Medicine and Nursing

For more than 40 years, Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABRs) have been used as a diagnostic tool for hearing disorders and brainstem disorders in the pediatric audiology and neurotology and child neurology.

Fascia has become the new buzzword in the field of rehabilitation and movement re-education.

Molecular Characterization of Autophagic Responses, Part B presents a collection of methods for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of virtually all the morphological, biochemical, and functional manifestations of autophagy, in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo, in organisms as distant as yeast and man.

This comprehensive reference book is meant to support clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of polyendocrine diseases and endocrine neoplastic syndromes.

This concise book provides an overview of the essential aspects of transplant nephrology.

This volume reviews the experimental data on drug-radiation interactions.

Die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Rehabilitation (BAR) verpflichtet die Einrichtungen der ambulanten und stationären Rehabilitation, ein internes QM-System aufzubauen und nachzuweisen.

This book explains the process of computer assisted biomedical image analysis diagnosis through mathematical modeling and inference of image-based bio-markers.

This book represents an up-to-date overview of reconstructive lymphovascular surgery, with coverage of all aspects from the bench to the bedside.

Largely reorganised and much expanded in this second edition, Practice and Procedures brings together in a single volume general methods of pain assessment and presents the wide range of therapies that can be provided by a range of health care disciplines.

This comprehensive text will provide a state-of-the art review of the field of geriatric acute care surgery, reviewing new epidemiology data about risk factors for this type of trauma.

This is the first book to focus on the scope of social work practice within military settings from an international perspective, and therefore addresses what has been a significant gap in the literature.

A 36-year-old housewife presents in the emergency department complaining of progressively increasing breathlessness over the lasttwo weeks, accompanied by wheeze and a productive cough.

Brain training is all the rage.

Fundamentals of Nanotoxicology: Concepts and Applications provides an outline to fundamental concepts of nanotoxicology and their applications.

Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy provides mainstream academics and practitioners with easy access to cutting-edge thinking in social constructionist psychology and therapy.

Respiratory disease is one of the leading causes of both mortality and morbidity, causing a significant burden on healthcare resources, the economy, and on individual patients and their carers.

Die Verhaltenstherapie hat sich in den letzten vier Jahrzehnten zu einer der wichtigsten und effektivsten Richtungen der Psychotherapie entwickelt.

This book introduces a new theory on the substantial comorbidity that exists between many illnesses and disorders and concurrent symptoms such as pain, impaired sleep and fatigue.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to advanced drug delivery and targeting, covering their principles, current applications, and potential future developments.

Many congenitally deaf infants and children suffer vestibular failure, which produces problems with their postural control, locomotion and gait.

This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817.

The Therapeutic Relationship in Psychotherapy Practice: An Integrative Perspective explores the key components of the patient-therapist relationship in psychotherapy, as well as how these elements affect the treatment process and outcomes and what therapists may do to enhance the relationship.

As the field of general surgery continues to expand, the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways are becoming more complex.

Psychosocial issues are integral to all genetic counseling interactions.

The Cytokines of the Immune System catalogs cytokines and links them to physiology and pathology, providing a welcome and hugely timely tool for scientists in all related fields.

This distinctively interdisciplinary book draws upon psychoanalytic theory to explore how expectations, desires and fears of documentary subjects and filmmakers are engaged, and the ethical issues that can arise as a result.

A comprehensive and authoritative compilation of up-to-date developments in stem cell research and its use in toxicology and medicine Presented by internationally recognized investigators in this exciting field of scientific research Provides an insight into the current trends and future directions of research in this rapidly developing new field A valuable and excellent source of authoritative and up-to-date information for researchers, toxicologists, drug industry, risk assessors and regulators in academia, industry and government

Cholera, although it can kill an adult through dehydration in half a day, is easily treated.

What roles do different kinds of knowledge play in medicine?

Globally, cereal grains are a staple part of the diet providing primarily carbohydrates and other phytochemical components.

This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of several national case studies on family violence between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, using court records as their main source.

A unique volume reflecting the state of the art in hospice nursing, Nursing in Hospice and Terminal Care addresses the special concerns of nurses--the primary professional caregivers in a hospice--in caring for terminally ill patients and in comforting their families.

Coping when a friend moves away is hard.

The new edition of Major Incident Medical Management and Support is a vital component in the blended learning course from Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), which aims to provide hospital staff at all levels with essential information on the preparation, management and support elements of dealing with casualties in a major incident.

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Around 10 million people in the UK suffer from a neurological disorder, one million of whom are disabled by their condition.

In The Undiscovered Self Jung explains the essence of his teaching for a readership unfamiliar with his ideas.

Gene therapy was conceived during the early and mid part of the 20th century.

Here are 101* of the best ideas to make the most effective use of your time on the ward.

This book reviews the research trends of cognitive aging and brain health from full-scale.

This book focuses exclusively on the welfare of goats, which have peculiar behavioral characteristics and needs, and distinct individual personalities.

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical 'how-to' guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques.

Many teenagers with Asperger's Syndrome leave school feeling unsure of how to take the next steps in their lives.

This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies were represented in Italy from c.

Health workers who provide services to persons with severe mental illness are frequently under enormous stress; burnout is common.