Ethical dilemmas in pediatrics : cases and commentaries
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27214
edited by Lorry R. Frankel ... [et al.].
--Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press
, 2005.
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- Frankel, Lorry
- Responsibility
- edited by Lorry R. Frankel ... [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, UK
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2005
- Physical Description
- ix, 303 p.
- ISBN
- 6610160589 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pediatrics - ethics
- Ethics, Clinical - child
- Contents
- Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Pediatric medicine -- Medical ethics, clinical ethics, bioethics -- Ethical approaches to clinical issues -- Structure of the book -- Part I Therapeutic misalliances -- 1.1 Unconventional medicine in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Introduction -- The case -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 1.2 Role responsibility in pediatrics: appeasing or transforming parental demands? -- Introduction -- Treating Ericka when the moon turns full -- Unconventional treatment -- Cultural differences -- Method and substance -- Principle and background -- Acknowledgments -- 1.3 Topical discussion -- Alternative or complementary medicine -- Cultural sensitivity -- Ethical principles -- The "case" method -- Further reading -- 2.1 The extremely premature infant at the crossroads -- Case: Baby Girl M -- Follow-up -- 2.2 The extremely premature infant at the crossroads: ethical and legal considerations -- Introduction -- The role of the law -- Baby Girl M at the crossroads -- Toward better decisions -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 2.3 Topical discussion -- The paradoxical neonate -- Acting for the best in the face of uncertainty -- Relation of law and ethics -- Communication and documentation -- Further reading -- 3.1 Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- Introduction -- Case report -- Legal and ethical issues -- Conclusion -- 3.2 Some conceptual and ethical issues in Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- Introduction -- Conceptual issues -- Ethical issues -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- 3.3 Topical discussion -- Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) -- Trust: confidentiality and disclosure -- Covert surveillance: privacy versus care -- Family reunification -- Further reading -- Part II Medical futility -- 4.1 Letting go: a study in pediatric life-and-death decision making -- Introduction -- The case of JM -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- 4.2 Near-drowning, futility, and the limits of shared decision making -- Introduction -- Three models of clinical decision making -- Ethical and legal considerations in shared decision making -- Decision making in context -- A recommended approach -- When family and physician disagree -- Acknowledgments -- 4.3 Topical discussion -- Futility -- Quality of life -- Family authority -- Shared decision making -- Further reading -- 5.1 Long-term ventilation in a child with severe central nervous system impairment -- The case -- Discussion -- 5.2 Autonomy, community, and futility: moral paradigms for the long-term ventilation of a severely impaired child -- Introduction -- Principle-directed and case-based moral reasoning -- Values relevant to ventilating -- Conclusion -- 5.3 Topical discussion -- PVS -- Standards for decision making -- Cost as a factor in ethical decision making -- Methodology and cases -- Further reading --tidtid160
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The Voice of Breast Cancer in Medicine and Bioethics
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40521
edited by Mary C. Rawlinson and Shannon Lundeen.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2006.
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Few diseases have made more difference to our understanding of illness, the relation of the patient to the physician and other health care professionals, and the social context of disease than breast cancer. Breast cancer activism has provided a model of public policy advocacy for women, as well as for sufferers from other diseases, and even in causes unrelated to health. In many ways it has become emblematic of issues in women's health. This volume offers a discursive analysis of breast cancer…
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- Rawlinson, Mary C
- Lundeen, Shannon
- Responsibility
- edited by Mary C. Rawlinson and Shannon Lundeen
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 207 p.)
- Series Vol.
- v. 88
- Series Title
- Philosophy and medicine
- ISBN
- 9781402044779
- 9781402045080 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Breast Neoplasms
- Ethics, Medical
- Philosophy, Medical
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- Few diseases have made more difference to our understanding of illness, the relation of the patient to the physician and other health care professionals, and the social context of disease than breast cancer. Breast cancer activism has provided a model of public policy advocacy for women, as well as for sufferers from other diseases, and even in causes unrelated to health. In many ways it has become emblematic of issues in women's health. This volume offers a discursive analysis of breast cancer. From multiple perspectives--historical, philosophical, psychological, socio-political--these essays explore the competing narratives that have made breast cancer a contested site. It addresses debates about the autonomy of the patient in relation to the authority of the physician, as well as the importance of patient narratives in understanding disease. It analyzes the relation between the community and medical practice, particularly with regard to the effect of breast cancer activists and feminists on the medical understanding and treatment of breast cancer. And, it questions the intersection of medical science with political institutions and agencies of public policy in determining priorities of research and strategies of treatment.
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- INTRODUCTION. Women Finding Their Own Ways to Live with Human Contingency -- DISCOURSES OF BREAST CANCER: WHO SPEAKS FOR BREAST CANCER? -- 1. Personalizing the Political: Negotiating the Feminist, Medical, Scientific, and Commercial Discourses Surrounding Breast Cancer -- 2. Power, Gender, and Pizzazz: The Early Years of Breast Cancer Activism -- 3. Breast Cancer: Dueling Discourses and the Persistence of an Outmoded Paradigm -- 4. Doing Things with Ideas and Affects in the Illness Narratives Of Susan Sontag and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- NARRATIVES OF BREAST CANCER: LIVING WITH DISEASE -- 5. The Breast Cancer Diaries -- 6. Breast Cancer: The Maternal Body Reflected in a Three-way Mirror -- 7. Learn to Love What’s Left : Poems on Breast Cancer -- 8. Death and the Other: Rethinking Authenticity -- BREAST CANCER AS A MODEL IN CLINICAL RESEARCH -- 9. Breast Cancer Research: A Political Cause and Paradigm for Scientific Inquiry -- 10. Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer and Informed Consent: How Women Helped Make Research a Cooperative Venture -- 11. The Role of Psychosocial Research in Understanding and Improving the Experience of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Risk -- BREAST CANCER IN THE CLASSROOM -- 12. Teaching about Breast Cancer and “Common Health” -- 13. Theoretical Considerations on “Reading” the Breast -- 14. Recent Developments in Breast Cancer Research.
