Published September, 2007
By Joanne Lynn, Janice Lynch Schuster, Anne Wilkinson, Lin Noyes Simon, Anne M. Wilkinson and Lin Simon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published September, 2007
By Tim Thornton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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This book is a concise introduction to the growing field of philosophy of psychiatry. Divided into the three main aspects of psychiatric clinical judgement, values, meanings and facts, it examines the key debates about mental health care, and the philosophical ideas and tools needed to assess those debates.

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Published September, 2007
By Murna Downs, Neil Small, Katherine Froggatt and Katherine Dr. Froggatt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book describes what might be achieved if the values and best practice of both dementia care and palliative care are brought together.

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Published September, 2007
By David Oliviere and Barbara Monroe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Resilience is the capacity of people or social systems to achieve in the face of adversity. This book will help health and social care professionals understand and utilise the concept of resilience, in the context of palliative care.

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Published September, 2007
By Jennifer Barraclough
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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A practical, evidence-based guide to complementary cancer therapies with an emphasis on enhancing practice; that is, using the therapies alongside conventional medicine, rather than as alternatives to it.

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Published August, 2007
By Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Although there are several books on the phylogenetic relationships of animals, this is the first to focus on the consequences of such relationships for the evolution of organs themselves. It provides a summary of evolutionary hypotheses for each of the major organ systems, describing alternative theories in those cases of continuing controversy.

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Published August, 2007
By Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Although there are several books on the phylogenetic relationships of animals, this is the first to focus on the consequences of such relationships for the evolution of organs themselves. It provides a summary of evolutionary hypotheses for each of the major organ systems, describing alternative theories in those cases of continuing controversy.

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Published August, 2007
By Michael Bliss
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Harvey Cushing was the leading figure in the creation of modern neurosurgery. This biography traces his medical school education; his hospital-based surgical career; and his career as a battlefield surgeon during World War I. He has an enduring place in the field of medicine and his name has become part of medical lexicography.

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Published August, 2007
By Michael Bliss
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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William Osler revolutionised the art of practicing medicine at the patient bedside. His biography concerns the evolution of modern medicine, doctors' training, holism in medical thought, and the doctor-patient relationship. Accessibly written, this book brings to life both a fascinating man and the formative age of twentieth-century medicine.

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Published August, 2007
By Mark D. LeBlanc, Betsey Dyer, Mark Le Blanc and Betsey Bexter Dyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This book provides an introduction to Perl that emphasizes good programming practices with repeated exposure to pattern matching as applied to biological sequence analysis (DNA analysis, Protein analysis). It is appropriate for majors in either computer science or biology and especially for those taking new interdisciplinary courses.

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