Blackwell Publishing
ABC of palliative care, 2d ed.
Eighteen contributions from academics and clinicians explain the basics of palliative care. The volume is aimed at doctors, nurses, and other health professionals working with people who are dying of cancer and other chronic diseases. Sample topics include respiratory problems, nausea, depression, emergencies, and bereavement. The second edition also features new chapters on complementary therapies and the principles of control of cancer pain. Fallon and Hanks teach palliative medicine at the U. of Edinburgh and the U. of Bristol, respectively. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
ABC of urology, 2d ed.
This updated edition incorporates advances in the field since the 1997 text. UK urological surgeons Dawson (Peterborough) and Whitfield (Reading) have compiled a dozen contributed chapters that introduce medical students and practitioners to urological disorders commonly encountered in adult and pediatric patients, their evaluation, and treatment. Color images accompany descriptions of such problems as urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction, infertility, cancers of, and trauma to, the genitourinary tract. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
ABC of wound healing.
These monographs work together well as coherent chapters and are illustrated with detailed clinical photographs. The result is close coverage of wound assessment, venous and arterial leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, traumatic and surgical wounds, burns, reconstructive surgery, wound dressings, infections, non-surgical and drug treatments. The contributors also cover uncommon causes of ulcers such as inflammatory disorders, skin necrosis, malignancy and drug and iatrogenic causes. Illustrations include Xrays and other imagery when appropriate, and the material on the prevention of ulcers is particularly useful. Distributed in the US by Blackwell Publishers. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Agricultural markets and prices.
Hudson (agricultural economics, Mississippi State U.) presents a textbook on agricultural markets for upper-level undergraduate and beginning masters students in marketing and price analysis. Some background in inferential statistics and calculus would speed readers along, he says, but he has tried to make the presentation accessible to those without it. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Alternative health practices for livestock.
Researchers in animal science, farmers, and consultants and activists, but no veterinarians, evaluate current practices of livestock production and describe alternatives that promise to provide nutritious and tasty good in manner that does not pollute the planet or degrade natural resources. They cover the science of alternative methods, a historical review of them, concerns about conventional therapies, and ideas to promote alternative methods. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Assessing adults with intellectual disabilities; a service providers' guide.
If the current experiment in community care has any chance at succeeding, those responsible for the assessment of clients must do a good job of choosing methods and instruments. In this collection of 16 articles, contributors describe the concepts behind the function of assessment in various behavioral domains, and instruments and strategies that are currently commercially available or published in an accessible form. Topics include the issues involved in the systematic assessment of the quality of life, assessment for community life and work, and assessment of those with profound or multiple disabilities, mental illness, dementia, genetic syndromes and behavioral phenotypes, and those who have offended or may offend. Strategies and instruments described include those that assess the quality of life, employment, profound and multiple disabilities, psychopathology, behavioral problems, dementia, behavioral phenotypes and those who have offended or are at risk of doing so. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Basic guide to dental instruments.
In this handbook aimed at students, Scheller (dental nurse tutor, Dublin Dental School and Hospital, Ireland) details dental instruments and their function, precautions, and directions for use, including 100 items used in the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses in the UK. Instruments are arranged by discipline and are accompanied by color photos. The guide begins with infection control and dental radiography, and includes anesthesia, retainers, surgical instruments, impression trays, orthodontic instruments, and periodontal procedures. Complete set-ups for some procedures are given. The book is meant as a supplement to courses or other textbooks. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Bone marrow diagnosis; an illustrated guide, 2d ed.
Brown (histopathology, Whittington Hospital, London), Kevin Gatter (clinical laboratory sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford), Yasodha Natkunam, and Roger Warnke (both pathology, Stanford U.) offer pathologists a heavily illustrated (in color) short text oriented on the diagnosis of most common bone marrow diseases seen in trephines. The cases and illustrations are from their practice. The first edition was published in 1997. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Bovine surgery and lameness, 2d ed.
Weaver (emeritus, veterinary medicine, U. of Missouri, US), St. Jean (veterinary surgery, Ross U., Saint Kitts and Nevis), and Steiner (Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse-Faculty of Berne, Switzerland) present the "nuts and bolts" of practical bovine surgery and lameness in a text aimed at veterinary students in the clinical years of their undergraduate courses, as well as practicing veterinarians. Chapter cover general considerations and anesthesia, head and neck surgery, abdominal surgery, female urinogenital surgery, teat surgery, male urinogenital surgery, and lameness. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Braided rivers; process, deposits, ecology, and management.
Containing 18 contributions from sedimentologists, geomorphologists, and engineers, this proceedings volume reports on recent research on the dynamics, deposits, ecology, and management of braided rivers. The papers were originally presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers, which was held in 2003 at the U. of Birmingham, UK. Smith (who teaches at that institution) and co-editors open the volume with a review of key developments in the field since the previous conference in 1993. Topics include (for example) cellular modeling of braided river form and process; the effects of human impact on braided river morphology; and riparian tree establishment on gravel bars. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Breeding field crops, 5th ed.
This text introduces students to the science of plant breeding, including tools, methods, germplasm resources and new technologies. In the fifth edition, Sleper (plant sciences, U. of Missouri) updates the original work by Poehlman (agronomy, U. of Missouri) with expanded coverage of the role of genetics in the development of new crop cultivars and with updated information about new developments in molecular biology, particularly translational genomics. The text has an extensive glossary and, at the end of each chapter, lists of study questions and recommended further reading. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
A brief history of modern psychology.
