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""This book represents the most current information on the care of the MS patient .This will be an unparalleled resource for all nurses caring for MS patients and families."" -Amy Perrin Ross, APN, MSN, CNRN, MSCN Among the many responsibilities of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) nurse, perhaps the most important is to help patients devise, learn, ......
The 2006 World Health Report highlighted the shortage of adequately prepared health professionals as the most significant threat to world health. This book focuses on the training of health professional educators (both teachers and practitioners) in low resource countries and communities at different levels of technological and material ......
Presents practical guidelines for operating assisted living facilities. It provides advice on hiring and training staff, architecture and space management, and more. It is organized to cover the essential aspects of management, including organization; human resources; business and finance; environment; and resident care.
Can nurses be expected to deliver spiritual care? Should nursing claim healing as part of its mission? Should spiritual care be taught in nursing education? What do recent brain studies teach us about spirituality? Exploring these questions and many more, this new edition of Spirituality in Nursing provides a wealth of insight into current ......
Presents insights from nurses, nurse managers and leaders, support staff, and patients about how it feels to practice or receive care. It exposes the failures and successes of nurse leadership/management and practice, and encourages nurse managers to make an effort to return leadership and management from a 'systems' to a 'patient-centered' ......
This is a comprehensive, fully illustrated discussion of the clinical features, pathologic attributes, and treatment approaches of metastatic carcinomas of unknown origin (MCUOs). It is divided into five topic areas, covering clinical presentations, methods of pathologic evaluation, techniques for topographic localization, and treatment and ......
Gastroesophageal cancers are the common form of cancer incidents, and the second most common cause of death among cancer patients. This title addresses the complexities encountered in the understanding and management of esophageal cancers. It includes coverage of the two common tumors: squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
Provides an overview of the current state of clinical and pre-clinical research in combining radiotherapy with targeted biological agents to fight cancer. The text provides a general overview of targeted agents, reviews the current clinical trials, and includes a look at the future of this state-of-the-art practice.
