Specialist Care Books

New and Published Books

1. International Perspectives on Public Health and Palliative Care

   Edited by Libby Sallnow, Suresh Kumar, Allan Kellehear

   Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

   Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance. This innovative volume explores the major concepts, practice examples, and practice guidelines for this new approach. The goal of ‘comprehensive care’ – seamless support for patients as they...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Heart Failure, Second Edition

   Edited by Marc Semigran, Jordan T. Shin

   Series: Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology

   The Second Edition of Heart Failure provides the latest advancements in heart failure research. More than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations help the cardiologist and emergency care physician quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient’s cardiac impairment. New...

   Published December 6th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Vitamin D

   Oxidative Stress, Immunity, and Aging

   Edited by Adrian F. Gombart

   Series: Oxidative Stress and Disease

   Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is a worldwide, public health problem in both developed and developing countries. Rickets among infants has reemerged. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with increased risk and mortality from cancer. At the same time, the beneficial effects of vitamin D on a...

   Published November 20th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Third Edition

   Edited by Jennifer I. Lim

   The value of Age-Related Macular Degeneration has clearly stood the test of time, but progress in both basic and clinical ophthalmology has been relentless, thereby mandating the need for an updated book. The physicians, scientists, and patients who read this Third Edition will be reassured that...

   Published November 14th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine

   Edited by Antje Kampf, Barbara L. Marshall, Alan Petersen

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

   Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timely...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Alzheimer's Disease

   Targets for New Clinical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies

   Edited by Renee D. Wegrzyn, Alan S. Rudolph

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

   In recent years, a tremendous amount of effort has been focused on better understanding the fundamentals of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to facilitate early and accurate diagnosis and appropriately targeted therapeutic treatments. Alzheimer’s Disease: Targets for New Clinical, Diagnostic, and...

   Published April 25th 2012 by CRC Press
7. New Directions in Nursing History

   International Perspectives

   Edited by Susan McGann, Barbara Mortimer

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

   This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship. Covering a range from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, this book draws on research from eleven different countries to address: the issues of...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. Healthcare Sensor Networks

   Challenges Toward Practical Implementation

   Edited by Daniel Tze Huei Lai, Marimuthu Palaniswami, Rezaul Begg

   Healthcare sensor networks (HSNs) now offer the possibility to continuously monitor human activity and physiological signals in a mobile environment. Such sensor networks may be able to reduce the strain on the present healthcare workforce by providing new autonomous monitoring services ranging...

   Published September 27th 2011 by CRC Press
9. Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation

   Policies, Practices and Skills

   By Clive Langman

   This text provides an overview of vocational rehabilitation (VR) practice, making it the perfect companion for students and practitioners with an interest in supporting people back to work and improving their sense of health and well-being. The book is divided into three parts: the first covers...

   Published August 18th 2011 by Routledge
10. Understanding Babies and Young Children from Conception to Three

    A guide for students, practitioners and parents

    By Christine Macintyre

    When do babies begin to learn and what exactly are they learning? What are the key stages of a toddler’s development? Do movements such as crawling really affect later learning? How important is the environment to the under threes? What can I do to give each child the best possible support? Written...

    Published August 1st 2011 by Routledge