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Book SynopsisAn authoritative guide to attachment theory, combined with a practical advice on therapeutic caregiving for foster carers, adopters and those who support them.

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Book SynopsisOur body’s clocks make the difference between happiness and depression, health and illness, and even life and death. The brilliant scientist Paul Kelley makes a compelling case for all organisations to allow people to work and study the hours that suit their personal circadian rhythms. That way, Paul argues, we would all be more productive, a great deal of ill health would be avoided and the world would be a better and happier place.Trade ReviewMarrying insight with practical advice, Kelley translates the hard science into an engaging story of how and why organisations should be better attuned to the unique rhythms of our bodies. --Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor University Of Buckingham, former Master of Wellington College Educational pioneer Paul Kelley masterfully assembles scientific evidence from a wide range of disciplines and locales worldwide to show that the internal timekeepers (circadian rhythms) within our bodies are vital predictors of health, well-being, and a wide range of human performance outcomes. Body Clocks should be read by CEOs, policy makers, educators, parents, and learners worldwide to understand, embrace, and actualize these insights in education, healthcare, work, and play. This is a clarion call for reconfiguring systems around the globe to better serve the needs of all current sleep-deprived citizens wherever they may be found. --Dennis Cheek, National Creativity Network (USA), IESEG School of Management (France), and Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida A book of global significance. Kelley and Griffiths' work not only highlights the importance of grounding education in the biology of learning, it challenges policy makers to reflect on why they are so slow to adopt educational neuroscience as the foundation for decision-making and invest more in both the creation of that evidence and its translation. A triumph in terms of the explanation of the evidence and its implications. There are no global challenges more important than grounding education theory in biological process. Having an effective education system rests at the heart of both health and economic policy solutions. That the scientific understanding of sleep and its implications for learning, working and health are so profound should not come as a surprise. We are, after all, a mind, brain and body - whether we are at school or the workplace. What is always a surprise, and now the key challenge, is getting the world and systems to recognise this and invest in it. This book will help to change that. --Dr Richard Churches, co-author of Neuroscience for Teachers and Lead Adviser for Education Reform and Evidence-Based Practice at Education Development Trust This is not only a fascinating book, it is also a really important book. Grounded in evidence, what science has demonstrated this book explains in an authoritative and engaging manner and gives us a whole series of insights into the impact of sleep on our daily, personal and professional lives. As an educator and a manager the implications of this book are significant and provide the knowledge base on which practical and impactful interventions can be made to how people learn and work and how organisations can become more positive and effective. There are also lessons for the individual in this book that will stem from a better understanding of the importance of sleep on how we live and work. Fascinating, important. And useful. -- Professor Andy Adcroft, Deputy Dean, Surrey Business School, National Teaching Fellow

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Book SynopsisStanley J. Browne is an actor, and he has been an actor all his life. Born to a Jamaican mother in a London suburb, he began rehearsing for the role of survivor from an early age. From birth he knew nothing but a home filled with love and the vibrancy of a Caribbean culture, but this changes when his mother is diagnosed with schizophrenia.In this honest and gripping memoir, Stanley reflects on a childhood and adolescence torn apart by mental disorder. Because of it, he adopts the mantle of 'man of the house' as he is forced to scavenge for food and miss school, with his two sisters, to care for his baby brother. His life is further fragmented as they yo-yo in and out of the care system and Stanley must face the reality of being separated from his siblings.An intelligent and sensitive child, Stanley descends into a life of crime and drug abuse. During his time spent in various young offender's institutions and prisons he battles with addiction and slowly begins to turn his life around.Set against a backdrop of 1970s poverty, racism and hardship, Little Big Man is a powerful story of generational trauma and one man's determination to heal the wounds of the past. Most of all, it is a book about the universal desire for love, belonging and the search to find an authentic voice through the redemptive power of creativity and recovery.

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Book SynopsisHaim Omers erstes Werk »Autorität ohne Gewalt« erschien 2002 auf Deutsch, das kurze Zeit später veröffentlichte Buch »Autorität durch Beziehung« wird nun auch schon seit nahezu zwanzig Jahren nachgefragt. Das Konzept, die Prinzipien des gewaltlosen Widerstands in Therapie und Beratung einzuführen, ist inzwischen theoretisch und empirisch besser fundiert und hat Eingang in eine Vielzahl neuer Anwendungsfelder gefunden. All dies ist genug Anlass für ein Update zur Entwicklung des Ansatzes, der heute knapp mit dem Begriff »Neue Autorität« gefasst wird. Haim Omer legt in seinem zehnten Buch bei Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, in bewährter Co-Autorenschaft mit Arist von Schlippe, ein Werk vor, das dezidiert die Entwicklung von »elterlicher Präsenz« bis hin zur »Ankerfunktion« nachzeichnet. Die Bandbreite der Anwendungsfelder wird dargestellt, Forschungsergebnisse sowie Wirksamkeitsnachweise werden referiert. So wird der Anspruch eines Handbuchs ganz und gar erfüllt. Haim Omer legt eine inspirierende Zusammenschau seines Ansatzes vor, der sich in der konkreten Praxis seiner Teams über Jahrzehnte immer weiter ausdifferenziert hat. Der »aktuelle Stand« zeigt einmal mehr den hohen Anspruch Omers an die Achtung vor den Problemen von Eltern, Kindern, Jugendlichen, jungen Erwachsenen, aber auch anderen Erziehungspersonen bis hin zu Problemkonstellationen in gemeinwesenorientierten Zusammenhängen, sowie den Respekt vor der Autonomie derjenigen, die im Fokus von Hilfsangeboten stehen. Es gibt kein grundlegenderes Werk zur „Neuen Autorität“ in allen Facetten der Entwicklung und Anwendung.

