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    • Kinesiology

      The Skeletal System and Muscle Function
      • 4th Edition
      • Joseph E. Muscolino
      • English
      Gain the knowledge and skills you need to provide soft-tissue therapy! Kinesiology: The Skeletal System and Muscle Function, 4th Edition provides a complete guide to the art and science of musculoskeletal anatomy, movement, and dysfunction treatment. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, the book shows the body’s bones and joints, and how muscles function as movers, antagonists, and stabilizers. Part I covers the fundamentals of structure and motion. Part II covers the skeletal system, including skeletal and fascial tissues. Part III contains a detailed study of the joints of the body. And finally, Part IV examines how muscles function. Written by noted lecturer and educator Joseph Muscolino, this text includes access to an Evolve website with 150 video clips demonstrating major joint actions of the body as well as muscle palpation.

    • Atlas of Reconstructive Surgery: A Case-Based Approach

      A Case-Based Approach
      • 1st Edition
      • Lee L.Q. Pu
      • English
      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery**Written by the world’s leading authority in the field, Atlas of Reconstructive Surgery: A Case-Based Approach offers a case-based, highly illustrated approach to optimizing care for the reconstructive surgery patient. Dr. Lee L.Q. Pu invites you to learn from real cases that he has worked on throughout his years of surgical practice, providing detailed content on each case in an easy-to-follow, templated format. Superb illustrations, before and after case photos, and operative videos help you visualize exactly how Dr. Pu achieves improved outcomes for each patient.

    • Clinical Immunology

      Principles and Practice
      • 6th Edition
      • Robert R. Rich + 5 more
      • English
      Offering unique, comprehensive coverage of both basic science and clinical scenarios, Clinical Immunology: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition, brings you up to date with every aspect of this fast-changing field. It examines the molecular, cellular, and immunologic bases of immunologic diseases and their broader systemic implications; it also includes complete coverage of common and uncommon immunologic disorders. Updated with all the latest immunologic research and clinical implications, including breakthrough immunotherapies and molecular-based treatment protocols, this fully revised edition provides authoritative guidance from some of the most respected global leaders in immunology in one complete, well-illustrated volume.

    • Integrative Healthcare Remedies for Everyday Life

      • 1st Edition
      • Malinee Thambyayah
      • English
      A user-friendly guidebook for anyone interested in enhancing health and wellness, Integrative Healthcare Remedies for Everyday Life marries modern medical knowledge with a cross-cultural understanding of health and healing. The authors are a family of modern physicians who share a passion for the rapidly growing field of holistic and integrative health. Representing both Western diagnostics and complementary medicine, this reference offers practical guidance on incorporating simple remedies and therapies into everyday life.

    • Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition

      • 1st Edition
      • Elsevier
      • English
      Master advanced coding skills! Buck’s The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) takes your coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, you’ll learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases.

    • The Elements of Fracture Fixation

      • 5th Edition
      • Anand J. Thakur
      • English
      Orthopaedic community’s understanding of fracture healing process changes with newer methods of scientific investigations. The new knowledge when applied to clinical practice changes the way one uses an existing implant. The fifth edition incorporates these changes and presents a lucid and contemporary account of the biomechanical and clinical aspects of the elements of fracture fixation. In this silver jubilee edition, Dr Thakur has organized the basic principles and scientific rationales involved in fracture fixation. His easy-to-understand descriptions of screws, plates, nails, wires, cables and external fixators are good resource tools and provide a thorough review of basic biomechanics. The Elements of Fracture Fixation is an exquisite compendium of fracture fixation implants for residents, fellows and masters, written by an experienced surgeon. It explains the fundamentals of fracture fixation in a format that is concise, well organized, and easy to follow, and addresses the biomechanical principles and usage techniques of a wide range of modern orthopaedic trauma implants in use today. It is a well-illustrated, concise, clear and well-written book on the various implants and concepts of fracture fixation.

