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Human schistosomiasis

Power, politics, and public policy : a matter of caring by International Human Caring Research Conference

Men's health : body, identity and social context

Willard and Spackman's occupational therapy 13th edition.

Contents: “…Occupational nature of humans.…”

The new public health Third edition. by Tulchinsky, Theodore H., Varavikova, Elena

Contents: “…Establishing Causal Relationships --…”
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Ethics in medicine : historical perspectives and contemporary concerns

Contents: “…Ethical dimensions of the physician-patient relationship through history -- Moral bases of medical ethics -- Regulation, compulsion, and consumer protection in clinical medicine and public health -- Truth-telling in the physician-patient relationship -- Medical experimentation on human subjects -- Procreative decisions -- Suffering and dying -- Rights and priorities in the provision of medical care.…”

Code of ethics for nurses : with interpretive statements by American Nurses Association

Contents: “…Provision 1: Respect for human dignity -- Relationships to patients -- The nature of health problems -- The right to self-determination -- Relationships with colleagues and others -- Provision 2: Primacy of the patient's interests -- Conflict of interest for nurses -- Collaboration -- Professional boundaries -- Provision 3: Privacy -- Confidentiality -- Protection of participants in research -- Standards and review mechanisms -- Acting on questionable practice -- Addressing impaired practice -- Provision 4: Acceptance of accountability and responsibility -- Accountability for nursing judgment and action -- Responsibility for nursing judgement and action -- Delegation of nursing activities -- Provision 5: Moral self-respect -- Professional growth and maintenance of competence -- Wholeness of character -- Preservation of integrity -- Provision 6: Influence of the environment on moral virtues and values -- Influence of the environment on ethical obligations -- Responsibility for the health care environment -- Provision 7: Advancing the profession through active involvement in nursing and in health care policy -- Advancing the profession by developing, maintaining, and implementing professional standards in clinical, administrative, and educational practice -- Advancing the profession through knowledge development, dissemination, and application to practice -- Provision 8: Health needs and concerns -- Responsibilities to the public -- Provision 9: Assertion of values -- The profession carries out its collective responsibility through professional associations -- Intraprofessional integrity -- Social reform.…”

Measuring caring : international research on Caritas as healing

Contents: “…[et al.] -- Making the 'quantum leap' : biochemical markers of human caring science / Dax Andrew Parcells, John Nelson -- Measurement of caring in a relationship based care model of nursing / Georgia Persky ... …”

Transforming health promotion practice : concepts, issues, and applications by Young, Lynne E.

Contents: “…Vandall-Walker -- Governing the health of populations: conversations in the clinic / Mary Ellen Purkis -- Human Genome Project: implications for nursing practice / Cindy L. …”

Issues in palliative care research

Contents: “…[et al.] -- Palliative care research in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: clinical trials of symptomatic therapies / Kristina Jones and William Breitbart.…”

Holistic nursing : a handbook for practice Seventh edition. by Dossey, Barbara Montgomery, Keegan, Lynn

The Routledge companion to accounting history

Principles of biomedical ethics 7th ed. by Beauchamp, Tom L.

Principles of radiographic imaging : an art and a science Fifth edition. by Carlton, Richard R., Adler, Arlene McKenna

