Medical study and revision guides and reference material

When Janet Rhys Dent is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, she decides to try to be a "e;good patient"e;.

It has been claimed by fertility experts that embryos can be screened for 6,000 diseases, thereby the risk of x-linked diseases can be minimised by 'cherry-picking' male embryos that do not carry the abnormal gene.

This work includes Foreword by David Nicholson - Chief Executive, National Health Service of England.

This book makes the case for 'ordinary' people to get the health and social care which the state has promised them for over 60 years but which has not been delivered.

Health professionals often take on managerial roles at short notice and with little or no preparation.

Patients' perspectives on their experiences of illness and treatment are increasingly valued by the medical profession as a source of information to enhance professional development, peer support and the quality of care provided.

The capacity of professional medicine to resist change - and also concordance - is impressive, but perplexing.

Measurement and interpretation of key ultrasound parameters are essential to differentiate normal anatomy from pathology.

This book serves as a quick study guide during the stages of examination preparation for the pediatric pathology boards.

This fun, pocket-sized and practical guide is jam-packed with helpful tips on how to remember those all-important medical facts crucial to exam success and invaluable throughout the medical career.

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.

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.

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

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.

Getting published is crucial for success in biomedicine.

* What is NHS purchasing and where is it going?

Rationalization is concerned with making the most effective use of the resources available.

If you can imagine it it will happen.

Using practical examples this book demonstrates how a theoretical model for shared care operates in practice to deliver improved health outcomes within limited resources.

This study examines management systems and their appropriateness to the National Health Service.

The need for a more conscious, focused and proactive approach to the management of health-care organizations has increased substantially.

Based on the authors' experiences of working with a wide variety of retail pharmacies, this book is designed to provide pharmacists with a clear understanding of the nature of marketing, and the ways it can contribute to the effective management of their business.

Private medical practice is an attractive option for career development.

Presents information and advice on the extended role of the practice manager for both those with experience and increasing responsibility, and for those new to the primary care team.

The use of home detoxification enables health care workers to avoid episodes of in-patient care, with its inherent high costs and secondary problems of label attachment and possible stigmatization.

First Published in 2018.

First Published in 2018.

Tax planning can lead to considerable efficiencies, but few GPs have been trained as businessmen.

Explains the NHS as a political environment, and concentrates on understanding the relationships of power rather than on the role of apparent authority.

Practical and evidence-based, this unique book is the first comprehensive text focused on person-centered approaches to people with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

First Published in 2018.

Survival Skills for GPs is an in-depth interactive personal coaching course that: Shows how you can survive the rigours of general practice, teaches you how to stay in control of your professional life, helps you learn to enjoy your career as a GP again, gives you the confidence and skills to develop your career.

Comprehensive, concise and easily accessible, this is the first health economics dictionary of its kind and is an essential reference tool for everyone involved, or interested in, healthcare.

How is modern medicine failing?

In this introductory text, the author presents the law relating to child care and the reforms introduced by the Children Act 1989, assessing its impact on child care practice and procedures.

Guidelines are powerful instruments of assistance to clinicians capable of extending the clinical roles of nurses and pharmacists.

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.

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

The NHS pension scheme is the largest in Europe.

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

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.

Fifty years ago medicine was straightforward.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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