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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsHow to Use This BookPrologueChapter 1. The First Signs of IllnessChapter 2. Moving from Symptoms to a DiagnosisChapter 3. Meeting with Your Doctor about Your DiagnosisChapter 4. Receiving a DiagnosisChapter 5. Deciding on TreatmentChapter 6. MedicationsChapter 7. SurgeryChapter 8. Lifestyle Treatment OptionsChapter 9. Complementary and Alternative TreatmentsChapter 10. Making Tough DecisionsAfterwordNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisOur best-selling comprehensive 6 page laminated guide is the perfect resource to help phlebotomy (venipuncture) students understand those procedures that enable blood draw/testing to be safe and comfortable for patients. Different forms of testing, equipment and other aspects of phlebotomy are explored in detail. Includes easy-to-read tables and diagrams. Each section features 'The Phlebotomist Knows' summary of critical points, set off graphically for easy reference. As customers have said this guide has 'everything you need to know for phlebotomy. Topics covered includes: Overview -- Routine Venipuncture How Phlebotomy is Performed Circulatory System Blood Tests Types of Specimens Common Blood Tests Common Chemistry Tests & Panels Table of Test Types & Purpose Phlebotomy Tools, Techniques & Equipment Blood Collection Basics Tourniquets Gloves Needles Evacuated Blood Collection Tubes Tube Additives Order of Blood Draw Order of Blood Draw Color-Coded Tops for Blood Draw Glossary of P

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Book SynopsisWhen family members experience a diagnosis of a chronic disease (e.g., cancer) or a health crisis (e.g., postpartum depression), not only the diagnosed individuals but entire families experience immediate and long-term stress as a consequence. Families with members dealing with serious health conditions may be confronted with significant challenges posed by treatment regimes, impacts on day-to-day activities, disruption of family roles, the threat of possible death, and a host of psychosocial challenges. This book is about families facing these challenges, uncertain about what to do, how to help, or how the condition will affect their daily life. Providing a coherent discussion of original research that examines communication patterns and processes involved in the day-to-day management of health conditions, this book lays bare the raw emotional experiences of families communicating with one another amid uncertainty and, for some, in the face of death.Table of ContentsContents: Chris Segrin/Terry A. Badger: Adjusting to Breast and Prostate Cancer – Carla L. Fisher: «Her Pain Was My Pain»: Mothers and Daughters Sharing the Breast Cancer Journey – Kirsten M. Weber/Denise Haunani Solomon: Understanding Challenges Associated with Breast Cancer: A Cluster Analysis of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Stressors – J. Lynne Brown: The Role of Couple Communication in Managing Type 2 Diabetes – LaKesha Anderson Dearmen: Working It Out Together: The Role of Family Support in the Management of Postpartum Depression – Kelly Rossetto/Rachel Smith/Barbara Jones: Stigma and Politeness: Challenging Family Health Discussions – Erica Bauer: Mental Illness, Stigma, and Disclosure – Emily Bowlby: Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom: An Autoethnography of Life with an Invisible Disability – Jonathan Pettigrew/Breanne Pettigrew: In Sickness and in Health: Coping with Chronic Illness While Transitioning into Marriage – Sandra Petronio/Shannon Sweeney-Lewis: Medical Disclosure in Oncology among Families, Patients, and Providers: A Communication Privacy Management Perspective – Keli Ryan Steuber/Denise Haunani Solomon: «So, When Are You Two Having a Baby?» Managing Information about Infertility within Social Networks – Elissa Foster/Joanne Cohen-Katz: Caring for the Family: Teaching Systems and Cycles in a Family Medicine Residency Program – Thomas J. Hipper/Danielle Catona/Jon F. Nussbaum: Transitioning from Independence to Dependence: Family Relational Adaptation to Alzheimer’s Disease – Margaret J. Pitts: Dancing with the Spirit: Communicating Family Norms for Positive End-of-Life Transition – Leah Vande Berg/Nick Trujillo: «Uv Ü»: Communicating at the End-of-Life.

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Book SynopsisHIV/AIDS is a global health crisis of unprecedented proportions. Afflicting millions worldwide, its social, political, economic, and ethical dimensions have rendered explicit the vast inequalities of our negatively globalized planet. Since the late 1990s, a major feature of the crisis has been the dispute over intellectual property protection and medicines access. In this book, Thomas Owen examines the mediatization of this dispute. Weaving together contemporary media theory and interdisciplinary research with computer-assisted news analysis and interviews with journalists and civil society campaigners, the book illuminates the intersecting constitutive relationships between global crises, global governance, and global media. In a context of changing media technologies, logics, and practices, this book observes where the mediatized conflict surrounding global medicines access has at times consolidated elite political economic power, and at other times provided civil society campaigTable of ContentsContents: The Crisis Meets the Media: ACT UP vs. Al Gore 1999 – Contested Crisis Definitions: Patents vs. Poverty – Contested Crisis Definitions: Global vs. National – The «Golden Window» and the «Unsustainable Stalemate» – Inside a Successful Civil Society Media Campaign: Perspectives from Communicators and Journalists – 2003-2013: Third Wave AIDS Activism, TRIPS-Plus, and the New Media Ecology.

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Book SynopsisThere is growing emphasis in Health Communication on the study of communication processes that aim to change systems, policies, beliefs, attitudes, and/or behaviors for the betterment of the health of individuals and communities. Engagement on behalf of individual and community health is the basis of health advocacy - the attempted effort to change health policies so that better health outcomes may result. This book explores the processes and strategies involved in creating a health advocacy campaign to guide current and aspiring health advocates to successfully advocate for policy change. The Health Communication Advocacy Model is provided as a framework for exploring these issues. The model emphasizes the message design process, particularly in the tailoring of messages to address the needs of target audiences. However, consideration of important health advocacy concepts also is provided, including how to organize an advocacy team, approaches to formative research, research-bTable of ContentsContents: System Theory – Assembling the Team – Needs Assessment – Formative Research – Messaging Process – Marketing Mix – Implementation and Evaluation – Correction Loop – Patient Advocates and Health Advocacy – Organizations and Health Advocacy.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents state-of-the-art reporting on how to measure many of the key variables in health communication. While the focus is on quantitative measures, the editors argue that these measures are centrally important to the study of health communication. The chapters emphasize constructs, scales, and up-to-date reports and evidence about key social science constructs and ways of measuring them, whether your interest is in patient-provider dyadic communication, uncertainty management, self-efficacy, disclosure, social norms, social support, risk perception, health care team performance, message design and effects, health and numerical literacy, communication satisfaction, social influence and persuasion, stigma, health campaigns, reactance, or other topics. Students, researchers, and policymakers will find this book an accessible resource for planning and reviewing research studies and proposals.Table of ContentsContents: John Banas/Daniel R. Bernard: Communication Competence – Kathryn Greene/Amanda Carpenter: Disclosure – Hye-Jin Paek: Health Belief Model – Christopher E. Beaudoin/Michael T. Stephenson: Communication Campaign Evaluation – Janet Yang/Susan LaValley: Health Information Seeking – Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee/Tzu-I Tsai: Health Literacy Assessment – Bruce E. Pinkleto/Erica Weintraub Austin: Media Literacy – Do Kyun Kim/James W. Dearing: Opinion Leader Identification – Seth M. Noar/Jessica Gall Myrick: Outcome Expectations – Claude H. Miller: Outcome Relevant Involvement and Hedonic Relevance – Melissa B. Wanzer/Melanie Booth: Patient-Centered Communication – Xiaoquan Zhao/Joseph N. Cappella: Perceived Argument Strength – Do Kyun Kim/James W. Dearing: Perceived