Patient Care category: 3822 books
Telehealth Networks for Hospital Services
New Methodologies
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Innovations in providing vital health care in homes and remote areas could ultimately change the way society views the health care markets and services in the future. Telehealth systems promise innovations that can extend a hospital’s knowledge and resources, connecting with patients who may not be...
Serious Games for Healthcare
Applications and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
With advances in technologies and revolutions in patient, trainee, and public expectations, the global healthcare sector is increasingly turning to serious games to solve problems. Serious games are applications with serious purposes, developed using computer game technologies more often associated with...
Soul Service
A Hospice Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care for the Dying
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Whether you are a hospice professional, relative, or volunteer, this book will be of value to you in servicing the patient or your loved one as they approach their transition.
Raymond Moody, MD, author of Life After Life
Soul Service speaks to the medical professional, lay person, dying...
A Better Life for the Chronically Ill
A Guidebook for Creative Caregiving
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2001
While learning about ways to bring some fun into the lives of those who are long-term confined to home or hospital, the reader discovers that the book is really about hope, dignity, and love. The underlying theme throughout is that while providing support for your loved one whose health is inescapably...
Healthcare Informatics and Analytics
Emerging Issues and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Healthcare practices have been enhanced through the use of information technologies and analytical methods. A cross between computer science, healthcare, and information science is needed for the optimization of data resources and information systems within the healthcare industry. Healthcare Informatics...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Medical practice is not only a specialist occupation but also a business. Practice finance and law are complex matters and it is becoming increasingly difficult to run a successful practice in the present climate. With the pressures facing GPs and practice managers at an all-time high it is now essential...
An Intoxicating Error
Mistranslation, Medical Malpractice, and Prejudice
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Willie Ramirez is arguably the most important medical malpractice case related to language and prejudice. As a result of an interpreting error, Willie’s brain hemorrhage was misdiagnosed and he was left quadriplegic. On January 22, 1980, 18-year-old Willie Ramirez ate a fast food hamburger. That evening,...
Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies
Concepts, Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Electronic healthcare technologies support the interaction between patients and health-service providers, institution-to-institution transmission of data, and peer-to-peer communication between patients and health professionals. These technologies promise to deliver significant improvements in access...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2008
Pain is the most common complaint amongst all patients seeking care from all types of health practitioners. It is estimated that 40% of patient visits to health care practitioners are for the management of pain.
The problem of pain and other functional complaints is an ever larger proportion...
by Dominic Upton
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
What makes someone feel healthy? Why do some people respond differently under stress to others? Why dont people always follow nursing advice?
This second edition of Introducing Psychology for Nurses and Healthcare Professionalsprovides an accessible but thorough introduction to the key psychological...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2011
This book provides a comprehensive account of the relevant physiology, pathophysiology, nutritional therapy and dietetic application for each specialist dietetic area. All major specialist areas involved in the the treatment of adults are covered. The first section deals with clinical governance,...
Bariatric Surgery Patients
A Nutritional Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
"Approximately 65% of our population is overweight and 12% are morbidly obese. This is despite more than 25 years of attempted medical management. Clearly all current efforts have failed to control this enormous problem. Could it be that we have failed to recognize the cause of the disease and...
Psychosocial Interventions for Chronic Pain
In Search of Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
This book fills a major gap in the practice literature for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychosocial care for their patients suffering from chronic pain or illness. Up to now there has been little published material on evidence-based medicine in this field. Roy’s book at last provides...
The Weeping Willow
Encounters With Grief
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Riveting in their emotional clarity and utterly jargon free, these 30 stories from real life penetrate how we grieve and how we can help those who grieve- whether the griever is oneself, someone we care about, or a client or patient. Lynne Dale Halamish, an internationally respected grief counselor...