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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.

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    • Perspectives on Disability and Rehabilitation

      • 1st Edition
      • February 22, 2006
      • Karen Whalley Hammell
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      It explores issues that are central to rehabilitation, such as the nature of the body, the idea of independence, the rehabilitation process, evidence-based practice and client-centred practice. Seeking always to ground theoretical ideas in the realities of every-day rehabilitation practice, and drawing from a wealth of research evidence, the book continually examines the implications of these perspectives for the education, practice, service delivery, research and theoretical development of the rehabilitation professions.

    • Red Flags

      • 1st Edition
      • February 22, 2006
      • Sue Greenhalgh + 2 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 3 2 5 5 4
      This valuable clinical reference alerts practitioners to potentially serious indicators of pathology in their patients, such as cancer, tuberculosis (TB), or other conditions. With a fresh approach to the subject, it presents an hierarchy of red flags, an index of suspicion, discussion of red herrings, "3D thinking," and conditional probabilities intended to assist with clinical reasoning. It's an ideal, on-the-spot resource for anyone involved in the care of patients with musculoskeletal conditions.

    • A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Communication for Health Professionals

      • 1st Edition
      • January 20, 2006
      • Julie Hosley + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 2 7 7 3 8 9
      This new textbook is designed to provide students with all the necessary tools to effectively communicate with patients and other health care professionals. With its easy-to-read style, it is loaded with useful tips to help students engage into the practice of communication. It presents condensed amounts of content for learning the basic principles and then integrating elements such as case scenarios, questions, or hints and tips to encourage application of those principles into real-life situations.

    • Mosby's Review Questions for the NBCE Examination: Parts I and II

      • 1st Edition
      • December 20, 2005
      • Mosby
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 3 1 7 3 8
      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      This valuable review tool features 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers, organized by topic, according to Parts I and II of the NBCE boards. No other product on the market is as comprehensive and useful. It provides a Q&A review with rationale and quick reference tools to help users prepare for the boards. Updated references in each section direct students to supplemental reading for further information. Tables, boxes, and other quick-reference tools summarize content at a glance. The CD-ROM contains all the questions from the book plus approximately 500 additional questions, answers, and rationales, as well as automatically scored quizzes.

    • Medical Insurance Made Easy

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 13, 2005
      • Jill Brown
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 2 7 7 0 1 3
      This combination textbook and workbook, explains each phase of the medical claim cycle, from the time the patient calls for an appointment until the financial transaction for the encounter is completed. Coverage includes types of insurance payers, basic coding and billing rules, and standard requirements for outpatient billing using the CMS-1500 claim form. It also emphasizes legal aspects related to each level of the medical claim cycle and the importance of the medical office employee, showing their responsibility for and impact on successful reimbursement.

    • Pass the Preregistration Pharmacy Exam

      • 1st Edition
      • November 11, 2005
      • Chi-Loon Cheung
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 8 4 0
      This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Covering the core aspects of the pharmacy curriculum, this book is designed to help pharmacist students prepare for the pre-registration exam of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) and other similar exams. This preparation is useful for exams across the world, including undergraduate exams and similar pre-registration exams. The book consists of over 400 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers, as well as an introductory chapter on exam preparation and four useful appendixes of abbreviations and symbols used in pharmacy.

    • Osteopathy

      • 1st Edition
      • November 2, 2005
      • Jon Parsons + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 3 9 5 3
      This book is a textbook of basic osteopathic concepts, working from first principles underpinned by anatomy and physiology. This text will synthesize and integrate osteopathic models in an easy-to-understand way, a subject often daunting to students and confusing to graduates.. Composed of four sections, the first is a discussion of basic principles, the second focusses on models and diagnosis of treatment which is followed by anatomical, neurophysiological and osteopathic considerations. The last section describes clinical case-studies to enable students to put into practice the theories and models which they have learned.This book is essential reading for all osteopathic BSc degree courses and a core textbook for undergraduate students.

    • Leitfaden Ernährungsmedizin

      • 1st Edition
      • October 11, 2005
      • Heide Koula-Jenik + 3 more
      • German
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 3 1 3 8 6 8
      • eBook
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      Ernährungsmedizin kompakt und konkret für Mediziner, Diätassistenten und Ökotrophologen:Grund... der Ernährungsphysiologi... und Lebensmittelkunde Darstellung der Ernährungs- und Diätformen mit Bewertung aus ernährungswissenscha... SichtErnährung in bestimmten Lebenssituationen (z.B. Schwangerschaft, ältere Patienten)ausführlic... Praxisteil zu Diagnostik und Therapie der ernährungsabhängigen und ernährungsbedingten Krankheiten sowie Tipps für PatientenGrundlagen und Durchführung der künstlichen ErnährungAnhang mit Tabellarien

    • Comprehensive Disability Management

      • 1st Edition
      • October 6, 2005
      • Henry G. Harder + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 0 1 1 3 7
      Comprehensive Disability Management explores current knowledge of disability management and provides insight into new concepts. This book documents proven techniques for reducing the financial and human costs of disability. It introduces the first theoretical model in this developing profession and provides practical examples of how to implement and manage an effective disability management program.

    • Pharmacology and Drug Administration for Imaging Technologists

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 6, 2005
      • Steven C. Jensen + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      This text is a complete resource for all the imaging technologies, not just plain film radiography. It provides introductory material on pharmacological nomenclature, drug classifications, pharmacokinetics, and drugs used in imaging. It also offers comprehensive coverage of diagnostic contrast agents, along with drug administration procedures, emergency responses to drug reactions, and legal and ethical aspects of medication administration.

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