This concise volume advises primary care physicians on how to recognize, evaluate, and treat common psychiatric and neurologic complaints in patients with medical illness. Patients with these problems used to be referred to specialists, but under the current system of health care they are increasingly being evaluated and treated by internists...

This accessible work is the first in more than seventy-five years to discuss the many roles of adrenaline in regulating the "inner world" of the body. David S. Goldstein, an international authority and award-winning teacher, introduces new concepts concerning the nature of stress and distress across the body's regulatory...

Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three hereditary diseases: Tay-Sachs, commonly...

The authors assert that a dramatic...

A heart that once beat erratically has regained its natural rhythm. A woman paralyzed by an automobile accident is now able to resume her favorite hobby. Physicians using a robotic surgeon named da Vinci perform lifesaving operations. These are some of the feats of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest-moving areas in medicine. In this...

Depression is a mood disorder that affects one in ten Americans in any given year. At one time too stigmatized to be mentioned in polite conversation, depression is now discussed frankly in the media, and advertisements for drug therapy appear everywhere. The third edition of this widely acclaimed book reflects changes in how mood disorders...

Prepare your graduate students to take leadership roles inthe future of Advance Practice Nursing. The author address the major issuesfacing Advanced Practice Nursing today from a collective perspective thatbegins with its historical roots and progresses to contemporary concerns andtrends. This approach enables APNs to understanding the...

This book is designed as a guide to using North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) nursing diagnoses as the primary base for the planning of care. Many expected outcomes, target dates, nursing actions, and evaluation algorithms are given as guides. New to this fourth edition is a comprehensive life span approach, and nursing...