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Medical Assisting PDQ

1st Edition
January 4, 2010
Tracie Fuqua + 1 more
English
eBook
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Have quick and accessible reference to all of the essential information for administrative and clinical medical assisting! This pocket-sized guide helps you recall and apply key information rapidly when you need it. Tabbed sections highlight everything from basic office and clinical procedures to specimen collection, emergency care, and HIPAA.

Cases in Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine

1st Edition
December 23, 2009
Daniel Ellis + 1 more
English
eBook
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Cases in Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine is a supplementary case book with a self directed approach, designed to complement core texts such as Cameron, or Sanders.The book focuses on the principles of PHC and Retrieval medicine and the continuum of care of the critically injured trauma patient in the field. It is case based and uses real pre-hospital and retrieval situations, presented in question format followed by an extensive discussion highlighting key areas of the specialty. The questions and answers are each 3 – 4 pages in length and most are accompanied by a photo from author archives/real events.The questions have been divided into those with a predominantly pre-hospital theme and those based around retrieval medicine. A third section covers service development and special situations.

Business and Professional Skills for Massage Therapists

1st Edition
December 14, 2009
Sandy Fritz
English
eBook
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Develop the business skills necessary to succeed in massage therapy with help from respected massage educator and business owner, Sandy Fritz! With a user-friendly approach and comprehensive support tools, this authoritative guide delivers a working knowledge of essential concepts for employees or owners of a massage therapy practice and helps you prepare for the professional challenges that await you in the real world.

Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics

2nd Edition
December 9, 2009
Yifan Yang
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine must learn hundreds of commonly used herbs as the first step in studying Chinese herbal medicine. Additionally, junior practitioners lack the clinical experience required to ensure that they can skilfully select the appropriate herbs to use in the formulas. This presents them with a major challenge. Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics presents a method of learning individual herbs through vivid and clear discussion of their characteristics and through a comparison with other herbs of their characteristics and strengths. This clear and logical approach makes it easy for the user to understand and memorize the functions of specific herbs. It also enables experienced practitioners to improve their therapeutic results through the use of better formulas. Key features of the new edition Retains the same easy to follow format as the first edition Presents detailed comparisons and discussions of commonly used Chinese herbs Provides a series of thought-provoking questions with very detailed answers Structured to help the reader to learn and memorize the content more easily The easy-to-use question-andanswer format is convenient to apply in the consulting room Includes discussion of clinical applications to help with the practical use of the information in clinical setting Revised and updated with particular emphasis on the safe use of Chinese herbal medicines New appendices provide information on safe dosages, commonly used herbal combinations and the meanings of Chinese words used in herbal names Provides a sound foundation for the study and practice of Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese Herbal Medicinse: Comparisons and Characteristics is already wellknown to students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. This new, improved edition will continue to be of value to students and practitioners alike. It is now supported by a new companion volume by the same author entitled Chinese Herbal Formulas: Treatment Principles and Composition Strategies. Together these two books provide a sound foundation for the study and practice of Chinese herbal medicine.

Mosby's Review Questions for the Speech-Language Pathology PRAXIS Examination

1st Edition
December 3, 2009
Dennis M. Ruscello + 1 more
English
eBook
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With approximately 1,400 practice questions – more than any other exam review – this unique book/CD-ROM package provides the most complete, reliable preparation available for the PRAXIS II subject assessment examination. Review questions can be selected to match the style and question distribution of the real exam to familiarize you with the examination experience and help you build test-taking confidence.

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.

Manipulation of the Spine, Thorax and Pelvis with Videos

3rd Edition
December 1, 2009
Peter Gibbons + 1 more
English
eBook
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This highly illustrated, step-by-step guide gives detailed instructions for dozens of different manipulation techniques, covering all levels of the spine, thorax, and pelvis. It also includes a helpful overview of the principles and theory of spinal manipulation and its use in clinical practice. The accompanying DVD contains video clips demonstrating the techniques described in the book. The new edition is a highly illustrated, step-by-step guide to 41 manipulation techniques commonly used in clinical practice. The book also provides the related theory essential for safe and effective use of manipulation techniques.

Selected Topics, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 4-2
December 1, 2009
Vikram S. Dogra
English
Hardback
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This issue provides a timely update on the use of ultrasound to image various organ systems as well as the musculoskeletal system.

Practice Handbook of Acupuncture

1st Edition
November 20, 2009
Gertrude Kubiena + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Do you know the precise location and actions of BL-17? Do you really know the difference between the finger-cun and body-cun? Did you know that many of the master points are located on the ren mai? You don't have much time to spend for looking for points for particular conditons. Answers to these questions and much more are all waiting for you in this book by Gertrude Kubiena and her team.. They have succeeded in presenting acupuncture and TCM in a concise way, pointing out principles and connections and therefore making clinical application easier.

La médication officinale

3rd Edition
November 2, 2009
René Caquet
French
eBook
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Le conseil à l'officine et le traitement de la pathologie courante sont des actes majeurs dans le métier de pharmacien. Le public le sait bien et n'hésite pas à consulter ces professionnels à la fois proches et disponibles. Spécialiste du médicament, le pharmacien d'officine s'affirme aujourd'hui comme un praticien du tout premier recours, capable de répondre à de multiples demandes par un conseil thérapeutique adapté, autrement dit par une « médication officinale ». Cet ouvrage est destiné aux pharmaciens d'officine et à leurs collaborateurs, soucieux de connaître la conduite à tenir face aux symptômes les plus fréquents présentés par les patients. Il décrit sous forme de fiches pratiques, classées par symptômes, une centaine de situations auxquelles ils peuvent être confrontés dans leur exercice quotidien. Chaque fiche fait un point clinique sur les pathologies susceptibles de se cacher derrière les symptômes, en insistant sur les situations d'urgence. Dans un deuxième temps, des conseils sont proposés aux pharmaciens, leur permettant d'informer, de dispenser des médicaments utiles et d'orienter si besoin vers un médecin. Cette troisième édition, enrichie de nouvelles fiches, a été entièrement actualisée en tenant compte des dernières présentations des médicaments.

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