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An Excellent Start to Good Habits
This book was a great help to me as a first time/new mom. I can't begin to see how helpful it was to get the baby into a routine instead of dragging her around and keeping her out to suit my needs. Once you see how happy and rested you can be by following some simple routines it really made a difference. I would highly recommend this book.

Great Advice for New Moms!!
This book was given to me as a gift. When I first glanced through it, I really didn't think it was for me. Then one night my 4 week old son spent a good 2 hours screaming. I looked through the "What to Expect" book and a "Living through the First Year" book and finally, I picked this book up and found a chart on a baby's cries. My husband and I were able to quickly figure out that our son was backed up with good old fashioned gas! She had all sorts of advice on how to relieve him. After that I read the book cover to cover - I used the E.A.S.Y. method and things went smoothly!!! He is now 14 months and still has a great routine! He thrives and always knows what's coming at naptimes,mealtimes and bedtime. This book offers solid advice rooted in common sense. What more could a new mom need?

Sleeping through the night at 12 weeks!
I highly recommend this book to any parent of a newborn.Since he was my first I had no idea how to get him into a routine.After hearing a few people rave about it, I bought the bookwhen my son was about 6 weeks old & after following E.A.S.Y. he was sleeping through the night at 12 weeks old.I could easily distinguish his cries & could tell when he was tired and needed to sleep. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Care/Parenting    2. Child rearing    3. Family & Relationships    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Infants    6. Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers/Infants    7. Parent and infant    8. Parenting - General    9. Family & Relationships / Parenting   

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Agree, But Disagree
I agree with Reiss that if we take hormones at all, they should be natural hormones, and unfortunately, so many women suffer from menopausal symptoms that hormonal replacement seems to the the only answer or relief. I suffered from day and night hot flashes, skin conditions, and a lousy mood as I entered menopause.I actually went to a western medical doctor, something I totally disagree with.They wanted to put me on premarin, and/or anything else I would take to fatten their kickbacks.Luckily, I was referred to a holistic health consultant trained originally by Native Americans. She showed me how to get in balance without hormones, and I'm fine.This book, and many like them, should be read with caution.When doctors write books, it's the same to them as writing a prescription.Forget the cures, find the cause.When the cause is eliminated, there's no need for a cure. Read Gangi, then add this as a follow-up.

At Last - Life Changing Truth About Natural HRT for Women
This is the first truly detailed and informative book I've read on Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy (NHRT) that I can really use. Now at age 51, I had started a NHRT regemin at age 49 that was helping, but I did not understand why sometimes it didn't work very well or not at all for some debillitating symptoms. I was also concerned about increasing my risk for cancer. After reading this book, and adjusting my hormone intake, I am no longer suffering from migraines, I no longer fear increasing my risk for cancer, the mind fuzziers are pretty much gone, and I feel better physically, mentally, and emotionally that I have in years - I'm talking since about age 15 here! As women, we must become informed about our hormone balances and imbalances, especially if we suffer from dramatic mood swings in our earlier years, or are approaching, or experiencing menopause. This book will become a permanent part of your 'health library'. Very self empowering!
A terrific book providing a good understanding of synthetic vs bio-identical hormones
Dr. Reiss clearly presents how important the hormones are to health, and how your understanding of them can help. This is a very accessible book, and a must read for anyone who has an interest in health (does that leave anyone out?) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Gerontology    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Holistic Medicine    7. Women's Health - General    8. Health & Fitness / Women's Health    9. Women's health   

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Amazing and very much needed in your career
Amazing book! I have just completed a medical billing course through the US. Career Institute and this book has been the only reason why I have this job. This cpt coding manual has all the latest medical terminology and codes that you will need to know. It was a very smart purchase for very little money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries & Terminology    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement    5. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Organic    2. Organic Chemistry    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Study Guides    6. Science / Chemistry / Organic   

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Professional Counseling
The book is easy to read and it gives great examples to better understand the concepts.I would recommend this book.

Comprehensive and applicable
The book treats many cases and reaches high level of coverage; it is very helpful, that in practice one can find many similarities, since the cases are very realistic and explained in depth. My opinion is, that it is valuable because it is applicable.

Fantastic book
This is by far the best text I have had in my four years of undergraduate work. This book eases you into the subject, yet provides striking depth for even the common reader. Enjoy ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Mental illness    3. Psychology    4. Psychology, Pathological    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Abnormal psychology    7. Psychiatry    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

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Diagnostic Imaging:Orthopaedics
For MSK MRI, this is an excellent reference book.The computer-designed illustrations are helpful and the bullet-point outline form works well for MSK (I'm not so sure about other specialties).This is not a comprehensive book to cover the pathophysiology of bone disease and it is all MR modality.I use it to complement other texts such as Greenspan. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diagnostic Imaging    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Neurology - General    5. Orthopedics    6. Radiology    7. Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine    8. Medical imaging    9. Orthopaedics & fractures   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Analytic    2. Chemistry - General    3. Physics    4. Reference    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Chemistry    8. Science / Chemistry / General   

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Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner
This book is interesting, but it is far too "testbooky" and would benefit from being more focused on specific "how to" examples of treatment plans as do many other similar efforts.The text makes interesting reading, but, it didn't provide the concrete examples I expected.

