A unique photographic portrait of the King Country. Sara McIntyre, the daughter of the artist Peter McIntyre, was nine years old when her family fi...

Maxillofacial defects may be congenital or acquired and may be caused by surgical interventions for neoplasms. Because of the localisations of thes...

Recent clinical studies reported that in critically ill patients, oxidative stress caused by an increased production of reactive oxygen species (RO...

Safeguarding children is one of our nation's foremost obligations. We have both a fundamental duty to protect individual children from undue risk d...

Novel strategies for ocular anti-inflammatory therapies are extensively being investigated to increase drug bioavailability and decrease adverse si...

Neutrophil granulocytes are the primary defense cells of blood against bacteria, fungi, parasites, or thrombi. Their main weapons and signals are r...

This book compiles research evidence and clinical perspectives on the benefits and pitfalls of exercise in rehabilitation and recovery from illness...

When people think about physical exercise, they imagine athletic competitions and sculpted bodies. More than simply a way to achieve the best perfo...

This compilation discusses how low levels of physical activity and excess body weight are considered key health risks in modern societies. This may...

This book presents an overview of human posture and focuses on how it can be influenced by a number of sporting and physical activities as well as ...

Chapter 1 examines the actions of drug companies in raising prescription drug prices in the United States, as well as the effects of these actions ...

Psychiatric nursing is invariably linked with a therapeutic role; however the question remains unanswered in relation to the extent psychiatric nur...

Radiography uses X-rays to view a non-uniformly composed material such as the human body and displays areas of different density and composition. I...

This book is a collection of relevant topics dealing with recent advances in ophthalmology research. The selected review studies present novel inve...

Most postgraduate examinations now include radiographic interpretation. This may be presented as a slide show of as a film-viewing session. Radiogr...

This is a very readable and comprehensive historical account of the development of resuscitation techniques by great medical figures over the last ...

Retinal tissue may degenerate for a number of reasons. Among them are: artery or vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, R.L.F./R.O.P. or disease (us...

Retinis Pigmentosa (RP) includes a group of progressive hereditary retinal diseases involving degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors, predomin...

Retinopathy of prematurity is a disease caused by abnormal vessel regression of the retinal vasculature that affects premature infants with low bir...

Based on Walter St John's decades of study and practice, Solace brings new insight to the process of communicating with a person who is chronically...

The I. Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine was established in 2010 on the basis of merging four well-known Georgian research institutes...

The U.S. population is getting older, and Americans are living longer, on average, than they ever have before. As they age, people are healthier an...

The prescription drug delivery system -- how a drug gets from the manufacturer to the patients -- is complicated. Over 4.4 billion prescriptions ar...

Clinical neuropsychology and neuro-rehabilitation are disciplines that have truly developed at a phenomenal pace over the last couple of decades. P...

Midwifery is used to describe a number of different types of health practitioners, other than doctors, who provide prenatal care to expecting mothe...

This book focuses on the latest research in the field of nursing. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimisation of health and abilities, p...

Understanding the supply, distribution, and educational pipeline of nurses is key to designing programs and policies that will ensure access to car...

The Ocular Biomechanics Group was established in 2002 with one clear target; to develop a virtual reality model of the human eye that can be used e...

This book explores the symbiotic relationship between culture and creativity, particularly exploring how resources and cultural values within a soc...

This book provides an overview of the disease, as well as the pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and an examination of the disease in specific...

There have been news reports with the tales of many community acquired bacterial infections that lead to serious hospitalisation. The last resort d...

The rising number of cases in visual disorders during development, over the last decade, has strongly influenced approaches to diagnosis and rehabi...

It is well-known that the most common and largely used assistive technology among the visually impaired community is the white cane. Many technolo...

Warfarin is one of the most commonly used anticoagulant drugs worldwide with a role in the treatment for a variety of conditions, such as atrial fi...

Recent advances have dramatically improved the quality of life for wheelchair users, from accessibility to overall ride comfort. Many different typ...

Title notwithstanding, this book is not primarily about writing. Any number of creative writing and/or English composition classes can teach you th...