Nursing: Nurse to Nurse Palliative Care

304 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (August 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071493239
ISBN-13: 978-0071493239

A unique "mentor in a pocket" handbook covering the most emotionally-trying experience nurses face
From a world recognized expert on care for the dying, comes the first pocket-sized reference for generalist nurses on palliative care. This handy, portable reference assists nursing in dealing with one of the most emotionally trying situations they face in clinical practice.
Part of McGraw-Hill's Nurse to Nurse series, this title includes PDA download of the entire text, vignettes, nursing alerts that provide just-in-time information on complex or particularly important aspects of patient care, and clinical pearls which provide the benefit of other nurses' valuable experience in dealing with end-of-life care. Coated flex-binding repels stains.
The new Nurse to Nurse series is specifically designed to simulate the teaching experience nurses learn best from: trusted mentors carefully explaining what they must do in specific clinical situtions. Written in a consistent, single-author voice, this series brings the wisdom and experience of some of the foremost experts to non-specialist nurses in clinical care.

About the Author

Margaret Campbell, R.N., Ph.D.(c), F.A.A.N., is Associate Director for Research at the Center to Advance Palliative Care Excellence, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, at Wayne State University, and Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics at the Detroit Receiving Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She has published more than forty journal articles, six book chapters, and the book Foregoing Life-Sustaining Therapy: How to Care for the Patient Who is Near Death. She has served appointments on various boards, including the Last Acts Task Force on Palliative Care through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.

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Internal Medicine: 250 Short Cases in Clinical Medicine 3rd ed.

672 pages
Publisher: Saunders Ltd.; 3 edition (March 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0702026247
ISBN-13: 978-0702026249

A collection of short cases arranged by clinical area, emphasising the key diagnostic features of clinical conditions as commonly presented in the short case part of the Final MB and MRCP examinations. Also included are likely instructions or commands expected from the examiner for each condition, and the key points which the candidate must tell the examiner. In June 2001 the MRCP short cases exam is being replaced with a new OSCE-style exam called PACES (Practice Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills) and this book will take full account of this change.  

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Neurology:The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology

240 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second Edition edition (April 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0781751373
ISBN-13: 978-0781751377 

Now in its revised, updated Second Edition, this pocket-sized handbook is a practical quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of neurologic diseases. It presents specific management recommendations in a succinct outline format and includes protocols, step-by-step tests and procedures, and treatment algorithms. This handbook is unique in its inclusion of material from related disciplines such as general medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, and radiology. The authors offer guidance in using contemporary neuroimaging techniques in diagnosis.

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Neurology: Atlas of Ambulatory EEG

120 pages
Publisher: Academic Press (August 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0126213453
ISBN-13: 978-0126213454

Atlas of Ambulatory EEG is a first-of-its-kind publication in clinical neurophysiology, an atlas that comprehensively depicts normal, abnormal, and artifactual findings from actual ambulatory EEG recordings in a convenient and easily accessible format. As the use of ambulatory EEG has increased in recent years, the need for a concise atlas of ambulatory EEG has grown significantly, since ambulatory EEG tracings are subject to their own unique issues and artifacts, often not discussed in standard EEG atlases. This book begins with several chapters that introduce the history, technology, and clinical utility of ambulatory EEG. The bulk of the atlas consists of a page-by-page display of high-quality ambulatory EEG excerpts that are easy to review and come with short annotations describing the relevant findings. Atlas of Ambulatory EEG is a critical resource for anyone involved in the interpretation of ambulatory EEG studies.

A handy reference describing EEG patterns in normal and abnormal subjects based upon continuous monitoring techniques from widely used ambulatory EEG equipment.

A section of EEG patterns without accompanying explanation will test the reader's ability to interpret the waveforms and answers will be given in a separate section.

Unique accompanying CD, which provides a sample of EEG files. The files have been provided by Digitrace - a company which maintains a vast library of EEG files.

Internationally renowned contributors in the field.

Wide audience including researchers in neurophysiology and neuroscience, as well as neurologists.

