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An overview of the use of three-dimensional techniques in radiation therapy, this study explores the use of multi-modality computed tomography, treatment-planning software, advanced collimation techniques, proton radiotherapy, megavoltage imaging and stereotactic radiosurgery.

To achieve and maintain optimal health, it is essential that the vitamins in foods are present in sufficient quantity and are in a form that the body can assimilate. Vitamins in Foods:

Aims to bridge the gap between theory and clinical practice, demonstrating how awareness of the insights gained from neuroscience is essential if the psychological therapies are to maintain scientific integrity in the

This text, with its friendly narrative style, assumes no prior knowledge of gerontology, sociology, or psychology and so solidly serves its purpose as an overview of the field.

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of day care and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period

This edited collection examines the campaign for women's suffrage from an international perspective.

Beginning with the origins of Western medicine and science in the ancient world the authors explore the relationship between race, medicine and health care and apply their findings to the African American

Whilst sufficient basic genetic information is given to provide a foundation for the novice, the main feature of the book is the presentation of selected topics to illustrate current developments in molecular

Using the clinical picture of these diseases as a starting point, the book reviews and integrates the current understanding of their molecular pathologies, the genotype-phenotype relationships, the mutational processes of trinucleotide repeats,

This volume provides reviews and details of the quality, safety and efficacy for some of the top-selling botanicals worldwide, including garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, St John's wort and valerian. The work was written

This comprehensive publication on biological actions of hydrazines includes all the available published material and chronological descriptions of the literature. The uniformly applied principle of evaluations separates each hydrazine chemical and divides

The second book derived from the series of international conferences on visual search, this brings together research from a variety of disciplines, enabling the reader to share experiences at the cutting edge,

Madhouse of Language considers the relations between madness and language from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries, focusing on the close analysis of both medical records, and texts by writers such

Structures of Control in Health Management describes new systems of surveillance which are used to monitor and regulate doctors and health care workers. Rob Flynn argues that these systems threaten established power

British Medicine in an Age of Reform charts the nature and dynamics of the radical changes which occured between 1780 and 1850. The details of the Apothecaries' Act, the use of the

Acknowledged as the international standard text for basic security procedures in museums.

There is much concern expressed in nursing and other health care professions about the theory/practice gap. Learning Disabilities, written for all those dealing with the learning disabled in a professional capacity, is

This volume is written for those dealing with the learning disabled in a professional capacity, and is structured to enable practitioners from a variety of backgrounds to apply theoretical concepts with real

This is the third edition of this classic text, which has been extensively revised and includes a fully updated bibliography. This edition also includes coverage of new theories which have surfaced since