Nursing and ancillary services

This book provides a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people supported with practical examples from international research studies.

Dahinsiechende Bewohner, ausgebeutete Arbeitskräfte, fragwürdig verwendete öffentliche und private Gelder – das, was Markus Breitscheidel während seiner Tätigkeit in verschiedenen Alters- und Pflegeheimen erlebte, sprengte nicht selten die Grenze der Menschenwürde und Rechtschaffenheit.

This book aims to apply state-of-the-art advanced computational intelligence frameworks in healthcare.

This book highlights emerging trends in terahertz engineering and system technologies,  mainly, devices, advanced materials, and various applications in THz technology.

Now in its third edition, Health Psychology offers the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field.

This book discusses the state-of-the-art techniques in the domain of contact tracing applications.

This book will serve as an introduction to microscopy and biomedical imaging methods, with a focus on the study of the distributions and dynamics of molecules on the cell surface.

Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships.

Health care professionals need to make rapid decisions under pressure to prevent and manage adverse outcomes during childbirth.

To meet the care needs of today's diverse patient community, healthcare professionals must learn to care in environments comprising different worldviews, communication styles and expectations.

Struggling to understand ethics?

With contributions from a range of leading international authors, this 'stop and make you think' book explores the many contemporary issues surrounding emotion work in reproductive healthcare.

Doing Clinical Healthcare Research: A Survival Guide will help students, academics and healthcare staff identify and overcome organisational barriers to conducting research in busy clinical environments and show how research should be project managed in order to guarantee successful outcomes for all involved.

Latest research findings can provide an evidence base for health care practice which ultimately improves outcomes for patients.

This is the key text for introductory level nursing, covering all the core areas.

Written by highly experienced researchers and authors, this practical workbook demystifies the research process for nursing students and practitioners.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Lightweight Materials and Structures (ICALMS) 2020, and discusses the triad of processing, structure, and various properties of lightweight materials.

NMR Probeheads for Biophysical and Biomedical Experiments 2nd Edition is essential reading for anyone in the field of NMR or MRI, from students to medical or biological scientists performing experiments under certain physical and/or geometrical conditions, unattainable by conventional or available probes.

Regenerative engineering, with its ability to foster novel therapeutic techniques and strategies, has emerged as the most versatile and innovative technology of the 21st century.

The replacement of a degenerated joint such as the hip and knee is one of the most outstanding interventions that allows the medical community to restore the patient's quality of life.

This book is a comprehensive and easily accessible reference for physicians caring for pregnant women with diabetes.

This book describes the processes that are involved in the development of new drugs.

The contents of this book touch on the all major dental biomaterials: polymers, composites, ceramics and metals.

Fed up with conflicting advice?

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This book discusses emerging issues concerning ageing in India, describes the multi-layered vulnerabilities of older adults in the context of health care and caregiving, and explores social, legal and economic perspectives.

This book presents techniques necessary to predict cardiac arrhythmias, long before they occur, based on minimal ECG data.

In the final years of the twentieth century, emigres from engineering and computer science devoted themselves to biology and resolved that if the aim of biology is to understand life, then making life would yield better theories than experimentation.

Therapists have a unique opportunity and responsibility to provide a respectful environment for their clients, yet respect has not received adequate attention in the psychotherapy community and related research.

Positive Art Therapy Theory and Practice outlines a clear, systematic approach for combining positive psychology with art therapy's capacity to mobilize client strengths; induce engagement, flow and positive emotions; transform perceptions; build healing relationships and empowering narratives; and illuminate life purpose and meaning.

Thirty years ago, the most likely place to find a biologist was standing at a laboratory bench, peering down a microscope, surrounded by flasks of chemicals and petri dishes full of bacteria.

This book is a collection of solution focused practice across Asia, offering case examples from the fields of therapy, supervision, education, coaching and organisation consulting.

This comprehensive volume provides balanced and easily readable chapters on contemporary topics around discourse production in patients with neurogenic disorders.

Is personality "e;in the genes"e;?

Emerging Perspectives in Art Therapy aims to document newly emerging trends in the field of art therapy and to offer a vision of the future practices.

This book includes papers from the second year of the prestigious First International Early Research Career Enhancement School (FIERCES) series: a successful, new format that puts a school in direct connection with a conference and a social program, all dedicated to young scientists.

Milner's great study, first published in 1950, discusses the nature of creativity and those forces which prevent its expression.

This book provides a list of concise extemporaneous ophthalmic preparations, and standardizes the formulation of the products by suggesting specific strength, route of administration, appropriate vehicle, and method of preparation.

The textbook addresses the lifecycle concepts (Stage 1, 2, 3) of Process Validation.

Despite their increasing popularity and reported effectiveness, there is a dearth of evidence-based research on the practices that fall under the umbrella of "e;the arts therapies"e;.

Helping the Suicidal Person provides a highly practical toolbox for mental health professionals.

Nanophytomedicine is a field that involves the application of nanomedicine-based systems to phytotherapy and phytopharmacology.

How is creativity understood and facilitated across music education settings?

The Neuropsychodynamic Treatment of Self-Deficits examines how to work psychoanalytically with patients to address the problems that result from neuropsychological impairments, exploring the latest advances in understanding and treatment, while also addressing the concerns that clinicians may have in providing treatment.

The Use of Force in Criminal Justice addresses the how, why, and when of utilizing force against citizens in a democracy.

Children's play is a universal human activity, and one that serves a significant purpose in personal development.

Managing in Health and Social Care is about developing skills to manage and improve health and social care services.

The Legacy of Edith Kramer presents a unique exploration into the life and work of the groundbreaking artist and art therapist.

This practical and inspirational resource offers a wide range of information about museum-based art therapy and wellness programming in various museums.