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Radiology: A-Z of Abdominal Radiology

366 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (February 23, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521700140
ISBN-13: 978-0521700146

A-Z of Abdominal Radiology provides a concise, easily accessible radiological guide to the imaging of the common disorders of the abdomen and pelvis. Organised by A-Z, each entry gives easy access to the key clinical features of the condition. Section 1 reviews the relevant radiological anatomy of the abdomen and pelvis. This is followed by over 80 abdominal disorders, listing characteristics, clinical features, radiological features and relevant clinical management. Each disorder is highly illustrated to aid diagnosis. A-Z of Abdominal Radiology is an invaluable quick reference for the busy clinician and aide memoir for exam revision in both medicine and radiology.

A concise, easily accessible radiological guide to the imaging of the common disorders of the abdomen and pelvis. An introductory section reviews the relevant radiological anatomy of the abdomen and pelvis, and is followed by over 80 abdominal disorders, each listing characteristics, clinical features, radiological features and clinical management.

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Anatomy: Anatomical Terms and their Derivation

 by F. Peter Lisowsk

136 pages
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing; 1 edition (January 3, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 981270387X
ISBN-13: 978-9812703873

 

Anatomical terms are the vocabulary of medicine. Anatomy began as a descriptive science in the days when Latin was the universal scientific language. Early anatomists described the structures they saw in that language, comparing them to common and familiar objects, or borrowing terms from the Greek and Arabic masters before them. In anatomic terminology, common Latin or Greek words are used as such for any part of the body for which the ancients had a name. For many other structures, scientific names have been invented either by using certain classical words which appear to be descriptive of the part concerned, or commonly, by combining Greek or Latin roots to form a new compound term. Memorization of such terms without understanding their meaning can lead to mental indigestion. 

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Neurosurgery: Pediatric Neurosurgery

264 pages
Publisher: Landes Bioscience (March 23, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1570596433
ISBN-13: 978-1570596438

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Anatomy & Physiology: The Human Body: An Introduction to Structure and Function (Flexibook)

720 pages
Publisher: Thieme; 1 edition (June 25, 2004)
Language: English 

ISBN-10: 158890122X 

ISBN-13: 978-1588901224

 

The basic principles of the anatomy and physiology of the human body are presented in easy-to-read language with clearly integrated text and four-color illustrations.Full consideration is given to the interests of various disciplines in the health care field.The contents of the book have been updated. All of the chapters have been expanded and partially rewritten, particularly the following:

-Biology of the Cell (updated and expanded)

- Genetics and Evolution (new)

- Musculoskeletal System (17 new illustrations)

- Heart and Vascular System (new, clearer organization)

- Blood, Immune System and Lymphatic Organs (detailed coverage of the immune system, in line with the latest discoveries)

- Endocrine Organs (updated with many new illustrations)

- Digestive System (completely revised, including new sections on Antioxidants and Medicinal Herbs

- Reproduction, Development and Birth (with new, detailed coverage of the fertilization process)

- Central and Peripheral Nervous System (blood supply to the brain has been added)

A total of 51 new illustrations have been added, and many others have been revised.Other new features are the summary at the end of each chapter, which reviews the chapter contents; the detailed Table of Contents at the start of each chapter; and the fold-out color plate of a fully labeled skeleton.

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Anatomy: Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Thieme flexibook) (v. 2) : Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis

 

234 pages Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag; 2nd edition (January 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3131256028
ISBN-13: 978-3131256027

The second of a two-volume set which identifies the anatomical details visualized in the sectional imaging modalities. As a comprehensive reference, it is a great aid when interpreting images; schematic drawings of great clarity are juxtaposed with the CT and MRI images; anatomic structures are color-coded in the drawings to facilitate identification. In this updated second edition, CT and MR images have been replaced with better quality substitutes.

