Allied Health Books

New and Published Books

1. Mindfulness-Related Treatments and Addiction Recovery

   Edited by Marianne Marcus, Aleksandra Zgierska

   While mindfulness meditation has been used in clinical settings as an adjunctive treatment for substance use disorders for some time, there has been limited empirical evidence to support this practice. Mindfulness-Related Treatments and Addiction Recovery bridges this gap by reporting the findings...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Speech and Language Therapy

   The decision-making process when working with children, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Myra Kersner, Jannet Wright

   Now in its second edition, Speech and Language Therapy: the decision-making process when working with children reveals how recent research and changes in health and education services have affected the decision-making process in the assessment and management of children with speech and language...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Scientific Basis of Healthcare

   Asthma

   Edited by Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy

   Healthcare has been transformed from a “this is what you do” concept to a profession that has a significant educational and scientific basis with an ethos of evidence-based material. The healthcare professional is now more educated, very often to the degree and masters level. Concomitantly,...

   Published January 17th 2012 by Science Publishers
4. Scientific Basis of Healthcare

   Arthritis

   Edited by Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy

   Healthcare has been transformed from a “this is what you do” concept to a profession that has a significant educational and scientific basis with an ethos of evidence-based material. The demand for comprehensive and focused evidenced-based text and scientific literature covering single areas...

   Published January 17th 2012 by Science Publishers
5. Scientific Basis of Healthcare

   Angina

   Edited by Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy

   Practice and Procedures are continually changing with a corresponding improvement in healthcare. Concomitantly, the demand for comprehensive and focused evidenced-based text and scientific literature covering single areas of nursing and healthcare science or treatment has also increased. The volume...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Science Publishers
6. Scientific Basis of Healthcare

   AIDS & Pregnancy

   Edited by Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy

   This volume on AIDS & Pregnancy covers prenatal assistance, antenatal care and screening, treatment for low lymphocyte count, antiretroviral regimes for prevention of transmission to child, adverse effects of antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy, awareness of HIV on pregnancy, occupational...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Science Publishers
7. Handbook of Health Psychology

   Second Edition

   Edited by Andrew Baum, Tracey A. Revenson, Jerome Singer

   Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness. Many chapters review the latest theories and research while others illustrate how research is translated into...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Psychology Press
8. Global Health Governance

   By Sophie Harman

   Series: Global Institutions

   In the light of scares about potential pandemics such as swine fever and avian flu, the issue of global health and its governance is of increasing concern to scholars and practitioners of medicine, public health, social work, and international politics alike. Providing a concise and informative...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
9. Health Economics

   An Industrial Organization Perspective

   By Xavier Martinez-Giralt, Pedro Barros

   Research in Health Economics has developed into a separate discipline during the last 25 years. All this intense research activity has come about through the teaching of courses on health economics, mostly at graduate level. However, the Industrial Organization aspects of the health care...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
10. Advanced Practice in Healthcare

    Skills for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

    Edited by Carol Cox, Marie Hill, Victoria Lack

    Advanced Practice in Healthcare outlines the key components of advanced practice in which healthcare professionals are engaged. With a clear skills focus, it explores issues critical to providing effective enhanced care to patients whilst managing and negotiating the complexities of the healthcare...

    Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge