A solid knowledge of anatomy is essential within any number of fields throughout healthcare. A core discipline of all medical degrees, anatomy is generally taught in a series of laboratory sessions and lectures, requiring students to identify a particular organ or structure, explain its function and describe its relation to normal physiology. Students are expected to learn – and practicing clinicians required to remember – an enormous amount of anatomical information.A Visual G...

Instant Anatomy presents anatomy and anatomical relationships in a simple, unique, schematic manner to aid the speedy understanding and retrieval of anatomical facts. It shows structures such as nerves and blood vessels in their entirety, unlike the partial, regional presentations given in most textbooks.Covering the major aspects of anatomy, each section presents the relevant structures in double page spreads, with clear, full-colour diagrams on the left and concise text ...

Updated with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with new research, this New York Times bestseller is essential reading for a time when mental health is constantly in the news.In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades?Interwoven with Whit...

25 unflinching stories and essays from the front lines of the radical mental health movementOvermedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled “mentally ill.” While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric mi...

Robert Whitaker, noto giornalista d’inchiesta, alla fine degli anni Novanta si imbatte nella lettura di due articoli scientifici: uno mostra che le possibilità di guarigione dei pazienti schizofrenici sono simili, se non inferiori, a quelle di inizio secolo; l’altro rileva che la prognosi della schizofrenia in paesi come la Nigeria e l’India, meno all’avanguardia degli Stati Uniti nel campo della ricerca psicofarmacologica, è nettamente migliore.Alla ricerca di una spiegazione per d...

Cuando el galardonado periodista científico Robert Whitaker se percató de que entre 1987 y 2007 el número de pacientes con discapacidad por enfermedad mental se había casi triplicado, en paralelo a un espectacular aumento en la producción de droga psicotrópica, comenzó a reflexionar. Parece como si estos psicofármacos fueran "balas mágicas" que dejan fuera de juego a la enfermedad mental, reinsertando a los pacientes a las filas de la ciudadanía productiva. Pero numerosos estudios clínicos...

What if the investment promoted as a shield for your retirement is actually designed to strip it away?Across the United States, many retirees are steered into gold IRA deals presented as safe and inflation-proof. Behind those promises lies a system built on fear, confusion, and hidden incentives.The Gold Grift Exposed reveals how the modern gold IRA industry operates. It examines companies that present themselves as protectors of financial security while exploiting...

They Served God to the Ends of the EarthIn his fifth God’s Generals volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great evangelists who risked their lives to take the gospel message to strange and unknown cultures around the world, including…Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf—the Austrian nobleman whose passion for Christ ushered in the Moravian revival of the 1700s.David Brainerd—the...

The Victorious Generals & Their Powerful Secrets RevealedIn an atmosphere of oppression and darkness, the reformers came with revelation from God and translations of the Bible into common language. Roberts Liardon will introduce you to six men who fought to reintroduce the beliefs and principles of the early church.John Wycliffe, “The Bible Translator,” who translated the Bible from Latin into English and was martyred for his efforts.John Hus...

In "Outlines of Ecclesiastical History," B. H. Roberts presents a comprehensive examination of the development of Christian thought and practice from the early church through to contemporary times. This seminal work employs a narrative style interwoven with critical analysis, providing readers with a chronological framework that elucidates the complex dynamics of ecclesiastical evolution. Roberts' meticulous attention to historical detail and his ability to synthesize vast theological disc...

They Paid the Ultimate PriceIn his sixth God's Generals volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great martyrs for the faith—and some of the lesser-known ones. Their inspirational testimony, acts of courage, and even seasons of doubt both encourage and point awareness toward the persecuted church of the twenty-first century.The book includes profiles on...Apostle Paul and Stephen the Faithful (c. 100 AD)Polyca...

Roberts Liardon recaptures God's glory with these compelling spiritual biographies of some of the most powerful preachers ever to ignite the fires of revival.