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The American Cancer Society's Oncology in Practice: Clinical Management
Par The American Cancer Society. 2018
Developed by the American Cancer Society this new textbook designed for a wide range of learners and practitioners comprehensively addresses…
all aspects of clinical management for cancer taking a balanced, authoritative and, -where possible- evidence-based stance and may be used in conjunction with the book, The American Cancer Society's Principles of Oncology: Prevention to Survivorship. Edited by leading clinicians in the field and a stellar contributor list from the US and Europe, this book is written in an easy to understand style by multidisciplinary teams of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other specialists, reflecting day-to-day decision-making and clinical practice. Input from pathologists, surgeons, radiologists, and other specialists is included wherever relevant and comprehensive treatment guidelines are provided by expert contributors where there is no standard recognized treatment. This book is an ideal resource for anyone seeking a practical understanding of the field of oncology.Strategic Urban Health Communication
Par Charles C. Okigbo. 2014
Strategic Urban Health Communication Charles C. Okigbo, editor People are bombarded with messages continuously and sorting through them constantly. In…
this milieu, critical ideas about health promotion and illness prevention are forced to compete with distracting, conflicting, even contradictory information. To get vital messages through, communication must be effective, targeted, artful--in a word, strategic. Strategic Urban Health Communication provides a road map for understanding strategy, enhancing strategic planning skills, and implementing strategic communication campaigns. Deftly written chapters link the art and science of strategic planning to world health goals such as reducing health inequities and eradicating diseases. Flexibility is at the heart of these cases, which span developed and developing countries, uses of traditional and digital media, and chronic and acute health challenges. And the contributors ground their dispatches in the larger context of health promotion, giving readers useful examples of thinking globally while working locally. Included in the coverage: Urbanization, population, and health myths: addressing common misconceptions. Integrating HIV/family planning programs: opportunities for strategic communication. The role of sports in strategic health promotion in low-income areas. The Internet as a sex education tool: a case study from Thailand. Advertising and childhood obesity in China. Health communication strategies for sustainable development in a globalized world. Balancing depth of understanding of audiences and methods of reaching them, Strategic Urban Health Communication is a forward-looking resource geared toward professionals and researchers in urban health, global health, and health communication.Opvoeden met gezond verstand
Par J. Verhulst. 2009
Hoe je je kind opvoedt en of je een positieve sfeer weet te creëren, hangt niet alleen af van wat…
je doet, maar vooral van hoe je denkt. In Opvoeden met gezond verstand laat de bekende psycholoog Jan Verhulst zien, hoe je met een andere manier van denken de opvoeding heel wat lichter en effectiever kan maken. Gedachten heb je niet alleen bewust, maar ook onbewust. Onderzoek je de gedachten die jouw handelen bij het opvoeden beinvloeden, dan blijkt dat deze bij veel mensen niet zo reëel zijn. Zo kun je bijvoorbeeld diep van binnen denken dat je kind altijd naar je moet luisteren, of dat jij altijd de oplossing voor problemen moet hebben, maar is dat reëel? Door je bewust te worden van de impliciete verwachtingen en gedachten die je hebt en deze te vervangen door reële gedachten en haalbare doelen, haal je veel spanning uit de opvoeding. Dit boek laat je stap voor stap zien hoe je in verschillende situaties volgens de principes van de bekende RET methode (Rationeel Emotieve Therapie) verwachtingen en gedachten positief kunt sturen. Een belangrijk hulpmiddel hierbij is de in het boek opgenomen RET-test, waarmee je kunt vaststellen waar jouw grootste valkuilen liggen. Het boek biedt voorbeelden en oplossingen voor alle leeftijden en gezinssamenstellingen. Van huilbaby tot onverschillige puber, van eetprobleem tot gameverslaving. De vele voorbeelden en praktische tips roepen herkenning op, bieden je een spiegel en helpen je de meest uiteenlopende opvoedproblemen en valkuilen het hoofd te bieden. Positief en met zelfvertrouwen!Master the Nursing School & Allied Health Entrance Exams
Par Marion Gooding. 2012
If you are considering a career in nursing and need to take the RN, PN, or allied health entrance exams,…
then Peterson's Master the Nursing School & Allied Health Entrance Exams is for you. This essential test prep book provides you with an in-depth review of the basic facts, principles, and concepts that you need to know to ace the exams. The book includes more than 1,300 practice questions, all with detailed answer explanations, to cover a wide variety of subjects tested on the official exams. In addition, this guide includes proven tips and strategies for every type of test question, valuable advice on selecting a nursing career and how to finance the necessary schooling, and glossaries that list definitions of key terms.Master the PANRE
