This book analyses clinical encounters through an interpreter from a new point of view. It explores the difficulties in multilingual medical communication, revealing why the risk of misunderstanding is significantly higher in trilingual than in bilingual communication.
The Complex Architecture and Healing of Traumatic Brain Injuries
Through compelling doctor-patient dialogues, each chapter presents a case study on healing traumatic brain injuries and other maladies of the mind. This ground-breaking book explores the difficult process of putting a person’s “sense of self” back together after such injuries.
This book explores the complexities of ethics and plagiarism in medical research. Plagiarism is often framed in narrow terms, but its consequences are complicated by the internet. This text helps readers understand how to scrutinize language in scientific writing and publishing.
This book critically examines the US COVID-19 crisis, arguing the nation’s response was out of proportion to the actual threat. This led to needless suffering, driven by the misrepresentation of public science by government officials and the news media.
A temporary heart valve is a novel, lifesaving option during acute valvular failure when open-heart surgery is not readily available. This textbook introduces a first-of-its-kind temporary aortic valve catheter, providing a summary of its modeling and preclinical validations.
The Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
A century of science couldn’t stop the COVID-19 pandemic, a wake-up call for humanity. This book consolidates the latest research on the continuously evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus, providing essential knowledge on a global threat that proved we remained vulnerable.
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.
Neuro-intervention is one of medicine’s most exciting specialties, but it can be a source of misfortune. This book shows that problems in the field are not outlying incidents, but are systemic, insidious, and ubiquitous issues affecting research, education, and publications.
From a physician with 30 years of experience, this book is a profound analysis of the doctor-patient relationship. It addresses placebos, shamanism, and the role lies play, using real-life anecdotes to provide an authentic glimpse into the medical profession for us all.
Lessons in Practical Clinical and Operative Surgery
Through his own life, surgeon Salah Abbas reveals the trials of medicine: the difficult decisions and consequences surgeons face daily, the influence of global regimes on medical professionals, and the effects of emigration on their lives.
Since common tuberculosis symptoms are often absent in tubercular lymphadenitis (TBLN), diagnosis can be difficult. This book evaluates molecular diagnostic tools for early detection, using real-time PCR targeting IS6110. It also focuses on TBLN in pediatric patients.
This book presents a humanistic framework for health promotion, arguing that the key is not to control behavior, but to cultivate autonomy. It reframes health as a matter of social justice—a moral endeavor to remove barriers so everyone can realize their innate capacities.
The treatment of cancer patients must include quality of life. As this book shows, patients do not have equal access to cancer treatment around the world, and often basic diagnosis and treatment are lacking.
This book explores penetrating keratoplasty, the gold standard in corneal transplantation. It covers the theoretical and practical aspects, from eye banking to donor tissue evaluation. This is an essential guide for postgraduate students and experienced cornea surgeons.
Diabetic Foot Management at the Primary Care Level
Diabetic foot complications are serious and difficult to manage. This book provides a concise, clinically focused guide to diagnosis and management at the primary care level. It highlights prevention, at-risk feet, and the latest international guidelines on various conditions.
Conversations on Cardiac Physiology
This book corrects widespread misconceptions about heart physiology. It argues that depolarisation can be explained by electron outflow, hypertension is not caused by a salty diet, and coronary artery disease risk is not correlated with total cholesterol.
This book explores craniofacial anatomical variations in rare facial clefts using advanced imaging. It provides in-depth knowledge to establish personalized therapeutic practices and improve patient rehabilitation in highly complex cases.
Clinical lymphology offers highly effective methods to treat a wide range of pathologies, from inflammatory to cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. These simple, cost-effective techniques significantly expedite patient recovery and shorten treatment duration.
This book introduces the concept of state harm to explain the poor social conditions on Native American reservations. It shows how the psychological and emotional traumas of colonization, relocation, and assimilation have manifested as generational harm.
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