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Includes basic skills involved that are touched on very minimally in residency, but not in enough depth for an untrained investigator to successfully design or conduct a study, or analyze research findings in any meaningful way. This title covers research implementation, including regulatory issues and grant writing.
While many people view love as a nebulous concept that is difficult to study scientifically, there exists a substantial psychological discipline that studies intimate relations. This incisive text provides a comprehensive tour of both classic and contemporary theories and research on the how and why of human love.
The Essential Guide to Retail Clinics for Clinicians, Managers, and Educators
This is the first comprehensive guide to setting up, operating, and practicing in a convenient care clinic. The book addresses all key medical and operational considerations pertaining to running these local retail health clinics that are rapidly proliferating in pharmacies, supermarkets, airports, and other locations throughout the US.
A practical how to guide to using yoga to manage stress, improve mental alertness, increase flexibility, correct posture and improve the quality-of-life of readers with Parkinson's. It shows how yoga ameliorates difficulties that accompany Parkinson's, including mobility, range of motion, balance, and guides towards leading a healthier life.
Provides an introduction to the field of amputee care and prosthetics. Dedicated chapters on prescription of prostheses for the various levels and types of amputations in both the lower and upper extremity provide state-of-the-art guidance. Prosthetic gait issues and medical management including residual limb concerns are also addressed.
Compelling research has recently established the negative effects of perfectionism, yet until now, no serious texts have addressed the management of perfectionist traits as they arise in psychotherapy. This is the first professional volume to provide practical guidance in using psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapies to help clients who ......
Focuses on understanding potential problems and sources of error in management of the blood bank and transfusion, how to anticipate and avoid such problems, and how to manage them if they occur. This book addresses the situations and issues faced by the clinical pathologist or other manager or staff member of the blood bank team.
Offers radiation oncology and neurology residents, and fellows information in a concise and practical manual showcasing radiosurgery within the overall context of the management of CNS diseases. This book examines radiosurgery as a treatment modality discussing relevant radiobiology, and the technical aspects of performing specific procedures.
Guided Care is an exciting model used to provide medical and nursing care to clients with chronic conditions. This book provides guidance for adopting Guided Care Nursing to transform typical primary care practices into 'medical homes' that provide a comprehensive health care for patients with chronic conditions.