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Book SynopsisScheiden tut weh! Die Rechtsanwältinnen Sigrid Born und Nicole Würth begleiten Sie durch die Zeit der Trennung. Leicht verständlich erklären sie das komplizierte Familienrecht. Sie erläutern, wie Mediatoren Ihnen Zeit, Geld und zermürbende Auseinandersetzungen ersparen können, bereiten Sie auf den Gang zum Anwalt vor und zeigen, wie viel eine Scheidung kostet. Sie erfahren, wie Kinder eine Scheidung erleben und wie Sie als Eltern Ihren Kindern diese Erfahrung erleichtern können. Viele lebensnahe Tipps - zur Frage "Wer kriegt was?" aus dem Haushalt, zur Verteilung von Vermögen und Schulden, zu vernünftigen Umgangszeiten mit den Kindern und zu steuerlichen und erbrechtlichen Folgen helfen Ihnen, die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen.Table of ContentsÜber die Autorinnen 7 Einführung 23 Über dieses Buch 23 Konventionen in diesem Buch 24 Was Sie nicht lesen müssen 25 Törichte Annahmen über den Leser 25 Wie dieses Buch aufgebaut ist 26 Teil I: Wir werden uns scheiden lassen 26 Teil II: Die Kinder bei der Scheidung 26 Teil III: Die Scheidung 26 Teil IV: Die Folgen der Scheidung 27 Teil V: Der Top-Ten-Teil 27 Wie es weitergeht 27 Teil I Wir werden uns scheiden lassen 29 Kapitel 1 Scheidung verstehen 31 Ist meine Partnerschaft am Ende? 31 Die Trennung – das Ende der Partnerschaft 32 Eine Mediation kann die Scheidung leichter machen 33 So finden Sie den richtigen Anwalt 34 Die Kosten der Scheidung 34 Die Trennung und Ihre Kinder 35 Unterhalt für die Kinder 36 Und dann ist plötzlich das Kind nicht mehr das eigene 37 WasstehtderEhefrauzu? 37 Was passiert mit den Finanzen? 38 Wenn Sie geschieden sind, erbt Ihr Ex nichts mehr 39 Gehen Sie nach der Scheidung fair miteinander um 39 Kapitel 2 Trennung – ja oder nein? 41 Ist meine Ehe wirklich am Ende? 41 Wegen der Kinder zusammenbleiben? 42 Anzeichen für eine zerrüttete Ehe 43 Eheberatung kann manchmal noch helfen 46 DieTherapiekostetGeld 47 Wie findet man einen guten Paartherapeuten? 47 Für eine Scheidung muss man bereit sein 48 Es macht mir nichts aus, der/die Geschiedene oder der/die Alleinerziehende zu sein 48 Ich werde diesen Schritt trotz der anschließenden Trauer gut überstehen 49 Ich habe meine finanziellen Angelegenheiten geregelt 49 Ich weiß schon, wo ich wohnen werde 49 Ich habe mit den Kindern alles geregelt 49 Wie sage ich es den anderen, dass ich mich scheiden lasse? 49 Wie sage ich es den Kindern? 50 Gemeinsam mit den Kindern sprechen 50 Schuldgefühle nehmen 51 Wir sind weiter Mama und Papa für dich 51 Kapitel 3 Die Trennung 53 Das Trennungsjahr 53 Das bedeutet das Trennungsjahr 54 Versöhnungsversuche und Trennungsjahr 55 Getrennt leben in der eigenen Wohnung 55 Klare Regelungen treffen 56 Der neue Partner in der gemeinsamen Wohnung 58 Scheidung nach drei Jahren Trennung 58 Das leidige Thema Geld 59 Manchmal gibt es keinen Trennungsunterhalt 59 Konten und Versicherungen aufteilen 60 Wer bekommt die Wohnung? 62 Wenn Kinder da sind 63 Nutzungsentschädigung 63 Schulden und Zinsen fürs Haus 63 Wer bekommt den Hausrat und die Möbel? 64 Gemeinsame Gegenstände 65 Wenn man sich nicht einigen kann 65 Die Trennungszeit nutzen 66 Kapitel 4 Vertrauen ist gut – Ehevertrag manchmal besser 67 Was ist ein Ehevertrag? 67 Regelungen über das Vermögen – Güterstände 68 Ohne Ehevertrag gilt die Zugewinngemeinschaft 68 Was ist ein Zugewinnausgleich? 69 Schutz vor Erbschleichern 70 Gütertrennung 71 Vorsicht bei der Gütertrennung 72 Modifizierte Gütergemeinschaft 72 Für wen sich ein Ehevertrag eignet 72 Ehepaare, die Kinder haben wollen 73 Formelle Voraussetzungen für einen Ehevertrag 74 Gültig oder nicht? 75 Mit einem Ehevertrag die Trennung regeln 75 Scheidungsvereinbarungen – der Weg zur günstigen Scheidung 76 Ein Ehevertrag kann jederzeit geschlossen werden 77 vor der Hochzeit 77 während Ihrer Ehe 77 nach der Trennung und vor der Scheidung 78 So viel kostet ein Ehevertrag 78 Kapitel 5 Mediation 79 Wenn nichts mehr geht 79 Was ist Mediation? 80 Voraussetzungen für eine Mediation 81 So läuft die Mediation ab 82 So finden Sie einen guten Mediator 84 Co-Mediation 85 Ein Mediator kostet Geld – kann aber Geld und Nerven sparen 86 Ist ein Mediator richtig für uns? 87 Manchmal reicht es auch, einen guten Anwalt zu haben 87 Kapitel 6 Der Gang zum Anwalt 89 Der kompetente Anwalt 89 Der Fachanwalt für Familienrecht 89 Der Zusatz »Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte« 90 Der Zusatz »Interessenschwerpunkte« 91 Herr Dr. Rechtsanwalt 91 Stimmt die Wellenlänge? 92 Will der Anwalt nur klagen? 93 Ist mein Anwalt an mir interessiert? 93 Auch Sie müssen Ihren Beitrag leisten 94 Checkliste für den kompetenten Anwalt 94 So finden Sie einen Anwalt 95 Ein Blick in die Gelben Seiten und ins Telefonbuch 95 Anwaltssuche über die Rechtsanwaltskammer 96 Weitere Anwaltssuchdienste 96 Ein Anwalt oder zwei? 97 Diese Unterlagen sollten Sie mitbringen 97 Kapitel 7 So viel kostet eine Scheidung 99 Diese Kosten fallen an 99 Der Anwalt will Geld 99 Das Gericht verlangt Geld 101 So werden die Scheidungskosten berechnet 102 Der Streitwert – nach ihm richten sich die Kosten 102 Die Gebühren von Anwalt und Gericht 104 So verringern Sie die Kosten für eine Scheidung 105 So wenig wie möglich streiten – einvernehmliche Scheidung 105 Nur ein Anwalt statt zwei 106 Die Scheidungsfolgenvereinbarung 106 Zahlt die Rechtsschutzversicherung die Scheidungskosten? 107 Verfahrenskostenhilfe 107 Verfahrenskostenvorschuss 108 Teil II Die Kinder Bei Der Scheidung 109 Kapitel 8 Das Kind in der Trennung 111 So erleben Kinder die Trennung 111 Kinder im Loyalitätskonflikt 113 Auswirkungen auf die Schule 114 Den Kindern die Trennung erklären 114 Gemeinsam mit dem Kind reden 115 Kinder ticken nicht im gleichen Rhythmus 116 Eltern bleiben Eltern 117 Das Kind weiterhin normal erziehen 119 Sätze, die Sie Ihren Kindern immer wieder sagen sollten 119 Wenn ein neuer Partner ins Spiel kommt 120 Kapitel 9 Streit um die Kinder 123 Das gemeinsame Sorgerecht 123 Auch für den Ernstfall vorsorgen 125 Ausnahme: Alleiniges Sorgerecht 126 Das Aufenthaltsbestimmungsrecht 128 Alleiniges Sorgerecht für Männer? 128 DaskommtaufdasKindbeiGerichtzu 129 Wer unterstützt das Kind bei Gericht? 130 Beteiligung des Jugendamts 130 Kleines Sorgerecht bei Patchwork-Familien 131 Das »Wechselmodell« – wenn das Kind bei beiden Eltern lebt 131 Für wen ist das »Wechselmodell« geeignet? 132 Kindesentzug durch ein Elternteil 132 Ein Gesetz verspricht Schutz 133 Was tun bei Nichtvertragsstaaten? 133 Minderjährige Mütter 134 Das Jugendamt sieht genau hin 135 Kapitel 10 Das Umgangsrecht 137 WarumistderUmgangsowichtig? 137 Wie häufig sehe ich künftig mein Kind? 138 Wie der Besuch ablaufen sollte 139 Auch Großeltern haben ein Umgangsrecht 140 Was ist, wenn das Kind den anderen Elternteil nicht besuchen will? 141 Was tun, wenn sich der Ex-Partner nicht um die Kinder kümmert? 141 Ausschluss des Umgangsrechts 142 Warum Eltern den Umgang boykottieren 143 Was der Boykott für die Kinder bedeutet 144 Das können Sie rechtlich tun 145 Das Vermittlungsverfahren 145 Zwangsgeld als Druckmittel 146 Letztes Mittel: Entzug des Sorgerechts 146 Das können Sie persönlich tun 147 Entfremdung von den eigenen Kindern – PAS 147 Ein Mediator – für viele die Rettung 148 Was ist ein Mediator? 148 Einen guten Mediator finden 148 Die Cochemer Praxis 149 Kapitel 11 Unterhalt für die Kinder 151 Wie hoch ist der Kindesunterhalt? 151 Das bereinigte Netto-Einkommen ist die Grundlage 152 Die Höhe des Unterhalts in der Düsseldorfer Tabelle ablesen 153 Die Anrechnung von Kindergeld 153 Minderjährige Kinder und Auszubildende 155 Volljährige Schüler bekommen weiterhin Unterhalt 156 Eltern müssen auch für Studenten zahlen 156 Wehrdienst, Zivildienst, Soziales Jahr 157 Welche Berufsausbildung müssen Eltern bezahlen? 157 Sonderbedarf – wer zahlt die Kosten, die aus dem Rahmen fallen? 158 Auch dem Unterhaltszahler muss genug Geld bleiben 159 Wenn der Ex seine Vermögensverhältnisse verschweigt 159 Einkommensveränderungen beim Unterhaltszahler 160 Wenn der Unterhaltsschuldner nicht zahlt 160 Wer zahlen kann, aber nicht will, wird bestraft 160 Kapitel 12 Unterhalt, wenn eine neue Familie ins Spiel kommt 163 Neue Beziehungen können sich finanziell auswirken 163 Der Unterhaltsberechtigte hat einen neuen Partner 163 Wenn der Unterhaltsberechtigte mit seinem neuen Partner nur zusammenlebt 164 Vorsicht: Detektiv 165 Wenn der Unterhaltsschuldner wieder heiratet oder neue Kinder bekommt 166 Oft reicht das Geld nicht für alle 167 Die Unterhaltsreform regelt neue Rangverhältnisse 167 Kinder stehen immer an erster Stelle 167 Der Unterhaltsverpflichtete muss alles tun, um den Zahlungen nachzukommen 168 Kinderbetreuende Ehefrauen und Langzeitverheiratete teilen sich Platz zwei 168 Die Plätze drei und vier 169 Eigenbedarf – auch dem Unterhaltszahler muss noch Geld verbleiben 170 Steuerliche Nachteile durch die geänderte Rangfolge 171 Die Angst der folgenden Partnerin 171 Kapitel 13 Wenn das Kind nicht das eigene ist – Kuckuckskinder 173 Verrat Seitensprung 173 Die Väter bleiben meistens ihren Kindern treu 174 Das Kind in der Krise 174 Die Erbgutanalyse 175 Nicht jeder Test ist tauglich 175 imliche Test 176 Heimliche Tests sind nicht zulässig 177 Klärung der Abstammung 177 Neue Regeln sollen die Klärung der Abstammung erleichtern 177 Anfechtung der Vaterschaft bei Gericht 178 Vorsicht: Fristen beachten 178 Oft ein Schock: Vaterschaft wird rückwirkend aufgehoben 179 Teil III Die Scheidung 181 Kapitel 14 Ehegattenunterhalt 183 Wer bekommt Ehegattenunterhalt? 184 Unterhalt als Ausgleich ehebedingter Nachteile 184 Betreuung von kleinen Kindern 185 Unterhalt wegen hohen Alters 186 Unterhalt wegen Krankheit und Gebrechen 186 Unterhalt wegen Arbeitslosigkeit 187 Unterhalt wegen Berufsausbildung 188 Unterhalt aus Billigkeitsgründen 188 Es gibt keine Lebensstandardgarantie mehr 189 Bedürftigkeit 190 So berechnet sich der Ehegattenunterhalt 190 Die Höhe des Unterhalts 191 Nur einer arbeitet 192 Wenn beide arbeiten 192 Der Selbstbehalt 192 Begrenzung des Unterhalts 194 Wenn einer einen neuen Partner hat 194 Ehen, die vor der Unterhaltsreform geschieden wurden 195 Kapitel 15 Der Betreuungsunterhalt 197 Früher war alles anders 197 Die Unterhaltsreform – das hat sich geändert 198 Die Belange des Kindes 198 Erstes Bundesgerichtshofurteil zur neuen Reform 200 Auch der Lebensstil während der Ehe ist entscheidend 200 Nicht verheiratete Unterhaltsberechtigte und Geschiedene sind gleichgestellt 202 Wie lange können Unterhaltsberechtigte zu Hause bleiben? 202 Welche Arbeit muss ich annehmen? 203 Kapitel 16 Der Zugewinnausgleich 205 Was ist der Zugewinnausgleich? 205 Der Zugewinnausgleich ist der Normalfall 206 So wird der Zugewinn ausgeglichen 207 Das gehört zum Anfangsvermögen 208 Geschenke 210 Schulden 211 Das gehört zum Endvermögen 211 Zeitpunkt der Berechnung 212 Machen Sie eine Bestandsaufnahme 213 Verjährung der Ansprüche auf Zugewinnausgleich 214 Wenn der andere Geld beiseiteschafft 214 Kapitel 17 Verteilung von Vermögen und Schulden 217 Eine Bestandsaufnahme machen 217 So verteilen Sie die Schulden 218 Wenn nur einer Schulden hat 219 Gemeinsame Schulden 219 Vorsicht bei Bürgschaften 220 Wer bekommt das gemeinsame Haus? 221 Bankkonten und Sparverträge – wer bekommt was? 223 Lebensversicherungen 224 Wenn einer in der Firma des anderen gearbeitet hat 224 Kapitel 18 Versorgungsausgleich 227 Was ist überhaupt ein Versorgungsausgleich? 227 Nur Anwartschaften während der Ehe zählen 228 Der Versorgungsausgleich soll Ungerechtigkeiten ausgleichen 228 Welche Altersversorgung wird geteilt? 229 Der Versorgungsausgleich kann ausgeschlossen werden 230 Ausschluss durch Ehevertrag 230 Ausschluss bei kurzer Ehezeit 231 Ausschluss bei Bagatellausgleichen 231 Tod des Ausgleichsberechtigten 231 Kapitel 19 Streitpunkt Wohnung 233 Wer bekommt die Wohnung? 233 Das Paar ist noch in der Trennungsphase 235 Zuweisung der Wohnung nach der Scheidung 236 Wer tritt in den Mietvertrag ein? 237 Einfach Schlösser austauschen geht nicht 239 Wer geht, kann Anspruch auf eine Nutzungsentschädigung haben 239 Den Hausrat teilen 240 Was gehört zum Hausrat? 241 Die Verteilung des Hausrats 243 Kapitel 20 Die eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft 245 Schwule und Lesben dürfen sich das Jawort geben 245 Wo können sich die Lebenspartner das Jawort geben? 246 Welche Papiere sind notwendig? 246 Wie sollen wir nach der »Heirat« heißen 247 Die Zugewinngemeinschaft 247 Schenkungen während der Homo-Ehe 248 Erbschaften fallen nicht in den Zugewinn 249 Wenn sich das Paar »scheiden« lassen will 249 Getrennt leben – was ist das? 250 Unterhalt nach der Ehe 251 Unterhalt wegen Betreuung der Kinder 251 Der Partner ist zu alt, um noch arbeiten zu können 252 Der Ex-Partner kann nicht arbeiten, weil er krank ist 252 Der Partner ist arbeitslos 253 Der Partner macht eine Ausbildung 253 Der Lebenspartner kann seinen Lebensstil nicht mehr fortführen 254 Der Versorgungsausgleich 254 Teil IV Die Folgen Der Scheidung 255 Kapitel 21 Das Leben nach der Scheidung 257 Wie es nach der Scheidung weitergeht 257 Der Freundeskreis wird neu sortiert 258 Keine Partner mehr, aber immer noch Eltern 259 Von jetzt an zwei Wohnungen 259 Die Nachnamen nach der Scheidung 261 Den Nachnamen behalten 261 Den Geburtsnamen wieder annehmen 261 Den Namen, den man vor der Ehe hatte, wieder annehmen 262 Ehenamen und Geburtsnamen als Doppelnamen führen 262 Der Name bei einer erneuten Heirat 262 Die Namen der Kinder nach der Scheidung 263 Wenn die Eltern wieder heiraten 264 Wenn das Kind einen neuen Namen bekommen soll 264 Die Gerichte können den Namen des Kindes ändern 265 Jeder braucht jetzt eigene Versicherungen 266 Krankenversicherung 266 Haftpflichtversicherung 266 Sonstige Versicherungen 267 Der neue Job 267 Offene Karten beim Bewerbungsgespräch 268 Urlaub 268 Ein neuer Partner 269 Neuer Partner und Kinder 269 Kinder und neuer Partner 270 Kapitel 22 Steuerrechtliche Folgen der Scheidung 271 Gemeinsam oder getrennt veranlagen? 271 Allgemeines zur steuerlichen Situation 272 Ein kurzer Überblick über die Steuerklassen 272 Steuerliche Situation während der Ehe 273 Steuerliche Situation nach der Ehe 273 Versöhnungsversuch wirkt sich auf Steuern aus 274 Aufteilung von Steuererstattungen und Nachzahlungen 275 Muss man bei der Zusammenveranlagung mitwirken? 276 Was ist eigentlich das Realsplitting? 276 So wirkt sich der Unterhalt auf die Steuern aus 278 So wirken sich die Steuern auf den Unterhalt aus 278 Auch ein Einfamilienhaus kann Unterhalt sein 279 Kapitel 23 Erbrechtliche Folgen der Trennung 281 Die Situation während der Ehe 281 Das Paar ist noch verheiratet, es liegt aber kein Testament vor 281 Die Ehe besteht noch und das Paar hat ein gemeinschaftliches Testament 286 Wenn einer der Ehepartner aus dem gemeinsamen Testament aussteigen will 288 Wenn der Überlebende wieder heiratet 289 Wenn die Eheleute geschieden sind 289 Paare, die noch nie miteinander verheiratet waren 290 Teil V Der Top-ten-teil 291 Kapitel 24 Zehn Fragen, die Sie sich stellen sollten, bevor Sie sich scheiden lassen 293 Liebe ich meinen Partner wirklich nicht mehr? 293 Was erwarte ich noch von meinem Leben? 294 Wie will ich meine Trennung und Scheidung gestalten? 296 Wie wird die Scheidung für die Kinder sein? 298 Kann ich mich nach einer Scheidung weiter finanzieren? 299 Werde ich nach einer Scheidung glücklicher sein als während der Ehe? 300 Wie ändert sich meine Altersversorgung? 301 Wie werde ich meine Wohnsituation lösen? 302 Wie werde ich die Scheidung durchstehen? 303 Welche Beziehung will ich nach der Scheidung zu meinem Ex-Partner haben? 304 Kapitel 25 So kommen Sie leichter durch die Scheidung 305 Seien Sie fair miteinander 305 Kommunikation ist wichtig 305 Keine Rachegedanken 306 Tragen Sie die Streitigkeiten nie vor den Kindern aus 306 Das sollten sie Ihrem Kind immer wieder sagen 307 Bleiben Sie nicht wegen der Kinder zusammen 307 Halten Sie das Kind aus Erwachsenenproblemen raus 308 Wenn alles festgefahren ist, suchen Sie sich einen Mediator 309 Eine Scheidungsfolgenvereinbarung spart Geld und Nerven 311 Die notarielle Scheidungsvereinbarung 311 Vom Anwalt ausgearbeitete notarielle Scheidungsvereinbarung 311 So verhalten Sie sich Ihren Freunden gegenüber 312 Die neuen Partner dürfen sich nicht einmischen 313 Sind Sie bereit für eine neue Partnerschaft? 314 Kapitel 26 So finden Sie den richtigen Anwalt 317 Ein Fachanwalt sollte es sein 317 Auf Empfehlungen hören 318 Weitere Wege, wie Sie einen Anwalt finden 318 Der Anwalt sollte in Ihrer Nähe sein 318 Auf diese Kriterien sollten Sie achten 319 Der Anwalt sollte nicht nur auf Krawall gebürstet sein 319 Sprechen Sie mit Ihrem Anwalt über die Kosten 320 Wenn Sie nicht streiten, reicht auch ein Anwalt 320 Auch Sie müssen Ihren Beitrag leisten 321 Kapitel 27 Die zehn wichtigsten Schritte bei einer Scheidung 323 Suchen Sie sich einen guten Anwalt 323 Klären Sie Ihre Kinder sachlich auf 324 Vereinbaren Sie vernünftige Umgangsregeln für die Kinder 326 Erstellen Sie eine Liste über alle Vermögenswerte und Schulden 327 Erstellen Sie eine Liste über Ihr eigenes Anfangs- und Endvermögen 328 Erstellen Sie eine Liste über den Hausrat 329 Prüfen Sie Ihre Versicherungen 330 Krankenversicherung 330 Lebensversicherung 331 Haftpflichtversicherung 331 Hausratversicherung 331 Rechtsschutzversicherung 331 Überschlagen Sie Ihre Finanzen 331 Verabreden Sie den Beginn des Trennungsjahrs 333 Waschen Sie keine schmutzige Wäsche 334 Index 335

