Medical study and revision guides and reference material

Cinema and medicine have been inextricably linked since the earliest days of film, with doctors appearing in fictional films before criminals, the clergy or even cowboys.

"e;The Other Side of Medicine"e; is an amusing and challenging reflection of changes and fashions in general practice.

Interested in undertaking research training?

In "e;Role Play and Clinical Communication"e;, John Skelton critically considers the practice and benefits of this mainstream teaching method.

This is published in association with the Nuffield Trust.

This informal, fun guide is ideal for anyone involved in public speaking; addressing a group of people in a wide range of situations including lecturing as part of your day job, presenting research findings to your academic peers, and presenting to potential future colleagues as part of an interview process.

This book contains a foreword by Maurice Conlon, Associate Director, Appraisal and Revalidation Lead, NHS Clinical Governance Support Team.

Illuminating the Diversity of Cancer and Palliative Care Education examines a myriad of original approaches, techniques, methods, educational strategies and imaginative innovations within this vital field of medicine.

This work contains forewords by Desmond M.

This highly practical text is full of interesting tips and words of advice covering all stages in publishing including proposals, selection of authors, writing, editing, finding the right publisher, managing other authors, self discipline, marketing, and finance.

Postnatal depression, a recognised and sometimes severe disorder, is estimated to affect approximately 10-15% of new mothers.

Current health policy is required to respond to a constantly changing social and political environment characterised, particularly in Europe, by ageing populations, increased migration, and growing inequalities in health and services.

Many people waste a great deal of time writing bids or tenders that are not successful.

This is a highly practical book that focuses on the specifics of development in primary care research units.

With growing pressure on the NHS to keep staff up-to-date, committed and equipped with flexible skills profiles, "e;Learning for Health Improvement"e; offers creative ways to invest in people development.

This work includes a foreword by Elisabeth Paice.

This work includes a Foreword by Jonathan Silverman, Associate Clinical Dean and Director of Communication Studies, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.

This title includes a Foreword by John W Bachman, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.

This is the first major study of a significant post within the British government.

The third edition of this popular and highly-regarded guide uncovers the ethics, conventions and often unwritten rules of publishing in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences.

Multiple-choice questions are an ideal way to improve understanding and revise for examinations.

This working manual has been developed to ensure that all health professionals involved in immunization will be both knowledgable about procedures and confident about their benefits.

'This book provides the background and practical guidance for all those of us who face challenges for the way we handle medical records.

Education of healthcare professionals is the cornerstone of specialist palliative services.

Fifty years ago medicine was straightforward.

This book consists of more than 400 questions (multiple true-false and extended matching types) covering basic surgical sciences and clinical general surgery in an integrated fashion.

This volume, focusing on dermatology, is part of a survey of health care needs for specific conditions, published on behalf of the Department of Health.

Immunisation is one of the few preventive interventions of undoubted and proven effectiveness.

The NHS pension scheme is the largest in Europe.

Primary Care Trusts are a flagship initiative of government policy for modernising the NHS.

Widespread recognition of the benefits of minimally invasive procedures in surgery and medicine is resulting in the rapid development of new advances and new techniques in every speciality.

This book explores, with great insight, the multiple lessons of living and dying.

Coaching for Effective Learning adopts a practical, how-to-do-it approach based on the real-life training experience of the authors.

Theory of illness causation is an important issue in all biomedical sciences, and solid etiological explanations are needed in order to develop therapeutic approaches in medicine and preventive interventions in public health.

The publications game can seem tricky: knowing where to start, how to plan and draft a paper, who to pitch it to and how to present it can appear difficult enough.

At some point in their careers, many health professionals and students wish to engage in overseas work.

Getting published is crucial for success in biomedicine.

Containing papers carefully compiled for both their historical importance and contemporary relevance, Family Medicine: The Classic Papers brings together a team of experts, led by global family medicine leaders Michael Kidd, Iona Heath and Amanda Howe, who explain the importance of each selected paper and how it contributes to international health care, current practice and research.

There has been an exponential increase in the amount of information available on the pathophysiology and management of heart diseases.

This book will be of tremendous use to all healthcare professionals from physicians to nurses to social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and chaplains.

The availability of human genome, large amount of data on individual genetic variations, environmental interactions, influence of lifestyle, and cutting-edge tools and technologies for big-data analysis have led to the era of clinical practice of "e;Precision Medicine"e;.

This is the first BMAT theory and practice book on the market, providing not only practice questions but breaking down the BMAT exam step-by-step.

While the investigations and reports which have followed recent health care scandals in the UK have highlighted the very important issue of addressing organizational culture and the need for more effective leadership at every level, patients and their families have struggled to comprehend how such things can occur in a health service that is suppos

This innovative book provides a unique perspective on the biomedical and societal implications of personalized medicine and how it will help mitigate the healthcare crisis and rein in ever-growing expenditure.

Since the first suffering supplicant offered a prayer to his god or the first mother cradled an ailing child in her caring arms, we have witnessed how human health and healing go beyond any inventory of parts and infusion of chemicals.

The imperative to "e;publish and not perish"e; has never been more compelling.

Imaging informatics is a complex and historically rapidly changing field, knowledge of which is central to the practice of all imaging specialists.

Imaging informatics is a complex and historically rapidly changing field, knowledge of which is central to the practice of all imaging specialists.

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination or OSCE for short is a familiar and often daunting experience for medical students.

This third edition of HIMSS' award-winning, bestseller explores how clinicians, patients, and health IT stakeholders are collaborating to support high-value care through health IT.