Par Peterson'S. 2012
Peterson's Master the Physician Assistant National Recertifying Exam (PANRE) contains essential subject reviews and test-prep strategies for physician assistants looking…
to maintain or regain their certification by taking the PANRE. This all-in-one guide features hundreds of practice questions, all with detailed answer explanations, to cover the three specialized areas of the PANRE: Adult Medicine, Primary Care, and Surgery. This eBook also includes a thorough description of the test structure and format, information on exam eligibility, and an explanation of the application process.Selling Science: Polio and the Promise of Gamma Globulin
Par Stephen E. Mawdsley. 2016
Today, when many parents seem reluctant to have their children vaccinated, even with long proven medications, the Salk vaccine trial,…
which enrolled millions of healthy children to test an unproven medical intervention, seems nothing short of astonishing. In Selling Science, medical historian Stephen E. Mawdsley recounts the untold story of the first large clinical trial to control polio using healthy children--55,000 healthy children--revealing how this long-forgotten incident cleared the path for Salk's later trial. Mawdsley describes how, in the early 1950s, Dr. William Hammon and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis launched a pioneering medical experiment on a previously untried scale. Conducted on over 55,000 healthy children in Texas, Utah, Iowa, and Nebraska, this landmark study assessed the safety and effectiveness of a blood component, gamma globulin, to prevent paralytic polio. The value of the proposed experiment was questioned by many prominent health professionals as it harbored potential health risks, but as Mawdsley points out, compromise and coercion moved it forward. And though the trial returned dubious results, it was presented to the public as a triumph and used to justify a federally sanctioned mass immunization study on thousands of families between 1953 and 1954. Indeed, the concept, conduct, and outcome of the GG study were sold to health professionals, medical researchers, and the public at each stage. At a time when most Americans trusted scientists, their mutual encounter under the auspices of conquering disease was shaped by politics, marketing, and at times, deception. Drawing on oral history interviews, medical journals, newspapers, meeting minutes, and private institutional records, Selling Science sheds light on the ethics of scientific conduct, and on the power of marketing to shape public opinion about medical experimentation.An Introduction to Global Health Ethics
Par Andrew D. Pinto, Ross E. Upshur. 2011
The field of global health is expanding rapidly. An increasing number of trainees are studying and working with marginalized populations,…
often within low and middle-income countries. Such endeavours are beset by ethical dilemmas: mitigating power differentials, addressing cultural differences in how health and illness are viewed, and obtaining individual and community consent in research. This introductory textbook supports students to understand and work through key areas of concern, assisting them in moving towards a more critical view of global health practise. Divided into two sections covering the theory and practice of global health ethics, the text begins by looking at definitions of global health and the field’s historical context. It draws on anti-colonial perspectives concepts, developing social justice and solidarity as key principles to guide students. The second part focuses on ethical challenges students may face in clinical experiences or research. Topics such as working with indigenous communities, the politics of global health governance, and the ethical challenges of advocacy are explored using a case study approach. An Introduction to Global Health Ethics includes recommended resources and further readings, and is ideal for students from a range of disciplines – including public health, medicine, nursing, law and development studies – who are undertaking undergraduate and graduate courses in ethics or placements overseas.Sex-Specific Reporting of Scientific Research
Par Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Theresa M. Wizeman. 2012
The number of women participating in clinical trials has increased during the last two decades but women are still…
underrepresented in clinical trials in general Some of the overall increase can be attributed to the greater number of women-only trials of therapies for diseases that affect only women Even when women are included in clinical trials the results are often not analyzed separately by sex On August 30 2011 the Institute of Medicine IOM Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice hosted the workshop Sex-Specific Reporting of Scientific Research The workshop explored the need for sex-specific reporting of scientific results potential barriers and unintended consequences of sex-specific reporting of scientific results experiences of journals that have implemented sex-specific requirements including the challenges and benefits of such editorial policies and steps to facilitate the reporting of sex-specific results Presenters and participants included current and former editors