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Book SynopsisAn examination of dizziness, the second most common patient complaint, explores causes, including medication reactions, inner-ear disturbances, and, rarely, brain tumors, and offers advice on medical treatments.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. PART I: Dizziness: What Does it Mean? Introduction. 1. The Balancing Act. 2. Feeling Off-Balance. 3. Finding the Cause of Dizziness and Vertigo. PART II: The Causes of Dizziness. 4. Peripheral Vestibular Disorders. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Vestibular Neuronitis. Labyrinthitis and Other Ear Infections. Perilymph Fistula. Cholesteatoma. Otosclerosis. Trauma to the Ear. Meniere's Disease. Recurrent Vestibulopathy. Motion Sickness. Height Dizziness. 5. Central and Vascular Vestibular Disorders. Acoustic Neuroma. Other Brain Tumors. Cerebral Atrophy. Disorders of the Blood Supply. Transient Ischemic Attacks. Stroke. Migraine. Epilepsy. Multiple Sclerosis. Other Central Vestibular Disorders. 6. Systemic Disorders. Cardiovascular Diseases. Bacterial and Viral Diseases. Connective Tissue and Arthritic Problems. Blood Disorders. Diabetes. Chronic Kidney Disease. Thyroid Disorders. Allergies. Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ). Medications and Other Substances. 7. Dizziness and Anxiety. Anxiety. Phobias. Depression. Somatization. Psychotherapy and Other Treatments. PART III: Treatment for Dizziness. 8. Medical, Dietetic, and Surgical Treatments. Medication. Diet. Surgery. 9. Therapy and Rehabilitation. Team Approach to Rehabilitation. Physical Therapy Exercises You Can Do at Home. Relaxation Techniques. Hypnosis. Biofeedback. Psychotherapy. Helping Yourself. Future Hope for Chronic Dizziness. Appendix A. Helpful Sources. Appendix B. Suggested Reading. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening exploration of the medical origins of gender in modern US history. Today, a world without gender is hard to imagine. Gender is at the center of contentious political and social debates, shapes policy decisions, and informs our everyday lives. Its formulation, however, is lesser known: Gender was first used in clinical practice. This book tells the story of the invention of gender in American medicine, detailing how it was shaped by mid-twentieth-century American notions of culture, personality, and social engineering. Sandra Eder shows how the concept of gender transformed from a pragmatic tool in the sex assignment of children with intersex traits in the 1950s to an essential category in clinics for transgender individuals in the 1960s. Following gender outside the clinic, she reconstructs the variable ways feminists integrated gender into their theories and practices in the 1970s. The process by which ideas about gender became medicalized, enforced, and popularized wasTrade Review“This splendid historical account of the medical origins of gender in intersex assessments and its proliferation into other realms will be the standard account for some time to come. It is detailed and technical enough to satisfy historians of medicine, yet so broadly contextual that it will make an excellent classroom text.” * Journal of the History of Sexuality *“Eder’s remarkable medical history of gender in the clinic is a timely, sensitive account of how physicians, patients, psychologists, therapists, feminists, and trans activists created a world in which medical alterations of sex could become routine and standards of care were defined and contested. Eder moves skillfully between the medical, scientific, and social sides of this story, deftly showing how sexual stereotypes were perpetuated by the very practitioners that argued gender was something learned, not dictated by biology. Those familiar with either the biomedical background or with the importance of gender to feminist interpretations will find this book illuminating. For those not familiar, or for those wishing to teach this subject, Eder’s book is an outstanding guide to an important history.” -- Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton University * FASEB Journal *“A welcome and powerful contribution to histories of gender. Eder, a historian at the University of California, Berkeley, joins other scholars, particularly Joanne Meyerowitz, in telling her ‘uneasy origin story’ of how the ideas of gender and ‘gender role’ emerged and were put into medical practice in the mid-20th century. . . . Eder shines in her methodological deployment of patient case records from the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic to reconstruct life stories. . . . These stories of patients’ resistance are a pivotal contribution to Eder’s important and sweeping, decades-long account of gender’s medical and political invention and reinvention.” * Social History of Medicine *“Using an impressive array of patient records, interviews, and primary and secondary sources, Eder presents a complex and finely nuanced account of changing sociomedical understandings of the most humane methods of dealing with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and similar conditions. . . . Highly recommended.” * CHOICE *“While the origins of the term are clinical and its development and use have sometimes been contradictory, we still live in a deeply gendered world where individuals must account for their relationship to the sex-gender binary whether they are cisgender, transgender, agender, non-binary, have a DSD, or something else. This book provides a fascinating and detailed account of how that reality came to be.” * Social Forces *“How the Clinic Made Gender is an insightful, surprising, and fascinating narrative on the medical history of sex and gender. Eder deftly demonstrates how the sexed body is thoroughly a social construction, and historically contingent. The discursive power of gender remains contentious today, as it had been in Wilkins’s clinic. . . . Eder’s monograph demonstrates the value of interrogating the artificiality of medical boundaries imposed by temporal and ideological contingencies.” * The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *“How the Clinic Made Gender offers a genealogy of sex categorization and the contradictions between prevailing theories and treatment protocols for working with intersex individuals. As Eder demonstrates, it was neither biological determinism nor cultural reductionism that enabled the team at Johns Hopkins to develop the idea of gender, but a feedback loop between the two. Moreover, Eder’s work shows how since its early formulation by Wilkins and appearance in the writings of John Money and the Hampsons, ‘gender’ has never been a straightforward concept. . . . Instead, How the Clinic Made Gender offers a poignant reminder that scientists and medical professionals are shaped by social and cultural norms and the contexts within which they work and the relationships they have established.” * Contemporary Sociology *“How the Clinic Made Gender corroborates and adds important texture to work in feminist, intersex, and trans studies on the history of gender. It draws incisive cross-disciplinary connections that will no doubt enliven the work of medical historians. And it demonstrates that what gender has accomplished, above all, is to codify white, middle-class American cultural norms from the 1950s as enforceable measures of healthy development. It is also a reminder that normalizing the medical and social abuse of intersex people has floated the business of sex and gender for over a century—a fact that ought to structure the conditions of possibility for redress and justice far more than it does for most non-intersex practitioners, critics, and partisans of gender, whatever their stripes.” * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *“How the Clinic Made Gender is a fascinating read and furthers our understanding of gender as a concept. It is a book that does many things—and does them well. It reveals the origins of the sex/gender binary, it reconstructs from patient files as much of the personal stories of subjects with intersex traits and their—at times, harrowing—trials and tribulations in their engagement with medicine, and it writes a medical history that considers the interplay between institutional practices, clinical realities, and patient care. Throughout the monograph, the author draws extensively and powerfully on medical case records from a predominantly medical-historical perspective.” * European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health *"The most comprehensive account of the emergence of the concept of 'gender' as well as the most comprehensive treatment I have seen of the various ways in which intersex patients were diagnosed and treated in the twentieth century. I can imagine How the Clinic Made Gender becoming a field-defining book in that it successfully and convincingly charts the clinical emergence of the concept of gender. This is a signature contribution and will be an eye-opening read even for specialists." -- Kimberly A. Hamlin, author of Free Thinker"A stunningly original book. Eder shows that the concept of gender was originally mobilized not in the feminist debates of the 1970s and ’80s but decades earlier by social scientists and clinicians in their engagement with intersex children at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. For the first time, we hear the stories of the children and their parents through Eder's extensive quotations from personal medical records." -- Thomas W. Laqueur, author of Making Sex"This is an important book that richly historicizes the emergence of the construct of ‘gender’ from practices of intersex case management in the mid-twentieth century." -- Sarah S. Richardson, author of Sex ItselfTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Sex before Gender: From Determining True Sex to Finding the Better Sex Robert: Hope Chapter 2: Happy and Well Adjusted: The Psychologization of Sex in the 1930s and 1940s Karen: Coming of Age Chapter 3: Culture, Gender, and Personality Chapter 4: Making Boys and Girls: Gender at Johns Hopkins Chapter 5: Gender in the Clinic: The Process of Normalization Chapter 6: The Circulations of Gender, Cortisone, and Intersex Case Management Janet: Despair Chapter 7: The Life of Gender: Reformulations and Adaptations Epilogue Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This splendid historical account of the medical origins of gender in intersex assessments and its proliferation into other realms will be the standard account for some time to come. It is detailed and technical enough to satisfy historians of medicine, yet so broadly contextual that it will make an excellent classroom text.” * Journal of the History of Sexuality *“Eder’s remarkable medical history of gender in the clinic is a timely, sensitive account of how physicians, patients, psychologists, therapists, feminists, and trans activists created a world in which medical alterations of sex could become routine and standards of care were defined and contested. Eder moves skillfully between the medical, scientific, and social sides of this story, deftly showing how sexual stereotypes were perpetuated by the very practitioners that argued gender was something learned, not dictated by biology. Those familiar with either the biomedical background or with the importance of gender to feminist interpretations will find this book illuminating. For those not familiar, or for those wishing to teach this subject, Eder’s book is an outstanding guide to an important history.” -- Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton University * FASEB Journal *“A welcome and powerful contribution to histories of gender. Eder, a historian at the University of California, Berkeley, joins other scholars, particularly Joanne Meyerowitz, in telling her ‘uneasy origin story’ of how the ideas of gender and ‘gender role’ emerged and were put into medical practice in the mid-20th century. . . . Eder shines in her methodological deployment of patient case records from the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic to reconstruct life stories. . . . These stories of patients’ resistance are a pivotal contribution to Eder’s important and sweeping, decades-long account of gender’s medical and political invention and reinvention.” * Social History of Medicine *“Using an impressive array of patient records, interviews, and primary and secondary sources, Eder presents a complex and finely nuanced account of changing sociomedical understandings of the most humane methods of dealing with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and similar conditions. . . . Highly recommended.” * CHOICE *“While the origins of the term are clinical and its development and use have sometimes been contradictory, we still live in a deeply gendered world where individuals must account for their relationship to the sex-gender binary whether they are cisgender, transgender, agender, non-binary, have a DSD, or something else. This book provides a fascinating and detailed account of how that reality came to be.” * Social Forces *“How the Clinic Made Gender is an insightful, surprising, and fascinating narrative on the medical history of sex and gender. Eder deftly demonstrates how the sexed body is thoroughly a social construction, and historically contingent. The discursive power of gender remains contentious today, as it had been in Wilkins’s clinic. . . . Eder’s monograph demonstrates the value of interrogating the artificiality of medical boundaries imposed by temporal and ideological contingencies.” * The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *“How the Clinic Made Gender offers a genealogy of sex categorization and the contradictions between prevailing theories and treatment protocols for working with intersex individuals. As Eder demonstrates, it was neither biological determinism nor cultural reductionism that enabled the team at Johns Hopkins to develop the idea of gender, but a feedback loop between the two. Moreover, Eder’s work shows how since its early formulation by Wilkins and appearance in the writings of John Money and the Hampsons, ‘gender’ has never been a straightforward concept. . . . Instead, How the Clinic Made Gender offers a poignant reminder that scientists and medical professionals are shaped by social and cultural norms and the contexts within which they work and the relationships they have established.” * Contemporary Sociology *“How the Clinic Made Gender corroborates and adds important texture to work in feminist, intersex, and trans studies on the history of gender. It draws incisive cross-disciplinary connections that will no doubt enliven the work of medical historians. And it demonstrates that what gender has accomplished, above all, is to codify white, middle-class American cultural norms from the 1950s as enforceable measures of healthy development. It is also a reminder that normalizing the medical and social abuse of intersex people has floated the business of sex and gender for over a century—a fact that ought to structure the conditions of possibility for redress and justice far more than it does for most non-intersex practitioners, critics, and partisans of gender, whatever their stripes.” * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *“How the Clinic Made Gender is a fascinating read and furthers our understanding of gender as a concept. It is a book that does many things—and does them well. It reveals the origins of the sex/gender binary, it reconstructs from patient files as much of the personal stories of subjects with intersex traits and their—at times, harrowing—trials and tribulations in their engagement with medicine, and it writes a medical history that considers the interplay between institutional practices, clinical realities, and patient care. Throughout the monograph, the author draws extensively and powerfully on medical case records from a predominantly medical-historical perspective.” * European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health *"The most comprehensive account of the emergence of the concept of 'gender' as well as the most comprehensive treatment I have seen of the various ways in which intersex patients were diagnosed and treated in the twentieth century. I can imagine How the Clinic Made Gender becoming a field-defining book in that it successfully and convincingly charts the clinical emergence of the concept of gender. This is a signature contribution and will be an eye-opening read even for specialists." -- Kimberly A. Hamlin, author of Free Thinker"A stunningly original book. Eder shows that the concept of gender was originally mobilized not in the feminist debates of the 1970s and ’80s but decades earlier by social scientists and clinicians in their engagement with intersex children at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. For the first time, we hear the stories of the children and their parents through Eder's extensive quotations from personal medical records." -- Thomas W. Laqueur, author of Making Sex"This is an important book that richly historicizes the emergence of the construct of ‘gender’ from practices of intersex case management in the mid-twentieth century." -- Sarah S. Richardson, author of Sex ItselfTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Sex before Gender: From Determining True Sex to Finding the Better Sex Robert: Hope Chapter 2: Happy and Well Adjusted: The Psychologization of Sex in the 1930s and 1940s Karen: Coming of Age Chapter 3: Culture, Gender, and Personality Chapter 4: Making Boys and Girls: Gender at Johns Hopkins Chapter 5: Gender in the Clinic: The Process of Normalization Chapter 6: The Circulations of Gender, Cortisone, and Intersex Case Management Janet: Despair Chapter 7: The Life of Gender: Reformulations and Adaptations Epilogue Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMany urban residents, especially persons of colour, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system. This volume discusses correctional supervision and the needs of individuals. It aims to address the strengths of individuals and how can they can be capitalized on.Trade ReviewDelgado offers a reality-based view of the many challenges of correctional supervision in 'communities of color.' Social ThoughtTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part 1. Setting the Stage 1. Setting the Context 2. Incarceration Profiles and Trends 3. Substance Abuse and Incarceration 4. The Impact of Correctional Supervision: A Multifaceted Perspective Part 2. Capacity Enhancement Concepts and Practice 5. Capacity Enhancement Practice: Key Concepts, Principles, and Goals 6. A Framework for Capacity Enhancement Practice with the Correctionally Supervised Part 3. Reflections from the Field 7. Case Study Method 8. AIDS Counseling Education, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York 9. Reading Academy, Maryland 10. Experimental Gallery, Children's Museum, Seattle, Washington 11. Delancey Street, San Francisco, California 12. People Animals Love, Washington, D.C. 13. Summit House, Greensboro, North Carolina 14. Moving Ahead Program, St. Francis House, Boston 15. Women's Prison Association, New York City 16. Bliss Unlimited, Glendale, California 17. The Program for Female Offenders, Pittsburgh, PA 18. Reflections on Case Studies Part 4. Lessons, Recommendations, and Reflections 19. Lessons for Social Work Practice 20. Lessons for Social Work Education Appendix References Subject Index Name Index

