Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine |
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Author:
| Ward, Robert C. Hruby, Raymond J. Jerome, John A. Jones, John M. Kappler, Robert E. Kuchera, William A. Kuchera, Michael L. American Osteopathic Association Staff, Patterson, Michael M. Rubin, Bernard R. Seffinger, Michael A. Sprafka, Sarah A. van Buskirk, Richard |
ISBN: | 978-0-7817-3497-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $218.90 |
Book Description:
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Thoroughly revised for its Second Edition,
Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine is the only comprehensive, current osteopathic text. It provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of osteopathic considerations in the basic sciences, behavioral sciences, family practice and primary care, and the clinical specialties and demonstrates a wide variety of osteopathic manipulative methods. This edition includes new chapters on biomechanics, microbiology and infectious diseases,...
More DescriptionThoroughly revised for its Second Edition, Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine is the only comprehensive, current osteopathic text. It provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of osteopathic considerations in the basic sciences, behavioral sciences, family practice and primary care, and the clinical specialties and demonstrates a wide variety of osteopathic manipulative methods. This edition includes new chapters on biomechanics, microbiology and infectious diseases, health promotion and maintenance, osteopathic psychiatry, emergency medicine, neuromusculoskeletal medicine, rehabilitation, sports medicine, progressive inhibition of neuromuscular structures, visceral manipulation, A.T. Still osteopathic methods, treatment of acutely ill hospital patients, somatic dysfunction, clinical research and trials, outcomes research, and biobehavioral interactions with disease and health.