Wer sich mit der Entwicklung des Gesundheitszustands und der Gesundheitsversor gung in unserer Gesellschaft befaßt, wird zunächst sicher eher eine "objektivistische" Perspektive bevorzugen.
This second volume of Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience is devoted to the various transmitter systems of the brain (classical and neuropeptides).
Functionally stable internal fixation is of particular relevance to maxillo- facial surgery, because it obviates the discomforts and inconveniences of intermaxillary fixation.
Even the earliest applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and tomography to medical inquiries, using experimental apparatus that was primitive by today's standards, demonstrated the extraordinary potential of the NMR method.
Radiology Today 3 presents papers and panel discussions from a multi- national faculty at the biannual Salzburg Symposium, which this time covered three important topics: critical diagnostic pathways in gastro"e; intestinal and genitourinary radiology, interventional radiology of the abdomen, and cost containment in radiology.
The quantitative analysis of blood flow within central and peripheral blood vessels has attracted more and more interest, for with the rapid developments in vascular surgery and the introduction of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, it is becom- ing increasingly important to be able to measure regional blood flow in man.
Significant progress has doubtlessly been made in the field of cere- bral protection compared to earlier centuries, as recently reviewed by Elisabeth Frost (6).
On the occasion of a research visit to Thailand in my capacity as a member of the governing board of the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, I saw for the first time the severe clinical picture of dengue with haemorrhagic symptoms among Thai children.
According to most studies, allergic reactions represent 35%-50% of all untoward reactions to drugs, yet the pharmacological literature concerning the clinical aspects, diagnosis, and pathophysiological mechanisms of drug allergy is markedly less extensive than reports dealing with the toxicological or pharmacological effects of drugs.
Das Buch vermittelt psychosomatisches Verst{ndnis f}r dennicht speziell ausgebildeten Arzt ebenso wie die wichtigstenTechniken zur Erkennung und Behandlung psychosomatischerErkrankungen.
