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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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  • Bones and Joints

    A Guide for Students
    • 7th Edition
    • Chris Gunn
    • English
    Bones and Joints offers a clear and concise introduction to the bones and joints of the body along with pathology. Heavily illustrated with clear annotations, this is an essential learning, revision aid and reference for all radiography students and other health care students including nurses. Laid out in a logical and systemic way the text is easy to understand with brand new colour illustrations throughout. The three generic chapters at the start of the book, covering an overview of bone, joints and pathology, provide the basic information required to ensure that the student is able to gain the most benefit from the subsequent area-specific chapters. This is an essential book for all health care students who need a good understanding of the skeletal system.

  • Physiotherapy in Mental Health and Psychiatry

    a scientific and clinical based approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Michel Probst + 1 more
    • English
    A brand new and must have textbook for the students and practising physiotherapists which acts as a trusted guide on the different perspectives, contexts and approaches across the spectrum of mental health and psychiatry settings. Grounded in theory and clinical practice, it covers a range of widely-used evaluation tools and treatment methods for specific syndromes and pathologies which will help physiotherapists to signpost and identify the care needs of their patients within both individual and group therapeutic settings. Case studies ensure that the theory discussed is applied to various practical scenarios after which reflective exercises are used to reinforce learning and understanding.

  • Nouvelle approche manipulative. Colonne cervicale

    • 1st Edition
    • Jean-Pierre Barral + 1 more
    • French
    Dans une première partie, Jean-Pierre Barral et Alain Croibier développent l’arthrosystémique de la colonne vertébrale, un concept novateur qui permet d’approcher la complexité rachidienne. Dans la seconde partie, les auteurs présentent leurs techniques originales et personnelles pour mieux soulager les nombreux patients qui souffrent de cervicalgie. Fruits d’une longue expérience, les manoeuvres décrites sont précises et complètes, aussi bien sur le plan articulaire que péri-articulaire. On ne peut se contenter d’intervenir uniquement au niveau interapophysaire. Les systèmes neural, vasculaire, musculaire, ligamentaire et dure-mèrien, entre autres, doivent faire l’objet de toute l’attention du thérapeute.

  • Promoting Health: A Practical Guide

    A Practical Guide
    • 7th Edition
    • Angela Scriven
    • English
    Leading the field in public health for over 30 years, Ewles & Simnett’s seminal text is now in its seventh edition. This new edition, the second to be revised by Angela Scriven, has been thoroughly updated and aligned with national standards to provide an accessible, current, practical guide for all those involved in the what, why, who and how of health promotion and public health practice.

  • Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment

    A Handbook for Therapists
    • 5th Edition
    • Nicola J. Petty + 1 more
    • English
    Now in its fifth edition, this core textbook continues to provide a comprehensive, systematic guide to the examination, assessment and clinical reasoning processes needed by clinicians when managing patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Nicola Petty is joined by Dionne Ryder in editing this new edition, which also sees an expanded number of specialist clinicians and academics contributing individual chapters. Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment provides an invaluable guide to the technical and clinical reasoning skills involved in the differential diagnosis of joint, nerve and muscle tissues within a psychosocial model of health and illness. Three initial chapters outline the subjective and physical examination as well as the clinical reasoning process. Subsequent chapters provide details of the examination for each region of the body. This edition is designed for physiotherapy and musculoskeletal therapy students as they get to grips with contemporary clinical practice.

  • Principles of Musculoskeletal Treatment and Management

    A Handbook for Therapists
    • 3rd Edition
    • Nicola J. Petty + 1 more
    • English
    Now in its third edition, this core textbook continues to provide a comprehensive, evidence-enhanced guide to the principles of treatment and management of the musculoskeletal system. Nicola Petty is joined by Kieran Barnard in editing this new edition which also sees an expanded number of specialist clinicians and academics contributing individual chapters. Principles of Musculoskeletal Treatment and Management provides both students and experienced practitioners with an invaluable guide to the principles applied in contemporary musculoskeletal therapy.

