Medicine Books

''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 modern neurology. First published in 1945 and...

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 world with more older adults than ever before. Aging...

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 on the most up-to-date disease management strategies,...

By combining evidence-based recommendations with practical, simple guidance, registered health and performance nutritionist, Laura Kealy, helps female team sport athletes improve their athletic performance and overall health. Whether a recreational or...

That maternity staff are under pressure, with many leaving their jobs each year, is well known. Personal sacrifices, long working hours, lack of resources and an overstretched system take their toll, and occasionally staff are involved in traumatic and...

A better way to learn...a word-building and body systems approach! A true blend of words, art, and technology, Medical Terminology Systems and Medical Language Lab (MLL) work together to create an immersive, multimedia experience that tracks each...

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 7th Edition of this popular, student friendly text...

An AJN Book of the Year Award Winner! Meet the ever-changing demands of providing quality nutritional care for patients across the lifespan. This popular text provides a strong foundation in the science of nutrition and a clear understanding of how to...

Save time and money with two books in one + online Q&A! Half pharmacology, half dosage calculations-plus an intensive, yet clear & simple review of basic math + online quizzing!Here's the must-have knowledge and guidance you need to gain a solid...

The essentials of medical terminology for the short, self-paced, or online course Medical Terminology Express + Medical Language Lab work together to create an immersive, multimedia experience for students and complete teaching materials for instructors...

What is the evidence? How do you find it? How do you evaluate it? Put the evidence to work in your practice! Integrate today's best scientific knowledge into your clinical decision-making. Step by step, you'll learn to effectively evaluate and apply...

Gain insight on diseases and treatment options for better patient care! Explore human diseases and disorders...from a patient's perspective! Join the generations of students who have relied on this popular text to introduce them to common human diseases...

Medical terminology made approachable. Learning medical terminology can feel like reading and memorizing a dictionary—overwhelming and a bit boring. The Medical Terminology Book With HKPropel Access streamlines the process by teaching readers common...

Foundations of Physical Activity and Public Health, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, is the first textbook of its kind to explore concepts in public health and kinesiology, measurement of physical activity, and the impact of exercise and physical...

Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Health, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, blends applied content with updated research-based guidelines to help students distinguish between nutrition recommendations backed by science and the plethora of...

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Eighth Edition With HKPropel Access, is a leading textbook that offers a comprehensive view of sport and exercise psychology. It draws connections between research and practice, and it captures the excitement...

This volume examines the role of multimodal augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in supporting speech, language, and communication of individuals with Down syndrome, across the lifespan.

Theodore is a bear with wild mood swings. When he is up, he carves epic poetry into tree trunks. When he is down, he paints sad faces on rocks and turtle shells. In search of prescription medications that will bring stability to his life, Theodore finds...

Torture doctors administer and invent techniques to inflict pain and suffering without leaving scars. Their knowledge of the body and its breaking points and their credible authority over death certificates and medical records make them powerful and...

The original subtitle of Rudolf Steiner’s Philosophy of Freedom (1894)—“the basis for a modern worldview”—points to the lifelong project with which he was engaged: laying the basic groundwork for modern (contemporary) human beings to be able to...

The first practical guide to palliative care in radiation oncology in which the editors have assembled a team of leading radiation oncologists to write this how-to on planning and administering single-fractionated and hypofractionated radiotherapy for...

Principles of Clinical Cancer Research provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of clinical cancer research, including the full spectrum of methodologies used in the field. For those involved in research or considering research careers, this...

By any metric, burnout is a pressing issue in medicine generally and psychiatry specifically -- particularly because of its potential impacts on patient care. Combating Physician Burnout: A Guide for Psychiatrists, the first book of its kind to focus on...

Physician Suicide examines the multiple risk factors that account for the higher rates of burnout, depressive symptoms, and suicide risk physicians experience compared with the general population. Suicide is typically caused by a convergence of factors,...

Despite the importance of supervision to the field of mental health -- it is a building block of learning and a fundamental stepping-stone to unsupervised practice -- most mental health supervisors receive little to no training in how to supervise...

