Tag: Medical

Graduate Medical Education Issues


Free Download Caroline I. Hansen, "Graduate Medical Education Issues "
English | ISBN: 1611229022 | 2013 | 170 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Reforming medical education will be a key component in transforming the nation’s health care delivery system from one that historically has focused on care for acute illness, at the expense of chronic condition management, co-ordination of care across settings and disease prevention, to one that values patient-centred care, quality improvement and resource conservation. This new and important book examines the challenging issues in today’s graduate medical education.

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English for Medical Communication


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English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032451556 | 273 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 4.4 MB
English for Medical Communication: A Guide to Course Design is a practical guide to the design of health communication courses in English for Academic/Specific Purposes (EAP/ESP). Written by an experienced team of EAP/ESP practitioners teaching communication courses to medical students, the chapters cover ten key areas in medical communication, such as reporting patient history, writing a medico-legal report, discussing ethical cases, writing a Wikipedia article in medicine, and presenting community project findings in a research report.

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The Vegetative State Medical Facts, Ethical and Legal Dilemmas


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English | 2002 | pages: 244 | ISBN: 0521441587 | PDF | 1,5 mb
This unique account surveys the medical, ethical, and legal issues that surround the vegetative state. The volume discusses the medical definition and criteria for diagnosis, its frequency and causes, and possible outcomes. The author also explores ethical arguments, including the conflict between sanctity of life and respect for the autonomy and best interests of the victim, and between killing and letting die. Legal issues are explored with details of landmark court cases from the U.S., Britain, and elsewhere. This well-informed and carefully constructed account will be a benchmark for medical specialists, ethicists, lawyers, and philosophers.

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Medical Education The State of the Art


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English | ISBN: 1608761940 | 2010 | 162 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book addresses the topics that are central to the provision of medical education. A group of experts who present a state-of-the- art review on a broad, and comprehensive, range of topics have contributed. They cover issues that have a broad application to all students, and also for the specific challenges that relate to medical education. Importantly a group of experts from within have been collected, and from outside the home institution – the Medical School at University College Cork. Thus, in addition to providing a comprehensive review of contemporary principles of medical education, provided, as well, is a practical basis demonstrating how these principles have been applied in the comprehensive process of curricular reform at a single institution.

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging


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English | 2025 | ISBN: 103262633X | 269 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 23 MB
Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is rising, and it holds tremendous potential for more accurate findings and novel solutions to complicated medical issues. Biomedical AI has potential, especially in the context of precision medicine, in the healthcare industry’s next phase of development and advancement. Integration of AI research into precision medicine is the future; however, the human component must always be considered.

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Harvard Medical School Low Back Pain Healing your aching back


Free Download Jeffrey N. Katz, "Harvard Medical School Low Back Pain: Healing your aching back"
English | ISBN: 161401003X | 2012 | 48 pages | EPUB | 995 KB
Treatment of low back pain has undergone a recent sea change. Experts now appreciate the central role of exercise and the importance of maintaining a healthy back. This Special Health Report, Low Back Pain: Healing your aching back, helps you understand why back pain occurs and which treatments are most likely to help. This report describes the different types of back problems and the tailored treatments that are more likely to help specific conditions.

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