The Oxford Medical Companion


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This rich, intelligent guide to the state of medical science is a thoroughly revised and edited version of Walton's massive Oxford Companion to Medicine. Accessible, convenient and up to date, it is an invaluable reference for doctors, students, and medical professionals of all kinds. 70 halftones and line drawings.




A Companion to Medical Anthropology


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A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today. Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics




Edinburgh Companion to the Critical Medical Humanities


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In this landmark Companion, expert contributors from around the world map out the field of the critical medical humanities. This is the first volume to introduce comprehensively the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking across the humanities and social sciences might contribute to, critique and develop medical understanding of the human individually and collectively. The thirty-six newly commissioned chapters range widely within and across disciplinary fields, always alert to the intersections between medicine, as broadly defined, and critical thinking. Each chapter offers suggestions for further reading on the issues raised, and each section concludes with an Afterword, written by a leading critic, outlining future possibilities for cutting-edge work in this area. Topics covered in this volume include: the affective body, biomedicine, blindness, breath, disability, early modern medical practice, fatness, the genome, language, madness, narrative, race, systems biology, performance, the postcolonial, public health, touch, twins, voice and wonder. Together the chapters generate a body of new knowledge and make a decisive intervention into how health, medicine and clinical care might address questions of individual, subjective and embodied experience.




Companion to Medicine in the Twentieth Century


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During the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformative. In 1900, western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individuals. It is now central to these aspects of life. Our prospects seem increasingly depe




Companion Animals in Human Health


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Exactly how do animals affect the quality of life of their human companions? The 7th International Conference on Animals, Health, and Quality of Life set out to explore this question. A major result of this quest was Companion Animals in Human Health, a careful selection of jurored and invited papers from that conference. The articles in this volume address Human Animal Interaction (HAI) according to the elements that define quality of life: physical, mental, emotional, and social health; functional health; and general well-being. Beginning with an overview of human/animal interaction from historical and value perspectives, the authors develop a conceptual framework for HAI research and quality of life measurement. They then go on to explore the psychosocial and physiological impact of HAI. The concluding sections address the role of companion animals in human development and the training and welfare of animals in therapeutic programs. As a state-of-the-science document, Companion Animals in Human Health is a must-read for all health and social science professionals caring for clients who already have companion animals or for clients who might benefit from such interaction. Thus it will be of interest to those in the fields of clinical psychology, cognition, developmental psychology, family studies, gerontology, nursing, patient care, psychology, public health, and sociology.




The Medical Companion


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Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book


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Designed for portability, this clinical companion provides at-a-glance access to the information you need for more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the new 11th edition of Lewis’s main text: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. This clinical companion is organized alphabetically for quick reference and includes a variety of full-color illustrations, summary tables, and a handy reference appendix full of laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice. Consistent and practical information covers definitions and descriptions, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications, diagnostic studies, interprofessional care and drug therapy, and nursing management. Treatments and Procedures section summarizes the need-to-know content about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as basic life support, enteral nutrition, and artificial airway management. Handy reference appendix contains information commonly used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, Spanish translations of key phrases, and much more. Patient and caregiver teaching content is highlighted with a special icon to identify appropriate information to share with patients and caregivers about the care of various conditions. Cross-references to the Lewis main text identify how to access more in-depth information. Attractive four-color design makes it easy to locate specific information within the clinical companion. NEW! Updated content reflects the revisions and updates in Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition main text.




A Companion to Health and Medical Geography


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A COMPANION TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY A Companion to Health and Medical Geography provides an essential starting point for anyone interested in studying the role of geography and of geographers, both past and present, in promoting an understanding of issues relating to health and illness. Whilst thoroughly mapping out the territory covered by the sub-discipline and examining changes in focus and terminology, this book offers a discussion of the major themes from differing methodological and theoretical perspectives. Questions of class, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexuality are covered throughout the text and case studies within chapters draw upon scholarship from around the globe in order to illuminate key points. Organized to promote dialogue and encourage health and medical geographers to rethink sub-disciplinary boundaries, this Companion provides a unique account of the history of the field and its future potential and possibilities.




Medical History and Physical Examination in Companion Animals


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creation no falsification falsification Tl rejected creation etc. Figure 1-1 delivers such a result that the theory must be seen as an extension of Popper's rational proce discarded. In this way we come at the same time dure for theory elimination. to the border between science and nonscience: a Popper's naive falsifiability knows only one theory is scientific if it is falsifiable. It is thus way, the elimination of what is weak. The so not scientific to bring additional evidence to phisticated falsifiability, in contrast, knows only bear in vindication of the theory; the theory elimination in combination with the acceptance would thereby take on the character of an un of an alternative. According to sophisticated fal challengeable certainty of belief ('religion'). sifiability, a scientific theory T r is only aban Following Popper, others such as Kuhn, with doned if its place is taken by another theory T2 his paradigm theory, have considerably extended which has the following three characteristics: 1 the range of thought over what is scientific and T 2 has more empirical content than TI; the new what is not.




Doctor's Pocket Companion


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1. General Principles of Clinical Evaluation 2. Medical Emergencies 3. Cardiac Emergencies for Practitioners 4. Surgical Emergencies 5. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: An Update 6. Coma: Clinical Evaluation 7. Snake Envenomation 8. Acute Chemical Poisoning 9. Diabetes Mellitus: Can't We Prevent It? 10. Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Managemen 11. Hypoglycemia: Approach and Management 12. Cardiovascular System 13. Hypertension 14. Respiratory System 15. Gastroenterology 16. Viral Hepatitis 17. Nephrology 18. Acid-base Disorders 19. Hyperthyroidism 20. Hypothyroidism 21. Hypoadrenalism: Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Deficiency 22. Infections 23. Enteric Fever: An Overview and Report of an Outbreak in Kerala 24. Leishmaniasis 25. Guidelines for Use of Antibiotics 26. Clinical Approach to a Patient with Joint Symptoms 27. Vasculitis: An Overview and Clinical Approach 28. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Two Case Histories and Review Article 29. Anemia: Clinical Evaluation 30. B12 Deficiency in India 31. Polycythemia: How and how much to Investigate? 32. Cerebral Vein Thrombosis 33. Pediatrics: Part 1 34. Pediatrics: Part 2 35. Pediatric Surgery 36. Obstetrics and Gynecology 37. Amenorrhea 38. Approach to Infertility 39. Dermatology 40. Psychiatry 41. Basics of Clinical Transfusion Practice 42. Orthopedics 43. Ophthalmology 44. ENT 45. Dentistry: Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases 46. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 47. Community Medicine 48. Family Medicine: The Concept and the Need 49. Pain Management and Palliative Care 50. Care of the Elderly 51. Nutrition and Balanced Diet 52. Vitamin D Deficiency: A Marker of Malnutrition 53. Microbiology Specimen Collection and Transport 54. Essential Infection Control Practices 55. Electrocardiogram: Basics 56. Radiology 57. Common Procedures Index