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This ninth of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5-volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development. This volume presents serial sections from specimens between 160 mm and 170 mm with detailed annotations. An introduction summarizes human CNS developmental highlights around 5 months of gestation. The Glossary (available separately) gives definitions for all the terms used in this volume and...

This innovative and timely book draws on pioneering precedents, basic principles, current examples and international experience to capture the narratives, examples and ideas that underlie and demonstrate the exceptional potential of general practice: If health care is not at its best where it is needed most, health inequalities will widen. The unworried unwell are not hard to reach but they...

This guidebook systematically analyses the contribution of family medicine to high-quality primary health care in addressing the challenges faced by current health systems, and provides options for moving forward. It serves as a pragmatic guide to potential strategies for putting in place family care teams which effectively contribute to health sector development within a variety of contexts. The Contribution of...

What does it mean to help save someone's life? How does it feel to nearly kill a patient? Can we keep our patients safe at night? In the face of overwhelming pressures, can we thrive or only survive? And is a happy life as a doctor still possible? In the early months and years of work, it is these kinds...

Over a quarter century of studies have shown that addictions, mental illnesses, and their combinations (dual diagnoses) are pervasive in the general population. Meanwhile, emerging neuroscience is revealing that the neurodevelopmental basis of major mental illness and addiction diseases are tightly interconnected and often unified pathologies of the brain. This science calls into question the profound split between the addiction...

The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook provides extensive coverage of modern telecommunication in the medical industry, from sensors on and within the body to electronic medical records and beyond. Telemedicine and Electronic Medicine is the first volume of this handbook. Featuring chapters written by leading experts and researchers in their respective fields, this volume: Describes the integration of—and...

Improving the quality of healthcare, while increasing accessibility and lowering costs, is a complex dilemma facing rural communities around the world. The Centre for Rural Pennsylvania believed that telehealth, the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare, was a viable solution. Thus, it recently provided grants to conduct a thorough investigation into the factors involved....

This is a straightforward practical guide about day-to-day teaching and learning in busy hospitals. The need for such a guide is becoming greater as expansion in medical student numbers means much teaching is occurring in hospitals with little prior experience of training. Many doctors are finding themselves teaching for the first time. Familiar practical scenarios are found throughout this user-friendly...

In resource-poor, cost-saving times, this book provides practical advice on new methods and technologies involved in systematic searching and explores the role of information professionals in delivering these changes. The editors bring together expert international practitioners and researchers to highlight the latest thinking on systematic searching. Beginning by looking at the methods and techniques underlying systematic searching, the book then...

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet's impact on public health and the environment has grown in recent decades, yet changing food supply, consumer habits and economic aspirations proves hard. This book explores what is meant by sustainable diets and why this has to be...

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet’s impact on public health and the environment has grown in recent decades, yet changing food supply, consumer habits, and economic aspirations proves hard. Sustainable Diets explores what is meant by sustainable diets and why this has to be...

The ultimate enrichment and survival guide for Foundation Programme doctors, Staying Human During the Foundation Programme and Beyond provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a junior doctor's life – from clinical transitions, to coping with stress, enhancing self-care and protecting personal and professional relationships. Already acknowledged in its original Canadian edition as an invaluable resource...

Many disciplines are concerned with manipulating geometric (or spatial) objects in the computer – such as geology, cartography, computer-aided design (CAD), etc. – and each of these have developed their own data structures and techniques, often independently. Nevertheless, in many cases the object types and the spatial queries are similar, and Spatial Context attempts to find a common theme.

As the HIV epidemic moves into its fourth decade, it is clear that the global response has failed to adequately address the needs of a wide range of vulnerable populations and groups. Chief among these are gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, and transgender persons, who globally face the disproportional burden of HIV infection. Rethinking MSM,...

Changing relations between science and democracy – and controversies over issues such as climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms, and smart technologies – have led to a rapid rise in new forms of public participation and citizen engagement. While most existing approaches adopt fixed meanings of ‘participation’ and are consumed by questions of method or critiquing the possible limits...

The personal interface between clinician and patient is a misunderstood subject which can impact all areas of health care. Without adequate training in relationship science, clinicians inadvertently contribute to empathic failure, poor medical decision process, difficulty changing health-related behaviour, costly variation and derailment of care, extra litigation, and clinician burnout. Relationship Power in Health Care presents new knowledge and skills...

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and geochemical data, and includes new data from terrestrial, marine and ice-core records. Dating methods are described and...

Offering lower toxicity and higher accuracy than conventional therapies, this source provides illustrative coverage of this new method to treat tumours associated with brain, breast, lung, and neuroendocrine cancers. Accompanied by a CD offering colour images, radiolabelling procedures, and tips on radiopharmaceutical administration, this source offers comprehensive and expert guidance on this burgeoning therapeutic technique. Radionuclide Peptide Cancer Therapy presents...

Practitioner-Based Research is concerned, in particular, with the research which is undertaken by healthcare practitioners and the evidence they generate as a result of investigating their practice. It recognises that, as well as working in academic life, practitioner researchers are often working as practitioners outside the Academy. The book argues that the work of practitioner researchers has a significant contribution...

This practical, concise book will help every medical manager survive and thrive in the increasingly challenging world of healthcare. It offers a hands-on introduction to the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour required to succeed in a modern healthcare setting. Focussing on common issues and challenges, the authors examine organisational structures and strategies for productive relationship-building, goal-setting and quality maintenance. This...

This genuinely pocket-sized guide to essential medical equipment is ideal for medical students, newly qualified junior doctors, and other healthcare professionals seeking a convenient and concise handbook to refer to in busy clinical settings, including emergency departments. Clear, concise, and systematic, it provides a visual guide to enable readers to correctly identify common medical equipment and use it appropriately without...

This genuinely pocket-sized guide to essential medical equipment is ideal for medical students, newly qualified junior doctors, and other healthcare professionals seeking a convenient and concise handbook to refer to in busy clinical settings, including emergency departments. Clear, concise, and systematic, it provides a visual guide to enable readers to identify common medical equipment correctly and use it appropriately without...

Long regarded as biological waste, the placenta is gaining momentum as a viable product for clinical use. Due to their unique properties, placental cells and derivatives show great promise in curing various diseases. Utilizing contributions from world-renowned experts, Placenta: The Tree of Life considers the therapeutic potential of these cells. It examines new stem cell–based strategies and highlights recent studies...

This book is written through the lens of patients, caregivers, healthcare representatives, and families, highlighting new models of interaction between providers and patients and what people would like in their healthcare experience. It envisions a new kind of healthcare system with recommendations on how and why providers must connect to patients and families using Health Information Technology (HIT). It also...

Dermatology is a visual discipline where observation to detail is key to accurate diagnosis, especially in children. Paediatric Cases in Coloured Skin provides a clear and easy guide for clinicians to identify skin diseases in children with coloured skin. It discusses more than 112 skin problems with over 192 colour illustrations, following a logical organisation with picture-based Q&A at the...

This brand new textbook presents a new approach to the teaching and understanding of global health. It describes the shared opportunities, but also the problems that we all face, wherever we live, and the particular needs of the poorest people in every society. Covering subjects from epidemics and climate change, the need to staff and resource health services appropriately, the...

Zoonotic diseases – pathogens transmitted from animals to people – present particularly challenging problems for global health institutions and actors, given the complex social-ecological dynamics at play. New forms of risk caused by unprecedented global connectivity and rapid social and environmental change demand new approaches. One Health highlights the need for collaboration across sectors and disciplines to tackle zoonotic diseases....

While medical professionals continue to practise traditional allopathic medicine, the public has turned towards nutritional and integrative medical therapies, especially for addressing the proliferation of chronic diseases. Written by leaders in the academic and scientific world, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine: A Primer for Clinicians presents various modalities to help restore health. This book provides users with a guide to evaluating...

Natsu (Rinpa Florals) Canvas Bag celebrates the esteemed Rinpa school, a pivotal historical movement in Japanese painting, established in 17th-century Kyoto. Artists from this school were renowned for their versatility across various artistic formats. The design featured on this bag showcases a section of a screen adorned with assorted blooms, which are often thought to follow the ancient Japanese language...

In the last few years, the scientific community has realized that obtaining a better understanding of interactions between natural systems and the man-made environment across different scales demands more research efforts in remote sensing. An integrated Earth system observatory that merges surface-based, air-borne, space-borne, and even underground sensors with comprehensive and predictive capabilities indicates promise for revolutionizing the study of...

The Modern Guide to GP Consulting: Six S for Success is a straightforward guide for all healthcare professionals wanting to improve the way they communicate with their patients. It provides a highly practical framework to improve consultations, with a focus on the status, story, summarising, sharing, securing, and sanity model. Adopting an open, non-prescriptive approach, these ideologies are easily integrated...

Completely updated to reflect current changes in the law and in practice, Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide is a concise and approachable handbook to mental health law for students and professionals working in psychiatric settings. Easy-to-read, practical, and illustrated with case examples and a wealth of practical advice to guide you through many complex legal issues. Multidisciplinary approach written...

Since its first edition, Men's Health has established itself as the essential reference for practitioners across the spectrum of medicine, including those working in urology, andrology, cardiology, endocrinology, family practice, and mental health. For this fully updated fourth edition, the editors have again assembled an international team of expert authors to write on an encyclopedic range of topics, making this...

Since its first edition, Men's Health has established itself as the essential reference for practitioners across the spectrum of medicine, including those working in urology, andrology, cardiology, endocrinology, family practice, and mental health. For this fully updated fourth edition, the editors have again assembled an international team of expert authors to write on an encyclopaedic range of topics, making this...

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." – Chinese proverb This Chinese proverb simply means: Reading helps strengthen one’s intellect, which correlates with the feeling one will have, once they have read this book. Medicinal Plants in Cosmetics, Health and Disease describes diseases and ailments occurring in individuals worldwide, including acne, ageing, various cancers, eczema, and other...

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." – Chinese proverb This Chinese proverb simply means: Reading helps strengthen one’s intellect, which correlates with the feeling one will have once they have read this book. Medicinal Plants in Cosmetics, Health and Disease describes diseases and ailments occurring in individuals worldwide, including acne, ageing, various cancers, eczema, and other...

This invaluable, jargon-free guide to essential medical terminology in an accessible A-Z format is ideal for medical, allied health, and biomedical science students and researchers, clinicians, and health care practitioners. Avoiding the complex language that is so often a feature of statistics and research methodology, Medical Statistics provides clear and succinct explanations, clarifying meaning and showing the interdependencies between important...

Today’s health care systems need doctors and consultants to act as leaders within the multi-disciplinary team, in addition to carrying out their clinical role. This book identifies the key elements of successful leadership through medically led service development and systems transformation and shows how this benefits patient care, particularly when patients become partners in the process. The authors provide a...

Medical Leadership is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership. A highly accessible, textbook-style resource, it explores how the medical profession has evolved in tandem with administrative and structural aspects of the NHS. Assuming leadership roles at all stages of their training and career is a progressively vital component of the definition of a good doctor. This...

This third edition of HIMSS' award-winning bestseller explores how clinicians, patients, and health IT stakeholders are collaborating to support high-value care through health IT. Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer continues to explore information technologies applied in hospital settings, at the physician's office, and in patients' homes to provide high-value patient care. Developed for healthcare executives, the book looks at how...

Medical Ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research. Medical ethics allow for people, regardless of background, to be guaranteed quality and principled care. It is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. These values include...

Mechanical Lumbosacral Spine Pain addresses an extremely prevalent medical problem: low back pain. It is not a general anatomy book, but it relates specifically to the lumbosacral spine, encompassing anatomy, histology, histopathology, and imaging all in one volume. For students, the text incrementally introduces them to lumbosacral anatomy terms and scientific knowledge by using photographs of gross and histological sections...

Comprising of 400 MCQs, this book provides essential revision content to help you pass the recently introduced MRCPsych Paper A. The most recent guidelines for the new curriculum have been followed in compiling the content. MCQs for the New MRCPsych Paper A with Answers Explained is an invaluable aid for all candidates for the examination of the Royal College of...

Focusing on the essentials, McMinn's Concise Human Anatomy is a convenient, portable guide and revision aid. The clear, jargon-free text is supported by high-quality, labelled photographs of cadaver dissections and surface anatomy, radiological images captured using the latest technologies, and explanatory line diagrams, all redrawn for this edition. Providing full explanations of difficult anatomical relationships, and highlighting features of clinical...

The Manual of Venous and Lymphatic Diseases constitutes a concise but comprehensive and contemporary description of the nature and management of venous and lymphatic diseases. This innovative book instructs the post-graduate trainee in phlebology and is also valuable to undergraduate students wishing to gain a broader knowledge than is available in general surgical texts. Additionally, it is a useful reference...

The Manual of Venous and Lymphatic Diseases constitutes a concise but comprehensive and contemporary description of the nature and management of venous and lymphatic diseases. This innovative book instructs the post-graduate trainee in phlebology and is also valuable to undergraduate students wishing to gain a broader knowledge than is available in general surgical texts. Additionally, it is a useful reference...

Microscopic surgery requires complicated manoeuvres. There are often photos, videos, and descriptions of what the instruments are doing. However, there are ways to set yourself up for success in ophthalmic surgical techniques. Inside the Manual of Anterior Segment Surgery is the wisdom of over four decades of surgical experience by Drs. Gregory Smith, Ryan Smith, and Richard Lindstrom, covering the...

This concise guide to medical school offers an alternative path to developing a diverse set of academic and professional skills for a successful career in medicine. Written for current and prospective medical students, chapters are structured around eight key themes relevant to the active ‘all-rounder’ medic. These themes include learning and leading high-quality research, opportunities in global health, further academic...

Interpreting the fluid requirements of a patient and working out what to do next can seem like a daunting task for the non-specialist, yet it is a skill that any doctor, nurse or paramedic needs to be fully appraised of and comfortable with. Making Sense of Fluids and Electrolytes has been written specifically with this in mind to help the...

The seas and oceans are currently taking centre stage in academic study and public consciousness. From the plastics littering our seas, to the role of climate change on ocean currents, from unequal access of marine resources to the treacherous experiences of seafarers who keep our global economy afloat; now is a crucial time to examine how we live with the...

The healthcare industry is in a state of accelerated transition. The proliferation of data and its assimilation, access, use, and security are ever-increasing challenges. Finding ways to operationalise business and clinical data management in the face of government and market mandates is enough to keep most chief officers up at night! Leveraging Data in Healthcare: Best Practices for Controlling, Analyzing,...

Effective leadership and management in health and social care are built on good practice, strong relationships and a critical understanding of the wider context in which care takes place. Leading, Managing, Caring illustrates how leadership and management work in everyday settings, providing invaluable support to those practising or studying in the area. The book introduces the four core building blocks...

Winner of The Information Resources KM and IM Award 2024 The range of roles in healthcare knowledge and library services are many and varied. From 'traditional' librarian roles to those that break new ground—including clinical, embedded and outreach librarians and knowledge managers—they are a vital ongoing support for this important sector. This work brings together health information practitioners and researchers...

Winner of The Information Resources KM and IM Award 2024 The range of roles in healthcare knowledge and library services are many and varied. From ‘traditional’ librarian roles to those that break new ground – including clinical, embedded and outreach librarians and knowledge managers – they are a vital ongoing support for this important sector. Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and...

Introduction to Healthcare Information is a concise, reader-friendly, introductory healthcare management book that covers a wide variety of healthcare settings, from hospitals to nursing homes and clinics. Filled with examples to engage the reader's imagination, the important issues in healthcare management, such as ethics, cost management, strategic planning and marketing, information technology, and human resources, are all thoroughly covered. Guidelines...

Like other critical organisational assets, information is a strategic asset that requires a high level of oversight to effectively use it for organisational decision-making, performance improvement, cost management, and risk mitigation. Adopting an information governance program shows a healthcare organisation’s commitment to managing its information as a valued strategic asset. Information governance serves the dual purpose of optimising the ability...

Communications research in aviation is widely regarded by many in the healthcare community as the 'gold standard' to emulate. Yet healthcare and aviation differ in many ways, as do the vital communications shared among members of clinical teams. Aviation team communication should, then, be understood in terms of what lessons will benefit those who work in healthcare. In Improving Healthcare...

Implementing Information Security in Healthcare: Building a Security Program offers a critical and comprehensive look at healthcare security concerns in an era of powerful computer technology, increased mobility, and complex regulations designed to protect personal information. Featuring perspectives from more than two dozen security experts, the book explores the tools and policies healthcare organisations need to build an effective and...

First published in 1991, Human Sectional Anatomy set new standards for the quality of cadaver sections and accompanying radiological images. Now in its fourth edition, this unsurpassed quality remains and is further enhanced by the addition of new material. The superb full-colour cadaver sections are compared with CT and MRI images, with accompanying, labelled, line diagrams. Many of the radiological...

This practical How To guide takes the reader step-by-step through designing, conducting, and disseminating primary care research, a discipline that is growing internationally. The vast majority of health care issues are experienced by people in community settings, who are not adequately represented by hospital-based research. There is, therefore, a great need to upskill family physicians and other primary care workers...

This hardback desk diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick's beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland's best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides. The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces...

This accessible primer on Health Psychology covers the key theories and models of the discipline. Through the use of real-life case studies and examples, it covers a broad range of topics related to the field of health psychology, including health promotion, risky health behaviour, and health in healthcare settings. It explains how health psychology serves to not only promote positive...

This accessible primer on Health Psychology covers the key theories and models of the discipline. Through the use of real-life case studies and examples, it covers a broad range of topics related to the field, including health promotion, risky health behaviour, and health in healthcare settings. It explains how health psychology serves to not only promote positive health and reduce...

The book is exceptionally timely and will be of interest to many professionals, students and academics. I am not aware of any other book that covers this important topic. Glenn Laverack brings credibility and kudos having direct experience of health emergencies and seen as a leading academic thinker in health promotion. Dr James Woodall, Reader in Health Promotion, Leeds Beckett...

The book is exceptionally timely and will be of interest to many professionals, students and academics. I am not aware of any other book that covers this important topic. Glenn Laverack brings credibility and kudos having direct experience of health emergencies and seen as a leading academic thinker in health promotion. Dr James Woodall, Reader in Health Promotion, Leeds Beckett...

Health and Human Rights in a Changing World is a comprehensive and contemporary collection of readings and original material examining health and human rights from a global perspective. Editors Grodin, Tarantola, Annas, and Gruskin are well-known for their previous two volumes (published by Routledge) on this increasingly important subject to the global community. The editors have contextualised each of the...

Health and Human Rights in a Changing World is a comprehensive and contemporary collection of readings and original material examining health and human rights from a global perspective. Editors Grodin, Tarantola, Annas, and Gruskin are well-known for their previous two volumes (published by Routledge) on this increasingly important subject to the global community. The editors have contextualised each of the...

Highly valued across the world by genetic counsellors, medical geneticists, and other healthcare professionals, Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling has established itself over previous editions as the essential guide to counselling those at risk from inherited disorders. Fully revised by its new author, Angus Clarke, with additional input from colleagues, this eighth edition provides indispensable and up-to-date guidance. It helps readers...

Renowned as the essential reference for all venous specialists, phlebologists, vascular surgeons, and vascular medicine physicians, the fifth edition of the Handbook of Venous and Lymphatic Disorders: Guidelines of the American Venous Forum covers the investigation, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of venous and lymphatic disorders. The full spectrum of acute and chronic venous disorders, chronic lymphedema, and chylous complications are...

Handbook of Survival Analysis presents modern techniques and research problems in lifetime data analysis. This area of statistics deals with time-to-event data that is complicated by censoring and the dynamic nature of events occurring in time. With chapters written by leading researchers in the field, the handbook focuses on advances in survival analysis techniques, covering classical and Bayesian approaches. It...

Key features: Offers chapters by renowned experts which are comprised of three subunits: a theoretical discussion of the content area, a description of the methods employed to address the content area, and finally, and most importantly, a discussion of the ways that relevant aspects of the content area can be easily employed/adapted to enhance the behavioural management of NHPs. Provides...

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) is well established in clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of a wide array of cardiovascular diseases. This expertly written source offers a wealth of information on the application and performance of CMR for diagnosis and evaluation of treatment.

This essential text provides a readable yet sophisticated overview of the basic concepts of information technologies as they apply in healthcare. Spanning areas as diverse as the electronic medical record, searching, protocols, and communications, as well as the Internet, Enrico Coiera has succeeded in making this vast and complex area accessible and understandable to the non-specialist, while providing everything that...

This new text from the Great Ormond Street Hospital team is a practical guide to the current multidisciplinary clinical management of paediatric vascular anomalies. Aiming to share their valuable expertise, Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatric Vascular Anomalies offers a much-needed clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team. From haematology to orbital vascular malformations, this text provides a comprehensive overview of...

John Glaser has been an astute observer and recognised leader in the health care industry for over thirty years. He has written a regular column for Hospitals & Health Networks in which he comments on a wide range of topics, including improving organisational performance through health information technology (HIT), changes in HIT architecture, challenges in leveraging data, and the evolution...

Giving Voice to Values as a Professional Physician provides students with the theoretical background and practical applications for acting on their values in situations of ethical conflict. It is the first medical ethics book that utilises the Giving Voice to Values methodology to instruct students in medical ethics and professionalism. In doing so, it shifts the focus of ethics education...

Giving Voice to Values as a Professional Physician provides students with the theoretical background and practical applications for acting on their values in situations of ethical conflict. It is the first medical ethics book that utilises the Giving Voice to Values methodology to instruct students in medical ethics and professionalism. In doing so, it shifts the focus of ethics education...

GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application of GIS with a range of modern examples. It explores how human geography can engage with a variety of important policy issues through linking together GIS and spatial analysis, demonstrating the importance of applied GIS and spatial analysis for solving real-world problems in both...

GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application of GIS with a range of modern examples. It explores how human geography can engage with a variety of important policy issues through linking together GIS and spatial analysis, demonstrating the importance of applied GIS and spatial analysis for solving real-world problems in both...

Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. While these phases are all important and interrelated, response and recovery are often considered to be the most critical in terms of saving lives. Response is the acute phase occurring after the event, and includes all arrangements to remove detriments and a long-term inventory of...