Offers a concise, stepwise program to help evaluate clinical studies, identify flaws in study design, interpret statistics, and apply evidence from clinical research to your practice.
Publication Date: 2004
Paperback, 403 pages with index 

Occupational Health Nursing Guidelines for Primary Clinical Conditions, Fourth Edition is ready to assist you! This highly anticipated new edition continues to provide you with comprehensive and detailed guidance on the assessment, management, and referral of work-related and non-occupational health issues as well as the development of workplace health programs.

Comprehensive and up to date – an indispensable resource for occupational health nursing practitioners, consultants, and managers.

Pub Date: December 2008
ISBN: 978-1-883595-52-4
Format: Spiral bound, 409 pages  

Published in February 2009, this popular medical dictionary includes more than 60,000 reader-friendly definitions, including over 3,000 brand new terms and 7,000 revised terms. Book comes with a multimedia DVD that is Mac and PC compatible. Thumb-indexed. THIS TITLE IS NON-RETURNABLE IF DVD OPENED.
Publication Date: 2009
Format: Hardcover with DVD 

Combination text, clinical reference, and color atlas. Provides concise coverage of all types of skin disease with 1500 clear color images. Organized into four parts, subdivided into 36 sections with four short appendices. Sections are color coded for rapid reference.
New topics include acquired digital fibromatosis, pityriasis rubra pilaris, palmoplantar keratosis, nevus lipomatosus superficialis. This edition also features new therapeutic recommendations, including biologic agents for eczema and dermatitis, new regulations for retinoids, and herbal products.
Pub Date: 2009
Format: Softcover, 1114 pages with index 

Published in June 2009, this practical how-to guide for case managers uses real-life examples in examining the case management process and presents practical procedural information in an easy-to-read style. The new fourth edition features updated and enhanced chapters in addition to several new topics including obesity and the aging population.CD-Rom containing customizeable forms and letters also included (item non-returnable if seal on CD-Rom is broken).

Pub Date: 2010
Format: Hardcover with CD-Rom, 875 pages 

This supplemental publication to the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition (our item number 50012) is designed to assist users of the fifth edition transition to using the sixth edition of the Guides. Ideal for physicians, attorneys, insurers and policy makers.
-Includes quick reference tables that compare and contrast changes between the fifth and sixth editions
-Summarizes the new approach modeled after the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
-Reviews key points and changes in each chapter
-Features a state-by-state summary of workers' compensation statutes and interpretations of the Guides
-Offers medical and legal tips that highlight and promote deeper understanding of the impairment assessment methology and its impairment ratings

Format: Softcover, 429 pages with index
Publication Date: 2010 

This easy to use lab manual is widely used by nurses and health care professionals in both academic and clinical settings. Covers more than 700 of the most commonly performed diagnostic and laboratory tests, including 30 new to this fourth edition. Chapters are organized by test type with tests presented in a consistent format that list normal findings, indications, test explanation, procedure and patient care, and test results and clinical significance along with any applicable contraindications, potential complications, interfering factors, and related tests.

Publicatiion Date: 2010
Format: Paperback, 1245 pages including index 

NEW 51ST EDITION PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2011 GO TO ITEM 19107 OR CLICK ON TITLE BELOW

CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 2012

 

Authored by Dr. Bernard Blais, practicing ophthalmologist and clinical professor of ophthalmology at the Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, this new guide on vision and visual impairment can be used to determine if visual impairment or disability exists, the severity of the diagnosis, and how this translates into whether a person is able to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and/or possibly related occupational duties.

Content includes:
*Insight into the differences between visual impairment and visual disability
*Selected examples of occupational ophthalmology and optometry, including possible job accommodations and restrictions
*Fundamental information on the anatomy of the eye, types of vision, aspects of visual impairment, and multiple aspects of vision loss and their connection to visual rehabilitation
*Examples of the latest Americans with Disabilities Act rules that affect visual disability
*Illustrations to show some of the different types of visual exams and ocular screenings, and how to interpret the results
*Charts and figures that clarify difficult concepts and provide concrete assistance to readers

Format: Softcover, 270 pages with index
Publication Date: 2011 

This handy reference features an alphabetical listing of common laboratory and diagnostic tests along with nursing interventions. Presented in full color in a consistent format. The focus is on the nurse's role in performing, evaluating, or assisting with tests. Clinical alerts highlight vital information.
Format: Softcover, 704 pages, 14 tables
Publication Date: February 2010