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Book SynopsisChallenges the anthropocentrism of the continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, although some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. This book draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger; Luc Ferry and Jurgen Habermas; and, Levinas.Trade ReviewMatthew Calarco's book combines a passion for his subject matter with a keenly penetrating grasp of the complex issues which 'the question of the animal' raises at this juncture of Western history. -- Edward Casey, Distinguished Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook This important analysis is long overdue... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Question of the Animal 1. Metaphysical Anthropocentrism: Heidegger 2. Facing the Other Animal: Levinas 3. Jamming the Anthropological Machine: Agamben 4. The Passion of the Animal: Derrida Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe media constantly bombard us with news of the health hazards that lurk in our everyday lives. But, many of these hazards, even some that provoke regulatory action, have been greatly overblown. This book examines the forces that contribute to health scares and economic, political, and psychological consequences of their "social amplification."Trade ReviewThe book can engage and enlighten regarding the complex context in which known and suspected health risks are identified, explored, and acted on. -- Barbara Gastel, M.D., M.P.H The New England Journal of Medicine A strong, valuable corrective to public understanding of the debate of environmental hazards... Highly Recommended. CHOICE Reading and reflecting on the thesis of this book can only help epidemiologists be more aware of our place in society and thus be more effective contributors. -- David A. Savitz American Journal of Epidemiology With clarity and dispassion, Geoffrey C. Kabat challenges widespread beliefs that secondhand smoke, low levels of radon, and other ostensible environmental nemeses are certain killers. In making his case, Kabat draws extensively on scientific evidence while shunning rhetoric and political posturing. The result is an admirable search for scientific truth amid a sea of conflicting and often uninformed opinions. -- Leonard Cole, Rutgers University Geoffrey C. Kabat, a respected epidemiologist, provides an insider's account of how a number of ostensible health hazards have been blown out of proportion. While we face a daily barrage of health scares, Kabat cuts through the confusion and provides a lucid and rigorous rationale for rejecting much of the fear culture that permeates our society. -- Shelly Ungar, University of Toronto This book does an exceptionally good job, first by putting epidemiology within the context of public health and then by explaining key terms, concepts, and methods. It provides a penetrating treatment of a difficult and complex subject in a readily understandable way. -- Steven D. Stellman, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University "Kabat, who wrote Hyping Health Risks--a fascinating and detailed examination of how we fell for certain, illusory environmental hazards--is possibly the only epidemiologist in the world to have also published a book on Dostoyevsky (he got a Ph.D in Russian and comparative literature from Columbia before switching tracks). And the background in literary analysis and theory adds a crucial ability to explain why we, as a society, are prone to turning hypothetical risks into "social facts." The upshot is that most public alarms about health risks dispense with the tools required to make sense of the alarm--and we end up with "disembodied findings" and ideology." -- Trevor Butterworth Forbes "Health scares come and go, but they often have a tenuous scientific basis. Kabat, a cancer epidemiologist, systematically rips through cancer alerts that overrode scientific rigor in recent decades. In so doing, he dispels the dubious science underlying the scares and explains how public confusion can come about. ... He extends his critique to debates linking radon gas exposure and secondhand cigarette smoke exposure to lung cancer. Those chapters will ruffle some feathers, but Kabat is unafraid of controversy." -- Nathan Seppa ScienceNews rich and valuable... -- Trevor Butterworth Forbes.comTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1. introduction: Toward a Sociology of Health Hazards in Daily Life 2. Epidemiology: Its Uses, Strengths, and Limitations 3. Does the Environment Cause Breast Cancer? 4. Electromagnetic Fields: The Rise and Fall of a "Pervasive Threat" 5. The Science and Politics of Residential Radon 6. The Controversy Over Passive Smoking: A Casualty of the "Tobacco Wars" 7. Conclusion Appendix A: List of Interviews Appendix B: How Findings Can Be Reported in a Way That Puts Them in Perspective Notes Glossary Bibliography Credits Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book can engage and enlighten regarding the complex context in which known and suspected health risks are identified, explored, and acted on. -- Barbara Gastel, M.D., M.P.H The New England Journal of Medicine A strong, valuable corrective to public understanding of the debate of environmental hazards... Highly Recommended. CHOICE Reading and reflecting on the thesis of this book can only help epidemiologists be more aware of our place in society and thus be more effective contributors. -- David A. Savitz American Journal of Epidemiology With clarity and dispassion, Geoffrey C. Kabat challenges widespread beliefs that secondhand smoke, low levels of radon, and other ostensible environmental nemeses are certain killers. In making his case, Kabat draws extensively on scientific evidence while shunning rhetoric and political posturing. The result is an admirable search for scientific truth amid a sea of conflicting and often uninformed opinions. -- Leonard Cole, Rutgers University Geoffrey C. Kabat, a respected epidemiologist, provides an insider's account of how a number of ostensible health hazards have been blown out of proportion. While we face a daily barrage of health scares, Kabat cuts through the confusion and provides a lucid and rigorous rationale for rejecting much of the fear culture that permeates our society. -- Shelly Ungar, University of Toronto This book does an exceptionally good job, first by putting epidemiology within the context of public health and then by explaining key terms, concepts, and methods. It provides a penetrating treatment of a difficult and complex subject in a readily understandable way. -- Steven D. Stellman, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University "Kabat, who wrote Hyping Health Risks--a fascinating and detailed examination of how we fell for certain, illusory environmental hazards--is possibly the only epidemiologist in the world to have also published a book on Dostoyevsky (he got a Ph.D in Russian and comparative literature from Columbia before switching tracks). And the background in literary analysis and theory adds a crucial ability to explain why we, as a society, are prone to turning hypothetical risks into "social facts." The upshot is that most public alarms about health risks dispense with the tools required to make sense of the alarm--and we end up with "disembodied findings" and ideology." -- Trevor Butterworth Forbes "Health scares come and go, but they often have a tenuous scientific basis. Kabat, a cancer epidemiologist, systematically rips through cancer alerts that overrode scientific rigor in recent decades. In so doing, he dispels the dubious science underlying the scares and explains how public confusion can come about. ... He extends his critique to debates linking radon gas exposure and secondhand cigarette smoke exposure to lung cancer. Those chapters will ruffle some feathers, but Kabat is unafraid of controversy." -- Nathan Seppa ScienceNews rich and valuable... -- Trevor Butterworth Forbes.comTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1. introduction: Toward a Sociology of Health Hazards in Daily Life 2. Epidemiology: Its Uses, Strengths, and Limitations 3. Does the Environment Cause Breast Cancer? 4. Electromagnetic Fields: The Rise and Fall of a "Pervasive Threat" 5. The Science and Politics of Residential Radon 6. The Controversy Over Passive Smoking: A Casualty of the "Tobacco Wars" 7. Conclusion Appendix A: List of Interviews Appendix B: How Findings Can Be Reported in a Way That Puts Them in Perspective Notes Glossary Bibliography Credits Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEvery child has a right to be vaccinated against deadly diseases. We started Every Child By Two to protect children from diseases. It didn't occur to me that I would also have to protect them from misinformation about life-saving vaccines. Paul A. Offit's book sets the facts straight. -- Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, cofounder of Every Child By Two Autism's False Prophets is a compelling story of heartbroken parents, understandably desperate for an explanation of autism, being taken in by false hopes unsupported by genuine science. This book goes to the heart of a question that affects every aspect of American culture and political life. Are public policies to be determined by evidence and reason or by emotions that, however intense they may be, have nothing to do with reality? -- Susan Jacoby, author of The Age of American Unreason A definitive analysis of a dangerous and unnecessary controversy that has put the lives of children at risk. Paul A. Offit shows how bad science can take hold of the public consciousness and lead to personal decisions that endanger the health of small children. Every parent who has doubts about the wisdom of vaccinating their kids should read this book. -- Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D., St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and Nobel Laureate in Medicine for fundamental contributions in Immunology In his latest book Paul A. Offit unfolds the story of autism, infectious diseases, and immunization that has captivated our attention for the last decade. His lively account explores the intersection of science, special interests, and personal courage. It is provocative reading for anyone whose life has been touched by the challenge of autism spectrum disorders. -- Susan K. Klein, MD, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Hospital, and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Medical Center [A] thoughtful and readable study. Library Journal (starred review) Enlightening, highly readable and... timely. -- Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Salon.com Arguably the most courageous and most knowledgeable scientist about vaccines in the United States. -- Robert Goldberg New York Post [Dr. Offit] has done a huge public service by exposing the tragic and dangerous place the anti-vaccine hysteria has taken us. -- Huntly Collins Philadelphia Inquirer An invaluable chronicle that relates some of the many ways in which the vulnerabilities of anxious parents have been exploited. -- Linda Seebach Wall Street Journal A good read and an important piece of work. -- Lisa Jo Rudy About.com More than a book about a disease, it is an ode to uncorrupted science and a cautionary tale that data alone is never enough. SEED magazine [Offit] provides important insight into the fatal flaws of the key arguments of vaccine alarmists. Buffalo News A very good read. -- Dom Giordano The Bulletin A sobering indictment. -- Isabelle Rapin, M.D. Neurology Today Highly recommended. Choice A fascinating read... Eloquently and clearly written. -- Stan L. Block, MD Infectious Diseases in Children A very helpful book for both medical personnel and parents. The New England Journal of Medicine The book is a fantastic read. I recommend it to all physicians and their patients and families. -- Brian Alverson, MD Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine This is a powerful book which should be read by all professionals working in the area ofmedicine. -- Michael Fitzgerald Social History of Medicine Paul A. Offit is one of the most respected scientists and clinicians in a field of vital importance to public health. -- Patricia M. Rodier BioScience [This] book doesn't just show that the anti-vaccine activists are wrong; it attempts to explain why, in our culture, they tend to win. -- Jason Fagone Philadelphia Magazine Detailed but easily readable... should be required reading for any parents who are considering denying vaccination to their children. Communication: The Magazine of the National Autistic Society Arguably the most detailed and thorough history available of the current anti-vaccine movement. -- Roy Richard Grinker Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [A] must-read... it will keep pediatricians and pediatric neurologists awake over the nightmarish possibilities of pseudoscience in the 21st century. -- Roger A. Brumback, M.D. Journal of Child Neurology The vast range of professionals who may be enriched, professionally, by the book's contents extends to: psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, neuroscientists, speech pathologists, pediatricians, primary care physicians, geneticists, virologists, immunologists, vaccine experts, nurses, infectious disease experts, internists, gastroenterologists, epidemiologists, public health professionals, special education teachers, bioethicists, biochemists, biologists, biostatisticians, endocrinologists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical industry professionals, health policy makers, journalists, politicians, and trial lawyers. -- Leo Uzych Metapsychology Seeking to help readers realize the truth about Autism, Autism's False Prophets is a much need read, not to be missed. Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Tinderbox 2. Lighting the Fuse 3. The Implosion 4. A Precautionary Tale 5. Mercury Rising 6. Mercury Falling 7. Behind the Mercury Curtain 8. Science in Court 9. Science and the Media 10. Science and Society 11. A Place for Autism Epilogue

