Learn to manage the physical and psychological well-being of your feline patients with Feline Behavioral Medicine: Prevention and Treatment. From house soiling problems to aggression, this all-new reference offers detailed guidance on assessing, treating, and preventing the full spectrum of feline behavioral problems. Material is organized by both topic and life stage for quick access to the information you need.

Plus its incorporation of patient education materials, instructive images, and t...

This multidisciplinary text is an essential introduction to leadership in health care, combining the underpinning theory with a practical approach to help you come to decisions and solutions in everyday practice. * Written in an accessible and easy to understand style by an international team of practitioners who will engage, inspire and empower you to really make a difference in practice * Evidence based and with a focus on patient care and service delivery to ensure best practice * Includes...

This second edition of Schizophrenia: A Practical Primer, includes decades of clinical and research experience in the field and helps readers understand what schizophrenia is and how it is managed.

An essential how-to guide appropriate for trainees and practitioners to give them all the tools they need to develop writing for reflective practice.

Rules and codes for healthcare professionals continue to proliferate yet are unable to offer practical advice in specific circumstances. To help balance official rules with the variable, unique human element, David Seedhouse and Vanessa Peutherer explain what personal judgement is and how it can be applied routinely and effectively in everyday decision-making in healthcare.

The latest edition of the bestselling reader Understanding Health and Social Care combines classic works with newly commissioned material, offering readers unparalleled coverage of the key issues in health and social care. The breadth of material encompasses voices of service users, professional and lay carers, as well as academics and researchers.

Unlike most other books written on evidence-based practice, this book questions whether this method always leads to the best practice possible and analyses and critiques the approach in a reflective manner.

Ideal for residents starting in radiology and radiologic technologists, this concise manual is the perfect introduction to the physics and practice of CT and the interpretation of basic CT images. Designed as a systematic learning tool, it introduces the use of CT scanners for all organs, and includes positioning, use of contrast media, representative CT scans of normal and pathological findings, explanatory drawings with keyed anatomic structures, and an overview of the most important measur...

De meeste geneeskundestudenten beschikken over onvoldoende eerste hulp vaardigheden. Dat bleek uit onderzoek in 2007. Onderwijs in eerstehulpverlening moet daarom een belangrijke plaats innemen in (de eerste jaren van) het gezondheidszorgonderwijs, in het bijzonder in de opleiding geneeskunde. De roep hierom neemt dan ook toe. Het Nederlandse Rode Kruis en Bohn Stafleu van Loghum spelen hierop in met het boek Eerste hulp – weet wat je moet doen. Daarnaast ontwikkelen beide partijen een bree...

Huisartsen zijn niet alleen verantwoordelijk voor de zorg voor hun patiënten, maar ook voor de zorg voor hun personeel. Het doel van de huisarts is te zorgen dat medewerkers in de praktijk hun werk beter gaan doen en met meer plezier. Daarvoor is het belangrijk om gestructureerd leiding aan de praktijk te geven. Het boek De huisarts aan de leiding biedt huisartsen praktische handvatten om effectief leiding te geven. In hoofdstuk 1 worden de belangrijkste theorieën over leidinggeven op een r...