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The ultimate hope and great challenge undertaken by the authors of this volume is to improve disaster preparedness and response efforts globally by providing a standardized way to conduct rigorous and comprehensive scientific evaluative studies of the medical and public health response to these horrific events. It is our strongly held belief that the framework for the conduct of evaluative studies, as developed by specialists in scientific evaluation, offers the most appropriate and comprehensive structure for such studies. Our ‘eight-step approach’ is based upon a conceptual framework that is now widely used by health organizations globally as a basis for the evaluation of community-based medical and public health programs. We contend that many more disaster-related injuries and deaths can be prevented if the concepts and methods of evaluation science are applied to disaster events. In Part 1 of this book we describe the basic concepts and scientific methods used by program evaluation scientists to assess the structure, process, and outcomes of medical and public health interventions. In addition, a detailed description of a comprehensive medical and public health response system is described. In Part 2 we present an eight-step model for conducting an evaluative study of the response, again with a focus on the medical and public health components. Ethical issues that come into play in the conduct of disaster evaluative disaster research, and how these should be addressed, are the focus of Chapter 13. The final chapter offers a look to the future as new technology for data collection becomes available. We are not so naïve as to believe that disaster preparedness and response will change as a direct result of the availability of scientifically conducted assessments. Change requires a double pronged commitment—leaders from both the ranks of government and of the health professions must carefully consider, fund, and adopt policy positions and programs that are based upon the findings and recommendations that emerge from scientific evaluation studies. That is the most certain pathway to a better future.Less

This title is a practical and comprehensive guide to the management of the acutely ill patient. It is a single source to the most up-to-date therapies and protocols. It presents the most recent treatment guidelines and evidence-based content that is up-to-date with the recent advances in clinical medicine. Topics covered include cardiac emergencies, respiratory emergencies, gastroenterological emergencies, renal emergencies, shock, neurological emergencies, infectious diseases, emergencies in human immunodeficiency virus, diabetes and endocrine emergencies, haematological emergencies, rheumatological emergencies, dermatological emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, drug overdoses, and practical procedures in acute medicine.Less

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Immunology and Allergy is a unique, practical and clinically relevant guide for clinicians and laboratory staff to assist with the diagnosis and management of immunological/allergic disease, and the correct selection and interpretation of immunological tests, and has been expanded to include the latest developments, drugs, diagnostic tests, and therapy options in the field.Less

With brand new expert editors and authors, this third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine is fully updated and expanded in scope to provide concise, evidence-based information on rehabilitation aspects in long-term medical conditions affecting adults. Covering both clinical approaches to managing common symptoms and management in the context of specific conditions, it provides a comprehensive and holistic view of the specialty.Written to capture the WHO ICF biopsychosocial model for health conditions, the Handbook recognises that rehabilitation is more than merely the treatment of symptoms, but a dynamic discipline that works with mobility, cognition, sex, relationships, and work. With fourteen new chapters on specific conditions covering the spectrum of rehabilitation medicine, this Handbook has been designed as an invaluable resource for all members of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team.Less

Paediatric Anaesthesia is a comprehensive yet concise text covering everything from day surgery to complicated tertiary referral centre procedures. It provides concise and readily accessible information to trainee and expert alike. The book begins with the basic sciences and founding principles of anaesthetic management; containing simple tips on how to approach the perioperative care of children. Thereafter, each specialty is covered in a logical manner from preoperative assessment to post-operative care. Finally, the book covers paediatric medical emergencies, resuscitation and transfer of the child. This second edition has been uniformly updated and written by leading authorities from across the UK.Less

Abstract: This book examines current and past perspectives concerning unconventional sexual interests. Extensively referenced, it challenges the dogma that sexual interests are immutably determined during a single critical period and are thereafter unchangeable. It critically reviews the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic criteria for paraphilic disorders. It provides assessment and treatment recommendations for each of the paraphilias listed in the DSM-5 and ICD-10. The book provides extensive case histories and tables summarizing more than 100 paraphilias and the latest research. It is written for mental health clinicians and specialists in the fields of sexology, forensic psychology, and psychiatry.Less

Surgical Palliative Care is a synoptic presentation about the treatment of suffering and the promotion of quality of life for seriously or terminally ill patients under surgical care. The contributors include surgeons of different specialties who are leaders in the new specialty of surgical palliative care. Surgical palliative care encompasses supportive care for patients and families with serious illness that includes disease-directed treatment and supportive care for patients and families with terminal illness not seeking disease-directed treatment. The book commences with chapters covering the historical, conceptual and moral framework for surgical palliative care followed by chapters that follow the trajectory of the patient/family encounter with surgical care, from the time of presentation and proceeding to intraoperative and post-operative periods. The unique problems of several surgical subspecialties such as trauma and burns, thoracic surgery, and the transplantation are addressed in individual chapters.Less