Patient Care category: 3822 books
Differential Clinical Significance of Medical Information
Mathematical Expression of it Needed
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Modern Medicine desperately needs an absolute theoretical (logarithmic or exponential) basis to mathematically quantify the Significance of medical digital information (or data) that is stored in each patient’s digital records, to establish some necessary hierarchy or order in a way similar to the...
A Death Retold
Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's tragedy became a portal into the complexities...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Research into the delivery and organisation of health care is a vital component in the improvement of health services. A wide range of disciplines and methods needs to be deployed to address research questions in this field. This unique reader brings together thirty examples of high-quality SDO research...
The Trauma of Terrorism
Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Learn intervention strategies to counter the effects of terrorism
In the twenty-first century, terrorism has become an international scourge whose effect devastates individuals, weakens societies, and cripples nations. The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook and Shared Care provides a compreh
by Johan Raeder
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Ambulatory care can be a challenging setting in which to provide anesthesia – not all patients are suitable for rapid discharge post-operatively and opinions differ as to which types of surgery should be performed as day cases. This comprehensive guide delivers up-to-date, evidence-based advice...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Lasting healthcare for the entire population, specifically the elderly, has become a main priority in society. It is imperative to find ways to boost the longevity of healthcare services for all users. Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population is a pivotal reference source...
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Manuel de soins palliatifs à domicile
Language: French
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Un guide essentiel pour comprendre les soins palliatifs et les besoins des patients en fin de vieSi ce livre est avant tout destiné aux médecins généralistes et aux soignants du domicile, il pourra être utile à tous ceux qui s'intéressent aux soins palliatifs et cherchent à compléter leurs connaissances,...
by Giovambattista Zeppetella
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
When a person suffers from advanced, progressive illness, palliative care – treatments that improve the physical and psychological quality of life of patients and their families – can be just as important as treatments that aim to slow or prevent disease progression. Aimed at GPs and trainees,...
Physicians and Hospitals
The Great Partnership at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Physicians and Hospitals addresses an issue of concern and one of fundamental importance to the American health care system. While the ranks of physicians continue to swell and hospitals continue to expand their facilities, federal, state, and local governments remain determined to control health...
Medical Catastrophe
Confessions of an Anesthesiologist
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Unnecessary death rarely happens at the hands of doctors, but it does happen. Sometimes the cause is medical error. But sometimes the cause is politics. The issues underlying many medical catastrophes are numerous: a power struggle between providers, uncertainty over who’s in charge, hesitation...
Doctors in Canada
The Changing World of Medical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1991
Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
The definitive Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, now in its fifth edition, has again been thoroughly updated to offer a truly global perspective in this field of extraordinary talent and thoughtfulness. Updated to include new sections devoted to assessment tools, care of patients with cancer,...
Treatment of Chronic Pain by Integrative Approaches
the AMERICAN ACADEMY of PAIN MEDICINE Textbook on Patient Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches:
"Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook...
[I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries...
by Graham McAleer
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This book has been written for those who must work with and give care to the dying. Our discussion is not simple narrative or description; it is a ""rendition of reality,"" informed by a rather densely woven and fairly abstract theoretical scheme. This scheme evolved gradually...