Books from Elsevier Australia

  • Examination Medicine
    By Nicholas Joseph Talley, Simon O'Connor

    Includes information on: basic training requirements; the written examination; an approach to the clinical examination; the long case, the short case and examples. Talley, University of Sydney; O'Connor, Canberra Hospital, Australia.

  • Pocket Clinical Examination
    By Nicholas Joseph Talley, Simon O'Connor

    Aims to provide a solid foundation from which students can develop their own systematic approaches. Simon O'Connor from Australian National University.

  • Analysing Health Policy: A Problem-oriented Approach
    By Simon Barraclough, Heather Gardner

    ... 223 pharmacist arrangements under PBS reform 220–1 see also Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme reform pharmacists ... 259–60 benefits of employment 251–2 policy context 251–2 problem identification 250–1 Victorian WorkCare scheme 252–5, ...

  • Pharmacology for Health Professionals
    By Bronwen Jean Bryant, Kathleen Mary Knights

    " "The text has been extensively updated to reflect the latest information on the clinical use of drugs, local aspects of scheduling, drug legislation and ethics." -- Book Jacket.

  • Perioperative Nursing: An Introductory Text
    By Menna Davies, Marilyn Richardson-Tench, Lois Hamlin

    Published for the Australian and New Zealand market. Provides an overview of key concepts in perioperative care, and includes case studies throughout.

  • Emergency and Trauma Care: For Nurses and Paramedics
    By Kate Curtis, Clair Ramsden

    Written for Australian emergency care providers. Australian authors.

  • Microscopic Haematology: A Practical Guide for the Laboratory
    By Gillian Rozenberg

    Microscopic Haematology 3e is an atlas of Haematology designed for use in a diagnostic setting. The third edition provides over 400 full colour haematological slides of exceptional quality.

  • Women's Health in General Practice
    By Danielle Mazza

    The only study to address this issue has been the Canadian National Breast Screening Study.35 It enrolled 40,000 women from ... An American Cancer Society study compared 177,602 women who practised BSE during the preceding 13 years with ...

  • Managing Health Services: Concepts and Practice
    By Mary G. Harris, M. G. Harris

    CASE STUDY 4.1 MANAGING PROFESSIONAL CULTURE IN THE NEW HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT Roslyn Matthews is the director of a major clinical support service division engaged in service delivery to clinical units through negotiated internal ...

  • Clinical Naturopathic Medicine
    By Leah Hechtman

    The text addresses all systems of the body and their related common conditions, with clear, accessible directions outlining how a practitioner can understand health from a naturopathic perspective and apply naturopathic medicines to treat ...

  • Toxicology Handbook
    By Lindsay Murray, Ovidiu Pascu, Mike Cadogan

    The Toxicology Handbook 2e is a practical, didactic guide to the approach, assessment and management of poisoned patients.

  • Last's Anatomy: Regional and Applied
    By Mcminn

    Last's Anatomy: Regional and Applied

  • The Manual of Dental Assisting
    By Dental Assistants' Association of Australia

    The addition of para - medical and para - dental auxiliaries to the dental team has placed greater emphasis on the role played ... to basic psychology for dental assistants and Chapter 4 discusses communication for dental assistants .

  • Clinical Neurology: A Primer
    By Peter Gates

    A Primer Peter Gates. 65 Kudo P et al. Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial evaluating the treatment of plantar fasciitis with an extracorporeal shockwave therapy ... J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 2009; 99(2): 108– 113.

  • Emergency Medicine: The Principles of Practice
    By Gordian W. O. Fulde

    The Wills eye manual. 5th edn. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008. Sehu W. Eye emergency manual: an illustrated guide. North Sydney: NSW Department of Health; 2007. 37 Ear, nose and throat emergencies Box 37.1 Shalini ...

  • Psychology for Health Professionals
    By Patricia Barkway

    Good communication skills are an essential part of being an effective health professional. ... p 95–109 Thorne S E, Kuo M, Armstrong E et al 2005 'Being known': patients' perspectives of the dynamics of human connection in cancer care .

  • Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care
    By Rhonda Nay, Sally Garratt

    Community care is an essential and growing component of aged care services in Australia. ... The development of high quality services should be directed by a rights perspective, in which the older person is acknowledged as both ...

  • Healthy Children: A Guide for Child Care
    By Coralie Mathews

    Belinda and Jim are looking for a smaller child - care setting and have chosen family day care , where Emma will be ... Raising healthy children in Australia There are several national projects happening in Australia that recognise the ...

  • Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Care
    By Esther Chang, Amanda Johnson

    from being disease-oriented to embracing the needs of the person and their family (Erickson, 2007; O'Brien et al, ... When a holistic approach to care is adopted, the journey taken by both the nurse and the patient is of a healing ...

  • Literacies in Childhood: Changing Views, Challenging Practice
    By Claire McLachlan, Criss Jones-Diaz, Laurie Makin

    ( b ) Classify the literacy practices of the group as primarily spoken , written , visual or a combination of modes . ( c ) Compare these practices with those ... Anstey M , Bull G 1996 The literacy labyrinth . Prentice Hall , Sydney .