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Our product portfolio includes the fields of nursing, public health, healthcare administration, social work, counselling, gerontology, psychology, and, under our Demos Medical imprint, the specialities of neurology, oncology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. In all of our publishing disciplines, we are passionate about providing the best educational, professional reference, and clinical content to current and future generations of healthcare and helping professionals.
A Positive Psychology Approach to Clinical Training
One out of every ten children in the U.S. is affected by a pervasive developmental disorder (PPD). This comprehensive volume examines in depth the neuropsychological foundations of these disorders, providing up-to-date, detailed information on the full range of diagnostic, assessment, and treatment tools available to help children suffering from ......
Compassionate and Practical Strategies for Dealing with Unexpected or Inappropriate Behaviors
It is very common for a person with dementia to exhibit unexpected or inappropriate sexual behaviour and yet few resources exist to help partners, family members, caregivers, and others address it. Now for the first time, esteemed geriatric neuropsychiatrist Dr. Doug Wornell provides a compassionate and detailed understanding of the issue and ......
Many regulatory and professional agencies countenance the idea of patient-and family-centred care, yet lack an infrastructure able to support such care or employ health care professionals who lack the necessary education, experience, or skills. This book is a comprehensive guide to family-centred care for healthy, ill, or preterm newborns. It ......
Designed for the busy practitioner seeking quick answers when diagnosing and treating common - and not so common - disorders, this title covers major topics in pediatric rehabilitation and is comprised of eight sections covering mononeuropthies, polyneuropathies, the neuromuscular junction, motor neuron disease, radiculopthies, and plexopathies.
The only book written about mechanical ventilation by nurses for nurses, this text fills a void in addressing high-level patient care and management specific to critical care nurses. Designed for use by practicing nurses, nursing students, and nursing educators, it provides a detailed, step-by-step approach to developing expertise in this ......
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method of psychotherapy that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. It is a set of standardised protocols incorporating elements from many different treatment approaches that has, to date, helped more than two million people relieve many types of ......
This is a holistic, family-centred guide to counselling individuals with serious illness and their families. It considers not only the physical manifestations of a life-threatening illness but also its psychological, social, economic, and spiritual implications. This second edition has been revised and updated to reflect the most current research ......
Examines a variety of nursing rituals in the context of caring science and evidence-based practice and demonstrates how understanding and incorporation of such rituals can have a transformative effect on contemporary nursing practice. It is written for undergraduate and graduate students, and serves to integrate the liberal arts into nursing ......
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Management
This is a valuable resource for physicians, fellows, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, and all health care providers involved in the treatment of cancers of the colon and the rectum. It summarises the state-of-the-art issues related to the treatment of cancers of the colon and the rectum and describes an approach for optimal ......
