Medicine

Charitable Knowledge explores the interconnections between medical teaching, medical knowledge, and medical authority in eighteenth-century London....

Patients with advanced cancer increasingly receive end-of-life care from a variety of health care professionals, physicians and nurses. These profe...

In this 2006 volume Smith examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal devel...

Editorial Board: Jack L. Lesher, Loretta S. Davis, David E. Kent, David J. Cohen Pocket Guide for Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery is written for der...

The main purpose of this symposium is to stimulate the application of physics to medicine, both in practice and research. Recognized specialists, r...

Procedural sedation and analgesia represents one of the great advances in the maturation of emergency medicine as a discrete speciality within medi...

Written by the world's foremost authorities, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of current approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and ma...

Ideal for office or emergency room use, this PDA version of "The Wills Eye Manual, Fourth Edition" has been updated to include the newest drugs, pr...

Atopic eczema is the most common and persistent dermatological condition seen in general practice. Over the last few years, advances have been made...

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an imaging technique used during coronary angiography. This book provides a systematic introduction to coronary ...

Presenting an overview of the molecular and cellular basis of atherosclerosis, this comprehensively referenced text reviews key areas of biomedical...

Get a head start in Medical Assisting with "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Clinical Medical Assisting, Second Edition" - the very best and most...

Michael Trimble and Bettina Schmitz have assembled a multi-national team of experts to review the most recent findings and explore the interface be...

This title is the recipient of AJN Book of the Year. Based on the biological-psychological-sociological aspects of mental illness, this comprehensi...

Prominent researchers and clinicians describe in detail all the latest laboratory techniques currently used to define the molecular genetic basis f...

This handbook supplements hands-on training in interventional cardiology with a specific focus on percutaneous intervention in patients with extrac...

Gazing into crystal balls is beyond the expertise of most scientists. Yet, as we look further into the 21st century, one does not have to be Nostra...

Exciting new "biologic" therapies for treating leukemia are appearing so rapidly that clinicians often find it difficult to make informed decisions...

Cells respond to environmental cues through a complex and dynamic network of signaling pathways that normally maintain a critical balance between c...

This is a comprehensive collection of readily reproducible methods for studying receptors in silico, in vitro, and in vivo. These cutting-edge tech...

It is well-known that having a baby can be a time of joy but also one of anxiety and even depression for new mothers. Indeed it is very common for...

Providing a cutting-edge profile of research progress in this important field of study, Cholinergic Mechanisms: Function and Dysfunction contains a...

The Second Edition of this successful title has been fully revised and updated and now includes expanded sections on normal and malignant haematopo...

Providing a detailed coverage that is impossible in broader-based textbooks, Urogenital Ultrasound, Second Edition, is a comprehensive study of gen...

In this fourth edition of the classic work on malignant blood cancers, the team of editors and over 100 international leaders in the field provide ...

Diseases of the pancreas have been extremely difficult to study. Until relatively recently, the pancreas was viewed by surgeons as an organ to be a...

With extensive diagrams and illustrations throughout, the editors have drawn together an international list of contributors to produce Nerve Compre...

Product Description This thorough guide details clinical trials, the drugs currently available and the expectations of the doctor, family and care...

This volume provides a concise and timely summary of the major highlights in the therapeutic management of breast cancer. Many major breakthroughs ...

With the publication of clinical data from the MERIT and CIBIS trials proving that betablockers are effective in the treatment of heart failure, Pr...

Clinic Handbook: Gastroenterology provides practical guidelines on the medical and administrative issues associated with running a gastroenterolog...

Reviews the agents available for the management of hypertension and their clinical applications.

Unlock the secrets of clinical radiology with "MCQs In Clinical Radiology: A Revision Guide For The FRCR." This essential guide is designed to help...

Synopsis Our understanding of the relationship between genetics and pulmonary disorders is still evolving. In 1989 cloning of the gene that, whe...

Review 'an excellent series of lists... should be available to all physicians... allows relevant diagnoses to be considered in clinical practice.'...

Since the publication of the first edition of this important, groundbreaking textbook in 1996, our understanding of the embryology and anatomy of t...

Keeping doctors informed of the latest developments in the field, this 2003 yearbook provides authoritative comment on pharmacological management, ...

Now in its fourth year, the latest volume in "The Year in." series covering hypertension, The Year in Hypertension 2003 provides readers with an au...

The fifth edition of this popular book by two world-renowned experts contains concise, up-to-date practical information, including new management g...

Conatins a summary, review and commentary on 100 significant papers published on hypertensive medicine in the peer-reviewed literature over the pas...

The protection mode of most available vaccines is based on antibody responses. Since efficient immune responses to many pathogens rely on activatin...

The use of Epo in medical practice is increasing constantly. It has revolutionized how we think of blood transfusion in medicine and surgery. Moreo...

This first book to cover neural development, neuronal survival and function on the genetic level outlines promising approaches for novel therapeuti...

On the cutting edge of medical diagnostics, plasma proteomics promises to generate a new wave of technologies to help identify many different disea...

Sigmund Freud himself was certainly aware of the significance of psychoanalysis when he founded it: he saw it on the same level as the Copernican r...

This text presents an overview of the basic science and principles of high dose chemotherapy, current state-of-the-art techniques and future develo...

Mesothelioma used to be a rare disease, but because of the widespread use of asbestos it has now been described as an epidemic around the world. Th...

The study of microglial cells has recently gained importance for those researching degeneration and regeneration. Microglia in the regenerating and...