Attributes of Innovations – Jounghwa Choi/Hyunyi Cho: Perceived Message Effectiveness, Attitude Toward Messages, and Perceived Realism – Nick Carcioppolo: Perceived Norms and Health Behavior – Lee Ann Kahlor/Ming-Ching Liang: Planned Behavior – Brian L. Quick/Tobias Reynolds-Tylus: Psychological Reactance – Craig Trumbo/Se-jin Kim: Risk Behavior Diagnosis – Erin L. Mead/Rajiv N. Rimal: Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) Framework – Nichole Egbert/Phillip R. Reed: Self-Efficacy – Claude H. Miller: Sensation Seeking – Stephen A. Rains: Social Support – Mary J. Bresnahan/Jie Zhuang: Stigma – Kerk F. Kee/Yuhua (Jake) Liang: Subjective Numeracy – Roxanne Parrott/Rachel A. Smith/Amy E. Chadwick: Uncertainty and Uncertainty Management –Claude H. Miller/Bradley J. Adame: Vested Interest – kevin B. Wright: Willingness to Communicate about Health.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents state-of-the-art reporting on how to measure many of the key variables in health communication. While the focus is on quantitative measures, the editors argue that these measures are centrally important to the study of health communication. The chapters emphasize constructs, scales, and up-to-date reports and evidence about key social science constructs and ways of measuring them, whether your interest is in patient-provider dyadic communication, uncertainty management, self-efficacy, disclosure, social norms, social support, risk perception, health care team performance, message design and effects, health and numerical literacy, communication satisfaction, social influence and persuasion, stigma, health campaigns, reactance, or other topics. Students, researchers, and policymakers will find this book an accessible resource for planning and reviewing research studies and proposals.Table of ContentsContents: John Banas/Daniel R. Bernard: Communication Competence – Kathryn Greene/Amanda Carpenter: Disclosure – Hye-Jin Paek: Health Belief Model – Christopher E. Beaudoin/Michael T. Stephenson: Communication Campaign Evaluation – Janet Yang/Susan LaValley: Health Information Seeking – Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee/Tzu-I Tsai: Health Literacy Assessment – Bruce E. Pinkleto/Erica Weintraub Austin: Media Literacy – Do Kyun Kim/James W. Dearing: Opinion Leader Identification – Seth M. Noar/Jessica Gall Myrick: Outcome Expectations – Claude H. Miller: Outcome Relevant Involvement and Hedonic Relevance – Melissa B. Wanzer/Melanie Booth: Patient-Centered Communication – Xiaoquan Zhao/Joseph N. Cappella: Perceived Argument Strength – Do Kyun Kim/James W. Dearing: Perceived Attributes of Innovations – Jounghwa Choi/Hyunyi Cho: Perceived Message Effectiveness, Attitude Toward Messages, and Perceived Realism – Nick Carcioppolo: Perceived Norms and Health Behavior – Lee Ann Kahlor/Ming-Ching Liang: Planned Behavior – Brian L. Quick/Tobias Reynolds-Tylus: Psychological Reactance – Craig Trumbo/Se-jin Kim: Risk Behavior Diagnosis – Erin L. Mead/Rajiv N. Rimal: Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) Framework – Nichole Egbert/Phillip R. Reed: Self-Efficacy – Claude H. Miller: Sensation Seeking – Stephen A. Rains: Social Support – Mary J. Bresnahan/Jie Zhuang: Stigma – Kerk F. Kee/Yuhua (Jake) Liang: Subjective Numeracy – Roxanne Parrott/Rachel A. Smith/Amy E. Chadwick: Uncertainty and Uncertainty Management –Claude H. Miller/Bradley J. Adame: Vested Interest – kevin B. Wright: Willingness to Communicate about Health.

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Book SynopsisIntercultural Health Communication brings together the fields of health and intercultural research in new work from leading communication scholars. This book is based on two premises: neither health nor culture is a neutral concept. The authors of this collection employ critical, qualitative, and interpretive research methodologies in order to engage the political and intersectional nature of health and culture simultaneously. Changing notions of healthy behaviors (or ill health) are not just a matter of knowledge; they live inside discourses about the body, aesthetics, science, and the world. We see this book as an important step towards developing a more transnational view of health communication. Intercultural Health Communication ties together the critical public health with critical intercultural communication. Through these connections, the authors engage the health research in, amongst others: HIV, cancer, trauma, celiac disease, radioactive pollution, food poTrade