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Achieving Cultural Competency: A Case-Based Approach to Training Health Professionals provides the necessary tools to meet the ever-growing need for culturally competent practitioners and trainees. Twenty-five self-study cases cover a variety of medical topics, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurology, oncology, hematology, immunology, and pediatric disorders. Actual scenarios that occurred in clinical settings help the user gain direct insight into the realities of practice today. Cultural factors covered within the cases include cultural diversity plus gender, language, folk beliefs, socioeconomic status, religion, and sexual orientation. more...

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Inflammatory cell recruitment requires the concerted action of at least five major sets of adhesion molecules: integrins, immunoglobulin-like molecules, selectins, carbohydrate structures serving as selectin ligands, and certain ectoenzymes. This volume gives a comprehensive overview on the most relevant leukocyte and endothelial adhesion molecules. The chapters are written by leaders in the field and focus on the biology, structure, function, and regulation of adhesion molecules. Currently approved adhesion molecule-based therapies are reviewed and an outlook for future approaches is also provided. The book is of interest to clinicians and scientists from immunology, physiology, cancer research, rheumatology, allergology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, pulmonology and cardiology. more...

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At last, years of clinical experience and the latest clinical evidence comes together in one comprehensive collection by world-renown experts at the Baylor College of Medicine. A complete and focused examination of all aspects of endovascular therapy of aortic disease, Advanced Endovascular Therapy provides you with all of the information you need on:.:.; Natural history and preoperative planning.; Thoracic aortic aneurysm.; Aortic dissection and traumatic aortic injury.; Techniques, new devices, and surveillance. With 26 chapters skilfully organized into four main sections, this book helps you obtain the best results when using endovascular treatments for patients with aortic disease. Keep Advanced Endovascular Therapy close at hand for frequent reference. more...

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There is an increasing need for an understanding of the scientific basis of cellular pathology to facilitate a growing trend towards inter-disciplinary understanding in biomedical sciences. Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Cellular Pathology provides biomedical science students and professionals with the necessary background information, principles and methodology of advanced techniques to assist diagnosis in the modern cellular pathology laboratory. Each chapter is carefully structured to introduce the very latest techniques and describe their clinical purpose, principle, method and application in cellular pathology. The advantages of various methods for preparing, observing and demonstrating cells and tissues employed to assist in diagnosis are explored, in addition to the use of quantitative methods in the detection and diagnosis of disease. An accompanying web site presents full colour digital images of microscope slides, advanced protocols that the book can reference, appendices and web links. This book is invaluable for newly qualified postgraduates needing to get up to speed on a broad range of analytical techniques. It is also of interest to professionals working in diagnostic, industrial and research laboratories for continual professional development and training. more...

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Volume forty-four of the Advances in Clinical Chemistry series contains review articles of wide interest to clinical laboratory scientists and diagnostic adventurers. Articles in this volume cover such topics as Caspases in Myocardial Infarction; Deamidated Gliadin Peptides as Targets for Celiac Disease Specific Antibodies; Urokinase Receptor Variants in Tissue and Body Fluids; Proteomics in Cancer; Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Oncnerual Antibodies: Clinical and Immunological Aspects; Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Angiogenesis; Bikunin (Urinary Trypsin Inhibitor): Structure, Biological Relevance and Measurement; and Gene Expression Assays. more...

Price: $180.00