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"Discover the power of massage -- from the inside out -- in this unique reference book featuring seven styles of massage and enlightening anatomical illustrations. Massages energize, revitalize, and renew both body and spirit, and have even been proven to restore and promote good health. But to practice massage safely, you need to understand how the body works. Everyone from new students to experienced massage therapists can benefit from this book...
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En este libro, el autor trata de exponer y desarrollar una serie de consideraciones y conceptos básicos acerca de la Óptica y de cómo encarar y abordar la profesión.
Presenta nociones simples que hacen a su práctica y formula reflexiones referidas a cómo realizar la labor y el trabajo profesional. Estas son producto de haber adquirido cierta experiencia a través de su ejercicio, están respaldadas y sustentadas por el conocimiento adquirido...
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In this book, I hope to enlighten readers about the physician's life, and how the current medical climate has affected everything we do, every decision we make and our career satisfaction. The deterioration of the doctor-patient relationship has gotten worse and worse, fraught with mistrust from both ends of the stethoscope. If we are to turn the current situation around, we must understand the issues. My purpose is to inform and educate people about...
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In Under the Skin, Anstey explains why these ten individuals are so important, highlighting how their mammoth contributions still resonate in the post-Covid era. And, ultimately, how these ten forebearers helped to create an institution which defines Britain to this day. This insider's story of the realities of front-line NHS clinical services during ten years of underfunding takes the reader on a fast-moving and emotional journey of discovery, from...
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Doce relatos basados en hechos reales sobre las relaciones profundas y complejas que se establecen entre los profesionales de la salud y sus pacientes. La frustración de la hija de una mujer con demencia, el bloqueo emocional de un joven con cáncer, el conflicto con un paciente en urgencias, o la gestión de las emociones al final de la vida, se entremezclan con el peso de la vocación, los miedos, las trabas, las dudas y los éxitos del personal...
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Sanitarians often wonder about the effectiveness of their site evaluations, whether or not the client listens and why noncompliance persists. Their academic training emphasizes a three-pronged approach (education, consultation and enforcement) toward the analysis and abatement of sanitation concerns; socio-economic factors, however, emphasize the use of legal means to gain compliance. Enforcement and legal actions push most clients toward short-term...
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Uttar Pradesh (U.P) is one such state which bears high population pressure along with very low social and economic development. It has the highest birth rate and the lowest life expectancy at birth among the major fifteen states of India. There are only limited studies focusing on U.P and these studies have overlooked the inequality at the regional and individual level. The present work is an attempt to fill this gap. This is based on secondary data...
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Nesta obra, você encontrará referenciais para aprofundar o conhecimento em saúde e cuidado, passando pelas abordagens da saúde ocidental, das práticas integrativas e complementares e da saúde consciencial, ampliando a compreensão dos elementos que compõem essa dinâmica e favorecendo a autopesquisa e a autoconsciência.
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Respiratory Care Review: An Intense Look at Respiratory Care Through Case Studies contains 15 case studies relating to some of the more common cardiopulmonary conditions. Challenging case discussion questions give respiratory care students the opportunity to review respiratory care content and to practice critical thinking skills in preparation for the NBRC CRT and RRT exams.
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There is nothing quite as important as training the next generation of physicians. In an increasingly complex and cruel world, finding a compassionate and skilled physician is truly a lifeline. Yes, of course we want our doctors to be up-to-date on all the latest medical knowledge and scientifically savvy; but, above all, we need physicians to be good listeners and caring practitioners. Conceptualized by thoughtful educators at Harvard Medical School,...
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Las lesiones de piel representan un importante problema de salud pública que precisa ser reivindicado por sus implicaciones en términos sanitarios y sociales. Este libro constituye un motor de cambio en la forma en que se han asumido las intervenciones preventivas y terapéuticas de las úlceras por presión y otras lesiones relacionadas con la dependencia.
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Almost every patient who is hospitalized gets started on a medication. Most patients get started on multiple new medications and will continue some or all of their chronic medications. Alteration in pharmacotherapy is the most common medical intervention in hospitalized patients. Medication errors and side effects are unfortunately not uncommon and can potentially result in morbidity and rarely mortality. Even when mild, they increase patient dissatisfaction...
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A medical travelogue for patient enlightenment about obtaining economical, quality medical care. There is concise disclosure of essential evaluations that are often omitted in basic examinations. There is instructive case material highlighting available medical revelations that enable the restoration of health and happiness.
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The growing older people population and their increasing needs for care is now presenting significant difficulties to both national government and local authorities because of constriction of formal caregivers and family units. Inevitably a change of this magnitude within the complex system in which older people services operate everywhere attracts a range of responses from the very enthusiastic to the very dismissive and hostile response. Thus, family...
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Este libro explora los significados, las posibilidades y los límites de la humanización de la salud principalmente desde la perspectiva de la bioética y de las ciencias humanas y sociales, renunciando a la racionalidad empresarial y a la retórica publicitaria que puede tener el concepto. Además, formula propuestas y sugerencias para una verdadera transformación cultural y estructural de las profesiones y de los servicios de salud, cuyo ejercicio...
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...When I got tinnitus years ago, my situation was miserable when I didn't find any information about anyone who has been cured. I tried getting information about treatment from doctors first and then mostly on the internet. I didn't have any access to any medicine/pills that I'd take and feel at least momentarily better (similar to when you get a headache). What was the worst part of it, though? The shocking statement I got from doctors that there...
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En estos tiempos, la sociedad se enfrenta a una nueva realidad que ha modificado las formas y patrones de comportamientos de las personas y las organizaciones como consecuencia de la pandemia del covid-19. Esta situación ha exigido los sistemas de salud en términos de sus capacidades para responder a las necesidades del contexto. Considerando lo anterior, en este libro se exploran un conjunto de experiencias en los sistemas de salud en el contexto...
18) First Do No Harm
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The EU-funded HeaRT (Health Reporter Training) project 2010-2012 laid an important foundation by investigating the existing (very limited) provision of specialist education and training courses for health journalists throughout the EU and also in the USA, where the existence of a large professional body has influenced the availability of training resources. Their findings indicate a widespread-almost universal-lack of an institutional investment in...
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The book is designed for an easy-to-read and easy-to-follow Quick Reference Guide of Revised Federal Long Term Care Regulations and New F-Tags to be used by administrators, and staffs in skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and nursing homes. The tools will help staff monitor for compliance. This book will help staff improve familiarity with the specific regulations, help improve in providing Quality of Care and Quality of Life for the...
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Dear future mom, how many times have you heard negative stories about other women's birth experiences? Your mother, your aunt, your sister, your girlfriend! Everyone has a horror story to share about giving birth! The result is that you convince yourself that birth is associated with excruciating pain. What a false belief! What a disastrous belief! Disastrous for yourself and the little angel that you'll bring to this world. Fear makes your body become...
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