Review“Spieldenner and Toyosaki’s Intercultural Health Communication is a much needed and ground-breaking resource that disrupts the whiteness of health communication through compelling and intersectional case studies that center Other bodies and experiences by bringing to bear theories and methods of intercultural communication. This book brings together senior and up-and-coming scholars to address emerging issues in intercultural health communication.” —Bernadette Marie Calafell, Professor and Chair, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Gonzaga University“Intercultural Health Communication is perhaps the most forward-thinking book within health communication I have seen in many years! This volume offers a brilliant set of essays on identities, body politics, health, and agency, finally giving us a rich resource for understanding the complexities of marginalized bodies.” —Ronald L. Jackson II, Author of Scripting Black Masculine Bodies in Popular Media and Past President of the National Communication Association“Intercultural Health Communication adopts a critical perspective and connects health communication scholarship with intercultural communication. Rooted in lived experiences and cultural identities, the essays in this collection examine and interrogate the different aspects of health in the context of culture. Moreover, this collection employs global perspectives and is committed to social justice issues in the context of health communication. While this book fills a void in the literature and offers a much-needed outlook by connecting intercultural and health communication discourses, it also encourages a more expansive dialogue between these two areas in the field of communication. The essays in this collection employ critical, qualitative, and interpretive approaches to illuminate different areas and issues of intercultural health communication. Hence, they are bold, personal, provocative, critical, and thoughtful.” —Ahmet Atay, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, College of WoosterTable of ContentsAndrew R. Spieldenner/Gloria N. Pindi/Satoshi Toyosaki: Introduction: Intercultural Health Communication Studies – Engaging Interdisciplinary Approaches: Analysis, Interpretation, Critique, and Action – Yea-Wen Chen/Sarah Parsloe: Health Narratives and Body Politics on the Margins: Proposing Six Principles of "EMBODY" with Cultural Others – Shinsuke Eguchi: Queer(ing) Spaces: Sexualities as Critical Intersections among Health and Intercultural Communication – Katie D. Scott/Tina M. Harris: The Construction of Women and Their Health Across Cultures – Annette Madlock Gatison: Moving beyond Awareness Social Media in Health and Policy Communication: The Case of the Black Women’s Health Imperative’s Black Women Vote 2018 National Health Policy Agenda – Engaging Selfhoods: Contextual Complexity between Biomedical and Cultural Narratives – Gloria N. Pindi: "I’m Not Sick, I’m Hairy": Cultural Constructions of Women’s Bodies in the Ob/Gyn Exam – Tomeka M. Robinson: People of Color Don’t Get That: An Analytic Autoethnography of Living with Celiac Disease – Engaging Communities: Communal Complexity, Identity Politics, and Advocacy – Ambar Basu, Patrick J. Dillon/Shaunak Sastry/Nivethitha Ketheeswaran: HIV Drugs [Are] Like My Birth Control Pill: Lived Narratives of Black and Latino MSM in an Urban American Context – Spring Cooper/P. Christopher Palmedo: Social Media as a Transformative Force in Intercultural Health Communications: A Case Study of the BADASS Army – Leandra H. Hernández: Mexican-American Women, Prenatal Testing, and Definitions of Fetal Health: Challenging Social Perceptions of What Is "Healthy" – Mohan J. Dutta/Satveer Kaur-Gill: Health in the Margins: Cultural Borders in Contestation – Lara Lengel/Adam Smidi/Nora Abdul-Aziz: Transcending In/Visibility, Isolation, and Stigma: Trauma- Inforced and Culture-Centric Mental Health – Jillian A. Tullis: Searching for a Good Death – Classrooms: Meaningful Complexity of Teaching and Learning –Satoshi Toyosaki/Patrick Seick/Shelby Swafford/Darren J. Valenta/Lindy Wagner: Critical Intercultural Health Communication Pedagogy: An Autoethnographic Approach – Phillip E. Wagner: Photovoice and Photobodies: Public Pedagogies of Health – Kallia O. Wright: When Cultural Identity Impacts Health Decisions: Using Grey’s Anatomy to Teach Communication Theory of Identity and Agency-Identity Model –Satoshi Toyosaki/Andrew R. Spieldenner: Intercultural Health Communication Studies: Looking Forward –About the Contributors – Index.

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Book SynopsisIntercultural Health Communication brings together the fields of health and intercultural research in new work from leading communication scholars. This book is based on two premises: neither health nor culture is a neutral concept. The authors of this collection employ critical, qualitative, and interpretive research methodologies in order to engage the political and intersectional nature of health and culture simultaneously. Changing notions of healthy behaviors (or ill health) are not just a matter of knowledge; they live inside discourses about the body, aesthetics, science, and the world. We see this book as an important step towards developing a more transnational view of health communication. Intercultural Health Communication ties together the critical public health with critical intercultural communication. Through these connections, the authors engage the health research in, amongst others: HIV, cancer, trauma, celiac disease, radioactive pollution, food poTrade Review“Intercultural Health Communication adopts a critical perspective and connects health communication scholarship with intercultural communication. Rooted in lived experiences and cultural identities, the essays in this collection examine and interrogate the different aspects of health in the context of culture. Moreover, this collection employs global perspectives and is committed to social justice issues in the context of health communication. While this book fills a void in the literature and offers a much-needed outlook by connecting intercultural and health communication discourses, it also encourages a more expansive dialogue between these two areas in the field of communication. The essays in this collection employ critical, qualitative, and interpretive approaches to illuminate different areas and issues of intercultural health communication. Hence, they are bold, personal, provocative, critical, and thoughtful.” —Ahmet Atay, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, College of Wooster“Spieldenner and Toyosaki’s Intercultural Health Communication is a much needed and ground-breaking resource that disrupts the whiteness of health communication through compelling and intersectional case studies that center Other bodies and experiences by bringing to bear theories and methods of intercultural communication. This book brings together senior and up-and-coming scholars to address emerging issues in intercultural health communication.” —Bernadette Marie Calafell, Professor and Chair, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Gonzaga University“Intercultural Health Communication is perhaps the most forward-thinking book within health communication I have seen in many years! This volume offers a brilliant set of essays on identities, body politics, health, and agency, finally giving us a rich resource for understanding the complexities of marginalized bodies.” —Ronald L. Jackson II, Author of Scripting Black Masculine Bodies in Popular Media and Past President of the National Communication AssociationTable of ContentsAndrew R. Spieldenner/Gloria N. Pindi/Satoshi Toyosaki: Introduction: Intercultural Health Communication Studies – Engaging Interdisciplinary Approaches: Analysis, Interpretation, Critique, and Action – Yea-Wen Chen/Sarah Parsloe: Health Narratives and Body Politics on the Margins: Proposing Six Principles of "EMBODY" with Cultural Others – Shinsuke Eguchi: Queer(ing) Spaces: Sexualities as Critical Intersections among Health and Intercultural Communication – Katie D. Scott/Tina M. Harris: The Construction of Women and Their Health Across Cultures – Annette Madlock Gatison: Moving beyond Awareness Social Media in Health and Policy Communication: The Case of the Black Women’s Health Imperative’s Black Women Vote 2018 National Health Policy Agenda – Engaging Selfhoods: Contextual Complexity between Biomedical and Cultural Narratives – Gloria N. Pindi: "I’m Not Sick, I’m Hairy": Cultural Constructions of Women’s Bodies in the Ob/Gyn Exam – Tomeka M. Robinson: People of Color Don’t Get That: An Analytic Autoethnography of Living with Celiac Disease – Engaging Communities: Communal Complexity, Identity Politics, and Advocacy – Ambar Basu, Patrick J. Dillon/Shaunak Sastry/Nivethitha Ketheeswaran: HIV Drugs [Are] Like My Birth Control Pill: Lived Narratives of Black and Latino MSM in an Urban American Context – Spring Cooper/P. Christopher Palmedo: Social Media as a Transformative Force in Intercultural Health Communications: A Case Study of the BADASS Army – Leandra H. Hernández: Mexican-American Women, Prenatal Testing, and Definitions of Fetal Health: Challenging Social Perceptions of What Is "Healthy" – Mohan J. Dutta/Satveer Kaur-Gill: Health in the Margins: Cultural Borders in Contestation – Lara Lengel/Adam Smidi/Nora Abdul-Aziz: Transcending In/Visibility, Isolation, and Stigma: Trauma- Inforced and Culture-Centric Mental Health – Jillian A. Tullis: Searching for a Good Death – Classrooms: Meaningful Complexity of Teaching and Learning –Satoshi Toyosaki/Patrick Seick/Shelby Swafford/Darren J. Valenta/Lindy Wagner: Critical Intercultural Health Communication Pedagogy: An Autoethnographic Approach – Phillip E. Wagner: Photovoice and Photobodies: Public Pedagogies of Health – Kallia O. Wright: When Cultural Identity Impacts Health Decisions: Using Grey’s Anatomy to Teach Communication Theory of Identity and Agency-Identity Model –Satoshi Toyosaki/Andrew R. Spieldenner: Intercultural Health Communication Studies: Looking Forward –About the Contributors – Index.

