Published July, 2016
By Virginia Berridge
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Very Short Introductions
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This Very Short Introduction outlines the nature of public health in our world today and places public health in its historical context from the earliest times, analysing in particular the changes in public health regulation through the nineteenth century and the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

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Published July, 2016
By Adrian Edwards, Glyn Elwyn and Rachel Thompson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Comprehensive account of the issues involved in shared decision making in the health care setting. An in-depth focus on the range of clinician-patient collaboration to make the best possible decisions about health care and how to manage long term problems.

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Published July, 2016
By Tom Burns, Jorun Rugkasa and Andrew Molodynski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Coercion in Community Mental Health Care: International Perspectives is an essential introduction to the use of coercion in mental health care.

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Published July, 2016
By David Levy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Diabetes Library Series
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This highly practical volume in the Oxford Diabetes Library emphasizes both the unique nature of Type 1 diabetes and its fundamental differences from Type 2 diabetes (at least in its "classic" form), and also draws together the common threads of management, and will be relevant to all advanced practitioners in primary and secondary care.

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Published July, 2016
By Ben McFarland
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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In A World From Dust, Ben McFarland brings together the latest genetic, chemical, mathematic, and geological evidence to tell the story of how life has evolved on this planet over billions of years.

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Published July, 2016
By Jacky Swan, Sue Newell and Davide Nicolini
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The divide between research and practice is one of the biggest challenges to healthcare improvement globally. This book aims to build a research-led, empirically-grounded, state of the art review of how knowledge is mobilized in healthcare settings and the critical challenges involved.

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Published July, 2016
By Chris Whiten, Lara Coppel, Abigail Richardson and Harriet Kemp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Speciality Training;Revision Texts
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Containing over 100 Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) style questions and a mock exam, this is a key resource for candidates preparing for this unique exam.

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Published July, 2016
By Fabrice Jotterand and Veljko Dubljevic
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Discussions on cognitive-neuroenhancement for healthy adults tend to focus on theoretical positions while concrete policy proposals and detailed models are scarce.

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Published July, 2016
By Jon Carlson and Jeffrey Kottler
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Therapy Over 50 discusses how psychotherapy is different for both the therapist and client after the age of fifty. The text deals with the inevitable and unrelenting changes that take place along with the corresponding lost dreams. It provides both hope and help for those elderly therapists and their clients.

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Published July, 2016
By Martin E. P. Seligman, Joshua D. Greene and India Morrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This volume describes research supported by the John Templeton Foundation's Positive Neuroscience Project, aimed at illuminating the neural mechanisms that promote human flourishing. Topics include social bonds, altruism, creativity, and resilience.

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