Another great tool for the practioner's tool box.
Research suggests that an ever increasing number of practioners are relying on tools such as this to help formulate treatment plans. Thank You.
Just what I needed, such a time saver now I can actually use my brain power to help not just write about it--Thanks again. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Practice Management    2. Psychology    3. Psychology / Practice Management    4. Psychotherapy   

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Excellent
There is a lot of excellent material in this book. Yes, of the 400 pages, "only" 230 are the main text and 140 pages are model reports. I would have bought the book just for the main text. The model reports are worthy extras. Not to mention the 20 pages of "advice from the trenches".
It's not too late to learn a few excellent things!
There are only a few "how-to" books for the person who must give a learned or "expert" opinion on legal issue. Most are notably less than satisfactory. In my opinion, Babitsky and Mangraviti have tackled one of the most difficult aspects about being an "expert," that of writing a defensible report. The messages in their treatise are quite clear. "Don't commit something to paper unless you can support it with documentation!" "Write the report when you feel you fully understand the issue and not when the attorney says you are ready!" And perhaps more important, "Leave the adverbs and adjectives for your next novel!" Writing and Defending Your Expert Report
The book provides very interesting and useful information. The first fifteen chapters live very well up to the title, with objective and lots and lots of "across the board" information!Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Nursing - General   

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Where Silicon Valley is Taking Medicine
This is a very interesting view of the advances being made in the electronic area of medicine.
A lively blend of autobiography and health industry survey
THE END OF MEDICINE: HOW SILICON VALLEY (AND NAKED MICE) WILL REBOOT YOUR DOCTOR profiles the emerging new technologies which will change medicine from one which offers chronic care and after-illness detection to a proactive medical community which will emphasize early detection and quick cures. Author Andy Kessler discovered his cancer quite by accident, literally - his effort to discover new keys to self-help and emerging health tests makes for a lively blend of autobiography and health industry survey revealing the cutting edge of medical cures.
Why health care has to change and cogent observations about how it might change for the better.
The title of his book is intended to be provocative and is given in its more correct form and in proper context in the last paragraph of the book: "It feels like it's not the end of the road in Portola Valley, at Stanford, at the Hutch, or for scanning.Instead, it feels like the start of something big - probably just the end of medicine as we know it."And I would guess that Kessler is correct that medicine as we know it today is going to be transformed in one way or another into something quite different than it is today.Why?
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Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Finance    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health Care Issues    6. Health/Fitness    7. Medicine    8. Preventive Medicine    9. Therapeutics    10. Business & Economics / General   

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A useful text for western students
Traditionally, ayurveda has been taught orally, with reference to ancient texts like the works of Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata; references that are still used today. These writings, which are believed to date thousands of years, contain the eternal and universal principles of the natural science of ayurveda; however they also contain therapies and lifestyle prescriptions which are hopelessly archaic; and materia medica which are no longer accessible (e.g. opium and camel's urine!). With the spread of ayurveda to the West, there emerged a great need for a text that not only catered to the western mode of thinking and education, but that also made connections between the ayurvedic view of anatomy and physiology, and that of the West. This book attempts to do just that.
A "Complete Guide"
I've recently purchased several ayurvedic books and will be returning most of them now.This book has everything.I MUST have.It is very thorough and extremely interesting.Not just a rehashing of information found elsewhere.If you only have one book - get this one!

A must have for the Ayurvedic student!
Thank you Vasant Lad for this great tool that helps one unlock the truth called Ayurveda. Vasant Lad has presented a true text book that will become a companion of the modern day Ayurvedic student. Normally if one was to source concise information on the fundamentals of Ayurveda then one had the difficult task of studying the translations of Caraka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Vagbhata Samhita. While these texts are the foundation for modern Ayurveda they can be daunting to the student new to this amazing science. The only other method was to correlate information from books written by Vasant Lad, David Frawley, Atreya, Robert Svoboda, Subhash Ranade, Maya Tiwari etc.... and then one would build up a collection of information from different sources. Whilst this is not a bad thing (and I will continue to read books offered from these great teachers) finding enough detailed information was sometimes very hard. "The Text Book of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles" is truly amazing. It is a must for the serious student of Ayurveda. Vasant Lad has indicated that this if the first of three, the next two dealing with; the clinical assessment of health and disease, and the management of disease. The contents of this book is vast, it covers all aspects of the philosophical foundation that Ayurveda stands upon, The Tridosha, Agni, The Seven Dhatu, The Fifteen Srotas, Ojas, Tejas, Prana, Digestion and Nutrition, to be honest this does no justice to what is actually in this textbook. Get it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    2. History    3. Medical    4. Medicine, Ayurvedic    5. Philosophy    6. Ayurvedic therapies   

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If you're a senior nursing student, you know that it's impossible to practice too much for the NCLEX. So you'll love the new Read more

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Lots of errors
I noticed a lot of errors while using this book.When you are taking the exams - the answers don't match the rationale.For example - the book says the answer is #2, but the rationale matches the answer for #3.Not recommended.

