
ilość książek w kategorii: 277250
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Chronic Fatigue and its Syndromes
ISBN: 9780192630469 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Chronic fatigue and its syndromes presents a comprehensive review of t he problem of chronic fatigue, mixing medical, psychological, social, and historical perspectives. The book examines the historical origins of CFS, considering the epidemiology, and the various aetiological the ories for the condition - viral, immunological, psychological, psychia tric, and neurological. The book concludes with a clinical section dis cussing the assessment and treatment of CFS. Throughout, the authors a rgue that chronic fatigue and its various syndromes cannot easily be p igeon holed into physical or...
Chronic fatigue and its syndromes presents a comprehensive review of t he problem of chronic fatigue, mixing medical, psychological, social, and histo...
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343,78 |
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The Psychoimmunology of Cancer
ISBN: 9780192630605 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When the first edition of this book published in 1994, the psychoimmun ology of cancer was still emerging as a topic for serious scientific s tudy. Now, less than ten years later, there is a huge academic literat ure about the relationships between psychological variables, the immun system and cancer growth, accompanied by a lively popular interest. In this new edition leading specialists have provided broad critical r eviews of the different aspects. The psychoimmunology of cancer invol ves many complex issues, understanding of which remains far from compl ete. However, the contributors,...
When the first edition of this book published in 1994, the psychoimmun ology of cancer was still emerging as a topic for serious scientific s tudy. No...
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1072,64 |
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Palliative Care Ethics : A Companion for All Specialties
ISBN: 9780192630681 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Palliative care is a rapidly growing area within health care and one i n which there are many ethical dilemmas. Chronically and terminally il l patients increasingly wish to take control of their own lives and de aths, resources are scarce and technology has created controversial li fe-prolonging treatment. This book has been written by a clinician and a teacher and writer of health care ethics to provide all those who c are for the terminally ill - doctors, nurses, social workers, physioth erapists, clergy and other carers - with the concepts and principles t o assist them in difficult...
Palliative care is a rapidly growing area within health care and one i n which there are many ethical dilemmas. Chronically and terminally il l patien...
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568,76 |
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Controversies in Total Knee Replacement
ISBN: 9780192630728 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In the 35 years since the first knee replacement surgery was attempted, there have been numerous changes in the way the prostheses are designed and the manner in which they are implanted. We are now in the fortunate position of being able to report that 95% of patients undergoing knee replacement report extraordinary relief of pain and the ability to return to an active and productive life. However, the field is not static and there remain areas of controversy. This book examines many of the controversial aspects of total knee replacement surgery. Each controversial issue is addressed in the...
In the 35 years since the first knee replacement surgery was attempted, there have been numerous changes in the way the prostheses are designed and th...
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650,79 |
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Cluster Headache and Related Conditions
ISBN: 9780192630735 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume of Frontiers in Headache Research focuses on cluster heada che and other closely related conditions. Although underdiagnosed, clu ster headache is a severe form of primary headache. Its relatively ste reotypical clinical presentation makes it a prime candidates for resea rch; this concentrated attention has resulted in significant advances in our understanding of the neurological pathways involved and the tre atment options available. The contributing authors are all internation al experts in the field.
This volume of Frontiers in Headache Research focuses on cluster heada che and other closely related conditions. Although underdiagnosed, clu ster hea...
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1248,41 |
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Stroke : Epidemiology, Evidence and Clinical Practice
ISBN: 9780192630759 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this edition, there is an extra opening section entitled Epidemiolo gy which comprises the nuts and bolts of the subject and reviews the p urposes of health care for stroke patients. The remaining sections fol low the format of the first edition: Diagnosis, Management, and Progno sis. All chapters have been substantially updated. The book retains it s focus on epidemiology that is relevant to the clinician and attempts to use examples from stroke to illustrate many aspects of epidemiolog ical thinking. The book aims to stimulate readers to think about their own practice, the nature of...
In this edition, there is an extra opening section entitled Epidemiolo gy which comprises the nuts and bolts of the subject and reviews the p urposes ...
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334,40 |
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The Management of Head Injuries : A Practical Guide for the Emergency room
ISBN: 9780192630780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As a guide for doctors and nurses working in the A & E department, or the Orthopaedic or General Surgical Ward, the emphasis of this book is on the early management of the head- injured patient. New to the seco nd edition are chapters on managing the 'disturbed' head injured patie nt, a chapter of special value to nurses (who often have to deal with this difficult task). A new chapter on anaesthesia and head injuries h as also been added, with other chapters significantly revised to refle ct the crucial role played by anaesthetists in head injury management. Providing practical advice on the...
As a guide for doctors and nurses working in the A & E department, or the Orthopaedic or General Surgical Ward, the emphasis of this book is on the ea...
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437,52 |
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Molecular Biology and Pathology of Paediatric Cancer
ISBN: 9780192630797 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. There has been an explosion of knowledge and enormous progress in the fundamental understanding of the biology of cancer in recent years. This has included the realisation that cancer occurs when normal cellular functions are disturbed leading to a malignant phenotype. Much research has focused on understanding the types of disturbances that can occur, the contribution that these abnormalities can make to the development and behavior of particular cancers and more recently, the recognition that these cellular and genetic abnormalities can provide rational targets for new therapeutic...
There has been an explosion of knowledge and enormous progress in the fundamental understanding of the biology of cancer in recent years. This has inc...
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1389,02 |
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Measuring Psychopathology
ISBN: 9780192630803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Written for the non-clinical researcher as well as for those with clin ical experience, the authors start by considering the question "what i s psychopathology?" They tehn employ a historical perspective to expla in why and how mental disorders are currently classified, and how the use of an operational approach to diagnosis was adopted. The use of op erational crtieria to define psychiatric disorder has facilitated the development of standardised interviewing techniques, questionnaires an d rating scales. These tools are all covered in some detail, not only with regard to adults with mental...
Written for the non-clinical researcher as well as for those with clin ical experience, the authors start by considering the question "what i s psycho...
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498,46 |
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Geriatric Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
ISBN: 9780192630841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Most physical illness affects people at the extremes of life, particul arly in late life. A significant proportion of hospitalized older pati ents will experience some mental health problems, and medical units la cking specialist old age psychiatric services must rely on adult psych iatric and consultation liaison services for support. These generalist s assume the role of old age psychiatrists by default. A key aim of th e book is to provide guidelines for the appropriate treatment of psych iatric disorders in older people when medical illness complicates the picture. This book covers the...
Most physical illness affects people at the extremes of life, particul arly in late life. A significant proportion of hospitalized older pati ents wil...
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442,21 |
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Where's the Evidence? : Debates in Modern Medicine
ISBN: 9780192630889 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The essays in Where's the Evidence examine the dilemmas that have aris en as the result of medicine's unprecedented increase in technical pow ers. How do doctors draw the line between "knowing" (the acquisition o f new medical information) and doing" (the application of that new kno wledge)? What are the long-term consequences of responding to the dema nd that physicians always do everything that can be done? Is medicine' s primary aim to increase the length of life? Or is it to reduce the a mount of pain and suffering? And who is empowered to choose when these ends are mutually exclusive?...
The essays in Where's the Evidence examine the dilemmas that have aris en as the result of medicine's unprecedented increase in technical pow ers. How...
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418,77 |
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Violence in Health Care : Understanding, Preventing and Surviving Violence: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals
ISBN: 9780192631435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This fully revised and updated new edition will equip all members of t hese teams with the information required to understand the range of fa ctors involved, and enable them not just to develop strategies to tack le the issues but also to deal with violence when it arises in both ho spital and community settings. Coverage includes the causes and nature of violence, including domestic violence, the effects on, and care of, the victims, as well as describing opportunities to limit the potent ial for violence through good design. This book is essential reading f or all those working in, or in...
This fully revised and updated new edition will equip all members of t hese teams with the information required to understand the range of fa ctors in...
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301,59 |
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The Genetics of Renal Disease
ISBN: 9780192631466 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Renal genetic disorders may become apparent at any time in life and recognition of specific renal disorders is important in allowing accurate genetic counselling. Active counselling requires knowledge about the natural history of the disorder, an understanding of the genetic component and mode of inheritance, risk of the disorder in other family members, information about patient attitudes towards family planning and the possibility of pre-natal diagnosis. The Genetics of Renal Disease covers these issues in detail.
The book provides a comprehensive account of both the hereditary... Renal genetic disorders may become apparent at any time in life and recognition of specific renal disorders is important in allowing accurate genetic ...
