The high-profile clergyman's account of losing his partner of 12 years and coping with 'the madness of grief' after his death

This book accompanies the Reader for the OU course Death and Dying (K260) and is not a buy-back, which means guaranteed sales of 800 copies per year through the bookshops.

Now in its 7th edition, this introductory guide provides students in nursing, health and social care, with a concise overview of the different research methods and terminology that they will come across when undertaking research, helping them to become 'research literate' in a short space of time.

The Management of Acute Pain provides guidelines for those who prescribe and administer drugs for acute pain relief, particularly junior medical and nursing staff. The edition has been revised to take account of drug developments. The book will be valuable for House officers, SHO's, physiotherapists, and palliative care nurses.

Health care professionals need to make rapid decisions under pressure to prevent and manage adverse outcomes during childbirth. Using an enquiry-based learning approach, this book offers a straightforward but comprehensive guide to emergency care, with scenarios throughout and expert commentary from a Supervisor of Midwives.

First practical, readable guide to the effectiveness of Chinese and Western styles of acupuncture.

The wise and inspiring book from the bestselling author of The Last Act of Love.

The Manual of Simulation in Healthcare, Second Edition provides an in-depth understanding of how medical educators can best incorporate simulation teaching methodologies into their curricula and is an invaluable resource to teachers across all the medical specialties.

Based on the Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry, this book is streamlined to focus only on the essential biochemical concepts, while maintaining intuitively organized chapters centered on hypothetical patient vignettes and icons for navigation.

Features a wide range of self-assessment materials, useful for testing your understanding, and helping you to prepare for your exams. This title is approached from the point of view of what you will need to know in order to understand the clinical work you will eventually be doing.

A reference for nurses working with pregnant patients. This book provides information nurses need quickly every day on various aspects of prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal care. It includes a section on ECG interpretation, the ACLS guidelines, a glossary of common terms, conversion charts, and over 125 quick-reference charts.

Offers what you need to know to perform competent and safe maternal and neonatal nursing care. This title covers fundamentals, such as fetal development, legal issues, and ethical issues; family planning, including advantages and disadvantages to contraception methods; infertility; and perinatal periods, from conception to labor.

This newest entry in the bestselling Demystified series offers a fun, lighthearted way to learn maternal-newborn nursing

'She should never have kept the business going after her husband died. Running a betting shop is no job for a woman. Especially when she's got bad legs.' After a short stay at hospital herself, Evelyn Prentis wondered what was in store for her when she returned to work.

In eleven landmark operations, Thomas Morris tells us stories of triumph, reckless bravery, swaggering arrogance, jealousy and rivalry, and incredible ingenuity, from the trail-blazing `blue baby' procedure to the first human heart transplant.

A renowned psychiatrist and gerontologist draws from more than thirty years of research to show that surprising positive changes in our brains have the powerful potential to enhance, not diminish, our lives after fifty

Praise for the 1st edition: "This book is a must have for any midwife, particularly those working in the community, clinics and in high-risk areas. This book is an extremely useful reference tool.