Journal of Postgraduate Medicine Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India ISSN: 0022-3859 EISSN: 0972-2823 Vol. 46, Num. 1, 2000, pp. 58

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 46, No. 1, January-March, 2000, pp. 58

Book Release

Clinical Governance in Health Care Practice

Thoreya Swage MBBS (Lond), MA Oxon, MIHM
Independent Consultant, National Health Service, UK
ISBN 0750644532: 272 pp: 234 x 156 mm: 20 line illustrations: Paperback: March 2000: £17.99
Butterworth Heinemann Ltd, London.

• Explains exactly what clinical governance means to the healthcare professions
• Gives clinical examples from different areas of practice, showing how the principles of clinical governance can be applied in practice
• Draws on national policies and initiatives to explain the theoretical structure underpinning clinical initiative
• Applicable to all sectors of the health service

What is Clinical Governance? How does it impact on the healthcare professions? Is it a new concept or an attempt to coordinate, measure and improve existing clinical quality: quality that should already from part of normal everyday practice for the majority of the profession? The World Health Organization describes clinical quality as 'professional management, efficiency, risk management and patient satisfaction' but what does this mean in real terms for busy clinicians? This new book by Thoreya Swage provides the answers to these and many other questions.

Clinical Governance in Healthcare Practice enables health practitioners to understand and implement best practice by nor only outlining the principles underlying clinical governance but also providing practical examples of clinical governance in action. A toolkit comprising useful research material, checklists and questionnaires makes this book an essential purchase for every healthcare practitioner keen to implement clinical governance in their own professional environment.

Readership: Lecturers in nursing, postgraduate students in nursing, managers, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Book Release

Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

Second Edition
Joy Higgs BSc Grad Dip Phty MHPEd PhD
Professor, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Mark Jones BS (psychology) PT Grad Dip Advan Manip Ther MappSc (manipulative physiotherapy)
Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Postgraduate Programs in Manipulative Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, University of S Australia, Adelaide
ISBN 0750639075: 336 pp: 246 x 189 mm: 20 line illustrations: Paperback: January 2000: £35.00
Butterworth Heinemann Ltd, London.

• the authoritative text on this subject for all physiotherapists and related health professionals
• completely updated and revised with new chapters, new contributors and new diagrams

Clinical Reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. This book explores the nature of clinical reasoning in the health professions and examines strategies for assisting learners, scholars and clinicians develop their reasoning expertise.

Readership: Physiotherapists, practitioners and educators, occupational therapists, nurses and clinicians.

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