Our bodies reveal the values, priorities, anxieties, and material realities of the society in which we are situated, and in contemporary consumer societies, human bodies both reflect the defining characteristics of our time and carry the markers of social hierarchies based on categories such as gender, race, and class.
Health and Healing in World Religions is a comprehensive introduction to the field that explores the research that links spirituality and well-being, including work with addiction and trauma.
The Psychology of Eating is the essential multidisciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.
This practical, thought-provoking guide provides the unemotional, clear, and accurate advice necessary for communicating with patients in a palliative care setting - a pivotal aspect of being a palliative care expert that is so difficult to quantify and teach.
This book is a comprehensive guide for dental professionals (from undergraduates to experienced practitioners) to understand and apply the core skills of Emotional Intelligence to enhance their personal and professional success.
La insuficiencia respiratoria aguda es una de las causas mas frecuentes de ingreso a la UCI, y la ventilacion mecanica es el soporte vital mas frecuentemente utilizado en estos pacientes.
There are numerous advantages to using Bayesian methods in diagnostic medicine, which is why they are employed more and more today in clinical studies.
This book acts as a guide for occupational therapists to develop and continually evaluate trusting working relationships with occupational therapist assistants (OTAs), resulting in more effective occupational therapy service delivery to clients.
Nearly every medical school around the world teaches a class about the clinical foundations of medicine and how to start the process of becoming a skilled and caring physician.
This step-by-step guide takes the reader through the complex process of investigating serious incidents in health, social care, and criminal justice environments, acknowledging differences of culture and context that shape an investigation.
This step-by-step guide takes the reader through the complex process of investigating serious incidents in health, social care, and criminal justice environments, acknowledging differences of culture and context that shape an investigation.
This essential guide provides a lifeline to authoritative, reliable information on medical management, giving you all the skills you need whether managing a junior colleague as a lead doctor, or running multidisciplinary consortia in the NHS or private sectors.
This practical, thought-provoking guide provides the unemotional, clear, and accurate advice necessary for communicating with patients in a palliative care setting - a pivotal aspect of being a palliative care expert that is so difficult to quantify and teach.
With the successful mapping of the human genome, we have entered an age of unprecedented opportunity in which researchers are beginning to apply this vast repository of knowledge to the treatment of human disease.
El objetivo de elaborar este manual para pacientes, familiares y cuidadores por un equipo de personas que en la mayoría de los casos está o debería estar involucrado en el manejo del paciente oncológico en mayor o menor medida, es proporcionar información en general acerca de la enfermedad, los tipos de tratamiento, los efectos secundarios, la nutrición, el apoyo psicoterapéutico, la fisioterapia y los cuidados de confort de una manera concreta y con el lenguaje más simple que sea posible.
Over recent decades, the decline of trust, mounting of fears, and increasing denial of science appear as a marked shift of societal attitudes towards many institutions and professionals.
La medicina narrativa ha surgido como respuesta a un sistema sanitario mercantilizado que antepone las preocupaciones corporativas y burocráticas a las necesidades del paciente.
Los modelos tridimensionales (3D) de estructuras anatomicas son de gran importancia, especialmente en areas como la bioingenieria, la medicina asistida por computador, la simulacion mediante elementos ?
Cuando en una sociedad surgen ciertos problemas de salud, con ellos afloran reacciones a veces insospechadas que pasan por el tamiz de la moral; el VIH y el sida no son la excepcion pues, ademas de reunir rasgos de notable complejidad y efectos devastadores, llevan la carga de la imposicion de una supuesta moralidad sexual.