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Neurosurgery: Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 2006-01-05
ISBN / ASIN: 4431285512
EAN: 9784431285519

The primary objective of neurosurgeons is to achieve the best possible outcome for patients while minimizing nervous-system injury through their interventions. Great advances in the practice of minimally invasive neurosurgery over the past couple of decades have been made possible through technological advances providing increasingly sophisticated instrumentation for use in the operating room, necessitating the acquisition of new surgical skills and know-how. Dissemination of this kind of knowledge was the common goal of two conferences, the 6th International Congress of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology, held concurrently in Nagoya, Japan, in March 2005. This volume of proceedings contains in their entirety the reports submitted at both these meetings, and provides valuable insights into the latest innovations in clinical neurosurgery for practitioners from a broad range of disciplines.

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Orthopedics:Orthopedic Principles - A Resident's Guide

639 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 6, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540232591
ISBN-13: 978-3540232599 

 

The scope of orthopaedic knowledge has expanded to such a degree that it has become increasingly difficult to maintain a fundamental grasp of the required knowledge base. Add to this the time constraints of adult learning with the student or practitioner faced with ever increasing demands on their time. This text is a much needed resource of orthopaedic knowledge which will prove useful not only to those in training but also to the ever increasing demand of certification and recertification examinations. Well illustrated and organized into eight chapters extending from basic science to every specialty of orthopaedic surgery including hand, foot and ankle, sports medicine and spine just to name a few with information provided in outline form, the reader will find it easy to locate information on a specific subject for direct patient care, conferences or rounds, or examination review. Alternatively, the organization of each chapter facilitates on overall review of the subject matter. By virtue of its succinct style of presentation of information, this text will prove to be most useful to students and practitioners throughout the world.

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ENT: Color Atlas of ENT Diagnosis 4th ed.

258 pages
Publisher: Thieme Verlag; 4th Edition edition (January 1, 2003)

ISBN-10: 3131293918
ISBN-13: 978-3131293916
 

 

 

If you are searching for an atlas with high yield information for each picture then this is what you are searching for. contains common cases each with brief discussion aiming to enrich your knowledge and provide you with facts common in clinical exams.

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Tissue Stem Cells

 

Informa Healthcare
ISBN: 0824728998
Edition - 2006-04-24
PDF
424 pages

4 MB

Tissue stem cells and their medical applications have become a major focus of research over the past decade. With 16 full-color illustrations, this reference provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of the current and emerging technologies for stem cell research and transplantation. Divided into three sections covering general issues, adult stem cells within specific tissues, and clinical applications, this source studies advances in bone marrow transplantation, cancer development modeling, tumor analysis, and gene therapy.

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ENT: Lecture Notes on Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat 9th ed.

 

181 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 9 edition (July 26, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0632065060
ISBN-13: 978-0632065066

 

Sheffield Children's Hospital, UK. Updated pocket-sized quick reference discussing techniques, developments, instrumentation, and treatment protocol. Emphasizes common clinical disorders and includes acute and chronic sinusitis, conditions of the Hypopharynx, and tracheostomy. Color and halftone illustrations. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover.

From the Back Cover

This welcome new edition of Lecture Notes on Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat will be an essential purchase for medical students, junior doctors and other allied health professionals who want a concise introduction to this surgical speciality. Each chapter has been updated and modified to reflect new developments in techniques, instrumentation, and treatment protocol. There is an emphasis on common clinical disorders and areas such as acute and chronic sinusitis, conditions of the hypopharynx, and tracheostomy have been substantially revised.This book offers a quick and easy resource for medical students wanting to improve their knowledge in this area and to practising junior doctors and General Practitioners encountering ENT problems in their clinical practice.

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Pharmacology: Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics 2nd Ed. by Larry Bauer

840 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2 edition (June 24, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071476288
ISBN-13: 978-0071476287

 

 

