Published November, 2008
By Roger French and Andrew Wear
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book considers the underlying forces which helped to produce a revolution in seventeenth-century medicine. It shows how in the period between 1630 and 1730 medicine came to represent something more than a marginal activity unrelated to social and intellectual phenomena.

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Published November, 2008
By Graham Thornicroft and Michele Tansella
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services, providing the relevant evidence to support necessary choices between alternative models of care.

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Published November, 2008
By Jan Gerris, G. David Adamson, Petra De Sutter, Catherine Racowsky and Petra de De Sutter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Single Embryo Transfer provides data on patient and embryo selection and focuses on all clinical and technical aspects involved, e.g. ovarian stimulation, factors affecting embryo quality and methods to choose the embryo most likely to implant, counselling, health economics, cryopreservation of embryos, models to implement SET, ethical and philosophical considerations.

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Published November, 2008
By Gregory H. Bledsoe, Michael J. Manyak and David A. Townes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Health care professionals now seek training in the speciality of wilderness medicine in order to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources. This book covers everything a prospective field physician or medical consultant needs to prepare for when beginning an expedition.

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Published October, 2008
By Pawel J. Jastreboff and Jonathan W. P. Hazell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book presents a definitive description and justification for the Jastreboff neurophysiological model of tinnitus, outlining the essentials of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (the highly successful treatment arising from it), reviewing the research literature, and providing an expert critique of other current therapeutic practices.

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Published October, 2008
By Zenon Rayter and Janine Mansi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The volume spans prevention, screening, genetics, and treatment of pre-invasive breast cancer, before focusing in depth on management of established breast cancer. This includes chapters on the various therapeutic options available and their role in treating breast cancer at different stages. It concludes with a chapter on palliative care.

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Published October, 2008
By Andrew K. Trull, Lawrence M. Demers, David W. Holt, Atholl Johnston, J. Michael Tredger and Christopher P. Price
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This publication takes a critical, evidence-based look at the efficacy of diagnostic tests which are increasingly being used to evaluate organ damage and dysfunction. Some of these assist in diagnosis, others provide a means of monitoring the state of progression of disease and the effectiveness of therapeutic options.

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Published October, 2008
By Werner G. K. Stritzke, Joyce L. Y. Chong, Diane Ferguson, Werner G.K. Stritzke and Joyce L.Y. Chong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Treatment Manual for Smoking Cessation Groups guides the reader through step-by-step instructions on how to implement treatments to help smokers give up their habit in a group environment. The manual describes how to deliver group interventions through an evidence-based, modular approach designed to suit a wide range of service settings.

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Published October, 2008
By Iain Mackenzie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Mechanical ventilation is a life-critical intervention provided to patients in a wide variety of clinical settings. It involves the careful interplay of physiology, pathology, physics and technology. Providing a broad and in-depth coverage of key topics, this unique text lays out the principles and practicalities of mechanical ventilation.

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Published October, 2008
By Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This assembly of lectures should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of science and the nature of living things. Seven of the eight lectures are by eminent biochemists and describe the development of their own subject 'from the inside; the eighth is a more general one.

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