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ABC Series from the BMA
ABC of Smoking Cessation
Provides and overview of smoking cessation interventions at individual and population level, and a practical guide to the management of smoking cessation in clinical practice.
Provides an understanding of why people smoke, the medical implications for smokers and how to help them quit.
Explores smoking habits in different population groups and the range of treatments available.
Publication date: July 2004
Pages: 56
ISBN: 0727918184
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Rheumatology, 3rd Edition
Michael Snaith.
Excellent introduction to the diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases.
Revised and updated to reflect changes in the field such as new treatments for inflammatory disorders.
Contains new chapter on community rheumatology plus full revisions on hip and knee, spondyloarthropathies, polymylagia rheumatica and the team approach.
Publication date: March 2004
Pages: 136
ISBN: 0727916882
Price: £24.99
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ABC of Pre-Term Birth
D W McGuire.
Covers obstetric issues, immediate care of preterm infants, respiratory complications, and how to provide support to the parents and relatives of the preterm infant.
Looks at ante-natal treatments and interventions, to the resuscitation and stabilisation of complications for the pre-term infant.
Provides detailed information on nutrition and parental support issues.
Various pre-term diagnoses are covered and recent research development and improvements are discussed from an international perspective, including issues in the developing world.
Publication date: March 2005
Pages: 64
ISBN: 0727917633
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Eyes, 4th Edition (with CD-ROM)
P T Khaw.
A R Elkington.
P Shah.
Revised and updated version of hugely successful text - illustrated with newly commissioned drawings and photographs.
Includes further information on glaucoma and macular degeneration, laser treatment compared with surgery and how to deal with refractive errors.
Accompanied by a CD-ROM with video clips and images which is useful as a teaching aid.
Publication date: March 2004
Pages: 80
ISBN: 0727916599
Price: £25.00
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ABC of Burns
Shehan Hettiaratchy.
Peter Dziewulski.
Remo Papini.
Comprehensive and accessible review of burn management.
Explanations of how burns happen, through to first aid applications, pre-hospital treatment, dressings, resuscitation and the management of deep dermal burns.
Includes subsequent management of burns through hyperalimentation and microbiological management, reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Publication date: November 2004
Pages: 56
ISBN: 0727917870.
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Adolescence
Russell Viner
Adolescent patients present unique communication and management challenges for the health professionals who care for them.
This ABC covers topics surrounding adolescent development, sexual behaviour and substance misuse, along with education and preventative strategies.
Also includes other adolescent health problems such as self-harm, eating disorders and psychosomatic presentations.
Publication date: June 2005
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0727915746
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Alcohol, 4th Edition
Alex Paton.
Robin Touquet.
Contains new sections on the impact of alcohol on Accident and Emergency departments and surgical practice.
Provides information on the potential dangers of the interaction of alcohol with legal and illegal drugs.
Covers the wider social consequences of alcohol misuse.
Publication date: February 2005
Pages: 72
ISBN: 0727918141
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Antenatal Care - Fourth Edition
By: Geoffrey Chamberlain (Singleton Hospital, Sketty, Swansea) and Margery Morgan (Singleton Hospital, Sketty, Swansea)
Published by: Blackwell BMJ Books
ISBN: 9780727916921 / 0727916920
Publication Dates Jan 2002
92 pages, 170 illustrations
This fourth edition of this ABC has been thoroughly updated and revised with new photographs and illustrations. This ABC addresses some of the current most controversial issues such as the role of the midwife and GP, need for decentralisation of management, home births and screening and will be invaluable to GPs, medical students, midwives, nurses and trainee obstetricians
Price: £21.99
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ABC of Asthma, 5th Edition
John Rees.
Dipak Kanabar.
This best selling ABC has been updated to include the new British Thoracic Society guidelines published in 2003 on the management of asthma.
Includes chapters on leukotriene antagonists and long beta agonists.
Cover the organisation of asthma care, prognosis, management of adolescents and infant asthma.
Publication date: November 2005
Pages: 66
ISBN: 0727918605
Price: £21.99
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ABC of Colorectal Diseases, 2nd Edition
David J Jones.
All the major colorectal diseases such as constipation, haemorrhoids and inflammatory bowel disease are covered in this text for non-specialists. It takes the reader from signs and symptoms, initial diagnoses, management, to guiding GPs in their decisions whether to refer for specialist treatment....