  • Meister.Leitsymptome homöopathischer Arzneimittel

    Herausgegeben von Manfred Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg
    • 5th Edition
    • Henry C. Allen
    • Manfred von Ungern-Sternberg
    • German
    Allens "Leitsymptome homöopathischer Arzneimittel" sind das zuverlässige Werkzeug zur Mitteldifferenzierun... und ein ideales Nachschlagewerk im Praxisalltag und zum Arzneimittelstudium. Die deutsche Übersetzung und Bearbeitung ist eine Synthese aus präziser Arzneimitteldarstell... Quellennachträgen und aktuellen Praxistipps. - Leitsymptome von 390 „großen'' und „kleinen'' homöopathischen Arzneimitteln – eine wahre Fundgrube - Gegliedert nach dem klassischen Kopf-zu-Fuß-Schema – ideal zum schnellen Nachschlagen Neu in der 5. Auflage: - Bei etwa 60 Mitteln Ergänzungen, zusätzliche Fallbeispiele und knapp ein Dutzend neue Arzneimittel wie die Asthmamittel Blatta americana und Blatta orientalis sowie Phellandrium aquaticum, einige Milchmittel u.a.m. - Informationen zur Potenzwahl und zur Dosierung – wichtig bei der Arzneimittelgabe - Ein neues, modernes Layout macht das Nachschlagen und Lernen noch angenehmer Die Vorteile auf einen Blick: - Optimal für unterwegs oder zum schnellen Nachschlagen - Mit Suchfunktion zum schnellen Finden der richtigen Textstellen - Mit zahlreichen zeitsparenden Features und Zusatzinhalten

  • Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-3
    • John J. Stapleton
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery focuses on Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis. Article topics include: Lesser Toe Arthrodesis; First Metatarsophalangeal Arthrodesis; Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis for Lisfranc's Injuries;Subtalar Joint Arthrodesis for Elective and Post-Traumatic Foot and Ankle Deformity; Midfoot and Hindfoot Arthrodesis for Elective and Post-Traumatic Foot and Ankle Deformity; Internal and/or External Fixation for Ankle Arthrodesis; Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis; Management of Osteomyelitis, Bone Loss and Arthrodesis in the Diabetic Charcot Foot and Ankle; Free Flap Coverage for Revisional Foot and Ankle Procedures; andCurrent Orthobiologics for Elective Arthrodesis and Nonunions of the Foot and Ankle.

  • Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-Based Assessments

    • 1st Edition
    • Sharon Haughey + 1 more
    • English
    Patient safety is now a very strong focus of pharmacy degrees. Competency-based evaluations of pharmacy students using simulated assessments including Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Criterion Referenced Assessments (CRAs) are increasingly commonplace. These are designed to simulate aspects of real-life pharmacy practice in order to train students to integrate their knowledge of medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, therapeutics, legislation, clinical skills, numeracy, communication and empathy, and to test a student’s ability to provide safe and effective patient care. This book provides a unique resource to support students and trainers in developing and practising these essential skills. It is designed as a useful resource for undergraduate students, clinical tutors and those involved in teaching students on pharmacy degree courses. Format OSCE outline Format (written/interactive... Level of difficulty Time limit Props supplied (e.g. BNF) Competencies tested Station task Model Answers and sample marking schemes Tips

  • Materialien zur Therapie nach dem Patholinguistischen Ansatz (PLAN)

    Handbuch zum Therapiematerial Syntax und Morphologie
    • 2nd Edition
    • Christina Kauschke + 1 more
    • German
    Für alle Sprachtherapeuten, die die Materialien zur Therapie nach Patholinguistischem Ansatz (PLAN) bereits haben und ein zusätzliches Exemplar benötigen, gibt es das Handbuch zum Therapiematerial Syntax und Morphologie nun auch einzeln. Methode 1 Inputspezifizierung + Methode 2 rezeptive Übungen + Methode 3 produktive Übungen: Aufbau von Wortkombinationen Aufbau und Erweiterung von Satzstrukturen Korrektur und Flexibilisierung von Satzstrukturen Ausbau von Konstituenten Aufbau und Erweiterung morphologischer Markierungen Textgrammatik

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