Open Access Books - Health Science - 2021

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  • Publication
    Mind, State and Society: Social History of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Britain 1960–2010
    ( 2021)
    Edited by George Ikkos, Nick Bouras
    Historical Perspectives on Mental Health and Psychiatry Introduction In the period from the 1960s to the 2010s, there are six major shifts in encounters between professionals and their patients. They are: deinstitutionalization, antipsychiatry, patients' movements, changes in diagnostic nomenclature, evidence-based medicine, and the privileging of psychopharmacology, neurochemistry, and neurobiology. These themes overlap to varying degrees. Linked to these changes are major shifts in the care of older people with mental health issues, the 'treatment' of homosexuals, debates about informed consent, the 'medicalisation' of everyday complains, and shifts from psychosocial models of psychiatry to biomedical ones
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    Nursing Skills
    ( 2021)
    Kimberly Ernstmeyer, Elizabeth Christman
    This open access Nursing Skills textbook includes physical assessments routinely performed by entry-level registered nurses and basic nursing skills performed by licensed practical nurses. It is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Skills course (543-102), the 2019 NCLEX-RN Test Plan, the 2020 NCLEX-PN Test Plan, and the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act. Learning activities are included to encourage the student to engage in critical thinking and apply the nursing process while analyzing assessment findings.
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    Musculoskeletal Diseases 2021-2024
    ( 2021)
    Juerg Hodler, Rahel A. Kubik-Huch, Gustav K. von Schulthes (Editors)
    "This open access book focuses on imaging of the musculoskeletal diseases. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by clinical as well as technological developments. The authors are all internationally renowned experts in their field. They are also excellent teachers, and provide didactically outstanding chapters. The book is disease-oriented and covers all relevant imaging modalities, with particular emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging. Important aspects of pediatric imaging are also included. IDKD books are completely re-written every four years. As a result, they offer a comprehensive review of the state of the art in imaging. The book is clearly structured with learning objectives, abstracts, subheadings, tables and take-home points, supported by design elements to help readers easily navigate through the text. As an IDKD book, it is particularly valuable for general radiologists, radiology residents, and interventional radiologists who want to update their diagnostic knowledge, and for clinicians interested in imaging as it relates to their specialty. " This work is licensed under a CC BY
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    Making Healthcare Safe
    ( 2021)
    Lucian L. Leape
    This unique and engaging open access title provides a compelling and ground-breaking account of the patient safety movement in the United States, told from the perspective of one of its most prominent leaders, and arguably the movement’s founder, Lucian L. Leape, MD. Covering the growth of the field from the late 1980s to 2015, Dr. Leape details the developments, actors, organizations, research, and policy-making activities that marked the evolution and major advances of patient safety in this time span. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, this book not only comprehensively details how and why human and systems errors too often occur in the process of providing health care, it also promotes an in-depth understanding of the principles and practices of patient safety, including how they were influenced by today’s modern safety sciences and systems theory and design. Indeed, the book emphasizes how the growing awareness of systems-design thinking and the self-education and commitment to improving patient safety, by not only Dr. Leape but a wide range of other clinicians and health executives from both the private and public sectors, all converged to drive forward the patient safety movement in the US. This work is licensed under a CC BY
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    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for the Clinician
    ( 2021)
    Krishnamurthy Bonanthaya, Elavenil Panneerselvam, Suvy Manuel, Vinay V. Kumar, Anshul Rai (Editors)
    "This is an open access book with CC BY 4.0 license. This comprehensive open access textbook provides a comprehensive coverage of principles and practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. With a range of topics starting from routine dentoalveolar surgery to advanced and complex surgical procedures, this volume is a meaningful combination of text and illustrations including clinical photos, radiographs, and videos. It provides guidance on evidence-based practices in context to existing protocols, guidelines and recommendations to help readers deal with most clinical scenarios in their daily surgical work. This multidisciplinary textbook is meant for postgraduate trainees, young practicing oral surgeons and experienced clinicians, as well as those preparing for university and board certification exams. It also aids in decision-making, the implementation of treatment plans and the management of complications that may arise. This book is an initiative of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI) to its commitment to academic medicine. As part of this commitment, this textbook is in open access to help ensure widest possible dissemination to readers across the world. " This work is licensed under a CC BY