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- e-Book
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Problem solving in endodontics : prevention, identification, and management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31586
James L. Gutmann, Paul E. Lovdahl.
(5th ed.)
--Maryland Heights, Mo.:
Elsevier/Mosby
, c2011.
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Problem Solving in Endodontics, 5th Edition, by James L. Gutmann and Paul Lovdahl, offers updated techniques and an evidence-based approach to the most common procedures performed at chairside. Ideal for both endodontists and general dentists, this thoroughly revised reference combines the precision of quality endodontic care with achievable and pain-free outcomes for the patient. Each chapter has been carefully designed so that you'll quickly grasp the anatomy, the instruments needed, and what…
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- Gutmann, James L
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- Lovdahl, Paul E
- Responsibility
- James L. Gutmann, Paul E. Lovdahl
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Maryland Heights, Mo.
- Publisher
- Elsevier/Mosby
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 478 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780323068888 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Dental pulp diseases
- Endodontics - methods
- Root Canal Therapy - methods
- Abstract
- Problem Solving in Endodontics, 5th Edition, by James L. Gutmann and Paul Lovdahl, offers updated techniques and an evidence-based approach to the most common procedures performed at chairside. Ideal for both endodontists and general dentists, this thoroughly revised reference combines the precision of quality endodontic care with achievable and pain-free outcomes for the patient. Each chapter has been carefully designed so that you'll quickly grasp the anatomy, the instruments needed, and what procedures should be performed -- all supplemented by boxed clinical case examples and tips. Going beyond problem solving, it also addresses the major issues in diagnostic, anatomic, restorative, periodontic, traumatic, and surgical aspects of tooth retention. Provides chairside guidance for the endodontic procedures most commonly performed by endodontists and general dentists. Entire text has expanded concepts that are verified in new drawings and clinically relevant cases. Integrates new technologies and materials into every chapter that when applied result in predictable and optimal outcomes. Establishes clear parameters for the retention of teeth. Correlates optimal patient outcomes with an evidence-based approach. Reflects the practical expertise of renowned endodontics authority and past President of the AAE, Dr. James Gutmann, and endodontics specialist, Dr. Paul Lovdahl
- Contents
- Problem solving in the diagnosis of odontogenic pain -- Problem-solving techniques in making radiographic images -- Problem solving in interpretation of dental radiographic images -- Problem solving in the differential diagnosis of bony defects resulting from pulpal and periodontal pathosis -- Problem solving in the diagnosis of treatment failure -- Problem solving in the diagnosis of nonodontogenic pain -- Problem-solving challenges in dentin hypersensitivity and vital pulp therapy -- Problem solving in tooth isolation, access openings, and identification of orifice locations -- Problem solving in working length determination -- Problem-solving clinical techniques in enlarging and shaping the root canal -- Problem solving in cleaning and disinfecting the root canal system -- Problem-solving challenges in root canal obturation -- Problem-solving challenges in compromised roots, root canal systems, and anatomic deviations -- Problem-solving techniques for revision of previous root canal procedures -- Problem solving in the management of painful tooth emergencies -- Problem-solving challenges in periapical surgery -- Problem solving in the management of teeth with subgingival carious and fractured margins including radicular defects -- Problem-solving challenges that require periradicular surgical intervention -- Problem solving in the management of tooth fractures and traumatic tooth injuries -- Problem solving the challenges faced in the restoration of endodontically treated teeth
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Progress in Social Psychiatry in Japan : An Approach to Psychiatric Epidemiology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31208
Yoshibumi Nakane.
--Tokyo:
Springer
, c2012.
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Social psychiatry is a multidisciplinary field that analyzes mechanisms of mental health issues comprehensively to contribute to society using the findings. These findings include biological, psychological, and social aspects and are based on psychiatry and connected with a wide variety of academic fields, including psychology, sociology, law, economics, and religious studies. Epidemiological research in psychiatry is a field of study in patients with psychiatric disorders that investigates ca…
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- Nakane, Yoshibumi
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- Yoshibumi Nakane
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 146 p. : 27 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9784431541035
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
- Community Psychiatry - organization & administration
- Japan
- Mental Disorders - epidemiology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Psychiatry
- Epidemiology
- Public health
- Social Work
- Abstract
- Social psychiatry is a multidisciplinary field that analyzes mechanisms of mental health issues comprehensively to contribute to society using the findings. These findings include biological, psychological, and social aspects and are based on psychiatry and connected with a wide variety of academic fields, including psychology, sociology, law, economics, and religious studies. Epidemiological research in psychiatry is a field of study in patients with psychiatric disorders that investigates causes in order to develop clinical applications of the results, and to create applications to health services plans for individuals and/or communities. Written by a leading authority on social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology who has been residing in Nagasaki for most of his life, and also worked as a head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, it describes not only outstanding epidemiological studies and mental support reports for atomic bomb sufferers but also international collaborative projects on schizophrenia, affective disorders, and common mental disorders. This book provides a valuable resource not only for physicians and researchers in the field of psychiatry and mental health but for all those who work in the field of mental health.
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- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology -- 2. Definition and Historical Review of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology -- 3. The Foundation of Psychiatric Epidemiology Research -- Part II. Findings on Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology in Japan -- 4. Activities of the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center -- 5. Studies on Schizophrenia -- 6. Studies on Affective Disorders -- 7. Studies on Patients with Affective Disorders in General Practice -- 8. Development from Atomic Bomb Diseases to Survivors' Mental Health Support: Findings on Disaster Psychiatry -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography - Index.
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- e-Book
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Evidence-based practice of anesthesiology
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[edited by] Lee A. Fleisher.
