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    • Pedretti's Occupational Therapy

      • 9th Edition
      • March 25, 2024
      • Heidi McHugh Pendleton + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      **2025 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) McGuffey Longevity Award Winner****Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Occupational Therapy**Gain the knowledge and skills you need to treat clients/patients with physical disabilities! Pedretti's Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction, 9th Edition uses a case-based approach threaded through each chapter to provide a solid foundation in evaluation, intervention, and clinical reasoning. The text continues to support the entry-level occupational therapist and the experienced occupational therapist focused on expanding skills and knowledge. With the OT practice framework as a guide, you will focus on the core concepts and central goals of client care. And by studying threaded case studies, you will learn to apply theory to clinical practice. Written by a team of expert OT educators and professionals led by Heidi McHugh Pendleton and Winifred Schultz-Krohn, this edition includes an eBook free with each new print purchase, featuring a fully searchable version of the entire text.

    • Firestein & Kelley’s Textbook of Rheumatology, 2-Volume Set

      • 12th Edition
      • July 24, 2024
      • Gary S. Firestein + 5 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Rheumatology**With its comprehensive, global coverage of all aspects of diagnosis, screening, and treatment in both adults and children, Firestein & Kelley’s Textbook of Rheumatology remains your reference of choice in this evolving field. The fully revised 12th Edition retains the user-friendly, full color format, providing in-depth guidance in rheumatology with an ideal balance of basic science and clinical application. New editors, new chapters, and new illustrations keep you fully up to date on recent advances in genetics and the microbiome, current therapies, and other rapid changes in the field.

    • Phlebotomy

      • 6th Edition
      • May 24, 2024
      • Robin S. Warekois + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Master practical phlebotomy skills with Phlebotomy: Worktext and Procedures Manual, 6th Edition! Known for its storyboard format of procedures and beautiful illustrations, this hands-on worktext describes all aspects of phlebotomy — with focused and current coverage of lab tests, equipment, safety and collection procedures, emergency situations, special populations, and point-of-care testing. Step-by-step instructions and full-color photos teach you how to perform the essential phlebotomy procedures you will use every day on the job. A detachable bookmark with color tube guide acts as a handy clinical reference. Learning features focus on clinical scenarios, practice tips, and error prevention, further emphasizing application and practice.

    • Social Prescribing

      • 1st Edition
      • August 27, 2024
      • Heather Henry
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Social prescribing – the connection of people to communities, services and activities to meet their practical, social and emotional needs – has become an increasingly important element of healthcare policy. As debate intensifies over an appropriate national model, this new book provides the first comprehensive overview of the entire concept of social prescribing.Social Prescribing: Paradigms, Perspectives and Practice pulls together arguments, evidence and resources to define social prescribing and analyze how it can change lives. It considers a range of paradigms for improving health and wellbeing through social approaches, and provides real-life examples of where the theory has been realized in practice.The book is well-balanced and easy to understand, making it ideal for healthcare practitioners, researchers and policy makers who are interested in exploring the potential of social prescribing for improving health and wellbeing.Editor Heather Henry is former chair of New NHS Alliance (now The Health Creation Alliance CIC), which influences national health strategy and policy on health inequalities and wellbeing. Her NHS career in primary care as both a practising Queen's Nurse and NHS director, combined with her experience of the voluntary community and social enterprise sector, ideally qualifies her to curate and interpret a wide range of contributions from household names to seldom-heard voices.

    • Miller's Anesthesia, 2-Volume Set

      • 10th Edition
      • July 18, 2024
      • Michael A. Gropper + 5 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine**Offering up-to-date coverage of everything from historical and international perspectives to basic science and today’s clinical practice, Miller's Anesthesia, 10th Edition, remains the #1 reference and trusted learning resource for practitioners and trainees in this complex field. Dr. Michael Gropper leads a team of expert editors and contributing authors who provide current information on the technical, scientific, and clinical issues you face each day—whether you’re managing a challenging patient care situation, preparing for the boards, or studying for recertification.

    • Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine

      • 2nd Edition
      • June 30, 2024
      • Richard B. Berry + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Master the basics of sleep medicine with this easy to read, award-winning text! Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine, 2nd Edition, by Drs. Richard B. Berry, Mary H. Wagner, and Scott M. Ryals, is an ideal resource for sleep medicine fellows and trainees, sleep technicians, and sleep medicine practitioners as a concise, clinically focused alternative to larger references. Beginning with core content, it then proceeds to information useful for everyday practice—all written in a clear, direct style designed for quick and easy access.

    • Dermatologic Procedures in Office Practice

      • 2nd Edition
      • February 20, 2024
      • Richard P. Usatine + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Now in a convenient and easy-to-use softcover format, Dermatologic Procedures in Office Practice, 2nd Edition, offers clear, step-by-step guidance on the many dermatologic procedures successfully performed in the office setting. This highly visual reference provides full-color photographs and drawings in combination with high-definition, narrated videos to demonstrate key procedures, including the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant lesions; cryosurgery; electrosurgery; dermoscopy; excision of skin cancers, cysts, lipomas; and more. The eBook and online videos are the perfect companion when adding a new procedure to your practice.

    • Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Pathology, An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-3
      • July 2, 2024
      • Srinivas M. Susarla
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Seenu Susarla brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Pathology. Top experts in the field discuss non-trauma management of craniomaxillofacial conditions, including soft tissue lesions, cysts and tumors, odontogenic infections, vascular anomalies, and head and neck malignancies. The issue begins with an important article on “A Conceptual Framework for the Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Lesions,” which sets the stage for the subsequent articles.

    • Ethics & Issues In Contemporary Nursing

      • 2nd Edition
      • June 7, 2024
      • Margaret A Burkhardt + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Legal/Ethical**Learn how to think beyond the theoretical in any environment. Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 2nd Edition examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to help you learn how to make ethically sound decisions in complex and often controversial situations. Written from a global perspective, examples throughout the text reflect current national and international issues inviting you to explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics. Historical examples demonstrate how to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards, as well as the law. Key topics throughout explore advocacy and rights, diversity, nurse burnout, mass casualty events, effects of the COVID pandemic, health equity, social media, violence in the workplace, medication error prevention, opioid and other substance use, HIPAA, and healthcare reform. In addition, this title contains supplemental case studies and review questions to further challenge and prepare you to make morally sound decisions in any healthcare setting.

    • Pharmacology

      • 12th Edition
      • December 3, 2024
      • Linda E. McCuistion + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      • Paperback
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Pharmacology**Gain a solid understanding of nursing pharmacology and patient-centered medication safety! Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th Edition, makes it easy to learn the principles of nursing pharmacology and drug dosage calculation. A clear guide to pharmacotherapy and safe drug administration, this popular book uses drug prototypes to provide need-to-know information about key drugs, including dosage, side effects, interactions, and more. Nursing Process/Clinical Judgment summaries enhance your skills in applying clinical judgment skills for safe patient care. Written by a team of nursing experts led by Linda McCuistion, this time-tested textbook provides the nursing pharmacology knowledge you need to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam and administer drugs safely.

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