Primary Health Care & Family Practice Books

New and Published Books

1. Introduction to Clinical Nutrition, Third Edition

   By Vishwanath Sardesai

   Dietary factors have been implicated in at least four of the ten leading causes of death in the U.S. (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke). Nevertheless, physicians frequently receive inadequate training in nutrition to properly counsel their patients. Introduction to Clinical Nutrition,...

   Published October 10th 2011 by CRC Press
2. International Perspectives on Public Health and Palliative Care

   Edited by Libby Sallnow, Suresh Kumar, Allan Kellehear

   Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

   Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance. This innovative volume explores the major concepts, practice examples, and practice guidelines for this new approach. The goal of ‘comprehensive care’ – seamless support for patients as they...

   Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge
3. Exercise and Chronic Disease

   An Evidence-Based Approach

   Edited by John Saxton

   It is now widely accepted that there are important links between inactivity and lifestyle-related chronic diseases, and that exercise can bring tangible therapeutic benefits to people with long-term chronic conditions. Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach offers the most...

   Published March 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 1

   Regulating Mechanisms of Chemical Sensitivity

   By William J. Rea, Kalpana Patel

   The clinical approaches to the chronic degenerative diseases that drain our resources, and compromise our well-being, have become almost exclusively symptom-focused. The common wisdom is that they are idiopathic with final outcomes to be managed rather than prevented or cured. That they are...

   Published June 17th 2010 by CRC Press
5. Physical Activity and Health

   The Evidence Explained, 2nd Edition

   By Adrianne E. Hardman, David J. Stensel

   Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationships between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the benefits of exercise in the prevention and treatment of a wide range of important conditions. Now in a fully updated and revised edition,...

   Published May 17th 2009 by Routledge
6. Managing Long-term Conditions and Chronic Illness in Primary Care

   A Guide to Good Practice

   By Judith Carrier

   Effective management of long-term conditions is an important aspect of contemporary nursing policy and practice. Systematic and evidence-based care which takes account of the expert patient and reduces unnecessary hospital admissions is vital to support those with long-term conditions/chronic...

   Published February 16th 2009 by Routledge
7. Food and Nutrients in Disease Management

   Edited by Ingrid Kohlstadt

   Food and nutrients are the original medicine and the shoulders on which modern medicine stands. But in recent decades, food and medicine have taken divergent paths and the natural healing properties of food have been diminished in the wake of modern technical progress. With contributions from...

   Published February 1st 2009 by CRC Press
8. Psychiatry in Medical Practice

   3rd Edition

   By Prof David Goldberg, Linda Gask, Richard Morriss

   This fully updated third edition of Psychiatry in Medical Practice takes into account major changes in medical education since 1994. New sections provide information on problem-based learning and observed structured clinical examinations. Divided into four sections, this book covers:...

   Published March 30th 2008 by Routledge
9. The Dream Experience

   A Systematic Exploration

   By Milton Kramer

   The Dream Experience provides the mental health professional with a systematic scientific basis for understanding the dream as a psychological event. Milton Kramer’s extensive research, along with the findings of others, establishes that dreams are structured, not random, and linked...

   Published November 21st 2006 by Routledge
10. Exercise, Health and Mental Health

    Emerging Relationships

    Edited by Guy E.J. Faulkner, Adrian H. Taylor

    Exercise, Health and Mental Health provides an introduction to this emerging field and a platform for future research and practice. Written by internationally acclaimed exercise, health and medical scientists, it is the first systematic review of the evidence for the potential role of exercise...

    Published December 19th 2005 by Routledge