(3rd ed.)
--Philadelphia, Pa.:
Elsevier Saunders
, 2013.
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Make informed clinical decisions with reliable, up-to-date guidance from Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesia, 3rd Edition! Leading authority Lee A. Fleisher, MD expertly explores the full range of important issues in perioperative management, discussing the available options, examining the relevant research, and presenting practical recommendations. Make sound, evidence-based decisions on every aspect of patient care: preoperative assessment, monitoring and administration of anesthesia during…
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- Fleisher, Lee A
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- [edited by] Lee A. Fleisher
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Saunders
- Date of Publication
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 585 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781455740383 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Anesthesia
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- Abstract
- Make informed clinical decisions with reliable, up-to-date guidance from Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesia, 3rd Edition! Leading authority Lee A. Fleisher, MD expertly explores the full range of important issues in perioperative management, discussing the available options, examining the relevant research, and presenting practical recommendations. Make sound, evidence-based decisions on every aspect of patient care: preoperative assessment, monitoring and administration of anesthesia during surgery, postoperative intensive care management, and postoperative pain management.Master the current best practices you need to know for day-to-day practice and oral board review.Access the entire text and images online, fully searchable, at www.expertconsult.com.
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- Section I. Introduction -- section II. Preoperative preparation -- section III. Perioperative management -- section IV. Regional anesthesia -- section V. Monitoring -- section VI. Cardiovascular anesthesia -- section VII. Neurosurgical anesthesia -- section VIII. Obstetric anesthesia -- section IX. Pediatric anesthesia -- section X. Pain management
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Community and public health nursing
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33665
edited by David Sines, Sharon Aldridge-Bent, Agnes Fanning ... [et al.].
(5th ed.)
--Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.:
Wiley Blackwell
, c2013.
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"An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing" - Journal of Advanced Nursing. The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes…
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- Sines, David
- Responsibility
- edited by David Sines, Sharon Aldridge-Bent, Agnes Fanning ... [et al.]
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Continues
- Preceded by: Community health care nursing / edited by David Sines, Mary Saunders, Janice Forbes-Burford. 4th ed. 2009
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.
- Publisher
- Wiley Blackwell
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 364 p.
- ISBN
- 9781118426906
- Abstract
- "An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing" - Journal of Advanced Nursing. The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes material on policy developments, research perspectives, health visiting, practice and district nursing, team working, advanced nursing practice, non-medical prescribing, inter-professional practice, and user involvement. New edition of the definitive textbook on community healthcare nursing; Covers learning disability nursing, caring for patients with mental health conditions, and community children’s nursing and school nursing; Written by experts in the field – providing authority and insight; Thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date with the latest policy guidelines. Community and Public Health Nursing is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced practitioners, and for all healthcare professionals who work in the primary care and community setting, including practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.
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- The context of primary healthcare nursing -- Community development and building capacity -- Multi-sector working and self-management in community health care -- Moving care closer to home -- Evidence-based practice and translational research applied to primary health care -- Integrating the children's public health workforce -- Community children's nursing -- Public health nursing (adult) : a vision for community nurses -- Caring for the adult in the home setting -- General practice nursing in context -- Occupational health nursing -- Caring for the person with mental health needs in the community -- Caring for the person with learning disabilities in the community -- Leadership : measuring the effectiveness of care delivery -- Social innovation and enterprise -- Adult vulnerability in the community -- End-of-life care -- Interprofessional learning and teaching for collaborative practice community -- User involvement, self-management, and compliance.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Change leadership : the Kotter collection
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33160
John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen.
--Boston, MA:
Harvard Business Review Press
, 2014.
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This impressive collection features the best works by John P. Kotter, known worldwide as the authority on leadership and change. Curated by Harvard Business Review, the longtime publisher of some of Kotter’s most important ideas, the Change Leadership set features full digital editions of the author’s classic books, including bestsellers Leading Change, The Heart of Change, and A Sense of Urgency, as well as “What Leaders Really Do” and his newly published book Accelerate, which is based on the…
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- Kotter, John P
- Other Authors
- Cohen, Dan S
- Responsibility
- John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Harvard Business Review Press
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781625277909
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Organizational Innovation
- Strategic Planning
- Management
- Abstract
- This impressive collection features the best works by John P. Kotter, known worldwide as the authority on leadership and change. Curated by Harvard Business Review, the longtime publisher of some of Kotter’s most important ideas, the Change Leadership set features full digital editions of the author’s classic books, including bestsellers Leading Change, The Heart of Change, and A Sense of Urgency, as well as “What Leaders Really Do” and his newly published book Accelerate, which is based on the award-winning article of the same name that appeared in Harvard Business Review in late 2013. Kotter’s books and ideas have guided and inspired leaders at all levels. He is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at Harvard Business School, an award-winning business and management thought leader, a successful entrepreneur, and an inspirational speaker. His ideas have helped to mobilize people around the world to better lead organizations, and their own lives, in an era of increasingly rapid change.
- Contents
- 5 Books: Accelerate -- Leading Change -- The Heart of Change -- A Sense of Urgency -- What Leaders Really Do.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Ultrasound-guided liver surgery : an atlas
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33327
Guido Torzilli, editor.
--Milan:
Springer
, c2014.
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Ultrasound guidance of liver surgery is a very sophisticated approach that permits the performance of otherwise unfeasible operations, discloses the true extent of tumors, increases the indications for hepatectomy, and renders surgery safer. Despite this, it has remained relatively neglected in the literature over the past two decades, during which time much progress has been achieved. This is the first atlas on the subject, and it is comprehensive in scope. The state of the art in the use of u…
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- Torzilli, Guido
- Responsibility
- Guido Torzilli, editor
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)
- ISBN
- 9788847055100 (electronic bk.)
