Medicine: general issues
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The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong–And How Eating More Might Save Your Life, Hardcover/James Dinicolantonio
We've all heard the recommendation: eat no more than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart. Health-conscious Americans have hewn to the conventional wisdom--that your salt shaker…Catre Magazin -
Enlightened Eating: The Eightfold Path to Health, Paperback/Cassandra Ohlsen M. D.
Dr. Ohlsen explores the important health benefits preventative and curative of becoming a vegan, as well as the food-enjoyment issues and psychological considerations of a plant-based diet. At the core…Catre Magazin -
A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome, Hardcover/J. C. McKeown
There are few disciplines as exciting and forward-looking as medicine. Unfortunately, however, many modern practitioners have lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities…Catre Magazin -
Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback/David Bender
An account of the basic principles of human nutrition, exploring the topic of over- and under-nutrition, obesity and malnutrition, and the safety of vitamins, minerals and food supplements.Catre Magazin -
Caring for the Physical and Mental Health of People with Lea, Paperback/David Perry
A practical guide for those caring for people with learning disabilities living in community settings.Catre Magazin -
Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions, Paperback/Richard Harris
"A rewarding read for anyone who wants to know the unvarnished truth about how science really gets done." --Financial Times American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but…Catre Magazin -
Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives, Hardcover/Tom Farley
In 2002, a dynamic doctor named Thomas Frieden became health commissioner of New York City. With support from the new mayor, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Frieden and his health department team…Catre Magazin -
Folk Medicine: A New England Almanac of Natural Health Care from a Noted Vermont Country Doctor, Paperback/D. C. Jarvis
"A fascinating book by a distinguished Vermont physician." NEW YORK DAILY NEWS For centuries the vigorous and healthy families of Vermont have passed down simple commonsense home remedies for all…Catre Magazin -
Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why’, Hardcover/Chelsea Clinton
The past few decades have seen a massive increase in the number of international organizations focusing on global health. Campaigns to eradicate or stem the spread of AIDS, SARS, malaria,…Catre Magazin -
Essentials of Management and Leadership in Public Health, Paperback/Robert E. Burke
Driven By Recent Events And New Trends, Public Health Training Increasingly Requires New And More Advanced Information—Leadership And Management Skills Drawn From Business, Industry, Education, And Government. This Text Offers…Catre Magazin -
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat, Paperback/David Dosa
The staff at Steere House nursing home in Rhode Island adopted a cute little kitten with attitude. He loved to stretch out in sunlight and chase his tail -- and…Catre Magazin -
Medical Device Marketing: Strategies, Gameplans & Resources for Successful Product Management, Paperback/Terri Wells
The Insider's Guide to Success in this Unique Industry To make it in the competitive and fast-changing medical device industry, you need to be armed with the best information available.…Catre Magazin -
Vaccination and Its Critics: A Documentary and Reference Guide, Hardcover/Lisa Rosner
This timely work provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific breakthrough known as vaccination and the controversy surrounding its opposition. A timeline of discoveries trace the medical and societal progression…Catre Magazin -
Global Health Studies, Paperback/Louise Warwick-Booth
A global view of health offers a richer understanding of ways of measuring, improving and sustaining health both in individual national settings and in the context of a strongly interconnected…Catre Magazin -
Critical Care Nursing DeMYSTiFieD, Paperback/Cynthia Terry
Packed with valuable learning aids, this is a reader-friendly, focused review of the essentials of this difficult subject.Catre Magazin -
County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital, Paperback/David A. Ansell
"Named by the "Wall Street Journal "as one of the five best health books of 2011 County" is the amazing tale of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban…Catre Magazin -
Vaccine Race, Paperback/Meredith Wadman
This is the controversial story about a major breakthrough in cell biology, that soon lead to the creation of some of the world's most important vaccines.Catre Magazin -
Making Health Policy, Paperback/Kent Buse
"This comprehensive and practical text provides a clear introduction to health policy analysis ... The book combines an overview of the theoretical base of the field with a range of…Catre Magazin -
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Paperback/Rebecca Skloot
Now an HBO(R) Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor…Catre Magazin -
Prescription for the People: An Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All, Paperback/Fran Quigley
In Prescription for the People , Fran Quigley diagnoses our inability to get medicines to the people who need them and then prescribes the cure. He delivers a clear and…Catre Magazin -
Exercise Physiology, Hardcover/William J. Kraemer
Help your students develop an understanding of exercise physiology concepts and their application athletic performance and well-being with Exercise Physiology, 2e. Using an engaging evidence-based approach that combines research and…Catre Magazin -
Plot Against the NHS, Paperback/Colin Leys
Discusses the coalition government's plans for the NHS, and the policies of the previous Labour government, and reveals how there has been a secret agenda to replace the NHS with…Catre Magazin -
Medicine: The Definitive Illustrated History, Hardcover/Steve Parker
Medicine tells the fascinating story of the discipline, from ancient times to the present day, charting developments in healing, diagnosis, surgery, and drugs in a vividly visual and accessible format.…Catre Magazin -
So you want to be a doctor’, Paperback/Stephen Saunders
2nd edition of the comprehensive guide to medical school, now fully updated with the latest data from key league tables. An essential guide to the application process, from start to…Catre Magazin -
Viruses: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback/Dorothy H. Crawford
Viruses are big news. From pandemics such as HIV, swine flu, and SARS, we are constantly being bombarded with information about new lethal infections. In this Very Short Introduction Dorothy…Catre Magazin -
The Quotable Osler, Paperback/Mark Silverman
Organized by topic and thoroughly indexed, this elegant new leather-bound deluxe edition expands ACP Press' perennial bestseller to include never-before-published photographs, 50 new quotes, and several new essays. The deluxe…Catre Magazin -
How to Implement Evidence-Based Healthcare, Paperback/Trisha Greenhalgh
From the author of the bestselling introduction to evidence-based medicine, this brand new title makes sense of the complex and confusing landscape of implementation science, the role of research impact,…Catre Magazin -
Paramedic’s Guide to Research: An Introduction, Paperback/Pauline Griffiths
"This is an excellent text which covers all of the important research methods in the field, including randomised control trials. A strong component of the text is the inclusion of…Catre Magazin -
Psychiatry Under the Influence, Paperback/Robert Whitaker
Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates how the influence of pharmaceutical money and guild interests has corrupted the behavior of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry during the past 35…Catre Magazin -
UKCAT For Dummies, Paperback/Chris Chopdar
This 2nd edition provides expert advice, instruction and review to ensure readers obtain high scores and qualify for medical school, including a 1yr subscription to the online revision environment with…Catre Magazin -
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, Paperback/Atul Gawande
National Bestseller The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do…Catre Magazin -
How Doctors Think, Paperback/Jerome Groopman
How Doctors Think is a window into the mind of the physician and an insightful examination of the all-important relationship between doctors and their patients. In this myth-shattering work, Jerome…Catre Magazin -
Koneman’s Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiolog, Hardcover/Gary W Procop
Now in striking full color, this 7th Edition of Koneman's gold standard text presents all the principles and practices readers need for a solid grounding in all aspects of clinical…Catre Magazin -
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, Paperback/Michael J. Sandel
Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The…Catre Magazin -
Achieving Evidence-Based Practice, Paperback/Susan Hamer
This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how…Catre Magazin -
Mental Health in China, Paperback/Jie Yang
Change, tradition and therapeutic governance. The first English-language overview of mental health and psychological counselling in contemporary China.Catre Magazin -
Science of Fitness, Paperback/Greg LeMond
The Science of Fitness: Power, Performance, and Endurance provides a scientific explanation as to how exercise and nutrition enable people to live a higher quality life, with a focus on…Catre Magazin -
Ethics for Behavior Analysts, Paperback/Jon Bailey
This fully-updated third edition of Jon Bailey and Mary Burch's bestselling Ethics for Behavior Analysts is an invaluable guide to understanding and implementing the newly-revised Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)…Catre Magazin -
Polio: An American Story, Paperback/David M. Oshinsky
Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the…Catre Magazin -
Weighing in: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism, Paperback/Julie Guthman
Weighing In takes on the "obesity epidemic," challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if…Catre Magazin -
Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity, Paperback/Ronald Epstein
With his "deeply informed and compassionate book...Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a 'moral imperative' for doctors] to do right by their patients" ( New York Journal of Books…Catre Magazin -
Anatomy, Paperback/Johannes W. Rohen
Prepare for the dissection lab and operating room with Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas , 8e. Featuring outstanding full-color photographs of actual cadaver dissections with accompanying schematic drawings and diagnostic images,…Catre Magazin -
Developing Reflective Practice, Paperback/Andy Grant
Explains the benefits to professional development of Reflective Practice in Medicine. Aimed at pre-clinical, clinical students and Junior Doctors.Catre Magazin -
Blood and Guts, Paperback/Roy Porter
Accessible medical history from one of our best-known historians. Porter's last book, written before his death in March, 2002. Builds on the success of }Enlightenment{ and }London: A Social History{.…Catre Magazin -
Spillover, Paperback/David Quammen
A gripping and timely book about the transmission of highly dangerous diseases from animal to human populations. 'A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective…Catre Magazin -
Practical Skills in Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Paperback/William Aspden
If you are teaching food science, nutrition and dietetics, or a related course, then this book will be an indispensable companion for your students entire degree programme. This 'one-stop' text…Catre Magazin -
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, Paperback/Ian Wilkinson
10th edition. Offers up-to-date and practical clinical advice, together with more than 600 colour illustrations and photographs to help with diagnosis and understanding.Catre Magazin -
The Fat Studies Reader, Paperback/Esther Rothblum
Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology Winner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies from…Catre Magazin -
Gut Reactions, Paperback/Justin Sonnenburg
A pair of leading scientists explain how we've neglected the gut for far too long, and present a radical scientific breakthrough with recipes and meal plans to transform your health.…Catre Magazin -
Superfood Energy Balls & Bites, Hardcover/Nicola Graimes
Portable and powerful energy balls and bites are the snack of the moment, equally applicable to optimising a workout or putting in a lunchbox. 65 recipes at a fraction of…Catre Magazin -
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai, Paperback/John Tayman
In the bestselling tradition of In the Heart of the Sea , The Colony , "an impressively researched" ( Rocky Mountain News ) account of the history of America's only…Catre Magazin -
Skills for Communicating with Patients, 3rd Edition, Paperback/Jonathan Silverman
Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning communication skills…Catre Magazin -
Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine, Paperback/Danielle Ofri
In Singular Intimacies, which the New England Journal of Medicine said captured the'essence of becoming and being a doctor, ' Danielle Ofri led us into the hectic, constantly challenging world…Catre Magazin -
El Emperador de Todos Los Males / The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Paperback/Siddharth Mukherjee
En 2010, siete millones de personas murieron de cancer en todo el mundo. Con esta fria estadistica Siddhartha Mukherjee, medico e investigador oncologico, arranca su amplia y absorbente biografia de…Catre Magazin -
Dr. Mary’s Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked t, Paperback/Edward T. Haslam
Get ready for the Hottest cold case in AmericaThis updated paperback contains the same content as the 2014 hard cover edition which has 25 additional pages of revelations added since…Catre Magazin -
Hysteria, Paperback/Andrew Scull
A fascinating account of this socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing the shifts, cultural and medical perceptions throughout history. 'Sharp and witty' }New Scientist{Catre Magazin -
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry/C. M. Pittman, E. M. Karle
Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer…Catre Magazin -
Contented Dementia, Paperback/Oliver James
Description A groundbreaking and practical method for managing dementia that will allow both sufferer and carer to maintain the highest possible quality of life, throughout every stage of Alzheimer's Dementia…Catre Magazin -
The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands, Paperback/Eric Topol
" Topol is] one of medicine's most innovative thinkers about the digital future....A] valuable contribution to a fascinating subject." --New York Times Book Review A trip to the doctor is…Catre Magazin -
