Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land: A Role for Epigenomic and Environmental Interaction, ISBN-13: 978-3319558646 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (July 21, 2017) Language: English 350 pages ISBN-10: 3319558641 ISBN-13: 978-3319558646 This stimulating volume uses multiple lenses to analyze the complex causes of health disparities affecting minorities, in particular African Americans, and explains how this knowledge can be used to reduce their destructive effects. Pinpointing genetic, non-genetic, and epigenetic factors…
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Physician Mental Health and Well-Being: Research and Practice by Kirk J. Brower, ISBN-13: 978-3319555829 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (July 25, 2017) Language: English 342 pages ISBN-10: 3319555820 ISBN-13: 978-3319555829 This book explores the important topic of mental health and related problems among physicians, including trainees. The all-too-common human response of “suffering in silence” and refusing to seek help for professional and personal issues has ramifications for physicians who…
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Current Research Highlights and Clinical Insights by Doruk Erkan, ISBN-13: 978-3319554402 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (June 21, 2017) Language: English 392 pages ISBN-10: 3319554409 ISBN-13: 978-3319554402 This new edition is a comprehensive and updated resource on antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), which is an autoimmune disorder. In APS, the body recognizes certain normal components of blood and/or cell membranes as foreign substances and produces antibodies (antiphospholipid antibodies) against…
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Manual of Gynecardiology: Female-Specific Cardiology 2017 Edition by Angela H.E.M. Maas, ISBN-13: 978-3319549613 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer (June 16, 2017) Language: English 260 pages ISBN-10: 3319549618 ISBN-13: 978-3319549613 This book provides a much-needed, internationally oriented text, focusing on specific aspects of heart disease in women. Despite the large amount of information available, there is still considerable confusion regarding female patients. As such, the book highlights the health events that occur during aging…
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Tutorials in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology 2nd Edition, ISBN-13: 978-3319548333 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. 2017 edition (June 26, 2017) Language: English 439 pages ISBN-10: 3319548336 ISBN-13: 978-3319548333 The new edition of this book updates an established text written for trainees and practicing endovascular therapists.The content is based on the curriculum of the Endovascular Neurosurgery MSc degree course at Oxford University and its tutorial system of teaching. The tutorial is…
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Debates About Neuroethics: Perspectives on Its Development, Focus, and Future by Eric Racine, ISBN-13: 978-3319546506 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (July 7, 2017) Language: English 276 pages ISBN-10: 3319546503 ISBN-13: 978-3319546506 This is the first book entirely dedicated to exploring issues associated with the nature of neuroethics. It reflects on some of the underlying assumptions in neuroethics, and the implications of those assumptions with respect to training and education programs,…
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Imaging Infections: From Bench to Bedside 1st Edition by Sanjay K. Jain, ISBN-13: 978-3319854335 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (August 12, 2018) Language: English 272 pages ISBN-10: 331985433X ISBN-13: 978-3319854335 This books brings together multi-disciplinary expertise to provide comprehensive information about molecular imaging of infectious diseases. Also described are the development of new imaging technologies for infectious disease and their translation to the clinic. The overall goal of Imaging Infections:…
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Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 2017 Edition by Anne T. Mancino, ISBN-13: 978-3319544922 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (July 14, 2017) Language: English 333 pages ISBN-10: 3319544926 ISBN-13: 978-3319544922 This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in thyroid cancer. The book reviews new data about molecular genetics and molecular diagnostic approaches, covers…
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 5th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0890425558 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing; 5th edition (May 27, 2013) Language: English 991 pages ISBN-10: 0890425558 ISBN-13: 978-0890425558 This is the standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Since a complete description of the underlying pathological processes is not possible for most mental disorders, it is important to emphasize that the current diagnostic criteria are the…
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Gene Control 2nd Edition by David Latchman, ISBN-13: 978-0815345039 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Garland Science; 2nd edition (February 23, 2015) Language: English 505 pages ISBN-10: 9780815345039 ISBN-13: 978-0815345039 Our understanding of two major themes in gene regulation has advanced considerably in the last few years and this is reflected in this new edition. The first of these is the regulation of chromatin structure and its role in gene regulation. Although a chapter was…
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Current Psychotherapies 11th Edition by Danny Wedding, ISBN-13: 978-1305865754 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Cengage Learning; 11th edition (March 16, 2018) Language: English 640 pages ISBN-10: 9781305865754 ISBN-13: 978-1305865754 Now in its eleventh edition and used in top Counseling, Psychology and Social Work programs, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES helps you learn, compare and apply the major systems of psychotherapy in a way that will be meaningful in your future practice. Every chapter is written by either…
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Genomic Essentials for Graduate Level Nurses 1st Edition by Diane C. Seibert, ISBN-13: 978-1605950945 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: DEStech Publications, Inc; 1st edition (February 29, 2016) Language: English 454 pages ISBN-10: 1605950947 ISBN-13: 978-1605950945 Presents genetics and genomic essentials specifically for graduate-level nurses Prenatal care, cardiology, cancer and other disease systems covered in depth by chapter experts Key chapter devoted to ethical and legal issues and to future technology.Designed as both a nursing…
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