of scientific journals researchers and scientists and policymakers from government industry and nonprofit organizations Presentations and discussions highlighted the importance to both women and men of having sex-specific data the problems with sample size and financial constraints for conducting the research the appropriateness of sex-specific analyses and the limitations of journal policies to change experimental designs Sex-Specific Reporting of Scientific Research summarizes the presentations and discussions by the expert panelists during the IOM workshop The workshop s first session focused on why sex-specific reporting is important Panelists highlighted historical and current events that have hindered or helped to advance the study of women In the next session panelists in academe discussed the challenges of collecting analyzing and reporting sex-specific data from the researcher s perspective That was followed by two panels of leading journal editors who shared their experiences in developing and implementing editorial policies and the implications of sex-specific reporting policies for journalsRU486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals
Par Lynette Dumble, Janice Raymond, Renate Klein. 2013
A classic text for health activists and feminists interested in the complexities of how drugs are developed, marketed, and sold…
to women around the world, this book reviews the unusual history of the French abortion pill RU-486. Critical of the positive claims made for RU-486, it argues that its promotion is filled with myths and misconceptions. Scrutinizing the science and politics behind RU-486, this account examines how the pill benefits the medical profession, drug companies, and government health economies and offers no advantage to women. Topics include the safety and effectiveness of RU-486, whether or not RU-486 privatizes and de-medicalizes abortion, and the dangerous effects of prostaglandins. This updated edition includes a new introduction.Kevin Guest House (Images of Modern America)
Par Gerald L. Halligan, Denis Garvey. 2016
While unknown to many living in western New York, the Kevin Guest House has served thousands of critically ill individuals…
and their families for over 40 years. Quietly nestled within the expanding Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus of Buffalo, New York, the demand for the facility continues to increase. The opening chapter is a testimony to the Speyser-Beer family, who originally owned the property. The second and third chapters memorialize the founders of the Kevin Guest House, the Garvey family of Sharon, Pennsylvania. The remaining chapters provide a virtual tour of the grounds and building expansions of 2016.Pandora's DNA: Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree
Par Lizzie Stark. 2014
Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a…
theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female relatives of breasts, ovaries, peace of mind, or life itself. In Pandora's DNA, Stark uses her family's experience to frame a larger story about the so-called breast cancer genes, exploring the morass of legal quandaries, scientific developments, medical breakthroughs, and ethical concerns that surround the BRCA mutations. She tells of the troubling history of prophylactic surgery and the storied origins of the boob job and relates the landmark lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, which held patents on the BRCA genes every human carries in their body until the Supreme Court overturned them in 2013. Although a genetic test for cancer risk may sound like the height of scientific development, the treatment remains crude and barbaric. Through her own experience, Stark shows what it's like to live in a brave new world where gazing into a crystal ball of genetics has many unintended consequences.Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Self-help Guide To Getting On With Your Life
Par Jasmine Jenkins. 2011
This book will enable you to: * Understand more about Rheumatoid Arthritis and the medication involved * Reduce the pain…
that you experience * Use joint protection techniques * Appreciate the importance of exercise and good posture * Relax and manage your stress * Adapt to the changes in your working and leisure life * Achieve a positive outlook * There's also an A-Z of well being and a list of useful resources.The Man with Bionic Brain: And Other Victories over Paralysis
Par Jon Mukand. 2012
A behind-the-scenes view of cutting-edge medical research and discoveries that are helping people with disabilities regain control, this book is…
