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Libros en Ciencias de la Salud

  • The Muscular System Manual

    The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
    • 5 Edición
    • Joseph E. Muscolino
    • Inglés
    An approachable, yet detailed atlas of the muscles of the human body, The Muscular System Manual: The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body, 5th Edition provides you with a thorough understanding of skeletal muscles in a compartmentalized, customizable layout. The most comprehensive atlas of muscle actions available, this is the only text that lists and describes all open-chain standard mover actions and all closed-chain reverse mover actions, as well as eccentric contraction and isometric stabilization functions! All actions are fully referenced in one convenient table. Complex muscle anatomy relationships are easy to understand with robust resources on the Evolve companion website, including a unique Electronic Muscle and Bone Review Program to help you prepare for practice.

  • How to Make It As A Student Nurse

    • 1 Edición
    • Claire Carmichael + 1 más
    • Inglés
    There is very little out there as a ‘how to’ guide from start to finish in nursing – from applying to university to completing assignments, exams, placements, to qualifying and applying for your first job and surviving as a newly qualified nurse. How to Make It as a Student Nurse has all the things that student nurses really want, and need to know.

  • Rapid Review Pathology

    • 6 Edición
    • Anthony Alfrey
    • Inglés
    Through five best-selling editions, Dr. Edward Goljan’s Rapid Review Pathology has been a trusted resource by students both for USMLE preparation and course study. In this fully revised 6th Edition, Dr. Goljan’s handpicked successor, Dr. Anthony Alfrey, provides a core pathology review and focus on USMLE preparation with a simplified, streamlined format for high-yield review. User-friendly features include an outline format, full-color layout, key points, and a strong clinical correlation throughout.

  • Petty's Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment

    A Handbook for Therapists
    • 6 Edición
    • Dionne Ryder + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Together with its companion volume, Petty’s Principles of Musculoskeletal Treatment and Management, this invaluable book provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of musculoskeletal practice for undergraduate physiotherapy students.This volume will help you competently examine and assess patients with a variety of issues. Each region is covered in detail, including muscles, nerves and joints. It offers an up-to-date, person-centred approach, based on clinical reasoning and latest evidence, with numerous learning aids, case studies and illustrations to help you apply theory to practice.Petty's Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment is edited by leading experts Dionne Ryder and Kieran Barnard, with contributions by highly regarding physiotherapists from across the country, making this set a must-have for all students of physiotherapy.

  • Redfern's Nursing Older People

    • 5 Edición
    • Fiona M. Ross + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Redfern’s Nursing Older People provides accessible, evidence-based information for nurses, care assistants and other health professionals wanting to improve the quality of health and social care for older people.Republished for the first time since 2006, this fifth edition has been comprehensively revised and rewritten by a large team of expert contributors, while preserving the person-centred spirit of earlier editions. It applies best evidence in straightforward and practical ways to the demographic, physical, psychological, social and emotional challenges of ageing, with a focus on supporting independence and health maintenance.With new contributions covering emerging challenges such as understanding frailty and the use of digital technology, and the themes of diversity, service-user perspectives and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic woven throughout, Redfern’s Nursing Older People is essential reading to help nurses shape practice, improve outcomes and promote opportunities for ageing well.

  • McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management

    • 4 Edición
    • Timothy O. White + 1 más
    • Inglés
    McRae’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management is the essential, best-selling ‘survival guide’ for the orthopaedic surgeon, trainee, resident or practitioner treating injured patients in the Emergency or Orthopaedic Department.This fourth edition has been extensively updated and rewritten, retaining the essence and underlying principles of McRae’s original book, but with new text and illustrations to ensure it remains at the cutting edge.This highly regarded book is a companion to McRae’s Elective Orthopaedics, and together these titles provide complete coverage of orthopaedic surgery as relevant to contemporary practice.

  • Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 15-2
    • Matthew James Daniels
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Matthew J. Daniels brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Top experts in the field discuss topics such as pre-cath laboratory planning for left atrial appendage occlusion: optional or essential; the case for intracardiac echo to guide left atrial appendage closure; follow-up imaging after left atrial appendage occlusion: something or nothing and for how long?; left atrial appendage closure: what the evidence does and does not reveal; and more.

  • Interstitial Lung Disease, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 43-2
    • Kevin K Brown + 1 más
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, guest editors Joshua Solomon and Kevin Brown bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Interstitial Lung Disease. Top experts address topics such as IPF and other PF-ILDs, Post-Covid ILD, CTLD-ILD, Sarcoidosis, and more.

  • Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions

    • 5 Edición
    • Elsevier Inc
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Medicolegal Issues**Learn how to handle the legal and ethical challenges you will encounter in healthcare practice! Comprehensive yet easy to understand, Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 5th Edition provides a guide to legal concepts and ethical principles and how they are applied in common healthcare scenarios. Content includes key topics such as the legal system, bioethical issues, employment laws, torts, and medical malpractice and liability, as well as current issues such as medical marijuana, the opioid crisis, gender identity, and public health and immunization policies. Questions in each chapter ask you to think critically as you relate concepts to real-world situations. Updated to meet the needs of today’s workplace, this text prepares you to fulfill the moral and professional responsibilities of the healthcare provider.

  • Microbiología en ciencias de la Salud

    • 3 Edición
    • Karin C. VanMeter + 1 más
    • Español
    El objetivo del libro es convertirse en un texto «fácil de usar» para los estudiantes y que presente el contenido de forma eficaz para adaptarse a los diferentes niveles de comprensión de la ciencia básica y, también actualizar el material para indicar los nuevos conceptos, la información y los avances que han salido a la luz desde que se publicó la primera edición. Esta tercera edición se ha reorganizado para mejorar el planteamiento original, progresivo y por bloques para facilitar el proceso lógico de aprendizaje. Para poder estudiar con más detalle, se ha incluido material de consulta en un capítulo de Bibliografía y recursos de internet. Además de crear un texto de fácil comprensión para los estudiantes resulta útil para los profesionales de la salud. Se han diseñado numerosas tablas que condensan y organizan algunos de los puntos más destacados del texto para acceder a la información de forma rápida y sencilla. Las tablas sobre enfermedades específicas se han reorganizado y se han ampliado para incluir información sobre enfermedades, microorganismos, transmisión, diana(s), signos y síntomas y tratamiento. Presenta versiones actualizadas y ampliadas de los siguientes cuadros y tablas: «Por qué necesita conocer»; «Aspectos médicos destacados», «Recursos de la vida» y «Aplicación sanitaria». Asimismo, se han añadido los recuadros: «Tecnología» que destacan los últimos avances tecnológicos relacionados con los temas del capítulo y «El panorama general», la conexión de los sistemas orgánicos mostrando cómo una enfermedad puede afectar a otros sistemas.

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