The Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers readers practical easily accessible concise & up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice. It provides a thorough introduction to the principles & practice of anaesthetics intraoperative care & recovery nursing focussing on the patients journey before during & after surgery. Containing many helpful illustrations & diagrams to guide the reader along with references to national & international guidelines the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice assists practitioners in meeting the individual needs of surgical patients while ensuring safe & efficient care delivery. It enables readers to easily locate information about essential skills patients medical conditions & perioperative & surgical patient management. It covers all steps of the perioperative process & also contains an extensive section on pharmacology as well as a section on perioperative emergencies. The book is clearly laid out & written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages are included for the reader so that notes observations & local protocols can be included thereby individualising the Handbook. Written by teaching staff & clinicians from the fields of nursing operating department practice & pharmacy the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers an inter-disciplinary & inter-professional approach to perioperative practice for those studying the subject & those practising within the perioperative environment. ...

The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry provides comprehensive coverage of all major psychiatric conditions & sub-specialities. It is aimed at psychiatric trainees medical students studying psychiatry trainees entering individual psychiatric sub-specialities consultant psychiatrists general practitioners & other health-care professionals who come into contact with psychiatric patients. It provides detailed & practical advice on the management of psychiatric disorders in-depth coverage of psychiatric assessment psychopathology evidence-based practice mental health & capacity legislation in the British Isles difficult & urgent situations transcultural psychiatry & therapeutic issues. The new edition features a completely updated legal section with coverage of the new English mental health act updated coverage of the Scottish mental health act & new coverage of incapacity legislation in England Wales & Scotland a completely updated section on schizophrenia & the addition of new drugs & new clinical guidance from recognized institutions such as NICE. It also

Includes:: specialist chapters on learning disabilities psychotherapy & child psychiatry reviewed & revised by specialist registrars currently working in the fields. The book is internally cross-referenced & has both key references to important papers & to further information resources. As well as being indexed alphabetically it is also indexed by ICD-10 / DSM-IV codes & there is a quick index for acute presentations. This handbook is practical & didactic in style designed to provide portable reassurance to doctors beginning psychiatry. There is helpful advice for the management of difficult & urgent situations & the text is peppered with clinical observations on the practice of clinical psychiatry & guidance based upon the experience of the authors.

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Fully revised & updated for the new edition the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry provides the most up-to-date information clinically relevant to the doctor on the ground. Using a presentation-based format it provides detailed advice on clinical decision making after diagnosis. This handbook is an indispensable companion for any professional working in psychiatric medicine. Covering all major psychiatric conditions & sub-specialties this handbook provides practical & comprehensive guidelines & in-depth coverage of psychiatric assessment psychopathology evidence-based practice therapeutic issues & transcultural psychiatry. It is indexed alphabetically by ICD-10 / DSM-IV classification codes & acute presentations for quick access. It reflects the recent major changes to psychiatric training & examination as well as the latest drug information. Reviewed by experienced clinicians & revised by Specialist Trainees this handbook not only gives expert advice for psychiatry professionals but is also directly relevant to trainees in psychiatry. For the third edition new information

Includes:: guidance on Adult ADHD information on new drugs of abuse (e g GBL GHB mephodrone) & clinical decision-making in the prison setting. With such broad coverage & depth of guidance this is the must-have pocket guide for all professionals & trainees working in psychiatry.

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For the first time the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine & Emergencies in Respiratory Medicine have been bundled together representing excellent value for the medical student or junior doctor purchaser. The combination of practical advice & essential background information with an easily accessible guide in emergencies presents a unique package essential to every doctor & medical student. The Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine provides a fast reliable look-up reference on all chest diseases. The second edition of this comprehensive Handbook has been revised throughout with additional material on avian flu & respiratory medicine in pregnancy & updated references to the latest British Thoracic Society guidelines. The Handbooks opening chapters aid diagnosis by addressing the main respiratory symptoms encountered by clinicians. Subsequent chapters discuss each respiratory disease in more depth with practical tips for the out-patient clinic or ward setting. The Handbook also

Includes:: a unique section on practical skills & procedures providing essential technical & reference information. Useful pages on lung & bronchial anatomy CT anatomy & scans lung function & blood-gas nomograms & a list of useful websites are included for easy reference. Emergencies in Respiratory Medicine provides a practical accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in respiratory medicine from the immediately life-threatening to the smaller but urgent problems that may arise. It is concise & didactic & complements the Emergencies section of the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine. Respiratory disease is the most common illness responsible for an emergency admission to hospital & as such requires rapid & effective management. This book combines symptom & disease based sections. The first & second sections are symptom-based exploring assessment investigation & differential diagnoses. The third section is disease-based & explains how to manage the diagnoses covered in section one & two. The fourth section addresses practical issues from interpreting tests to practical procedures. The fifth section covers investigations.

