This Element addresses a burning question – how can archaeologists best identify and interpret cultural burning, the controlled use of fire by people to shape and curate their physical and social landscapes? This Element describes what cultural burning is and presents current methods by which it can be identified in historical and archaeological records, applying internationally relevant methods to Australian landscapes. It clarifies how the transdisciplinary study of cultural burning by Q...

Written by Nicholas J Talley, Simon O'Connor and Brad Frankum, this engaging and instructive text provides practical pathways to diagnosis and up-to-date strategies for implementing evidence-based treatments for prevalent conditions. Learn how to: - identify what is clinically important - understand and investigate disease - create an effective strategy for treatment - use technological diagnostic tools. This new edition of Essentials of Internal Medicine 4e describes established and trust...

Presented in the context of clinical cases, this unique resource steps medical students through the most common cardiology problems encountered on the ward and discusses the evidence-based treatments used in practice. This problem-based learning mirrors clinical practice, providing a useful clinical approach for students to carry throughout their careers. Written by Atifur Rahman and Simon O'Connor, Problem Based Cardiology Cases includes considered and wide-ranging coverage of everyday ca...

Le premier contact avec le patient lors de l'examen clinique constitue le point de départ essentiel pour une prise en charge réussie et efficace. Ce guide pratique fournit aux internes et jeunes médecins la méthodologie, les connaissances, et les compétences à maîtriser pour pratiquer un bon examen clinique. Il s'agit à la fois de savoir recueillir l'anamnèse et de conduire un examen physique complet permettant de s'orienter vers un bon diagnostic. Les principales étapes - l'interrogatoire...

"Sometimes the wrong choices take us to the right places."My past: I was 18 when I first gave away my heart. A love so profound, I didn't understand it.My present: I never had to prove she was mine until he makes an appearance. Tall, dark, and older.My future: Should I walk away and not look back or stay and this time let destiny guide my heart?

Talley and O'Connor's Clinical Examination - eBook

- Expanded history taking sections - Increased OSCE content - New clinical photographs

A bestselling title for over 25 years, the updated seventh edition of Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination is an essential read for all student clinicians.Fully updated with the latest clinical data, including specially commissioned research, Clinical Examination addresses the core principles and clinical skills that underpin diagnosis for safe, effective medical practice.Clinical Examination: A systematic guide to physical diagn...

New introductory chapter on how to pass your clinical exams and the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)New clinical photographsUpdated hint boxes and summaries

How would first contact—on earth, in space, on another planet—transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth?What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscures any view of the universe beyond? Or on an unfathomable scale in the...

This practical companion to Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination focuses on refining your clinical skills technique to ensure you excel in your Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. The 102 stations are graded according to the conditions you will be examined on during your Early, Intermediate and Final clinical years. Each station includes background information relevant to the condition being examined, the rationale and method, as well as a guide to presenting on the case, tips ...

Comprehensive guide to core principles and clinical skills Talley and O'Connor's Clinical Examination is a complete resource for students and educators covering the core principles, skills and competencies needed for effective patient examination and diagnosis.For each body system, the book details how to take a systematic and comprehensive health history, how to examine a patient, how to correlate physical signs with disease, and how to use rigorous clinical thinking skills to form a diag...