The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (Science and Cultural Theory)
September 11, 2008 | Comments Off
The Body Multiple is an extraordinary ethnography of an ordinary disease. Drawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, Annemarie Mol looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. A patient information leaflet might describe atherosclerosis as the gradual obstruction of the arteries, but in hospital practice this one medical condition appears to be many other things. From one moment, place, apparatus, specialty, or treatment, to the next, a slightly different “atherosclerosis” is being discussed, measured, observed, or stripped away. This multiplicity does not imply fragmentation; instead, the disease is made to cohere through a range of tactics including transporting forms and files, making images, holding case conferences, and conducting doctor-patient conversations.
The Body Multiple juxtaposes two distinct texts. Alongside Mol’s analysis of her ethnographic material—interviews with doctors and patients and observations of medical examinations, consultations, and operations—runs a parallel text in which she reflects on the relevant literature. Mol draws on medical anthropology, sociology, feminist theory, philosophy, and science and technology studies to reframe such issues as the disease-illness distinction, subject-object relations, boundaries, difference, situatedness, and ontology. In dialogue with one another, Mol’s two texts meditate on the multiplicity of reality-in-practice.
Presenting philosophical reflections on the body and medical practice through vivid storytelling, The Body Multiple will be important to those in medical anthropology, philosophy, and the social study of science, technology, and medicine.
Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients: Principles, Practice, and Populations
September 10, 2008 | Comments Off
This is the only reference currently available that focuses on the treatment of patients living with chronic diseases in poor and minority populations.
Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Volume 3, Medical Emergencies (3rd Edition) (Paramedic Care, Volume 3)
September 9, 2008 | Comments Off
Completely updated in a new edition and written by the best-selling author team of Bryan E. Bledsoe D.O., F.A.C.E.P., EMT-P, Robert S. Porter M.A., NREMT-P, and Richard A. Cherry, M.S., NREMT-P, this student-friendly easy to understand series covers the DOT National Standard Curriculum.The third of 5 titles in the Brady Paramedic Care Principles and Practice series, Volume 3 - Medical Emergencies - covers pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, allergies and anaphylaxis, gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, toxicology and substance abuse, hematology, environmental emergencies, infectious diseases, psychiatric and behavorial emergencies, gynecology, and obstetrics. Paramedic Level Emergency Responders or Intermediate level responders training to enter into Paramedic
Concise Guide to Drug Interaction Principles for Medical Practice: Cytochrome P450s, Ugts, P-Glycoproteins (Concise Guides)
September 7, 2008 | Comments Off
This Concise Guide is designed to be a practical pocket guide - a reference at the bedside, on rounds, or in the office. This text is divided into several sections: Part I: Introduction to Basic Pharmacology…Part II: P450 Enzymes contains pertinent tables, short reviews, and carefully chosen clinical and research illustrations for each P450 enyzyme…Part III: Drug Interactions by Medical Specialty…Part IV: Practical Matters includes chapters with prescribing guidelines, legal issues, and how to review the literature. Includes a pull-outpocket book of tables.
Customer Review: Hard to believe there are no reviews
I wrote a review for the first edition of this book and thought it was excellent. This edition is even better and as far as I can tell is state of the art even today in researching drug interactions.
The authors provide excellent summaries of drug metabolism in general and specific chapters on cytochromes, phase II metabolism, and P-glycoproteins. The chapters are logically organized and contain many case examples. As an example the cytochrome chapters describe the function, localization, inhibitors and inducers of each enzyme.
Rather than detail the specifics - I can tell you how a clinician treating complex problems might use this book. Medical care has become increasingly complex. It is common to treat people who are taking various combinations of maintenance medications like antihypertensives and cholesterol lowering drugs. Those drugs may be combined with medications to treat diabetes or other chronic medical disorders. The introduction of one or more psychiatric medications can lead to problems at the pharmacokinetic level.
A rapid check using computerized drug interaction programs or lists for specific conditions like prolonged QT syndrome usually yields rare interactions based on case reports in the literature. Reading the specific case reports or program results often gives conflicting results and no theoretical basis. This guide allows the reader to look up specific drugs across chapters and read relevant case illustrations. Chapters also include well organized tables showing specific compounds from the drug classes under discussion with the metabolizing sites and inhibitors. These tables are footnoted with whether the inhibitory effects are mild, moderate or potent.
Using the drug metoprolol as an example - the index shows four pages referenced with three of those pages containing the drug in tables. The pages describe that it is hepatically metabolized by 2D6 and 3A4. The authors provide an analysis of pharmacokinetic drug interactions that illustrate what can happen if the enzymes metabolizing metoprolol are affected by other agents.