MUST HAVE TO PASS
Love this book!Went through every question in the entire book as a review and also took Kaplan's prep class.Passed NCLEX with 75 questions.WOW!I owe passing to this book, seriously.If you're hard pressed for time, just do the questions in this book and learn from the answers.

good book
I used this while in nursing school and it is a excellent refresher and review after studying your text books & class lecture. I must admit I did not use it for the NCLEX because I misplaced it after Hurricane Katrina. I used the NSNA review book & Frye 3000 nursingbullets to study which were simplyexcellent and all you need to pass the NCLEX on first try. I still think the Lippincott Review is a good user friendly book so give it or the NSNA-RN a try. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Examination Questions    2. Examinations, questions, etc    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. National Council Licensure Exa    6. National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses    7. Nursing    8. Nursing - Test Preparation & Review    9. Nursing Care    10. Study guides   

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Excellent, comprehensive,and easy to use
The Manual is a complete guide to the AMA style and also an excellent grammar book.The topics are easy to find and the tables and lists are comprehensive.It is a great companion to The Chicago Manual of Style because it details the grammar preferred by the AMA and contains needed terminology.This is a necessary reference for medical publications proofreaders and editors.

A style manual you will rarely close
The specific goal of the American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors is to codify and collect the myriad instructions, rules, and dictums that AMA applies to the many journals, books, and other publications that are printed under its imprint. The more general goal, perhaps not stated, is to broaden the influence of those standards so they encompass more of the medical publishing community. thank you cheryl �verson for that work
I read the book , I feel that work is very nice ,and I give that 5 star , ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. Communication In Medicine    3. Composition & Creative Writing - Nonfiction    4. Dictionaries - General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Medical    7. Medical writing    8. Reference    9. Research    10. Style manuals    11. Writing    12. History of medicine    13. Medical / Reference    14. Writing & editing guides   

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Always Exceptional
Over the past few years doing business with Amazon.com has always been a pleasure. Prices are good... shipping expedient... and customer service has addressed all of my concerns promptly and courteously. Every purchase has been exactly what is advertised and in top condition. Many great deals to be had if you take the time to research the site.
Essential for medical writing and editing.
As someone who does medical writing and editing frequently, this resource is essential.

Dorland's is my fave!
I have the current edition (30th) and I absolutely love it! Another plus is you are given a code to be able access their online dictionary as well!It's a great book with great illustrations as well. From what I can see it is very thorough. I haven't run across a medical word yet that wasn't in it! :)I'm a new MT so I don't really have anything to compare Dorlands too, but I know that I'm hooked on it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries & Terminology    2. Dictionaries - General    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Reference    6. Medical / Dictionaries & Terminology    7. Medicine: General Issues    8. Reference works   

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Book for Class
I bought this book for school. So far it is alright. If one is looking into a leadership role it is a good read

Very useful and educational book
We are using this in my Intro to Leadership course at college and I have found the book to be very interesting. The author writes very clearly and explains everything quite well. I know its weird to write about, but I really enjoy this authors writing style. I rarely get an academic book where the writing is simple and very straight forward. In a crunch, I can read the first setence or two from each of his paragraphs and understand the concepts of the chapter quite well.
great leadership resource
Found this book a great resource for any nursing leadership class or just to have as a nurse leader. Good information on all styles of leading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Case studies    5. Leadership    6. Organizational Behavior    7. Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior    8. Organizational theory & behaviour   

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Gently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr. Atul Gawande's Read more

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an inner journey
Atul Gawande's book "Complications" is a rewarding read on many levels.The reader is drawn in smoothly along a thread of entertaining medical vignettes.These anecdotes serve as the framework for a set of well reasoned essays that explore the inner life of the surgeon.Gawande's primary purpose is to convey thevarious challenges, surprises, and contradictions that he has encountered as a surgical resident.His scrupulous honesty in describing the motivations, limitations, exhilarations, foibles, and challenges of the surgical profession is refreshing.
Brilliantly written reflections of what it is to work in medicine
This book was required for a friend's ethics class and she could not stop talking about it! I had to read it, too, thanks to her. We are nursing students, about to embark on our clinical rotations, and have both been strongly affected by this real and wonderfully written book. Dr. Gawande really has captured everything for the reader, who is left profoundly more knowledgable about a challenging and difficult, but rewarding, profession. He is amazing!

