Books from M&K Update Ltd

  • Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Dependency
    By Professor Colin R. Martin

    Manual for the Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST), Fast Screening for Alcohol Problems. London: NHS Health Development Agency; University of Wales College of Medicine. Huntley, J. and Touquet, R. (2004). Screening for alcohol misuse.

  • Nutritional Care of Older People
    By Amanda Taylor

    The public and the press are very interested in food, especially food in hospitals and other institutions. Nutrition issues and older people's experiences of food and drink in various care settings have been highlighted as areas that ...

  • Family work in Mental Health: A skills approach
    By Dr Nicola Evans

    Written by a team of experts in the field, this book gives useful, practical guidance on a range of ways in which mental health practitioners can work with children, adults and families who access mental health services.

  • Timely Discharge from Hospital
    By Liz Lees

    Son states care package being set up by community social worker and family will be assisting patient's wife until services in place. Medics have documented that the patient is medically fit for discharge the next day.

  • Paediatric Minor Emergencies
    By James Bethel

    Books can be ordered online at: www.mkupdate.co.uk Self-assessment in Paediatric Musculoskeletal Trauma X-rays ISBN: 978-1-905539-34-5 Self-assessment in Limb X-ray Interpretation ISBN: 978-1-905539-13-0 Practical Prescribing for ...

  • Primary Care Case Studies for Nurse Practitioners
    By Lydia Burke

    ... guide for practitioners ISBN: 978-1-905539-51-2 · 2008 Self-assessment in Limb X-ray Interpretation ISBN: 978-1-905539-13-0 · 2006 Self-assessment in Paediatric Musculoskeletal Trauma X-rays ISBN: 978-1-905539-34-5 · 2008 Paediatric ...

  • A Guide to Research for Podiatrists
    By Jackie Campbell

    A sample of forthcoming titles : Self-assessment in Paediatric Musculoskeletal Trauma X-rays ISBN: 978-1-905539-34-5 Healthcare Management in Practice: an introductory guide ISBN: 978-1-905539-33-8 Legal Principles and Clinical Practice ...

  • Working with Children Who Need Long-term Respiratory Support
    By Dr Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor

    ... of Long-Term Conditions: A cognitive behaviour approach ISBN: 978-1-905539-15-4 Paediatric Minor Emergencies ISBN: 978-1-905539-35-2 Self-assessment in Paediatric Musculoskeletal Trauma X-rays ISBN: 978-1-905539-34-5 Research Issues ...

  • Perinatal Mental Health: A Clinical Guide
    By Professor Colin R. Martin

    NHS Maternity Statistics, 2009–10. London: Health and Social Information Centre. Office for National Statistics (2007). Key Population and Vital Statistics 2006. Local and Health Authority Areas. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

  • The Occupational Therapy Handbook: Practice Education
    By Tracey Polglase, Rachel Treseder

    Other books from M&K include: Working with Children who need Long-term Respiratory Support ISBN: 9781905539697 Research Issues in Health and Social Care ISBN: 97819055395208 Timely Discharge from Hospital ISBN: 97819055395550 Valuing ...

  • Ophthalmic Care
    By Janet Marsden

    The first edition of this book became a core text for ophthalmic nursing, in particular, and for the education of ophthalmic nurses across the world.

  • The ECG Workbook
    By Andrew Sargent, Angela Rowlands

    There is now a chapter on Wolff Parkinson White syndrome in this fourth edition, which in addition to the chapters on Hemiblocks, Bi Fascicular and Tri Fascicular Blocks and Paced Rhythms in the last edition make The ECG Workbook a very ...

  • Preoperative Assessment and Perioperative Management
    By Clare Evans, Mark Radford, Alastair Williamson

    Pre Operative Assessment & Perioperative Management sets out to be different, by bridging the gap between these texts and the evolving and developing area of practice that pre operative assessment has become in modern healthcare.

  • Preoperative Assessment and Perioperative Management
    By Clare Evans, Mark Radford, Alastair Williamson

    Pre Operative Assessment & Perioperative Management sets out to be different, by bridging the gap between these texts and the e.

  • The Management of Pain in Older People: A Workbook
    By Pat Schofield

    A workbook designed to give you a basic introduction into the issues around pain in older people.

  • CT Anatomy for Radiotherapy
    By Peter Bridge, David J Tipper

    CT Anatomy for Radiotherapy

  • Transitions to practice: Essential concepts for health and social care professions
    By Lyn Westcott, Teena J Clouston, Steven W Whitcombe

    The book begins with an exploration of the fundamental aspects of professionalism. This is followed by a section on the importance of communication for effective health and social care practice.

  • Diverse roles for Occupational Therapists
    By Jane Clewes, Rob Kirkwood

    This book is intended to inform and inspire the reader, to share ways of dealing with hurdles whilst remaining resilient to prevailing pressures and difficulties borne out of our working lives as occupational therapists in a wide range of ...

  • Nurses and Their Patients: Informing Practice Through Psychodynamic Insights
    By Michael Rafferty, Louise Tew, Mary Paget

    This 'gap' between what nurses consciously want to see themselves doing and the reality of what they find themselves doing is, I believe, helpfully bridged by the idea of the unconscious. To assume that one can master unconscious forces ...

  • Better Patient Feedback, Better Healthcare
    By Dr Taher Mahmud

    Observing a patient's signs, while listening to their words and responding in kind, can be difficult, as you will also ... In this sense, your body language is the key to positive interactions that will garner helpful patient feedback.