- 9788847055094
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Liver Transplantation - methods
- Liver - surgery
- Liver - diagnostic imaging
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Ultrasonography - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Liver - Surgery - Atlases
- Operative ultrasonography - Atlases
- Liver - Surgery
- Operative ultrasonography
- Abstract
- Ultrasound guidance of liver surgery is a very sophisticated approach that permits the performance of otherwise unfeasible operations, discloses the true extent of tumors, increases the indications for hepatectomy, and renders surgery safer. Despite this, it has remained relatively neglected in the literature over the past two decades, during which time much progress has been achieved. This is the first atlas on the subject, and it is comprehensive in scope. The state of the art in the use of ultrasound for resection guidance is carefully documented, and new techniques for exploration of the biliary tract and facilitation of transplant surgery are presented. Further important topics include the role of ultrasound in laparoscopic approaches, the use of contrast agents for diagnosis and staging, and developments in the planning of surgical strategy. The editor is a leading authority whose group has been responsible for a variety of advances in the field. He has brought together other experts whose aim throughout is to provide clear information and guidance on the optimal use of ultrasound when performing liver surgery. This atlas is intended especially for hepatobiliary surgeons but will also be of considerable value for general surgeons.
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- Part I. Introductory aspects -- 1. Technological requirements for ultrasound-guided liver surgery -- 2. Technical tricks to start exploring the liver with ultrasound -- 3. Exploring the liver with ultrasound following its anatomical features -- Part II. Diagnosis and Staging -- 4. Diagnosis and staging: intraoperative ultrasound -- 5. Diagnosis and staging: contrast enhanced intraoperative ultrasound (CEIOUS) using intravascular contrast agents -- 6. Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasound using liver-specific contrast agents -- Part III. Hepatobiliary Surgery -- 7. Planning of the surgical strategy -- 8. Resection guidance -- 9. Intraoperative cholangio ultrasound in the study of the biliary tree -- Part IV. Liver Transplantation -- 10. Liver transplantation from deceased donors -- 11. Liver transplantation from living donors -- Part V. Minimally Invasive Surgery and Interventional Procedures -- 12. Laparoscopic ultrasonography: impact in liver surgery -- 13. Ultrasound-guided intraoperative ablation therapies -- 14. Robotic ultrasound-guided liver resections -- 15. Trends and future prospects in the use of ultrasound in liver surgery.
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- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Atlas
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- Online
The FDA for Doctors
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39622
William H. Eaglstein.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2014.
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This book explains the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an institution and provides understanding of its nomenclature, societal role, policies, goals and challenges. While many readers will have some knowledge of the FDA, few have an appreciation of the many specific areas of FDA authority. For example, how many realize that the US is one of only two countries which allow direct-to-consumer drug advertising, which is regulated by FDA? Or that FDA itself advertises to try to prevent young p…
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- Eaglstein, William H
- Responsibility
- William H. Eaglstein
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 97 p. : 1 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319083629
- 9783319083612 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biological Products - standards
- Device Approval
- Drug Approval
- Government Regulation
- United States Government Agencies
- Other Subjects
- United States. Food and Drug Administration
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book explains the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an institution and provides understanding of its nomenclature, societal role, policies, goals and challenges. While many readers will have some knowledge of the FDA, few have an appreciation of the many specific areas of FDA authority. For example, how many realize that the US is one of only two countries which allow direct-to-consumer drug advertising, which is regulated by FDA? Or that FDA itself advertises to try to prevent young people from smoking cigarettes, and that all proprietary drug names must be approved by FDA? How many doctors or other readers are familiar with the formal definition distinguishing drugs from devices and the importance this has for development costs and for our knowledge about the ultimate products? How many know how much nutritional supplements are regulated by FDA? The FDA for Doctors is not for those looking for detailed instruction on dealing with the FDA or its operations. Rather, it is written by a doctor with doctors in mind, with the hope that the information in this book will make physicians, and other readers, more thoughtful and insightful, especially with regards to therapeutics and the many broad societal issues underlying FDA's activities. With over 40 years of experience as a clinical investigator in many trials done for FDA registration, the author has been a member of and chaired an FDA advisory committee, and has been a consultant to several divisions of the FDA. He has also had the opportunity to serve on the U.S. Senate Labor Committee, helping with its FDA oversight activities. In addition to a long academic medical career the author has been a consultant to and a full time employee of drug and device companies.
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- 1. Doctors and the FDA -- 2. What Are Drugs? -- 3. What Are Devices? -- 4. What Are Biologics, Biological Products and Biological Drugs? -- 5. What Are Combination Products -- 6. What Are Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals? -- 7. What Are Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals? -- 8. What Is the FDA and What Does It Do? -- 9. Foods, Doctors and the FDA -- 10. The FDA Approval Process and Drug Development -- 11. The New Drug Application (NDA), the Investigative New Drug Exemption (IND) and the General Drug Approval Pathway -- 12. FDA and Tobacco Products -- 13. FDA Advisory Committees -- 14. FDA, Labels and Labeling for Medical Products -- 15. FDA and Product Names -- 16. FDA and Promotion and Advertising -- 17. Off-Label Use -- 18. Additional Drug Approval Pathways and Expanded Access (Treatment INDs); and Personal Importation of Unapproved Drugs -- 1.9 FDA Exclusivity and Patents -- 20. Adverse Event Reporting, Pharmacovigilance and FDA -- 21. FDA Rule Making and Guidances -- 22. Enforcement and Warning Letters -- 23. The FDA, Politics and Criticism -- 24. Brief History of the FDA.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Reasoning and Public Health: New Ways of Coping with Uncertainty
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39210
Louise Cummings.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book argues that in order to be truly effective, public health must embrace a group of reasoning strategies that have traditionally been characterized as informal fallacies. It will be demonstrated that these strategies can facilitate judgements about complex public health issues in contexts of uncertainty. The book explains how scientists and lay people routinely resort to the use of these strategies during consideration of public health problems. Although these strategies are not deducti…
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- Cummings, Louise
- Responsibility
- Louise Cummings
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 242 p. : 15 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319150130
- 9783319150123 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude to Health
- Logic
- Public Health
- Public Opinion
- Science
- Uncertainty
- Abstract
- This book argues that in order to be truly effective, public health must embrace a group of reasoning strategies that have traditionally been characterized as informal fallacies. It will be demonstrated that these strategies can facilitate judgements about complex public health issues in contexts of uncertainty. The book explains how scientists and lay people routinely resort to the use of these strategies during consideration of public health problems. Although these strategies are not deductively valid, they are nevertheless rationally warranted procedures. Public health professionals must have a sound understanding of these cognitive strategies in order to engage the public and achieve their public health goals. The book draws upon public health issues as wide ranging as infectious diseases, food safety and the potential impact on human health of new technologies. It examines reasoning in the context of these issues within a large-scale, questionnaire-based survey of nearly 900 members of the public in the UK. In addition, several philosophical themes run throughout the book, including the nature of uncertainty, scientific knowledge and inquiry. The complexity of many public health problems demands an approach to reasoning that cannot be accommodated satisfactorily within a general thinking skills framework. This book shows that by developing an awareness of these reasoning strategies, scientists and members of the public can have a more productive engagement with public health problems.
