Published July, 2009
By Justin Amery
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The unique needs of dying children are particularly evident in Africa, where the scale of the problem is enormous. This book provides practical and realistic guidance for health care professionals on how to deliver good quality palliative care in this difficult environment, despite the significant challenges it presents.

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Published July, 2009
By Margot Gosney and Tess Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Packed full of practical and down to earth advice for clinicians specialising in the care of older people, this book examines real problems that present on a day-to-day basis in the primary care environment. It provides GPs with specific advice and guidance to help them in the management of the often complex conditions that present in older people.

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Published July, 2009
By Michael Land and Benjamin Tatler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The human visual system is amazing in its ability to guide us in a wide range of tasks - driving, reading, playing ball games, or reading music. Somehow our eyes just manage to find the information we need to perform such tasks. This book explores how our eyes process and communicate the data needed for us to negotiate the world around us.

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Published July, 2009
By David Sander and Klaus Scherer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Series in Affective Science
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Comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and easy-to-use, The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences is an indispensable resource for all who wish to find out about theories, concepts, methods, and research findings in this rapidly growing interdisciplinary field.

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Published July, 2009
By Harriet P. Lefley
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Evidence-Based Practices
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This book will provide readers with a comprehensive overview of family psychoeducation as an evidence-based psychosocial treatment, describing psychoeducational models developed by major research centers in the U.S., the U.K., and other European countries as well as presenting data-based models developed in China and elsewhere, together with discussion of cultural variations and negative findings.

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Published July, 2009
By Philip Robson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Forbidden Drugs Third edition addresses the fascinating and contentious subject of recreational drug use with a unique combination of authoritative, scientific information and entertaining readability. Although primarily aimed at the lay reader it will also provide a comprehensive account of the subject for students or interested professionals.

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Published July, 2009
By John Guillebaud and Anne MacGregor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: The Facts
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The Pill: The Facts Seventh Edition is still the most user-friendly, comprehensive source of unbiased information on the Pill, along with other hormonal alternatives such as implants, injections and patches, to help those of all ages make an informed decision regarding contraception.

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Published July, 2009
By Philip R. Beales, I. Sadaf Farooqi and Stephen O'Rahilly
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics
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Published July, 2009
By Charles Horton
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published July, 2009
By Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This new edition addresses three major issues: the changing global context for public health; the state of public health practice in developed and developing countries; and strategies for strengthening the practice of public health in the twenty-first century.

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