Dit leerboek geeft studenten geneeskunde en coassistenten de kennis en vaardigheden die ze nodig hebben voor het afnemen van een anamnese en uitvoeren van lichamelijk onderzoek. Dit is onontbeerlijk om tot een diagnose te komen en een behandeling in te stellen. Anamnese en lichamelijk onderzoek richt zich primair op patiënten met internistische aandoeningen. Toch is het niet alleen zeer geschikt voor specialisten in opleiding maar ook voor huisartsen, verpleegkundig specialisten en...

Lieneke van de Griendt – huisarts sinds 1995 – constateert dat veel patiënten met chronische aandoeningen ondanks alle medische inspanningen niet genezen. Zij krijgen medicijnen voorgeschreven die symptomen onderdrukken, maar ze blijven chronisch ziek en moeten vaak de rest van hun leven medicijnen blijven slikken. Maar wat gaat er eigenlijk precies mis in hun lichaam en waarom gebeurt dit? Als we dat weten, zouden we dan ook zónder medicijnen de gezondheid kunnen verbeteren van patiën...

Complexe pijn is een ingewikkeld fenomeen patiënten en hulpverleners voor grote uitdagingen stelt. Het verbeteren van de zorg voor deze mensen veronderstelt investeringen in onderwijs, het ontwikkelen en implementeren van innovaties in de zorg en het uitvoeren van praktijkgericht onderzoek. Het lectoraat wil een belangrijke rol spelen in deze driehoek van onderwijs, werkveld en onderzoek en op al deze terreinen bijdragen leveren.

Across the last forty years, epidemiology has developed into a vibrant scientific discipline that brings together the social and biological sciences, incorporating everything from statistics to the philosophy of science in its aim to study and track the distribution and determinants of health events. A now-classic text, the second edition of this essential introduction to epidemiology presents the core concepts in a unified approach that aims to cut through the fogand elucidate the fundamenta...

The go-to textbook for medical students Designed to be as easy to understand as it is comprehensive, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine is the definitive guide for medical students and doctors in training. Revised and updated to reflect the structure of modern medical care, an all-new Acute Medicine chapter focuses on the initial, problem-based assessment of the unwell patient. Chapters on Medical Specialties explore the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic disease across the spec...

Learn all the microbiology and basic immunology concepts you need to know for your courses and exams. Now fully revised and updated, Mims' clinically relevant, systems-based approach and abundant colour illustrations make this complex subject easy to understand and remember. Learn about infections in the context of major body systems and understand why these are environments in which microbes can establish themselves, flourish, and give rise to pathologic changes.

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The role of the fascia in musculoskeletal conditions and as a body-wide communication system is now well established. Fascia: The Tensional Network of the Human Body constitutes the most comprehensive foundational textbook available that also provides the latest research theory and science around fascia and their function. This book is unique in offering consensus from scientists and clinicians from across the world and brings together the work of the group behind the international Fascia Res...

The bestselling guide to evidence-based medicine and healthcare Required reading in many medical and healthcare institutions, How to Read a Paper is a clear and wide-ranging introduction to evidence-based medicine and healthcare, helping readers to understand its central principles, critically evaluate published data, and implement the results in practical settings. Author Trisha Greenhalgh guides readers through each fundamental step of inquiry, from searching the literature to assessing met...

This forward-looking resource recasts the concept of healthy cities as not only a safe, pleasant, and green built environment, but also one that creates and sustains health by addressing social, economic, and political conditions. It describes collaborations between city planning and public health creating a contemporary concept of urban governance¿a democratically-informed process that embraces values like equity. Models, critiques, and global examples illustrate institutional change, commu...

This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison's experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients. Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing adult patients about their current symptoms, personal and family history, mental status, behavioral risks, and other relevant issues.