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- 1. The Challenge for Public Health -- 2. Philosophy and Public Health -- 3. Argument from Ignorance -- 4. Argument from Authority -- 5. Argument from Analogy -- 6. Circular Argument -- 7. Fallacies in Public Health -- 8. Theory of Public Health Reasoning -- Appendices.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center : A Practical Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39374
Jeffrey L. Houpt, Roderick W Gilkey, Susan H. Ehringhaus.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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- Online
This compelling title is a comprehensive, practical guide for current and aspiring leaders in academic medical centers (AMC). Offering both a broad overview of the dynamics of the AMC and a detailed "how-to" set of instructions for the wide-ranging situations that demand skilled leadership, this expertly designed volume is filled with meaningful examples and insights. Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center: A Practical Guide consists of five parts. The first three sections are narrativ…
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- Author
- Houpt, Jeffrey L
- Other Authors
- Gilkey, Roderick W
- Ehringhaus, Susan H
- Responsibility
- Jeffrey L. Houpt, Roderick W Gilkey, Susan H. Ehringhaus
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 219 p. : 1 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319212609
- 9783319212593 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Academic Medical Centers - organization & administration
- Leadership
- Abstract
- This compelling title is a comprehensive, practical guide for current and aspiring leaders in academic medical centers (AMC). Offering both a broad overview of the dynamics of the AMC and a detailed "how-to" set of instructions for the wide-ranging situations that demand skilled leadership, this expertly designed volume is filled with meaningful examples and insights. Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center: A Practical Guide consists of five parts. The first three sections are narrative and intended to help the reader become a better leader. The first section looks at the AMC as a social system and emphasizes an understanding of group dynamics. The second section discusses the critical role of personality, while the third covers all the necessary leadership skill sets such as negotiation, persuasion, conflict resolution, running a meeting, and so on. The fourth section is a fascinating series of case vignettes to solve based on the material that preceded it. The final section provides a set of highly instructional solutions to those cases. An indispensable reference authored by three highly accomplished leaders in the field, Learning to Lead in the Academic Medical Center: A Practical Guide will be of great interest to all physicians and trainees who seek a comprehensive yet handy resource on the need-to-know basics of success in the AMC environment.
- Contents
- Part I. The Academic Medical Center (AMC): How It Really Works -- 1. The AMC: the Formal and Informal Organization -- 2. Culture Is King -- 3. Authority is Earned, not Bestowed -- Part II. The Role of Personality -- 4. Personality Traits and Leadership -- 5.Managing Personality Disorders in the Workplace -- 6.The Importance of Emotional Intelligence -- Part III. Essential Skills -- 7. Getting Started the Right Way -- 8. Negotiation -- 9. Recruitment: Negotiation in Action -- 10. Conflict Resolution: Making Friends with Conflict -- 11. Mastering the Art of Persuasion -- 12. Running a Meeting -- 13. Making Good Decisions -- 14. Stimulating Change without Enduring a Coup -- 15. A Final Word to Applicants and Search Committees: Picking the Right People for Leadership Roles the First Time -- Part IV. Cases For Discussion -- 16. Strategic Planning/Outside Consultants: Power and Authority, Vertical Hierarchies, and the Informal Organization -- 17. Dr. Newby: Change, Getting Started, and Your Baby Is Ugly -- 18. Dr. Worksalot: Personality and Getting Started -- 19. Negotiating for a Center Director -- 20. Dr. Un Settled: Negotiation and Middle Age Dysphoria -- 21. Dr. Green, Conflict Resolution, and Managing Up and Down -- 22. Drs. Rich and Pure: Conflict of Interest and Creating School Wide Policies -- 23. Budget Cuts and Managing Bad News and Incentivizing Faculty -- 24. A "No Brainer": Dr. Virtue Comes to State University Medical Center -- Part V. Teaching Materials -- 25. Strategic Planning/Outside Consultants: Power and Authority, Vertical Hierarchies, and the Informal Organization -- 26. Dr. Newby: Change, Getting Started, and Your Baby Is Ugly -- 27. Dr. Worksalot: Personality and Getting Started -- 28. Negotiating for a Center Director -- 29. Dr. Unsettled: Negotiation and Middle Age Dysphoria -- 30. Dr. Green, Conflict Resolution, and Managing Up and Down -- 31. Drs. Rich and Pure: Conflict of Interest and Creating School Wide Policies -- 32. Budget Cuts and Managing Bad News and Incentivizing Faculty -- 33. A "No Brainer": Dr. Virtue Comes to State University Medical Center -- Appendix A: Developmental Steps -- Appendix B: Questions on Interpersonal and Management Skills -- Appendix C: Annotated Bibliography.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Avant et après une cardioversion
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35776
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Cardiology.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2016.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1726
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
La cardioversion est utilisée pour traiter les problèmes de rythme cardiaque. Durant une cardioversion, une décharge électrique est donnée à votre cœur. Le présent livret traite de la préparation à l’intervention, de la manière dont elle est faite et de la récupération. Pour vous rendre plus à l’aise, détendu et somnolent, un médicament vous sera administré avant l’intervention. Celui-ci restera dans votre corps durant 24 heures. Pendant ce temps, vous ne pouvez pas conduire, signer des documen…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Cardiology
- Alternate Title
- Before and after your cardioversion
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (9 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Electric Countershock
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Electric countershock
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular System
- Abstract
- La cardioversion est utilisée pour traiter les problèmes de rythme cardiaque. Durant une cardioversion, une décharge électrique est donnée à votre cœur. Le présent livret traite de la préparation à l’intervention, de la manière dont elle est faite et de la récupération. Pour vous rendre plus à l’aise, détendu et somnolent, un médicament vous sera administré avant l’intervention. Celui-ci restera dans votre corps durant 24 heures. Pendant ce temps, vous ne pouvez pas conduire, signer des documents juridiques ou boire de l’alcool.
