Kevin Kendrick – författare

Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. But in the developed world doctors are still struggling to treat chronic, often lifestyle-related killers such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Physicians also have little in their armoury to cope with the huge increase in immune system problems such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.Millions of people are turning to alternative therapies, feeling that they provide the relief medical science cannot deliver. Only a handful of these therapies have been properly tested so many scientists dismiss them as nonsense.The Whole Story Toby Murcott rounds up the latest evidence on the placebo effect, the randomized control trial, personalized genetic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and more. It comes to a provocative conclusion: alternative therapies could provide valuable new ways to help chronic diseases. Biochemist and science journalist Toby Murcott challenges conventional medicine to drop its prejudices and investigate these treatments rigorously in pursuit of powerful new approaches to healthcare.

"Themes and Perspectives in Nursing" is a reader focusing upon current issues relevant to the rapid changes occurring in nursing education and practice. The editors have compiled a variety of stimulating, and sometimes controversial, material on a range of topics to encourage enquiry and provoke lively debate. The four sections deal with issues concerning perceptions of nursing, education, clinical issues, and management. The differing interpretations of the Nightingale legend, the images of nursing displayed in the media, performance indicators and professional accountability, advocacy as a key element in nursing education, and "managing nurse wastage" are just some of the issues covered. "Themes and Perspectives in Nursing" provides students with material relevant for study at both undergraduate and post basic level. Nurse educators should find it a rich source of data for teaching and research, particularly in the evolving new curriculum for "Project 2000". It is also written for all health professionals who are concerned with the radical changes in health care education, practice and reform.

Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. But in the developed world doctors are still struggling to treat chronic, often lifestyle-related killers such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Physicians also have little in their armoury to cope with the huge increase in immune system problems such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.Millions of people are turning to alternative therapies, feeling that they provide the relief medical science cannot deliver. Only a handful of these therapies have been properly tested so many scientists dismiss them as nonsense.The Whole Story Toby Murcott rounds up the latest evidence on the placebo effect, the randomized control trial, personalized genetic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and more. It comes to a provocative conclusion: alternative therapies could provide valuable new ways to help chronic diseases. Biochemist and science journalist Toby Murcott challenges conventional medicine to drop its prejudices and investigate these treatments rigorously in pursuit of powerful new approaches to healthcare.