Contents: “…List of tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- How to use StudyWARE -- Unit 1: Creating The Beam: -- Basic Mathematics: -- Arithmetic -- Algebra -- Units of measurement -- Radiation Concepts: -- Matter and energy -- Atomic theory -- Types of energy -- Electromagnetic spectrum -- Discovery of X-Rays -- X-Rays properties -- Electricity: -- Electrostatics -- Electrodynamics -- Series and parallel circuits -- Electromagnetism: -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetism -- Solenoids and electromagnets -- Controlling electrical current -- Rectification -- X-Ray Equipment: -- Types of X-Ray equipment -- Power for X-Ray generation -- Basic X-Ray circuit -- Generators -- Automatic exposure controls -- X-Ray Tube: -- Cathode assembly -- Anode assembly -- Envelope -- Protective housing -- Rating charts and cooling curves -- Recommendations for extending tube life -- X-Ray Production: -- Conditions -- Target interactions -- Emission spectrum -- Unit 2: Protecting Patients And Personnel: -- Radiation Protection Concepts And Equipment: -- Basic of radiation protection -- Principles and practice -- Quantities and units relevant to radiation protection -- Detection and measurement of ionizing radiation -- Radiation Protection Procedures For Patients And Personnel: -- Advisory groups and regulatory agencies -- Limiting exposure to ionizing radiation -- Protection of personnel -- Protection of the patient -- Radiation exposure and pregnancy -- Filtration: -- Measurement -- Types of filtration -- Effects on output -- Prime Factors: -- Prime factors -- Milliamperage-second (mAs) -- Kilovoltage (kVp) -- Distance -- Image quality factors -- X-Ray Interactions: -- X-Ray interaction with matter -- Photoelectric absorption -- Coherent scattering -- Compton scattering -- Pair production -- Photodisintegration -- Effect on technical factor selection -- Minimizing Patient Dose: -- Estimating approximate entrance skin exposure -- Typical entrance skin exposure -- Reducing patient dose with communication -- Reducing patient dose with positioning -- Reducing patient dose with technical factors -- Discussing radiation risk versus benefit with patients -- Unit 3: Creating The Image: -- Vision And Perception: -- Image perception -- Controlling the image in space -- Radiography as an art form -- Beam Restriction: -- Controlling scatter -- Beam restrictors -- Ancillary devices -- Patient As A Beam Emitter: -- Attenuation -- Human body as an attenuator -- Patient's relationship to image quality -- Pathology Problem: -- Pathology and radiation -- Absorption -- Increased attenuation (additive) -- Decreased attenuation (destructive) conditions -- Grid -- Purpose of the grid -- Grid construction -- Grid patterns -- Grid types -- Grid uses -- Grid selection/conversions -- Grid performance evaluation -- Grid errors -- Alternative scatter reduction -- Method: the air-gap technique -- Radiologic Film: -- Construction -- Latent image formation -- Types of film -- Film storage and handling -- Film identification -- Film Processing: -- Developing -- Fixing -- Archiving -- Automatic processing -- Darkroom -- Silver recovery systems -- Film Sensitometry: -- Sensitometric equipment -- D Log E Curve -- Film characteristics -- Intensifying Screens And Film/Screen Combinations: -- Construction -- Phosphors -- Characteristics -- Cassettes and holders -- Care -- Emission spectra -- Characteristics -- Digital Radiography: -- Historical development -- Digital image formation -- Image processing operations -- Digital image quality -- Exposure indicators -- Computed radiography (PSP) systems -- Flat panel digital radiography -- Digital radiography artifacts -- Picture Archiving And Communications Systems (PACSs): -- Informatics -- Image acquisition -- Image distribution -- Image display -- Storage --…”

Surgical technology for the surgical technologist : a positive care approach Fourth edition. by Association of Surgical Technologists