The easiest and most trusted way to learn the clinical application of pharmacokinetics
5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"This is an important reference that teaches clinically relevant pharmacokinetic dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring tools. This second edition includes updated information on dosing immunosuppressants, as well as dosing concepts in pediatric and hemodialysis patients. The book is intended as an instructive tool in pharmacokinetics for healthcare practitioners who wish to learn these concepts and apply them in their clinical practice. The book satisfies its objectives, outlining important pharmacokinetic concepts in an organized and easy to understand fashion. It is also written by a pharmacist with extensive experience in pharmacokinetics and includes clinically pertinent pearls for individual drugs.
This second edition succeeds at providing updated information on pharmacokinetic concepts. The book presents information in a manner that allows readers to teach themselves about pharmacokinetic dosing and to update their knowledge about clinically relevant concepts for the medications. These concepts are critical because medications are far too often dosed without individual patient characteristics (weight, age, concomitant medications) in mind. It is important to individualize dosing based on pharmacokinetic methods, to monitor levels, and to adjust subsequent dosing based on peaks, troughs, renal, and hepatic function." -- Doody's
The most current, hands-on book in the field, Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics gives you clear and useful coverage of drug dosing and drug monitoring that no other text can match. It offers the latest standardized techniques and approaches to patient-specific dosing plus new information on more recent pharmacokinetically monitored drugs.
Written by a nationally recognized authority in pharmacokinetics, Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics provides essential information covered in pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, therapeutics, and clinical pharmacy courses. It can be also be used as a clinical refresher to brush up on key concepts and procedures.
FEATURES

• NEW! High-yield sections on dosing strategies in all chapters
• NEW! Up-to-date, ready-to-use information on monitored drugs
• Valuable coverage of drug dosing in special populations, including patients with renal and hepatic disease, obesity, and congestive heart failure and patients on dialysis
• All the information that you need on drug categories such as antibiotics, cardiovascular agents, anticonvulsants, and immunosuppressants
• Tools that simplify learning throughout, such as an introductory chapter on clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts, examples of calculations, and problems with answers and explanations at the end of each chapter

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Putting pharmacokinetics into practice, this timely and comprehensive text delivers the latest procedures and data on today's drugs and patient-specific dosing.
* The best guide to pharmacokinetics for real-life pharmacy practice
*Ideal for students, pharmacists, and other clinicians who want clear, useful, and up-to-date coverage of the latest standardized techniques and most recent pharmacokinetically monitored drugs
*Essential topics for pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, therapeutics, and clinical pharmacy courses or can be used in a self-directed manner to self-teach or review important concepts and techniques
*Inside: essential information on approaches to drug-dosing and monitoring in individual patients, including the latest data on serum concentrations, written by a nationally recognized leader in pharmacokinetics
The most up-to-date and practical text in the field, Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics features--
*Clear, useful coverage of drug dosing and drug monitoring today
*Focus on the latest standardized techniques and approaches to patient-specific dosing
*Up-to-date information on more recently monitored drugs
*Essential information on drug dosing in special populations, including patients with renal and hepatic disease, obesity, and congestive heart failure
*All the information practitioners need on drug categories such as antibiotics, cardiovascular agents, anticonvulsants, and immunosuppressants
*Full coverage of drugs such as Aminoglycosides, Vancomycin, Digoxin, Phenytoin, Carbamazepine, Theophylline, Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus, and Lithium
*Clear and concise summary of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts
*Practical help with calculations and equations
*50 useful charts and illustrations
*18 chapters that provide needed hands-on guidance in techniques, procedures, and approaches
*Tools that make learning and use easier, including a principle-clarifying introductory chapter, examples of calculations, and questions and answers to test your understanding --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Larry A. Bauer, PharmD, is a Professor in the Departments of Pharmacy and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
 

 

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Dermatology: Handbook of Dermatology: A Practical Manual

320 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (April 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405181109
ISBN-13: 978-1405181105

 

Because dermatology is a complex visual specialty that mixes medical and surgical approaches to management, trainees need fast access to a wide range of material. This concise new reference uses tables, algorithms, protocols, guidelines, and staging and scoring systems to present succinct guidance on best-practice patient care. Structured around three components -- medical, surgical, and pharmacological -- the book consolidates the core Board exam information residents most often look up. Handbook of Dermatology: A Practical Manual  was road-tested as it was developed to ensure usefulness for dermatology residents, dermatologists, and family physicians.

 

About the Authors

Margaret W. Mann, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
David R. Berk, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Daniel L. Popkin, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Susan J. Bayliss, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA

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Biochemstry: Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, North American Edition (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series) 4th ed.

