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      • Literárne informacné centrum

        The Literary Information Center (LIC) is the window through which Slovak literature is presented to the world. Our primary goal is to facilitate live contact between Slovak and foreign publishers, authors, illustrators and cultural-events organizers and to support mutual collaboration and cultural exchange. LIC acts as an agent for the majority of Slovak authors and houses SLOLIA, the popular grant program for translators and publishers of Slovak literature. LIC also organizes national stands at foreign bookfairs sucha s Bologna, London, Paris, Prague and Budapest.

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        2022

        Medical Device Information for Pharmaceutical Technicians

        by Founded by Friedlinde Wilson and Baldur Kohm.Edited by Dr. Anette Vasel-Biergansand Hannelore Eitel-Hirschfeld

        Ranging from eyebaths and compression stockings to electronic cigarettes, the variety of medical aids available is huge. Every day, expert advice on these is needed at the pharmacy. The authors have summarised these aids in a practically oriented way. They provide background information, specifics about the materials, application descriptions, practical tips and product examples. Colourful illustrations show how they are used on or by the patient. Fully updated, the new edition of the book contains not only conventional medical devices but also those asked for at a contemporary community pharmacy. This 11th edition, which has been completely revised, contains: - definitions enabling rapid familiarisation with the topic, - tables that provide an overview, - illustrations and advice tips to help with practical use, - mnemonics and practice questions which help reinforce the knowledge Bonus: QR codes take the user to additional digital material! The ideal companion in training and on the job!

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        Business, Economics & Law
        September 2020

        The politics of freedom of information

        by Ben Worthy

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        March 2025

        POP | Patient-Orientated Pharmacy

        Clinical medication management – 15 cases

        by Dorothee Dartsch, Olaf Rose

        If the goal is to find the most effective solution for patients, clinical reasoning is the key. To optimise treatment, various perspectives are taken into account within the framework of medication analysis. Whether from a pharmacist’s or doctor’s perspective – patient well-being comes first. For the first time, volume 4 summarises 15 cases from the new ‘POP era’. The cases were taken from the series of the same name in the Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung and demon- strate how clinical reasoning can support medication analysis to identify risks, prevent medication errors and find solutions tailored to each individual patient. So, what is left to wait for? A chance should be taken on a new perspective. Target group: Students of pharmacy, pharmacy interns, pharmacists

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        September 2006

        Was ist Information?

        Kritik einer Legende

        by Peter Janich

        Information ist ein allgegenwärtiger Begriff im Alltag, in den Wissenschaften und in der Philosophie. Heute wird er immer mehr von den Naturwissenschaften als ureigenster Gegenstand reklamiert: Er wird »naturalisiert«. Das Buch zeichnet den Weg nach, wie aus Physik und Mathematik Auffassungen entstehen, die über die Wissenschaftstheorie und die Sprachphilosophie zur Grundlage der Nachrichtentechnik und der Kybernetik werden, um schließlich bei der »Erbinformation« und anderen Naturgegenständen zu landen. So entsteht eine mißverstandene Form des Körper-Geist- Problems: Wie kommen technische Objekte, aber auch Moleküle im menschlichen Genom zu Eigenschaften, die ursprünglich der menschlichen Sprache vorbehalten waren? Dieses Buch korrigiert Mißverständnisse, weist heute übliche Ausdrucksweisen als (teilweise irrtümliche) Metaphern aus und rekonstruiert das menschliche Handeln und Sprechen als Grundlage von technischen und natürlichen Formen der Informationsverarbeitung.

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        2020

        The 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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        Psychiatry

        Intoduction 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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        Health systems & services
        July 2015

        Making the patient-consumer

        by Alex Mold

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        April 2021

        The Patient Catchers

        How we are talked into illness

        by Michelle Hildebrandt

        The health market seems to have been unleashed, more and more actors, indications, methods compete for attention. Dr. Michelle Hildebrandt shows how companies, but also doctors and alternative medicine are “catching” patients out of economic interests – and how we are happy to put up with that. So more and more people are being treated unnecessarily or incorrectly with medicine and therapies, while at the same time rogue providers are propagating sometimes dangerous methods instead of calling for life-saving diagnostics. Knowledge is needed in order for patients to overcome their self-inflicted immaturity. Michelle Hildebrandt‘s book makes an important contribution to this.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2022

        Reconstructing 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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        2022

        Cannabis

        A handbook for theory and practice

        by Dr. Andreas S. Ziegler, Philipp Böhmer, Prof. Dr. Udo Bonnet, Prof. Dr. Peter Cremer-Schaeffer, Dr. Manfred Fankhauser, Dr. Hendrik Greve, Jackie Grünert, Dr. Klaus Häußermann, Carla Heldt, Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdegen, Dr. Michael Jeitler, Prof. Matthias Karst, PD Dr. Christian S. Kessler, PD Dr. Werner Knöß, Dr. Alberto Manasse Laginha, Dr. Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Dr. Frank Musshoff, Dr. Dr. Gerhard Nahler, Dr. Thorsten Opitz, Prof. Dr. Michael Orth, Albina Petker, PD Dr. Magdalena Prüß, Klaus Reh, Prof. Dr. Roman Rolke, PD Dr. Gisela Skopp, Dr. Felix Stehle, Prof. Dr. Philipp Steven, Prof. Dr. Markus Veit, Dr. Sascha Weber, Jakob Johann Wiese, Dr. Jacqueline Wiesner, Dr. Anne Katrin Wolf, Prof. Dr. Astrid Zobel

        Cannabis has been used as a drug since antiquity – but only recently has it progressed to become one of the most exciting medical-pharmaceutical topics of our times. In scarcely any other area of pharmacotherapy has the state of knowledge recently developed at comparable speed. Experts from a variety of fields are constantly working to generate new scientific evidence for the therapeutic use of cannabis and/or cannabinoids and to provide patients with quality-assured medicinal cannabis. This book is the first to give representatives of all relevant areas of expertise the chance to speak. Alongside medical-therapeutic aspects, they address such questions as cultivation, quality assurance, patient care practices and patient counselling. The result of this accumulated knowledge and skill is a unique overall picture that, for the first time, combines and consolidates the current legal and scientific framework of medicinal cannabis provision! All facts have been painstakingly researched and checked. The result is a scientifically valid work, which sets the standard. This excellent compendium is indispensable for everyone who comes into contact with cannabis for professional or personal reasons.

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        January 1990

        Der 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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        2019

        Harmed 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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        Geography & the Environment
        June 2025

        Demystifying informal urban design and planning

        Insights from Asia

        by Mahyar Arefi

        Touting informal settlements or informality in general as illegal, crime-ridden, unsafe, filthy, chaotic, and formal developments as legal, orderly or safe, and so forth has not solved anything and informality as a way of life or an economic reality lingers and grows. Demystifying informal urban design and planning delves deeper into this conundrum and seeks to debunk some common misguided perceptions about it. Borrowing popular philosophical and political analogies from Isaiah Berlin and Gregory Treverton and others, it encourages urban designers and planners to become multitaskers like foxes rather than hedgehogs who can do one thing right. The book ends with some general takeaways on assuming more proactive roles in informal urban design issues and avoiding two potential pitfalls while interacting with them.

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        2022

        Cannabis

        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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