The future of healthcare may be very simple. You will sit in your living room chair and drink your tea, coffee, and beer. As you sip, the chair will absorb an encyclopedia of knowledge about your physical state of affairs. A life-management computer in your kitchen will integrate the data and then display it for you on your watch face. A daily physical work-up precisely tailored to your body will pop up on the display, showing you what you have to do over the next 24 hours to avoid all the major disease processes currently plaguing the world. This comprehensive data bank will draw on all the w... View More...
The latest advice from the original bestselling Back Doctor Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Hamilton Hall wrote the book that changed the way back-pain sufferers deal with their affliction. In The Back Doctor, he advocated activity instead of bed rest. In place of braces and girdles, he suggested that patients follow a program of specific exercise. Most of all, he took the mystery out of back pain. Three out of four Canadian adults, and an increasing number of children, suffer some form of back discomfort. They make up a huge and lucrative market for unscrupulous practitioners. New treatments - new... View More...
Now in full color and thoroughly updated, this Third Edition is an indispensable resource for massage therapy students and practicing massage therapists. This best-selling guide presents detailed information on over 200 diseases and conditions, emphasizing how massage influences the disease and healing processes and how therapists can maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks. The new art program features enhanced line drawings and full-color photographs of skin conditions ranging from mild to severe. A new appendix on medications explains how bodywork may influence the actions of vario... View More...
This is a must-have, on-the-spot, quick reference tool for medical terminology. Medical terms, especially multisyllabic ones such as laryngotracheobronchitis, can be overwhelming, but with this quick reference, definitions are easy to find and understand. And the information is made handy anytime and anywhere Features Alphabetical order of terms makes it easy to search for information. Terms using the same word element are "chunked" together to make them easier to learn and remember. Comprehensive appendices provide common prefixes and suffixes, rules for forming plurals, a pronunciation tabl... View More...
With a strong focus on medical-surgical content, this text emphasizes a comprehensive, contemporary approach to nursing management of the adult patient with a medical-surgical disorder. Presented in a format that gives equal attention to nursing management and associated pathophysiology of the disorder, the scope of care has been broadened to encompass home care, long-term care, and rehabilitation. Divided into 12 body system units (with two additional units covering pathophysiologic dimensions and adult health nursing and principles of perioperative nursing), each body system unit begins with... View More...
Do Amish people know something that doctors don't? -- Reveals Amish home remedies using foods, herbs and vitamins. -- Folk medicine for common health problems such as allergies, arthritis pain, colds, and many more. -- An encyclopedia of natural health secrets. Learn the health secrets that keep the Amish people so healthy and robust, well into their senior years. An extraordinary encyclopedia of Amish natural health remedies for many common health problems. Organized by malady, these home remedies use simple items found in your home, such as vinegar, salt, soda, onions and even olive oil, to ... View More...
This guide to music therapy thought, research, and practice is designed for a one-semester overview. The descriptions of the populations most likely to receive music therapy are strongly supported by background material and extensive references. View More...
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The first comprehensive, yet concise, clinical guide to the full spectrum of anemiasAnemias and Other Red Cell Disorders is the first resource to provide a practical diagnostic/treatment framework for identifying and successfully managing acute, congenital, and chronic anemias, and other red blood cell disorders. With its broad scope, easy-to-navigate format, and ready-to-apply diagnostic and treatment strate... View More...
A practical and reliable diagnostic tool that has emerged over the past twenty-five years, kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of bodily motion, especially muscle movements and their relationship to our body systems. Viewing the body as a balanced triad of structure, chemistry, and mentality, applied kinesiology gauges muscle response to pinpoint underlying physical problems. Within 30 minutes, a competent kinesiologist can evaluate bodily functions and provide a readout on the workings of the glands, organs, lymphatic system, circulatory and nervous systems, circulation, and muscle-bone... View More...
Well-written, & thoroughly reviewed, this book flows smoothly & is organized logically. Difficult concepts are well supported by figures & tables for ease of learning & each chapter is prefaced by a list of learner outcomes & punctuated by summaries which can be found on the easily identifiable grey pages. View More...
Dr. Loren Fishman, a distinguished clinician and a trailblazer in the treatment of sciatica, believes there's only one road to relief: patients must become partners with their doctors in naming the cause of their pain and in making treatment decisions. Based on the latest research and on Dr. Fishman's fifteen years of experience in treating patients successfully, Back Pain is filled with pain-saving advice and instructional facts: so many adults suffer bouts of back pain that many doctors consider them normal occurrences; like a cold or flu more than four days of bed rest can make a back ache ... View More...
On occasion nearly everyone experiences short-term back pain from sore or strained muscles. But for many who come to treat their back gingerly because they fear further "injury," a cycle of worry and inactivity results; this aggravates existing muscle tightness and leads them to think of themselves as having a "bad back." Even worse is the understandable but usually counterproductive assumption that back pain is caused by "abnormalities"-bulging disks, a damaged spine, and so on. However, these abnormalities are frequently found in those who have absolutely no pain whatsoever. In reality, most... View More...
What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life? The answer is exercise. Exercise has: Helped more bachage sufferes than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment--without dangerous side effectsBeen widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.Been rated the best source of relief by backache sufferers themselvesBeen uniformly supported by current medical research Each exercise is explained in words and diagrams so that even a beginner can put together an individualized exercise prog... View More...
Formerly titled Programmed Medical Language in its first edition, this innovative resource focuses on teaching a carefully selected group of suffixes, prefixes, and word roots that provide the basis for recognizing and defining hundreds of medical terms. After an introductory chapter that explains the structure of medical terms, subsequent lessons focus on the various body systems. Very brief anatomy presentations begin each of the body system lessons before word parts are introduced. The remainder of each lesson is a series of frames that require readers to combine the word parts to create te... View More...
Becoming a Good Doctor focuses on medical ethics in basic sense: the character traits and styles of practice we look for when we seek a doctor's help. This book will appeal to doctors and medical students for its sound application of the venerable tradition of virtue ethics to modern medical practice. View More...
Beyond Leading and Managing focuses on real life stories and anecdotes about the practice of nursing administration. It highlights key information such as advanced administrative theory, financial decisions, quality control, working with external groups and individuals, planning strategically, and creating new opportunities within the profession. Theory boxes, case studies, and current literature and research located both in the book and on the Evolve website help the reader grasp the key points, remember them and think about the practicality of the content in the real world of leading in heal... View More...
If you -- - Have tension in your neck or upper back much of the time- Gave up most exercise because it bothered your lower back- Cannot exercise because back surgery or injury has lessened or restricted your movement --Then this book is for you p align=left>Ingeniously combining breathing and correct body alignment, renowned exercise therapist and rehabilitation specialist Nancy Swayzee shows you how to eliminate back pain, prevent injury and build abdominal strength by working from the inside out. Here are more than eighty basic yet effective exercises, designed to strengthen the essential m... View More...
This book provides an introduction to medical terminology. It is organized by body systems and begins with an orientation, using terms users may already be familiar with, then builds upon those terms to the more complex terminology. Each chapter presents concepts and illustrations reinforced by exercises, and ends with comprehensive review exercises. Programmed Learning sections are included, which help the reader actively participate in learning through immediate reinforcement and comprehension.Presents small pieces of information followed immediately by questions and answers, effectively rei... View More...
This book is intended as a "pocket guide" for the non-physician provider who wishes to gain a basic understanding of some of the most common concepts of the business of being a healthcare provider. Topics include billing and coding, benchmarking practice, contract negotiation, and more. Whatever the background or motivator, this book is an excellent primer in business for the non-physician health care provider. View More...
