Peter Bailey

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’, at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentationsInvestigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging)Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking) The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. Key points All hospital doctors deal with ABGs (arterial blood gases) but knowledge is commonly assumed and students lack confidence interpreting themLogical, sequential content: relevant basic science, understanding normal results and the building blocks of abnormal results, then clinical disordersClinical disorders illustrated by representative test results and brief accompanying text that clearly identifies the defining feature of the result (in other words, what is it that makes this diabetic ketoacidosis?)Fully-updated second edition features new sections on capillary blood gases, venous blood gases, obesity and all illustrations now in full colour

First published in 2006. Part of the Studies in Social History series, this volume looks at leisure and class in Victorian England, 1830-85, including topics of popular recreation, middle class and working class differences and rational recreation for the masses and the case of Victorian Music Halls in the entertainment industry.

This inspirational guide provides an innovative framework for understanding the consultation. It is concise, easy-to-read and highly accessible, presenting a simple and easily remembered non-linear diagram which facilitates the understanding of this richly complex process. Inspired by the work of Balint, it beautifully reflects the narrative of the consultation in its tone, with examples and anecdotes illustrating key concepts. It is highly effective as a primary teaching aid for undergraduate medical students, as a refresher for those in practice, an aide memoire to good consulting, a template for case analysis and reflection, and a diagnostic aid when consultations have gone wrong. The approach is recommended for all GP trainees, nurse practitioners and pharmacists where it has proven to be an immense help at all levels of experience and skill.

Good luck follows three stranded space travellers on Planet Cimarron when they rescue Raken Trigine from enemies hoping to usurp his throne. Good fortune and success continue until they receive an unsettling message that might blight their future.

Two young women set out to seek fame and carve a fortune for themselves in London's thriving and grasping financial sector using whatever female wiles and means they have at their disposal. Both are ruthless in their determination to claw their way to the top regardless of how many masculine toes and knuckles they crush on the way. Success is not easy until fortune blesses those who try hardest and smile attractively.

Kumi Takuma, acclaimed taiso in the Shogun's sixteenth century samurai army, returns home to find his sick father's liege lord is about to foreclose on his province for non-payment of taxes and tithes and grant the title to his manipulative uncle.

Simon Denchfield's interest in radical politics is taken over by sinister forces that propel him into leading a successful coup against the government. Once in power his backers purge their enemies and withdraw their support. Arrested, he is condemned as a traitor and only escape's death by the intercession of an unlikely saviour.