Patient Care category: 3822 books
by Lesley K. Bowker, James D. Price, Kunal S. Shah
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This new edition of the Oxford Handbook in Geriatric Medicine has been expanded and updated to reflect the substantial changes in clinical practice since the previous edition, including the Francis report and the impact on care for the older patient, the National Dementia Strategy and screening, and...
by Henry M. Adam MD, FAAP, Dr. Jane Meschan Foy
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Evaluate diverse pediatric complaints efficiently and accurately with this best-selling resource from the American Academy of Pediatrics!
This convenient handbook helps you effectively evaluate patient complaints, and develop sound differential diagnoses and management strategies.
This...
The Body Multiple
Ontology in Medical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2003
The Body Multiple is an extraordinary ethnography of an ordinary disease. Drawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, Annemarie Mol looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. A patient information leaflet might describe atherosclerosis as the gradual obstruction of...
by Paul J. Schenarts, MD, FACS
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Perioperative Management is reviewed extensively in this important Surgical Clinics of North America issue. Articles include: Cardiac risk stratification and protection; Prevention of pulmonary complications; Perioperative nutrition; Prophylactic antibiotics and prevention of post-operative infections;...
Physician
How Science Transformed the Art of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
What happened that changed the priest—the revered healer of antiquity—into a person of science? How was the modern doctor made?
Physician is Rajeev Kurapati’s earnest attempt to answer this question and others central to the practice of medicine. For instance, how have the advances of medical...
Good Medicine
The Art of Ethical Care in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Award-winning physician Philip C. Hébert creates a brave and intimate portrait of the complex ethical imperatives at the heart of good medicine: doctors do not have all the answers; patients must be heard; and their needs, desires, fears, and experiences must be reflected in how practitioners look...
Alzheimers, Dementia and the Healing Power of Music
Singalong Therapy (A Workbook With Mp3s)
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
This breakthrough method in temporarily restoring brain connections has been sweeping the planet. Music has had a proven and undeniably swift effect on improving the health of most patients afflicted with a dementia-related disease. Whether the patient can sing well or not is a moot point.... when any...
Medical Philosophy
A Philosophical Analysis of Patient Self-Perception in Diagnostics and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This innovative book clarifies the distinction between philosophy of medicine and medical philosophy, expanding the focus from the 'knowing that' of the first to the 'knowing how' of the latter. The idea of patient and provider self-discovery becomes the method and strategy at the basis of therapeutic...
by Emily Hansen, Gary Easthope
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
In Western societies, 'lifestyle' as an explanation for health and illness has become increasingly popular.
Lifestyle in Medicine explores the ambiguity of the term 'lifestyle' and the way it is conceived and applied within medicine. Based on real doctor-patient consultations and in-depth interviews...
Cura Personalis: A Course In Medical Miracles
Embracing our whole identity in becoming fully effective healers
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The physician-patient bond is a significant relationship, intended to effect healing in our patient -- but is it the patient alone who benefits? We are all patients at some point. As a patient, how well do we know our self, how clearly do we communicate what troubles us to our doctor, to others? Even...
Six Minutes for the Patient
Interactions in general practice consultation
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences.
This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have...
Evidence for Health
From Patient Choice to Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Evidence for Health: From Patient Choice to Global Policy is a practical guide to evidence-informed decision-making. It provides health practitioners and policy-makers with a broad overview of how to improve health and reduce health inequities, as well as the tools needed to make informed decisions...
Medical Insurance Made Easy - E-Book
Understanding the Claim Cycle
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
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...
Pain and Its Relief Without Addiction
Clinical Issues in the Use of Opioids and Other Analgesics
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Pain and Its Relief Without Addiction will help people in pain understand why their pain is not always adequately relieved, as well as help reverse the failure of current medical practice to routinely alleviate pain. As noted by a 1992 publication of the United States Department of Health Services,...