528 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth Edition edition (July 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0781769604
ISBN-13: 978-0781769600

 

Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry enables students to quickly review, assimilate, and integrate large amounts of complex information by utilizing powerful visual resources that deliver the focus and clarification needed for mastery of difficult biochemical concepts. Its signature outline format, full-color illustrations, and end-of-chapter summaries and USMLE-style review questions make it one of the most user-friendly books in the field.

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Dermatology:Clinical Dermatology 4th ed.

 by Richard Weller, John A. A. Hunter, John Savin, and Mark Dahl

•  440 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 4 edition (March 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140514663X
• ISBN-13: 978-1405146630
• This best selling text has been completely revised and refreshed in the fourth edition. The authors aim to enthuse family doctors (for whom they are primarily writing) to enjoy the challenge of diagnosing and treating skin conditions.
  Clinical Dermatology contains over 500 high quality pictures and diagrams matched with many colourful phrases to illustrate and entertain as it teaches. It has established a reputation as a ‘way of learning’ and as a cogent overview of the subject for the aspiring specialist. Readers are guided through the maze that too often lies between the presenting skin complaint and its final diagnosis and treatment. The authors have created an easily read text with enough detail to clarify the subject but not enough to obscure it.
  This fourth edition contains new chapters on racially pigmented skin, dermatology of different age groups and cosmetic dermatology. Relevant internet sites are now clearly highlighted at the end of each chapter and the comprehensive formulary has been updated.
  
  
  
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Oxford Textbook of Medicine

1228 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 4 edition (March 20, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0192629220
ISBN-13: 978-0192629227

The Oxford Textbook of Medicine provides all that any doctor needs to know to practice top-level internal medicine. It gives compreensive coverage of the epidemiology, aetiology, and mechanism of disease, as well as clear, unambiguous coverage of the diagnosis, practical management and prevention of the entire spectrum of medical disorders.LThere are major introductory sections on the scientific basis of disease; and in the system-based clinical sections genetic predisposition, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms, and cell biology are covered in depth for all significant medical syndromes. Clinical descriptions of diseases are clearly and memorably written, based on the experience and insight of the authors--many of whom are among the world's most distinguished medical scientists. Chapters are not only ""evidence based"" but also on clinical experience and a thorough survey of all the relevant literature. Throughout, the approach of OTM is humane and ethical and, at the same time, factual, reliable, honest(especially where knowledge is limited) and rigorously scientific.LThis is not just a textbook of ""First World"" medicine. It provides practical guidance for doctors working in a variety of medical setting the value of a logical clinical approach rather than immediate resort to expensive imaging and laboratory tests. Moore of the contributing authors than ever before are from outside Europe, including strong representation of North American medicine.LThe new editorial team has ensured that the OTM continues to reflect rapid changes in medical practice: there are new sections on intensive care, alcohol and drug abuse, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, world health, clinical trials and evidence-based medicine, adolescent medicine, sports medicine, and emergency medicine; more than half the contributors are new for this edition; and most of the text has been heavily revised. The striking new page and cover design reflect the significant changes made in this new edition.LThe Textbook is illustrated by over 2000 two-color diagrams and many color Plates. The index is the most detailed and user-friendly of any major medical textbook: in an emergency, the reader can access information quickly- whether on the ward, in office or at home.LLike its predecessors, OTM4 will be the trusted and ultimate reference in libraries, hositals, doctors' consulting rooms, solicitors' offices, press offices, and primary care practices worldwide.

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Public Health: Oxford Textbook of Public Health 4th Ed

Oxford Textbook of Public Health 4th Ed, 2002

Roger Detels, James McEwen, Robert Beaglehole, Heizo Tanaka
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10: 0192630415
ISBN-13: 978-0192630414

This edition reflects the many changes that have occurred in the field of public health since the previous edition, c1997, was published. Now includes issues relevant to developing as well as developed countries. Presents strategies to resolve current public health problems. For extensive references.

