The #1 guide to behavioral issues in medicine delivering thorough, practical discussion of the full scope of the physician-patient relationship"This is an extraordinarily thorough, useful book. It manages to summarize numerous topics, many of which are not a part of a traditional medical curriculum, in concise, relevant chapters."--Doody's Review Service - 5 stars, reviewing an earlier editionThe goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help prac...

The #1 guide to behavioral issues in medicine Thorough, practical discussion of the full scope of the physician-patient relationshipThe goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help practitioners and students understand the interplay between psychological, physical, social and cultural issues of patients. Within its pages you will find real-world coverage of behavioral and interactional issues that occur between provider and patient in everyday clinical practice. You will learn how to ...

**National BestsellerWinner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionShortlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor PrizeShortlisted for the 2018 Trillium Book AwardShortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-FictionLonglisted for the 2018 B.C. National Award for Canadian NonfictionFinalist for the 2017 Toronto Book AwardsCanada Reads 2019 LonglistNamed a Best Book of the Year by Globe and Mail,

**A riveting first-hand account of a physician who's suddenly a dying patient, In Shock "searches for a glimmer of hope in life’s darkest moments, and finds it.” —The Washington PostDr. Rana Awdish never imagined that an emergency trip to the hospital would result in hemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her unborn first child. But after her first visit, Dr. Awdish spent months fighting for her life, enduring consecutive major surgeries a...

The Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support, by Drs. David G. Nichols, Myron Yaster, Charles Schleien, and Charles N. Paidas, a new edition in the Mobile Medicine Series, presents today's life-saving approaches for the critically ill or injured child. Time is of the essence when performing emergency techniques such as intraosseous needle insertion and intubation, so find what you need quickly using this guide's step-by-step, outline format that includes numerous algori...

238 Q&A cards sharpen your therapeutic decision-making skills"These cards offer concise yet detailed case studies for students to review current pharmacotherapeutic options for many of the commonly encountered disease states....Students might find these cards to be a very helpful in addition to their therapeutics courses to help them retain knowledge through the use of real-life clinical scenarios. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review ServiceThese 238 Q&A car...

Now in its 17th Edition, Medications and Mothers’ Milk, is the worldwide best selling drug reference on the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers. This book provides you with the most current, complete, and easy-to-read information on thousands of medications in breastfeeding mothers.This massive update has numerous new drugs, diseases, vaccines, and syndromes. It also contains new tables, and changes to hundreds of existing drugs.Written by a world-renown cl...

Seven years in the making, Dr. Zhongs PediatricEssentials opens with an introduction to thehistory of pediatric applications of Chinesemedicine techniques, going back to 168 BCE.The author discusses how childrens physiologydiffers from adult physiology, and notes theunique aspects of the onset, types, and evolutionof disease in pediatric medicine.The author offers useful, complete descriptionsof physical examination, d...

This book offers a comprehensive survey of the current state of knowledge in the field of neuro-psychopharmacology in childhood and adolescence. In the first part, the essentials of neuro-psychopharmacology are presented in order to provide a deeper understanding of the principles and particularities in the pharmacotherapy of children and adolescents. This part includes information on neurotransmitters and signal transduction pathways, molecular brain structures as targets for psychiatric ...

The Science and Ethics of Antipsychotic Use in Children reviews the latest findings for the safety and efficacy of the rapidly rising incidence of antipsychotic use in children and examines tensions that are created by off-label use, both in clinical psychiatric practice and research.In the past ten years, the number of antipsychotics prescribed to children with psychiatric disorders has skyrocketed. Despite this rapid growth, most medications have been inadequately studied in children for...

Audience: First and Second year medical students; and Allied Health studentsCell Physiology is essential for medical students as it is the basis for understanding the more complex physiology topics they will eventually need to learnEmphasizes understanding key concepts rather than merely memorizing factsPacked with self-study questions, explicit diagrams, and clinical examplesCurrent and up-to-date basic and clinical science concepts all medica...

′An extremely helpful, compact guide for anyone working in early years education... provides clear information for all professionals who work with children from birth to five with autistic spectrum disorders... A short, accessible and reader-friendly book that addresses the key issues′ - Nursery EducationLooking at the early years of a child′s life, this book provides information on the services that are available for those from birth to five years, and addresses issues related to ...