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1435,90 |
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Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases
ISBN: 9780192631497 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Since the first edition was published in 1993 there have been major ad vances in all the subject areas covered in the book. As a consequence much of the original material is now out of date and the book has been extensively re-written. Additional chapters have been added on system atic vasculities and Paget's disease and much more attention has been given to neck and upper limb pain disorders as well as chronic widespr ead pain and fibromyalgia. In addition a new chapter has been provided reviewing population studies as a whole of musculosketal morbidity. T he authors have also taken the...
Since the first edition was published in 1993 there have been major ad vances in all the subject areas covered in the book. As a consequence much of t...
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1576,51 |
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Subcortical Stroke
ISBN: 9780192631572 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Stroke is one of the most common causes of death and subcortical stroke accounts for 20-30% of all cerebrovascular infarcts. Our understanding of stroke processes in general, and subcortical stroke in particular, has advanced considerably in recent years. Research findings from the fields of neurochemistry, imaging and genetics have provided insight and input to our understanding of this condition, and this new edition provides an opportunity to describe these advances, and to relate the findings to the clinical expression, neural mechanism, prognosis and treatment of subcortical stroke. In...
Stroke is one of the most common causes of death and subcortical stroke accounts for 20-30% of all cerebrovascular infarcts. Our understanding of stro...
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1904,62 |
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Controversies in Hip Surgery
ISBN: 9780192631619 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The purposes of this book is to give an overview of controversies that orthopaedic surgeons might have to consider when carrying out all levels of hip surgery.NL Contributions cover such important paediatric problems such as developmental dysplasia of the hip, Perthes disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis and hip problems associated with neurological diseases. Traumatic conditions of the hip, including acetabular fractures and femoral neck fractures are covered in detail. Considerable emphasis is given to the field of both primarily and revision total hip replacement, with special...
The purposes of this book is to give an overview of controversies that orthopaedic surgeons might have to consider when carrying out all levels of hip...
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627,35 |
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Chronic and Terminal Illness : New perspectives on caring and carers
ISBN: 9780192631671 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Most chronically and terminally ill patients are cared for in their own homes and represent a major yet free resource. These patients are not in hospitals or hospices and their day-to-day care is provided by family and friends at home. Carers are an invaluable resource and there is an increasing amount of research into their role and the experiences in caring for the terminally ill, patients with cancer and patients with other chronic diseases.
This book provides a critique of the theoretical concept of caring, carers and caregivers. Material is based on empirical evidence from recent... Most chronically and terminally ill patients are cared for in their own homes and represent a major yet free resource. These patients are not in hospi...
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343,78 |
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Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth
ISBN: 9780192631732 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth is a clearly wri tten review of the important research evidence pn the effects of the v arious care practices carried out during pregnancy, childbirth, and th e early days after birth. In addition to the details provided in the t ext, the book concludes with valuable tables that list the practices w hich are beneficial, those of unknown effectiveness, and thoses likely to be ineffective or harmful.
A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth is a clearly wri tten review of the important research evidence pn the effects of the v arious c...
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385,96 |
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Trauma
ISBN: 9780192631794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 806 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Trauma, be it as a result of road traffic accident, domestic incident, deliberate violent act, or war, is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease, is a major issue for public health generally, and has significant impact on the economics of healthcare provision. This book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the field, covering a wide range of non-orthopaedic trauma, as well as the more prevalent musculoskeletal injuries. After an introductory section defining the scale of the problem, the book describes the initial management and stabilization of the patient. There...
Trauma, be it as a result of road traffic accident, domestic incident, deliberate violent act, or war, is a leading contributor to the global burden o...
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592,20 |
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Palliative Day Care in Practice
ISBN: 9780192631831 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Day care centres are growing important in palliative care, providing a variety of services from out-patient clinics to art therapy classes. They are proving to be a cost-effective way of providing care, and of accustomising patients to the hospice environment before full time adm ittance. They can also improve quality of life by giving patients and carers time away from one another. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current philosophy, patterns and policies of pallaiti ve day care. It places emphasis on the need to evaluate performance in palliative day care and describes in...
Day care centres are growing important in palliative care, providing a variety of services from out-patient clinics to art therapy classes. They are p...
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533,61 |