| Description |
[xi], 724 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Case 16 The case of Cassius, a febrile toddler -- Case 17 The case of a person with impaired mobility following a stroke -- Case 18 The case of a man with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) -- Case 19 The case of a family with Huntington's disease -- Case 20 The case of a 53-year-old man undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy -- Case 21 The cases of (a) a woman with occupational hyperstress, and (b) a man with occupational hypostress Case -- 22.The case of a man with learning disabilities leaving a long-stay hospital -- App. A Units of measurements -- App. B Blood values and urinalysis -- App. C Common prefixes, suffixes and roots -- App. D Symbols and common clinical abbreviations |
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Contents note continued: Ch. 21 Stress -- Ch. 22 Circadian rhythms -- Sect. VI Healthcare Practice: A Homeostatic Approach -- Case 1 Introduction: Healthcare practitioners as external agents of homeostatic control -- Case 2 The case of a woman with breast cancer -- Case 3 The case of a woman with rheumatoid arthritis -- Case 4 The case of a child with insulin-dependent diabetes - Type 1 -- Case 5 The case of a boy who is obese -- Case 6 The case of a 25-year-old man undergoing emergency surgery -- Case 7 The case of a woman with cataracts -- Case 8 The case of a woman with depression -- Case 9 The case of a woman with hypothyroidism -- Case 10 The case of an infant with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis -- Case 11 The case of a woman with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) -- Case 12 The case of a woman with myocardial infarction -- Case 13 The case of the young man with symptomatic HIV/AIDS -- Case 14 The case of a boy with asthma -- Case 15 The case of a man presenting for haemodialysis -- |
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Machine generated contents note: Sect. I An Introduction to the Human Body -- Ch. 1 Introduction to physiology and homeostasis -- Ch. 2 Cell and tissue functions -- Ch. 3 The skeleton -- Sect. II The Need for Regulation -- Ch. 4 Chemical reactions in cells: Fundamentals of metabolism -- Ch. 5 Nutrients and nutrition -- Ch. 6 Body fluids -- Sect. III Sensing Change and Coordinating Responses -- Ch. 7 The senses -- Ch. 8 The nervous system -- Ch. 9 The endocrine system -- Sect. IV Effectors of Homeostasis -- Ch. 10 The digestive system -- Ch. 11 The cardiovascular system 1: Blood -- Ch. 12 The cardiovascular system 2: Heart and circulation -- Ch. 13 The lymphatic system, immunity and microbiology -- Ch. 14 The respiratory system -- Ch. 15 The kidneys and urinary tract -- Ch. 16 The skin -- Ch. 17 Skeletal muscle: Posture and movement -- Ch. 18 The reproductive systems -- Sect. V Influences on Homeostasis -- Ch. 19 Genes in embryo development and ageing -- Ch. 20 Pain -- |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Homeostasis.
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Human anatomy.
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Human physiology.
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Nurse practitioners.
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Physiological Phenomena.
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Anatomy.
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Homeostasis.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| Author |
McVicar, Andrew J.
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| LC no. |
2009288705 |
| ISBN |
0340967595 (paperback) |
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9780340967591 (paperback) |
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