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Elsevier Health Professions titles offer everything you need to launch a career in a variety of professions - from educational resources for student learning to reference titles to support everyday practice. Complete curriculum solutions support educational programs in clinical laboratory sciences, dental assisting and hygiene, massage therapy, medical assisting and billing & coding, occupational therapy, pharmacy technology, physical therapy and rehabilitation, radiologic technology, respiratory care, sonography, speech therapy, surgical technology, and veterinary assisting and technology. Content on anatomy & physiology, basic science, medical terminology, law and ethics, documentation, job readiness, and more is supplemented by program-specific titles and review and testing solutions for classroom and certification exams, making Elsevier your destination for healthcare careers.

  • Workbook for Pharmacology: Principles and Applications

    A Worktext for Allied Health Professionals
    • 3rd Edition
    • Eugenia M. Fulcher + 2 more
    • English
    Corresponding to the chapters in Pharmacology: Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition, this workbook provides practice exercises that will build your skills with basic terminology, math, dosage calculation, medication administration and more. Developed by Pharmacology authors Eugenia M. Fulcher, Robert M. Fulcher, and Cathy Dubeansky Soto, this workbook makes it easier than ever to learn and apply pharmacology principles.
  • Terapia ocupacional en salud mental

    • 1st Edition
    • Pedro Moruno Miralles + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Manual de utilidad docente y de consulta profesional que desarrolla los principios históricos, teóricos, metodológicos, prácticos y de desarrollo profesional de la terapia ocupacional en el ámbito de la salud mental. Cubre un área que, hasta el momento, no ha contado con demasiadas actualizaciones y, además, su enfoque teórico-práctico es muy útil para la formación y desarrollo de la actividad del profesional. Incluye acceso a www.studentconsult.e... que contiene preguntas de autoevaluación, actividades prácticas de laboratorio, casos clínicos, actividades basadas en las tecnologías de la información y comunicación y comentarios de texto. También se han incluido vídeos, links, lecturas complementarias, galería de imágenes, etc.
  • Pharmacology

    Principles and Applications
    • 3rd Edition
    • Eugenia M. Fulcher + 2 more
    • English
    Comprehensive yet easy to read, Pharmacology: Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition introduces you to basic pharmacology, showing how to apply principles to the kinds of clinical situations you will encounter on the job. You'll learn how different drugs work in the body, how to calculate drug dosages, drug administration routes and procedures, the medications related to disorders in each body system, and much more. Written by expert authors Eugenia M. Fulcher, Robert M. Fulcher, and Cathy Dubeansky Soto, Pharmacology ensures that you master all of the pharmacology competencies required by CAAHEP and ABHES. In the book and on a companion Evolve website, a variety of exercises helps you strengthen your skills in math, dosage calculation, and critical thinking.
  • Advances in Fixation Technology for the Foot and Ankle, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-4
    • Patrick Burns
    • English
    Topics will include: Foot and ankle locking plate technology;Advanced fixation for surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus;Advances in intramedullary nailing for the foot and ankle;Advances on external fixation for reconstructive and plastic foot and ankle surgery;Internal fixation “beaming” techniques for the diabetic Charcot foot;Opening wedge and anatomic specific plates for foot and ankle deformities;Percutan... Internal Fixation Advancements for foot and ankle trauma
  • Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare

    • 1st Edition
    • Volker Scheid + 1 more
    • English
    Traditional East Asian healthcare systems have moved rapidly from the fringes of healthcare systems in the West towards the centre over the past 50 years. This change of status for traditional medicines presents their practitioners with both opportunities and challenges as the focus shifts from one of opposition towards one of integration into biomedically dominated healthcare systems. Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare examines the opportunities and challenges of integrating East Asian medicine into Western healthcare systems from an interdisciplinary perspective. Volker Scheid and Hugh MacPherson bring together contributions from acknowledged experts from a number of different disciplines - including clinical researchers, Chinese Medicine practitioners, historians, medical anthropologists, experts in the social studies of science, technology and medicine - to examine and debate the impact of the evidence-based medicine movement on the ongoing modernization of East Asian medicines. The book considers the following questions: •What are the values, goals and ethics implicit within traditional East Asian medical practices? • What claims to effectiveness and safety are made by East Asian medical practices? •What is at stake in subjecting these medical practices to biomedical models of evaluation? • What constitutes best practice? How is it to be defined and measured? • What are the ideologies and politics behind the process of integration of East Asian medical practices into modern health care systems? • What can we learn from a variety of models of integration into contemporary healthcare?
  • The Complementary Therapist's Guide to Red Flags and Referrals

