Exploiting the rich information found in electronic health records (EHRs) can facilitate better medical research and improve the quality of medical practice. Until now, a…

Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, VIPIMAGE 2009 provides a comprehensive coverage of the current state-of-the-art in the fields of: Image Processing and Analysis; Tracking…

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book provides a clear and incisive analysis of the different perspectives of the global response to…

This collection provides a detailed review of how textiles are incorporated into wound care applications, explaining the importance and suitability of using textiles on different…

There has been exponential growth in use of the Internet to deliver therapeutic and supportive human services. Online interventions are known by a variety of…

Assessment in Health Professions Education provides comprehensive guidance for persons engaged in the teaching and testing of the health professions – medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy…

At the turn of the 20th century, African societies witnessed the suppression of indigenous healing specialists as missionary proselytization and colonial rule increased. Governments, medical…

A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet frees readers from having to sift through countless websites to find up-to-date, high quality, reliable information on…

What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore,…

This series, originally published in the 1920s and 1930s, includes work by some of the twentieth century’s most well-known thinkers, scientists, philosophers, doctors, critics and…