Authors:Paul J. Ford, Denise M. Dudzinski,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: haunt, cases, consultations, ethics, complex
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2008-07-14
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0521697158
ISBN-13: 9780521697156

Clinical ethicists encounter the most emotionally eviscerating medical cases possible. They struggle to facilitate resolutions founded on good reasoning embedded in compassionate care. This book fills the considerable gap between current texts and the continuing educational needs of those actually facing complex ethics consultations in hospital settings. 28 richly detailed cases explore the ethical reasoning, professional issues, and the emotional aspects of these impossibly difficult consultations. The cases are grouped together by theme to aid teaching, discussion and professional growth. Th

Author: John R. August BVetMed MS MRCVS
Publisher: Saunders
Keywords: volume, medicine, internal, feline, consultations
Number of Pages: 920
Published: 2009-11-03
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 1416056416
ISBN-13: 9781416056416

Completely revised and updated with 80 all-new chapters covering the most important information on current diagnostic, treatment, and preventive challenges facing feline practitioners today, Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine is an invaluable addition to every small animal clinician’s library. Full-color illustrations and expert contributions help you master and apply the latest advances in feline nutrition, emerging diseases, pet overpopulation, advanced imaging, and more with a comprehensive, clinically relevant approach. More than 100 worldwide leaders in small animal practice

Authors:Sara Booth, Helena Earl,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: breast, cancer, advanced, consultations, care, palliative
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 2006-02-02
List price: $84.00
ISBN-10: 0198530757
ISBN-13: 9780198530756

This is the fourth volume in a new international, multi-contributed series aimed at providing practical, clinical guidance on how to deal with difficult symptoms related to specific cancer sites. In this volume the Editors bring together first-rate palliative care with oncological treatment for patients with advanced breast cancer. The book is presented in a user-friendly handbook format, with use of tables and algorithms to ensure that it is portable, accessible and can be read and referred to on, or before going to, the ward, or before a domiciliary visit. Specialists in palliative care and

Author: UNAIDS
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: food, consultation, safety, consultations, fao, report, implications, acrylamide, health, joint
Number of Pages: 35
Published: 2002-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 9241562188
ISBN-13: 9789241562188

The FAO/WHO Consultation on Health Implications of Acrylamide in Food has undertaken a preliminary evaluation of new and existing data and research on acrylamide. The Consultation provided a range of recommendations for further information and new studies to better understand the risk to human health posed by acrylamide in food. The Consultation also provided some advice to minimize whatever risk exists, including avoiding excessive cooking of food, choosing healthy eating, investigating possibilities for reducing levels of acrylamide in food, and establishing an international network on acryl

Authors:Erika Feller, Volker Türk, Frances Nicholson,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: international, protection, consultations, global, law, refugee, unhcr
Number of Pages: 778
Published: 2003-08-11
List price: $75.99
ISBN-10: 0521532817
ISBN-13: 9780521532815

Millions of people are forced today to flee persecution. The core international legal instrument on which they must rely to find safety is the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. This book examines key challenges the Convention faces, on the basis of nine papers by eminent international refugee lawyers, which were then discussed at an expert roundtable meeting in 2001 as part of UNHCR’s Global Consultations on International Protection. The papers are published here in one volume, together with the conclusions of the roundtables and other documents.