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Policy determines much of what nurses actually do on a daily basis, which means it is essential for nurses to engage with policy if they are to understand their own practice. Mental health nursing in particular has been shaped by a variety of policy factors in the past...
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Bereits Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts hatte man sich mit allen heute gängigen Methoden der Gefäßchirurgie auseinandergesetzt und in diesem Bereich der Chirurgie binnen weniger Jahre wichtige Erkenntnisse gewonnen. Gemäß der oftmals aufgestellten These, ein Krieg bringe für...
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Safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children is a statutory duty for all nurses and midwives. This book helps equip student nurses and midwives with the confidence, knowledge and skills needed for working with families to support and protect children. It covers...
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This book introduces you to the basic rules and principles of statistics and shows you how straightforward statistical tests can be performed and analysed in relation to healthcare. Key features of the text are: -Examples which show how statistics are used in the...
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Written by the pioneers of Viagra, the first blockbuster PDE inhibitor drug. Beginning with a review of the first wave of phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, this book focuses on new and emerging PDE targets and their inhibitors. Drug development options for all major...
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Die Entdeckung des Blutkreislaufs war ein langwieriger Prozess. Er reicht von der Antike bis in die Neuzeit. In der Antike kannte man keinen Kreislauf, sondern glaubte, dass das Herz eine Wärmepumpe ist, von der eine Beseelung ausgeht (Spiritus vitalis und animalis). Im...
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The inspiration provided by biologically active natural products to conceive of hybrids, congeners, analogs and unnatural variants is discussed by experts in the field in 16 highly informative chapters. Using well-documented studies over the past decade, this timely...
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This book presents contributions from some of the leading experts in spectroscopic techniques including infrared, Raman, NMR, fluorescence and Circular Dichroism spectroscopy. Structural characterization of biomolecules, cells, tissues and whole organisms are amongst...
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Successful transition from school to adult life has always been difficult for people with disabilities, especially in the area of employment. The vast majority of people with disabilities are either unemployed or underemployed with low wages and few benefits, and many...
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In the summer of 1982, hospital emergency rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area were suddenly confronted with mysteriously “frozen” patients – young men and women who, though conscious, could neither move nor speak. Doctors were baffled, until neurologist J. William...
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Sociology is a key topic for all trainee health professionals, but many struggle to see what sociology has to offer. Based on years of experience teaching sociology to healthcare students, Lani Russell has written a truly introductory text which explains the main...
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An understanding of the theories that shape and define mental health policy and practice is essential for every mental health nurse. This book gives you the knowledge you need to understand those complex and varying theories, concepts and approaches. It helps you to...
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This essential handbook helps midwifery students to make the most from their time studying. It clearly explains the core learning skills you will need right from the start of the course, such as academic writing, placement learning and understanding theoretical...
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Mental health nursing students need to understand their legal duties towards all clients, including specific laws for care of detained patients. Yet these laws can be comples, confusing, and difficult to relate to the reality of nursing care. This book is a clear guide...
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Patient safety is a predominant feature of quality healthcare and something that every patient has the right to expect. As a nurse, you must consider the safety of the patient as paramount in every aspect of your role; and it is now an increasingly important topic in...
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This book is part of the Transforming Nursing Practice series, written specifically to support nursing students on the new degree programme. As medical advances become more sophisticated, average life expectancies continue to grow.This presents significant challenges...
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Learning to prescribe is an essential part of medical training. Due to various high profile serious prescribing errors, the GMC have introduced stricter prescribing standards which medical students must meet in order to graduate. This book helps medical students learn...
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This first systematic treatment of the concept and practice of scaffold hopping shows the tricks of the trade and provides invaluable guidance for the reader's own projects. The first section serves as an introduction to the topic by describing the concept of...
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Das Gendiagnostikgesetz – Rechtsfragen der Humangenetik umfasst die während der gleichnamigen Tagung am 15. Oktober 2011 in Leipzig gehaltenen (rechts-)wissenschaftlichen Vorträge, ergänzt um eine Stellungnahme aus medizinischer Sicht. Die einzelnen Beiträge betrachten...
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In Band 26 finden sich Ausführungen zu Raphael Eglis Vision der Instauratio Magna, zum Konzept der Seele bei Paracelsus, zu paracelsischen Schlüsselbegriffen, zu Heilkräften der Pflanzen und zur Interpretation von göttlichen Botschaften in Naturphänomenen, eine...
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