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WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT CLINICAL IMAGES OF CASUALTIES WITH WAR WOUNDS
The perfect tool for the humanitarian surgeon. The Authors combine their vast surgical experience (spanning general, cardiothoracic, vascular, orthopaedic, maxillofacial, plastic surgery and neurosurgery) to create a practical and unique decision-making tool for acute casualties with war wounds, including burns management and bone holding ... Read more
Kevin lives in the Scottish Borders with Stage IV melanoma. He wants to help people who have also been told they have cancer – curable or incurable – to know they are not alone, that others understand the challenges they are facing. This book presents 29 stories of cancer - of all types - and affecting people of different ages, backgrounds, life styles, family situations, work settings, and prognoses. What unites them all is that initial diagnosis - and the ability to find hope in the darkests of situations ... Read more
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Professor Stewart Forsyth OBE
Three books on the critical issue of global infant nutrition, and the millions of children under 5 who die each year or suffer the consequences of malnutrition and wasting. Receiving optimum early-life nutrition to support development and health is a minefield - and not just because of the breastmilk vs formula debate. The books investigate how top-level inefficiencies, at policy level, do little to resolve the situation. . ... Read more
Note: The two "Politics Of" books are not yet published.
Small Steps to Great Parenting: The Essential Guide for Busy Families
Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari
This is a realistic, relevant, down-to-earth book, crammed full of easy and effective tips – using just one a day will make a difference. It is perfect for BUSY modern families who face more challenges than ever as they try to balance their working, family, school and social lives. Although the advice and tips are simple, everything in this book is based on sound evidence and theory - we've just left out the long-winded paragraphs ... Read more
Acupuncture Tails - A Vet's Story of Treating Animals and Their Owners
Dr Jane EB Hunter
It is unusual for a vet to treat their patients' human parents! Dr Ann Hutchis, veterinary and human acupuncturist has this to say about Hunter's groundbreaking story: "These real-life stories of Jane's patients, both two-legged and four-legged, are an absorbing, interesting and fun read for everyone. They are also educational and informative for anyone in the veterinary and medical fields ..." ... Read more
Mental Health and Well-Being of Learners and Teachers
Three multidisciplinary books edited by Colin Martin, Mick Fleming, Hugh Smith and Amanda McGrandles
Three books for educationalists, psychologists, mental health clinicians and policy-makers mental health on the endless crisis in our schools and colleges. They bridge a previously wide gap between educational and healthcare persepectives through collaboration and viewing the same problems through different languages, in an attempt to foster a unifying framework for exploring the complex dynamic between learners, their teachers, and the education and healthcare systems. ... Read more
The Pissing Evil - A Comprehensive History of Diabetes Mellitus (available in two formats)
Professor Robert Tattersall OBE
This most authoritative and comprehensive book ever written on the subject of type 1 diabetes, from the author of Diabetes: The Bibliography by OUP. It is the book that the late Professor Tattersall always wanted to write, with space and pages to fully chronicle the fascinating and gruelling history of diabetes mellitus over 3000 years. It also bears the title he insisted on, the "pissing evil" - the accurate name given to the disease in the 17th century ... Read more
Homo Passiens: Man the Footballer (Spoof football science!)
Mike McInnes and artwork by Matt Kenyon with Foreword by Irving Welsh
Did prehistoric humans play football? Did they first stand upright in order to play football? Ludicrous though that may sound, there is plenty of (almost) convincing evidence for this - and where there is not evidence, there is science faction! From the truly creative mind of a scientist and lifelong football fan, this is a subtle blend of fact and fiction that romps through the "ologies". Irving Welsh, who wrote the Foreword, found the concept to be bonkers ... Read more
Safer Care: Human Factors in Healthcare Course Books (Patient Safety)
Patrick Mitchell (Editor) et al.
This course was produced for the NHS for educating clinicians in all disciplines and healthcare organisations on what to be aware of to improve patient safety in hospitals. It considers the psychological factors that influence communication and task performance, the reasons for human errors that can result in patient injury or patient death. It includes factors that are specific to hospitals, increasing the chance of such errors occurring, such as the hierarchical structure of different departments ... Read more
Smart Sitting: Brain Training to Control Back Pain, Improve Body Awareness and Sit Without Pain
Peter Davies
Peter Davies is a senior physiotherapist who has been using this approach successfully in his own practise for many years. Given that we all have to sit down a lot nowadays, we can all benefit from sitting smartly. The explicit photographs and instructions show you how to care for your spine to relieve or prevent back pain, using the latest evidence-base and incorporating mindful movements and unique ‘body maps’ to pinpoint trouble spots ... Read more
Forthcoming in 2025 - watch this space!
Our current focus is on some new challenges in society that impact on personal health. For adults, there is an academic text on the use of alcohol by pregnant women and new mothers; and a helpful book about grief, describing the lived experiences of different types of grief, to understand it and to get through it. For children (and their parents), we are producing one book on the most common fears of children in the modern world, offering gentle understanding and advice, and including an insight into the new bug-bear of Lyme disease. Kiki's Identity a response to an issue that has increasing importance in society - how to correctly preserve the cultural identity of a child adopted by parents with different backgrounds from their own.
Illustrated children's books ...
The Four Friends Series (for little ones on how to find comfort in friends)
Stories by David Brian Johnson and artwork by Deirdre Malcolm | Paperbacks | 32 pages
These are simple tales for young children with subtle wellbeing messages. The Four Friends – Tayley, Popp, Gully and Donnie – live on and around a small Scottish island. They enjoy many wonderful experiences together, and when things are not so good, they help each other to get through ... Read more
Note: Two of these books are published and two are in the pipeline for 2025.
The Ellie Adventures Series (for children transitioning from illustrated books to chapter books)
Stories and artwork by Jonathan Liddell
These books appeal to older children and address more subtle challenges of growing up, like belonging, handling complex emotions, grief and otherness. Set on an imaginary fantastical island off the cost of Scotland . ... Read more
Note: There will be four books in this series but Book 1 is available now.