an insightful look into the possibilities of technology and the associated ethical, political, social, and financial controversies. After he was stabbed and paralyzed from the neck down, Matthew Nagle, a former high school football star, made scientific history when neurosurgeons implanted microelectrodes in his brain that recognized his thought patterns, allowing him to control a computer cursor. With the BrainGate system he was able to use e-mail, manipulate a prosthetic hand, adjust TV settings, and play video games--all just by thinking. Dr. Jon Mukand, his research physician and a rehabilitation specialist, weaves together Matt's story with firsthand accounts of other courageous survivors of stroke, spinal injuries, and brain trauma and the amazing technology that improves their lives. Not only a discussion of scientific advances in the battle against paralysis, The Man with the Bionic Brain is an inspirational book about how biomedicine gives hope to people with disabilities and enables them to take control of their lives. Jon Mukand, MD, PhD, is rehabilitation medicine specialist and medical director of the Southern New England Rehabilitation Center and serves on the clinical faculty of Brown University and Tufts University. He is the editor of Vital Lines: Contemporary Fiction about Medicine, Articulations: The Body and Illness in Poetry, and Rehabilitation for Patients with HIV Disease. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.Immunotherapy in Translational Cancer Research
Par Laurence J. Cooper, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Judy Moyes, Sabitha Prabhakaran. 2018
A guide to state-of-the-art cancer immunotherapy in translational cancer research A volume in the Translational Oncology series, Immunotherapy in Translational…
Cancer Research explores the recent developments in the role that immunotherapy plays in the treatment of a wide range of cancers. The editors present key concepts, illustrative examples, and suggest alternative strategies in order to achieve individualized targeted therapy. Comprehensive in scope, Immunotherapy in Translational Cancer Research reviews the relevant history, current state, and the future of burgeoning cancer-fighting therapies. The book also includes critical information on drug development, clinical trials, and governmental resources and regulatory issues. Each chapter is created to feature: development of the immunotherapy; challenges that have been overcome in order to scale up and undertake clinical trials; and clinical experience and application of research. This authoritative volume is edited by a team of noted experts from MD Anderson Cancer Center, the world’s foremost cancer research and care center and: Offers a comprehensive presentation of state-of-the-art cancer immunotherapy research that accelerates the pace of clinical cancer care Filled with the concepts, examples, and approaches for developing individualized therapy Explores the breath of treatments that reflect the complexity of the immune system itself Includes contributions from a panel international experts in the field of immunotherapy Designed for physicians, medical students, scientists, pharmaceutical executives, public health and public policy government leaders and community oncologists, this essential resource offers a guide to the bidirectional interaction between laboratory and clinic immunotherapy cancer research.The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (Royal Marsden Manual Ser.)
Par Sara Lister, Lisa Dougherty, Alex West-Oram. 2015
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the number one choice for nurses since it first published,…
over 30 years ago. One of the world's most popular books on clinical skills and procedures, it provides detailed procedure guidelines based on the latest research findings and expert clinical advice, enabling nurses and students to deliver clinically effective patient-focused care. The ninth edition of this essential, definitive guide, written especially for pre-registration nursing students, now includes a range of new learning features throughout each chapter that have been designed to support student nurses to support learning in clinical practice. Providing essential information on over 200 procedures, this manual contains all the skills and changes in practice that reflect modern acute nursing care.Ashamed to Die: Silence, Denial, and the AIDS Epidemic in the South
Par Andrew Skerritt. 2011
By focusing on a small town in South Carolina, this study of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the South reveals the…
hard truths of an ongoing and complex issue. Skerritt contends that the United States has failed to adequately address the threat of HIV and AIDS in communities of color and that taboos about love, race, and sexuality--combined with Southern conservatism, white privilege, and black oppression--continue to create an unacceptable death toll. The heartbreak of America's failure comes alive through case studies of individuals such as Carolyn, a wild child whose rebellion coincided with the advent of AIDS, and Nita, a young woman searching for love and trapped in an abusive relationship. The results are most visible at the town's segregated burial ground where dozens of young black men and women who have died from AIDS are laid to rest. Not only a call to action and awareness, this is a true story of how persons of faith, enduring love, and limitless forgiveness can inspire others by serving as guides for poor communities facing a public health threat burdened with conflicting moral and social conventions.Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative Setting
Par Robert G. Hahn. 2016
Fully updated and expanded, the second edition of Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative Setting brings together the world's leading…
