Published April, 2009
By Cait P. Searl and Sameena T. Ahmed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Providing practical assistance to those commencing careers in thoracic anesthesia, the comprehensive content includes discussion of some of the more contentious issues in the management of thoracic patients as well as the rapid evolution of new techniques, such as lung-assist devices, different modes of ventilation and VAT surgery.

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Published April, 2009
By P.F. Millington, R. Wilkinson and P. F. Millington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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First published in 1983 this book provides a review of the fundamentals of the biology and mechanics of human skin. The major theme is the interaction between and dependence of the integrity of skin on, cell turnover, nutrition, control mechanisms and disease.

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Published April, 2009
By Susan Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Fluent aphasia is a language disorder that follows brain damage, severely impairing the speaker's ability to communicate. In this informative study, Susan Edwards provides a detailed description of fluent aphasia, by drawing on a range of research data and looking at extensive examples of aphasic speech.

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Published April, 2009
By Paul Cumming and Albert Gjedde
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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During the past 25 years, new methods for molecular imaging have illuminated aspects of the life of dopamine in health and illness. Presented as an illustrated biography, covering specific stages in the biochemical pathway, this book is a compilation of all that has been learned about dopamine through molecular imaging.

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Published March, 2009
By Philippe Huguelet and Harold G. Koenig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Feelings of spirituality and religiousness are very prevalent among the mentally ill, but psychiatrists are rarely aware of the importance and value of these feelings as a mediating force for coping with mental illness. This book was the first to specifically cover the impact of religion and spirituality on mental illness.

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Published March, 2009
By Allan A. Pacey, Mathew J. Tomlinson and Matthew J. Tomlinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book examines the processes involved in banking sperm from sample production and storage, the subsequent treatment of the patient and the maintenance of the samples in storage, to the process of follow-up and the ultimate fate of frozen samples.

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Published March, 2009
By P. E. Baldry and P.E. Baldry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Operations on the heart and the prevalence of coronary thrombosis are widely discussed in newspapers and magazines; the importance of this book is that by simple and accurate information it enables the layman as well as doctors to understand the disturbances produced by disease and how they may be corrected or avoided.

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Published March, 2009
By T. D. Glover, C. L. R. Barratt, T.D. Glover and C.L.R. Barratt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This contemporary account of male fertility provides a much needed bridge between those seeking to understand the subject from an evolutionary and biological perspective and those with clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of infertility.

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Published March, 2009
By William D. Foulkes and Shirley V. Hodgson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Many cancers, both common and rare, are known to have a hereditary predisposition. First published in 1998, this important contribution to the literature of cancer genetics covers all the key issues, reviewing both the technology behind genetic risk assessment and the ethical dilemmas it poses.

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Published March, 2009
By C. K. Atterwill, C. E. Steele, C.K. Atterwill and C.E. Steele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book describes tissue (cell and organ) culture techniques which could be used at a critical predevelopment stage to screen for drug-inducing toxicity or to analyse the molecular mechanisms of toxicity at a later stage in parallel with investigative studies.

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