    • Aufbauwissen Pflege Lebensweltorientierung

      • 1st Edition
      • Roland Böhmer-Breuer
      • German
      Die Reihe Aufbauwissen Pflege ist die ideale Lehrbuch-Ergänzung in der generalistischen Pflegeausbildung! Alles, was Sie wissen müssen, um Menschen aller Altersstufen bei der Lebensgestaltung zu unterstützen: Lebenswelt und -qualität, Gesundheitsmanagemen... Familie, Beziehungen, Wohnen, Aktivitäten, Lernen - ideal zur Unterrichtsbegleitun... und als Nachschlagewerk. Für ein kompetentes Pflegeverständnis lernen Sie mit „Lebensweltorientier... vor allem aus den Kompetenzbereichen I und III: Menschen aller Alterstufen bei der Lebensgestaltung zu unterstützen, zu begleiten und zu beraten. Die Entwicklung Ihrer Pflegeempfänger und deren Autonomie zu unterstützen Verständnis für die gesamte Lebensspanne zu erlangen Sie lernen Ihr eigenes Handeln auf der Grundlage von pflegewissenschaftli... Kenntnissen zu hinterfragen und zu begründen. So z.B. biografische Informationen zu ermitteln und daraus Unterstützungsmöglic... abzuleiten Angebote zur Tagesgestaltung bzw. zur Aktivierung zu entwerfen AAL zu organisieren, wo es hilfreich ist und vieles mehr. Ideal für die generalitische Ausbildung! Für mehr Wissen: je ein kurzer Überblick am Kapitelanfang und Merke-Kästen verbessern die Übersicht. Übungsfragen am Ende der einzelnen Kapitel helfen das eigene Wissen zu überprüfen Für die Praxis: Fallbeispiele und Praxistipps verbinden die Inhalte anschaulich und realistisch mit dem beruflichen Alltag. Perfekt zur Verknüpfung von Theorie und Praxis. Für die Prüfung: Das Kapitel Lernsituationen bietet Inhalte entsprechend der geforderten Kompetenzbereich. Optimale Vorbereitung für Zwischen- und Abschlussprüfungen und Prüfungen im Bachelorstudium.

    • Health Informatics

      An Interprofessional Approach
      • 3rd Edition
      • Lynda R. Hardy
      • English
      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Informatics, 2023****Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Informatics**Learn how information technology intersects with today’s health care! Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition, follows the tradition of expert informatics educators Ramona Nelson and Nancy Staggers with new lead author, Lynda R. Hardy, to prepare you for success in today’s technology-filled healthcare practice. Concise coverage includes information systems and applications, such as electronic health records, clinical decision support, telehealth, mHealth, ePatients, and social media tools, as well as system implementation. New to this edition are topics that include analytical approaches to health informatics, increased information on FHIR and SMART on FHIR, and the use of health informatics in pandemics.

    • Hematology

      Basic Principles and Practice
      • 8th Edition
      • Ronald Hoffman + 5 more
      • English
      Extensively revised, comprehensive content from leading global contributors ensures that Hematology, 8th Edition, remains your #1 choice for expert guidance in all areas of this rapidly advancing subspecialty. This edition reflects the numerous advances that are redefining the field and dramatically influencing new approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Well-illustrated and clinically focused, it details the basic science and clinical practice of hematology and hematopoietic cellular therapy—covering virtually all aspects of hematology in one definitive resource.

    • Learning Radiology

      Recognizing the Basics
      • 5th Edition
      • William Herring
      • English
      Dr. William Herring’s Learning Radiology: Recognizing the Basics, 5th Edition, remains the leading introductory radiology text for medical students and others who are required to read and interpret common radiologic images. Using an easy-to-follow pattern recognition approach, this clearly written, highly illustrated text teaches how to differentiate normal and abnormal images of all modalities. From the basics of patient safety, dose reduction, and radiation protection to the latest information on ultrasound, MRI, and CT, it provides a complete, up-to-date introduction to radiology needed by today’s students.

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