Books published by SCION PUBLISHING LTD

How to put the patient first in your GP consultations. Patient-Centred Consulting for the MRCGP brings together lifelike patient-doctor dialogues with the RCGP competency framework. It will help improve your daily consultations through a reflective understanding of the skills required to put the patient first.

Communication Skills for OSCEs is the first medical OSCEs book to focus on the key communication skills the medical student needs. The book teaches the reader to develop and fine tune their communciation skills so that they can get the most out of every consultation.

All the essential information needed for a successful paediatrics rotation, in a reader-friendly format. Paediatrics: A Clinical Handbook provides medical students and junior doctors with reader-friendly coverage of the subject. It is full of hints, tips and techniques to help the reader really understand the subject.

How to Prepare for Medical School Interviewsis the perfect book to help you get ready for, practise and succeed in your medicalschool interview. Over 200 interview questions, including Multiple Mini Interviews. Highly Commended in the BMA Book Awards!

A comprehensive introduction to statistics in the health sciences combined witha hands-on practical guide to R (and related free software). Health Science Statistics using R and R Commander has been written for students, researchers andprofessionals who need a practical guide to the subject.

Biochemistry, by Professor Terry Brown of the University of Manchester, is designed to be the textbook of choice for any short biochemistry course.

This book covers the entire UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) exam and contains all the latest question styles.

Catch Up Compendium, 3rd edition, contains well over 600 pages of the core background material essential for any student studying courses in the biological and biomedical sciences.

Catch Up Biology 2e is an invaluable primer for any student wishing to get up to speed with the biology required for their degree. It will be of particular use to students studying medicine, biomedical sciences or a related subject.

How to use CBT within a typical 10 minute consultation Using CBT in General Practice, second edition is essential reading for all GPs, who must now offer CBT as a treatment option. The book provides the practical advice needed to implement CBT within the time constraints of a busy practice.

Expression Systems: Methods Express is a comprehensive research guide that describes both the key new techniques and more established methods. Every chapter discusses the merits and limitations of the various approaches and then provides selected tried-and-tested protocols, as well as a plethora of good practical advice.

This second edition of Catch up Chemistry is essential reading for anyone starting a life or medical sciences degree. It will help you become comfortable with chemical terms and principles, and offers lots of questions (and answers) to test your understanding.

Clinical Endocrinology unites a sound knowledge of basic science principles with a case-based approach to clinical management of patients with endocrinopathy It is suitable for not only medical and biomedical science students, but also those pursuing specialist study modules.

Equipment in Anaesthesia is perfect for FRCA candidates as it contains all the information needed in a handy revision format. This book details and discusses all the common anaesthetic equipment you need to know for the FRCA exam.

Cellular Pathology 3e provides thorough coverage of all the key areas of histological and cytological techniques. It is written for students in biomedical sciences, or subjects allied to medicine, and provides key information on techniques with relevance to the diagnosis of disease and also for research in pathology.

This glycobiology book is truly unique. Produced to commemorate the 80th birthday of Nathan Sharon, Glycobiology is an essential reference tool for anyone working in the field.

This book will equip all healthcare professionals, including medical students, chest physicians, radiographers and radiologists, with the techniques and knowledge required to interpret plain chest radiographs. It is not an exhaustive text, but concentrates on interpretive skills and pattern recognition.

This book covers the key techniques that can be employed in any lab with access to cell imaging equipment, even if it does not currently specialize in imaging. It focuses on live cell imaging and light microscopy applications, but is equally relevant to the imaging of fixed specimens.