The proposed book will focus on practical issues in pharmaceutical/clinical research and development from both regulatory and scientific perspectives. The book will outline and clarify those issues that have been commonly misused in the subject area of regulatory science.

Clinical trials require strategic thinking and innovative methods since some traditional methods are not adequate for the 21st century.To solve these problems requires good methodological skills, but also an in-depth knowledge of the practical problems we are dealing with and a strategic vision of the pig picture.

Instant Wisdom for GPs gathers these pearls together, presenting ten bullet-point gems from a comprehensive range of clinical specialties, together with advice on obscure or overlooked diagnoses, guidance on how to distinguish tricky differentials and tips on prescribing.

A need for better integration between health, social care and housing services has been widely acknowledged at both government and service levels. This book shows what works in integrating services and how the challenges that organisations, services and individuals face in doing this can be overcome.

Offers an integrated, collaborative model for more comprehensive patient care. This book provides the practical information, skills, and clinical approaches needed to implement an integrated collaborative care program and support the members of the care team as they learn this new, evidence-based, legislatively mandated care delivery system.

This book critically examines integrated care, looking at integration from an unconventional angle to reveal the tacit assumptions we make when we manage and change health services. Kaehne questions our premises on health services management, the motivations for change and the shortcomings of health policy in complex environments.

This book provides an overview of the history of integrative bioinformatics and the actual situation and the relevant tools. It contains a unique compilation of invited and selected articles from the Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics (JIB) and annual meetings of the International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics.

Other chapters address the issues of providing long-range medical care to older adults burdened with chronic diseases, notably hypoxia-related pathologies and their sequalae, pointing to the advantages of care provided by a single primary care physician.