Medicine Books

Written and edited by over 20 clinicians within paramedicine and community paramedicine backgrounds, this essential reference text sets out the core clinical skills expected for community paramedics...

What lies at the root of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the worldwide pandemic it has caused, affecting the health and livelihoods of untold millions of people? What are the deeper, spiritual realities...

Clinical Integration: Medicine helps medical students and junior doctors link basic medical science with clinical context and build an appreciation of how pathophysiology manifests as recognisable...

Bringing together a team of leading international experts in the field of research, this book provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of applied research methods in the prehospital environment...

Why is HRT not working for me? Why is my digestive health so important for a healthy menopause? Why am I becoming allergic to everything I eat? How do I navigate my emotions around menopause? Many...

This guide shares best practice for delivering mental health support and treatment digitally. Part One considers aspects relevant to all digital mental health interventions, such as therapeutic...

Making infant feeding decisions relies on parents having access to evidence-based information - but when it comes to formula feeding that can be hard to come by. Commercial interests and...

Take a fascinating journey through the life cycle. Here's just what you need to safely and effectively care for your patients at any stage of life in today's ever-changing world of health care. The...

From time to time, reading Rudolf Steiner's Works, we encounter previously unknown lectures that seem to promise no more than specialized content, in this case a preparatory course for those about to...

A groundbreaking exploration of celiac disease, a serious autoimmune condition that affects approximately three million Americans, or 1 percent of the population The manifestations of celiac...

Many mental health clinicians--even those well acquainted with mindfulness--still view physical, body-oriented techniques as outside their scope of practice. In this accessible book, clinical...

A continuation of BarCharts' previous guide, this handy 2-panel reference tool explores the human nervous system in even greater detail. Our easy-to-use format highlights each area of the nervous...

A compelling exploration of how socio-political factors like inequality and poverty exacerbate pandemics. In a world where millions perish from preventable diseases amid unprecedented wealth and...

An easy-to-read yet thorough guide to understanding and managing glaucoma and taking care of your vision. When you receive a glaucoma diagnosis, knowing where to turn and how to understand treatment...

Can your zip code predict when you will die? Should you space out childhood vaccines? Does talcum powder cause cancer? Why do some doctors recommend e-cigarettes while other doctors recommend you...

The Pocket Guide to Neonatal Nutrition presents updated information in the key practice areas of neonatal nutrition, including nutrition assessment, parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, and...

Environmental Health: Foundations for Public Health is a foundational textbook that brings together diverse voices and perspectives to examine our most pressing public health issues today. The...

Research Methods for Public Health provides foundational knowledge and practical guidance for all steps in the research process using public health examples and real-world applications to reinforce...

Now in its second edition, Public Health: An Introduction to the Science and Practice of Population Health is expanded in both scope and depth of content to better aid students who are launching...

This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Operations Management in Healthcare: Strategy and Practice describes how healthcare organizations can cultivate a competitive lead by developing...

Underscores the importance of viewing current nursing issues in the context of history. This book delves into the intricacies of nursing history and its impact on contemporary nursing practice,...

A person-centered, recovery-oriented, and occupation-based approach to mental health across the lifespan. This revision of a well-loved text continues to embrace the confluence of person,...

How forty years of neoliberal policy choices created an American health care system that prioritizes profit over people. How can a nation with unmatched wealth and medical innovation also have the...

''The definitive account . . . Detailed, meticulous, and accurate.''--American Scientist.Owsei Temkin presents the history of epilepsy in Western civilization from ancient times to the beginnings of...

This textbook explores the multifaceted relationship between nutrition and athletic performance. It provides an in-depth analysis of how dietary choices, nutrient timing, and supplementation...

America has an aging challenge. As baby boomers enter advanced age, the shortfalls of our current care delivery systems are increasingly clear. If nothing changes, we are woefully unprepared for a...

The fully updated and revised sixth edition of the definitive guide to clinically tested and proven methods for effectively managing all of the symptoms characteristic of MS and MS treatment. Based...

Eat safe gluten free and allergy free meals in your home and at any restaurant around the corner or anywhere across the globe. Packed with everything you need to know to prepare meals or navigate a...

General practice is fast-paced, complex and deeply human. For trainees just starting out, the challenge is not just learning medicine but how to do so well under pressure, while putting the patient's...

Women's Health Made Easy Women's Health Made Easy provides a clear and comprehensive overview of key women's health topics, helping GPs and primary care teams deliver high-quality, evidence-based,...

Breaking Bad News provides practical guidance on the key principles needed to create a framework for discussions with the patient The ability to impart bad news well is an important skill for all...

It is important for healthcare professionals to understand the basics of clinical research. This book offers a thorough explanation of the principles of clinical research, alongside a wide range of...

In 1986, Susan Campbell made the chance discovery of a hitherto unknown garden diary. She spent the next 35 years researching its background before writing this book. The diary was written between...

This training resource and accompanying reader has been developed for a range of care and support staff who work with adults with intellectual disabilities and provides a full day's training. It aims...

The Moss-PAS (ChA), formerly called ChA-PAS Interview, is for the mental health assessment of children and adolescents across the full developmental spectrum, including intellectual disability. It...

* A personal story of India spanning half a century which focuses on people not places * Provides new intimate insights into Britains most popular post-colonial world power * Explores the...

Surgical training is highly competitive and requires preparation, dedication and an understanding of the principles of selection. Your application will be evaluated across a range of competences...

We hate to break it to you but graduating from medical school and becoming a doctor does not guarantee you a jaw-dropping career. However, with help from this book you can unearth exciting...

From reviews: "... the writing is upbeat and easy to read.... a reliable, accessible, and up-to-date guide. How David Brill found time to write this as an FY1 doctor with three small children, beats...

Being a medical student is challenging, intimidating and rewarding in equal measure. Medical students often get hung up on the stresses and strains of learning such a vast amount of information and...

History Taking for Medical Finals provides a succinct review of how to take a history to the standard expected of a final year medical student. The purpose of the clinical history, specifically...

The health of local populations depends in part upon the considerable contribution clinical academics make to research and teaching alongside their clinical practice. The UK Integrated Academic...

Fran is a widely-published cartoonist with a special interest in medicine and healthcare. His cartoons regularly appear in Private Eye and GP Magazine, amongst others. This collection of his witty...

This book aims to help readers develop a consulting style which focuses on the needs of the patient rather than resorting to a formulaic approach to questioning. It helps readers to display the...

Most general practices are businesses of quite significant size and yet many GPs are not clear on what the detail of their practice accounts really means. This book will help if you have ever found...

Sex and the 3 Rs (fourth edition) Rights, Risks and Responsibilities is a sex education resource that provides a framework for staff to undertake sex education work which acknowledges the realities...

Successful Health Screening through Desensitisation for People with Learning Disabilities: A training and resource pack for healthcare professionals provides a practical evidence-based framework,...

The story of the 39th Divisional Field Ambulances beings in the year of 1915 at various recruiting offices, and continues in a thin, uncertain stream of variable humanity, finding its way to the...