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Authoritative text deals with interstate and international private litigation, business planning, estate planning, and administration. The text introduces the development and current state of approaches to choice of law. Provides the basics for determining applicable law. Reviews jurisdiction, its limitations, and its special problems. Discusses marriage, property, dissolution, and adoption. Also covers torts, contracts, succession, trusts, probate, corporations, and bankruptcy.

Univ. of Oxford, UK. Provides medical students and clinicians with insight into why drugs have their therapeutic effects by presenting the basic principles of pharmacology as they affect the patient. Includes an appraisal of the value of evidence-based medicine and a discussion of issues in genetics. Previous edition: c1992. Softcover, hardcover not yet available.

Systems biology is a highly topical discipline at the intersection of biochemistry, cell biology, computer science, and systems engineering. This course book in systems biology is tailored to the needs of advanced students of biology, engineering, and computer science. It has a companion website with solutions to questions in the book, additional chapters, and computer implementations of systems biology models. The book is a follow-up of the very successful Systems Biology in Practice and incorporates the feedback and suggestions of many lecturers worldwide. The interdisciplinary team of acclaimed authors have worked closely together to ensure a comprehensive coverage of the topic in a fluent and compelling style. Further material is available on www.wiley-vch.de/home/systemsbiology   Systems Biology in Practice - Praise from the reviews: "...this is one book that I bought for myself as soon as it was published." —British Journal of Occupational Therapy "This resource does an admirable job of bringing the readers to a level where they can pursue more advanced study and research." —IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine "… I am confident that biologists everywhere will benefit from having a copy to hand." —Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

This concise but comprehensive text provides a systematic account of the memory disorders, whether they result from psychological stress, traumatic injury, stroke, or degenerative disease of the brain. The major amnesia syndromes are covered in consistently organized chapters that give a clear description of the clinical signs and symptoms, predisposing factors, prevalence and prognosis, pathophysiology to the extent that it is known, diagnostic approaches including tests used to evaluate the disorders, and therapeutic efforts. The book's emphasis is on facts rather than theory, and readers from a variety of disciplines will appreciate its clear, jargon-free, well-organized assessment of the state of knowledge about the memory disorders. These disciplines include neurobiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, rehabilitation medicine, and gerontology. Even theorists will find the book useful since any theory of memory and its neurophysiological mechanisms must be constrained by the facts of amnesia if it is to be considered complete. The book's clearcut scheme of organization will enhance its value and user-friendliness. It divides the amnesias into three types: progressive, permanent, and transient. The first type includes amnesias associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and with vascular dementias, contrasting them with memory decline resulting from normal aging. The second type consists of classic amnesic syndromes associated with limbic lesions of various etiologies such as Korsakoff's encephalopathy and traumatic brain injuries. The third type includes transient global, transient epileptic, and ECT-induced amnesias as well as the reversible psychogenic amnesias associated with dissociative and fugue states. These discussions are preceded by two introductory chapters that define the mnemonic and amnesic phenomena, classify the various memory systems and functions, and describe the putative brain circuitry underlying these functions, including molecular mechanisms, neurotransmitter systems, and the effects of stress-related hormones and drugs, with the aid of magnetic resonance images and anatomical drawings.

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Univ. of Sheffield, UK. Textbook covers aspects of radiotherapy and related radiation physics. Features new and established techniques and technologies, palliative and continuing care, quality of life, medical oncology, and cytotoxic drugs. Includes numerous line drawings, photographs, X rays, and color plates. Previous edition: c1993.

This unique electronic book on CD-ROM has an amazing collection of the valuable military medical textbooks published by the Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute. The Textbooks of Military Medicine series constitutes a comprehensive, multi volume treatise on the art and science of military medicine. The series is designed to show how military medicine has built on the lessons learned in past wars and, based on this historical context, lays out the scientific and factual basis on which the practice of military medicine is grounded. The spectrum of topics is broad ranging from wound ballistics to medical ethics, and from considerations of harsh environments to applied biomedicine. The Textbooks of Military Medicine series is published by the Borden Institute, Office of The Surgeon General, AMEDD Center & School, US Army. Some of the titles reproduced here include: Emergency War Surgery – This third edition represents an entirely new Handbook. All material is new and revised to reflect lessons learned from ongoing American involvement in Southwest Asia. Drafted by subspecialty experts, it was then updated by surgeons returned from yearlong deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Medical Ethics - Explores the ongoing tension between the medical profession and the profession of arms as experienced by the military physician, including an extensive and detailed discussion of the many lessons learned from previous wars. Ophthalmic Care of the Combat Casualty - Offers a comprehensive reference for treatment of ocular injuries; contains detailed information about a new trauma scale, ocular anesthesia, laser injuries, geographical ophthalmology, and ocular injuries caused by terrorist blasts. Includes a step-by-step guide for treatment of ocular injuries, including illustrations of the surgical repair of simple and complex eye injuries. Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments - Describes and illustrates the medical conditions caused by heat and cold, including topics ranging from heat illness prevention to the treatment of hypothermia. Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare - With the increasing reality of chemical and biological attacks in war and terrorism, this book is a single-source compendium of the important aspects of chemical and biological agents including descriptions of the agents, and the pathophysiology of the injuries, diagnosis, and management of the injuries. War Psychiatry - Discusses the evolution of the concept of combat stress reaction, the delivery of mental health care on the various battlefields soldiers are likely to experience, and the psychological consequences of having endured the intensity and lethality of modern combat. Military Dermatology - Places military dermatology in its historical context. Emphasizes and illustrates the conditions that specialists and general medical officers in the field are likely to see. Discusses diseases that are uncommon in the United States but prevalent worldwide in specific geographical locations. Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare - Addresses the increasingly important medical challenges of the consequences and management of radiation injuries. Also included: Field Manual of Treatment of Biological Warfare Agent Casualties * Field Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook * First Aid Manual updated 2002 * USAMRIID’s Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook * Medical Management of Radiological Casualties * NBC Battlebook. This incredible CD-ROM is packed with over 11,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. T

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This new book presents an overview of pediatric nursing. Common pediatric disorders of each body system are covered as well as health maintenance and prevention. The text includes chapters on the developmentally challenged child, high risk infant and electrolyte therapy and focuses on the role of the licensed practical nurse as a leader and educator in patient care.ALSO AVAILABLE -INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDERInstructor's Guide ISBN: 0-8273-7718-5

This is the new edition of the highly successful, definitive book on large animal medicine. All large animal species are covered - cow, horse, sheep, goat and pig, and every medical condition that could be encountered world-wide is discussed in detail. Section I reviews each organ system and is cross-referenced to the relevant chapter in section II for full details of the disease, its manifestation, differential diagnosis and clinical management. Every chapter has been extensively reviewed in this new edition, with particular emphasis on making the text more didactic and easier to read. New synopsis sections have been added for all major diseases in section I, so that the key information about the disease can be found at a glance. The text has been reformatted to make it easier for the reader (students in particular) to find their way to a diagnosis and a new page design will further assist this.