is designed to give both quick reference to clinical problem-solving schemes and lists, as well as a lucid, readable discussion of the topics. Didactic exercises...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This clear-sighted volume introduces the concept of “disruptive cooperation”— transformative partnerships between the health and technology sectors to eliminate widespread healthcare problems such as inequities, waste, and inappropriate care. Emphasizing the most pressing issues of a world growing...
The Amazing Language of Medicine
Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the Aegean Sea, in the names of medicine’s giants such as Hippocrates...
Hypertension and Stroke
Pathophysiology and Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
The second edition of this work continues to address the intimate pathophysiologic relationship between hypertension and stroke. The editors and authors clearly and concisely synthesize our developing knowledge of this relationship and place epidemiologic and physiologic information into a practical...
Multiple Sclerosis
Advances in Clinical Trial Design, Treatment and Future Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book reviews the therapeutic developments in clinical trial design that have resulted in new treatment options for patients suffering from MS. Important ethical considerations that arise with the new treatments are included, as well as the perspective on the emergence of MS as a treatable disease.