Category Archives: First Impressions

Previewing new resources, eJournals, and eBooks

New eBook: Making Sense of Critical Appraisal

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The Library has added a new eBook, Making Sense of Critical Appraisal.

This handy pocket companion provides all the necessary guidance on how to understand medical research publications, read them critically and decide whether the content of those papers is clinically useful in the care of patients. The text is illustrated throughout with medically relevant examples of relevant aspects of study design and clinical audit to give a clear framework to support critical reading for the novice and more experienced reader.

 

New eBook: Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology

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Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology has been added to the Library’s collection. This text is a practical tool and reference to assist radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care with common palliative care issues and symptoms. Content includes recent advances in translational palliative care research, site and disease-specific evaluation, intervention, and management methods, and major symptom burdens, suggested assessment, and various management options.

Information of symptoms and disease is presented in a way to be a rapid, practical guide for clinicians on the floor.

New eBook: Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications

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A new electronic book is available, entitled Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications. This eBook, published in 2021, is a comprehensive description of issues for healthcare data management and an overview of existing systems. Content includes information on disease diagnosis, telemedicine, medical imaging, smart health monitoring, social media healthcare, and machine learning for COVID-19.

Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications provides a comprehensive overview of current technology. Each of these chapters, which are written by the main inventors of the presented systems, specifies requirements and provides a description of both the chosen approach and its implementation.