Scholars in folklore and anthropology are more directly involved in various aspects of medicine—such as medical education, clinical pastoral care, and negotiation of transcultural issues—than ever before. Old models of investigation that artificially isolated "folk medicine," "complementary and alternative...
The idea for a volume on eighteenth-century studies
of brain and behavior originated during a joint
International Society for the History of the
Neurosciences (ISHN) and Theoretical and
Experimental Neuropsychology/Neuropsychologie
Expérimentale et Théorique (TENNET) symposium
held in Montreal in June...
For busy clinicians, residents, and fellows continually challenged with a rapidly expanding body of cardiology information, this expertly conceived Third Edition of a best-selling textbook provides a contemporary succinct distillation of the current status of cardiovascular knowledge and disease. From specific diseases to particular signs,...
In the latter part of the 20th century, hematologists and medical oncologists
were trained to treat leukemia with systemic therapy that was cytotoxic to both
normal and malignant cells. Some of these therapies, such as methotrexate and
L-asparaginase, were developed within the context of known biologic pathophysiology,
but most...
How cognitive psychology explains human creativity
Conventional wisdom holds that creativity is a mysterious quality present in a select few individuals. The rest of us, the common view goes, can only stand in awe of great creative achievements: we could never paint Guernica or devise the structure of the DNA molecule because...
Now in its Fifth Edition, the leading clinical reference on pediatric and adolescent gynecology combines contemporary approaches to diagnosis with the latest medical and surgical management advice to help you address gynecologic problems in infants, children, and adolescents with confidence.
This book provides a contemporary reference to the science, technology and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT. The book is designed to be used by residents and fellows training in medical imaging specialties as well as imaging experts in private or academic practice who need to become familiar with this technology and its applications....
This extensively updated and expanded second edition reflects new research, advances in clinical care, and the growing recognition that diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Written for the practicing clinician as a comprehensive review of diabetic vascular disease, the book both explains the basic pathophysiology of...
"If you are looking for an introductory book on how to do PP coaching, this will give you an excellent, clearly written, practical introduction with some useful references in the bibliography."
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"Coaching Positively is the book that the coaching profession...
Project management is today's hottest topic, yet fully integrative, timely, and broad-based coverage is difficult to find. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Project Management Course synthesizes and organizes current PM knowledge and material from the Project Management Institute and other leading bodies of knowledge into one comprehensive...
Almost 10 years ago I wrote a guide to child therapy. I worked
hard, then, to make the book relevant, timely, and thorough. But a lot
has happened over the past decade. The economics of mental health, a
euphemism for managed care and insurance companies, have grown from
supporters of what we do to dictators of it. Even as we meet...
I have always thought of myself as something of an outsider and troublemaker, so it is with some humility that I prepare the sixth edition of this book, 24 years after the first edition appeared. Then, as now, the book had an unusual perspective: that many papers in the medical literature contained avoidable errors. At the time,...
