Category: Textbooks

The Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, 2nd edition (PDF) is an easily-navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. The table of contents follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus

Drugs, Addiction, and the Brain (PDF) explores the cellular, molecular, and neurocircuitry systems in the brain that are responsible for drug addiction. Common neurobiological elements are emphasized that offer novel insights into how the brain facilitates the acute rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and how it alters during the

Many advances in medicine and surgery can be traced back to advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the human body. Human anatomy became an objective discipline in the sixteenth century, based on direct observation and scientific principles. Not surprisingly, the study of human anatomy has progressed

Health care reform has been a central theme in public discourse for decades now. The passage of the Affordable Care Act was a key milestone, but rather than repress the rhetoric; it has ignited even more heated debate. In the latest edition of Introduction to US Health Policy, 4th edition,

Leading edge cases and comprehensive coverage of the legal environment of business. The Legal Environment of Business: Online Commerce, Ethics, and Global Issues, 8th Edition, (PDF) explores how the present legal environment, government regulation, and e-commerce environment influence today’s business decisions. The cases in this text are exciting, cutting-edge, and