Farmacotherapie heeft de optimale behandeling van patiënten met geneesmiddelen tot doel; er wordt gestreefd naar farmacotherapie op maat. De kennis van ziekten en geneesmiddelen is aanzienlijk gegroeid, evenals het aantal geneesmiddelen. Enerzijds is daardoor therapie op maat beter mogelijk, anderzijds maakt dat het keuzeproces complexer. Formularia, protocollen en standaarden bieden houvast, maar het persoonlijk oordeel van de arts over de behandeling van elke individuele patiënt blijft do...

Dit in full colour uitgevoerde boek is bedoeld voor studenten die een hbo-opleiding gaan volgen waarvoor goede basiskennis scheikunde nodig is. Zij kunnen met dit boek in relatief korte tijd door zelfstudie hun scheikundekennis op peil brengen. Het boek omvat de havo-examenstof scheikunde, waarbij een aantal onderwerpen met iets meer diepgang wordt beschreven dan voor het examen nodig is. Het gaat dan om dié onderwerpen die in een vervolgopleiding belangrijk zijn, zoals chemisch evenwicht, k...

The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on wide ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. The sixth edition retains its approach of dividing the complex, dynamic subject of public health into three topics.

'The Scope of Public Health' discusses the development of the discipline, determi...

From the author of the bestselling introduction to evidence-based medicine, this brand new title makes sense of the complex and confusing landscape of implementation science, the role of research impact, and how to avoid research waste.

This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained through detailed diagrams and calculations.

Elements of Robotics presents an overview of differen...

The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical ideas and learning lessons from the past. However, it can sometimes be difficult to trace the connections between old ideas and modern day issues. This textbook traces the evolution of economic ideas from the ancient to the modern world by examining the contributions of the most important scholars to some of the most important ideas in economics.

The History of Economic Ideas surveys topics that are ...

This revised fifth edition not only examines the new geographical patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. It is structured into three sections: 'contexts', 'themes' and 'issues' that move students from a foundation in urban geography through its major themes to contemporary and pressing issues. The text critically synthesizes key literatures in the following areas:

- the urban world

- changin...

Introduction to Statistics with SPSS offers an introduction to statistics that can be used before, during or after a course on statistics. Covering a wide range of terms and techniques, including simple and multiple regressions, this book guides the student to enter data from a simple research project into a computer, provide an adequate analysis of the data and present a report on the findings.

Often described as a public policy “bible,” Weimer and Vining remains the essential primer it ever was. Now in its sixth edition, Policy Analysis provides a strong conceptual foundation of the rationales for and the limitations to public policy. It offers practical advice about how to do policy analysis, but goes a bit deeper to demonstrate the application of advanced analytical techniques through the use of case studies.

Updates to this edition include:A chapter dedicated to distinguishi...