Product Description: Surgery patients emotional and psychosocial concerns, health-related behaviors, outcome expectations, and compliance with the treatment regimen can all influence the ultimate effectiveness of surgery. Mental health professionals are increasingly called upon to perform presurgical psychological screening (PPS) to ensure that patients are given the treatments most likely to be effective, while reducing the chances of worsening their conditions...read more

A guide to optimizing the body's ability to heal itself, written specifically for readers who are recovering from injuries or surgery, shares information about nutrition, botanical supplements, meditation, and a range of alternate therapies. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: A great instruction guide -- photocopy and customize sheets for patients in preoperative and postoperative care. Covers frequently performed surgical procedures, including outpatient and same-day surgery. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Whether surgery is scheduled or an emergency, this handy guide teaches the latest effective mind-body techniques to assist in stress reduction, quick recoveries, a strengthened immune system, and more. Original.