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  • A Mind at Sea

    Henry Fry and the Glorious Era of Quebec's Sailing Ships

    by John Fry ...
    The trials and tribulations of a Canadian business titan during a fascinating period in 19th-century Quebec.A Mind at Sea is an intimate window into a vanished time when Canada was among the world’s great maritime countries. Between 1856 and 1877, Henry Fry was the Lloyd’s agent for the St. Lawrence River, east of Montreal. The harbour coves below his home in Quebec were crammed with immense rafts ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practice Management Compendium

    Part 1: Understanding the Contract

    Series Book 1 - Medicine (R0)
    General Practice is undergoing the most major series of changes since the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948. They concern both concepts of care and practical details of the way care is delivered. In spite of the hostility generated by the changes most of the broad general concepts have been accepted. The principle of patients having more choice is widely sup ported, the inclusion ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Almost Pioneers

    One Couple's Homesteading Adventure in the West

    by John Fry ...
    In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy—some might say foolhardy—decision to homestead in Wyoming. There, they built their first house, a claim shanty half dug out of the ground, hauled every drop of their water from a spring over a half-mile away, and fought off rattlesnakes and boredom on a daily basis.Soon, other families moved to nearby homesteads, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Story of Modern Skiing

    by John Fry ...
    This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport’s development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The MRCGP Study Book

    Tests and self-assessment exercises devised by MRCGP examiners for those preparing for the exam

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The Membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners has evolved and matured as a seal and a test on completion of vocational training. More than 1000 candidates are taking the examination each year and an increasing majority are trainees who have completed their three year training period. The whole concept and philosophy of the MRCGP has been questioned by critical cynics who ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • NHS Data Book

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Administering the National Health Service (NHS) is asking to navigate without reliable and sufficient information. It is amazing how a national service costing more than £15,OOOM (1984) and employing more than 1 million has existed since 1948. It is likely that with better appropriate data there could be economies and great efficiency and effectiveness. Paradoxically there is much data on the NHS, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Reviving Primary Care

    A US-UK Comparison

    The quality of health care in the US depends on the patient's ability to pay and his or her insurance cover, at an annual cost of $3600 per head of population. In the UK, the quality of care costs less at an annual cost of $1000 per head of population, although care is sometimes delayed through a lack of resources. This book compares the two systems from the viewpoint of primary care, identifying ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Colour Atlas of Minor Surgery in General Practice

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The New Contract which came into force on April 1st 1990 includes proposals for the provision of minor surgery services by the General Practitioner. The aim of this book is to assist those doctors undertaking minor surgery in their Practices. It is intended to present a practical, clear and concise text. This is accompanied by easy to follow illustrations. The contents of the book are governed by ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Principles and Practice of Primary Care and Family Medicine

    Asia-Pacific Perspectives

    by John Fry, Nat Yuen ...
    Guidelines are powerful instruments of assistance to clinicians capable of extending the clinical roles of nurses and pharmacists. Purchasers and managers perceive them as technological tools guaranteeing treatment quality. Guidelines also offer mechanisms by which doctors and other health care professionals can be made more accountable to their patients. But how can clinicians tell whether a ... Read more

    $254.99 USD

  • Principles of Practice Management

    In Primary Care

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    One of the few real and lasting benefits of international medical meetings is the opportunity to meet, talk, gossip and get to know colleagues from other countries. So it was that we met, talked and planned at WONCA (World Organization of National Colleges and Academies and Academic Associa tions of General Practitioners/Family Physicians) meetings at Montreux and New Orleans. We realized that ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Commonsense Paediatrics

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    As 'seasoned campaigners' we offer our readers more than 60 joint practice years of commonsense experience on children and their prob lems. Child care is a large and fascinating part of general family practice. More than any other discipline it is a mix of understanding the wide range of normal and abnormal development, of skilful diagnosis and treatment of treatable conditions, of long-term care ... Read more

    $49.49 USD