Publication date: December 1998
Paperback
ISBN: 0727911058
Price: £24.99
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ABC of One To Seven, 4th Edition
Bernard Valman.
This title provides a guide to the diseases, developmental disorders and emotional problems of early childhood. Each chapter contains concise advice on the child health problems most frequently encountered by primary health care workers. Topics include respiratory tract infection and diarrhoea.
Publication date: May 1999
Paperback
ISBN: 0727912321
Price: £24.99
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ABC of Colorectal Cancer
David Kerr.
Annie M. Young.
Richard Hobbs.
This book presents a clear and concise story of the overall management of colorectal cancer covering causality and genetics, prevention, and surgical, chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, with the patient at the centre. It is contemporary, scientific and hightly practical. It peers into the...
Publication date: January 2001
Paperback
ISBN: 0727915266
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Liver Pancreas & Gall Bladder
Ian Beckingham.
A review of medical and surgical problems affecting the liver, pancreas and biliary system. This book provides the essential information for medical and nursing students, GPs and junior hospital doctors in general medical and surgical training. It provides algorhithms for diagnosing and treating..
Publicatiuon date: May 2001
Paperback
ISBN: 0727915312
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Subfertility
Alison Taylor.
Peter Braude.
Written by a team of infertility experts, this guide addresses the complex subject of of subfertility. It begins with diagnosis in the male and female before presenting advice on all forms of assisted conception as well as counselling help with treatment decisions.
Publication date: January 2004
Paperback
ISBN: 0727915347
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Aids ELST Edition Blue Cover
Michael Adler.
This book stands as the standard single reference for all healthcare workers managing AIDS patients. This concise text discusses every aspect of the disease, from its epidemiology and all that is known of the aetiology, to diagnosis and recognition of the different manifestations of the disease.
Publication date: September 2001
Paperback
ISBN: 0727916777
Price: £5.00
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ABC of Palliative Care
Marie Fallon.
Bill O'Neill.
This user friendly guide to the palliative care of patients with incurable diseases takes a practical, easy to follow approach to this complex subject. Management of all the major symptoms are described, including difficult pain problems, respiratory problems, nausea and vomiting, constipation and...
Publication date: July 1998
Paperback
ISBN: 072790793X
Price: £21.99
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ABC of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Robert Logan.
Adam Harris.
J. J. Misiewicz.
J. H. Baron.
This new ABC concentrating on major upper Gastrointestinal disorders reflects the latest advances in understanding of the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of upper GI diseases most of which now have precise diagnostic methods and relational and effective medical and surgical managements.
Publication date: March 2002
Paperback
ISBN: 0727912666
Price: £17.99
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ABC of Breast Disease, 3rd Edition (with CD-Rom)
Mike Dixon.
Provides current knowledge and treatment on benign and malignant breast conditions.
Covers all the recent advances in screening and adjuvant treatment, including the new aromatase inhibitor clinical trials and improvements in metastatic disease treatment.
New chapters on prognosis and clinical trials.
Includes CD-ROM with video clips of diagnostic tests and clinical procedures, which can be used as a valuable teaching aid.
Publication date: October 2005
Pages: 132
ISBN: 0727918281
Price: £24.95
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ABC of First Year, 5th Edition
Bernard Valman.
Roslyn Thomas.
This is the new edition of the established guide to medical care for babies "The first year of life". Taking on board an additional editor the book has been fully updated with new illustrations and a new chapter on "Non-accidental injury and selected drugs". The ABC of the First Year gives...
Publication date: November 2001
Paperback
ISBN: 0727916815
Price: £24.99
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ABC of Sexual Health, 2nd Edition
John Tomlinson.
The second edition of the ABC of Sexual Health is a comprehensive and newly updated presentation of this important, but difficult subject. This edition takes in new subject areas, including transvestism, lesbianism, HIV and cybersex. It offers explicit guidance on dealing with patients with sexual...
Publication date: December 2004
Pages: 96
Paperback
ISBN: 0727917595
Price: £21.99
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ABC of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Michael Adler.
Frances Cowan.
Patrick French.
Helen Mitchell.
John Richens.
This comprehensive introduction to sexually transmitted diseases gives concise, practical information on a wide range of diseases. The text of this fifth edition is substantially rewritten, updated and illustrated with new photographs, drawings and charts. It gives the latest guidance on...
Publication date: April 2004
Pages: 104
Paperback
ISBN: 0727917617
Price: £24.99
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