Author: Jonathan A. Edlow
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300154992
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Picking up where Berton Roueché's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.
The Deadly Dinner Party
Author: Jonathan A. Edlow
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300154992
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Picking up where Berton Roueché's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300154992
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Picking up where Berton Roueché's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.
Understanding Viruses
Author: Teri Shors
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449677541
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The ideal text for undergraduate students majoring in biology, microbiology, medical technology, or pre-med, the Second Edition of Understanding Viruses provides a balanced approach to this fascinating discipline, combining the molecular, clinical, and historical aspects of virology. Updated throughout to keep pace with this fast-paced field, the text provides a strong, comprehensive introduction to human viral diseases. New material on molecular virology as well as new virus families presented coupled with chapters on viral diseases of animals; the history of clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotranplantation; prions and viroids; plant viruses; and bacteriophages add to the scope of the text. Chapters discussing specific viral diseases weave in an epidemiological and global perspective and include treatment and prevention information. Contemporary case studies, Refresher Boxes, and Virus Files engage students in the learning process. With a wealth of student and instructor support tools, Understanding Viruses is an accessible, exciting, and engaging text for your virology course.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449677541
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The ideal text for undergraduate students majoring in biology, microbiology, medical technology, or pre-med, the Second Edition of Understanding Viruses provides a balanced approach to this fascinating discipline, combining the molecular, clinical, and historical aspects of virology. Updated throughout to keep pace with this fast-paced field, the text provides a strong, comprehensive introduction to human viral diseases. New material on molecular virology as well as new virus families presented coupled with chapters on viral diseases of animals; the history of clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotranplantation; prions and viroids; plant viruses; and bacteriophages add to the scope of the text. Chapters discussing specific viral diseases weave in an epidemiological and global perspective and include treatment and prevention information. Contemporary case studies, Refresher Boxes, and Virus Files engage students in the learning process. With a wealth of student and instructor support tools, Understanding Viruses is an accessible, exciting, and engaging text for your virology course.
Understanding Viruses (Second Edition)
Author: Teri Shors, PhD
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449675883
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449675883
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Why Safety Cultures Degenerate
Author: Johan Berglund
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134765894
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
From Chernobyl to Fukushima, have we come full circle, where formalisation has replaced ambiguity and a decadent style of management, to the point where it is becoming counter-productive? Safety culture is a contested concept and a complex phenomenon, which has been much debated in recent years. In some high-risk activities, like the operating of nuclear power plants, transparency, traceability and standardisation have become synonymous with issues of quality. Meanwhile, the experience-based knowledge that forms the basis of manuals and instructions is liable to decline. In the long-term, arguably, it is the cultural changes and its adverse impacts on co-operation, skill and ability of judgement that will pose the greater risks to the safety of nuclear plants and other high-risk facilities. Johan Berglund examines the background leading up to the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 and highlights the function of practical proficiency in the quality and safety of high-risk activities. The accumulation of skill represents a more indirect and long-term approach to quality, oriented not towards short-term gains but (towards) delayed gratification. Risk management and quality professionals and academics will be interested in the links between skill, quality and safety-critical work as well as those interested in a unique insight into Japanese culture and working life as well as fresh perspectives on safety culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134765894
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
From Chernobyl to Fukushima, have we come full circle, where formalisation has replaced ambiguity and a decadent style of management, to the point where it is becoming counter-productive? Safety culture is a contested concept and a complex phenomenon, which has been much debated in recent years. In some high-risk activities, like the operating of nuclear power plants, transparency, traceability and standardisation have become synonymous with issues of quality. Meanwhile, the experience-based knowledge that forms the basis of manuals and instructions is liable to decline. In the long-term, arguably, it is the cultural changes and its adverse impacts on co-operation, skill and ability of judgement that will pose the greater risks to the safety of nuclear plants and other high-risk facilities. Johan Berglund examines the background leading up to the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 and highlights the function of practical proficiency in the quality and safety of high-risk activities. The accumulation of skill represents a more indirect and long-term approach to quality, oriented not towards short-term gains but (towards) delayed gratification. Risk management and quality professionals and academics will be interested in the links between skill, quality and safety-critical work as well as those interested in a unique insight into Japanese culture and working life as well as fresh perspectives on safety culture.
Food-borne Diseases
Author: Arthur Gillard
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0737752521
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
More than 250 pathogens and toxins cause foodborne illness. Nearly all of them can cause an outbreak, according to the C.D.C. This book provides essential information on food-borne diseases, but also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes, and first-person narratives by people coping with food-borne diseases. Readers will learn from the words of patients, family members, or caregivers. The symptoms, causes, treatments, and potential cures are explained in detail. Alternative treatments are also covered. Student researchers and readers will find this book easily accessible through its careful and conscientious editing and a thorough introduction to each essay.
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0737752521
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
More than 250 pathogens and toxins cause foodborne illness. Nearly all of them can cause an outbreak, according to the C.D.C. This book provides essential information on food-borne diseases, but also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes, and first-person narratives by people coping with food-borne diseases. Readers will learn from the words of patients, family members, or caregivers. The symptoms, causes, treatments, and potential cures are explained in detail. Alternative treatments are also covered. Student researchers and readers will find this book easily accessible through its careful and conscientious editing and a thorough introduction to each essay.
Getting your head around the brain
Author: Amanda Ellison
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137272503
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Have you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right now? The simple answer: it's your brain. Often a complex subject to tackle, this book has been written with the first-time learner in mind to guide the reader through the physiological basis of the brain-behaviour link, exploring such fascinating topics as sensation, memory and emotion. This book has been designed to offer an easy and comprehensive read for students in need of an introductory text to the various faculties and functions of the brain and an explanation of how these are central to actively producing human behavior. Apt for undergraduate students studying biological psychology and neuroscience wanting to consolidate their understanding of the brain.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137272503
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Have you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right now? The simple answer: it's your brain. Often a complex subject to tackle, this book has been written with the first-time learner in mind to guide the reader through the physiological basis of the brain-behaviour link, exploring such fascinating topics as sensation, memory and emotion. This book has been designed to offer an easy and comprehensive read for students in need of an introductory text to the various faculties and functions of the brain and an explanation of how these are central to actively producing human behavior. Apt for undergraduate students studying biological psychology and neuroscience wanting to consolidate their understanding of the brain.
100 Cases in Clinical Pharmacology
Author: Dr. Indrajit Banerjee
Publisher: Mahi Publication
ISBN: 9366781055
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“100 Cases in Clinical Pharmacology” is designed to provide a practical and comprehensive guide to Pharmacology, offering real-world clinical scenarios that illustrate the complexities and nuances of pharmacological treatment. This book is based on the new Competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum which is planned to be implemented at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College, Mauritius in January 2025. This book “100 clinical cases in clinical pharmacology” is unique in natuure as it combines the work of a multi-disciplinary team who have combined their individual real-world clinical experiences and knowledge into a single book for the benefit of students. This book is aimed at medical students, pharmacy students and nursing students who seek to deepen their knowledge and enhance their clinical skills. Each case in this book presents a unique clinical situation, followed by questions that test the reader's understanding and encourage critical thinking. The cases are designed to reflect the diverse and often challenging nature of patient care, highlighting the importance of a thorough understanding of pharmacology in achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes.
Publisher: Mahi Publication
ISBN: 9366781055
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“100 Cases in Clinical Pharmacology” is designed to provide a practical and comprehensive guide to Pharmacology, offering real-world clinical scenarios that illustrate the complexities and nuances of pharmacological treatment. This book is based on the new Competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum which is planned to be implemented at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College, Mauritius in January 2025. This book “100 clinical cases in clinical pharmacology” is unique in natuure as it combines the work of a multi-disciplinary team who have combined their individual real-world clinical experiences and knowledge into a single book for the benefit of students. This book is aimed at medical students, pharmacy students and nursing students who seek to deepen their knowledge and enhance their clinical skills. Each case in this book presents a unique clinical situation, followed by questions that test the reader's understanding and encourage critical thinking. The cases are designed to reflect the diverse and often challenging nature of patient care, highlighting the importance of a thorough understanding of pharmacology in achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes.
The Spectator
Poisons
Author: David J. George
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315354489
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A unique book on recognition and investigation of criminal poisoning for investigators of all backgrounds and stages of their careers. Poisons: An Introduction for Forensic Investigators is a concise yet comprehensive overview of toxicants and unanticipated circumstances in which poisoning occurs. This book expands awareness of poisoning possibilities, heightens recognition of the toxic potential of many substances, and provides information to aid in focusing investigations. Poisons discusses life-threatening toxic substances and agents that modify behavior to achieve criminal goals. These include drugs that facilitate sexual assaults and robberies, and those found in medical child abuse and drug-product tampering. More than 230 case studies illustrate both unintentional and intentional poisoning and highlight situations where poisoning may not immediately be apparent. Information is included in pertinent criminal poisoning cases to illustrate the temperament of poisoners, their relationship to victims, their basis for poison selection, and their method of administration. Since Poisons is written by a single author, the discussions, format, educational level, and terminology remain consistent to aid crime scene investigators, homicide detectives, forensic scientists, death investigators, toxicologists, medical examiners, attorneys, and students. The book's more than 650 references are an asset to frame knowledge as well as a resource to return to again and again.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315354489
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A unique book on recognition and investigation of criminal poisoning for investigators of all backgrounds and stages of their careers. Poisons: An Introduction for Forensic Investigators is a concise yet comprehensive overview of toxicants and unanticipated circumstances in which poisoning occurs. This book expands awareness of poisoning possibilities, heightens recognition of the toxic potential of many substances, and provides information to aid in focusing investigations. Poisons discusses life-threatening toxic substances and agents that modify behavior to achieve criminal goals. These include drugs that facilitate sexual assaults and robberies, and those found in medical child abuse and drug-product tampering. More than 230 case studies illustrate both unintentional and intentional poisoning and highlight situations where poisoning may not immediately be apparent. Information is included in pertinent criminal poisoning cases to illustrate the temperament of poisoners, their relationship to victims, their basis for poison selection, and their method of administration. Since Poisons is written by a single author, the discussions, format, educational level, and terminology remain consistent to aid crime scene investigators, homicide detectives, forensic scientists, death investigators, toxicologists, medical examiners, attorneys, and students. The book's more than 650 references are an asset to frame knowledge as well as a resource to return to again and again.