Pseudoscience and Hypermedicalization
This book provides a critical analysis of burnout. Citing the inconsistencies and dangers of a general diagnosis with 140 symptoms and the absence of a negative diagnosis, it argues that burnout represents the widest medicalization of human life that we know of.
Contemporary Neuropsychiatry
This volume explores contributions from cognitive-affective and social neuroscience to mental health and disorders. It integrates translational neuroimaging and molecular neurobiology to explain conditions like anxiety.
How do we make rational decisions in medicine with contradictory data? This interdisciplinary book explores the scientific and ethical issues of proof, questioning the value of physicians’ experience, the relevance of data, and the reliability of biomedical knowledge.
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.
Master physiology with targeted practice. This essential companion to your textbook organizes questions by concept and difficulty (basic, specialized, advanced), helping you pinpoint weaknesses, reinforce knowledge, and ace your exams.
No More Pandemics
This book proposes a path to end pandemics and achieve a world without infectious diseases. Using today’s science, it is entirely possible to avoid infection by implementing an air ventilation approach to stop viruses from entering the body. The challenge must be confronted now.
Community, Autonomy and Informed Consent
Current informed consent guidelines for international research fail when community is involved. This book critiques the traditional view of autonomy that causes these failures and proposes a relational model to create more just and effective ethical policies.
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery combats leading causes of death. This volume discusses various aspects of CABG, with up-to-date information and practical experience from cardiovascular surgeons.
This volume covers cancer epidemiology, drug development, and therapies, presenting tools to assess side effects. It also explores patient quality of life, palliative care, and the global disparities that prevent equal access to diagnosis and treatment.
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.
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.
Systems thinking is being used to improve human health and reduce costs. Learn how the healthcare community is developing targeted therapies that stimulate our bodies to cure ourselves, and explore advances in genetics, 3D bioprinting, and how supplements and drugs are marketed.
Artificial Intelligence is transforming precision oncology. This book analyzes AI techniques that turn complex data into clinically actionable knowledge, supporting decision-making, improving cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and enhancing patient survival.
The transition period is the most critical phase in a dairy cow’s productive cycle. This book offers a comprehensive description of the metabolic and physiological processes a cow experiences, detailing how to manage this period efficiently through nutrition and cow comfort.
Healthcare engineering extends far beyond biomedical engineering. This book gathers insights from diverse disciplines, covering emerging technologies from sensor development and smart drug delivery to rehabilitation engineering and even applications in the mining industry.
Zoonoses and Public Health
This book follows the One Health approach to zoonotic diseases, focusing on the main parasites transmitted from animals to humans. With contributions from renowned researchers, it covers key aspects like epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control.
Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer
This book covers the history of cancer research and the evolution of techniques for its diagnosis and treatment. It explores key developments from genetics and omics to modern approaches using microRNA, novel sequencing, and machine learning.
This book explains the scientific rationale for focusing on the mechanisms of hypertension, a pathology difficult to treat effectively with current methods. It will appeal to medical students, researchers, and professionals interested in this field.
This book explores the emotional care midwives give women to reduce distress and provide comfort. Based on research and written in accessible language, it is a useful source for students, voluntary groups, and women on their journey to motherhood.
Calcium Study to Alzheimer’s Therapeutics
This book explains recent scientific discoveries on calcium storage in cells and their link to Alzheimer’s. It presents unprecedented information on the disease process and introduces a new therapeutic ready for clinical trials, benefiting patients, families, and researchers.