Authors:Jonathan Q. Tritter, Norma Daykin, Simon Evans, Sanid
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: involvement, patient, services, cancer, improving
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 2004-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1857758447
ISBN-13: 9781857758443

Univ. of Warwick, UK. Provides an approach to establishing a user involvement system in healthcare organization and its potential impact on cancer services. Examines examples of successful past projects and uses case studies for illustrating good practice in cancer care. Describes how to implement different stages of user involvement, and more. Softcover.

Authors:Stephen Curran, John P. Wattis,
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: professional, approach, multi, dementia, management, practical
Number of Pages: 237
Published: 2004-01
List price: $53.00
ISBN-10: 1857759311
ISBN-13: 9781857759310

Univ. of Huddersfield, UK. Covers all aspects of caring for the demented, including diagnosis, detection, treatment options, and helping to meet the spiritual needs of patients with dementia. Addresses social and legal aspects. Softcover.

Authors:Alain Wan Po Li, Alain L. Po,
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: medicine, based, evidence, dictionary
Number of Pages: 163
Published: 1998-01
List price: $29.93
ISBN-10: 1857753054
ISBN-13: 9781857753059

A dictionary of commonly used terms in evidence-based medicine. It contains definitions, explanatory notes and references. This text is suitable for both pharmacist and doctors not familiar with statistical terms, and statisticians not familiar with pharmaceutical or clinical terminology.

Authors:Stephen Pattison, Roisin Pill,
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: social, care, professionals, health, lessons, professional, practice, values
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2004-01
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 1857758188
ISBN-13: 9781857758184

Understanding values; Understanding professions and professionals in the context of values; Part 1 - Professions and values in historical context; Professionalisation and aesthetic values; The clergy - an interesting anomaly; Part 2 - Value conflicts and professional identity; Is health service management a profession? Equity versus.

Author: Cecil Helman
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: anthology, patients, doctors
Number of Pages: 162
Published: 2003-07
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1857759931
ISBN-13: 9781857759938

An anthology of classic writing and short stories about doctors, patients, illness and health that illuminates the relationships between doctors and patients in the past and today, this volume features writings by world-famous authors, many of whom were also physicians, including Oliver Sacks, Anton Chekhov and Arthur Conan Doyle. As well as being of interest to general readers with an interest in health and medicine, the text may also serve as a course textbook on medical humanities and ethics for medical students.

Author: Anne Lee
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: lactation, pregnancy, therapeutics
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2006-05-30
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 1857752694
ISBN-13: 9781857752694

A concise guide that gives relevant information in the field of prescribing to pregnant and breastfeeding women. Drugs which have an adverse effect on the foetus are highlighted.

Author: Clive Handler
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
Keywords: care, primary, cardiology
Number of Pages: 337
Published: 2004-09
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1857758331
ISBN-13: 9781857758337

Increasingly, those working in primary care are expected to provide a more specialised cardiovascular prevention, diagnostic and follow-up service rather than a referral service. This comprehensive textbook of cardiology provides clear and concise information on the modern and evolving methods of diagnosis relevant to primary care, as well as risk assessment and approaches to treatment. It uses a practical symptom-based approach and addresses the common and important cardiovascular problems encountered in the GP surgery, providing the information and approach to enable the primary care team to