"Hospital Babylon" is an in-depth, amusing and highly insightful expose of the extraordinary world of modern medicine. It will take the reader on a journey through the various departments and wards where babies are made, thighs are reduced, noses straightened and spare kidneys are flown in from the [...]

A novel that follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.[...]

Offers guidance on wound management in a practical and easily accessible format. This work gives an introduction to wound healing and assessment, which is followed by the management of specific wound types and a detailed chapter on wound management products. It also features evidence-based outlines [...]

Therapeutic Landscapes uniquely brings together historical and contemporary debates on the use of the garden as a therapeutic space. Hickman narrates the story of the landscapes associated with psychiatric, general and specialist medical institutions and asks what did they look like, how were they u[...]

This is the course book for a new Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) course on preparation for and medical management of major incidents within the hospital. This book is a vital tool for all hospital workers that face the potential of having to manage any large scale emergency from the hospital.

Eloise, which started out as a poorhouse, later became known as Wayne County General Hospital. From only 35 residents on 280 acres in 1839, the complex grew dramatically after the Civil War until the total land involved was 902 acres and the total number of patients was about 10,000. Today, all that[...]

'Joanna had scraped up the uneaten rice pudding from all the plates and stuffed it into a spare pillow case. Louisa and Rebecca had collected the bunches of grapes which the patients' kind relatives had brought them, and were treading them into wine in the hospital hip-bath. Daniel had swapped round[...]