Subject(s): Pediatric orthopedics Summary: "Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Pediatric Surgery contains the chapters on pediatric surgery from Sam W. Wiesel's Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery and provides full-color, step-by-step explanations of all operative procedures. Written by experts from leading institutions around

Subject(s): Public health Summary: "Evidence for Health: From Patient Choice to Global Policy is a practical guide to evidence-informed decision-making. It provides health practitioners and policy-makers with a broad overview of how to improve health and reduce health inequities, as well as the tools needed to make informed decisions that w

Subject(s): Allied health personnel -- Vocational guidance Summary: The ideal reference tool for first-time job seekers or those just entering the health care industry, the book provides instruction and preparation activities for every step of the employment cycle, including job research, writing resumes, completing applications, and preparing

Subject(s): Anesthesia in obstetrics Summary: "This book covers all aspects of anesthesia affecting the fetus throughout in utero life. The book comprises three sections looking at: 1) endpoints for fetal and neonatal outcomes, 2) anesthetic interventions that may affect these endpoint variables, and 3) confounding variables which may modif

Subject(s): Insects | Human-animal relationships | Wildlife-related recreation | Ecotourism Summary: "Insects such as cockroaches, mosquitoes and bed-bugs are usually not highly sought amongst travellers or recreationists, yet each year, collectors, butterfly enthusiasts, dragonfly-hunters and apiarists collect, visit, document and raise in

Subject(s): Medical informatics | Pediatrics -- Data processing | Bioinformatics Summary: "Advances in the biomedical sciences, especially genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, taken together with the expanding use of electronic health records, are radically changing the IT infrastructure and software applications needed to support the tr

Subject(s): Interventional radiology -- Case studies Summary: This resource challenges you to look at a group of images, determine the diagnosis, answer related questions, and gauge your knowledge by reviewing the answer. It all adds up to the best interactive review of breast imaging available--one that's ideal for certification or recerti

Subject(s): Human engineering | Human-machine systems Summary: "Preface This textbook is the outgrowth of teaching human factors engineering for 30 years to undergraduates. The course is an offering of the psychology department, just as it was decades ago when I was a student myself. The field of human factors psychology (or human factors e

Subject(s): Building, Fireproof | Fire protection engineering Summary: "Preface Since the publication of the second edition of this book, Structural Fire Safety Engineering has become a recognized engineering discipline and prompted the need for a third edition. Advances of the discipline also allowed updating of various sections such as ma

Subject(s): Distance education | Teacher-student relationships Summary: "Taking a practical, curriculum-focused approach, this guide for both new and experienced distance educators allows them to develop and deliver quality courses and training sessions. Providing practices and examples, and surveying the tools of the trade, this fully upda