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What disease is and how it affects humans is the focus of this primer. Hurster uses the Biological Laws of Disease to frame each discussion and to demonstrate how these laws relate to the prepathogenesis and pathogenesis stages of the natural history of any disease.

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Communicating the History of Medicine offers a collection of case studies on academic outreach from historical and current perspectives. It questions the kind of linear thinking often found in policy or research assessment, instead offering a nuanced picture of both the promises and pitfalls of engaging audiences for research in the humanities.

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When the author was diagnosed with a brain tumour, she refused conventional medical treatments in favour of alternative therapies. Having overcome her condition, she illustrates the technique she calls 'compassionate coaching', and the psychological skills she uses to improve her life.

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An examination of the problems of designing effective and humane service care delivery systems for the seriously mentally ill. The focus throughout the book is on the development of practical problem-solving strategies for professionals, advocates, patients and their families.

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A comprehensive guide to the ways in which business strategy must be designed and implemented to help teaching hospitals improve economic performance and compete successfully with their counterparts in the private sector.

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Based on the findings of the annual Comprehensive Cancer Care conference, a uniquely authoritative guide to the integration of conventional, complementary, and alternative cancer therapies

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Details a fresh system of healthcare, by which consumers choose their own doctor and contact directly with him or her for maximal, individualized care.

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Concussions are common and are commonly mismanaged. Even with recent updates with recommendations for an active, targeted recovery plan, concussed individuals are often still told to rest in a dark room, no screen time, no work, until symptoms resolve. Concussion-Your Game Plan for Recovery provides the most up to date guide to concussion diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

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"From the moment of diagnosis, the cancer patient embarks on a journey that can prove both daunting and overwhelming. Fears and choices abound, along with the need to understand the nature and ramifica"

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Meet consumer demand for information on health care and related topics with the first authoritative reference work of current and credible health care information every library can afford--and none will want to ignore.

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The second volume of this highly regarded reference source features the full text of nearly 150 of the most recent articles available from the National Cancer Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute on Aging, and other authoritative agencies.

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For decades, Dr. Hammer taught the system of pulse diagnosis that he uses to many students all over the world. But he's never taught what to do with that information, and how he utilizes it to formulate a treatment plan. This book goes beyond writing a case history by describing his thinking behind each step. The key is diagnosis.

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This unique volume draws together a variety of essays in the field of contemporary combat psychiatry. The authors represent a variety of disciplines--including psychiatry, psychology, neurobiology, history, and Soviet studies.

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The first edition of this book was intended to be a standard guide--a reference manual--that would be useful not only in the mechanics of producing a single program but also in organizing and operating a continuing medical education (CME) department on an ongoing basis.

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The seventeen contributions present current research in visual signal processing, in the retina and central pathways, and in the study of contrast sensitivity in humans.

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This provocative new resource explores 15 common controversies in the field of food and nutrition.

The authors explain the varying opinions and underlying issues that surround these debates, shedding new light on tensions over popular diets, fast food, and vegetarianism.

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Each year approximately two million people who are burned require medical treatment. Coping Strategies provides the burn patient and his/her family a unique source of information and insight on the effects of disfigurement, sexuality, cosmetics, prosthetics, coping with stress, anxiety and guilt, and about employment strategies.

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