Living Better with Low Back Pain
Low back pain is a frustrating dilemma, but the medical system is often ineffective. This book dispels the myths around common diagnoses and treatments, presenting recent medical research in a practical way. Gain insight, reassurance, and find your way to a better back.
Music
This book explores applications of music in healthcare with research from music therapy, sociology, and psychology. International authors present how music participation creates community, promotes health, and delivers patient-centred care.
The use of music in therapeutic practice in Turkey is not a new phenomenon. In recent years, though, the institutionalization of music therapy as a scientific discipline has begun. This volume explores multifarious perceptions of the discipline and its potential role in Turkey.
This book explores the intersection of neurosciences, AI, and the Internet of Things in medicine. It provides practical recommendations for integrating such advances into clinical routines in order to improve patient care and quality of life.
This well-researched text covers laboratory and diagnostic procedures in malariology. Born out of years of laboratory practice, it shows a meticulous attention to detail and is highly recommended to laboratory practitioners, biomedical and medical students alike.
Indicative of the fast-developing field, this comprehensive new edition on aspects of audiology discusses important changes in standards and codes of practice. Simple diagrams and photographs are provided, and the text includes more diversity and detail than previous editions.
Illness confronts us with our vulnerability, where qualities like hope and compassion become crucial aspects of care. This highlights the importance of spirituality in healing. This volume brings together leading experts to address principles and practices for spiritual care.
A collection of essays on our planet’s environmental challenges. The contributions connect resilience with ecology, health, and biotechnology, concluding with an ethical analysis of overlapping problems that require urgent attention and long-term resolution.
This book explains the rationale and value of routine blood tests. A valuable guide for health care providers, it allows professionals to effectively assess blood test results and explain them to patients.
A practical guide to lipid and protein metabolism, blood analysis, anaemia, kidney function, and urine culture. Featuring many picture examples, this book is essential for doctors, medical students, and staff in clinical laboratories.
Modern ideas about acute pneumonia ignore fundamental medical science, leading to declining treatment results. This book corrects the existing doctrine to help understand the causes of these failures and significantly improve the effectiveness of treatment for patients.
Explore healthcare tourism in the Asia Pacific, with a special focus on under-researched South Asia. This guide uncovers the socio-economic forces driving this resilient industry, fueled by the region’s unique blend of ancient traditions and modern health infrastructure.
This book presents the spiritual foundations of occupational therapy, arguing the profession originated in existentialist philosophy and the humanist approach. The main goal of treatment is to rehabilitate the fallen spirit of the patient.
This book maps the vital substances of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), like Qi, to modern signaling molecules. By explaining the molecular mechanism behind TCM’s proven success, it bridges Eastern and Western medicines to enable more effective treatment of disease states.
This one-of-a-kind textbook introduces occupational therapy specifically for technicians. Using a unique Q&A and problem-based format with images, it explains complex concepts, diversity, and the technician’s role in current conditions like COVID-19 and modern technology.
The Running of Hospitals
A senior NHS administrator charts the health service’s growth during a major reforming period, 1965-1985. This collection of noteworthy articles, brought together for the first time, is essential for anyone interested in the history of the NHS.
This book explores the lives of Hungarian Jewish doctors between the World Wars. It answers how these doctors treated patients while inmates themselves, and why so many Jewish youth chose the medical profession in Hungary.
Transdisciplinarity and Translationality in High Dilution Research
Evidence for the biological effects of high dilutions is often ignored by the scientific community. This book provides direct access to the latest research, offering a sound, evidence-based “no” to the question: “Is homeopathy really that implausible?” An essential contribution.
This introductory text helps physiotherapists integrate research evidence into their practice. It bridges the gap for those lost in the language of research, offering a platform to develop an understanding of critical appraisal and gain confidence.
Usefulness of Acute Phase Reactant Score in the Neonatal Period
Enhance your clinical judgment in neonatal care. This book introduces the APR score, a rapid, minimally invasive bedside test for diagnosing infection. Score three key markers in 3 minutes to confidently assess and improve outcomes for your most vulnerable patients.