Featured New Book Titles, 07/26/07

Complete Guide to Documentation. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

New Book Shelf | WY100.5 C73 2008

Book Description (Amazon):

Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this comprehensive reference provides clear, practical guidelines on documenting patient care in all nursing practice settings, the leading clinical specialties, and current documentation systems. This edition features greatly expanded coverage of computerized charting and electronic medical records (EMRs), complete guidelines for documenting JCAHO safety goals, and new information on charting pain management. Hundreds of filled-in sample forms show specific content and wording. Icons highlight tips and timesavers, critical case law and legal safeguards, and advice for special situations. Appendices include NANDA taxonomy, JCAHO documentation standards, and documenting outcomes and interventions for key nursing diagnoses.

Fundamentals of Sleep Technology / editors in chief, Nic Butkov, Teofilo Lee-Chiong ; administrative editors, James Len Shigley, Mary Jones-Parker ; pediatric section editor, Lee J. Brooks. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwers Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

New Book Shelf | WM188 F96 2007

Book Description (Amazon):

This text provides a thorough understanding of the use of polysomnography and other technologies in the evaluation and management of sleep disorders. Coverage includes in-depth reviews of the neurophysiology and cardiopulmonary aspects of sleep and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. Detailed sections on polysomnography include recording procedures, identifying and scoring sleep stages and sleep-related events, and report generation. Chapters discuss therapeutic interventions including positive airway pressure, supplemental oxygen, surgical and pharmacologic treatments, and patient education. A section focuses on pediatric sleep disorders and polysomnography. Also included are chapters on establishing and managing a sleep center and accrediting a sleep program.

Textbook of Uncommon Cancer / editors, Derek Raghavan ... [et al.] Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2006.

New Book Shelf | QZ200 T31 2006

Book Description (Amazon):
Described as ‘must-have for cancer research’ by the Hospital Doctor this highly acclaimed textbook has been extensively revised and updated to reflect recent progress and understanding in the field. It is the only comprehensive source of information available on uncommon cancers; presenting diagnosis, detailed clinical management and prognosis. The Textbook of Uncommon Cancer, Third Edition incorporated 18 new chapters, including:

• Tumors of the cervix
• Esthesioneuroblastoma
• Unusual malignancies of plasma cells
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Written by leading clinicians worldwide, this title is indispensable for all those involved in the diagnosis and treatment of hard-to-manage rare tumors.

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Featured New Book Titles, 07/05/07

Cancer Biology / Raymond W. Ruddon. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

New Book Shelf | QZ202 R83c 2007

Book Description (Amazon): A thorough yet concise account of cancer biology, this book emphasizes the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transformation of normal into malignant cells, the invasiveness of cancer cells into host tissues, and the metastatic spread of cancer cells in the host organism. It also defines the fundamental pathophysiological changes that occur in tumor tissue and in the host animal or patient. The approach throughout the book is to discuss the historical development of a field, citing the key experimental advances to the present day, and to evaluate the current evidence that best supports or rules out concepts of the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating cancer cell behavior. For all the areas of fundamental cancer research, an effort has been made to relate basic research findings to the clinical disease states. The book is well illustrated with schematic diagrams and actual research data to demonstrate points made in the text, and there is an extensive, up-to-date bibliography. The Third Edition includes completely new chapters on genetic alterations in cancer cells, tumor suppressor genes, transcriptional regulation, growth factors and signal transduction mechanisms, cell cycle regulation and apoptosis, gene-targeted therapy for cancer, and cancer prevention. All other chapters have been thoroughly updated.


Handbook of Gerontology : Evidence-Based Approaches to Theory, Practice, and Policy / edited by James A. Blackburn, Catherine N. Dulmus. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2007

New Book Shelf | WT104 H193 2007

Book Description (Amazon): A multidisciplinary resource that combines the latest research with the best practices for working with older adults.

The Handbook of Gerontology: Evidence-Based Approaches to Theory, Practice, and Policy provides an essential source of important theoretical and applied information on gerontology for all mental health professionals interested in optimizing the health and well-being of older adults. Interdisciplinary and incorporating the most current evidence-based practices in its focus, this timely book considers the many factors that affect the way this growing population experiences the world-and provides a positive and proactive guide to administering care.

Integrating the latest research findings with important practice implications for working with an older client population, the Handbook of Gerontology draws on a multidisciplinary team of expert contributors who provide coverage and insight into a diverse range of topics, including:

• A global perspective on aging
• Elder abuse
• Family caregiving
• Parenting grandchildren
• Depression
• Substance abuse
• Alzheimer's disease
• Successful aging and personality
• Biological and cognitive aspects and theories of aging

An exceptional resource for practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and students, the Handbook of Gerontology is essential reading for anyone who works with older adults.

Writing about Patients : Responsibilities, Risks, and Ramifications / Judy Leopold Kantrowitz. New York : Other Press, c2006.

New Book Shelf | WM460.6 K13w 2006

Book Description (Amazon): An important new study of the clinical conundrum surrounding the publication of patient material. The publication, presentation, and discussion of case studies are essential to the dialogue of psychoanalysis. However, presenting patient material to the public by either disguising the patient's identity or asking for the patient's consent presents a clinical dilemma. In a series of interviews, Judy Leopold Kantrowitz asks 141 analysts not only to describe their thoughts about disguising a patient versus asking a patient's consent to appear in a paper, but also their perceptions of the clinical ramifications of a patient reading the material, whether by accident or design. In first-hand accounts, both analysts-as-patients and patients who are not themselves analysts relate the experience of reading about themselves, and reflect on the impact that reading had on their view of their analysts, themselves, and the analytic work. Ethical concerns about confidentiality and decision making are examined both in theory and in the context of their clinical effect. Throughout the book, Kantrowitz examines the conscious and unconscious motives for analysts in writing about a patient, ultimately demonstrating that the conflict between the need to preserve patient privacy and the need for a literature including clinical material is not easily resolved.

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