Contents: “…List of tables -- List of techniques -- Preface -- Contributors -- Reviewers of proof chapters -- Reviewers -- Technical reviewers -- How to use this book -- Section 1: Introduction To Surgical Technology: -- Orientation To Surgical Technology: -- History of surgery -- Surgery today -- Surgical specialties -- History of surgical technology -- Field of surgical technology: -- Working conditions -- Personal characteristics -- Problem-solving skills -- Surgical team members -- Three phases of surgical case management -- Nonsterile surgical team members -- Sterile surgical team members: -- Preoperative case management -- Intraoperative case management -- Postoperative case management -- Surgical technology education and certification -- Surgical technologist as a professional: -- Professionalism -- Professional organization: -- Surgical technologist's lifestyle -- Roles and competencies -- Job descriptions for the surgical technologist -- Career development and opportunities -- Clinical ladder program -- Employability skills: -- Resume preparation -- Communication skills and teamwork: -- Communication -- Teamwork -- Surgical conscience -- Health care facilities organization and management -- Hospital organization: -- Hospital departments and interdepartmental communication -- Financial considerations and reimbursement -- Professional management: -- Professional organizations -- Credentialing organizations -- Related professional organizations -- Legal Concepts, Risk Management, And Ethical Issues: -- Legal issues: -- Definitions of general legal terms -- Definitions of legal doctrines and traditional principles -- Torts -- Intentional torts -- Unintentional torts: -- Consent for surgery: a basic right -- Informed consent: -- Documentation -- Sentinel event/incident reports -- Advance directives -- AHA patient care partnership -- Risk management and liability: -- Medical errors -- Safe Medical Device Act -- Managing patient and employee injuries -- Malpractice insurance -- Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) -- Ethical and moral issues: -- Moral principles -- Elements of ethical decision making -- Professional codes of conduct -- Scope of practice: -- Credentialing -- Accreditation and core curriculum -- Surgical Patient: -- Surgical technologist and the surgical patient -- Physical, psychological, and social, and spiritual needs of the surgical patient -- Understanding the surgical patient as a human being: -- Causes of surgical intervention -- Patient responses to illness and hospitalization -- Death and dying -- Prioritizing needs: Maslow's hierarchy -- Sample application of Maslow's hierarchy: -- Cultural and religious influences -- Sample application: using religious and cultural information in the operating room -- Special Populations: -- Introduction -- Pediatric patients: -- Monitoring the pediatric patient -- Shock -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Infection -- Metabolic an nutritional response -- Trauma -- General principles of pediatric emergency treatment -- Patients with obesity: -- Review of surgical considerations -- Specific considerations of bariatric surgery -- Patients with diabetes: -- Complications associated with diabetes -- Care of the patient with diabetes in surgery -- Pregnant patients: -- Considerations when caring for pregnant patients -- Anesthesia -- Intraoperative considerations for the surgical technologist -- Immunocompromised patients: -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Physically challenged or sensory impaired patients -- Isolation patients -- Geriatric patients -- Substance abuse patients -- Trauma patients -- Golden Hour and trauma system -- Kinematics: -- Blunt trauma -- Penetrating trauma -- Trauma scoring -- Considerations for the surgical technologist: -- Preservation of evidence -- Hypothermia -- Infection -- Preparation of the case: -- Post-traumatic stress disorder patient -- Physical Environment And Safety Standards: -- Physical design of the surgery department -- Areas of the operating room: -- Instrument room -- Utility and decontamination room -- Physical components of the operative suite: -- Equipment -- Standard operating room furniture -- Surfaces in the operating room -- Cabinets and doors -- Doors -- Ventilation system -- Substerile area -- Direct support services: -- Preoperative or "same-day" check-in unit -- Preoperative holding area -- Postanesthesia care unit -- Laboratory department -- Radiology department -- Pathology department -- Environmental services -- Central sterile supply and processing -- Hazards and regulatory agencies -- Safety considerations: -- Surgical lights -- Noise in the operating room -- Ergonomics and safety considerations -- Fire hazards and safety -- Other safety guidelines -- Fire safety guidelines -- Electrical hazards: -- Electrical current -- Preventing electrical burns -- Static electricity -- Ionizing radiation: -- Protection of the surgical patient -- Protection of the surgical technologist -- Biological hazards and safety considerations: -- Standard precautions -- Causes of injury leading to exposure in the operative environment -- Strategies for exposure prevention -- Hazardous waste disposal -- Management of exposure: -- Treatment -- Risk assessment -- Prophylaxis for HIV -- Laser and electrosurgical plume -- Latex allergy -- Chemical hazards and safety considerations: -- Waste anesthetic gases -- Polymethyl methacrylate -- Formalin -- Ethylene oxide -- Glutaraldehyde -- Section 2: Principles And Practice Of Surgical Technology: -- Biomedical Science: -- Introduction -- Computers: -- Hardware -- Software -- Word processing -- Internet basics: -- Accessing the internet -- Importing images from the internet -- Surgical applications: -- Scheduling surgical patients -- Surgeon's preference card -- Patient charts -- Surgical records -- Sterile processing -- Electricity: -- Basic principles of electricity -- Monopolar electrosurgical units -- Bipolar electrosurgical units -- Accessories to electrosurgery -- Advantages of electrosurgery -- Hazards to the patient and surgical team -- Surgical applications: -- X-ray machine -- Endoscopes -- Robotics -- Lasers -- Four interactions with tissue -- Laser parts -- CO2 laser -- Nd:YAG laser -- Holmium: YAG laser -- Krypton laser -- Excimer laser -- Argon laser -- Laser in endoscopy -- Surgical robots: -- Terminology -- da Vinci robotic system -- Advantages of remote manipulation -- Manipulators -- Voice-activated control system, hearing and vision -- Decontamination and sterilization of robotic: -- Components.…”

Public health nursing : population-centered health care in the community 8th edition, revised reprint.

Contents: “…Genomics in public health nursing / Elke Jones Zschaebitz and Jeanette Lancaster : The human genome and its transforming effect on public health ; A brief history of the science ; DNA and its relationship to genomics and genetics ; Current issues in genomics and genetics ; Personalized health care ; Genomic competencies for the public health workforce ; Incorporating genomics and genetics into public health nursing practice ; The future -- 12. …”

The angry gut : coping with colitis and Crohn's disease by Thompson, W. Grant

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