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Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development
Adolescence is one of the most fascinating and complex transitions
in the human life span. Its breathtaking pace of growth and change
is second only to that of infancy. Over the last two decades, the
research base in the field of adolescence has had its own growth
spurt. New studies have provided fresh insights while theoretical
assumptions have changed and matured. This summary of an important
1998 workshop reviews key findings and addresses the most pressing
research challenges. Table of Contents Front Matter New Research on
Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty References
Appendix: Workshop Agenda
With the ever-increasing rise in life expectancy, there is an
urgent need to improve our understanding of the relationship
between ageing and the pathogenesis of age-related diseases in
order to identify more effective means of prevention, amelioration
and management of such diseases. In addition, there is a need to
reduce the social and economic impact of the ageing population.
Age-related morbidity and mortality vary dramatically among
individuals; this book focusses on individual differences in
susceptibility to age-related disorders.
It contains contributions from leading experts in the field on
topics such as:
age-related pathology in the brain, age-related processes in stem
cells, and age-related effects on the immune system and in bone,
muscle and cardiovascular tissue. For all those with an interest in
the biology of ageing, this is compulsory reading.
Human Reproductive Genetics: Emerging Technologies and Clinical
Applications presents a great reference for clinicians and
researchers in reproductive medicine. Part I includes a brief
background of genetics and epigenetics, probability of disease, and
the different techniques that are being used today for analysis and
genetic counseling. Part II focuses on the analysis of the embryo,
current controversies and future concepts. Part III comprises
different clinical scenarios that clinicians frequently face in
practice. The increasing amount of genetic tests available and the
growing information that patients handle makes this section a
relevant part of the fertility treatment discussion. Finally, Part
IV concludes with the psychological aspects of genetic counseling
and the role of counselor and bioethics in human reproduction.
Child development comprises children's cognitive, linguistic,
motor, social and emotional development, communication, and
self-care skills. Understanding developmental periods means that
possible problems or roadblocks can be planned for or prevented.
Knowledge of child development is necessary for achieving
educational goals and is integral to promoting children's healthy
and timely development. Global Perspectives on Prenatal, Postnatal,
and Early Childhood Development is an essential scholarly reference
source that compiles critical findings on children's growth periods
and characteristics as well as the principles that affect their
development. Covering a wide range of topics such as at-risk
children, early intervention, and support programs, this book is
ideally designed for child development specialists, pediatricians,
educators, program developers, administrators, psychologists,
researchers, academicians, and students. Additionally, the book
provides insight and support to health professionals working in
various disciplines in the field of child development and health.
Whether they are in developed or developing nations, all women are
susceptible to dying from complications in childbirth. While some
of these complications are unavoidable, many develop during
pregnancy and can be prevented or, when caught in time, treated.
These difficulties are often a result of inaccessibility to care,
inadequate health services, poor prenatal screening, and uninformed
mothers, among others, that in many cases are a direct consequence
of the mother's geographical location and economic status.
Innovations in Global Maternal Health: Improving Prenatal and
Postnatal Care Practices explores new techniques, tools, and
solutions that can be used in a global capacity to support women
during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, regardless
of their wealth or location. Highlighting a range of topics such as
maternal care models, breastfeeding, and social media and internet
health forums, this publication is an ideal reference source for
world health organizations, obstetricians, midwives, lactation
consultants, doctors, nurses, hospital staff, directors,
counselors, therapists, academicians, and researchers interested in
the latest practices currently in use that can combat maternal
mortality and morbidity and lead to healthier women and newborns.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Rationalization is concerned with making the most effective use of
the resources available. In many places where this process is
taking place it is plagued with public opposition and
misunderstanding. Hitherto rationalization in the acute care sector
has primarily been concerned with closing sites closing beds moving
beds between services and moving beds from one site to another.
This book discusses the need for rationalization in the context of
health service reforms and future strategy. It considers recent
changes in the health service the case for rationalization health
care needs the role of public relations the future of the acute
care hospital site and facilities appraisal and the costs of
rationalization. The text is essential reading for managers and
clinicians involved in acute care services non-executive members of
boards and trusts and students of health services management.
Few recent technologies have attracted as much attention as In
Vitro Fertilization (IVF), a technique in which ova are fertilized
in a glass dish and transferred to the prospective mother. Despite
a large body of literature and much recent publicity on the ethics
of new re-productive technologies, however, we are far from
understanding what actually goes on in the nation's 138 in vitro
fertilization centers, and even farther from possessing a clear
public policy regarding this controversial technology. In this book
the author examines two different, and often opposing worlds of in
vitro fertilization: the public's political, legal and ethical
concerns surrounding the technique, and the personal, pragmatic
world of the individual patients who come to the centers seeding a
cure for infertility. The crux of this analysis revolves around the
intersection, and sometimes the antagonism, between these two
worlds. While use of the centers is growing extremely fast, there
is an absence of any federal-level policy to monitor this
technique. To fill this vacuum, individual practitioners of IVF and
other new reproductive technologies. The author investigates the
current effects of these guidelines in interviews with physicians,
scientists, policy makers, and patients at IVF centers, and argues
that in this case, the public policy we implement should take its
direction from the self-regulation that is already occurring on a
local level and which is so well-developed that it has in effect
taken the place of a formal federal policy. For all those
interested in, or contemplating the rapidly growing field of in
vitro fertilization, this is an objective analysis which answers
many perplexing questions.
Late aging associated changes in alcohol sensitivity,
neurobehavioral function, and neuroinflammation, Volume 148, the
latest release in the International Review of Neurobiology series,
highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume
presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics. Each
chapter is written by an international board of authors.
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