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2020Veterinary Diseases and their Treatment
Dogs, cats, horses, pigs, cattle
by Dr. Wolfgang Daubenmerkl
Flea dermatitis in dogs, runny noses in cats, colic in horses – when our four-legged friends suffer, the owners suffer with them and want to find the best possible treatment. Alongside conventional medicine, natural remedies and homoeopathic treatments also offer opportunities for treating animals – but which of them have proved effective? An experienced veterinarian and alternative practitioner draws on his wealth of knowledge and explains ■ Typical clinical pictures with causes, symptoms and their diagnosis ■ Tried and tested proposed treatments from conventional medicine, homoeopathy, phytotherapy and other procedures ■ Basic principles, such as structure and function of organs, nerve and hormone systems, blood circulation Here the reader can quickly find the most effective method of treatment!
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MedicineNovember 2024Technology, health and the patient consumer in the twentieth century
by Rachel Elder, Thomas Schlich
Technology and consumerism are two characteristic phenomena in the history medicine and healthcare, yet the connections between them are rarely explored by scholars. In this edited volume, the authors address this disconnect, noting the ways in which a variety of technologies have shaped patients' roles as consumers since the early twentieth century. Chapters examine key issues, such as the changing nature of patient information and choice, patients' assessment of risk and reward, and matters of patient role and of patient demand as they relate to new and changing technologies. They simultaneously investigate how differences in access to care and in outcomes across various patient groups have been influenced by the advent of new technologies and consumer-based approaches to health. The volume spans the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, spotlights an array of medical technologies and health products, and draws on examples from across the United States and United Kingdom.
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2022Phytotherapy in Equine Practice
Pocket guide
by Dr. Herbert Konrad
Lemon balm tea for competition anxiety, cottonwood bark for myositis, devil’s claw root for laminitis – yes, herbal preparations promote healing in horses too! An experienced veterinarian has gathered together the skills of his holistic treatment - Profiles of herbal drugs: Therapy-relevant characteristics of the medicinal plants - Veterinary practice: Examination, repertorisation (finding the suitable remedy), treatment plan, calculation of the dose for a horse, including examples of equine patients - Indications: Proven phytotherapeutic agents for the most common diseases This book shows that even chronic cases or those refractory to conventional medicine can be successfully treated with the healing power of plants.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceOctober 2018A research handbook for patient and public involvement researchers
by Penny Bee, Helen Brooks, Patrick Callaghan, Karina Lovell, Kelly Rushton
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June 2018Drug Profiles
Recommendations for pharmaceutical consultation arranged by active ingredient
by Dr. Joachim Framm, Almut Framm, Dr. Erika Heydel, Anke Mehrwald, Grit Schomacker, Dörte Stranz and Dr. Kirsten Lennecke
For 20 years, Drug Profiles has provided pharmacies with the best possible preparation,whether for the initial patient consultation when a drug is first prescribed or for providing advice on self-medication.■ more than 300 completely revised profiles on the most common active substances■ pictograms illustrating proper administration■ colour-coded patient information■ 31 new substance profilesEnabling pharmacists to provide their patients with expert advice on drug therapy.New: Important information and suggested wording for the “special information”column in the standardized medication plan required by German law since 2016.
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2020The Cancer Patient in the Pharmacy
Advisory knowledge for pharmacy practice
by Edited by Dr. Dorothee Dartsch
The decision for cancer treatment has been taken and now a difficult time begins for the cancer patient: complex treatment regimens, side effects, fear. As a trusted confidant and competent point of contact in primary care, the pharmacist is called upon to play a key role. This collection of up-to-date articles provides support in the management of side effects from nausea to cardiotoxicity, gives assistance in interpreting warning signs of complications and highlights particular groups of patients such as pregnant women, geriatric, cachectic or palliative patients.
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2021Introduction to Patient Counselling
Practise counselling interactively
by Dr. Bettina Stollhof, Andrea Erdal, Janine Ziemann and Dr. Joachim Framm
Starting to work after the completion of studies or training? Returning to pharmacy practice after a break? This book provides new inspiration, repeats the essentials and can make you confident and fit to give advice. In addition to helpful tips, the book provides: - Classic role-playing templates to practise - Assessment sheets to evaluate the practice discussions. Now get started and give competent advice as never before.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2022Reconstructing lives
Victims of war in the Middle East and Médecins Sans Frontières
by Vanja Kovacic, Bertrand Taithe
This book attempts to establish a more holistic approach to the rehabilitation of war-injured civilians, one that adjusts to the patients' long-term needs. Kovacic not only offers an insight into the daily realities of patients during and after rehabilitation, but seeks to develop a new way to perceive, respect and involve them in health care. Based on comprehensive interviews with patients and MSF staff, as well as extended field observations, Reconstructing lives follows Syrian and Iraqi war-injured civilians in their journey to recovery. From their improvised medical treatment in their home countries, to the MSF-run hospital in Amman Jordan, to their return home, Kovacic explores how individuals attempt to pick up the pieces of their previous lives, add new elements from their treatment and travel experiences, and finally establish a new reconstructed reality. The book explores how the interaction between MSF staff and their patients contributes to the immense task of healing that awaits victims of war. The reader visits the intimate medical and domestic spaces that usually remain closed to the outside observer, spaces rich with human contact, perceptions, emotions, conflicts and reconciliations.
