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    • The Art of Palpatory Diagnosis in Oriental Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • April 20, 2001
      • Skya Gardner-Abbate
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 0 5 8 7
      This book provides a step-by-step introduction and practical guide to palpation as a method of assessment, diagnosis and treatment within the context of Oriental medicine, and in particular Japanese acupuncture practice. Leading the reader through the how and what of touch, around the abdomen (or hara) and other key areas of the body, the author also explores key acupuncture points for clearing these areas, as well as Japanese needle techniques. The aim of the book is to allow the reader to have a more vivid and sensitive feel for what lies below acupuncture meridians and points, and to be able to assess and treat a very wide variety of clinical conditions with an understanding of the individual patient - successfully.

    • Gynaecological Nursing

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2001
      • Elizabeth A. Gangar + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 2 0 2 5
      Gynaecological Nursingis a comprehensive practical guide to many women health issues, written by nurses for nurses. This is a concise, clinically focused text on disease and disorders, which are unique to or are more common, in women. Medical technology is moving forward with resulting changes in practice and new techniques. Nurses need to be aware of these changes and advances and maintain our knowledge base. We need to be able to provide sound, accurate and consistent information. To maintain the trust patients have in nurses we must maintain an up to date knowledge and feel confident in this knowledge. Therefore this book provides thorough coverage of the latest medical advances and new techniques but with a sensitive holistic approach based on the requirements of nurses.

    • Evidence-Based Coronary Care

      • 1st Edition
      • March 21, 2001
      • Mark Connaughton
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 4 1 5 9
      All junior doctors and in particular trainee cardiologists will at some point in their training be involved in managing acute coronary syndromes and other cardiac emergencies. This handbook sets out the recognized clinical steps to take and backs them up with an analysis of the evidence supporting these decisions. Evidence-Based Coronary Care willprovide junior doctors with the answers they seek when dealing with difficult clinical situations. Evidence-Based medicine is still very topical, and this book will adopt a similar style to James: Evidence-Based Obstetrics in setting out the clinical management plan on the verso page and the evidence supporting that plan on the recto page.

    • Nursing for Public Health

      • 1st Edition
      • October 25, 2000
      • Pauline M. Craig + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 5 9 4 2 1
      WHO and UK government initiatives have been pushing primary care practitioners to closely consider the wider health needs of populations. This book directly addresses issues of everyday importance to practitioners, and covers core elements of specialist courses for post-graduate students. The book has 14 chapters, split into three sections :Core elements of Public HealthNursing Elements of Public HealthPolicy Issues in Public HealthEach chapter has a coherent structure of theory, application and role in practice. Practical or case examples are used and further reading offered. Subject specialists have written specific chapters such as health economics and informatics.

    • The Doctor, His Patient and The Illness

      • 2nd Edition
      • February 8, 2000
      • John Balint
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 4 6 0 9
      First published in 1957, with a slight update in 1964, this classic text remains one of the standard works on the doctor patient relationship (largely as found in general practice). This new edition provides an updated descriptive analysis of the doctor-patient relationship, with practical advice on the potential and limits to the doctors involvement with the patient.

    • Behavioural Sciences for Dentistry

      • 1st Edition
      • January 6, 2000
      • Gerald M Humphris + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 5 1 9 0 6
      This is a textbook on behavioural sciences for dental students which offers a balanced approach to the behavioural issues are that are important in dentistry, both at the level of the individual patient, (eg. strategies for reducing anxiety in nervous and phobic patients), and at a broader level in motivating the population as a whole to adopt a healthier diet. It is a concise introduction to psychology, sociology and communication for the dental student which focuses on practical and clinically relevant issues eg management of patients anxiety.

    • Principles of Perioperative Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • May 11, 2000
      • Martin Hind + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 2 5 1 3
      Principles of Perioperative Practice takes a practical look at the multifaceted role of the perioperative nurse. Basing their reflections on experience, the authors of each chapter take the reader through the main issues influencing perioperative practice today. Ranging from risk assessment and health and safety to ethics, quality and new technology, the authors have managed to capture the very essence of the challenges of working in the high impact environment of the perioperative field. The focus on the multi-disciplinary team ensures that these topics are discussed in the context of day-to-day work in perioperative practice.

    • Developing New Clinical Roles

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2000
      • Debra Humphris + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 0 7 1 6
      Throughout the health care system, the traditional boundaries between professional groups are becoming increasingly blurred in response to local service needs and national policy objectives. New clinical roles are developing and nurses and other health professionals are finding opportunities to review and reconfigure their roles in response to changing health care needs and national policy imperatives. This book grew out of the editors involvement in the UKCCs work on the regulation of specialist, advanced and higher level practice and Department of Health research on new role developments and the impact of the `New Dealreduction in junior doctors hours. It combines a comprehensive and thought provoking overview of the key issues and emerging challenges with practical suggestions for promoting appropriate and sustainable role development.

    • Cancer Nursing Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • August 22, 2000
      • Nora Kearney + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 0 4 0 3
      This textbook is unique in that it is the first European text for nurses practicing beyond the novice level in cancer nursing. Previously European cancer nurses have had to rely on North American texts, which are not always culturally transferable. The book presents a synthesis of important issues, which underpin the practice of advanced cancer nursing and are vital to experiencedpractitio... in moving cancer nursing forward. The central concerns of the book reflect the emerging roles of the advanced specialist practitioner and include advanced practice, education, management and research. The text is written by recognised cancernursing experts from throughout Europe who collectively are involved in shaping the future of cancer nursing across the continent.

    • The Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing

      • 1st Edition
      • September 21, 2000
      • Nancy Roper + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 3 7 3 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 3 3 4 3 8
      This book provides the definitive account of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing, including in-depth discussion of its conceptual development, its place within the wider body of nursing theory and a critique of its application in practice. The book will conclude with a wider discussion of the place of this model for nursing in the face of ongoing challenges in both nursing and health care throughout the world.

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