This bestselling textbook introduces the theories, evidence and research that define supervision, learning and student assessment in healthcare today.

Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.

How to pass on strength not pain to those you love.

When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives, hurting our family, friends and colleagues. Eventually, this hurt spreads further, affecting entire communities and families across generations.

This is intergenerational trauma. It can lead us to become people-pleasers, co-dependent in relations...

Our gut is as important as our brain or heart, yet we know very little about how it works and many of us are too embarrassed to ask questions. In Gut, Giulia Enders breaks this taboo, revealing the latest science on how much our digestive system has to offer. A "Sunday Times" bestseller, now in paperback.

Praised for its concise coverage, this highly accessible monograph lays a foundation for understanding the underlying concepts of normal cardiovascular function and offers a welcome alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. Clear explanations, ample illustrations and engaging clinical cases and problems provide the perfect guidance for self-directed learning and prepare you to excel in clinical practice. ?Chapter Learning Objectives highlight...

Acne is the most common and disfiguring skin infection in the whole of humanity. It produces ugly, sore skin, destroying people’s lives and confidence and leaving terrible scarring and mental illness. And it doesn’t have to be this way. There is a simple solution to this awful problem. For decades dermatologists have failed to fully get to the bottom of the cause of acne in the human race.

The Internet is awash with ridiculous ideas which have nothing to do with acne causation. The cause ...

In this book you can easily keep track of your mental health day by day by simply writing down your thoughts and feelings to understand them more clearly.

If you struggle with stress, depression, or anxiety, keeping a journal can help you gain control of your emotions and improve your mental health.

Keeping a mental health diary, for example, can help you Manage anxiety, Reduce stress, and Cope with depression. It helps you prioritize problems, fears, and concerns, and teaches you to recogni...

Some people buy books and never get around to reading them, some people get exercise equipment and never use it, and you'd be surprised at how many people will buy this book, never pick it up again - and regret it later. Don’t be like those people.

You hold in your hands a powerful guide to your own transformation. Work through it in your own time, in your own way, in an easy-to-follow style, designed to encourage you to dive deep and start your life - changing journey from your sofa!

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How do we learn who we are?

Feelings, thoughts and experiences, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, are all interconnected, and can teach us so much about ourselves and which opportunities we have to learn, to turn pain into beauty, use despair as a fuel to strive for hope, and transform dark experiences into light. For us, artistic expression is a beautiful way to help us in this journey, and over the course of months we spent many moments writing down our thoughts, feelings and exper...

Introductory Guide to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Rheumatologist is a comprehensive compilation of standard rheumatology ultrasound scans. It systematically incorporates normal and pathological sonography findings of various structures and disorders.The format of this book is to present standard scans that cover a whole range of anatomic sites: shoulder, elbow, wrist, fi ngers, hip, knee, ankle, forefoot and toes. Each scan is accompanied by a picture showing the position of the probe,...