- This is a French translation of the English pamphlet 0393, “Before and After Your Cardioversion”. Cardioversion is used to treat heart rhythm problems. During a cardioversion, an electrical shock is given to your heart. Getting ready for the procedure, how the procedure is done, and recovery are outlined. Before the procedure, you will be given a medicine to make you comfortable, relaxed, and sleepy. It will be in your body for 24 hours. During this time, you should not drive, sign legal documents, or drink any alcohol.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Cardiology
- Pamphlet Number
- 1726
Angioplastie des artères de jambe (intervention par ballonnet)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35851
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Vascular Surgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2016.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1791
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
L’angioplastie des artères de jambe est effectuée pour ouvrir des artères bloquées dans les jambes. Elle peut être effectuée pour retarder ou vous éviter un pontage (chirurgie aidant le sang à contourner un blocage). Le présent dépliant explique quand une angioplastie est effectuée, les étapes de l’intervention, ce qu’est une endoprothèse (un « stent »), les risques de l’angioplastie, les façons de s’y préparer et le rétablissement après l’intervention. ; This pamphlet is a French translation o…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Vascular Surgery
- Alternate Title
- Angioplasty of the legs (balloon procedure)
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Angioplasty, Balloon
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Transluminal angioplasty
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular System
- Abstract
- L’angioplastie des artères de jambe est effectuée pour ouvrir des artères bloquées dans les jambes. Elle peut être effectuée pour retarder ou vous éviter un pontage (chirurgie aidant le sang à contourner un blocage). Le présent dépliant explique quand une angioplastie est effectuée, les étapes de l’intervention, ce qu’est une endoprothèse (un « stent »), les risques de l’angioplastie, les façons de s’y préparer et le rétablissement après l’intervention.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Angioplasty of the Legs (Balloon Procedure)" pamphlet 1296. Angioplasty of the legs is done to open blocked arteries in the leg. It may be done to delay or stop you from having bypass surgery (surgery to help blood get around a blockage). This pamphlet explains: when angioplasty is done, steps of the procedure, what a stent is, risks, how to prepare for surgery and what recovery will be like after surgery.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Bonnie Heckel CNS, Vascular Surgery & Jackie Frew CNE, Central Zone
- Pamphlet Number
- 1791
Prévention des plaies de pression
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35854
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Wound Care Committee.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2016.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1795
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Le présent dépliant explique comment vous et votre équipe de soins de santé pouvez prévenir les plaies de pression. Il explique aussi ce que sont les plaies de pression, ce qui les cause, ce qui augmente votre risque d’en avoir et ce que vous pouvez faire pour les prévenir. ; This pamphlet is a French translation of "Pressure Injury (Ulcer) Prevention" pamphlet 1582. This pamphlet outlines how you and your healthcare team can prevent pressure injuries. It also explains what pressure injuries ar…
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- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Wound Care Committee
- Alternate Title
- Pressure injury (ulcer) prevention
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.): digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pressure Ulcer
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Bedsores
- Abstract
- Le présent dépliant explique comment vous et votre équipe de soins de santé pouvez prévenir les plaies de pression. Il explique aussi ce que sont les plaies de pression, ce qui les cause, ce qui augmente votre risque d’en avoir et ce que vous pouvez faire pour les prévenir.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Pressure Injury (Ulcer) Prevention" pamphlet 1582. This pamphlet outlines how you and your healthcare team can prevent pressure injuries. It also explains what pressure injuries are, what causes them, what makes you more at risk, and what you can do to prevent them.
- Notes
- Previous title: Pressure ulcer (bed sore) prevention
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: NSHA Wound Care Committee
- Pamphlet Number
- 1795
Information for Patients with an Abnormal Lung X-ray
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37369
Nova Scotia Health. Cancer Care Program.
[Halifax, NS]:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2016.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0049
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet goes over what tests or treatment could follow after an abnormal result from an X-ray or CT scan.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health. Cancer Care Program
- Place of Publication
- [Halifax, NS]
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (11 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Lung - diagnostic imaging
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Cancer--Diagnosis
- Lungs--Radiography
- Specialty
- Diagnosis
- Respiratory System
- Abstract
- This pamphlet goes over what tests or treatment could follow after an abnormal result from an X-ray or CT scan.
- Notes
- Some of the materials in this resource were adapted with permission from: Understanding Lung Cancer, Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, 2014.