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Delivering the facts to your fingertips the Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine provides an accessible & comprehensive signs-&-symptoms-based source of information on medical problems commonly seen in the tropics. A handy guide which can fit in the coat pocket & be used easily at the bedside it has been designed to be as practical as possible with illustrations of blood films & stool smears which are useful for diagnosis as well as clinical features diagnosis & management. Medical conditions are ordered by system except for the five major tropical conditions
- malaria HIV/STIs tuberculosis diarrhoeal diseases & acute respiratory infections
- & fevers. In this new edition the sections on malaria cardiology chest medicine gastroenterology mental health & dermatology have undergone major revision & there is new material on altitude sickness heat stroke avian flu & fuller poisoning. There is a greater emphasis on paediatric medicine & public health throughout & new illustrations & photographs have been included to aid with diagnosis. Small enough to throw in your rucksack this unique handbook is the ultimate quick reference guide for all those working in the tropics.

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only book available providing detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Stone Age to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. The lively essays & beautiful illustrations portray the emergence & development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians covering the period from 700 000 BC to ad 311. The authors
- each working at the cutting edge of their particular fields
- outline the principal sequence of political events including detailed examinations of the three so-called Intermediate Periods previously regarded as 'dark ages'. Against the backdrop of the rise & fall of ruling dynasties this Oxford History also examines cultural & social patterns including stylistic developments in art & literature. The pace of change in such aspects of Egyptian culture as monumental architecture funerary beliefs & ethnicity was not necessarily tied to the rate of political change. Each of the authors has therefore set out to elucidate in both words & pictures the underlying patterns of social & political change & to describe the changing face of ancient Egypt from the biographical details of individuals to the social & economic factors that shaped the lives of the population as a whole.

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The Oxford History of Byzantium is the only history to provide in concise form detailed coverage of Byzantium from its Roman beginnings to the fall of Constantinople & assimilation into the Turkish Empire. Lively essays & beautiful illustrations portray the emergence & development of a distinctive civilization covering the period from the fourth century to the mid-fifteenth century. The authors
- all working at the cutting edge of their particular fields
- outline the political history of the Byzantine state & bring to life the evolution of a colourful culture. In AD 324 the Emperor Constantine the Great chose Byzantion an ancient Greek colony at the mouth of the Thracian Bosphorous as his imperial residence. He renamed the place Constaninopolis nova Roma Constantinople the new Rome & the city (modern Istanbul) became the Eastern capital of the later Roman empire. The new Rome outlived the old & Constantines successors continued to regard themselves as the legitimate emperors of Rome just as their subjects called themselves Romaioi or Romans long after they had forgotten the Latin language. In the sixteenth century Western humanists gave this eastern Roman empire ruled from Constantinople the epithet Byzantine. Against a backdrop of stories of emperors intrigues battles & bishops this Oxford History uncovers the hidden mechanisms
- economic social & demographic
- that underlay the history of events. The authors explore everyday life in cities & villages manufacture & trade machinery of government the church as an instrument of state minorities education literary activity beliefs & superstitions monasticism iconoclasm the rise of Islam & the fusion with Western or Latin culture. Byzantium linked the ancient & modern worlds shaping traditions & handing down to both Eastern & Western civilization a vibrant legacy.



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Lynda Mugglestones hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated & entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystals new take on the future of English in the wider world. In accounts made vivid with examples from a vast range of documentary evidence that

Includes:: letters diaries & private records fifteen scholars trace the history of English from its ancient Indo-European origins to the present. They cover the languages versions written & spoken revel in its rich variety over fifteen centuries & chart its varied progress nationally regionally & throughout the world. With scholarship at once impeccable & approachable the authors describe & explain the constantly changing sounds words meanings & grammar of English. This is a book for everyone interested in the language present & past.

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This new edition of the most authoritative comprehensive history of the French Revolution of 1789 draws on a generation of extensive research & scholarly debate to reappraise the most famous of all revolutions. Updates for this second edition include a generous chronology of events plus an extended bibliographical essay providing an examination of the historiography of the Revolution. Opening with the accession of Louis XVI in 1774 the book traces the history of France through revolution terror & counter-revolution to the triumph of Napoleon in 1802 & analyses the impact of events both in France itself & the rest of Europe. William Doyle shows how a movement which began with optimism & general enthusiasm soon became a tragedy not only for the ruling orders but for the millions of ordinary people all over Europe whose lives were disrupted by religious upheaval & civil & international war. It was they who paid the price for the destruction of the old political order & the struggle to establish a new one based on the ideals of liberty & revolution in the face of widespread indifference & hostility. ...

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent & provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates through a representative sampling of masterworks those themes styles & currents that give shape & direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective this text sets the details of music the chronological sweep of figures works & musical ideas within the larger context of world affairs & cultural history. Written by an authoritative opinionated & controversial figure in musicology The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works a context in which each composition may be evaluated & remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure & form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age to illustrate how the music itself works & how contemporaries heard & understood it. It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural historical social economic & scientific events-influenced & directed compositional choices. ...