Medicine Books

New and Published Books

1. Bioethics: The Basics

   By Alastair Campbell

   Series: The Basics

   Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today....

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Economics and HIV

   The Sickness of Economics

   By Deborah Johnston

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics

   This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa. Part I shows that microeconomic approaches have found fertile ground in a public health approach that ‘blames’ individual...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Policing and the Mentally Ill

   International Perspectives

   Edited by Duncan Chappell

   Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

   In countries with democratic traditions, police interactions with the mentally ill are usually guided by legislative mandates giving police discretion and possibly resulting in referrals for assistance and treatment. But all too frequently, the outcome of these interactions is far less therapeutic...

   Published May 13th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Asthma in the Workplace, Fourth Edition

   Edited by Jean-Luc Malo, Moira Chan-Yeung, David I. Bernstein

   Occupational factors are responsible for a large percentage of cases of asthma in adults of working age. Any irritant generated at high concentrations can cause occupational asthma, and early diagnosis is critical because cure is still possible at this stage. This latest edition of Asthma in the...

   Published May 9th 2013 by CRC Press
5. Handbook of Parkinson's Disease, Fifth Edition

   Edited by Rajesh Pahwa, Kelly E. Lyons Ph.D.

   Series: Neurological Disease and Therapy

   This volume has long prevailed as one of the leading resources on Parkinson's disease (PD). Fully updated with practical and engaging chapters on pathology, neurochemistry, etiology, and breakthrough research, this source spans every essential topic related to the identification, assessment, and...

   Published May 8th 2013 by CRC Press
6. Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision

   Edited by Brendan Moran, Richard John Heald

   Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision is the authoritative manual for the trainee and qualified surgeon, covering every aspect of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. Written by the surgeons who pioneered and popularized TME, the book includes high-quality colour illustrations to...

   Published May 8th 2013 by CRC Press
7. Tumor Angiogenesis Regulators

   Edited by Ruben R. Gonzalez-Perez, Bo R. Rueda

   The emphasis of this book is on mechanisms/pathways regulating the expression and actions of classical and novel tumor angiogenesis regulators, their underlying biology as well as anti-angiogenic drugs currently in use to fight different cancers. This book provides an insight on how factors such as...

   Published May 8th 2013 by CRC Press
8. Get Through MRCP: PACES

   By Rajeev Gulati, Monal Wadhera

   Edited by Iñaki Bovill

   Reflecting the latest exam developments and covering the entire syllabus, this book focuses on providing complete revision coverage for the PACES exam. It is divided into five easy-to-use chapters, each representing a station from the exam, and integrates both the clinical and non-clinical aspects...

   Published May 7th 2013 by CRC Press
9. HIV/AIDS, Health and the Media in China

   Imagined Immunity Through Racialized Disease

   By Johanna Hood

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   Approximately 90% of urban HIV/AIDS education in China occurs indirectly through non-specialist media reports. Many of these reports use images of extreme suffering and poverty to communicate an understanding of who gets HIV, why and how. This book explores an important aspect of how HIV/AIDS is...

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
10. Genomic Negligence

    An Interest in Autonomy as the Basis for Novel Negligence Claims Generated by Genetic Technology

    By Victoria Chico

    Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library

    Advances in genetic technology will lead to novel legal challenges. This book identifies four potential genomic claims which may be articulated as novel negligence challenges. Each of these claims is considered from the perspective of the English courts’ approach to novel kinds of damage. It is...

    Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge