This book offers an ethical analysis of challenges in COVID-19 research, vaccination, and therapy. It confronts the dilemma of who to treat when life-saving resources are limited and highlights the necessity of a global bioethical framework for pandemic management.
In the quest for a ‘magic bullet’ against cancer, nanoparticles show great promise. These engineered nanostructures can target specific tumors, but their effectiveness must be weighed against toxicity. This book explores diverse nanotechnological advances.
Understand and manage the complications affecting one in five early pregnancies. This up-to-date guide covers their causes, diagnosis, and treatment. A vital resource for healthcare providers and the public.
This guide provides unique views on assessing and treating motor, cognitive, balance, and swallowing problems after neurological disease, especially in the elderly. It covers motor training for stroke, fall risk assessment, and new tools for cognitive and swallowing function.
The Enlightenment of Evolutionary Medicine
This book applies evolutionary theory to human physiology, disease, and culture. It reveals how maladaptation causes modern diseases like obesity and diabetes, and how evolutionary principles now guide the development of new drugs and cancer therapies.
This book provides the philosophical basis for person-centred healthcare. Drawing on phenomenology, it offers clinicians a practical guide to improving care and promoting autonomy in patients with chronic illness.
This book offers a critical look at the evolution and future of Mind, Brain, and Education science. Drawing from cognitive psychology and neuroscience, it is an essential text for graduate students, policymakers, and neuroscientists in the Learning Sciences.
This book provides up-to-date information on the treatment of acute and chronic viral hepatitis A-E. It summarizes treatment to guide clinical practice, details the pharmacology of all drugs, and is a resource for students, physicians, gastroenterologists, and pharmacists.
A comprehensive review of advancements in microbial physiology, covering topics like bacterial virulence, bioluminescence, and heat shock proteins. This book is essential for students, researchers, and teachers in microbiology, medical sciences, and life sciences.
This book explores the genetics of human diseases, covering clinical diagnostic techniques, developmental anomalies, birth defects, and risk factors in genetic disorders.
Making Sense of Paranoia
This book challenges mainstream views by prioritising the personal narratives of paranoia sufferers over pre-existing theories. Written by those with lived and professional experience, it argues for alternative ways to conceptualise paranoia and alleviate suffering.
This book covers two prominent aspects of dentistry: nanotechnology and ozone. Nanotechnology could bring a paradigm shift to the dental field, while ozone offers a non-invasive treatment with anti-microbial, disinfection, and healing properties.
This book reveals invisible relationships in public health systems. Learn not only how to use computer models to understand epidemiology, vaccination, and health policy, but also how to build your own models to solve any complex problem.
Healthcare Clowns in Palliative Care in Chile
This book explores the roles healthcare clowns play in a pediatric palliative cancer unit in Santiago, Chile. It reveals their positive effects on well-being, emotional regulation, and humane care, showing how they form bonds of friendship and complement traditional treatments.
This volume discusses the coronavirus pandemic’s ecology, evolution, and psychosocial and economic impact. It covers epidemiology, clinical management, and future global threats, making it an essential resource for clinicians, policymakers, and civil society organizations.
Based on research on human cadavers, this book explores the connections and variabilities of the autonomic nervous system. Detailed illustrations and schemes help the reader understand its function and peculiarities within the whole peripheral nervous system.
For patients with metastatic cancer, the prognosis remains grim and conventional chemotherapy is limited. This book lays out a novel strategy using artificial intelligence and genomic data to develop precise, personalized treatments that offer hope for an eventual cure.
This book collects interviews with eight master cardiovascular surgeons, trailblazers of the 20th century whose contributions affect medical practice today. Each interview offers insights on the surgeons’ personal and professional lives.
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.
This book highlights the necessity of biological sciences in understanding cancer pathophysiology. It is a reference detailing advances in cancer metabolism research, explaining how metabolic changes like aerobic glycolysis are associated with cell growth and proliferation.