The goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help practitioners and students understand the interplay between psychological, physical, social and cultural issues of patients. Within its pages you will find real-world coverage of behavioral and interactional issues that occur between provider and patient in everyday clinical practice. You will learn how to deliver bad news, how to conduct an effective patient interview, how to care for patients at the end of life, how to clinically manage common mental and behavioral issues in medical patients, the principles of medical professionalism, motivating behavior change, and much more.

Enhanced by new and updated content throughout, Behavioral Medicine provides insight and information not available anywhere else for those who seek to provide comprehensive high-quality care for patients.

Beyond the NICU is the first book to deliver practical, evidence-based strategies for healthcare providers caring for the NICU graduate during convalescence and after discharge. It is a guide to the successful transition of a high-risk infant from intensive care to the intermediate- level nursery, and then, to help the child thrive outside of the hospital in a home environment.

Modeled after Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, the world's most widely-used dermatologic reference, this point-of-care atlas provides large, detailed, full- color photographs of skin diseases in children along with the latest management and treatment recommendations. You'll find everything you need to confidently assess, diagnose, and manage diseases of the skin, hair, and nails of pediatric patients in a busy clinical environment.

This Color Handbook is a compact yet complete guide to the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders. It combines the advantages of a short text book with those of an atlas, and provides thorough discussion of each disease supported by a wealth of images. Each topic is covered by a specialist contributor.

The book is of particular value to young physicians/residents, to trainee endocrinologists and to senior medical students.