Across the world, the demands placed on health systems are growing rapidly. Developed countries face the challenge of providing services to an ageing population with changing health needs, while countries with developing health systems must find ways of ensuring their populations are provided with access to healthcare. Innovative thinking is essential to meet these twin challenges, but innovation is both a cause and cure of many struggles in healthcare - we need it, but it is hard to manage a...

Bij de 5e druk van de Sobotta deel 3 – Hoofd, hals en neuroanatomie ligt de nadruk opde relevantie voor tentamens:·         Nieuwe en inhoudelijk aangepaste afbeeldingen en tabellen als basis voor het begrip van anatomische structuren·         Overzicht houden, de details van een preparaat herkennen en snel de anatomische verbanden kunnen begrijp...

Voor velen blijven fibromyalgie en chronische pijn een raadsel, een complex geheel van symptomen dat zowel patiënten als hun omgeving moeilijk kunnen vatten. In deze verhelderende verkenning biedt Dr. De Petter diepgaande inzichten en praktische strategieën om fibromyalgie en chronische pijn effectief te begrijpen en te behandelen.

Fibromyalgie en chronische pijn worden vaak miskend, zowel door degenen die er direct mee te maken hebben als door de medische wereld zelf. Patiënten horen nog ...

In the early 1980s, gynaecologist Paul Devroey and paediatrician, clinical pathologist and researcher André Van Steirteghem lay the foundations of the now world-renowned Brussels IVF at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). They and their team gradually refine the techniques for in vitro fertilisation and discover the method of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), during which one sperm cell is injected into an egg cell. This chance discovery ultimately turns out to be a solution for ma...

This practical, thought-provoking guide provides the unemotional, clear, and accurate advice necessary for communicating with patients in a palliative care setting - a pivotal aspect of being a palliative care expert that is so difficult to quantify and teach.

Exploring how practitioners make use of play’s developmental benefits and therapeutic healing properties to aid the child’s health care journey, this reflective book expands and enhances the knowledge base underlying the practice of play in hospitals.

This third edition of a popular text introduces healthcare students and professionals to an insider’s view on the religion’s historical development, key beliefs and practices, including ideas of health, sickness, death, and dying. The chapters include case studies, advice on what to do and what to avoid when caring for patients.

Provides the information and skills needed to write effective research proposals and theses; read, assess, interpret, and apply published research; and, understand how to conduct basic studies in health, physical education, exercise science, athletic training, and recreation.

HOFFBRAND’S ESSENTIAL HAEMATOLOGY The Essentials is an international, best-selling series of textbooks, all of which are designed to support lecture series or themes on core topics within the health sciences. See www.wiley.com for further details. The definitive introductory textbook on haematology, covering basic science, diagnostic testing, clinical features, and patient management Hoffbrand’s Essential Haematology has helped medical students and trainee physicians understand the core p...

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and featuring insights from real TNAs, this book explores the specific role of nursing associates in health promotion, considering different practice settings across all fields of nursing.