Medical specialties, branches of medicine

It aims to provide the practitioner with a description of depression, an explanation of factors that contribute to mood disorders and guidance on their assessment and treatment in adolescence.

Dental Reception and Practice Management is the dental office administrator s essential companion to all aspects of reception work and practice management duties.

Effective problem-solving approach using cases actually encountered in clinical practice!

Prostate cancer continues to be a major threat to men's health, the second most common cancer in men, in many countries.

This book is focused on the use of non-invasive imaging in clinical cardiology.

This book explores the potential of bone grafting techniques to rehabilitate the maxilla through the placement of dental implants.

Radiography is an integral part of paediatric health care.

Over recent years the study of addiction has moved from being a fragmented and under-developed area of science to become a forefront subject with its own identity.

The Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection presents, in a convenient and practical format, the major features of fungal infections in humans, providing visual information for each pathogen and the infections they cause.

This handbook provides a practical self-help guide to continuing professional development for clinical psychologists.

This is an easily accessible guide offering advice on all gynaecological conditions and treatment.

Nursing in Care Homes is a practical guide for nurses of all levels working in care homes.

The first ECG book to be aimed specifically at nurses.

Melanoma is the most life threatening form of skin cancer, the incidence of which has been rising in the developing world due to its link with sun exposure.

Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, vascular surgery has been transformed into a new specialty incorporating endovascular surgery and techniques.

Adolescents undergo rapid physical, psychological and social developmental changes that result in management challenges, communication issues, patterns of disease and symptom presentations that are different from children or adults.

This brand new edition pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner.

Anaesthesia Science presents the scientific foundations upon which the clinical practice of anaesthesia and care of the critically ill are based.

Diabetes presents differently in older people and normal ageing processes, predisposition to specific complications, and other co-morbid conditions complicate its management.

Neurology is primarily characterized by a variety of diseases which seem very similar and are therefore difficult to distinguish between.

This book is the third in a series with the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (Series Editor: Matthew P.

This handbook helps professionals working with adults with intellectual disabilities to establish the needs of individuals through systematic assessment and to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service they provide.

Pattern recognition is an important learning tool in the interpretation of ECGs.

An essential guide for evaluating outcomes and improving practice in the neonatal intensive care unit - an aspect of neonatal intensive care that is not covered in standard texts.

In this book, well-known physicians, Bocker, Eckardt and Breithardt have put together a succinct and focused book that compliments the CATA Series well.

Lecture Notes: Obstetrics and Gynaecology provides a concise introduction to obstetrics and gynaecology for medical students and junior doctors.

This book was born from the synthesis of the rapidly proliferating field of cerebrovascular disease research, excitement about effective new imaging and therapeutic strategies, and the need to timely educate clinicians about the changing playing field for a common, serious and expensive syndrome - transient ischemic attacks (TIA).

"e;The challenge in all settings is to make the difficult decisions in a way that is defensible, justifiable, ethical, and equitable"e; So write Nick Freemantle and Suzanne Hill in their introduction to this important discussion on decision making in the reimbursement of pharmaceuticals.

Gastrointestinal endoscopy is now mainstream and the focus is now changing from developing new techniques to enhancing the efficiency and quality of fundamental techniques.

The hands-on guide to practical prescribing is a concise, easy-to-use guide to the practical aspects of pharmacology for junior doctors who are making the transition from studying pharmacology to prescribing drugs for the first time.

Rapid Infectious Diseases is the fourth book to appear in the Rapid series.

The Textbook of Sports Medicine provides comprehensive coverage of both basic science and clinical aspects of sports injury and physical activity.

Rehabilitation is, by definition, the restoration of optimal form and function for an athlete.

An extremely practical text, this new edition of Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children covers the essentials of paediatric hepatology.

Evidence Based Pediatrics and Child Health is a ground-breaking new text on pediatrics and child care management, using evidence based approach.

Two well-known and respected editors have assembled an outstanding group of electrophysiologists/physicians to write a major work representing the field of electrocardiography as we know it today.

This brand new text, is an essential practical guide for junior doctors and medical students making the transition from medical school to life on the wards.

This book brings a new approach to the subject of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, highlighting the current areas of controversy and debate.

The second revised edition of this text will update and present current state of the art clinical approaches to this subject.

This is the first comprehensive textbook on intracranial metastases in over 20 years with an update on current methods for their management, including the use of newer technologies.

This handbook is intended to help the physician and sonographer to learn echo concepts and techniques in a "e;user friendly"e; way, to help them perform studies and understand concepts in order to collect as much clinically useful information as possible on an individual patient.

The new second edition of the Handbook of Psoriasis remains an easy-to-read but detailed text on a common skin disease which affects 2% of the world's population.

This handbook is a practical and comprehensive introduction to the field of palliative medicine.

Highly Commended in the 2006 British Medical Association Book Awards (Endocrinology) This Second Edition brings together more than 20 internationally recognized experts in the field to provide a timely review of current knowledge.

This up-to-date overview of the fast-moving field of infant development covers all the major areas of interest in terms of research, applications and policy.

Clinical Sociolinguistics examines how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation.

Dieser umfangreiche Ratgeber bietet einen fundierten Einblick in die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten naturheilkundlicher Therapiemethoden.

Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception.

How the love and labor of parents have changed our understanding of autismAutism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation.