This new text from Mary Larkin on the increasingly important life course approach covers health from pre-pregnancy to old age. Chapters include suggestions for further reading, discussion points, activities and activity commentaries to make it ideal for interactive student learning and critical reflection.

A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D.

"The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in the hospit...

Now in its fourth edition 'Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement' has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists. The book provides students with a sound understanding of the way in which bones, joints, muscles and nerves allow the body to perform movement during daily activities. Early chapters provide a foundation for the study of movement, with the complexity of detail increasing as the book progresses.

Functional anatomy i...

This forward-looking resource recasts the concept of healthy cities as not only a safe, pleasant, and green built environment, but also one that creates and sustains health by addressing social, economic, and political conditions. It describes collaborations between city planning and public health creating a contemporary concept of urban governance¿a democratically-informed process that embraces values like equity. Models, critiques, and global examples illustrate institutional change, commu...

This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison's experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients. Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing adult patients about their current symptoms, personal and family history, mental status, behavioral risks, and other relevant issues.

Draws on author's years of experience in the field to provide a practical resource for qualified and trainee counsellors, providing them with the necessary skills to ensure best practice with children and young people.

Stay ahead of the rising demand for orthopedic surgery in veterinary practice with the most trusted handbook for small animal orthopedics. Brinker, Piermattei, and Flo's Handbook of Small Animal Orthopedics and Fracture Repair, 5th Edition is the expert reference you need to successfully understand, diagnose, and treat the wide variety of conditions affecting the locomotor system in small animals. As with previous editions, this comprehensive handbook offers readers a clear and consistent des...

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and filled with real life scenarios and activities, this book develops students' competence and confidence in managing the care of critically and acutely ill patients.

Het Neurologie Formularium beschrijft belangrijke klachten of symptomen in de neurologie en geeft diagnosen die daarbij moeten worden overwogen (1e deel van boek). Met dit deel kan de niet-neuroloog, neurologische diagnosen stellen en kunnen patiënten, indien nodig, met goede vragen naar een neuroloog worden verwezen. Vervolgens wordt er dieper op de beschreven onderwerpen/ziekten ingegaan en wat de differentiaaldiagnostische overwegingen zijn en wat de therapie is (2e deel van boek). De lez...

Van actiegevoelens tot zitvlees, van een lichaamsmonteur tot een orgaanspecialist, van een charmeoffensief tot een vertrouwensbreuk. Geen aandoening, rol of situatie, of een huisarts krijgt er mee te maken. Geneeskunde alleen voldoet niet meer: geneeskunst is net zo belangrijk.In zijn columns in Huisarts en Wetenschap schrijft Iemantsverdriet over de huisarts als geneeskunstenaar. Soms met ironie, dan weer met mededogen, een enkele keer met boosheid, vaak buitengewoon nuchter, maar altijd bet...