Ideal for clinic use, both for diagnosis and for explaining to the patient, this guide provides: * A quick reference atlas guide to the diagnosis skin lesions, especially, but not limited to, those that are cancerous * Icons for each condition linked to high definition dermoscopy and clinical photographs * Real dermatoscopic images and the associated clinical photographs on the page opposite

Learn to forage in the hedgerows like the herbalists of the past As many of us look for ways to live a more planet-friendly lifestyle, the sustainable and ethical art of foraging offers us a way to connect with the world around us. It is a practice rich in tradition and steeped in history, and one that links us to our past and our future. This foraging companion is designed to be taken with you on your adventures into the hedgerows, forests and woodland all year round. Helpfully arranged by season, this book includes clear photographs to aid plant identification, ideas on how best to prepare and preserve your finds, fascinating foraging and plant folklore, and handy pages to make your own notes and drawings. Additional features: Paperback and lightweight (approx. 330g) design, to allow you to take the book with you while foraging A month-by-month foraging calendar Advice on foraging etiquette and tips for creating a forager's toolkit This is the essential guide to enjoying the bountiful delights of the hedgerows.

Your brain is always listening and responding to these hidden influences and unless you recognize and deal with them, they can steal your happiness, spoil your relationships, and sabotage your health. This book will teach you to tame the:

• Dragons from the Past that ignite your most painful emotions;
• Negative Thought Dragons that attack you, fueling anxiety and depression;
• They and Them Dragons, people in your life whose own dragons do battle with yours;
• Bad Habit Dragons that increase the chances you’ll be overweight, overwhelmed, and an underachiever;
• Addicted Dragons that make you lose control of your health, wealth, and relationships;
• Scheming Dragons, advertisers and social media sites that steal your attention.

It is absolutely staggering that in developing countries most women birth their babies without a skilled attendant present.

There are no figures about how many midwifery students are lectured without a skilled midwifery facilitator - the author's guess is at sixty per cent. How can the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 of reducing maternal and infant mortality be met when these two situations prevail?

This book address the real issues of teaching and learning real midwifery. Skilled midwives have been shown globally to reduce maternal and infant mortality economically, effectively and respectfully.

Health research has made spectacular strides over the past few decades. The value of health research is obvious and irrefutable. What is not so apparent is that people who participate in research may be harmed during the process. Africa prides itself in having some of the most respected universities globally. It is a continent of immense research potential. At the same time, Africa suffers from many of the health burdens of low-income regions. While it affords many research opportunities, this creates the potential for the misuse of power on vulnerable individuals and populations.

This book explores why participants in health research require protection. It also explains how ethical principles and the law can assist inter alia research ethics committees, researchers, funders and institutions at which research is conducted, to safeguard the rights and dignity of individuals contributing to the research enterprise. It engages with this imbalance and examines how well-intentioned aims of ethical health research can be achieved while simultaneously maximising the protection of research participants. It draws on local and international documents and expertise to inform the resolution of many ethical dilemmas and complexities that inevitably arise in health research.

Health Research Ethics: Safeguarding the Interests of Research Participants provides a solid understanding of the normative values for protecting research participants against exploitation, harm and wrong. Since research ethics is multidisciplinary, this book will be of value to a range of professionals and academics inter alia those from the health sciences, social sciences, and legal disciplines.

Terry Prone once thought plastic surgery was for the vain, the self-regarding and the rich. She thought herself the person least likely to submit to the plastic surgeon's scalpel. But this was before a traumatic car crash in which the steering wheel caved in her cheekbones, broke her jaw and smashed her teeth. In the days and weeks that followed, she began to understand how radically her appearance had changed. She then embarked on a journey of physical - and emotional - reconstruction that gradually became an addiction. Liposuction. Tooth implants. An arm-lift. Two face-lifts and a brow-lift. Diamond eye surgery. Foot surgery. She found she could not stop. Mirror Mirror tells the dramatic story of Terry Prone's experience of plastic surgery on both sides of the Atlantic and reveals the truth about each procedure: discomforts, costs, failures and (mostly) successes. Charged with her remarkable candour, it is an astonishing story of courage and personal reinvention - and a hilarious exploration of the wilder shores of plastic surgery.

Journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research and stories from parents and caregivers with a feminist bent.

Behind our current caregiving crisis, in which a broken system has left parents and caregivers exhausted, sits a fierce addiction to independence. But what would happen if we started to appreciate dependency, and the deep meaning of one person caring for another? If we start to care about care?

With a curiosity and desire to understand more fully one of humanity's most profound and essential relationships, journalist Elissa Strauss she interrogates our societal obsession with going it alone and poses a challenge to let ourselves be transformed by the act of caregiving. When You Care weaves historical anecdotes and science with conversations with parents and caregivers to the young, old, disabled, ill, and more, revealing a rich array of insights about how care shapes us on the inside and the outside, for the better.

Care is a long-ignored force in our collective and political lives, as well as a deeply philosophical, spiritual, and psychologically potent experience. Moreso, an embrace of care by both women and men will lead to a more gender equitable future and help us reimagine what it means to be productive and live a meaningful life.

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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and future uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, this Advanced Introduction discusses the issues surrounding the implementation, governance, impacts and risks of utilising AI in health organizations Key Features: Advises healthcare executives on how to effectively leverage AI to advance their strategies and plans and support digital transformation Discusses AI governance, change management, workforce management and the organization of AI experimentation and implementation Analyzes AI technologies in healthcare and their impacts on patient care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, population health, and healthcare operations Provides risk mitigation approaches to address potential AI algorithm problems, liability and regulation Essential reading for policymakers, clinical executives and consultants in healthcare, this Advanced Introduction explores how to successfully integrate AI into healthcare organizations and will also prove invaluable to students and scholars interested in technological innovations in healthcare.

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Nearly 20% of occupational therapy practitioners work in school settings, requiring current, effective, and evidence-based best practices for students. Reflecting the extensiveness of occupational therapy practice in schools, the second edition of this bestseller contains best practices from preschool to postsecondary transitions, from ADLs to driving. The latest edition of Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools promotes best school practices, education, research, and policy and provides school occupational therapy practitioners with current, effective information to use in their daily practices. This comprehensive text details working with multiple student populations, transition planning, assistive technology, enhancing student participation, and work readiness. Appendixes provide resources for educators using the text in the classroom, documentation, assessment tools, liability issues, and templates for the occupational profile and occupational therapy intervention plan. Highlights: Section I. Foundations of Occupational Therapy in Schools. History, OTPF, laws, ethics, preparing students to practice, fieldwork, occupational therapy assistants, administrators. Section II. Evidence-Guided Practices: System-Level Considerations to Support Participation. Leadership and advocacy, supporting student access, family engagement, collaboration, resolving conflicts, determining workload, evaluation, Medicaid cost recovery, literacy and STEM skills, health and wellness, mental health, UDL, AT, transportation, transition planning. Section III. Evidence-Guided Practices: Population-Level Considerations to Support Participation. MTSSs, 504 plans, ADHD, autism, childhood trauma, emotional disturbance, hearing impairments or deafness, intellectual disability, low-incidence disabilities, physical disabilities, specific learning disabilities, TBI, visual impairment. Section IV. Evidence-Guided Practices: Service-Level Considerations to Support Participation. Evaluation and planning, intervention, group intervention, telehealth, nonpublic schools and homeschooling, documentation and data collection. Section V. Evidence-Guided Practices: Supporting Occupations to Enhance Student Participation. ADLs, mealtimes, IADLs, handwriting, reading, play and leisure, driver's education, enhancing social participation. Section VI. Evidence-Guided Practices: Addressing Performance Skills to Enhance Student Participation. Executive function, fine motor skills, motor skills, sensory processing, visual perception and visual-motor skills. Appendixes. Future of school occupational therapy, assessments tools, evidence-based practice, liability insurance, guidelines for early intervention, occupational profile template, intervention plan, documentation, incorporating the text into a curriculum. With a focus on student participation, Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools, 2nd Edition, provides practical applications of evidence-based research to daily practice.