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsDay / Night Beginning / Origin Elsewhere / Silence Reflections / Reticence Premonitions / Postcards Home / Afterlife Stealth / Sacrifice Killing / Elemental Abandonment / Mortality Displacement / Place Creativity / Thinking E/Mergence / Emptiness Walls / Garden Painting / Play Perhaps / Numbers Pleasure / Money Vocation / Teaching Last / Burial Solitude / Loneliness Things / Ghosts Levity / Grief Humor / Monsters Faction / Dishonesty Inheritance / Withholding Letting Go / Dinnertime Compassion / Suffering Clouds / Waiting Freedom / Terror Forgiveness / Cruelty Daughters / Obsession Failure / Success Balance / Simplicity Face / Aging Stigma / Autoimmunity Patience / Chronicity Technology / Addiction Pain / Intimacy Blindness / Aura Cancer / Surviving Trust / Bitterness Hands / Will Secrets / Tripping Strangers / Tips Sharing / Fatigue Idleness / Guilt Driving / Accident Imperfection / Vulnerability Friendship / Doubt Love / Fidelity Hope / Despair Happiness / Melancholy Ordinary / Extraordinary Notes Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[Strub] conveys how pornography comes into contact with greater narratives of obscenity, permissiveness, sexuality, and gender. It is apparent from [his] accounts how pornography is a vital and rich subject for analyzing a range of social pressures and competing narratives. H-Histsex Perversion for Profit situates the pornography battles within the tricky ideological crosscurrents of the culture war. -- David T. Courtwright Journal of American History Strub does a masterful job of making the complicated postwar legal history of the shifting definitions of obscenity clear in a nuanced analysis that is always attentive to issues of gender and sexuality. -- David K. Johnson American Historical Review Well-researched and wide-ranging... [Perversion for Profit] deserves accolades for charting conservatism's ongoing affair with pornography and convincingly demonstrating the centrality of sexuality to an understanding of modern political history. -- Gillian Frank Journal of the History of SexualityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Rediscovery of Pornography: Emergence of a Cold War Moral Panic 2. Ambivalent Liberals: Theorizing Obscenity Under Consensus Constraints 3. Arousing the Public: Citizens for Decent Literature and the Emergence of the: Modern Antiporn Movement 4. Damning the Floodtide of Filth: The Rise of the New Right and the Political Capital of Moralism 5. The Permissive Society: Porno Chic and the Cultural Aftermath of the Sexual Revolution 6. Resurrecting Moralism: The Christian Right and the Porn Debate 7. Pornography Is the Practice, Where Is the Theory? Second-Wave Feminist Encounters with Porn 8. Vanilla Hegemony: Policing Sexual Boundaries in the Permanent Culture-War Economy Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsQuestionnaire: Is What to Do When College Is Not the Best Time of Your Life for You? College: "The Best Time of Your Life?" 1. Homesickness 2. Academic Problems 3. Friendship 4. Love and Sex 5. Depression and Suicide 6. Anxiety and Insomnia 7. Drugs and Alcohol 8. Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Self-harm 9. Final Thoughts 10. For Parents Brand and Generic Names of Drugs Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA well-written and fascinating introduction to human parasitology from an intriguing, seldom-used perspective: how we can learn from parasites to achieve medical breakthroughs. -- Rod Adam, University of Arizona Dickson D. Despommier's approach is unique, easy going, and insightful. His book will appeal to both scientists and laypeople interested in science and medicine-and will be of particular interest to travelers to exotic places. -- Robert Gwadz, National Institutes of Health There's a lot to learn from a tapeworm. Parasites have evolved stunningly successful strategies for thriving in our bodies for millions of years. Drawing on his long career as a parasitologist, Dickson D. Despommier explores the lessons we can gain from our passengers, creating a fascinating tour of the parasitic world. -- Carl Zimmer, author of A Planet of Viruses and Parasite Rex [An] illuminating book... Despommier is an excellent popularizer, lacing his accounts of our invaders' ingenuity with history and anecdotes that underscore how grateful a modern society should be for clean drinking water and sanitary facilities. Kirkus Reviews Reading this book may make your skin crawl... The facts are horrifying and fascinating... As Despommier argues, these body snatchers deserve respect. -- Marissa Fessenden Scientific American [People, Parasites, and Plowshares] chronicles the discovery-and destructive treachery-of parasites as well as the promise they offer modern medicine in curing a number of diseases. Washington Post [People, Parasites, and Plowshares] beautifully balances history and pathology. -- Dave Lee Discover A rich, fulsome feast. It is also a gift to tropical medicine. American Journal of Tropical Medicine An informative and entertaining view of parasitic life cycles and resulting human diseases... The use of illustrations, examples, and stories, combined with limited use of technical terms, works well to connect and engage the reader... Highly recommended. CHOICE Despommier's writing is precise, clear, and up to date... I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in parasitology. -- Scott L. Gardner BioScience A smoothly crafted mix of pathology, public and global health, how these parasites make their livings, and fascinating stories. -- Janice Moore BioScienceTable of ContentsForeword by William C. Campbell Preface Acknowledgments 1. This New House: Trichinalla spiralis 2. Hooked on Parasites: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus 3. Houdini's Nefarious Cousins: The Trypanosomes, the Schistosomes, and the Lymphatic Filariae 4. A Parasite for All Seasons: Toxoplasma gondii 5. The Unholy Trinity: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the Hookworms 6. The Long and the Short of It: Tapeworms-Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis 7. All's Well That Ends Wells: Dracunculus medinensis 8. Nature Has All the Answers. What's Your Question? Glossary Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a groundbreaking account of Rastafari, demonstrating that it provides a normative conception of Blackness for people of African descent that resists Eurocentric and colonial ideas.Trade ReviewFor anyone wishing to understand the complexities of how Rastafari came about…this book is an essential read. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Vivaldi Jean-Marie's extraordinary study of Rastafari has the virtues of historically situating the movement while articulating its philosophical dimensions without fetish but with the virtue and respect of critique. Rastafari Cosmology, Culture, and Consciousness is a must read not only for anyone interested in Rastafari and the complex history of Jamaican struggles for freedom that led to its emergence but also for all interested in the contradictions and humanity of communities struggling for liberation. -- Lewis R. Gordon, author of Fear of Black ConsciousnessThis is a highly engaging work of intellectual history that illuminates the origins, originality and future of the Afrocentric thought of the Rastafarians of Jamaica. Moving deftly through earlier expressions of intellectual and cultural resistance—the Maroons, Myalism, Obeah, Revivalism, and Garveyism—Jean-Marie's account is both comprehensive and highly revealing. Written with great clarity, it is a must for scholars of Caribbean religious and philosophical thought. -- Paget Henry, author of Caliban’s Reason: Introducing Afro-Caribbean PhilosophyAn Ethos of Blackness takes a unique approach to the social and religious history of Rastafari, showing how the practice identifies, advances, and meets the ideals of Blackness broadly while remaining rooted within Jamaican society. Jean-Marie reevaluates Rastafari in its development and practice within the framework of cosmology to explain its origin, evolution, and, to some extent, its future. -- Iyabo Osiapem, William & MaryTable of ContentsPreface1. Resistance to British Colonialism and the Rise of Two Forms of Subjectivity in “Yamaye”2. The Genealogy of Rastafari Cosmology and Its Distinctive Ethos of Blackness3. Rastafari Cosmology, Natural Artifacts, and the Ethos of Blackness4. Rastafari’s Theology of Blackness: A Eurocentric God Cannot Love Africans and People of African Descent5. Rastafari I-Talk and Black Consciousness6. The Limit of Rastafari Cosmology: Gender Inequality and the Failure to Liberate Rasta WomenNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOn the Edge probes precarity in contemporary China through the lens of the dark and angry cultural forms that chronic uncertainty has generated.Trade ReviewHillenbrand examines the precarity of life for the outcasts of Chinese capitalism, indispensable yet unwanted, living in a state that she calls “zombie citizenship.” Her analysis of a wide range of fractious, rebarbative cultural productions by China’s underclass reveals how links between precarity, labor, life, and art generate new spaces for understanding protest, class, exploitation, and control. -- Leigh K. Jenco, author of Changing Referents: Learning Across Space and Time in China and the WestBrilliant and perceptive, this book explores “precarity” as an affective and material human condition in China. Expressed through art forms and cultural practices, precarity unleashes unmanageable and undisciplined feelings that haunt the regime as much as society. This is one of the most original works on contemporary China I have ever read. -- Ching Kwan Lee, author of The Social Question in the 21st Century: A Global ViewRevealing vital connections between creativity and precarity, On the Edge features incisive and nuanced analyses of Chinese avant-garde art, migrant worker poetry and video, documentary cinema, and livestreaming performances. This inspiring book should be essential reading for all students of contemporary art, media, and society. -- Jie Li, author of Cinematic Guerrillas: Propaganda, Projectionists, and Audiences in Socialist ChinaOn the Edge engages with precarity as a critical issue of our time. Coupled with its theoretical sophistication, the scope of its subject matter, its analytical strength, and its eloquence, this makes it a key intervention. Combining social engagement and aesthetic sensitivity, this scholarship is as imaginative as it is rigorous. -- Maghiel van Crevel, author of Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and MoneyHillenbrand is as searing and uncompromising in her critique of the power of the state and neoliberal market as she is sensitive and compassionate to rural migrant labourers. The book is definitely not “China for Dummies”, nor will it leave you with a feelgood aftertaste. But you’ll be rewarded with a deeper appreciation of the moral complexity that is essential to understanding China. -- Wanning Sun * The Conversation's "Best books of 2023" *Table of ContentsPreface: Trial by FireAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Grasping the Precarious1. The Delegators2. The Ragpickers3. The Vocalists and the Ventriloquists4. The Cliffhangers5. The MicrocelebritiesConclusion: Viral PrecarityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisOn the Edge probes precarity in contemporary China through the lens of the dark and angry cultural forms that chronic uncertainty has generated.Trade ReviewHillenbrand examines the precarity of life for the outcasts of Chinese capitalism, indispensable yet unwanted, living in a state that she calls “zombie citizenship.” Her analysis of a wide range of fractious, rebarbative cultural productions by China’s underclass reveals how links between precarity, labor, life, and art generate new spaces for understanding protest, class, exploitation, and control. -- Leigh K. Jenco, author of Changing Referents: Learning Across Space and Time in China and the WestBrilliant and perceptive, this book explores “precarity” as an affective and material human condition in China. Expressed through art forms and cultural practices, precarity unleashes unmanageable and undisciplined feelings that haunt the regime as much as society. This is one of the most original works on contemporary China I have ever read. -- Ching Kwan Lee, author of The Social Question in the 21st Century: A Global ViewRevealing vital connections between creativity and precarity, On the Edge features incisive and nuanced analyses of Chinese avant-garde art, migrant worker poetry and video, documentary cinema, and livestreaming performances. This inspiring book should be essential reading for all students of contemporary art, media, and society. -- Jie Li, author of Cinematic Guerrillas: Propaganda, Projectionists, and Audiences in Socialist ChinaOn the Edge engages with precarity as a critical issue of our time. Coupled with its theoretical sophistication, the scope of its subject matter, its analytical strength, and its eloquence, this makes it a key intervention. Combining social engagement and aesthetic sensitivity, this scholarship is as imaginative as it is rigorous. -- Maghiel van Crevel, author of Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and MoneyHillenbrand is as searing and uncompromising in her critique of the power of the state and neoliberal market as she is sensitive and compassionate to rural migrant labourers. The book is definitely not “China for Dummies”, nor will it leave you with a feelgood aftertaste. But you’ll be rewarded with a deeper appreciation of the moral complexity that is essential to understanding China. -- Wanning Sun * The Conversation's "Best books of 2023" *Table of ContentsPreface: Trial by FireAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Grasping the Precarious1. The Delegators2. The Ragpickers3. The Vocalists and the Ventriloquists4. The Cliffhangers5. The MicrocelebritiesConclusion: Viral PrecarityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFeaturing nontechnical language and user-friendly indexes, this book covers such topics as acupuncture, wheelchairs, adjusting to bifocals, preparing for traveling, improving communication with physicians, and avoiding eye strain in computer use. It offers coverage of health problems including arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer.Trade Review"An alphabetical listing of sources and issues of particular interest to older people. This new updated edition is useful, comprehensive, and well-written." -- Arkansas Times "Intended for general readers, this volume clearly explains various aspects of aging in nontechnical language. Topical coverage is very broad, and the selection of subjects appears to reflect both currently popular areas and the authors' own interests." -- Choice From reviews of the first edition: "The Graying of America represents a Herculean effort to educate patients... It is an educational and informational resource, easy to read, practical and useful." -- Eugene J. Rogers, M.D., Chicago Medicine "Readily accessible and easily understood by general readers, this source is highly recommended for college and university libraries, and for any reader interested in aging, old age, or gerontology in the contemporary U.S." -- Choice

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Book SynopsisWorld-renowned oncologist David Khayat provides easy-to-follow—and surprising—guidelines on the best foods to eat to help prevent cancer.Trade Review"...eminently sensible and clearly laid-out handbook." -- The Bookseller

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Book SynopsisUnlike a leg in a cast, invisible chronic illness (ICI) has no observable symptoms.

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Book SynopsisAn unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime.Trade Review"[Cook] deftly interweaves sports and family stories…the book works on the same level the game does: as a time machine shuttling between childhood games of catch and wobbly video of Babe Ruth hitting a homer." -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe"What makes Cook special as a sportswriter is that he is able to balance the joy and pain of being a fan with the investigative and analytical skill of a professional journalist…. Cook’s prose has the perfect conversational style for combining baseball’s childlike dreams and grown-up realities into a satisfying narrative." -- Publishers Weekly"Lyrical…an affectionate look at the diamond dads and their (mostly) sensational sons." -- David M. Shribman - Wall Street Journal"Kevin Cook, the son of a minor-league screwball pitcher, has just the right voice to explore how baseball connects fathers and sons. The Dad Report is a smart, fresh take on a timeless topic." -- Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports"[T]he ultimate Father’s Day book, albeit one the sons will want to read, too." -- Allen Barra - Dallas Morning News"A book both about baseball families and for baseball families. But most of all, it is perhaps the best book ever on how baseball creates family. A great piece of sports literature." -- Allen Barra, author of Yogi Berra: The Eternal Yankee"The part baseball plays in the bonds between fathers and sons has enduring appeal. Still, even worthy subjects can be exhausted. But wait—Kevin Cook finds a different way in. The distinctly different stories of fathers and sons who played in the big leagues—with just enough of the Cook family’s own connections to the game—make The Dad Report such an enjoyable and informative read." -- Bob Costas

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Book SynopsisSimple practices—a marriage of science and spirituality—that will help you take charge of your health.Trade Review"When we are feeling lost, we need a compass to know which direction will take us home. Susan Roberts has given us just that in Sustainable Health. As a well-seasoned occupational therapist, she has merged her considerable experience in treating the physical form with her long-time dedication to the practice of qigong in order to help us 'navigate a path to a more vibrant and happier life.' In this book, you will discover the simple and practical wisdom that emerges from understanding the deep relationships between the five forces of nature. This ecological wisdom has been passed down through the ages in every culture concerned with nurturing growth and is the foundation of Chinese medicine. Rather than living from one emergency to the next, Susan provides practical exercises that offer us an opportunity to orient ourselves within a bigger field of ecology that unifies body, mind, and spirit, enabling us to truly personalize our journey towards sustainable health." -- Stephen Cowan, MD, author of Fire Child, Water Child: How Understanding the Five Types of ADHD Can Help You Improve Your Child's Self-Esteem and Attention"Roberts has ingeniously interwoven ideas, beliefs, and practices from physics, traditional Chinese medicine, neurophysiology, immunology, epigenetic, and evolutionary biology to create a Healing Compass: a tool to help people develop and sustain a holistic healthy life. Fascinating, fun, therapeutic activities help readers adjust and balance their daily habits, beliefs, bodily processes, movement, emotions, and sensory and mental processing. Sustainable Health is applicable to all human beings!" -- Pat Precin, PhD, PsyaD, OTR/L, LP, NCPsyA, FAOTA, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Touro College"Featuring an impressively informative and accessibly organized text, Sustainable Health is an especially recommended addition to both community and academic library Alternative Medicine collections and supplemental studies lists." -- The Midwest Book Review

