This fascinating book presents 100 biographies of key figures in the development of the specialty of General Practice and how their successes, and occasional failures, have influenced the practice we see today, organised under key themes including academia and research, medical education and medical politics, the Royal College of General Practitioners and society as a whole.

Offers real-life patient scenarios and critical thinking exercises to help you work through a patient's chief complaint. Through narrative case studies, you will determine how best to diagnose, treat, and manage your patient based on the history of present illness, review of systems, relevant history, and physical examination findings.

Audit is an essential activity for all psychiatrists. This book helps ease the audit process by offering tried and tested recipes for conducting audits in clinical services. All audits have been undertaken by the authors who give practical advice for carrying them out in day to day practice. Useful for both consultants and trainees.

Ever struggled to write a critical essay? Ever wondered what critical thinking actually is and how you can apply it in your academic work and practice? This guide takes you through every stage of becoming a critical thinker, from approaching your subject to writing your essays or dissertation in health and social care.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: What Students and Health Professionals Need to Know aims to provide healthcare students with a foundational background of ACEs. This book will equip students with an understanding of the need for critical change and the impact of toxic stress and chronic adversity.

Converging and replicated evidence indicate that psychological stress, fears and anxiety can affect the healing process of patients recovering from surgery or given the diagnosis of a life-threatening condition.

Converging and replicated evidence indicate that psychological stress, fears and anxiety can affect the healing process of patients recovering from surgery or given the diagnosis of a life-threatening condition.

This book details important health sector institutions and perhaps uniquely, explore linkages between healthcare and broader economic growth.