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Medicine: general issues

Hardback. The prevailing model of medical care for patients with cancer emphasizes the curative efforts of medical technology toward the eradication of the disease. Yet, the suffering of the patient as a result of the disease is often overlooked. This book illustrates the range of issues encompassed by palliative care and rehabiliation of cancer patients. Editor(s): Von Gunten, Charles F. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBP; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792385257
ISBN
9780792385257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.22

Hardback. Humans are exposed daily to low concentrations of metals that are released into the environment by both natural and industrial processes. This book examines concerns about the acute and/or chronic exposure of humans to concentrations of these metals that are below the threshold levels established by various federal regulatory agencies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH2; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792384489
ISBN
9780792384489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.92

Hardback. Features contributions that report on the public health impact of wireless communication technologies, including radiofrequency (RF) dosimetry, RF epidemiology, RF toxicology, and clinical and in vitro studies on interference between these technologies and medical devices. Editor(s): Carlo, Dr. George. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792383475
ISBN
9780792383475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.84

Hardback. Provides a holistic, conceptual and quantitative framework for Environmental Health Modelling in space-time. This book explains why modern stochastics is the appropriate mechanical vehicle for addressing such issues in a rigorous way. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792382119
ISBN
9780792382119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.33

Hardback. Presents evidence concerning health and the environment, inequality of health in many countries, and the compatibility of different quality of life measurements, along with solutions to problems of health policy. This book is useful to health economists, policy makers, insurers, and governmental advisors. Editor(s): Zweifel, Peter. Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792381013
ISBN
9780792381013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.58

Hardback. Discusses the health care delivery system, its organizations, and its supporting industries with relevance to technology. This book examines several aspects of managing medical technology, discusses its key issues, and outlines how it can be managed more effectively. It is useful for academics and students in different areas of health management. Series: Management of Medical Technology. Num Pages: 518 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; MBG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 929.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792380542
ISBN
9780792380542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.89

Hardback. Addresses questions such as: Is there a public health problem posed by the use of wireless instruments? If yes, what is the extent of the problem? What are the appropriate interventions to solve the public health problem? And, what is the appropriate intervention strategy for those interventions? Editor(s): Carlo, Dr. George. Series: Wireless phones & health. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792379775
ISBN
9780792379775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.15

Hardback. Seeks to identify and address sets of conceptual and methodological issues in analyzing innovation systems, particularly as regards the delimitation of relevant systems. This book makes an in-depth comparison of the biomedical clusters in Sweden and Ohio. It also sheds light on the emergence of science-based technological systems. Editor(s): Carlsson, Bo. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; MBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792376330
ISBN
9780792376330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.08

Hardback. Life expectancy in Central and Eastern Europe is substantially shorter than in Western Europe, and a similar divide exists in self-rated health. This study of populations in seven Central and European countries examines the social and psychosocial determinants of this divide. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; MBNH9; MMJ; MQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792376040
ISBN
9780792376040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardback. Introduces the principles and methods for drawing causal inferences in research on health services management. This book emphasises on the application of structural equation modeling techniques and other analytical methods to develop causal models in health care management. Num Pages: 233 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KC; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792374855
ISBN
9780792374855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.14

Hardback. This text provides knowledge of growth factors and their receptors in cancer metastasis. It covers basic cellular and molecular biology of growth factors and their receptors, as well as their role in cancer and cancer metastasis in clinical settings. Editor(s): Jiang, Wen G.; Matsumoto, Kunio; Nakamura, Toshikazu. Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment. Num Pages: 303 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792371410
ISBN
9780792371410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.26

Paperback. This work documents how commercialized research, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, leads to seriously distorted information being disseminated to physicians. The book contrasts the exaggerated merits of certain medical practices with the clear advantages of a prevention approach. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792371038
ISBN
9780792371038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.36

Hardback. Examines critically the poverty of medical ethics. This book documents how commercialization of research, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, leads to seriously distorted information being disseminated to physicians. It makes radical proposals for reforming these problems. Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Temple, Norman J.; Shergill, Iqbal S. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370840
ISBN
9780792370840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.75

Hardback. Provides an overview of the effects of endocrine/disrupting substances on human health, but also addresses the regulatory problems from the point of view of international organisations, including the WHO, the EU, and the European Chlorine Industry. Editor(s): Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Polyxeni; Hens, Luc; Howard, Vyvyan. Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH2; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370567
ISBN
9780792370567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.96

Hardback. Offers an understanding of the nature and the impact of sexual boundary violations. This book provides evidence that the embodiment of sexual violation experience is informed by situated logic and rationality. It argues that the universe of socio-culturally constituted meaning and that of scientifically constructed knowledge are incompatible. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; MBDC; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370192
ISBN
9780792370192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.47

Hardback. In medicine, the interpretation of the complex reality of illness refers either to an organismic approach that focuses on the physical or to a 'holistic' approach that takes into account the patient's human sociocultural involvement. This book contains papers which show that suffering human people refer ultimately to their existential spheres. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa; Agazzi, Evandro. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792369837
ISBN
9780792369837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.23

Hardback. This volume contains all the contributions from an international symposium in 1999 on the ethical issues facing the medical community: when and how to die, whose life to preserve, whether to modify genes to create life, and how to pay for it all. Editor(s): Willich, Stefan N.; Elm, Susanna. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792369042
ISBN
9780792369042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.29

paperback. Intends to assist non-native English- speaking physicians or scientists in the task of writing research documents for medical journals and/or oral presentations for medical congresses. This book incorporates a methodology, which provides a 'follow-the-formula' analysis and gives explanations. Num Pages: 88 pages, 153 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CJCW; EST; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 5. Weight in Grams: 153.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792369011
ISBN
9780792369011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.58

Hardback. Shows how one large human service organisation systematically investigated the occupational strain and efficacy of its workforce, leading to a rational intervention plan which was broadly supported by management and workers alike. This book explores academic and local theory in the development of an intervention plan to reduce occupational strain. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1160.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368526
ISBN
9780792368526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.60

Hardback. Explores the plurality of moral perspectives shaping bioethics. This book includes contributions from Hong Kong, China, Japan, Texas, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. It offers a perspective of the range of approaches to bioethics. It brings into question whether there is unambiguously one ethics for bioethics to apply. Editor(s): Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Rasmussen, L. M. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368281
ISBN
9780792368281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.22

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