Healthcare & Professional Medicine

Karen Scott / Measuring Wellbeing: Towards Sustainability? (Large Paperback)

Improving wellbeing and sustainability are central goals of government, but are they in conflict? This engaging new book reviews that question and its implications for public policy through a focus on indicators. It highlights tensions on the one hand...

John Elder / Fair Play and Foul? (Large Paperback)

PB, 2005 A Book of Revelations About Patients' Rights, Complaints Handling and Compensation in the United Kingdom and Elsewhere   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture...

Marian Pitts / The Psychology of Health (Large Paperback)

This introduction to health psychology explores the role of psychology in understanding health and the treatment of illness. Written by a team of teachers and researchers, it discusses the application of psychological studies to the experience of...

Kadar Parahoo/ Nursing Research (Large Paperback)

Nursing Research : Principles, Process and Issues Kadar Parahoo     Nursing is now a research-based profession. This means that all students need * become acquainted with the principles, mechanics and terminology of nursing...

Rana Hong / Theraplay - Theory, Applicatrions and Implementation (Large Paperback)

Theory, Applications and Implementation Officially supported and endorsed by the Theraplay Institute, this handbook provides concrete assistance from international experts on deepening Theraplay knowledge and skills in much-needed and requested areas of...

Richard B. Patt / The Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain and Suffering (Large Paperback)

Most cancer patients fear unremitting pain more than the prospect of an untimely death, and are surprised to learn that most of the pain and related symptoms of cancer can be successfully addressed by an informed patient working with a determined...

William A. Haseltine / Voices in Dementia Care (Large Paperback)

Voices in Dementia Care: Reimagining the Culture of Care William A. Haseltine, Anna Dirksen     Cognitive disorders take a toll on everyone—the person living with the condition, their family, friends, caregivers, and...

Suzanne Quin / Mental Health and Social Policy in Ireland (Large Paperback)

Mental Health and Social Policy in Ireland Suzanne Quin (editor), Bairbre Redmond (Editor)     A new textbook which draws together developments in mental health policy in recent years and identifies the...

Paul A. Gilbert / Counselling for Depression (Large Paperback)

Highly acclaimed in its First Edition for its practical and sensitive approach, Counselling for Depression is an insightful guide to depression and the essential interpersonal skills and techniques which can be used in counselling the depressed person...

Bob Manthei / Counselling (Large Paperback)

The Skills of Problem-Solving A revised and enlarged edition of a previous handbook, A Skills Approach , this best-seller presents clear explanations, examples and exercises covering many different skills and settings. This book is second hand, and while...

Brenda Mallon / Dreams, Counselling and Healing (Large Paperback)

New research is re-establishing the importance of the 'inner' knowledge our bodies contain and our dreams express. Emotions, we now discover, influence the production of healing or destructive opiates within the body, and we can no longer deny the power...

Lawrence O. Gostin (Editor)/ Public Health Law and Ethics (Large Paperback)

This incisive selection of government reports, scholarly articles, and court cases is designed to illuminate the ethical, legal, and political issues in the theory and practice of public health. A companion to the internationally acclaimed Public...

Steven S. Coughlin / Case Studies in Public Health Ethics (Large Paperback)

"This new edition covers issues of privacy and confidentiality protection, informed consent in public health research, the ethics of randomized trials, vulnerable populations, genetic discrimination, AIDS prevention and treatment, health care reform,...

Elias Mossialos / Funding Health Care: Options for Europe (Large Paperback)

Funding Health Care: Options for Europe Elias Mossialos     The question of how to generate sufficient revenue to pay for health care has become a serious concern for nearly all European policy-makers. This book examines the...

Yvonne O'Shea / Clinical Directorates in the Irish Health Service (Large Paperback)

The introduction in Ireland in 2008 of the clinical directorate model as the accepted method for the organisation of health services is one of the most significant developments in teh Irish health services in recent years. The subsequent involvement...

Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton, Iain Chalmers/ Testing Treatments (Large Paperback)

Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare       How do we know whether a particular treatment really works? How reliable is the evidence? And how do we ensure that research into medical treatments best meets...

Anne Alvarez / Live Company - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Large Paperback)

Children whose minds as well as bodies have been damaged by the intrusions of sexual abuse, violence or neglect, and others, quite different, who are handicapped by their own mysterious sensitivities to more minor deprivations, may experience a type...

Margaret M. Stark / Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician's Guide (Hardback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage it, so we refrain...

Oxford Textbook of Medicine (Complete 3 Book Collection)

Oxford Textbook of Medicine (Complete 3 Book Collection)     This collection is second hand unless otherwise stated in the description. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. The picture...

People Handling Handbook (Large Paperback)

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Richard A. Preston / Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple (Large Paperback)

Univ. of Miami, FL. Concise handbook on solving problems concerning complex fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base complications. For medical students, interns, residents, nurses and nurse practitioners, and first-year nephrology...

Jack Crane / Self-assessment in Pathology (Large Paperback)

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John Maltby / Introduction to Statistics for Nurses (Coffee Table Book)

Take the fear out of statistics with this straightforward, practical and applied book on the how and why of using statistics. Introduction to Statistics for Nurses is an essential introductory text for all nursing students coming to statistics for the...

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Vol 1&2 (2 Book Collection)

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Vol 1&2 (2 Book Collection)

The Irish Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy (5 Book Collection)

The Irish Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy (5 Book Collection)   time pathways in pratice does nutrition have a place in the therapy room how suicide risk assessed and managed among ireland's third-level students and youn adults an...

ED209: Child Development (9 Book Collection)

ED209: Child Development (9 Book Collection)   methodology handbook study guide 4 media notes 4 media notes 3 media notes 2 media notes 1 study guide 3 study guide 2 intorduction and study guide 1

Michael J. Ford / Introduction to Clinical Examination

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Bill Tormey / A Cure for the Crisis (Large Paperback)

Irish Healthcare in Context.  Published by Blackwater Press, 2003.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing...

