Published September, 2006
By Griffith Edwards, Shane Darke, Louisa Degenhardt and Richard Mattick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions
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The rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations. In this book, Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, interventions, demography, and associated risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality.

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Published September, 2006
By Ezra Susser, Beverley Raphael, Yuval Neria, Raz Gross, Randall D. Marshall, Ezra S. Susser and Randall Marshall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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What are the lessons learned from the work conducted after 9/11, and the implications for future disaster mental health work and preparedness efforts? The authors of this book answer these questions after having been involved in modifying ongoing trials and setting up new ones in New York to address these issues straight after the attacks.

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Published September, 2006
By Michael Curtis, Michael Wilson, Brian Henderson, Beth A. McCormick and Sir Anthony Coates
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Molecular interactions between bacteria and host cells is not unidirectional - both pathogens and host cells engage in a signalling cross-talk. This book details the remarkable variety of host-pathogen interactions, uniquely providing a comprehensive understanding of the host-bacterial interactions that occur at mucosal surfaces including the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts.

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Published September, 2006
By Michael A. Arbib
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In this book, internationally recognised experts from child development, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, primatology and robotics discuss the role of the mirror neuron system for the recognition of hand actions and the evolutionary basis for the brain mechanisms that support language.

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Published August, 2006
By Comus Whalan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Clinical Guides
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This book is a practical manual for assisting at surgical operations. Simple language and diagrams describe both the basic principles of surgical assisting, and advanced techniques needed in the surgical subspecialities. It will help medical students, junior doctors and surgical technologists excel at assisting at any surgical operation.

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Published July, 2006
By Attilio Orazi, Dennis P. O'Malley, Daniel A. Arber and Dennis O'Malley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book provides a highly illustrated overview of the diseases of the human bone marrow. It will help experienced pathologists and those in training to answer the diagnostic questions that arise during the routine analysis of bone marrow core biopsy specimens. Histologic interpretation is integrated with clinical and laboratory findings.

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Published July, 2006
By Amanda Ogilvy-Stuart and Paula Midgley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Clinical Guides
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This 2006 handbook of neonatal endocrinology provides a wealth of practical information on the diagnosis and management of suspected endocrine pathology. This is very much a 'hands-on, how-to' book providing a formulary and investigation methodology section, and a brief description of physiology.

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Published July, 2006
By John Heritage, Douglas W. Maynard, Paul Drew, Marjorie Harness Goodwin, John J. Gumperz and Deborah Schiffrin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In this 2006 volume, a team of leading contributors from the fields of linguistics, sociology and medicine examine how doctors and patients communicate in primary care consultations. Clear, informative and comprehensive, it will be essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics, communication studies, sociology, and medicine.

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Published June, 2006
By Saul Wischnitzer and Edith Wischnitzer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Residency is a defining stage in a physician's career, marked by personal growth, intellectual challenge and emotional stress. This manual was designed to help medical students on this final critical segment of their journey to become practicing physicians. The book includes: selecting an appropriate specialty, surviving residency, and beginning practice.

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Published June, 2006
By Gavin Andrews and Scott Henderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The problems of balancing resources against need in the treatment of mental disorders are well known to all involved in caring for the mentally ill. In this book, an international team of eminent psychiatrists, epidemiologists, health administrators, economists and health planners address the equitable provision of mental health care.

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