Benjamin (psychology and educational psychology, Texas A&M U.) presents a history of modern psychology from the establishment of the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879 to the present. He covers both the science and practice of psychology, their origins and parallel development, key figures, and topics such as physiology and psychophysics, early schools, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and cognitive psychology. The book is meant to be an alternative to lengthier texts and to be paired with readings in college courses. It can also be used by general readers. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Care of the neurological patient.
Neurological issues trail only heart disease and cancer as responsible for the greatest number of patient admissions in the UK. Aimed at improving clinical nursing skills for nurses, this handbook focuses on care of ongoing neurological disorders. Written for UK nurses and students in a non-specialist setting, this offers a range of practical techniques, using case studies and examples and offering model care plans, and covers basic anatomy and physiology, nursing assessment, maintaining a safe environment, communicating, and helping patient breathing, eating and drinking, eliminating, washing and dressing, controlling body temperature, mobilizing, working and playing, expressing sexuality, and dying. It also includes the text of the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions and Skill Competencies in Neurological Care. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of drugs of abuse and neurotoxicity; cocaine, GHB, and substituted amphetamines.
This collection of 63 papers is derived from a satellite meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Meeting and European Society for Neurochemistry held in Venice, Italy, in August 2005. In introducing these papers, Ali (Neurochemistry Laboratory, National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA) and Fornai (human morphology and applied biology, U. of Pisa, Italy) note the conference's goal to understand the cellular and molecular genetic mechanisms of commonly abused drugs that make them so compelling, and their similarities and differences in neurotoxicity. Findings from experimental studies are discussed for drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, nicotine, gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) — the "date rape" drug, and organic solvents. Images show brain effects. Lacks a subject index. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Challenges in prostate cancer, 2d ed.
Forty-four international specialists contribute 20 chapters examining the challenging aspects of prostate cancer. The chapters are organized into four sections covering biological and scientific aspects, diagnosis and evaluation, initial treatment policies, and monitoring progress and secondary treatment. The text has been thoroughly updated to reflect changes and advances in the knowledge and treatment of prostate cancer since publication of the first edition in 2000. Illustrated with b&w diagrams and photographs and 11 color plates. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Chemistry and technology of surfactants.
Contributors mostly from chemical companies, but also universities and regulatory agencies provide a broad guide to the manufacture, chemistry, and uses of surface active agents. Writing particularly for new chemists and chemical engineers, but also for more experienced hands who are encountering surfactants for the first time, they cover what surfactants are, the basic theory, the applied theory, anionic and non-ionic surfactants, other types, and relevant regulations in various countries. Manufacturers are also listed. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Chronic cardiac care; a practical guide to specialist nurse management.
Three Australian professors examine the individual and organizational factors that influence health outcomes in relation to chronic cardiac disease, and the evidence in favor of programs of care that have the potential to both delay the progression and severity of the disease and improve day-to-day management of symptomatic patients. The final chapter outlines a framework for establishing a cost-effective chronic cardiac care program led by nurses. Distributed in the US by Blackwell Publishers. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Circulating nucleic acids in plasma and serum (CNAPS 4); proceedings.
King's College, U. of London, was an apt venue for the fourth international meeting of CNAPS not least of all for work conducted there leading to the Watson and Crick model of the structure of DNA. In the first of 46 conference papers, Swaminathan (chemical pathology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London) reviews how advances in detecting and quantifying specific nucleic acids (DNA and RNA sequences) is promising improved disease diagnosis and monitoring. Other contributors address topics relating to nucleic acids specifically in fetal and maternal plasma, to cancer and other diseases, and analytic methodologies. The volume lacks a subject index. The CiP lists the volume number as 1074, but 1075 appears on the cover and title page. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Clinical problems in pediatric urology.
Twenty-four specialists from the US, UK, France, and Turkey contribute 17 chapters to a textbook discussing the common pediatric urological conditions encountered in clinical practice in a problem- based format. Each chapter presents the specific condition and takes the reader through to the diagnosis. Designed to complement current textbooks, it is suitable for trainees in pediatric urology and surgery, adult urology, and adolescent urology as a tool for self assessment, learning, and preparation for their examinations, and for use by trainers for periodic assessment and validation of their residents. Illustrated with b&w diagrams and photographs. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition.
The result of the conference of the same name held at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in September 2005, these papers and commentaries reflect new research on the neural implementation of language. Topics and commentaries on each include an overview of age and second language acquisition and processing; development of the human cortex and the concept of "critical" or "sensitive" periods; convergence, degeneracy and control; executive control in bilingual language processing; novice learners, longitudinal designs and event-related potentials as means for exploring the neurorecognition of second language processing; second language processing in the miniature language model; meta-analysis of hemodynamic studies on first and second language processing as to which suggested differences can trust and what they mean; and a summary of the themes in the cognitive neurosciences of second language acquisition. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Conservation and the genetics of populations.
Allendorf and Luikart (both U. of Montana) explain how to apply the concepts and tools of genetics to problems in conservation, providing a foundation and a few examples rather than trying to review the extensive literature. They speak primarily to trained biologists and to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in biological sciences or resource management who have a basic understanding of ecology and genetics. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Continuing professional development for clinical psychologists; a practical handbook.
In recent years, it has become mandatory for British National Health Service professionals to undertake continuing professional development (CPD) activities regularly, based on needs identified through a systematic appraisal process. British clinical psychologists Golding and Gray offer a self-help handbook on continuing professional development for practicing clinicians, outlining the legislative and regulatory landscape, exploring practical issues such as funding for CPD activities, looking at different CPD needs at different career stages, and examining issues of outcomes and evaluation. It also offers chapters looking at the work of the British Psychological Society as it relates to CPD and the National Health Service's Knowledge and Skills Framework. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