About the Author

Roger Detels, Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health. James McEwen, Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow. Robert Beaglehole, Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Community Health, University of Auckland School of Medicine. Roger Detels, Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health. James McEwen, Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow.

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Cancer Biology

568 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 4 edition (March 29, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195175441
ISBN-13: 978-0195175448

A thorough yet concise account of cancer biology, this book emphasises the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transformation of normal into malignant cells, the invasiveness of cancer cells into host tissues, and the metastatic spread of cancer cells in the host organism. It also defines the fundamental pathophysiological changes that occur in tumour tissue and in the host animal or patient. The approach throughout the book is to discuss the historical development of a field, citing the key experimental advances to the present day, and to evaluate the current evidence that best supports or rules out concepts of the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating cancer cell behaviour. For all the areas of fundamental cancer research, an effort has been made to relate basic research findings to the clinical disease states. The book is well illustrated with schematic diagrams and actual research data to demonstrate points made in the text, and there is an extensive, up-to-date bibliography.

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Dermatology: Dermatology Therapy: A to Z Essentials

700 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 12, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540008640
ISBN-13: 978-3540008644

This new title in the Springer series 'Therapeutic Dictionaries' covers over 1000 entries on dermatologic definitions, differential diagnoses and therapeutic possibilities. The highly structured articles include succinct discussions of the signs, symptoms and therapeutic options, including designations of therapies of choice, when appropriate. The volume is richly illustrated in color and contains many tables outlining commonly used medications in dermatology for ease of reference.

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Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text book

138 pages
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (July 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0443071403
ISBN-13: 978-0443071409

This concise textbook of dermatology is aimed at medical students and those preparing for the MRCP and MRCGP examinations. The information is presented in a highly accessible format, Extensive use of colour for both clinical photographs and graphics makes for a superb appearance. For review for examination preparation key point boxes are provided. In this third edition extensive revision has been made to the contents to reflect changes in the understanding of dermatological conditions at a molecular level and the changes in clinical practice. In addition the use of the internet for dermatological information by both doctors and patients is reviewed.

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Dermatology: Thieme Clinical Companions Dermatology

772 pages

Publisher: Thieme; 1 edition (April 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1588902587
ISBN-13: 978-1588902580

From The New England Journal of Medicine

The second edition of the German textbook Dermatology is just that -- a comprehensive reference on the specialty of dermatology. Appearing nine years after the first edition, the second edition is a practical necessity. Nondermatologists may not believe it, but progress in this specialty has been rapid during the intervening years. The new genetics has been eagerly embraced, as have advances in immunology and therapeutics. The study of skin diseases and of their diagnosis and management readily lends itself to graphic images, and modern color publishing has facilitated an explosion of textbooks in this area. A good number of such books consolidate this approach by carrying the moniker ``atlas'' and as such are usually no more than expansively illustrated maps of the integument.

To go further than this and to supplement good illustrations with advice on causes, pathology, diagnosis, and therapy is another dimension altogether. Such a task can be made easier by consistency of style, facilitated by a rigorous editorial hand that keeps the number of chapter authors to a minimum. In Dermatology, the four authors accomplished this task by writing the bulk of the book themselves, on topics ranging from basic science and principles of dermatologic diagnosis to descriptions of individual dermatoses and their therapy. This is no mean feat, but one that intuitively relies on extremely broad knowledge of the specialty. Consistency benefits, but authenticity may suffer, since no four persons can write all the chapters at the level of experts in the field. One could argue, however, that the experts' ivory-tower view can at times be several standard deviations away from the norm and not pertinent to a broad readership. After all, this book is aimed at specialists and nonspecialists alike.

