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Libros en Ciencias de la Salud

  • Assertive Outreach

    A Strengths Approach to Policy and Practice
    • 1 Edición
    • Peter Ryan + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This book gives a comprehensive, evidence-based account of assertive outreach from a Strengths perspective. Emphasising developing a collaborative approach to working with the service user, which stresses the achievement of the service user's own aspirations, and building upon the service user's own strengths and resources.The book gives a comprehensive, authoritative approach to the subject, which combines both an overview of the policy and practice issues. It makes use of extensive case study material, to illustrate individual and team circumstances. Both authors have over ten years experience of working in this field, and have published extensively on assertive outreach.
  • Moderate Sedation/Analgesia

    Core Competencies for Practice
    • 2 Edición
    • Michael Kost
    • Inglés
    This 2nd edition focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient. It is designed for any clinician involved in the administration of moderate sedation and written by a clinician involved in the practice on a daily basis. The primary focus of this new edition is to provide all the content and tools necessary to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation/analgesia.
  • Physiotherapy

    A Psychosocial Approach
    • 3 Edición
    • Sally French + 1 más
    • Inglés
    In the new edition of this unique book, French and Sim apply their theoretical expertise in psychology and sociology to physiotherapy practice. Informative, analytical and stimulating, this text is well referenced and continues to be invaluable to physiotherapy students and practitioners.
  • Geriatric Secrets

    • 3 Edición
    • Mary Ann Forciea + 3 más
    • Inglés
    This best-seller in geriatrics is even better in an updated and completely revised new edition. Geriatric Secrets provides a substantial knowledge base in geriatric medicine and provides a wealth of insights into the art and practice of geriatrics, featuring all the most important “need to know” questions and answers in the proven format of the Secrets Series®.
  • Basic Medical Sciences for MRCP Part 1, International Edition

    • 3 Edición
    • Philippa J. Easterbrook
    • Inglés
    A revision book intended primarily for candidates sitting their MRCP Part 1 examination and which covers all the essential basic sciences. It focuses on the recurring themes which come up in the questions. The book also includes a chapter on clinical pharmacology (which alone accounts for up to 30% of the questions), looking at aspects of drug-induced disease and drug interactions. Finally there is a chapter on statistics and epidemiology which is rarely covered in other texts, but is often included in the exam.Despite the changes to the teaching of the undergraduate in medicine and the integration of the basic sciences with clinical education, the junior doctor, faced with postgraduate examinations, is always going to be poorly prepared for those increasingly important subjects. This book presents the essential information in the form of lists, tables, diagrams and flow charts.
  • Veterinary Dentistry for the General Practitioner

    • 1 Edición
    • Cecilia Gorrel
    • Inglés
    Everything the veterinary practitioner needs to know about commonly-presenting small animal dental disease. This is a practical manual on the most commonly-presenting problems encountered in small animal practice with how-to-do it techniques and practical tips from a world authority on small animal dentistry.
  • Managing and Supporting People in Health Care

    Six Steps to Effective Management Series
    • 1 Edición
    • Julie Hyde + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This book focuses specifically on the importance of managing and supporting people in health care services. Human resources are the most significant aspect of health care budgets and the attraction and retention of quality staff remains a pressing concern. This book addresses this issue directly and provides both a theoretical framework and extensive practical guidance in this vital aspect of health care management.
  • Clinical Guide to Ultrasonography

    • 1 Edición
    • Charlotte Henningsen
    • Inglés
    Presenting ultrasound pathology from a clinical perspective, this unique resource discusses various pathologies that may be related to a patient's symptoms and features illustrations with ultrasound scans that demonstrate each pathology. Organized into four major sections — abdomen, obstetrics, gynecology, and superficial structures — each symptom is presented in its own chapter along with key terms, an introductory paragraph, a clinical scenario, discussions of pathologies, illustrations, and patient scenarios. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details.
  • Farm Animal Surgery

    • 1 Edición
    • Susan L. Fubini + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This is the only resource of its kind that provides practical field-tested surgical procedures for farm animals. Many procedures can safely be performed in the field as standing surgery using portable chutes that help keep the animals immobilized. Coverage includes key information on patient preparation, anesthesia concerns, fluid therapy, imaging options, and postoperative management.
  • Davidson's Diabetes Mellitus

    • 5 Edición
    • Mayer B. Davidson + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Davidson's Diabetes Mellitus provides the most current information for the clinical care of patients with diabetes. The fifth edition has been significantly revised to reflect the rapidly expanding body of knowledge on the treatment of diabetes. The new edition has been expanded to include chapters on medical nutrition therapy, insulin resistance and macrovascular disease, and diabetes in children. The new edition also includes findings from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study and updates on treatment options, including newer insulin analogs, recently approved medications, and combination therapies.