- Responsibility
- reviewed by Thoracic Cancer Site Team, Nova Scotia Health Authority ; approved by Nova Scotia Cancer Patient Education Committee
- Pamphlet Number
- 0049
Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40205
Joseph Varon.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The latest edition of this handbook is a concise yet comprehensive guide for attending physicians, fellows, residents, and students who cover the ICU. The chapters follow an outline format and are divided by organ system, including neurologic disorders and cardiovascular disorders, and special topics, such as environmental disorders, trauma, and toxicology. The handbook includes thoroughly updated chapters from the previous edition, alongside completely new material. Written by an authority in …
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- Author
- Varon, Joseph
- Responsibility
- Joseph Varon
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 470 p. : 28 illus., 4 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319316055
- 9783319316031 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods
- Emergency Treatment - methods
- Abstract
- The latest edition of this handbook is a concise yet comprehensive guide for attending physicians, fellows, residents, and students who cover the ICU. The chapters follow an outline format and are divided by organ system, including neurologic disorders and cardiovascular disorders, and special topics, such as environmental disorders, trauma, and toxicology. The handbook includes thoroughly updated chapters from the previous edition, alongside completely new material. Written by an authority in the field, the Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine, Third Edition is a valuable one-stop reference for every practitioner engaged in Critical Care Medicine across the world.
- Contents
- Approach to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) -- The Basics of Critical Care -- Cardiovascular Disorders -- Endocrinologic Disorders -- Environmental Disorders -- Gastrointestinal Disorders -- Hematologic Disorders -- Infectious Diseases -- Neurologic Disorders -- Nutrition -- Critical Care Oncology -- Critical Care of the Pregnant Patient -- Pulmonary Disorders -- Renal and Fluid-Electrolyte Disorders -- Special Techniques -- Toxicology -- Trauma -- Allergic and Immunologic Emergencies -- Pharmacologic Agents Commonly Used in the ICU -- Common Laboratory Values in the ICU.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Introduction to Advanced Nursing Practice : An International Focus
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40215
Madrean Schober.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Prepared under the auspices of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), this book provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly emerging field of advanced nursing practice. This volume addresses central issues in the role and practice development that are fundamental to defining and differentiating the nature of this field. Topics include defining the role, role characteristics, scope of practice, education, regulation and research. Obstacles to and facilitators of the role are addressed a…
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- Author
- Schober, Madrean
- Other Authors
- International Council of Nurses
- Responsibility
- Madrean Schober
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 166 p. : 8 illus.)
- Series Title
- Advanced practice in nursing
- ISBN
- 9783319322049
- 9783319322032 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Leadership
- Nurse's Role
- Transcultural Nursing
- Abstract
- Prepared under the auspices of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), this book provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly emerging field of advanced nursing practice. This volume addresses central issues in the role and practice development that are fundamental to defining and differentiating the nature of this field. Topics include defining the role, role characteristics, scope of practice, education, regulation and research. Obstacles to and facilitators of the role are addressed and include ethical questions arising in the context of practice development. With an international focus, this volume examines international developments in the field, as reflected in country-specific case studies and examples. It offers a valuable resource for advanced practice nurses, educators, administrators at healthcare institutions and healthcare planners.
- Contents
- 1. Overview of Advanced Nursing Practice -- 1.1 Definition and profile of the role -- 2. A Growing Presence -- 2.1 Incentives and motivators for interest in the role -- 2.2 Patterns of development -- 2.2.1 Launching an ANP initiative -- 2.2.2 Nursing education as the origin -- 2.2.3 Legislation and Policy as the beginning -- 2.3 A global overview -- 2.3.1 Country examples -- 2.3.2 Organisational interest -- 2.3.2.1 ICN -- 2.3.2.2 WHO -- 3. Nature of Practice -- 3.1 Titles -- 3.2 Role Characteristics -- 3.3 Scope of Practice -- 3.4 Controversial and debatable issues -- 3.4.1 Prescriptive authority -- 3.5 Competencies and practice settings -- 3.5.1 Advanced tasks versus advanced critical thinking -- 3.5.2 Task reallocation within the healthcare workforce -- 4. Education -- 4.1 Curriculum design -- 4.1.1 Teaching methods -- 4.1.2 eLearning -- 4.1.3 Flexibility adapted to context -- 4.2 Programme planning -- 4.2.1 Entry criteria for students -- 4.2.1.1 Self selection -- 4.2.1.2 External/Institutional selection -- 4.2.2 Collaborative and complimentary faculty/staff -- 4.2.2.1 Nursing, medicine, other professionals -- 4.2.3 Clinical supervision and clinical sites for experience -- 4.3 Competency statements and core competencies -- 4.3.1 Developing competence -- 4.3.2 Mentors and preceptors -- 4.3.3 Clinical experience/sites -- 5 Role and practice development -- 5.1 Introducing the role and function -- 5.2 Interconnectedness -- 5.2.1 Among institutions -- 5.2.2 Among other settings -- 5.2.3 Between other healthcare professionals -- 5.3 Role support -- 5.4 Situational ethics -- 6. Regulation -- 6.1 Regulatory/legislative frameworks and models -- 6.2 Credentialing -- 6.3 Certification and licensure -- 7. Challenges: obstacles and facilitators -- 7.1 Interprofessional conflict -- 7.1.1 Nursing -- 7.1.2 Medicine -- 7.2 Identifying APN function in the healthcare workforce -- 7.3 Public Acceptance -- 8 Evaluation and assessment -- 8.1 Career pathways -- 8.1.1 Performance review -- 8.2 Adaptation of the role -- 8.3 Continuing education -- 9. Research -- 9.1 Evidence based practice -- 9.1.1 Joanna Briggs Model -- 9.2 Conduct of and participation in research -- 10. Future Outlook.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology : An Evolutionary Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40237
Michael Hoffmann.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This ground breaking title presents the many different neurologic syndromes and vastly expanding data in the brain sciences from an evolutionary, or neuro-archeological, perspective, as well as a clinical one. The neuro-archeological perspective offers a more thorough picture of the field--providing hindsight that leads to great insight and foresight. It thus provides the reader with the core foundational aspects of many perplexing neurologic syndromes. Authored by a noted authority in cognitiv…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Hoffmann, Michael
- Responsibility
- Michael Hoffmann
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 326 p. : 199 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319331812
- 9783319331799 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biological Evolution
- Brain Diseases - complications
- Cognition Disorders - etiology
- Cognition - physiology
- Mental Disorders - etiology
- Neurobehavioral Manifestations
- Abstract
- This ground breaking title presents the many different neurologic syndromes and vastly expanding data in the brain sciences from an evolutionary, or neuro-archeological, perspective, as well as a clinical one. The neuro-archeological perspective offers a more thorough picture of the field--providing hindsight that leads to great insight and foresight. It thus provides the reader with the core foundational aspects of many perplexing neurologic syndromes. Authored by a noted authority in cognitive neurology and including ample tables, diagrams and images, the book covers the full range of behavioral neurological, psychological and neuropsychiatric syndromes, as well as their underlying disease states, relevant neuropsychological tests and contemporary neuroimaging, both structural and functional. The evolutionary approach offers a comprehensive, novel, and completely updated overview of each topic. An invaluable title unlike any other in the field, Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology: An Evolutionary Perspective is a landmark resource and will be of great interest to neurologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and trainees in all fields.
