Medical

Advanced Biomedical Image Analysis

by Mark Haidekker

A comprehensive reference of cutting-edge advanced techniques for quantitative image processing and analysis

Medical diagnostics and intervention, and biomedical research rely progressively on imaging techniques,...

Biotransformation and Metabolite Elucidation of Xenobiotics: Characterization and Identification

by Ala F. Nassar

The goal of this book is to improve the readers' knowledge of metabolite elucidation in drug metabolism by exposing them to in depth coverage of the biotransformation of xenobiotics, strategies for identifying...

Metabolic Syndrome: Underlying Mechanisms and Drug Therapies

by Minghan Wang

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of metabolic syndrome, the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for drug development. The authors examine the context of underlying...

Early Drug Development: Strategies and Routes to First-In-Human Trials

by Mitchell N. Cayen

The focus of early drug development has been the submission of an Investigational New Drug application to regulatory agencies. Early Drug Development: Strategies and Routes to First-in-Human Trials guides drug...

From Management to Leadership: Strategies for Transforming Health

by Jo Manion

From Management to Leadership identifies the fundamental interpersonal skills that every health care leader (and aspiring leader) needs to develop in order to be a successful executive or manager. The third...

Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety

by Patrice L. Spath

Error Reduction in Health Care

Completely revised and updated, this second edition of Error Reduction in Health Care offers a step-by-step guide for implementing the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine...

Value by Design: Developing Clinical Microsystems to Achieve Organizational Excellence

by Eugene C. Nelson, Paul B. Batalden & Marjorie M. Godfrey

Value by Design is a practical guide for real-world improvement in clinical microsystems. Clinical microsystem theory, as implemented by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and health care organizations...

The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner

by Arthur E. Jongsma & David J. Berghuis

The flexible format of The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner, 2nd Edition enables you to choose between evidence based and traditional “best practice” treatment approaches for your patients....

Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists

by Katherine Albro Houpt

Domestic Animal Behavior, Fifth Edition is a fully updated revision of this classic text, with chapters examining key behavior issues ranging from communication to social structure. Coverage encompasses a wide...

Cost-Contained Regulatory Compliance: For the Pharmaceutical, Biologics, and Medical Device Industries

by Sandy Weinberg

This book guides the reader through FDA regulation guidelines and outlines a comprehensive strategy for cost reduction in regulatory affairs and compliance. This book explains six strategies to cost-effectively...

Professional Responsibility in Dentistry: A Practical Guide to Law and Ethics

by Joseph P. Graskemper

Professional Responsibility in Dentistry: A Practical Guide to Law and Ethics integrates dental law, risk management, professionalism, and ethics, as all are interrelated in everyday practice. Beyond theory,...

Evidence-Based Orthodontics

by Greg J. Huang, Stephen Richmond & Katherine W. L. Vig

Evidence-Based Orthodontics satisfies the educational demands of orthodontics, which demands the integration of the best research evidence with the clinician’s expertise and the patient’s unique values and...

Flow Cytometry in Drug Discovery and Development

by Virginia Litwin & Philip Marder

This book covers the unique application of flow cytometry in drug discovery and development. The first section includes two introductory chapters, one on flow cytometry and one on biomarkers, as well as a chapter...

Herbal Supplements: Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests

by Amitava Dasgupta & Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler

This book focuses on efficacy, toxicity, drug interactions, and abnormal clinical laboratory tests resulting from the use of herbal remedies. Although a few herbal remedies are safe and have efficacy (for example...

The Delphi Technique in Nursing and Health Research

by Sinead Keeney & Hugh McKenna

The Delphi Technique in Nursing and Health Research is a practical guide to using the Delphi methodology for students and researchers in nursing and health. It adopts a logical step-by-step approach, introducing...

Nutrition and Cancer

by Clare Shaw

Nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting patients receiving treatment for cancer. Carefully considered nutritional options can help to manage patients with weight loss and cachexia, support the patient's...

Planning Health Promotion Programs: An Intervention Mapping Approach

by L. Kay Bartholomew, Guy S. Parcel & Gerjo Kok

This guide to the planning of health promotion programs uses the increasingly popular Intervention Mapping approach, a theory- and evidence-based interactive process that links needs assessment with program...

Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States

by Thomas A. LaVeist

"The text is state-of-the-art in its analysis of health disparities from both domestic and international perspectives. Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States...

Research Methods in Health Promotion

by Richard A. Crosby, Ralph J. DiClemente & Laura F. Salazar

Research Methods in Health Promotion provides students (advanced undergraduate and graduate students) and practitioners with basic knowledge and skills regarding the design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation...

Changing the U.S. Health Care System: Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management

by Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice & Gerald F. Kominski

The third edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of the most current thought on three key components of health care policy—improving access, ensuring...