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Book SynopsisA collection of new essays by an interdisciplinary team of authors that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Paula M. L. Moya and Hazel Rose Markus Doing Race: An Introduction 1. Paula M. L. Moya and Hazel Rose Markus What race and ethnicity are, how they work, and why achieving a just society requires us to take account of them Part I: Inventing Race and Ethnicity How race is made real through governmental policies, scientific research, and medical marketing Defining Race and Ethnicity: The Constitution, the Court, and the Census 1. C. Matthew Snipp, Sociology Models of American Ethnic Relations: Hierarchy, Assimilation, and Pluralism 1. George Fredrickson, History The Biology of Ancestry: DNA, Genomic Variation, and Race 1. Marcus W. Feldman, Biology Which Differences Make a Difference? Race, Health, and DNA 1. Barbara Koenig, Medical Anthropology Part II: Racing Difference The historically specific but universal processes by which difference becomes understood, via race, as inferiority The Jew as the Original ‘Other': Difference, Antisemitism, and Race 1. Aron Rodrigue, History Knowing the ‘Other': Arabs, Islam, and the West 1. Joel Beinin, History Eternally Foreign: Asian Americans, History, and Race 1. Gordon H. Chang, History A Thoroughly Modern Concept: Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, and the State 1. Norman M. Naimark, History Part III: Institutionalizing Difference How race organizes what we know, where we live, how we are educated, who we punish Race in the News: Stereotypes, Political Campaigns, and Market-Based Journalism 1. Shanto Iyengar, Communication and Political Science Going Back to Compton: Real Estate, Racial Politics, and Black-Brown Relations 1. Albert M. Camarillo, History Structured for Failure: Race, Resources, and Student Achievement 1. Linda Darling-Hammond, Education Racialized Mass Incarceration: Poverty, Prejudice, and Punishment 1. Lawrence D. Bobo and Victor Thompson, Sociology Part IV: Racing Identity How race and ethnicity shape how we see, how we act, and who we are Who Am I? Race, Ethnicity, and Identity 1. Hazel Rose Markus, Psychology In the Air Between Us: Stereotypes, Identity, and Achievement 1. Claude M. Steele, Psychology Ways of Being White: Privilege, Stigma, and Transcendence 1. Monica McDermott, Sociology Enduring Racial Associations: African Americans, Crime, and Animal Imagery 1. Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Psychology We're Honoring You Dude: Myths, Mascots, and American Indians 1. Stephanie Fryberg and Alisha Watts, Psychology Part V: Re-presenting Reality The singular and powerful role of the arts in challenging racial inequality by imagining alternate worlds Another Way to Be: Women of Color, Literature, and Myth 1. Paula M. L. Moya, English Hiphop and Race: Blackness, Language, and Creativity 1. Marcyliena Morgan and Dawn-Elissa Fischer, African and African American Studies and Africana Studies The ‘Ethno-Ambiguo Hostility Syndrome': Mixed-Race, Identity, and Popular Culture 1. Michele Elam, English ‘We wear the mask': Performance, Social Dramas, and Race 1. Harry Elam, Drama

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Book SynopsisThe Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus provides a unique, overall assessment of diabetes prevalence with detailed discussion of the impact of the disease in all geographic regions, including Africa, South-East Asia, India, China, and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands.Trade Review"Highly referenced. Recommended to all diabetologists and epidemiologists" (Pediatric Endocrinology, May 2009)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgments. 1: Introduction (Jean-Marie Eko´e, Marian Rewers, Rhys Williams and Paul Z. Zimmet). 2: The Clinical Syndrome and the Biochemical Definition (Jean-Marie Eko´e, Paul Z. Zimmet and Jean-Francois Yale). 3: Diagnosis and Classification (Jean-Marie. Eko´e and Paul Z. Zimmet). 4: Epidemiology of Metabolic Syndrome (Dianna J. Magliano, Adrian Cameron, Jonathan E. Shaw and Paul Z. Zimmet). 5: Obesity and Diabetes (Rachel Huxley, Abdullah Omari and Ian D. Caterson). 6: Methodology for Physical Activity Assessment (Kristi L. Storti, Edward W. Gregg and Andrea M. Kriska). 7: Epidemiology of Nutrition and Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Environmental Factors (Jim Mann and Monika Toeller). 8: Genetic Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes (Leif Groop, Valeriya Lyssenko, Charlotte Ling and Marju Orho-Melander). 9: Epidemiologic Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Europe (Harry Keen). 10: The Burden of Diabetes and its Complications in theMiddle East and Eastern Mediterranean Region (Imad M. El-Kebbi and Michael M. Engelgau). 11: Epidemiology of Diabetes in Africa (Ayesha A. Motala, Mahomed A. K. Omar and Fraser J. Pirie). 12: Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in Latin America (La´ercio J. Franco and Sandra R. G. Ferreira). 13: Diabetes in the Caribbean . . . an Epidemiological Review! (Errol Morrison and Dalip Ragoobirsingh). 14: Japan (Naoko Tajima). 15: Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in China (Juliana C. N. Chan and Clive S. Cockram). 16: Epidemiology of Diabetes in South East Asia (Ambady Ramachandran and Chamukuttan Snehalatha). 17: The Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pacific Island Populations (Stephen Colagiuri, Taniela Palu, Satupaitea Viali, Zafiml Hussain and Ruth Colagiuri). 18: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in North America (Linda S. Geiss, Jing Wang, Edward W. Gregg and Michael M. Engelgau). 19: Non-Caucasian North American Populations: Native Americans (Meda E. Pavkov, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Robert G. Nelson, Robert L. Hanson and William C. Knowler). 20: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanic North Americans (Judith Baxter and Richard F. Hamman). 21: Non-Caucasian North American Populations: African Americans (Mary A. Banerji and Harold Lebovitz). 22: Epidemiology of Diabetes in Asian North Americans (Marguerite J. McNeely and Wilfred Y. Fujimoto). 23: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents (Jonathan E. Shaw and Dana M. Dabelea). 24: Global Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes (Lars C. Stene, Jaakko Tuomilehto and Marian Rewers). 25: Epidemiology of Childhood Diabetes Mellitus in Non-Caucasian Populations (Rebecca B. Lipton). 26: Genetic Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (Kirsten O. Kyvik and Anders Green). 27: Recent Trends in Screening and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes (Marian Rewers). 28: Non pharmacological Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (Jaakko Tuomilehto). 29: Pharmacological Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (Andr´e J. Scheen). 30: The Epidemiology of Eye Diseases in Diabetes (Tien Y. Wong and Ron Klein). 31: The Epidemiology of Diabetic Kidney Disease )Anne T. Reutens, Louise Prentice and Robert C. Atkins). 32: Epidemiology of Large-vessel Disease in Diabetes: Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke (Elizabeth Barrett-Connor). 33: The Epidemiology of Peripheral Vascular Disease (Nalini Singh, Stephanie Wheeler and Edward J. Boyko). 34: Epidemiology of Diabetic Neuropathy (Andrew J. M. Boulton). 35: Epidemiology of Acute Complications: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State and Hypoglycemia (Alberta B. Rewers). 36: Mortality and Life Expectancy Associated with Diabetes (Elizabeth L. M. Barr, Paul Z. Zimmet and Jonathan E. Shaw). 37: Economic Costs (Rhys Williams and Thomas J. Songer). 38: Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Global Perspective (Barbara Currie, Ehud Ur and Thomas Ransom). 39: Antipsychotic Therapies and Glucose Dysregulation in the Mental Illness Population (Gilbert L’Italien and John Newcomer). 40: Diabetes, Insulin Resistance and Glucose Metabolism in HIV Infection and its Treatment (Kathy Samaras and Don J. Chisholm). Index.

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Book SynopsisClinical Diabetes Research: Methods and Techniques summarizes established state-of-the art-techniques and describes the new technologies and their role in clinical diabetes research.Trade Review"This is a sorely-needed reference not comparable to anything else currently available." (Doody's, February 2008)Table of Contents1 Basics of Clinical Metabolic Research. 2 Methods for the Assessment of b-Cell Function In Vivo. 3 Assessment of Insulin Sensitivity from Steady-State and Dynamic Tests. 4 Glucose Clamp Techniques. 5 Methods of Assessment of Counterregulation to Hypoglycaemia. 6 Glucose Kinetics: Measurement of Flux Rates. 7 Xenobiotics as Probes of Carbohydrate Metabolism. 8 Tracing Hepatic Glucose and Glycogen Fluxes with 2H2O. 9 Lipid Kinetics. 10 Protein and Amino Acid Kinetics. 11 Assessment of Metabolic Fluxes by In Vivo MR Spectroscopy. 12 Positron Emission Tomography in Metabolic Research. 13 Assessment of Body Fat Content and Distribution. 14 Tissue Biopsies in Diabetes Research. 15 Assessment of Vascular Function. 16 Cardiovascular Autonomic Function Testing. 17 Nerve Function Testing. 18 Kidney Function. 19 Techniques for the Investigation of the Eye in Diabetes. 20 Basics of Molecular Genetics: Lessons from Type 2 Diabetes. 21 Good Clinical Practice: Friend or Foe? 22 Statistical Considerations in Diabetes Trials. Index.

