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With the average medical textbook now over one thousand pages long and newspapers daily devoting many columns to health issues, no individual can know more than the bare essentials of the subject. What better then than to dip into a small book covering only the amazing, the bizarre, and the amusing? This fascinating collection of medically-related items will inform, tantalize, and infuriate you by turns. How can you tell if a murder victim was left- or right-handed? How many euphemisms can you think of for unmentionable part... read more

"Healthy Concerns" introduces students to a range of sociological aproaches to health and illness. Although written with nursing and midwifery students in mind, other students in the social services will find this a comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date introductory text with a strong New Zealand focus. "Healthy Concerns" not only examines contemporary health issues from different sociological perspectives, but also includes comment and analysis from one of New Zealand's most lrominent nurse leaders.

The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores grippingly how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections, exa... read more

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Man's activities have been tainted by disaster ever since the serpent first approached Eve in the garden. And the world of medicine is no exception. In this outrageous and strangely informative book, Richard Gordon explores some of history's more bizarre medical disasters. He creates a catalogue of mishaps including anthrax bombs on Gruinard Island, destroying mosquitoes in Panama, and Mary the cook who, in 1904, inadvertently spread Typhoid across New York State. As the Bible so rightly says, 'He that sinneth before his maker, let... read more

First published 1984. Paperback 142pp h235mm x w155mm x s11mm 213g

Whether you suffer from aches, pains and creaky joints, or you simply feel old beyond your years, this text will help you achieve a better body and a healthier life. Key topics are 'spot the trouble' and 'take immediate action' and exercise to alleviate the pain and restore mobility.

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'This is a very welcome new book that will be of great value to those learning about research at all levels. It will be particularly useful for students who have no previous research knowledge and will aid their understanding of process and theory greatly' - Dr Pat Colliety, Senior Tutor, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Surrey."Nursing Research" leads the novice nurse researcher and student nurse through the main techniques and skills required of a practising nurse researcher. The authors provide readers with key i... read more

Take a jaw-dropping interactive top-to-toe tour of your body. Amazing 3D images reveal all your major systems in molecular detail. Discover how the nervous system works, the intricate construction of skeleton and muscles, and how your body protects itself when you are under threat. Put yourself under the microscope using the interactive DVD-Rom. Zoom in on a body part and see the bodies processes in action from a nerve impulse to blood surging through an artery. Journey inside and examine what can go wrong with the human machine: e... read more

A jaw-dropping tour of anatomy from Robert Winston, award winning author and TV presenter. From how your blood flows through the heart to how your food is digested, take a trip through your very own body and be astounded by its inner workings. A free interactive CD shows the body and it's movements in 3D detail and acetate pages fold back to reveal how our most important organs work. An irresistibly graphic, top-to-toe body atlas. First published 2005. Includes CD-ROM.

This acclaimed book delivers information for learning the muscular and skeletal systems in a beautifully illustrated, user-friendly way. It makes learning the necessary bodywork skills interesting, memorable and easy. With 420 pages and 1,100 illustrations covering more than 125 muscles, 206 bones, 30 ligaments and 110 bony landmarks, this text provides an invaluable map of the body. New to the Third Edition: Synergists: Muscles Working Together - 75 new illustrations showing the muscles that perform a movement "in action"... read more

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This text tackles the difficult yet critical topic of drug dose calculations for the administration of medicines. The process is transformed into a sequence of easy steps by drawing on the common sense and life skills of the reader.

Each year the ABC invites a prominent Australian to present the result of his or her work and thinking on major social, scientific or cultural issues in a series of radio talks known as the Boyer Lectures. The series was inaugurated in 1959 under the title of ABC Lectures, but in 1961 was renamed as a memorial to the late Sir Richard Boyer who, as chairman of the ABC, had been one of those responsible for its introduction. This lecture discusses the state of deafness today. First published December 2007.

Uses true stories to illustrate the art and science of diagnosing a patient. As Sanders reveals through cases of bizarre and elusive maladies, this crucial process is full of unpredictable challenges that force doctors to reevaluate accepted beliefs and become detectives piecing together complex mysteries.

Students of radiology and radiography at both undergraduate and postgraduate level often experience difficulty in learning MRI techniques. This book provides concise, easily accessible information on MRI physics which can be used as a revision tool. Topics covered include relaxation processes, image contrast, pulse sequences, image production, image quality, artefacts, MRA, instrumentation and safety. Double page spreads for each section will contain a diagram and/or image depicting the main concepts of MR physics together with a... read more

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