John B. McKinlay / Issues in the Political Economy of Health Care (Large Paperback)

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Fiona Godlee / Health and the Environment (Large Paperback)

This text examines the health implications of the population explosion, global warming and air and noise pollution, putting into perspective fears about waste disposal and radiation. It identifies environmental pollution as a major public health issue...

Naomi Pfeffer / The Stork and the Syringe - Political History of Reproductive Medicine (Large Paperback)

  Reproductive technology is typically discussed in the future tense. Yet doctors have always treated involuntary childlessness. This book looks at the recent history of infertility and the different ways medicine has treated it. It traces the...

Vikram Dhillon / Blockchain in Healthcare: Innovations that Empower Patients, Connect Professionals and Improve Care (Coffee Table Book)

Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize more than just payment and crypto-currency. Many vertical industries will be reshaped by the new trusted data models enabled and inspired by the blockchain – healthcare is no exception. In fact,...

BMA / Infection Control : The British Medical Association Guide

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S. Lochlann Jain / Malignant (Large Paperback)

Nearly half of all Americans will be diagnosed with an invasive cancer―an all-too ordinary aspect of daily life. Through a powerful combination of cultural analysis and memoir, this stunningly original book explores why cancer remains so confounding,...

Tim O'Sullivan / Current Issues in Irish Health Management (Large Paperback)

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Malcolm MacLachlan / Culture and Health (Large Paperback)

Physical and mental symptoms often point beyond the individuals who experience them, to the communities and cultures to which they belong. Cultural constructions of illness and health are imbued with subtle meanings, with messages, which we must...

Caroline Elton / Also Human - The Inner Lives of Doctors (Large Paperback)

  Doctors are the people we turn to when we fall ill. They are the people we trust with our lives, and with the lives of those we love. Yet who can doctors turn to at moments of stress, or when their own lives break down?Doctors are no different...

Kenneth N. Anderson / Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Allied Health

This convenient reference is the only pocket-size dictionary with a strong emphasis on nursing and allied health terminology. Derived from Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, it condenses nearly all the terms in the large...

Andrew Mathews , Andrew Steptoe / Essential Psychology for Medical Practice (Large Paperback)

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Dawn Brooker / Person Centred Dementia Care Making Services Better (Large Paperback)

What is person-centred dementia care, and how can it be used to improve care for people from diagnosis to end of life? How can we improve services in people's own homes, in care homes, in supported housing and in hospitals? This substantially updated...

Mary MacKinnon / Providing Diabetes Care in General Practice (Large Paperback)

The thrid edition of Mary MacKinnon's classic book tells you exactly how to run a high-quality, effective diabetes service within your practice. This practical handbook gives you all the essential information you need to set up and organise...

Saba Khan, Neel Sharma / The Complete GPVTS Stage 2 Preparation Guide (Large Paperback)

This book will be used by Foundation Year Doctors preparing to sit the GPVTS Stage 2 exams.Chapters will include all aspects of medicine and surgery, in addition to subspecialties.Cardiovascular / Dermatology / ENT / Ophthalmology / Endocrinology /...

James E. Mitchell / Assessment of Eating Disorders (Hardback)

Concise and practical yet comprehensive, this unique book provides a clear framework and a range of up-to-date tools for assessing patients with eating disorders. Leading clinicians and researchers describe the nuts and bolts of using diagnostic...

Dom Colbert / MCQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine: A Primer of Travel medicine (Large Paperback)

This little book covers anything you are likely to meet in a Travel Medicine Clinic. It includes problems associated with air travel, adventure travel and travel for special groups as well as the usual pre and post travel consultations. Since Tropical...

Peter Kaye / Decision Making in Palliative Care (Large Paperback)

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S Springer / Fundamentals of Family Medicine (Large Paperback)

This text presents the common clinical problems encountered by generalists and, through case studies and discussion questions, enhances the reader's understanding of the process by which practitioners define, prioritize and manage the diverse problems of...

Gavin H. Mooney , Elizabeth M. Russell , Roy D. Weir / Choices for Health Care (Large Paperback)

...should become a standard text for medical students because in the years ahead health economics will become increasingly important and I know no better introduction to the subject.' British Medical Journal   This book is second hand, and while you...

Jean L. Bolognia et al / Dermatology Essentials (Large Paperback)

Dermatology Essentials, edited by world authorities Drs. Jean L. Bolognia, Julie V. Schaffer, Karynne O. Duncan, and Christine J. Ko, provides the quick answers you need on every important aspect of dermatology and guidance on their application in your...

D. M. F. Gibb / Fetal Monitoring in Practice (Large Paperback)

A practical guide for doctors and midwives working on labor wards, to the effective application of the new equipment available to monitor the state of the fetus during labor. Emphasizes when to do nothing, and the emotional needs of the mother...

David Howlett, Nicola Gainsborough / 100 Cases for Medical Data Interpretation (Large Paperback)

Data interpretation questions based on clinical cases are a popular means of testing medical students both during undergraduate studies and as an element of finals examinations. Written by a small team of authors with extensive teaching experience, 100...

Sophie Harrison / The Cure For Good Intentions (Large Paperback)

The Cure for Good Intentions is about a life-changing decision. At the age of twenty-eight, Sophie Harrison left her job as an editor at a prestigious literary magazine and put herself through medical school and hospital training before becoming a GP. ...

Judith A. Colbert / Child Health Across Cultures (Large Paperback)

Child Health Across Cultures - Fixes on the critical importance of child health - Draws on international research in various fields - Explores health beliefs and practices across cultures - Reveals world-wide patterns of understanding of health and...