The world of dermatology textbooks is populated by a few well-known, multivolume heavyweights, both metaphorically and literally. Dermatology is a unique inhabitant of this world, in that it is a single, albeit bulky, volume -- a distinct advantage, since the reader knows in which volume to look for information. Although the page layout is consistent, there is room for more color figures and diagrams, but perhaps this was discounted in deference to maintaining the single-volume approach. The book itself is fairly well but not extensively referenced. At times, a somewhat endearing element of anecdote creeps into the text -- a rare phenomenon in the modern, evidence-based world. For instance, in the section on striae distensae (stretch marks), therapy is regarded as ``a bit of luck'' -- that is, the luck of not being predisposed to this scourge of pregnancy. Another example is found on the section on psoriasis. It is well known that psoriasis occurs at different frequencies in different racial groups, and it is commonly believed to be relatively rare in Native Americans. This observation is dismissed with skepticism and the statement that ``one of us ran a clinic for Navajos for a decade and saw more than enough severe psoriasis.'' Some statements are factually incorrect. Again, taking psoriasis as an example, it is stated that monozygotic twins have 90 percent concordance for psoriasis, although the widely quoted figure is closer to 70 percent. This is a minor criticism, but a reference book should be accurate. The limited authorship ensures that the book does not fall foul of another glitch of multiauthorship, in that the information presented is very current and references from 1999 are widely included.

Dermatology is increasingly a surgical specialty. Indeed, the American Academy of Dermatology has considered changing its name to incorporate a reference to dermatologic surgery, thereby emphasizing this trend. It is estimated that of patients attending a general, nonselected dermatology clinic, up to 40 percent may require some form of surgery, ranging from cryotherapy or simple elliptical biopsy to complex flap construction, previously the preserve of the plastic surgeon. The addition of a new chapter on operative technique is a welcome one; however, coverage of laser surgery in a mere 2 1/2 pages is not representative of the value and widespread use of this technique. The other new chapter is that on diagnostic issues specific to black skin, an important and difficult area. The descriptive vocabulary for dermatologic disease was primarily determined with reference to white skin. Thus, the dermatologist is faced with two problems in diagnosing and describing a rash in black skin: first, the morphologic features of common conditions such as psoriasis or atopic dermatitis may appear very different from those in white skin, and second, there are a number of dermatoses unique to black skin that are currently described within the context and confines of white-skin dermatology.

Overall, this is a valuable book that deserves a place on the shelves of most medical libraries. It is comprehensive enough in its information to benefit specialists and nonspecialists alike. After all, one can never have enough high-quality dermatology reference books.

Christopher E.M. Griffiths, M.D.

Copyright © 2001 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved. The New England Journal of Medicine is a registered trademark of the MMS.

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Obstetrics Illustrated (Hanretty, Obstetrics Illustrated)

452 pages
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 6 edition (May 15, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0443072671
ISBN-13: 978-0443072673

A clear, very visual textbook of obstetrics for medical students and midwives, that includes background anatomy and physiology as well as a clear account of standard obstetric practice. Focuses solely on obstetric practice instead of OB/GYN so the subject can be covered in detail and illustrates every concept with clear line drawings.

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Family Medicine:Textbook of Public Health and Community Medicine

1st edition 2009
published by:department of community medicine ,armed forces Medical college ,Pune
in collaboration with WHO

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Microbiology:Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, Edition 3

290 pages
Publisher: Medmaster; 3 edition (July 15, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0940780496
ISBN-13: 978-0940780491

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(Currently in 2004 revised printing) A brief, clear, thorough, and highly enjoyable approach to clinical microbiology, brimming with mnemonics, humor, summary charts and illustrations, from AIDS to "flesh-eating bacteria" to ebola, mad cow disease, hantavirus, anthrax, smallpox, botulism, etc. Excellent Board review.

About the Author

Chief, Vascular Medicine Branch and Director of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Functional Genomics Core of the National Institutes of Health

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Pharmacology: lippincot's Nursing drug guide 2007

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A Complete Handbook of Nature Cure

For people who advocate and recognise the latent healing power of nature like my esteemed
friend and fellow practitioner, Shri H.K. Bakhru, naturopathy is a way of life. It is a distinct
philosophy and science which strengthens the age-old faith in the correction of bodily disorders
and restoration and main- tenance of health through elements freely available in nature. It brings home the basic fact that healing is brought about by the inherent curative powers of the body.
The simplicity of this method should not deter individuals from its use. The final complete healing will come from within. In short, the naturopath lends intelligent assistance and interprets nature’s laws for the patient

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