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Medicine: general issues
Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and...
Monahan, John; Steadman, Henry J.; Silver, Er...
hardcover. Rethinking Risk Assessment tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195138825
- ISBN
- 9780195138825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.54
€ 99.54
This book includes the latest revisions of the authors' influential analyses of some significant concepts in medicine, such as death, disease, paternalism, euthanasia and valid consent. It presents a useful and systemic method for dealing with the moral problems and disputes, but also allows for some unresolvable disagreement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 683.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195159066
- ISBN
- 9780195159066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.95
€ 91.95
Hardcover. Attempting to provide editorial support to the medical and scientific publishing community, this manual presents information on ethical and legal issues, with guidelines on conflict of interest, scientific misconduct, intellectual property, and the protection of individuals' rights. It also features an international perspective on drugs. Num Pages: 1032 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: CBWT; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 260 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195176339
- ISBN
- 9780195176339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.33
€ 80.33
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; MFKC; MFKC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- 2e
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195374384
- ISBN
- 9780195374384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.26
€ 55.26
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195390292
- ISBN
- 9780195390292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.35
€ 60.35
Paperback. The role of government in the regulation of cannabis is as hotly debated now as it was a century ago. In this lively study James Mills explores the historical background of cannabis legislation, arguing that the drive towards prohibition grew out of the politics of empire rather than scientific or rational assessment of the drug's use and effects. Num Pages: 260 pages, 8pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199278817
- ISBN
- 9780199278817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.68
€ 80.68
Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM1; HRLP5; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199827763
- ISBN
- 9780199827763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.55
€ 74.55
The first-ever Textbook of Children's Environmental Health codifies the knowledge base in this rapidly emerging field and offers an authoritative and comprehensive guide for public health officers, clinicians and researchers working to improve child health. Editor(s): Landrigan, Philip J.; Etzel, Ruth A. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: MBNH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1214.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199929573
- ISBN
- 9780199929573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.18
€ 187.18
Paperback. Caring for Our Own explores why American families don't translate their unmet long-term care needs into political demands for policy reform. The book considers the ways in which existing social policies shape the political imagination and the conditions that both facilitate and impede political demandmaking in American social politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG; JPQB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199993130
- ISBN
- 9780199993130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.18
€ 46.18
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of medical malpractice from legal, medical, economic, and insurance perspectives that considers why past efforts at reform have not worked and offers recommendations for realistic, achievable policy changes. Num Pages: 472 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, 17 boxes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNTM; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515160
- ISBN
- 9780262515160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.15
€ 37.15
Paperback. This unique book offers sound theoretical principles to underpin the practical approaches used to build empowered communities and brings together new and innovative approaches in health promotion practice. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335220571
- ISBN
- 9780335220571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.95
€ 40.95
paperback. Investigates trust and honesty in medicine and the doctor-patient relationship, raising questions of patients' autonomy and self-determination. Of interest to those working in medical ethics and applied philosophy, and for medical practitioners. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415185486
- ISBN
- 9780415185486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.86
€ 72.86
This title addresses both the specific needs of particular warrior communities and wider issues such as battlemind, guilt, and suicide. The editors' and contributors' deep understanding of the issues that warriors face makes this a crucial book for understanding the military experience of war trauma. Editor(s): Scurfield, Raymond Monsour; Platoni, Katherine Theresa. Series: Psychosocial Stress Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JMP; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415506823
- ISBN
- 9780415506823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.93
€ 92.93
Paperback. This handbook summarizes the research on communicative processes as they relate to health and health care, and provides directions for future research. Editor(s): Thompson, Teresa L.; Parrott, Roxanne; Nussbaum, Jon F. Series: Routledge Communication Series. Num Pages: 704 pages, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; MBDP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415883153
- ISBN
- 9780415883153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.00
€ 129.00
Paperback. During most of this century, American health policy has emphasized caring for acute conditions rather than preventing and managing chronic illness. This book explains why this has been so and offers a forceful argument for fundamental change in national health care priorities. It discusses ideas about illness and health care. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201514
- ISBN
- 9780520201514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.06
€ 36.06
Paperback. A portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. It reveals a side of medicine where small moments - the intricacy of suturing a facial wound, the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter - interweave with the lives and deaths of the desperately sick and injured. Num Pages: 163 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262515
- ISBN
- 9780520262515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.35
€ 27.99
€ 21.35
paperback. A practical introduction to the main social research techniques used to gather evidence on the health needs of local communities. It follows the process of producing evidence about health needs, from the initial planning of research to writing up and trying to influence policy and practice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761960843
- ISBN
- 9780761960843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.26
€ 97.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Publishers
- Edition
- 4 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763729608
- ISBN
- 9780763729608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 233.34
€ 233.34
paperback. This edition explores quality management processes in health care using specific analytical methods in addition to emphasizing general theory and practical applications. Num Pages: 589 pages, Illustrations ; 26 cm. BIC Classification: MBPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 589
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763732189
- ISBN
- 9780763732189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 322.05
€ 322.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSW; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763755133
- ISBN
- 9780763755133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12