The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology is a clear, concise, and comprehensive reference book for the busy clinician to use in their daily patient encounters and for board review. The book has been compiled by clinicians who are working at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Cleveland Clinic, M.D. Anderson, Mayo Clinic as […]
How to Use This Book Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step to prepare yourself for the two most popular nursing school entrance exams: Kaplan Nursing Admission Test and the HESI A2. This book contains the information you want and need to do your best on both exams and get into the school of your choice. […]
Today’s competitive, market-driven health care environment is challenging the very nature of professional nursing practice. Fundamentals of Nurs ing : The Art and Science of Pers on-Centered Care, Tenth Edition, promotes nursing as an evolving art and science, directed to human health and well-being. It challenges students to cultivate the Quality and Safety Education for […]
Lies My Doctor Told Me is a survival kit for both patients and doctors alike. This is not a book about “doctor bashing” as much as a resource for all parties to create an open discussion regarding healthy options. Patients want and need to be better informed, and doctors need to be able to discuss […]
On my seventh birthday, January 17, 1961—three days before my uncle, John F. Kennedy, took his oath of office as United States President—his predecessor, President Dwight Eisenhower, appeared on national television to deliver his farewell address, which history increasingly regards as one of the most important and prophetic speeches in American history. In the councils […]
We are pleased to present this eighth edition of Nutrition for Health and Health Care, which provides a solid foundation in nutrition science and the role of nutrition in clinical care. Health professionals and patients alike rank nutrition among their most serious concerns, as good nutrition status plays critical roles in both disease prevention and […]
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of new words for emotions. Its mission is to shine a light on the fundamental strangeness of being a human being—all the aches, demons, vibes, joys, and urges that are humming in the background of everyday life:kenopsia: the atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with […]
Understanding low mood Everyone has low days. Everyone. But we al di er in how frequent the low days are and how severe the low mood. Something that I have come to realize over the years of working as a psychologist is how much people struggle with low mood and never tel a soul. Their […]
I didn’t write a foreword to the original edition of A Brief History of Time. That was done by Carl Sagan. Instead, I wrote a short piece titled ‘Acknowledgments’ in which I was advised to thank everyone. Some of the foundations that had given me support weren’t too pleased to have been mentioned, however, because […]
In the dream, I’m trying to catch the falling eggs. I’m standing on a sidewalk in a big, dirty city that looks a lot like Baltimore, holding a padded basket and looking up. Every few seconds, I spot an egg whizzing down at me from above, and I run to try to catch it in […]
All adults are survivors of puberty, but for most of us the scabs of our memories feel bizarrely fresh even decades later: Vanessa’s stomach still turns at the thought of getting her first period in borrowed blush ballet tights (no, they were not returned to their rightful owner), and Cara still winces when she flashes […]
There are 1.9 billion overweight and 650 million obese people worldwide [1] , which equates to 52% of adults globally being overweight or obese (body mass index > 25 to < 30 and > 30, respectively). In the United States, approximately 42% of adults are obese [2] and 34% have metabolic syndrome [3] . Those […]