Published February, 2017
By Jc McKeown and Professor of Classics J C McKeown
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Quoting hundreds of passages from Greek and Roman authors, this light-hearted book gives a vividly direct picture of the origins of modern medicine in the ancient world. Many of the attitudes and beliefs will seem bizarre and grotesque, while others are surprisingly similar to current thinking.

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Published February, 2017
By Douglas J. Besharov, Karen J. Baehler and Jacob Alex Klerman
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: International Policy Exchange Series
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This volume spotlights recent advances in the worldwide use of quantitative performance measures in the public sector, especially approaches that incorporate program evaluation techniques. Chapters include single-country case studies, multi-country comparisons, and thoughtful essays on the challenges of making performance measurement and management work in diverse settings.

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Published February, 2017
By Leslie Francis
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Intimate and medicalized, natural and technological, reproduction poses some of the most challenging ethical dilemmas of our time. This volume brings together scholars from multiple perspectives to address both traditional and novel questions about the rights and responsibilities of human reproducers, their caregivers, and the societies in which they live.

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Published February, 2017
By William S. Breitbart
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Meaning-Centered-Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting provides a theoretical context for Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP), a non-pharmalogic intervention which has been shown to enhance meaning and spiritual well-being, increase hope, improve quality of life, and significantly decrease depression, anxiety, desire for hastened death, and symptom burden distress in the cancer setting.

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Published February, 2017
By Donald W. Black and Nancee Blum
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) brings together research findings and information on implementation and best practices for a group treatment program for outpatients with BPD.

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Published February, 2017
By Anthony McMichael
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published February, 2017
By Leslie M. Scoutt, Ulrike M. Hamper and Teresita L. Angtuaco
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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In 187 cases that feature over 1,700 high-quality images, Ultrasound provides a succinct review of clinically relevant cases covering the full range of clinical problems and diagnoses in this subspecialty of radiology. It is is an essential resource for radiology residents and practicing radiologists alike.

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Published February, 2017
By Jeff French
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The last ten years have seen tremendous advances in the theoretical and practice base of social marketing globally. This book provides up to date thinking on social marketing theory and practice, introducing new conceptual models and approaches to influencing behaviour to promote health and prevent disease.

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Published February, 2017
By K. Sujatha Rao
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP India)
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This work is an accessible, insider's account of the making of India's health policy in contemporary times. It documents the history of health policy initiatives and changes including the more recent ones, such as the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the National Aids Control Programme (NACP).

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Published February, 2017
By Mark Sullivan, PhD MD and Mark Sullivan MD, PhD
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Proposals for patient-centered care for chronic illness have not understood or incorporated the capacity of patients to be active agents of health and health care. Patients can not only make treatment choices, but help define their clinical problem and its resolution. This book examines patient action as the principal path to health and an essential component of it.

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