experts in fluid management to explain what you should know when providing infusion fluids to surgical and critical care patients. Current evidence-based knowledge, essential basic science, and modern clinical practice are explained in 34 focused and authoritative chapters. New chapters cover topics such as burn injury, monitoring of the microcirculation, the glycocalyx layer, intensive care, trauma, transplantations, and adverse effects of infusion fluids. Each chapter begins with an abstract, providing a quick overview of the topic, followed by detailed clinical and pre-clinical guidance. Together, the chapters guide the reader in the use of fluid therapy in all aspects of perioperative patient care. Edited by Robert G. Hahn, a clinical anesthesiologist and highly experienced researcher in fluid therapy, this is essential reading for all anesthesiologists, intensivists, and surgeons.Synthetic Biology
Par Alexander Kelle, Markus Schmidt, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Huib De Vriend. 2009
Synthetic biology is becoming one of the most dynamic new fields of biology, with the potential to revolutionize the way…
we do biotechnology today. By applying the toolbox of engineering disciplines to biology, a whole set of potential applications become possible ranging very widely across scientific and engineering disciplines. Some of the potential benefits of synthetic biology, such as the development of low-cost drugs or the production of chemicals and energy by engineered bacteria are enormous. There are, however, also potential and perceived risks due to deliberate or accidental damage. Also, ethical issues of synthetic biology just start being explored, with hardly any ethicists specifically focusing on the area of synthetic biology. This book will be the first of its kind focusing particularly on the safety, security and ethical concerns and other relevant societal aspects of this new emerging field. The foreseen impact of this book will be to stimulate a debate on these societal issues at an early stage. Past experiences, especially in the field of GM-crops and stem cells, have shown the importance of an early societal debate. The community and informed stakeholders recognize this need, but up to now discussions are fragmentary. This book will be the first comprehensive overview on relevant societal issues of synthetic biology, setting the scene for further important discussions within the scientific community and with civil society.Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Par Christine M. Houser. 2014
Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers. This interferes with the study process, because…
the learner must either look up additional information or skip ahead without truly comprehending what he or she has read. As an alternative, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition: A Practically Painless Review presents bite-size chunks of information that can be read and processed rapidly, helping learners to stay active while studying and to pick up new information the first time they read it. This book's question and answer format allows for self-testing or study with a partner or a group. The format also facilitates dipping into the book during a few minutes of downtime at the hospital or office. Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition: A Practically Painless Review is a quick and easy way to master these tricky topics and is suitable for those studying for the pediatric board exam, practicing physicians brushing up their skills and any busy clinician who wants to learn more about these topics while on the go.Functions: selection and mechanisms
Par Philippe Huneman. 2013
This volume handles in various perspectives the concept of function and the nature of functional explanations, topics much discussed since…
two major and conflicting accounts have been raised by Larry Wright and Robert Cummins' papers in the 1970s. Here, both Wright's 'etiological theory of functions' and Cummins' 'systemic' conception of functions are refined and elaborated in the light of current scientific practice, with papers showing how the 'etiological' theory faces several objections and may in reply be revisited, while its counterpart became ever more sophisticated, as researchers discovered fresh applications for it. Relying on a firm knowledge of the original positions and debates, this volume presents cutting-edge research evincing the complexities that today pertain in function theory in various sciences. Alongside original papers from authors central to the controversy, work by emerging researchers taking novel perspectives will add to the potential avenues to be followed in the future. Not only does the book adopt no a priori assumptions about the scope of functional explanations, it also incorporates material from several very different scientific domains, e.g. neurosciences, ecology, or technology. In general, functions are implemented in mechanisms; and functional explanations in biology have often an essential relation with natural selection. These two basic claims set the stage for this book's coverage of investigations concerning both 'functional' explanations, and the 'metaphysics' of functions. It casts new light on these claims, by testing them through their confrontation with scientific developments in biology, psychology, and recent developments concerning the metaphysics of realization. Rather than debating a single theory of functions, this book presents the richness of philosophical issues raised by functional discourse throughout the various sciences.