A Duty to the Dead

A Duty to the Dead

The daughter of a distinguished soldier Bess Crawford follows in his footsteps and signs up to go overseas as a nurse during the Great War helping to deal with the many wounded. There serving on a hospital ship she makes a promise to a dying young lieutenant to take a message to his brother Jonathan Graham: ‘Tell Jonathan that I lied. I did it for Mothers sake. But it has to be set right.’ Later when her ship is sunk by a mine and shes sidelined by a broken arm Bess returns home to England determined to fulfill her promise.

A Duty to the Dead

Functional Bladder Reconstruction Following Spinal Cord Injury via Neural Approaches

Functional Bladder Reconstruction Following Spinal Cord Injury via Neural Approaches

One of the most common problems for spinal cord injury patients is urinary system dysfunction. The book Functional Bladder Reconstruction Following Spinal Cord Injury via Neural Approaches introduces how to solve this problem using multi-disciplinary approaches. From animal model studies to surgical techniques as well as successful case reports, six kinds of surgery are presented in separate chapters. This up-to-date monograph will be a valuable resource for surgeons, urologists and neurologists caring for spinal cord injury patients. The contributors are a group of surgeons working in the fields of orthopaedics and microsurgery. Editor Chunlin Hou is Professor in Changzheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

Functional Bladder Reconstruction Following Spinal Cord Injury via Neural Approaches

Radiation Disaster Medicine

Radiation Disaster Medicine

While many books are available on disaster medicine, none is specifically devoted to the role of physicians in the management of patients exposed to radiation leakage from a damaged nuclear power plant. Radiation Disaster Medicine aims to fill this void based on the response to the Fukushima nuclear accident. Each chapter addresses principles and practices of radiation medicine within the specific context of that accident. Topics covered include the role of physicians in radiation disasters, the concepts of external and internal exposure, prehospital and hospital response, disaster behavioral health, and radiation emergency response from the perspective of national and international institutions. Most of the contributors are active educators and researchers in radiation medicine with first-hand experience in dealing with prehospital triage and management of patients within secondary and tertiary care hospitals in Japan.

Radiation Disaster Medicine

In Your Eyes

In Your Eyes

A gifted artist, Genevieve Monaghan expresses the wonder and beauty of life on canvas. When millionaire philanthropist Alex Miller asks her to create a painting for the new childrens wing of a major Boston hospital, she finds his high-handed ways exasperating and his stunning good looks distractingbut she cannot resist his proposal. She embraces the project, willing to suffer Alexs presence for the sake of her art. Yet soon Gen finds herself falling for Alex and his virile charm.

In Your Eyes

The Year in Therapeutics, Volume 1

The Year in Therapeutics, Volume 1

Pharmacological research continues to make great strides forward, and innovative medicines are now being licensed and made available for inclusion in the hospital formulary. Decision makers, whether doctors, clinical pharmacologists or pharmacists must wade through a vast body of literature to properly assess the utility and benefits of new drugs.

The Year in Therapeutics, Volume 1

Robotic Urology

Robotic Urology

Robotic surgery is in a phase of worldwide rapid evolution. Data from many centers indicate that urologists are achieving equivalent, or better, operative outcomes using a robotic laparoscopic interface compared with their open results. Patients benefit from quicker convalescence, less pain, and shorter hospital stays. The multi-authored international text covers the robotic operative procedures in urology that are routinely performed today and still in evolution. It focuses on robotic radical prostatectomy and includes robotic procedures for the kidney, adrenal gland, and urinary bladder. The most essential steps are depicted in illustrations. This book should contribute to the support of new robotic teams and continue to popularize robotic urology.

Robotic Urology