This first-of-its-kind textbook from the Schroth Best Practice Academy offers an overview of the evidence-based Schroth method. A guide for practitioners, it focuses on current non-surgical treatments for spinal deformities to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.
This book explores the unique medical heritage of Portugal’s National Palace of Mafra, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It presents innovative studies on its collection of medical texts and items, covering topics from Paracelsan alchemy to the lives of 18th-century physicians.
Ethics in Child Health
How do you approach the tough ethical dilemmas in child health? This concise, practical case-based workbook helps healthcare professionals and students critically think about ethical problems through interactive case studies and thought-provoking discussions.
In the high-risk world of aviation, psychology is a critical variable affecting performance, safety, and accidents. This book brings together detailed studies from the behavioural sciences to allow the reader to better understand this multifaceted relationship.
Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease remains a leading scourge. This volume provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review from experts in the field. It highlights what is known about the disease and where future advances are needed, providing a solid foundation for future studies.
This book is the first to summarise the ultrastructure of pathogenic bacteria under different conditions. Presenting results from extensive studies, it describes similar morphological changes across species, suggesting universal adaptation mechanisms to changing environments.
For healthcare professionals, the assessment of sarcopenia and frailty is essential to personalized medicine. This book provides practical assessment tools, reviews key findings from the literature, and suggests treatment modifications for frail patients across clinical settings.
The Biology of Human Behavior
Why do we behave the way we do? Beyond culture, growing evidence suggests much of our behavior has its roots in biological processes. Our conduct is often governed by biochemical agents in the brain, an expression of our ancestral past, all beyond our conscious decision-making.
Creativity, a Profile for Our Species
A profound reflection on the brain and mind. This book charts the search for talent in the brain, analyzing historical icons from Descartes to van Gogh, and features the author’s unique, direct analysis of Einstein’s brain tissue.
A History of Cardiac Surgery
This book narrates the fascinating and dramatic history of cardiac surgery. It details the pioneers who defied the belief that the heart was inoperable and the innovations that led to open-heart surgery, valve replacements, and heart transplantation.
Concussion Competencies
This book fills a knowledge gap for those experiencing or managing sports-related concussions. Supported by research, it details the most important parts of ongoing treatment: behavioral management, patient monitoring, and engaging in “active rehabilitation” strategies.
Toward a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry
Psychiatrist Kenneth S. Kendler presents a collection of papers applying the philosophy of mind and science to psychiatric research and practice. This work looks behind common assumptions without abandoning a commitment to scientific progress in the long run.
The Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults
The world of aging has changed. This book presents a new model for psychosocial care, grounded in research and focused on real-life needs. It offers professionals a complete guide to assessment and treatment, providing empirically supported interventions for today’s older adults.
Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension interact, ultimately leading to fatty liver disease. This book explores all aspects of the condition, from how it develops to the ideal lines of investigation and management.
The first International Handbook of Forest Therapy unites over 50 global experts to define this evidence-based public health approach. Drawing on three decades of research and the latest developments, this milestone work sets the baseline for its worldwide implementation.
This collection presents case studies and reflections on research bioethics from a Latin American perspective. It inspires comparative analyses of research with human subjects and explores the reception of global scientific ideas in the region.
This volume publishes work by emerging researchers in the history of medicine, exploring topics from medical classics and the effects of war to conceptions of blood. It features the paper by keynote speaker Dr Thomas Schlich and is well-illustrated.
This book introduces a new view of agility theory, offering experimental research and theoretical knowledge on both reactive and running agility. It also details a number of agility training methods and exercises.
Body Talk in the Medical Humanities
Drawing on insights from medical practitioners and researchers, this book asks fundamental questions about illness, the body, and healthcare. It explores pain, disability, and patient-doctor relationships to reveal how communication can improve ethical and relational practices.
Fluid Physiology
Inappropriate fluid therapy harms patients. For medical and veterinary practitioners, this book presents a new paradigm based on the revised Starling principle. It retires outdated views on colloids and focuses on volume kinetics for safer, evidence-based patient care.
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