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End/Atul Gawande
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But…Catre Magazin -
Crohn’s and Colitis for Dummies, Paperback/Tauseef Ali
The ultimate reference for those with Crohn's and colitis and their family and friends Crohn's disease and colitis are frustrating, often debilitating gastrointestinal diseases that can have a severe impact…Catre Magazin -
Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional: Concepts, Practice, and Evidence, Paperback/Gwen Van Servellen
Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional is the first text of its kind to address the connection between communication practices and quality patient care outcomes. It provides future and…Catre Magazin -
Nursing Ethics, Paperback/Steven D Edwards
Struggling to understand ethics? Feeling lost when trying to handle moral dilemmas in professional practice? Worried about helping patients to make decisions in an ethical way? Nursing Ethics is an…Catre Magazin -
NHS Plc, Paperback/Allyson M Pollock
Subtitled, }The Privatisation Of Our Health Service{. New in paperback, with added material, this is a highly acclaimed examination of the pernicious influence of PFI in the NHS, from one…Catre Magazin -
Nutrition, Paperback/Geoffrey Webb
The fourth edition of Nutrition: maintaining and improving healthcontinues to offer wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition, including: Nutritional assessment Epidemiological and experimental methods used in nutrition research Social…Catre Magazin -
Life Well Lived, Paperback/Jim Lucey
An exploration into the therapeutic paths to recovery and emotional wellbeing, it is both empowering and inspiring, and includes insightful case studies.Catre Magazin -
Contemporary Debates in Bioethics, Paperback/Arthur L. Caplan
Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century.…Catre Magazin -
The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition, Paperback/Mary Width
Now featuring a fresh new design, the latest guidelines, the most recent information on disease and nutritional conditions, and all-new online resources, this affordable 2nd Edition of The Essential Pocket…Catre Magazin -
Paleo Primer, Paperback/Keris Marsden
Trade paperback. A fun, fresh and accessible guide to a healthy and enjoyable primal lifestyle, with clear guidance, over 100 paleo recipes, helpful shopping lists and nutrition tips to encourage…Catre Magazin -
Collaborative Caring: Stories and Reflections on Teamwork in Health Care, Hardcover/Suzanne Gordon
Teamwork is essential to improving the quality of patient care and reducing medical errors and injuries. But how does teamwork really function? And what are the barriers that sometimes prevent…Catre Magazin -
Shapeshifters, Hardcover/Gavin Francis
Forms of physical transformation, from the inevitabilities of puberty and menopause to the singular difficulties of anorexia or surgery addiction, are contextualised against history, art, literature and folklore with a…Catre Magazin -
Clinical Anaesthesia Viva Book, Paperback/Julian M Barker
2nd edition. More than 120 short and long case questions and answers, based on those given at recent Final FRCA examinations.Catre Magazin -
The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy, Paperback/Seth Mnookin
WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE? In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking allegation: the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might cause…Catre Magazin -
Raising the Dead, Paperback/Andy Dougan
A reissue of this comprehensive and interesting account of the science of galvanism - the true basis for Mary Shelley's most famous novel, }Frankenstein{.Catre Magazin -
Physical Activity and Health, Paperback/Adrianne E Hardman
Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationships between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the benefits of exercise in the prevention and treatment of…Catre Magazin -
Matter of the Heart, Paperback/Thomas Morris
The eleven landmark heart operations narrated through in this title from the former }In Our Time{ producer offer a story of the development of heart surgery to the contemporary standard.Catre Magazin -
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus, Paperback/Bill Wasik
The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the…Catre Magazin -
Anxiety, Paperback/Daniel Freeman
Are we born with our fears or do we learn them? Why do our fears persist? What purpose does anxiety serve? How common are anxiety disorders, and which treatments are…Catre Magazin -
Public Health: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback/Virginia Berridge
Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public…Catre Magazin -
Basic Epidemiology, Paperback/T. Kjellstrom
The second edition of this popular textbook provides an introduction to the principles and methods of epidemiology. Since publication of the first edition in 1993, Basic epidemiology has become a…Catre Magazin