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PsychiatryIntoduction to Affect Phobia Therapy
by Dr. Quin van Dam
A fear of one’s own emotions can lead people to develop what has been termed emotion- or affect phobia. To deal with this specific kind of phobia, Affect Phobia Therapy (APT) has proven to be useful. In APT, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and experimental techniques are combined to help the patient to learn to accept and manage emotions again. Research shows that especially people suffering from anxiety or depression and people with avoidant or dependent personality disorders benefit from this method. This book offers a practical explanation of this evidence-based therapeutic method. The eight chapters focus on all different aspects of APT and the underlying theoretical concepts are illustrated with example patient-therapist dialogues. Target Group: psychologists, psychotherapists, students
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January 1990Der dankbare Patient
by Ernst Penzoldt, Ernst Penzoldt
Ernst Penzoldt wurde am 14. Juni 1892 in Erlangen geboren und starb am 27. Januar 1955 in München. Er studierte an den Kunstakademien von Weimar und Kassel und war zunächst als Bildhauer, Maler und Grafiker tätig. Nach dem 1. Weltkrieg, in dem er - wie auch von 1939 bis 1940 - als Sanitäter verwendet wurde, fand er zur Schriftstellerei, die er als seine » Kriegsverletzung« bezeichnet hat. Zu seinen erfolgreichsten Büchern zählen: Der arme Chatterton (1928), der Schelmemroman Die Powenzbande (1930), Kleiner Erdenwurm (1934), Der dankbare Patient (1937), so wie die Erzählungen Idolino (1935), Korporal Mombour (1941), und Squirrel (1954). Ernst Penzoldt wurde am 14. Juni 1892 in Erlangen geboren und starb am 27. Januar 1955 in München. Er studierte an den Kunstakademien von Weimar und Kassel und war zunächst als Bildhauer, Maler und Grafiker tätig. Nach dem 1. Weltkrieg, in dem er - wie auch von 1939 bis 1940 - als Sanitäter verwendet wurde, fand er zur Schriftstellerei, die er als seine » Kriegsverletzung« bezeichnet hat. Zu seinen erfolgreichsten Büchern zählen: Der arme Chatterton (1928), der Schelmemroman Die Powenzbande (1930), Kleiner Erdenwurm (1934), Der dankbare Patient (1937), so wie die Erzählungen Idolino (1935), Korporal Mombour (1941), und Squirrel (1954).
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Homoeopathy
Indications and remedy-related recommendations
by Matthias Eisele, Dr. Karl-Heinz Friese, Gisela Notter and Anette Schlumpberger
Whether for the home medicine cabinet or to treat symptoms: Homoeopathy is an integral part of the counselling service!■ Part I shows the homoeopathic treatment options for 129 diseases.■ Part II gives the indications, characteristics and modalitiesfor 171 homoeopathic remedies.The sixth edition has been updated and supplementedwith additional indications and monographs.The bestseller in pocket book format – always by your side!
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2019Harmed Not Cured
Major medical and pharmaceutical scandals in Germany
by Eckart Roloff and Karin Henke-Wendt
Botched medications, malpractice, the transplant business: when doctors or pharmaceutical companies make mistakes or cross ethical boundaries, this often has serious consequences for patients. One example is thalidomide. Despite inadequate testing, the sleeping pill was marketed from 1957 to 1961, and caused a large number of pregnant women to give birth to children with severe deformities. Less well known, but no less scandalous, is the “Anti-D” affair in the former GDR, where, during 1978 and 1979, thousands of women and many children were infected with hepatitis C through contaminated immunoglobulins. This was not revealed until years later. This book presents 16 such cases – often the stuff of thrillers, but tragic at the same time. People who reach out for help, are instead deceived and harmed. All the more important are courageous and persistent patients and journalists, who have uncovered medical scandals, publicised them and taken the perpetrators to court. Without this, no-one would be learning from the mistakes.
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2022Cannabis
Prescribing aid for physicians
by Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen and Dr. Klaus Häußermann
The therapeutic use of cannabis follows the maxim: Start low, go slow! That is how to reach the optimum dose and efficacy with minimum side effects. But this balancing act requires relevant information. Our authors, recognised cannabis experts, have put everything important together in one place: - Indications and routes of administration - Effects, interactions and side effects - Selection and prescription of suitable cannabis-based medicines - Practical tips, e.g. about travelling or driving and road use The 4th edition includes updates on the legal situation, the pharmacology of the endocannabinoid system and of cannabidiol. Directions for use and tips for patients taking cannabis have been added, together with the new prescribing modalities for physicians as well as a list of available cannabis products. This prescribing aid covers the expanded range of cannabis-based medicines and the current legal position.
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