Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Family & General Practice

This book covers issues of men s health, including screening, diagnosis and management of common disorders and opportunities for prevention and health maintenance. Each chapter pertains to a component of the physical exam and/or organ system. Examples include appropriate survey and screening of the integument, the significance of buccal/dental integrity, tailoring cardiovascular remedies and balancing prostate cancer screening with quality of life. The book follows the methodical approach of a comprehensive wellness visit, including inventory of psychosocial factors, which significantly...

The authors of this book address all individuals approaching the study of nanomedicine for the first time ever, as well as those already profitably working in the field either as scientists, doctors, lawyers, or entrepreneurs. Teeming with accurate, up-to-date, and enjoyable content, the book describes some enlightening facts and figures pertaining to the growing field of nanomedicine. Open problems and potentialities are identified and discussed, offering a series of forecasts regarding its global impact on healthcare systems in the coming two decades. This introduction is followed by...

Detailliert und praxisnah fasst dieses Buch das aktuelle Fachwissen zur Beratung der Patienten vor einer allgemein- oder viszeralchirurgischen Operation und zur postoperativen Betreuung durch den Hausarzt zusammen. Neben den gangigen Eingriffen sind auch invasive Massnahmen zur Unterstutzung der Therapie berucksichtigt, wie Gastrostomien, Ports, Schrittmacher, suprapubische Dauerkatheter und Urostomata. Indikationen und Operationsprinzip der einzelnen Verfahren sind ebenso dargestellt wie mogliche Komplikationen und ihre postoperative Behandlung. In Form von Fragen und Antworten werden...

Without a governance structure, IT at many hospitals and healthcare systems is a haphazard endeavor that typically results in late, over-budget projects and, ultimately, disparate systems. IT Governance in Hospitals and Health Systems offers a practical "how to" in creating an information technology governance process that ensures the IT projects supporting a hospital or health systems' strategy are completed on-time and on-budget.
The authors define and describe IT governance as it is currently practiced in leading healthcare organizations, providing step-by-step guidance of the...

International Perspectives on Primary Care Research examines how the evidence base from primary care research can strengthen health care services and delivery, tackle the growing burden of disease, improve quality and safety, and increase a person-centred focus to health care.

Demonstrating the inter-professional nature of the discipline, the book also features a section on cross-nation organisations and primary care networks supporting research. National perspectives are offered from researchers in 20 countries that form part of the World Organization of Family Doctors, providing case...