This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting...
Medicine, health and fitness
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Author:Doyle, Glynda ReesSummary: - Author:Doyle, Glynda Rees, McCutcheon, Jodie Anita, Anderson, RenéeSummary:
This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting...
- Author:Rockridge PressSummary:
Coconut Oil for Beginners is the #1 guide to using coconut oil for better health and glowing skin and hair. For centuries, cultures around the world have used coconut oil for its many nutritional and health benefits. Now, coconut oil is...
- Author:Glickman, Neil S.Summary:
This book provides a model for adapting best practices in cognitive-behavioral therapy to consumers whose language and cognitive deficits make it difficult for them to benefit from traditional talk oriented psychotherapy. The book...
- Author:Downe, PamelaSummary:
This engaging ethnography explores how Indigenous women and their communities practice collective care to sustain traditional lifeways in what has been called Canada's "HIV hot zone."
- Author:Dauphin, MarcSummary:
An emergency room doctor recounts harrowing stories about his time at a combat hospital in Kandahar. Combat Doctor presents the stories of the victims of the War in Afghanistan, as told by the last Canadian Officer Commanding at the...
- Author:Schellenberg, Susan, Barnes, RosemarySummary:
In Committed to the Sane Asylum: Narratives on Mental Wellness and Healing, artist Susan Schellenberg, a former psychiatric patient, and psychologist Rosemary Barnes relate their own stories, conversations, and reflections concerning...
- Author:Naugler, ChristopherSummary:
Master clinical skills with key information on 169 common clinical presentations This comprehensive guide provides clinicians, medical students, and other health care professionals with a structured approach to navigating 169 of the...
- Author:Davis, SimonSummary:
Community Mental Health in Canada offers a timely, critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada, past, present, and future. This new edition has been substantially revised and expanded and includes a...
- Author:Lois, Noemi, Wong, DavidSummary:
In the ever-changing field of vitreo-retinal surgery, the factor that may best distinguish a great surgeon from a good one is the ability to avoid and manage complications. Within the pages of Complications of Vitreo-Retinal Surgery,...
- Author:Shernan, Stanton K.Summary:
The Comprehensive Atlas of 3D Echocardiography takes full advantage of today's innovative multimedia technology. To help the reader understand the unique dynamic nature of a comprehensive 3D echocardiographic examination, the printed...
- Author:Miron, Dr. Pierre, Provençal, Mathieu, Gingras, Denis, Sandilands, BarbaraSummary:
In recent years, infertility has become a medical phenomenon that affects more and more adults of reproductive age. In western countries, between 10 and 15 percent of couples are infertile. These couples are victims of a silent human...
- Author:Laskas, Jeanne MarieSummary:
Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite...
- Author:Muchnick, IrvinSummary:
Inside the controversial and newsworthy issue of concussions in American football — Muchnick’s trademark no-holds-barred investigation reveals the corruption and scandals in real time
Traumatic brain injury in football is not...
- Author:Beecher, Meghan, Hagen, Michelle, Tessmer, Kemberly A.Summary:
Concerned about your child's weight? This practical guide provides effective strategies for improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and dealing with weight issues at home and in the classroom. You'll see how to change your...
- Author:Pellerin, RenéeSummary:
An explosive book that exposes the truth about breast cancer screening. For decades, women have been told that mammograms save lives. Yet many scientists say that this is in fact not true. Conspiracy of Hope reveals how breast cancer...
- Author:Brown, Catrina, Jasper, KarinSummary:
Twenty-two experts share their extensive knowledge on women's preoccupation with body size. They consider the continuum of eating behaviours ranging from dieting and exercise for weight control to anorexia and bulimia, as well as...
- Author:Dwyer, PhilSummary:
The story of the end-of-life experience of a palliative care physician who helped thousands of patients to die well. We all die. Most of us spend the majority of our lives ignoring this uncomfortable truth, but Dr. Larry Librach...
- Author:Felner, Kevin, Schneider, MegSummary:
Want to know more about COPD? This straightforward guide provides clear information about this progressive disease, explaining how to recognize the warning signs, get diagnosed and choose the best treatment. You'll see how diet,...
- Author:Chabut, LaReineSummary:
Core Strength For Dummies explores a number of workouts designed to work the different core muscles that stabilize the spine and pelvis and run the entire length of the torso. It also provides information on all of the tools and...
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