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.

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.

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...

The Third Edition of this classic text presents the basic concepts of PET imaging technology. Topics include basic physics of PET imaging; detectors, scanners and data collection; storage, display, and PACS; PET radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals; reimbursement for PET procedures; and performance of PET studies. This revised edition is thoroughly updated and includes information on new PET scanning detectors and PET/MRI scanners; PET/MRI data acquisition; software packages; recently devel...

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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...