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A favorite specialty cookbook–over 85,000 copies sold–now revised with nearly 50 percent new content The author of the bestselling Diabetes For Dummies (0-7645-6820-5) has now thoroughly revised and updated this companion cookbook to bring it into line with the latest diabetes findings and trends. more...

Price: $19.99

This fully updated edition offers over 11,000 entries, each providing clear, up-to-date coverage of specialist nursing terms including diseases, symptoms, instruments, common drugs and biological terms. It provides the user with a complete guide to the vocabulary likely to be encountered by nurses (and other health care professionals) in their day-to-day work. more...

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Veterinary practitioners and students are presented with many different and complex cases, and are expected to offer an accurate diagnosis quickly. The differential diagnosis list is one of the most important aspects of the problem-oriented approach to clinical diagnosis. Finding good lists in a readily available form can be difficult, and can involve laborious reference to multiple texts and sources. Differential Diagnosis in Small Animal Medicine brings this information together in one place in an easy reference format.; A rapid reference that concentrates solely on differential diagnosis lists of major problems in small animal medicine;.; Details differential diagnoses from diverse findings such as history, physical examination, diagnostic imaging and laboratory test results;.; Includes radiographs, ultrasounds, selected diagnostic algorithms colour pictures and suggestions for further testing.; Saves time spent searching multiple texts and sources, by bringing the information together in one place in an easy reference format. more...

Price: $60.00

Many aspects of drama therapy make it an ideal technique to use with students with special learning needs. This practical resource book for professionals covers the broad spectrum of students attending special needs schools, including those with attention deficit disorder, autism and Asperger syndrome, and students with multiple disabilities. Paula Crimmens places therapeutic storymaking within the context of drama therapy and offers practical advice on how to structure and set up sessions to be compatible with special needs learning environments. She shows how story sessions can address issues of self-esteem and self-mastery, and how their use in groups is invaluable for building social and communication skills. The book includes traditional stories from around the world as session material, and includes guidance on how to devise stories relevant to older students, as well as a review of recent research into the effectiveness of drama therapy in engaging and retaining the attention of students with an intellectual disability. more...

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An invaluable clinical reference for the therapeutic management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases encountered in practice. This book is not a treatise on gastrointestinal pharmacology but a practical guide to the therapeutic use of GI drugs. more...

Price: $139.95