A Glimpse Behind The Curtain
The medical profession, for much of its lifetime, has been shrouded in mystery. For many, the words and judgements of a doctor seem infallible, which is why there is often such incredulity associated with mistakes. It's only been in the past few decades that this has changed and people are learning that doctors are humans too. In Atul Gawunde's book, we get a behind the scenes look at his life as a resident in Internal Medicine and some of the truths that people must accept take place when they enter a hospital. What amazes me most about Gawunde's writing is his use of anecdotes to perpetuate his arguments and ideas. His experiences have been so rich and varied that he is able to draw upon so many fascinating cases to highlight some of the great and some of the not so great aspects of medicine and of learning to be a physician. Anyone who would like to be a doctor - and especially those who want to go into any surgical field - will benefit from this open and honest account of what it truly means to be a doctor. I was thoroughly engaged and even scared to learn about what often goes on in the mind of the person wielding the scalpel blade. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Biography    3. Essays    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Surgeons    7. Surgery    8. Surgery - General    9. United States   

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A+ For End of Chapter Problems
I had used this textbook at Ramapo College of New Jersey for Organic Chemistry I and II, and I found that the end of the chapter problems were superb in preparation for exams. I can't say much otherwise about the body of the text, reactions, mechanisms, etc., but I give this book an A+ for the End of Chapter Problems. They were tough and required a good amount of thought, which was exactly how I was tested in this class.

Thanks Alot
thanks for the book. the first 100-150 pages were wrinkled quite a bit but the price makes up for it. shipping was good. thanks again.

False Ad!
This book is not Hardcover as stated in the ad. The book is not for sale in the US and Canada and it is clearly marked on the cover. It's violating the Copyright Act. I gave it one star because there was anything lower than that.
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Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Organic    2. Chemistry, Organic    3. Organic Chemistry    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Science / Chemistry / Organic   

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If you work in an ER or assessment setting...
I used this booklet as a quick reference in my work in a hospital ER and in doing intakes.It's meant to simply be a handy reference to the DSM criteria, and can't replace the study, consultation, and experience needed to understand the difference between clinically problematic and non-problematic behavior.If you work within the DSM/ICD/insurance system, and you've heard the phrase "justify your diagnosis" before, here's an invaluable and pocket-sized (well, for a big pocket) tool.

The Only DSM That You Need
This is a modest little book that you can fit into your pocket but it does everything that its big brother(the much more expensive, full version of the DSM IV-TR) does -- at half the price and with greater ease of use. While the unabridged DSM IV is pretty much a textbook of psychiatry, minus only treatment recommendations, this abridgement unpretentiously lists just the diagnostic categories and the relevent (concisely phrased) criteria. Professionals will find it a handy source of symptoms and diagnosis for insurance purposes. Non-professionals will find it usable for the purpose of diagnosing themselves, their spouse, their parents and problematic friends.

A Great Manual To Promote Mental Disorders !!!
The DSM IV-TR is a great book to promote diseases that fit the armaments of medications that the pharmaceutical companies would like physicians to use.
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Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Mental Illness    3. Psychiatric Diagnosis    4. Psychiatry - General    5. Psychology    6. Reference    7. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    8. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Health Care Delivery    3. Health Services Administration    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Hospital administration & management    7. Medical / Administration   

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unplugged: reclaiming our right to die in america
unplugged delves into timely and essential subject matter with an entertaining, informative, wondrful style of writing.colby's insight to this pertinent topic is beneficial universally, as we all must confront these circumstances at some point in our lives.

The right-to-die debate is once again tackled
The right-to-die debate is once again tackled; this time by a lawyer who represented Nancy Cruzan in the first right- to-die case heard by the Supreme Court. While Nancy Cruzan's struggles were chronicled in a prior book by Colby, Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right To Die In America offers a broader perspective on the topic, moving beyond Cruzan's struggle to offer answers to legal, ethical, medical and personal issues involved in the debate. Court records, interviews and the authors' own experiences lend to the discussion of current laws, proposed changes, and their effects on society.
A Book for Everyone
"Unplugged" is a book everyone who is going to die should read.It tells you what you need to do to make sure your wishes are respected when it comes to end-of-life decisions.Doing that will spare your loved ones unnecessary anguish.This book, believe it or not, is an engaging page turner and my 90-year-old mother just read it.We took its advice, talked about her wishes, and she now has a notarized health care power-of-attorney, giving us both much peace of mind.All this thanks to Colby's wonderfully written, timely, important book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Death & Dying    2. Ethics    3. Life and death, Power over    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Medical Law & Legislation    6. Moral and ethical aspects    7. Right to Die    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Terminal care    11. Coping with personal problems    12. Euthanasia    13. USA