Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice is the new standard in respiratory care textbooks! It is a comprehensive text that reflects current practice, both technically and professionally, giving students the strong background they need to succeed in the field of respiratory care. This book is not just another respiratory care textbook. It is a textbook with a fresh approach and state-of-the-art content that meets the professional needs of the respiratory care student in the 21st century.

Section I provides strong coverage of the professional role of the respiratory therapist including issues related to ethics, communication, decision-making and patient education. Section II provides the most comprehensive review of the applied basic sciences as they relate to the practice of respiratory care. Section III covers all aspects of patient assessment and Section IV discusses therapeutics and covers all of the basic techniques and procedures. Finally Section V on disease management pulls all of the other sections together.

In addition to presenting the technical information needed to be a respiratory therapist, this book also presents information on topics such professionalism, decision making, patient education and understanding and interpreting professional literature helping students to understand the evolving role of the Respiratory Care Practitioner

The 2-color design makes the text more reader-friendly, draws out special features, and helps students identify relevant details

Key paedagogical features such as Case Studies, 'Respiratory Recaps', Chapter Objectives and Algorithms make this an ideal book from which to learn about the subject

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Dean Hess, MA Gen Hosp., Boston, MA; N. MacIntyre, Duke Med Ctr, Durham, NC; A. Adams, St.Paul-Ramsey Med Ctr, St. Paul, MN; W. Galvin, Gwynedd Valley Med Coll, Gwynedd Valley, PA; S. Mishoe, Med Coll of GA, Augusta, GA

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