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Following the same chapter organization as Guyton & Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, 11th Edition, this powerful tool provides an efficient and comprehensive review for the USMLE Step 1 exam. Over 1,000 Board-style questions, with detailed rationales, cover the most essential, need-to-know concepts in physiology. Includes thorough reviews of all major body systems, with emphasis on system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology.

• Offers a comprehensive practice exam of over 1,000 questions in USMLE format.

• Includes answers and explanations for every question, as well as page references to the Guyton & Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology.

• Follows a parallel chapter organization to Textbook of Medical Physiology.

• Provides all of the essential information needed to prepare for the physiology portion of the
  USMLE Step 1.

• Dedicates a brief section to helpful hints on preparing for the USMLE exam.

Guyton and Hall Physiology Review

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A proven and unique combination of learning principles and exercises, this highly acclaimed book continues to get better! Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Sixth Edition, simplifies the process of learning hundreds of complex medical terms. The See and Say pronunciation system makes pronouncing unfamiliar terms easy. Because word parts are integral to learning medical terminology, mastery of these “building blocks” is emphasized in every chapter. Organized by body system, chapters begin with an overview of the structures and functions of that system so you can relate these to the specialists, pathology, diagnostic, and treatment procedures that follow. Learning Exercises in each chapter offer a variety of formats that require written answers. Writing terms reinforces learning and provides practice to help master spelling and enhance comprehension.

Kindle textbooks are functionally equivalent to the print textbook. In some cases, individual items such as ancillary images or multimedia have been removed for digital delivery due to rights restrictions.Product Description
A proven and unique combination of learning principles and exercises, this highly acclaimed book continues to get better! Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Sixth Edition, simplifies the process of learning hundreds of complex medical terms. The See and Say pronunciation system makes pronouncing unfamiliar terms easy. Because word parts are integral to learning medical terminology, mastery of these “building blocks” is emphasized in every chapter. Organized by body system, chapters begin with an overview of the structures and functions of that system so you can relate these to the specialists, pathology, diagnostic, and treatment procedures that follow. Learning Exercises in each chapter offer a variety of formats that require written answers. Writing terms reinforces learning and provides practice to help master spelling and enhance comprehension.

Kindle textbooks are functionally equivalent to the print textbook. In some cases, individual items such as ancillary images or multimedia have been removed for digital delivery due to rights restrictions.

Medical Terminology for Health Professions, 6th Edition

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The Little ICU Book

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Written in the beginning of the 20th century, before the WW I, when this theme was the “topic of the hour”, eugenics is the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding. Exerpts: “The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. It is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists. It is no answer to say, with a distant optimism, that the scheme is only in the air. A blow from a hatchet can only be parried while it is in the air.” “The point here is that a new school believes Eugenics against Ethics. And it is proved by one familiar fact: that the heroisms of history are actually the crimes of Eugenics. The Eugenists’ books and articles are full of suggestions that non-eugenic unions should and may come to be regarded as we regard sins; that we should really feel that marrying an invalid is a kind of cruelty to children. But history is full of the praises of people who have held sacred such ties to invalids.” “A silent anarchy is eating out our society.” “Now this is the first weakness in the case of the Eugenists: that they cannot define who is to control whom; they cannot say by what authority they do these things.”

Eugenics and other Evils

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The MCAT tests more than your knowledge of basic physical and biological sciences.

You need to know absolutely everything, from amino acids and proteins to translational motion to verbal reasoning, and more. Cracking the MCAT will help you review all the necessary content with in-depth coverage of all subjects tested on the MCAT. This book includes:

-A FULL-COLOR, 16-PAGE TEAR-OUT REFERENCE GUIDE with all the most important formulas, diagrams, information, concepts, and charts for each section of the MCAT

-COMPLETE COVERAGE of all the topics on the MCAT, including physics, general chemistry, biology, organic chemistry, verbal reasoning, and the essays

-EXCLUSIVE FREE ONLINE ACCESS to 4 full-length practice tests with comprehensive answers and explanations

-PRACTICE passages, questions, and detailed EXPLANATIONS with STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTIONS at the end of every chapter for maximum practice and preparation

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Cracking the MCAT, 2011-2012 Edition

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Abnormal Psychology, Fifth Edition

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A healthy young man suddenly loses his memory, making him unable to remember the events of each passing hour. Two patients diagnosed with Lyme disease improve after antibiotic treatment – only to have their symptoms mysteriously return. A young woman lies dying in intensive care – bleeding, jaundiced, incoherent – and none of her doctors know what is killing her. Dr Lisa Sanders, whose hugely popular “New York Times” column inspired the hit TV show “House, M.D.”, takes us to patients’ bedsides to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a first-hand account of the expertise and intuition that lead doctors to make the right decisions. “Diagnosis” combines the drama of “House” with the living, breathing world of real hospitals and real patients. Sanders, a practising doctor, leads us from the moment the patient first appears to the complex calculus of making a diagnosis, the necessary prerequisite to effective treatment. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulty of getting the patient’s story, the challenges of the physical exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near-calamity of diagnostic errors. An endlessly fascinating medical detective story, “Diagnosis” opens up as never before the finer workings of the human body, and celebrates the dedicated physicians who we may all someday need to trust with our lives.

Diagnosis

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Already the number one text on health policy and rapidly becoming a classic, Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach 3E covers such fundamental topics as cost containment, health insurance, managed care, and physician and hospital payment. Extensive case histories, drawn from the authors’ actual practice, bring to life important policy issues by pinpointing individual encounters within the healthcare system.

New to this Edition

* More information on 2-tier model of reimbursement
* Greater emphasis on defined contribution approach to controlling costs
* Includes comparative information on health care policy in Canada, the UK, and Germany
* “Questions & Discussion Topics” provided for each chapter to stimulate classroom discussion

Please consider this important new edition for your course. Your students will gain an engaging text, that according to a review by the Journal of Health, Politics, Policy, and Law of the prior edition, “goes a long way toward helping readers understand how the health care system has worked in the past, how it is changing, and how it might work under different scenarios in the future.”

Understanding Health Policy

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Real-life cases for the surgery clerkship and shelf-exam

“Overall, this is a useful book for anyone preparing for the surgical clerkship exam or needing review prior to the USMLE. The information is presented concisely and clearly and the questions at the end of each section reinforce the most important information. The addition of new cases and revision of previous cases make it a worthwhile update. 3 Stars.”–Doody’s Review Service

You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the surgery clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Surgery presents 55 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in surgery. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you’ll learn in the context of real patients, rather then merely memorize facts.

• 55 high-yield general surgery cases, each with USMLE-style questions
• Clinical pearls highlight key concepts
• Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
• Proven learning system maximes your shelf-exam scores

Case Files Surgery, Third Edition

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This current, engaging, and practice-oriented text is your complete resource for mastering the many facets of family therapy. In this Seventh Edition of their respected text, Irene and Herbert Goldenberg examine and explain traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy. The authors provide practice-oriented content that will help you become an empathic and effective family therapist. The new edition includes the latest references and contemporary thinking on central issues such as family resiliency, alternative forms of family life today, gender, culture, and ethnic considerations. This edition also contains the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Code of Ethics-a great reference that will help you understand the importance of ethical practices.

Family Therapy: An Overview