Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary – 21st Ed. (2009) provides audio pronunciations for 30,000 terms.
Look these up and pronounce them properly!
dacryohemorrhea
pachymenia
saccharomyces cerevisiae
xiphoid
Taber’s is available in Stat!Ref, one of the library’s electronic textbook databases.
Can pain relief be attributed to the use of static magnets? Is T’ai Chi an effective intervention for rehabilitating stroke victims? Can biofeedback (a therapy that uses specialized devices to help individuals learn how to influence the function of organs or body systems that aren?óÔé¼Ôäót usually thought to be under conscious control) control urinary incontinence?
Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Holistic Approaches for Prevention and Wellness, edited by Carol M. Davis (EdD PT), attempts to addresses these questions and more. Rest assured, this is not some crunchy book on new age medicine. All chapters are written by licensed rehabilitation professionals, 12 of which hold PhDs in areas such as physical therapy, pathokinesiology, biochemistry, and neurophysiology, and backed up with references as well as a healthy dose of skepticism.
22 chapters are divided into 5 sections, beginning with an introductory manifesto on “energy techniques as a way of returning healing to healthcare.” Section two delves into the science that supports complementary therapies, such as quantum physics and psychoneuroimmulology. The final sections (body work, mind/body work and energy work, respectively) cover various approaches to rehabilitation, including Tai Chi, Myofascial Therapy, Yoga, and Rolfing.
In addition to very useful chapters and images on the use of T’ai Chi and Qi Gong in rehabilitation, what I like about this book is that the authors of the chapters offer a degree of skepticism when it comes to their subject, and hold no punches if the available research evidence is not up to snuff. As Neil Spielholz, author of the chapter “Magnets: what is the evidence of efficacy?” puts it, “Do not complain that you cannot get your work into the peer-reviewed literature when the reason is that the ‘research’ does not qualify as being credible.” References are provided at the end of each chapter, another trove of information for specific holistic approaches.
Overall, Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Holistic Approaches for Prevention and Wellness is well-written and easy to read, either all at once or for a a specific technique. As written in the dedication, the book is for “all those people who are willing to hold an open mind and a positive attitude about the findings of ‘new science’…[and to] those helping to move science forward for the good of improved patient care.” For those interested in complementary approaches to patient care, and the theories behind it, this book is an excellent starting point.
BOOK INFO
Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Holistic Approaches for Prevention and Wellness (3rd Edition: 2009)
Carol M. Davis, Editor
WB 320 D29c 2009
AVAILABLE FOR CHECK OUT — NEW BOOK SHELF — 3RD FLOOR OF LIBRARY
A collection of brand new Library acquisitions are displayed on the New Books Shelf on the third floor (near the Reference Stacks). These titles can be checked out!
World Health Organization. Promoting safety of medicines for children (2007).
Robertson, Jason. The Harriet Lane Handbook: a manual for pediatric house officers (2009).
Tiidus, Peter M. Skeletal muscle damage and repair (2008).
Metcalfe, Dean D. Food Allergy: adverse reactions to foods and food additives (2008).
Alfaro-LeFevre, Rosalinda. Applying Nursing Process: a tool for critical thinking (2010).
Hersh, William R. Information Retrieval: a health and biomedical perspective (2009).
Runge, Marschall Stevens. Netter’s Internal Medicine (2009).
Perloff, Joseph K. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults (2009).
Klugman, Craig M. Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care (2008).
Ferrell, Betty Rolling. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing (2008).
Davis, Carol M. Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation (2009).
McLaughlin, M. Maureen Kirkpatrick. Real Stories of Nursing Research: the quest for Magnet recognition (2010).
Moser, Debra. Cardiac Nursing: a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease (2008).
Ball, Jane. Child Health Nursing: partnering with children & families (2010).
Charney, Dennis S. Neurobiology of Mental Illness (2009).
Vandiver, Vikki. Integrating Health Promotion and Mental health (2009).
Gatrell, Anthony C. Geographies of Health: an introduction (2009).
Gunn, William A. Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine (2008).
The LSUHSC Libraries have recently purchased over 70 health sciences books in multiple subject areas of medicine, nursing, and allied health through the Rittenhouse R2 Digital Library. R2 is available on campus and remotely through WAM. Please use our library Electronic Resources R2 page for access: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/data/r2library.html. Searches can be performed on our entire R2 collection, a subject collection or an individual book. You may also browse a book from beginning to end or use the Table of Contents to help navigate your way. To see all currently purchased titles, please click “View all Titles.” To see books in a particular subject, click the subject menu tabs at the top or the subject “books” in the center. Dentistry and public health titles are included under the subject of medicine, and dental hygiene titles are included under the subject of allied health. You can also register for a free account which will allow you to customize your R2 Library by bookmarking chapters, saving images, assigning course links, and more.
Just in time for Mental Health Month comes PsychiatryOnline.com’s Book of the Month for May: Yager & Power’s Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders.
ACCESS NOW: Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders
Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders provides sound therapeutic advice based on current research and clinical practice. It includes detailed discussions of various aspects of assessment and treatment, featuring up-to-date evidence- and consensus-based information. Ranging from the determination of initial treatment approaches to problems posed by unique groups of patients, it marks the first APPI volume specifically directed toward the clinical management of patients with eating disorders-and the first book to focus squarely on what psychiatrists need to know about the clinical assessment and management of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorders, and obesity.
You can access the Book of the Month from the home page, at www.PsychiatryOnline.com. You’ll have access to Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders as a PDF download for the month of May.
Off campus? Use this link: http://0-www.psychiatryonline.com.innopac.lsuhsc.edu/
Welcome to the first installation of an occasional series called IT CAME FROM THE STACKS: an exploration of the hidden gems in our collection
The Knife Man: Blood, body snatching, and the birth of modern surgery by Wendy Moore (2005)
Available on 4th floor Library Stacks: WZ 100 M78k 2005
This book is about John Hunter, an orphaned Scottish boy who grew up to become 18th century London’s premier maverick surgeon, “as reknowned and respected in Georgian England as he was feared and reviled.” The Knife Man explores this larger than life figure, a master surgeon and anatomist who is not only considered the father of modern surgery, but also an inspiration for literary works from Dr. Doolittle to Frankenstein.
Interesting things I learned from this book:
Bottom line: The Knife Man offers a lively, educational and sometimes tragic glimpse into the rise of modern surgery, as told through the life of one of surgery’s greatest masters.
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