New Ebook Medicine Podcasts

Elmar’s Tooth Talk – The Missing Link to Total Health

107 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago
In Elmar’s Tooth Talk – The missing Link To Total Health you discover: The hazardous toxins and life-threatening risks of dental materials and treatments and what you can do about them. The connect...

An introduction to material culture - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 8 years ago
This free course, An introduction to material culture, introduces the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects. This ...

An introduction to material culture - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 8 years ago
This free course, An introduction to material culture, introduces the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects. This ...

Get Social Health with Janet Kennedy

102 episodes - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Get Social Health is a program about social media and how it’s being used to help hospitals, medical practices, healthcare practitioners and patients connect and engage via social media. Get Social...

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This unit examines the role that Scots played in contributing to the developments in healthcare during the nineteenth century. The radical transformation of medicine in Europe included the admissio...

Health is everywhere: unravelling the mystery of health - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This unit considers two ideas: that health is an ever-present factor in our lives, and that health is something difficult to define. But how can we say that health is everywhere if it is so mysteri...

Introducing social work practice - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago
Social work is a vital element in how our society cares for those in need. This unit looks at the meaning of ‘social work values’ as well as the different approaches to social work and the skills i...

Mental health practice: Bonnyrigg - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 3 ratings
Although society's attitude toward mental illness has improved, discrimination and misconceptions surrounding those affected are still prevalent. This unit explores a number of issues relating to m...

Diversity and difference in communication - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
Interpersonal communication in health and social care services is by its nature diverse. As a consequence, achieving good or effective communication – whether between service providers and service ...

Issues in complementary and alternative medicine - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago
Why are so many people now turning to complementary and alternative medicine and why do approaches to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) raise such controversy? This unit explores the fol...

Challenging ideas in mental health - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
Take a new and different look at mental health. This unit invites you to think differently about life's dilemmas by taking account of the views of all concerned, especially people experiencing ment...

Addiction and neural ageing - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This unit looks at two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance – ‘addiction’ and ‘neural ageing’. You will develop a Master's level approach to the ...

Living with diabetes - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 5 ratings
This unit introduces the parts of the body and processes involved in the development of diabetes. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collec...

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 1 rating
The incidence of obesity is on the increase in affluent societies, and the phenomenon commands increasing attention from health professionals, legislators and the media. This unit looks at the scie...

Improving aerobic fitness - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Aerobic fitness is integral to successful sports performance and to maintaining good health. But what sort of exercise should you be doing to develop your aerobic fitness? This unit will help you t...

Care relationships - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago
To set up a care relationship that works well is a delicate matter, whether you are at the giving or the receiving end. In this unit we explore the very varied meanings of care relationships and ho...

Ageing and disability: transitions into residential care - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 4 ratings
Moving into a care home can have a profound emotional impact on an individual – just the anticipation of residential care is one of the biggest sources of fear for the elderly. This unit discusses ...

Living with death and dying - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings
This unit will explore how knowledge and beliefs about death and encounters with death affect people’s lives. It will also examine the concept of a ‘good death’ from an individual perspective in or...

Death and medicine: postponement and promise - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago
This unit asks the reader to consider the experience of grief and bereavement and in particular the extent to which grieving people need professional help. The unit considers the evidence for the e...