The title of this book is somewhat of a misnomer. The authors have done an excellent job of balancing the theoretical and practical aspects of drug interaction in a book that is clinically useful. Any physician prescribing multiple medications or single medication to a patient who is already taking several will find this book extremely useful. The level of scholarship in this book is very high and it has a unique niche in the drug interaction literature. If there is a better book out there on drug interactions - I haven’t found it. If you have - send the reference to me and I will review it and compare it to this book.
George Dawson, MD
Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice
September 6, 2008 | Comments Off
This new text covers the nursing care of medical-surgical patients LPN/LVN nurses need to know to practice. Organized by body systems, each chapter is divided into two primary unitsan overview of A&P and a discussion of problems and diagnostic tests common to disorders in that system. Includes the latest content on emergency and disaster management, including bioterrorism, trauma, and shock, plus an entire unit on mental health nursing.
- UNIQUE! ESL (English as a Second Language) considerations are throughout the textbook and Student Learning Guide, improving readability and enhancing comprehension for ESL and students with limited proficiency in English.
- Each body system chapter begins with an Overview of Anatomy and Physiology and continues with a discussion of diagnostic tests, and problems common to disorders in that system with usual nursing interventions.
- Five-Step Nursing Process provides consistent framework for disorders chapters.
- Focused Assessment boxes for each body system include information on history taking and psychosocial assessment, physical assessment, and guidance on how to collect data/information for specific disorders.
- NCLEX-PN® examination-style review questions at the end of each chapter include alternate-format questions and help familiarize you with the exam.
- Unit on Mental Health Nursing includes information on disorders of anxiety and mood, cognitive disorders, thought and personality disorders, and substance abuse.
- UNIQUE! Assignment Considerations address situations in which the RN delegates tasks to the LPN/LVN or when the LPN/LVN assigns tasks to nurse assistants, patient care techs, and other unlicensed assistive personnel per the individual state nurse practice act.
- UNIQUE! Evidence-based practice is emphasized throughout with a special EB icon to highlight research relevant to nursing practice and patient teaching.
- Legal and Ethical Considerations boxes focus on specific disorder-related issues.
- Safety Alert boxes highlight specific dangers to patients related to clinical care.
- Disaster management content offers the latest guidelines on disaster preparation, assessment, decontamination, and treatment of injuries associated with both natural and bioterrorist disasters.
- Clinical Cues provide guidance and advice related to the application of nursing care.
- Think Critically About… boxes encourage you to synthesize information and apply concepts beyond the scope of the chapter.
- UNIQUE! Concept Maps in the disorders chapters help you visualize difficult material and illustrate how a disorder’s multiple symptoms, treatments, and side effects relate to each other.
- UNIQUE! Health Promotion Points boxes address wellness and disease prevention, including diet, infection control, and more.
- UNIQUE! Communication Cues help you learn to apply in therapeutic communication skills in realistic patient care situations.
- Cultural Cues related to biocultural variations, as well as health promotion for specific ethnic groups, are included throughout.
- Nutritional Therapies boxes related to nursing care for specific disorders address the need for holistic care, as well as the increased emphasis on nutrition on the NCLEX®-PN exam.
- Patient Teaching boxes provide step-by-step instructions and guidelines for post-hospital care.
- Elder Care Points address the unique medical-surgical care issues affecting older adults.
- Home Care Considerations boxes focus on post-discharge adaptations of medical-surgical nursing care to the home environment.
- UNIQUE! Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes offer information on how nontraditional treatments for medical-surgical conditions may be used to complement traditional treatment.
- A companion CD packaged with the text includes a variety of review exercises and tutorials, plus a glossary, a coloring book, Spanish health care phrases, and much more.
Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)
September 6, 2008 | Comments Off
Formal concern with diversity in American medical research, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Until the mid-1980s, few paid close attention to who was included in research subject pools. Not uncommonly, scientists studied groups of mostly white, middle-aged men—and assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them would apply to the rest of the population. But struggles involving advocacy groups, experts, and Congress led to reforms that forced researchers and pharmaceutical companies to diversify the population from which they drew for clinical research. That change has gone hand in hand with bold assertions that group differences in society are encoded in our biology—for example, that there are important biological differences in the ways that people of different races and sexes respond to drugs and other treatments.
While the prominence of these inclusive practices has offered hope to traditionally underserved groups, Epstein argues forcefully that it has drawn attention away from the tremendous inequalities in health that are rooted not in biology but in society. There is, for instance, a direct relationship between social class and health status—and Epstein believes that a focus on bodily differences can obscure the importance of this factor. Only when connected to a broad-based effort to address health disparities, Epstein explains, can a medical policy of inclusion achieve its intended effects.
A fascinating history, powerful analysis, and call to action, Inclusion will be essential reading for medical professionals, policymakers, and any concerned citizen.