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Book SynopsisA feminist and Foucauldian analysis of a variety of emerging gendered discourses.Drawing on Foucault''s notion of governmentality, this collection explores relations between the intimate governance of bodies and political governance. The contributors offer empirically grounded yet theoretically sophisticated case studies showing how gendered, racialized, and socioeconomic agendas structure medical and scientific practices. Developing and utilizing a poststructuralist feminist framework, the chapters investigate emerging gendered discourses and practices around health, such as breast cancer charities, lifestyle genetic testing, new reproductive technologies, and the development and marketing of various psychotropic and hormonal drugs. This will be a key reader for anyone interested in the social implications of cutting edge medical technologies.

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of the first stand-alone reference on the subject, this volume contains over 1,500 photographs of which more than 1,300 are in color. It illustrates the many facets of bitemark recognition, diagnosis, handling, excision, lifting, transillumination, and courtroom testimony. New topics in this edition include the history of bitemarks dating back to biblical times, practical tips in forensic bitemark photography, techniques for hair removal and impression taking, the use of the Confocal Laser Microscopy (CLM) and the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) in bitemark study, new research findings, and information on expert witnesses.Trade Review"I salute Dr. Dorion and the many top-flight individuals involved in this effort for bringing together an awesome amount of information on an important subject in an organized fashion. The text Bitemark Evidence remains unchallenged in its field." -Gerald L. Vale, DDS, MDS, MPH, JD, D-ABFO, Past President, American Board of Forensic Odontology; Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Forensic Sciences " ... a necessary guide for anyone involved with this field including odontologists, police investigators, lawyers, and medical examiners. The expanded second edition of Bitemark Evidence is the essential reference for bitemark analysis and comparison." -Dr. Dirk van der Meer, B.Sc., D.M.D., Armstrong, British Columbia, in Canadian Society of Forensic Science JournalTable of ContentsA Historical Perspective. Bitemark Recognition. Description of the Bitemark. Collection of Bitemark Evidence, A: Noninvasive Analyses. Collection of Bitemark Evidence, B: Invasive Analyses. Bitemark Variables and Cases. Research. Collection of Evidence from the Suspect. Methods of Comparison. The Reports. Prevention and Contamination. Legal Considerations and the Courtroom. Contentious Issues. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten by internationally known experts in the field, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy examines one of the fastest-developing subspecialties within radiation oncology. These procedures deliver large doses of radiation in one to five sessions to a precisely determined target. Often these techniques have proven to be as or more effective than traditional radiation therapy techniques, while at the same time being cost-efficient and convenient for the patient.These techniques, however, require careful planning, specialized equipment, and well-trained staff. This volume provides a cutting-edge look at the biological and technical underpinnings of SRS and SBRT techniques. It includes a history of the development of SRS and SBRT; clinical applications of the techniques; dedicated devices for delivering precisely shaped, high doses of radiation; use of in-room imaging for treatment planning and treatment guidance; immobilization techniques forTrade Review"… this book arrives at an opportune time for the student of and the expert in this form of radiation treatment. … a worthwhile and informative addition to this increasingly important branch of radiotherapy."—Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 2015"In this text, the editors and authors have taken on a new strategy in their approach to covering the topic of stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy … this book explores the historical developments of the Gamma Knife and linac-based SRS, the physics and radiobiology of SRS and SRT using photons and charged particles, dedicated SRS and SBRT devices, patient positioning and immobilization strategies, as well as a comprehensive clinical chapter on the various disease sites with relevant ongoing and completed protocols. This refreshing approach for assessing SRS and SBRT thereby allows the reader to explore well-referenced chapters on many individual aspects of the developing field. We trust the physicians, physicists, and other professionals involved in radiation oncology will find this book very valuable for their practice of SRS and SBRT."