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  • Complications in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle

    • 1st Edition
    • Amiethab Aiyer + 2 more
    • English
    The difference between an average surgeon and a master surgeon is often an ability to navigate and resolve surgical complications. Complications in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle Surgery provides expert guidance and offers real solutions to improve patient outcomes, for both the trainee and the experienced surgeon. This brand-new volume in the Complications in Orthopaedics series from series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson, along with expert surgeons Drs. Amiethab Aiyer, Ettore Vulcano, and Jonathan Kaplan, focuses on how to recognize and avoid errors during foot and ankle surgery, with thorough coverage of preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications.

  • Medical Office Administration

    A Worktext
    • 6th Edition
    • Brenda A. Potter
    • English
    Learn the skills you need to succeed in the modern medical office! Medical Office Administration: A Worktext, 6th Edition provides a clear, hands-on approach to help you master the role and responsibilities of the administrative medical assistant. With a focus on exceptional patient service, this easy-to-read text stresses comprehension, application, and critical thinking to ensure you are job-ready on day one. When used in conjunction with SimChart® for the Medical Office, Elsevier’s educational EHR (sold separately), you will gain realistic experience with day-to-day tasks as if you were in an actual office setting. This worktext helps you develop the knowledge and skills you need to think critically and respond confidently to the challenges you’ll encounter on the job.

  • Evidence-Based Medicine

    • 6th Edition
    • Sharon E. Straus + 4 more
    • English
    A unique and valuable resource for busy clinicians at any stage of their career, Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 6th Edition, is ideal for those who want to learn how to effectively practice and teach evidence-based medicine (EBM). This classic introduction to EBM has been thoroughly updated from cover to cover, while retaining its short, practical format that emphasizes the direct clinical application of EBM and provides the tactics to practice and teach EBM in real time and in various settings. Written by internationally renowned practising clinicians, methodologists, and teachers, this bestselling text offers easy-to-read, accessible coverage of all the basics of EBM for time-constrained undergraduate and postgraduate medical learners, instructors, and practitioners in all clinical areas of health care.

  • Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination

    An Interprofessional Approach
    • 11th Edition
    • Joyce E. Dains + 4 more
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Diagnosis/Assessment... how to conduct a patient-centered health history and physical examination! Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination: An Interprofessional Approach, 11th Edition, takes a uniquely interprofessional collaborative approach to health assessment, with a strong emphasis on lifespan considerations and differential diagnosis of unexpected findings. Each core chapter is organized into four sections ― Anatomy and Physiology, Review of Related History, Examination and Findings, and Abnormalities ― with lifespan content integrated into each area. Written by a team of nurse practitioners and physicians, this one-of-a-kind textbook uses evidence-based guidelines to help you master hands-on exam techniques, as well as communication skills that build rapport and trust with the patient.

  • Geriatrics, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 56-2
    • Mary Gardner
    • English
    In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Mary Gardner brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatrics. As the pet population ages—with research showing that 43% of patients are now considered senior—it is alarming that nearly 50% never see their vet before the end. In this issue, top experts cover key issues such as managing chronic pain, mobility challenges, sensory decline, and co-morbidities while also addressing the importance of client education and support for stressed caregivers. Drawing on insights from our experiences and research, this issue offers real-world strategies to ensure that every geriatric case is met with effective, compassionate care for both the pet and their families.

  • Master Techniques in Rhinoplasty

    • 2nd Edition
    • Babak Azizzadeh + 3 more
    • English
    Concise yet comprehensive, Master Techniques in Rhinoplasty, 2nd Edition, allows you to tap into the knowledge and expertise of leading reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgeons to achieve the results your patients expect. This multimedia resource provides expert guidance from Drs. Babak Azizzadeh, Paul S. Nassif, Grace Lee Peng, William Numa, Calvin Johnson, Jr., Mark R. Murphy, and other renowned surgeons who guide you through open and endonasal primary and secondary rhinoplasty techniques. Step-by-step procedures, color line drawings, intraoperative photographs, and narrated videos help you master the nuances of each technique, avoid pitfalls, manage complications, and optimize results for every patient.

  • La thérapie des schémas

    Principes et outils pratiques
    • 3rd Edition
    • Bernard PASCAL
    • French
    Selon les modèles de Young et de Beck, les « schémas » sont responsables de la mise en place de « stratégies » d’adaptation qui entraînent un style comportemental et relationnel particulier, spécifique à la personne. La thérapie des schémas, issue des TCC, a donc pour objectif d’aider le patient à identifier ses schémas, à comprendre leur origine et à les mettre en relation avec ses problèmes. Cette thérapie, intégrative, associe des techniques cognitives, émotionnelles, comportementales et interpersonnelles pour remplacer ou modifier les schémas et les styles d’adaptation dysfonctionnels par des comportements plus sains. La thérapie des schémas a prouvé son efficacité pour les personnes souffrant de troubles de la personnalité, d’anxiété et de dépression.Illustré et concis, ce livre présente une description de la thérapie des schémas. Après une synthèse théorique, nécessaire à la compréhension et à la bonne pratique de cette thérapie, la clinique est détaillée avec le déroulement de la thérapie, les techniques émotionnelles, cognitives et comportementales, la relation thérapeutique, des outils d’évaluation, des exercices et des cas cliniques portant sur les troubles anxieux, dépressifs, addictifs et de la personnalité.Entière... revue et actualisée, cette 3e édition approfondit le mode Adulte sain, les notions de besoins affectifs fondamentaux, de mémoire implicite et la liste des Modes. La conceptualisation des cas est revue en fonction des recommandations actuelles et de nouvelles vignettes cliniques sont ajoutées. Bernard Pascal est psychiatre, psychothérapeute cognitivo-comporteme... ancien attaché de psychothérapie au CHU de Grenoble ;chargé d’enseignement aux Universités de Lyon-1, Grenoble etClermont-Ferrand.

  • Growth-Enhancing Technologies in Cattle Production: Science, Application, and Industry Impact, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 42-1
    • Jessica Sperber + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Jessica Sperber and Galen Erickson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Growth-Enhancing Technologies in Cattle Production: Science, Application, and Industry Impact. Top experts explore the historical development of growth-enhancing technologies (GETs), their physiological mechanisms, and practical applications across different phases of cattle production. By examining hormonal implants, beta-agonists, and alternative strategies, this comprehensive review provides insight into the benefits, challenges, and future implications of GETs in cattle production.

  • Hot Topics in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 49-1
    • Lauren Schaefer + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Lauren Schaefer and Brianne Richson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Hot Topics in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Top experts highlight current, key topics in the clinical practice of eating disorder management, with goal of helping clinicians to better understand how to engage patients from all backgrounds and with varying presentations in eating disorder treatment; appropriately assess and manage common co-occurring conditions within the context of eating disorder treatment; and consider the potential promise (and pitfalls) of emerging therapeutic approaches to eating disorder treatment.

  • Cardiac Computed Tomography

    A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease
    • 1st Edition
    • Ron Blankstein
    • English
    Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Cardiac Computed Tomography: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on every aspect of this rapidly evolving area of heart imaging. Covering coronary CT angiography (CCTA), coronary artery calcium (CAC), and various other uses of cardiac CT ranging from valvular to structural heart disease, editor Dr. Ron Blankstein and a team of expert contributing authors discuss principles of image acquisition, patient indications, imaging approaches, diagnostic criteria, evaluation approaches, and the latest advances in the technology. From cover to cover, this new volume offers reliable and current point-of-care coverage of cardiac CT, making it an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of experience.

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