Elsevier Health Sciences

Provides a clinical manual of common practices. Each practice presented in this book is research-based and discussed within a common framework which covers: Objectives; Rationale; Factors to note; Guidelines; Positioning; Equipment; Method; Special observations and possible complications; and References and further reading.

Completely rewritten, this textbook on pharmaceutical practice describes the role of the pharmacist in providing care to the patient and covers all aspects of dispensing medicines and drugs.

Provides an introduction to aromatherapy as practiced in modern health care settings, providing information for the health professional who wants to learn about the subject. This book provides the in-depth knowledge needed to begin using essential oils in the practice environment.

Designed for core curricula based on body system or problem-based learning, this work provides students with a description of essential anatomy within a clinical context. Surface anatomy, radiological anatomy and clinical cases are included to highlight functional and clinical relevance of structures described.

A multi-contributed book which collates and highlights the relevant research (in an accessible way) relating to issues in midwifery, thereby advancing thinking on where the profession is going (especially in relation to Changing Childbirth (93), and how it will proceed.

Provides information on paediatric nutrition. This book also provides a scientific foundation, guidelines and identifies various difficulties and issues. It describes interdisciplinary working and challenges topics such as ethnic and cultural aspects, poverty and children's rights. It provides information and guidance to health professionals.

Prepares you to access, critically evaluate, understand and use research-based literature within the multi-disciplinary context of health services. This book looks at contemporary research and the context in which health care research and development takes place. It also gives critical evaluation of research reports and research-based literature.

Pharmaceutics is one of the most diverse subject areas in pharmaceutical science. In brief, it is concerned with the scientific and technological aspects of the design and manufacture of dosage forms for medicines. This book provides pharmacy and pharmaceutical science students with the information on the various aspects of pharmaceutics.