The specialty of urology has evolved into a less surgical and more cognitive discipline. Indeed, most of what we do in our daily cl- ical practice involves nonoperative patient care. However many of our patients present with, what are perceived as, emergencies. Such emergencies encompass a broad spectrum of diagnoses, ranging from the often mundane hematuria and orchalgia to the more striking renal colic, symptomatic urinary retention, Fournier s gangrene and testicular torsion, to name but a few. Frequently these emergencies require swift but prudent ju- ment in order to achieve a...

Following recent high profile cases of surgical error in the Uk and USA, patient safety has become a key issue in healthcare, now placed at the heart of junior doctor's training. Errors made by doctors are very similar to those made in other high risk organizations, such as aviation, nuclear and petrochemical industries. Practical Patient Safety aims to demonstrate how core principles of safety from these industries can be applied in surgical and medical practice, in particular through training for health care professionals and healthcare managers. While theoretical aspects of risk management...

This book is for entrepreneurs who are open to looking at their businesses, and their lives, differently. It is for those who have a passion for entrepreneurship, seek to prosper and want to build their dreams in accordance with their highest thinking and beliefs. It is about how to realise one's full potential through self-empowerment, co-creation and alignment with one's Higher Self. We are familiar with the likes of Sir Richard Branson but for every entrepreneur who has made a million, there are thousands who struggle for years and never get beyond the state of harassed sole trader. Such...