Published November, 2016
By Stanley H. Rosenbaum, Keith J Ruskin and Marjorie P. Stiegler
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care offers practical suggestions for improving quality of care and patient safety in the perioperative setting.

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Published November, 2016
By Stuart J. Youngner and Robert M. Arnold
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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This handbook explores the topic of death and dying from the late twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on the United States. The chapters examine a range of ethical topics related to death, dying, palliative care and decision-making at the end of life.

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Published November, 2016
By Phillip M. Kleespies
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Library of Psychology
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The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Emergencies and Crises includes the most up-to-date and valuable research on the evaluation and management of the most challenging patients or clients faced by mental health providers-individuals who are at high risk of suicide, of other-directed violence, or of becoming the victims of interpersonal violence.

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Published November, 2016
By Geert Keil, Lara Keuck and Rico Hauswald
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
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In psychiatry there is no sharp boundary between the normal and the pathological. Although clear cases abound, it is often indeterminate whether a particular condition does or does not qualify as a mental disorder. For example, definitions of subthreshold disorders and of the prodromal stages of diseases are notoriously contentious.

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Published November, 2016
By Bruce Bongar, Larry E. Beutler and Andrés J. Consoli
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This completely updated second edition of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy discusses the contemporary landscape of psychotherapy, honors its complexities, and focuses on history, theory, science, practice, and diversity.

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Published November, 2016
By Richard E. Passingham and Lucia M. Vaina
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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David Marr is known for his research on the brain in the late 60s and 70s, becoming one of the main founders of Computational Neuroscience when neuroscience was in its infancy. Written by distinguished contributors, this book evaluates the extent to which his theories are still valid and identifies areas that need to be altered.

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Published October, 2016
By John W. Reich and Frank J. Infurna
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Leading scholars in perceived control research review the important historical foundations and most recent developments in key areas of control theory, research, and practice. Their contributions provide fascinating insights into how Julian Rotter's concept of the "locus of control" became so widely influential, and predict how it will continue to generate new knowledge in the future.

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Published October, 2016
By Robert Crouch OBE, Alan Charters, Mary Dawood and Paula Bennett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Handbooks in Nursing
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This handbook provides guidance on the particular issues faced by emergency nurses. Taking a systems-based approach, practical guidance is given on common and rarer occurrences encountered in the emergency setting. Immediate management, investigations, onward referral, and practical skills are covered in a succinct format.

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Published October, 2016
By Kirk Warren Brown and Mark Leary
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Combining contemporary scholarship and science from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience into a single source, The Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena provides an authoritative overview of theory, research, and applications involving hypo-egoic functioning.

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Published October, 2016
By Thomas Skovholt and Len Jennings
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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In this book, qualitative studies on psychotherapy expertise from the U.S.A., Canada, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Portugal, and the Czech Republic are compiled and synthesized. Understanding the universal characteristics of expert therapists practicing around the world provides training programs and mental health practitioners with a heuristic for optimal therapist and counselor development.

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