- Contents
- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cognitive Archeology, Cognitive Neurology, and the Unraveling of the Connectome: Divulging Brain Function from Fractured Skulls and Fractured Minds -- 3 Neurochemistry -- 4 Vision: Elementary and Complex Visual Processing -- 5 Temporal Lobe Syndromes -- 6 Memory Syndromes -- 7 Left Hemisphere Syndromes: Apraxias -- 8 Parietal Lobe Syndromes -- 9 Right Hemisphere Syndromes -- 10 Language, Aphasias, and Related Disorders -- 11 Acquired Cultural Circuits -- 12 Frontal System Syndromes -- 13 Neuroimaging and Treatments Perspectives.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis : Advances in Diagnostic Tools and Disease Management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40394
Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Tokyo:
Springer Japan
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
From epidemiology and pathogenesis to disease management, this book reviews our current understanding of and provides up-to-date information of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). A subtype of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (IIP), IPF is one of the most elusive and intractable respiratory disease to date and its triggering factors remain unclear. However, new developments such as serum markers that are highly specific to IPF (i.e. KL-6, SP-A, and SP-D), the establishment of systematic diag…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Nakamura, Hiroyuki
- Aoshiba, Kazutetsu
- Responsibility
- Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 259 p. : 96 illus., 30 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9784431555827
- 9784431555810 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- From epidemiology and pathogenesis to disease management, this book reviews our current understanding of and provides up-to-date information of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). A subtype of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (IIP), IPF is one of the most elusive and intractable respiratory disease to date and its triggering factors remain unclear. However, new developments such as serum markers that are highly specific to IPF (i.e. KL-6, SP-A, and SP-D), the establishment of systematic diagnostic imaging (HRCT) and accumulated reports of treatment using an antifibrotic agent (pirfenidone) are slowly improving our understanding of the disease. Edited by an established authority in the field and written by experts, this book will be valuable to not only to beginning learners but also to physicians, instructors and researchers whose work involves IIPs. With each chapter exploring critical questions, with unresolved issues and future prospects, the book offers a valuable resource for understanding issues such as the newly proposed entity of interstitial pneumonia with emphysema (combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: CPFE) and the mechanism of how so many IIP sufferers develop lung cancer.
- Contents
- Part I. Definition, Epidemiology, and Pathogenesis -- 1. Definition of IPF -- 2. Epidemiology and Risk Factors of IPF -- 3. Acute Exacerbation of IPF -- 4. Pathogenesis of IPF -- Part II. Diagnosis -- .5 Specific Serum Markers of IPF -- 6. High-Resolution Computed Tomography of Honeycombing and IPF/UIP -- 7. Pathology of IPF -- 8. Differential Diagnosis of IPF -- Part III. Management and Prognosis -- 9. Pharmacotherapy of IPF Using Antifibrotic Compounds -- 10. Pharmacotherapy of IPF (Corticosteroids, Immunosuppressants, Etc.) -- 11. Non-pharmacological Therapy for IPF -- 12. Pharmacotherapy of Acute Exacerbation of IPF (Corticosteroids, Immunosuppressants, and Direct Hemoperfusion with Polymyxin) -- Part IV. Topics -- 13. Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema (CPFE) -- 14. Common Pathways in IPF and Lung Cancer -- 15. Acute Exacerbation of Interstitial Pneumonia After Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Stereotactic biopsy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34172
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Division of Neurosurgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2017.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0059
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Sterotactic surgery is used to diagnose or treat several types of brain-related conditions, such as movement disorders, pain syndromes, and brain tumours/tumors. A biopsy is when a small sample of tissue is taken. A pathologist (a doctor who diagnoses changes in body tissues or fluids) will look at the tissue sample and make a diagnosis. What to expect before, during, and after surgery are stated.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Division of Neurosurgery
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Stereotaxic Techniques
- Neurosurgery - methods
- Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Stereotaxic techniques
- Brain--Surgery
- Brain--Tumors--Diagnosis
- Abstract
- Sterotactic surgery is used to diagnose or treat several types of brain-related conditions, such as movement disorders, pain syndromes, and brain tumours/tumors. A biopsy is when a small sample of tissue is taken. A pathologist (a doctor who diagnoses changes in body tissues or fluids) will look at the tissue sample and make a diagnosis. What to expect before, during, and after surgery are stated.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Division of Neurosurgery
- Pamphlet Number
- 0059