A revised, abridged version of the seminal work, Laboratory Medicine in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals more directly address the needs of general psychiatrists and their mental health...

This new point-of-care pediatric nutrition resource provides practitioners with a valuable and easy-to-use reference when evaluating and managing a pediatric patient's nutritional intake and habits. In-depth tables and charts provide specific metrics to...

This book examines the use of expert testimony across the legal system, including the unique issues faced by mental health professionals when they are called upon to serve as expert witnesses. The book carefully reveals the evolution of laws regarding...

Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health provides a historical analysis of the reciprocal relationship of psychology and the NIMH. As a history, the book reveals important insights into the remarkable expansion of psychology since World War...

This work translates research into practice by examining the intersection of family violence and health. It looks at the healthcare needs of people who have experienced abuse and subsequently have related chronic diseases and conditions. It summarizes...

The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings. It is a story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and...

"Health Care Ethics" is a comprehensive study of significant issues affecting health care and the ethics of health care from the perspective of Catholic theology. It aims to help Christian, and especially Catholic, health care professionals solve...

Pellegrino's Clinical Bioethics: A Compendium offers, for the first time, a collection of the landmark articles in clinical bioethics authored by the physician and philosopher, Edmund D Pellegrino. As one of the founding figures of modern medical ethics,...

This pocket guide presents more than 500 surgical procedures! State-of-the-art revisions familiarize the reader with new standards of excellence for care of the surgical patient in the perioperative environment. For each procedure, you'll find a...

I found this textbook to be a real bonus for my phlebotomy class. It had plenty of illustrations that complemented the text. I wound up getting an A in the class so I think the book is worth the money!" - Amazon Reviewer "Used this whole training for...

ASCP requirement. "To pass the ASCP and become a licensed medical lab tech, this text is the ultimate blood bank source for the required classes." - Amazon Reviewer "Great resource for anyone in a Medical Technology or Medical Laboratory Science Program!...

Easy to read. "Very easy to follow. Made it easy to understand difficult topics!" - Amazon Reviewer I highly recommend this book. "... straight forward and I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a solid understanding of the most important...

Pass your PANCE and PANRE exams. Here's everything you need to pass your exam...hundreds of questions that mirror the format and structure of the actual certifying exams. Divided into two sections, "Essentials" challenges your subject knowledge and...

Understand the when, why, and how! Here's your guide to developing the skills you need to master the increasing complex challenges of documenting patient care. Step by step, a straightforward 'how-to' approach teaches you how to write SOAP notes,...

Become a successful evidence-based practitioner How do you evaluate the evidence? Is the information accurate, relevant and meaningful for clinical decision making? Did the design fit the research questions and was the analysis and interpretation of data...

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, environment, and occupation in mental health as its organizing...

How do diseases and disorders affect the design of massage treatment plans? What precautions are needed? When is massage contraindicated? Develop the knowledge you need to evaluate a client based on how diseases and disorders affect the systems of the...

Three books for the price of one- a text, a laboratory procedures manual, and an atlas of cell morphology- all in full color! The tools your students need to quickly master the basic principles of hematology and the fundamentals of hemostasis are here...

Our health system doesn't work for the most vulnerable. It's time for people of faith to respond with concrete action to demonstrate God's love and effect real change. Here's how. The dialogue on how to fix US health care is mired in partisan policy...

Recovering the foundation of faith in a profession enduring the pressures of a rapidly changing health-care system. If you are one of the millions of Christian nurses or nursing students in the United States, you already know that there is no real way to...

In the face of continuing advances in medical research and treatment, bioethical questions remain at the heart of many of our society&;s difficult moral problems. Since its original publication in 1996, Gilbert Meilaender&;s Bioethics has proven itself...

What did pain and illness mean to early Christians? And how did their approaches to health care compare to those of the ancient Greco-Roman world? In this wide-ranging interdisciplinary study, Helen Rhee examines how early Christians viewed illness,...

Charles E. Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions in American medicine. Situating these tensions within their historical and social contexts, Rosenberg investigates...