    • 1st Edition
    • Clare Stephenson
    • English
    Unique ready reference for all complementary medicine, massage,therapy and manual therapy practitioners and students alerting them to ‘red flag’ symptoms which should be referred for Western medical investigation or emergency medical treatment. When can a patient be safely reassured and when do they need further investigation or treatment? ‘Red flags’ are clinical signs that suggest a patient needs prompt investigation and treatment for a potentially dangerous situation. Therapists increasingly find themselves working alongside conventionally trained doctors and nurses and it is vital for them to understand conventional medical diagnoses, symptoms and treatments and, crucially, to recognise warning signs of serious disease. This is essential in order to be a safe practitioner. Clare Stephenson’s The Complementary Therapist’s Guide to Red Flags and Referrals meets this need by providing an easily accessible reference to ‘red flag’symptoms, designed especially for therapists. It offers guidance on how best to respond to those symptoms and signs of disease which can be readily discerned through routine history taking and basic examination of the body. The guidance is in language which is accessible to therapists, and clear advice is offered on when to refer patients to conventional medicine practitioners and how to communicate with doctors when making a referral. Clinical syndromes which merit rapid response are summarised for ease of reference.
  • Cognition and Acquired Language Disorders

    An Information Processing Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Richard K. Peach + 1 more
    • English
    This new graduate level textbook, Cognition and Acquired Language Disorders: An Information Processing Approach, addresses the cognitive aspects of language and communication. It assembles the most recent information on this topic, addressing normal cognitive processing for language in adults, the cognitive impairments underlying language disorders arising from a variety of neurologic conditions, and current assessment and treatment strategies for the management of these disorders. The text is organized using an information processing approach to acquired language disorders, and thus can be set apart from texts that rely upon a more traditional, syndrome-based approach (e.g., stroke, dementia, and traumatic brain injury). This approach facilitates the description and treatment of acquired language disorders across many neurologic groups when particular cognitive deficits are identified. Other useful features of the text include assessment and treatment protocols that are based on current evidence. These protocols provide students and clinicians a ready clinical resource for managing language disorders due to deficits in attention, memory, linguistic operations, and executive functions.
  • Pädiatrisches Dysphagiemanagement

    Eine multidisziplinäre Herausforderung
    • 1st Edition
    • Sophie Frey
    • German
    Dieses Buch informiert detailliert über: • Anatomie und Physiologie schluckrelevanter Strukturen • Stillen bei Kindern mit besonderen Bedürfnissen • Neurologische Aspekte des Schluckens • Ätiologien pädiatrischer Dysphagien • Differenzierung zwischen oropharyngealer und ösophagealer Dysphagie sowie frühkindlichen Fütterstörungen • Klinische, endoskopische und radiologische Schluckdiagnostik • Pädiatrisches Dysphagiemanagement • Sondenentwöhnung Die Autoren dieses Buches sind national und international anerkannte Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet der allgemeinen und der pädiatrischen Dysphagieologie. Sie liefern eine Zusammenschau unterschiedlicher neurophysiologischer Therapiekonzepte, erläutern den theoretischen Hintergrund und geben konkrete Therapievorschläge für die Arbeit mit schluckgestörten Kindern. Grundlagen, Diagnostik und Therapie kindlicher Dysphagien für Therapeuten, Ärzte, Kinderkrankenschwest... Erzieher und verwandte Professionen – erstmals praxisbezogen und fundiert in einem Werk präsentiert! Das multidisziplinäre Autorenteam gibt seine Erfahrungen mit der kindlichen Dysphagietherapie hochkompetent weiter.
  • Cases in Differential Diagnosis for the Physical and Manipulative Therapies

    • 1st Edition
    • Robyn Beirman
    • English
    Physical and manipulative therapists often find themselves in the role of the primary contact practitioner. It is imperative that they are trained to identify any underlying medical problems that may require referral to a medical practitioner. This text is a case book to facilitate the development of skills required to confidently arrive at either a final diagnosis or differential diagnosis. Cases are representative of life stages and a range of differential clinical topics is covered in each life stage:• Infancy and childhood• Adolescence• The adult years• The Later Years – the elderly Comprehensive appendices provide valuable additional resource including abbreviations, orthopaedic tests and additional questions. Students will gain valuable insight into the types of scenarios they will encounter in clinical practice and as a clinician, as well as develop and refine their diagnostic skills.
  • Sloane's Medical Word Book

    • 5th Edition
    • Ellen Drake
    • English
    With just this single reference, you’re getting an entire library of specialized word books. There’s no need to buy separate books to cover all the specialties with which you may be less familiar. Sloane’s Medical Word Book includes the terms that medical transcriptionists encounter most frequently — all in a convenient, user-friendly format. Terms are organized by specialty, so you can always select the correct word with accuracy. A must-have for students and practicing transcriptionists!