Medicine and Nursing

Rescue Robotics presents the most significant findings of the DDT Project on robots and systems for urban search and rescue.

As bone marrow transplant treatments and chemotherapy develop, the population of neutropenic cancer patients is on the rise.

The following papers were presented at an international workshop on benzo- diazepine receptor ligands, memory and information processing, held during the 15th CINP meeting in Puerto Rico in December 1986 and organised by the editors and T.

How to undertake key clinical tests, make effective diagnoses and develop logical clinical reasoning.

The first work of its kind devoted to the pelvis and lower limb, Surgical Anatomy of the Sacral Plexus and Its Branches clearly explains and illustrates this important subset of peripheral nervous system anatomy.

This book discusses the development of various reliable scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) imaging techniques for studying the distribution of biomarkers and nanomaterials in thin and thick animal samples, plant antioxidant (AO) defense systems, as well as human melanoma.

This text will serve as a guide for both the head and neck surgeon and the general surgeon in the technical and clinical aspects of transformative transoral neck surgery.

Promoting Reproductive Security in Developing Countries provides a comprehensive approach to developing and implementing reproductive health programs in the developing world.

Are you suffering in silence?

This book describes all aspects of a purely biological approach to knee ligament reconstruction that entirely avoids the use of foreign materials in a manner analogous to the use of dowels in carpentry.

Ectoparasitic Diseases provides information on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ectoparasitic conditions caused by arthropods of medical importance.

This book contains a set of papers which explore the links among climate change, health, and hazards and demonstrate how they interact.

For nearly three decades, Sandra Bertman has been exploring the power of the arts and belief--symbols, metaphors, stories--to alleviate psychological and spiritual pain not only of patients, grieving family members, and affected communities but also of the nurses, clergy and physicians who minister to them.

This book introduces the concept of the ';Person One Could Have Become' and shows the importance of mourning for individuals with traumatic experiences.

Advances in Pharmacology and Therapeutics II, Volume 5: Toxicology and Experimental Models is the fifth of a six-volume compilation of the scientific papers of invited speakers of the Eighth International Congress of Pharmacology.

'Joseph Breuer's celebrated patient, Anna O.

Das Praxishandbuch für Pflegende, Hebammen und Laktationsberaterinnen, welches Stillprobleme bei Früh- und Neugeborenen erklärt und zeigt, wie diese besonderen Kinder dennoch erfolgreich gestillt werden können.

Epidemic trend analysis, timeline progression, prediction, and recommendation are critical for initiating effective public health control strategies, and AI and data analytics play an important role in epidemiology, diagnostic, and clinical fronts.

A unique and inspirational guide to the creation of an integrated medical education framework for family planning and reproductive health.

This volume brings together for the first time an updated collection of articles exploring poverty, poor relief, illness, and health care as they intersected in Western Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, during a 'long' Middle Ages.

How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next time?

This concise illustrated volume presents a pictorial guide to human anatomy through the meticulous dissections of Bari Logan, assembled during his long career as a distinguished prosector, and representing an unrivalled collection of superb photographic images.

A convincing critique of the neglect of death in psychoanalytic theory, arguing that death has been a repressed subject in psychoanalysis.

This book serves as a reference text for regulatory, industry and academic statisticians and also a handy manual for entry level Statisticians.

When tragedy strikes a community, it is often unexpected with long-lasting effects on the people left in its wake.

Worldwide, it is quoted that 85% of Melanoma cases are treated surgically.

India has one of the highest numbers of HIV carriers in the world.

An Introduction to Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions acquaints an undergraduate audience with the fundamental biological processes that influence these sophisticated, cutting-edge procedures.

Clinical review of neck cancer discussing all diagnostic and treatment options for a wide readership.

First published in 1999, this volume recognises that the role and status of public health in Europe has again become increasingly recognized and features contributions on various nations within the European Community.

"e;This book should be useful to lecturers who teach senior undergraduates, graduate students, and students in the biomedical sciences in general.

The impact of the United Nations "e;Healthy Prisons"e; initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations.

Shame is one of our most central feelings and a universal human characteristic.

Nicola Salvi's thesis offers a remarkably cogent view of highly sophisticated NMR methods.

Nurses must deliver up-to-date, clinically effective, evidence-based care across a range of settings and develop nursing services to meet changing demands.

In Selving: A Relational Theory of Self Organization, Irene Fast invokes the basic distinction between the self as "e;me"e; and the self as "e;I"e; in order to develop a contemporary theory of the self as subject.

As the basis for this book, the authors have analyzed more than 100,000 ultrasound examinations performed between 1995 and 2008 in patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease, as well as many thousands of diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound-guided minimally invasive procedures.

Globally, more than one billion people suffer some form of disability and may require assistive devices for their functioning.

During the period August 5-9, 1992, and immediately preceding the 1992 Gordon Research Conference on Motile and Contractile Systems, the "e;Third International Conference on the Structure and Function of Ubiquitous Cellular Protein Actin"e; was held at the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, under the title "e;ACTIN '92"e;.

Contains the highlights of a conference that brought together the foremost theoreticians and clinicians of virtually every type of psychotherapy.

Written by industry professionals: a workplace safety specialist in conjunction with a practicing physician and medical manager.

Cognitive therapies are based on the idea that behavior and emotions result largely from an individual's appraisal of a situation, and are therefore influenced by that individual's beliefs, assumptions and images.

Führende Experten liefern in diesem Praxis-Lehrbuch einen topaktuellen Überblick über die interventionelle Therapie von supraventrikulären und ventrikulären Rhythmusstörungen.

This book presents the latest state of knowledge on grey matter changes in the brain following stress and trauma.

Due to ethical issues surrounding data collection in the field of healthcare, students are no longer able to undertake their own empirical research.

Health care and human service professionals often experience anxiety about potential adverse legal repercussions for actions taken or not taken in the course of caring for patients or clients.

This book is devoted to research in the actual field of mathematical modeling in modern problems of plasma physics associated with vibrations and wake waves excited by a short high-power laser pulse.

This book focuses on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) of animal origin, including their isolation, characterization, and clinical applications.