—From the Foreword by James Larner, MD, and Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsEarly History of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Historic Development of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Delivery Systems. Gamma Knife. Conventional Medical Linear Accelerators Adapted for Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Dedicated Linear Accelerators for Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Light Ion Beam Programs for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Small Animal Irradiators for Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Stereotactic Radiation Therapy, Precision Patient Positioning, and Immobilization. Developing Stereotactic Frames for Cranial Treatment. Frames for Extracranial Treatment. Motion Management. Image-Guided Radiation Therapy and Frameless Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning and Dosimetry. Stereotactic Treatment Planning. Small-Field Dosimetry for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy. New Directions in Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Radiation Biology of Stereotactic Radiotherapy. Clinical Outcomes Using Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery. The Future of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPrimers on how to get the best possible medical care can be boring. This one is not. It opens dramatically, with a teenage driver crashing into the author’s car, which ended his 30 years in clinical practice as a doctor and turned him into a patient. This experience, not just his status as a physician, gives Kussin automatic credibility before he launches into how to choose a doctor and a hospital (the best physician is more important than a big-name medical center) and how to prevent disasters (constant vigilance). Kussin can be scary: 'From the moment you arrive until the second you leave, your hospital, any hospital, is the most unsafe environment most of you will ever enter.' Kussin’s list of possible errors is a long one: accidental punctures during surgery, infections, identity mistakes, and medication errors (six percent of in hospital deaths are, in part, drug-related). He offers advice about how to prevent each horror and reminds us that doctors and insurance companies make mistakes. Kussin’s advice: 'Be nice, be courteous, but be persistent.' This book can save lives. * Booklist, Starred Review *After a traumatic automobile accident put an end to his career, Dr. Kussin, once a successful gastroenterologist, took on the role of patient, undergoing several surgeries, was confined to a wheelchair and faced prolonged rehabilitation. Although he was regarded as a medical professional by the doctors and nurses who treated him, his long stay in the hospital gave him a new perspective on the problems faced by ordinary patients and their families who are frequently out of the loop on important decisions. He became a close observer of medical errors in his own treatment but more so in that of others patients. According to Kussin's findings, hundreds of thousands die, or are injured each year from preventable error and infection. High on the list is the failure of medical professionals simply to wash their hands and maintain a sanitary environment. As a solution, Kussin recommends a number of low-cost sites where useful medical information can be found. He also discusses criteria for choosing a doctor and a hospital and he reviews the problem of pharmaceutical over-kill. Aimed at those who are well covered by insurance, Kussin offers invaluable advice to help patients and their families be proactive and become their own medical advocates. * Publishers Weekly *The American medical system is a vast, sprawling, complicated thing. It is barely understandable to the physicians who work in it, and totally bewildering to the majority of patients who must use it. Dr. Kussin's book is a hard-headed, practical user's guide for people who want to know how our complicated and messy system works day-to-day in doctors' offices and hospitals. It shows readers how to be savvy, how to be their own best advocate in getting good care and avoiding bad care-in short, how to become proficient in the art of what Dr. Kussin aptly calls "patienthood." -- Christopher M. Johnson M.D., author of How Your Child Heals: An Inside Look at Common Childhood AilmentsDr. Kussin writes a riveting story of the stark reality when a doctor becomes a patient. He offers advice from both sides of the bedrails on how to navigate a complex system and get the care you need. -- Rosemary GibsonWe're often told these days that we need to advocate for ourselves in the health care arena, but those of us who have tried know that we're likely to end up feeling like David (without his sling). In Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now, Dr. Steven Z. Kussin has given us scores of valuable tools we can use to protect our own health as we encounter the complex health care system. In the bargain, he has also given us a passionate, articulate, and often laugh-out-loud funny book. Doctors as well as patients should read this. -- Tom Cathcart, author of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar and Heidegger and a Hippo Walk through Those Pearly GatesSo many "smart patient" books are penned by physicians, intending to teach patients what doctors prefer patients do in order to make their doctor jobs easier. But this book is different. Instead it reveals behind-the-scenes, and sometimes unsettling inside information allowing us patients a glimpse at why the system operates the way it does so we can learn to overcome obstacles to the care we truly deserve. * About.Com *Table of ContentsEpigraph Section I:War: The Battle of Medical Epistemologies Section II: A Medical Day Chapter 1. The Office Chapter 2. The Hospital Chapter 3. Medical On Call Chapter 4. The Emergency Room Section III: Choosing Your Doctor Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Medical School Experience Chapter 3. Brains Chapter 4. Communication Chapter 5. Empathy Chapter 6. Style Chapter 7. Second Opinions Section IV: Choosing Your Hospital Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Staying local Chapter 3. Abandon Ship! Chapter 4. Searching for solutions Section V: Hospital Dangers and How To Prevent Them Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Medication errors Chapter 3. Hospital acquired infections Chapter 4. Isolation Appendix: Best Medical Websites

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