"The EU has only limited competence to regulate national health-care systems but recent developments have shown that health care is not immune from the effects of EU law. As Member States have increasingly experimented with new forms of funding and the delivery of health-care an…
Drawing on data from a range of contexts, including classrooms, pharmacy consultations, tutoring sessions, and video-game playing, and a range of languages including English, German, French, Danish and Icelandic, the studies in this volume address challenges suggested by these q…
Each chapter in this book focuses on one or more performances that clinical practitioners must achieve with some regularity. It explores ways - communication and literary theory, ethnography, and discourse analysis - to express what practitioners do in clinics and hospitals.
This book presents the core elements of a therapeutic relationship from the patient's perspective. It is based on extensive discussions with 58 patients with a wide range of illnesses. This book argues that illness, and the fragility of life it symbolizes, is a central feature o…
The true story of one man's struggle to regain control of his life and save himself from his father's fate-- type 2 diabetes.
The true story of one man's struggle to regain control of his life and save himself from his father's fate-- type 2 diabetes.
The true story of one man's struggle to regain control of his life and save himself from his father's fate-- type 2 diabetes.
In the 10 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably. The third edition of the Handbook highlights advances in the field. In reading this book, therapists will discover the benefits of incorporating animal a…
In the 10 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably. The third edition of the Handbook highlights advances in the field. In reading this book, therapists will discover the benefits of incorporating animal a…
Presents the true story of nine-year-old Zubaida Hasan who fell into a kerosene fire in her home in Afghanistan, her father who desperately sought help for her, and the American Green Beret soldier who was instrumental in bringing her to the U.S. and arranging for a series of op…
Presents the true story of nine-year-old Zubaida Hasan who fell into a kerosene fire in her home in Afghanistan, her father who desperately sought help for her, and the American Green Beret soldier who was instrumental in bringing her to the U.S. and arranging for a series of op…
Explore Important Tools for High-Quality Work in Pharmaceutical Safety Statistical Methods for Drug Safety presents a wide variety of statistical approaches for analyzing pharmacoepidemiologic data. It covers both commonly used techniques, such as proportional reporting ratios f…