Medical Massage Care’s Therapeutic Massage National Certification Practice Exams 2008 Edition
September 5, 2008 | Comments Off
Medical Massage Careâżżs Therapeutic Massage National Certification Practice Exams 2008 Edition will help massage therapy students pass the exam on therapeutic massage administered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
Customer Review: Review from Customer who Passed Exam
This review was made by a customer (ML from Canada) who passed using the previous edition. The errors pointed out to the author and publisher by this customer were corrected in the 2008 edition: “I purchased this book back in June because I was taking the NCTM exam in September and I wanted a resource that would provide me with lots of sample questions. I started out using it in conjunction with my own review, working with the guide purchased through NCBTMB. Basically it is a book with just multiple choice questions divided into 10 exams of 160 questions each. It claims to mimic the NCTM exam. I used it to test my knowledge and to find out what areas I needed to spend more time on. I would take one exam a week (since I made full use of my 12 week preparation time). The advantage of this resource is that after completing 4 or 5 exams you get a sense of how long it takes you to answer that many questions and also it teaches you to build up the mental stamina to tackle that many questions. Along the way I identified several other books that I needed to really get a grasp of the questions…these included; A massage therapists guide to pathology (Werner)(although this reference was frustratingly incomplete and I needed to look elsewhere for descriptions of what many pathologies were), Muscles (Kendall), clinically orientated Anatomy (Moore, Dalley), Principles of anatomy and physiology (tortora). Most of all my own notes from school were an important resource. This book falls short of 5 stars because there were some notable errors to some question keys (about 2 questions per exam) which was very frustrating because it made you question other answers. Some questions were repeated in different ways between each sample exam (a lot of ‘right handed/ left handed effects’ on posture are used in the assessment sections, but did not show up at all on the real exam). Also, the actual exam itself is computerised, not on paper, so it maybe more useful to have this in a CD ROM form to practice an actual exam format. Just prior to the exam I also purchased a copy of Plain and simple Guide tp therapeutic massage and bodywork certification (Laura Allen) which was really good for a last minute review and has questions for additional practice.
Having completed all 10 practice exams I was ready for the real thing…and I passed with high scores in all categories.”
Financial Management of the Medical Practice
September 4, 2008 | Comments Off
This resource provides exercises in medical practice financial planning, as well as a step-by-step process for budgeting. Learn to implement guidelines to control cash and establish internal controls covering collections and fraud prevention.
Customer Review: road map for sound operational processes and fiscal stability
The best part of Reiboldt’s book, for me, was understanding the financial reporting standards for the medical practice. Reiboldt’s book spells out the theories, the purpose, and the effects of disciplined financial reporting. The book provides detailed steps for revenue optimization, expense management, and internal controls, such as rigorous budgeting process and benchmarking.
This is not a theoretical work trying to lay out basic principles of accounting. This is a road map for any medical practice to achieve sound operational processes and fiscal stability.
Yuval Lirov, Practicing Profitability - Billing Network Effect for Revenue Cycle Control in Healthcare Clinics and Chiropractic Offices: Collections, Audit Risk, SOAP Notes, Scheduling, Care Plans, and Coding
Starting a Medical Practice
September 3, 2008 | Comments Off
This complete guide offers all the information physicians need to lpan a successful medical practice start-up. Learn about tax and licensing requirements, general accounting principles, personnel management, medcial record keeping, billing and collections, risk management and marketing strategies.
Customer Review: Most is free online
A bit too basic most of this information is available free online through ACP or AAFP.
Customer Review: Good basic information
This is a very good source for a basic overview. It is well-organized and clear, but it is only a starting point. I didn’t have a clue about where to start, so this is perfect for that.
Understanding Medical Terms: A Guide for Pharmacy Practice, Second Edition
September 2, 2008 | Comments Off
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION The need for a thorough understanding of medical terminology has not diminished in the least for pharmacists and other health care practitioners in the five years between the publication of the first edition of this book and this second edition. If anything, it has become greater. The pharmacy profession has further solidified its clinical role in patient care, and pharmacists are more entrenched than ever before in the role of counselor and advisor to both patients and practitioners alike. For more than a few pharmacists, what not long ago was an occasional question from a physician about appropriate drug therapy has become regular consultation concerning the interaction of drugs with the patient, his life, and the many other therapies he may be facing. Pharmacy chains, which not long ago installed glass walls to separate the pharmacist from customers, have asked technicians to count pills while pharmacists are in continuous contact with the patient. Such practice changes have increased the demand for clinical knowledge among pharmacists, including a knowledge of medical terminology, and those demands have been passed on to the authors in preparation of the second edition of this book. While the role of the text is still to help pharmacists be more effective interpreters and counselors, some changes have been made in response to reader requests.