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    • Planning and Positioning in MRI

      • 1st Edition
      • December 3, 2009
      • Anne Bright
      • English
      • eBook
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      Positioning in MRI is a clinical manual about the creation of magnetic resonance images. This manual focuses upon patient positioning and image planning. The manual is organised by body region and provides valuable insight into - Patient pathology on MRI. Considerations when positioning both the patient and coil. Imaging planes. Anatomical image alignment. This manual is a comprehensive highly visual reference to the planning and positioning of patients and coils in MR imaging. High quality imaging specific to patient pathology is encouraged through the focus on ‘considerations’ specific to coil and patient placement and imaging plane selection.

    • Using Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 28, 2009
      • Mary Courtney + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Using Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice 2e is an invaluable ‘how-to’ guide for students and experienced nurses alike. Emphasis is placed on how to develop an evidence-based culture in the workplace, support clinicians to make decisions using the best available evidence and translating this evidence into practice. This new edition is divided into five concise sections which guide readers from an examination of evidence, to developing a workplace culture that supports Evidence-Based Practice. It demonstrates how to locate and appraise evidence, how to evaluate practice and finally how to translate evidence into practice with a new applied case study included.

    • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Drugs in Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • April 21, 2009
      • Ann Richards
      • English
      • eBook
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      The 'Nurses’ Survival Guide to Drugs in Practice' is a handy pocketbook designed to provide succinct information on a wide variety of drugs that nurses need to look up quickly. It provides an understandable and detailed account of common drugs and their actions. The level is suitable for all nurses in practice, including qualified and student nurses, as well as those taking Supplementary Prescribing Courses and will also be useful to other healthcare professionals . Pocket sized and easily transportable, it will become a constant companion both in ward and community environments. As well as the more routine use of drugs in clinical practice it covers emergency situations, such as cardiac arrest and anaphylaxis.

    • 50+ Foot Challenges

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 12, 2009
      • Colin Thomson + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The new edition retains all the benefits of the popular first edition but adds more cases, more illustrations, new sections and invaluable appendices. The same illustrated case-history format as in the first edition presents readers with the clinical problems of each disorder. In each case, a problem-solving approach is encouraged through a question-and-answer format. This guides the reader to the appropriate diagnosis and treatment plan. Clinical tips for improving practice are included and each study concludes with a short list of key points and references to further reading. All those involved in the care and management of patients with foot conditions will find this book an invaluable aide-memoire and guide to their daily practice.

    • Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology 5th Edition Single Best Answer MCQs

      • 1st Edition
      • July 30, 2009
      • Andrew S McQueen + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 3 1 4 9 6
      This is an ideal tool for trainee radiologists preparing for their professional certification exams to assess their current knowledge, comprehension and retention of information prior to sitting their exams. The book is targeted at the new style FRCR 2A exam. It reflects the recent changes in exam structure and all of the 520 questions are provided in the new “best of five” format. The book contains explanations and key learning points that are cross-referenced to Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology and to other leading radiology reference works and journals.

    • Basic and Clinical Immunology

      • 2nd Edition
      • April 24, 2009
      • Mark Peakman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Basic science and clinical immunology are demystified for the medical and other health sciences student. The basic immunological processes are described first, with a level of detail restricted to what is appropriate for medical and other similar curricula. In the second part of the book immunological mechanisms behind major diseases of the various body systems are explained. Throughout the text clinical details are highlighted and more in-depth material is differentiated from the main text.

    • Research Methods for Clinical Therapists

      • 5th Edition
      • August 7, 2009
      • Carolyn M. Hicks
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Struggling to do a project or dissertation, evaluate published research or conduct your own research? Help is at hand with this 5th edition of Research Methods for Clinical Therapists, which explains, in a clear and simple manner, how to evaluate existing research and how to conduct your own research. Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the practising health care professional, the focus of the text is the design and analysis of experimental studies. These are vital to the effectiveness studies that are central to the work of the healthcare professional. Specific examples from different areas of healthcare are used to explain the core research concepts and relate them to clinical situations. Statistical theory and jargon are kept to a minimum.

    • The Psyche in Chinese Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • July 20, 2009
      • Giovanni Maciocia
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Psyche in Chinese Medicine comprehensively discusses the treatment of mental-emotional disorders with both acupuncture and herbal medicine. Suitable for practitioners and students of Chinese medicine it discusses first the aetiology, pathology and diagnosis of mental disorders. It explores the nature of the Mind (Shen), Ethereal Soul (Hun), Corporeal Soul (Po), Intellect (Yi) and Will-Power (Zhi) and then presents the diagnosis and treatment of the most common psychological disorders with both acupuncture and Chinese herbs in detail. Specific chapters focus on the treatment of common conditions including depression, anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, bipolar disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Each condition is illustrated with case histories from the author’s 35 years-long practice

    • Vascular Ultrasound

      • 3rd Edition
      • September 15, 2009
      • Abigail Thrush + 1 more
      • Abigail Thrush + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This book provides an understanding of the underlying scientific principles in the production of B-mode and Colour Flow imaging and Spectral Doppler sonograms. A basic description of common vascular diseases is given along with a practical guide as to how ultrasound is used to detect and quantify the disease. Possible treatments of common vascular diseases and disorders are outlined. Ultrasound is often used in post-treatment assessment and this is also discussed. The role of ultrasound in the formation and follow-up of haemodialysis access is a growing field and is covered in detail.

    • Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses

      • 1st Edition
      • July 17, 2009
      • Carl Thompson + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This book provides the skills and knowledge to use information effectively when exercising professional judgement and clinical decisions. By integrating theory with practical examples, it provides an overview of the key issues facing nurses in decision making today.

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