Books by "Dr. ANAND KRISHNAN "
4 books found
Love: A Good Medicine (The Saga of the Elixir of Life) (Introducing ‘LoveOlogy’)
by Dr. Siddhartha Ganguli
2024 · Allied Publishers
The human emotion of love has its own spectrum like the rainbow, with its two extremes—represented by two different neuro-chemicals: ‘Dopamine’ (‘Smart Love’ & ‘Short-lived’ or ‘Short Love’) and ‘Oxytocin’ (‘Sustained Love’). In the ancient Indian ‘NatyaShastra’ of the great Bharata Muni, the essence or rasa of love is ‘Sringara’, having at its two poles ‘Kama’ (lust) and ‘Prema’ (pure love). As illustrations of the ‘Sringara’ rasa, the author has analysed a number of love song lyrics from different cultures. In this book, while the author has looked at and analysed ‘love’ from the angles of bio-medical, social, psychological and neurological sciences, one unique concept shared is that of the ‘love pie’. A very special section deals with ‘Futuristic Love’ where the author has discussed the idea of having a love-relationship with ‘AI’ (‘Artificial Intelligence’). Special contributions by the Stellar Maestro world-famous polymath musician-astrophysicist-philosopher-painter Dr Leonid Timoshenko of Russia and the top-ranking gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Gouri Kumra from India are precious value-additions.
Children constitute a special group, which is difficult to handle by most of the doctors and parents. There are day-today problems, which are not discussed in detail with the each parent, every time and they often complain about a communication gap. The situation is no better with the medical or nursing students who are initiating in the Pediatrics. Now, when every district of India has or going to have a medical college and there is paucity of the faculty; it is prudent that easy to understand concepts in Pediatrics are provided. The selected topics will fulfill the felt need of the target reader and will be a good adjunct to the main text. This has also been highlighted in the "Foreword", written by the eminent persons on the field. The schools are found wanting in taking care the health of their students. The chapters on the school health, sensitization and providing resources for the Divyang children and Doctor- patient relationship has been out of course till now. They are important practical issues, and being covered in this book.
INNOVATION AND CHALLENGES IN MATERNAL AND NEWBORN CARE
by DR. USHA UKANDE, DR. SUDHARANI B BANAPPAGOUDAR
2024 · Xoffencerpublication
Perinatal bereavement care encompasses holistic support and services offered by healthcare professionals, addressing physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of bereaved parents which is ignored, most often in clinical settings. This hospital-based descriptive study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and factors associated with attitude regarding perinatal bereavement care among nursing personnel in a tertiary care hospital in central India. A total of 207 nursing personnel participated in the study, selected through non-probability convenient sampling. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire, 5-point Likert scale and dichotomous scale. The study revealed that 78.3% of nursing personnel possessed average knowledge, while 73.4% exhibited a positive attitude towards perinatal bereavement care. Personal perinatal grieving experiences, history of other grieving experiences, existing hospital policies, regular training and Continuing Nursing Education, and traditional beliefs and values were identified as highly influencing factors associated with attitude of nursing personnel regarding Perinatal Bereavement Care. Furthermore, the research highlighted a positive correlation between the knowledge and attitude of nursing personnel regarding perinatal bereavement care. Significant associations were observed between knowledge scores, attitudes, and demographic variables such as age, total work experience, years of experience in maternity wards, personal loss experiences, and past experience in handling grieving parents among nursing personnel. In conclusion, the study underscores the importance of perinatal bereavement care in providing support to grieving parents.