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Book SynopsisPsychosocial issues have long been acknowledged to have a crucial role in the successful treatment of people with diabetes. An understanding of these issues can enable health care professionals to assist their patients effectively. The second edition of the acclaimed title Psychology in Diabetes Care givesbackground information and practical guidelines needed by healthcare professionals to address the cognitive, emotional and behavioural issues surrounding diabetes management. The book bridges the gap between psychological research on self-care and management of diabetes, and the delivery of care and services provided by the diabetes care team. Written jointly by psychologists active in diabetes research and practising clinicians, Psychology in Diabetes Care, Second Edition provides a practical evidence-based approach to intervention in diabetes care.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Foreword to the First Edition. Foreword to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. List of Contributors. 1. Diabetes in Children (Barbara J. Anderson and Julienne Brackett). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Diabetes in Infancy. 1.3 Diabetes in toddlers and preschoolers. 1.4 Treatment in issues for children under 6 years of age. 1.5 Diabetes in school-aged children. 1.6 Family factors related to glycaemic control and adherence. 1.7 Family involvement in the diabetes management of a school-aged child. 1.8 Treatment issues for school-aged children. 1.9 Disease course and risk factors: implications for clinical practice. 1.10 Conclusions. References. 2. Diabetes in Adolescents (T. Chas Skinner, H. Murphy and Michelle V. Huws-Thomas). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Familial interventions. 2.3 Individual interventions. 2.4 Conclusion. References. 3. Psychological Issues in the Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy (Maurice G. A. J. Wouters and Frank J. Snoek). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Prepregnancy. 3.3 Pregnancy. 3.4 Delivery. 3.5 Lactation. 3.6 Childhood. 3.7 Practice implications. References. 4. References 4 Diabetes in Older Adults (Marie Clark and Koula G. Asimakopoulou). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 The ageing process. 4.3 Symptoms and their representation. 4.4 Clinical features of diabetes. 4.5 Diabetes complications in older adults. 4.6 Mortality and type 2 diabetes. 4.7 Diabetes control and complications. 4.8 Quality of life. 4.9 Management of diabetes in older adults. 4.10 Self-management issues. 4.11 Practice implications. 4.12 Summary and conclusions. References. 5. Patient Empowerment (Martha M. Funnell and Robert M. Anderson). 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Empowerment defined. 5.3 Patient empowerment and diabetes. 5.4 Implementing the empowerment approach. 5.5 Implementing the empowerment approach in diabetes self-management education (DSME). 5.6 Implementing the empowerment approach in diabetes self-management support (DSMS). 5.7 Implementing the empowerment approach in diabetes care. 5.8 Costs and benefits of the empowerment approach. 5.9 Concluding thoughts. Acknowledgement. References 6. Medical Office-Based Interventions (Russell E. Glasgow). 6.1 Theoretical background. 6.2 Clinical and logistic rationale for office-based interventions. 6.3 Research findings from office-based interventions. 6.4 Target groups for inclusion/exclusion. 6.5 Assessment and clinic flow. 6.6 Links to medical management. 6.7 Unanswered questions, new directions. References 7. Psychological Group Interventions in Diabetes Care (T. Chas Skinner and Nicole van der Ven). 7.1 Psychological group interventions in medical illness. 7.2 Psychological group interventions in diabetes. 7.3 Psychological group interventions aimed at psychological problems complicating diabetes. 7.4 Psychological group interventions dealing with complications of diabetes. 7.5 Psychological group interventions dealing with hypoglycaemia. 7.6 Groups dealing with the daily demands of diabetes. 7.7 Using new technologies for groups. 7.8 Discussion and future directions. References. 8. Counselling and Psychotherapy in Diabetes Mellitus (Richard R. Rubin). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Diabetes-related distress. 8.3 Psychopathology. 8.4 Practice implications. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisMolecules and Medicine provides, for the first time ever, a completely integrated look at chemistry, biology, drug discovery, and medicine. It delves into the discovery, application, and mode of action of more than one hundred of the most significant molecules in use in modern medicine.Trade Review“Molecules and Medicine is a fascinating introduction to the convergence of chemistry and physiology, and to the emergence of the science of molecular medicine.” (The Nucleus, January 2010) "Molecules and Medicine is extremely well organized and integrates history, chemistry, biology, and pharmacology of drug development seamlessly." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 2008) "…I find this to be a useful book for somemone teaching a biochemistry class. Use of examples and information from Molecules and Medicine should make material in lectures seem more relevant to students and assist motivation for learning." (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, May/June 2008) "This is a treasure trove of information about molecules as medicines." (Education in Chemistry, May 2008) "Molecules and Medicine is an engaging book that takes the reader into the world of small molecule clinical therapeutics and how they are discovered and used to improve health." (CHOICE, March 2008) "…numerous colorful illustrations that help to explain the various topics covered make it easy and interesting reading." (ChemBioChem, March 2008)"Dieses Werk schlie?t eine Lucke in der didaktischen Literatur und wird in der Ausbildung von Wissenschaftlern enorm von Nutzen sein." Angewandte Chemie, 2008, 120, 2203-2205Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction 2 Understanding Structural Diagrams of Organic Molecules 4 Some Common Molecules 23 Proteins and Three-Dimensional Protein Structure 26 Some of the Protein Structures That Appear in This Book 32 Part II. Inflammatory, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Anti-Inflammatory Agents Acetylsalicylic acid (AspirinTM) 38 Naproxen (AleveTM) 39 How Do Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Work? 40 Other Eicosanoids in Inflammation 41 An Overview of Inflammation 42 Celecoxib (CelebrexTM) 43 Prednisone (DeltasoneTM) 44 Methotrexate (TrexallTM) 46 Allopurinol (ZyloprimTM) 47 Antiasthmatic and Antiallergic Agents Salmeterol (SereventTM) 50 Fluticasone Propionate (FloventTM) 51 Montelukast Sodium (SingulairTM) 52 Tiotropium Bromide (SpirivaTM) 53 Loratadine (ClaritinTM) 54 Type 2 Diabetes An Overview of Metabolic Syndrome 56 Antidiabetic and Cholesterol-Lowering Agents Metformin (GlucophageTM) 60 Glipizide (GlucotrolTM) 61 Pioglitazone (ActosTM) 62 Sitagliptin (JanuviaTM) 63 Atorvastatin (LipitorTM) 64 Ezetimibe (ZetiaTM) 65 Cardiovascular Agents Atenolol (TenorminTM) 68 Enalapril (VasotecTM) 69 Candesartan Cilexetil (AtacandTM) 70 Aliskiren (TekturnaTM) 71 Amlodipine (NorvascTM) 72 Nitroglycerin 73 Clopidogrel Bisulfate (PlavixTM) 74 Digoxin (LanoxinTM) 75 Receptors and Signaling Information Flow into the Cell by Chemical Signaling 78 References for Part II 80 Part III. Reproductive Medicine Oral Contraceptives 90 Testosterone 91 Mifepristone (MifeprexTM) 92 Oxytocin (OxytocinTM) 93 Sildenafil (ViagraTM) 94 Osteoporosis Some Aspects of Osteoporosis 96 Alendronate (FosamaxTM) 97 Calcitriol (RocaltrolTM) 98 Raloxifene (EvistaTM) 99 Teriparatide (ForteoTM) 100 Glaucoma and Antiulcer Agents Latanoprost (XalatanTM) 102 Ranitidine (ZantacTM) 103 Omeprazole (PrilosecTM) 104 References for Part III 105 Part IV. Autoimmune Disease and Organ Transplant A Brief Survey of the Immune System 112 Immunosuppressive Agents Azathioprine (ImuranTM) 122 Mycophenolate Mofetil (CeIlCeptTM) 123 Cyclosporin (NeoralTM) 124 Tacrolimus (PrografTM) 125 FTY720 (Fingolimod) 126 Infectious Diseases Antibiotics Amoxicillin (AmoxilTM) 130 Cefaclor (CeclorTM) 132 Doxycycline (VibramycinTM) 133 Azithromycin (ZithromaxTM) 134 Ciprofloxacin (CiproTM) 135 Trimethoprim (TriprimTM) 136 Amikacin (AmikinTM) 137 Vancomycin (VancocinTM) 138 Linezolid (ZyvoxTM) 139 Isoniazid (LaniazidTM) 140 Ancillary Antibiotics 142 Drug Resistance 143 Antiviral Agents On Viruses and Viral Diseases 146 Acyclovir (ZoviraxTM) 148 Ribavirin (VirazoleTM) 149 Oseltamivir (TamifluTM) 150 Zidovudine (Retrovir, AZTTM) 151 Zalcitabine (HividTM) 152 Nevirapine (ViramuneTM) 153 Efavirenz (SustivaTM) 154 Lopinavir + Ritonavir (KaletraTM) 155 UK427857 (Maraviroc) 156 Antifungal Agents Amphotericin (FungizoneTM) 160 Fluconazole (DiflucanTM) 161 Caspofungin (CancidasTM) 162 Terbinafine (LamisilTM) 163 Antimalarial and Antiparasitic Agents Parasitic Diseases: A Focus on Malaria 166 Chloroquine (ArdenTM) 167 Artemether + Lumefantrine (CoArtemTM) 168 Atovaquone + Proguanil (MalaroneTM) 169 Miltefosine (I mpavidoTM) 170 Nitazoxanide (AliniaTM) 171 Ivermectin (StromectolTM) 172 References for Part IV 173 Part V. Malignant Disease An Overview of Cancer 184 Capecitabine (XelodaTM) 187 Carboplatin (ParaplatinTM) 188 Vinblastine (VelbanTM) 189 Paclitaxel (TaxolTM) 190 Cyclophosphamide (CytoxanTM) 191 Tamoxifen (NolvadexTM) 192 Irinotecan (CamptosarTM) 193 Bleomycin (BlenoxaneTM) 194 Imatinib (GleevecTM) 195 Sunitinib (SutentTM) 196 Bortezomib (VelcadeTM) 197 Ancillary Anticancer Agents 198 References for Part V 200 Part VI. Drugs Acting on the Nervous System Pain and Analgesia Lidocaine (XylocaineTM) 208 Morphine (AvinzaTM) 209 Acetaminophen (Tylenol TM) 210 Fentanyl (DuragesicTM) 211 Sodium Thiopental (Sodium PentothalTM) 212 Gabapentin (NeurontinTM) 213 Diazepam (ValiumTM) 214 Sumatriptan (ImitrexTM) 215 Hypnotics (Insomnia) and Antismoking Zolpidem (AmbienTM) 218 Ramelteon (RozeremTM) 219 Varenicline (ChantixTM) 220 The Brain, Neurotransmission and Molecular Neurotransmitters 221 Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases Levodopa (LarodopaTM) 224 Donepezil (AriceptTM) 225 Antiepileptic Agents 226 Antianxiety Agents 228 Antidepressants 229 Antipsychotics 232 References for Part VI 233 Glossary 237 Index 249

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Book SynopsisMolecules and Medicine provides, for the first time ever, a completely integrated look at chemistry, biology, drug discovery, and medicine. It delves into the discovery, application, and mode of action of more than one hundred of the most significant molecules in use in modern medicine.Trade Review“Molecules and Medicine is a fascinating introduction to the convergence of chemistry and physiology, and to the emergence of the science of molecular medicine.” (The Nucleus, January 2010) "An interesting and valuable read … .This book is intended for a wide audience and contains much that will engage the specialist and general reader alike." (Chemistry World, July 2008) "...a joy to read...will inspire the field...not only reports on a scientific subject but also creates new dimensions. Bravo to authors Corey, Czako, and Kurti." (Chemical & Engineering News, September 17, 2007)Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction 2 Understanding Structural Diagrams of Organic Molecules 4 Some Common Molecules 23 Proteins and Three-Dimensional Protein Structure 26 Some of the Protein Structures That Appear in This Book 32 Part II. Inflammatory, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Anti-Inflammatory Agents Acetylsalicylic acid (AspirinTM) 38 Naproxen (AleveTM) 39 How Do Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Work? 40 Other Eicosanoids in Inflammation 41 An Overview of Inflammation 42 Celecoxib (CelebrexTM) 43 Prednisone (DeltasoneTM) 44 Methotrexate (TrexallTM) 46 Allopurinol (ZyloprimTM) 47 Antiasthmatic and Antiallergic Agents Salmeterol (SereventTM) 50 Fluticasone Propionate (FloventTM) 51 Montelukast Sodium (SingulairTM) 52 Tiotropium Bromide (SpirivaTM) 53 Loratadine (ClaritinTM) 54 Type 2 Diabetes An Overview of Metabolic Syndrome 56 Antidiabetic and Cholesterol-Lowering Agents Metformin (GlucophageTM) 60 Glipizide (GlucotrolTM) 61 Pioglitazone (ActosTM) 62 Sitagliptin (JanuviaTM) 63 Atorvastatin (LipitorTM) 64 Ezetimibe (ZetiaTM) 65 Cardiovascular Agents Atenolol (TenorminTM) 68 Enalapril (VasotecTM) 69 Candesartan Cilexetil (AtacandTM) 70 Aliskiren (TekturnaTM) 71 Amlodipine (NorvascTM) 72 Nitroglycerin 73 Clopidogrel Bisulfate (PlavixTM) 74 Digoxin (LanoxinTM) 75 Receptors and Signaling Information Flow into the Cell by Chemical Signaling 78 References for Part II 80 Part III. Reproductive Medicine Oral Contraceptives 90 Testosterone 91 Mifepristone (MifeprexTM) 92 Oxytocin (OxytocinTM) 93 Sildenafil (ViagraTM) 94 Osteoporosis Some Aspects of Osteoporosis 96 Alendronate (FosamaxTM) 97 Calcitriol (RocaltrolTM) 98 Raloxifene (EvistaTM) 99 Teriparatide (ForteoTM) 100 Glaucoma and Antiulcer Agents Latanoprost (XalatanTM) 102 Ranitidine (ZantacTM) 103 Omeprazole (PrilosecTM) 104 References for Part III 105 Part IV. Autoimmune Disease and Organ Transplant A Brief Survey of the Immune System 112 Immunosuppressive Agents Azathioprine (ImuranTM) 122 Mycophenolate Mofetil (CeIlCeptTM) 123 Cyclosporin (NeoralTM) 124 Tacrolimus (PrografTM) 125 FTY720 (Fingolimod) 126 Infectious Diseases Antibiotics Amoxicillin (AmoxilTM) 130 Cefaclor (CeclorTM) 132 Doxycycline (VibramycinTM) 133 Azithromycin (ZithromaxTM) 134 Ciprofloxacin (CiproTM) 135 Trimethoprim (TriprimTM) 136 Amikacin (AmikinTM) 137 Vancomycin (VancocinTM) 138 Linezolid (ZyvoxTM) 139 Isoniazid (LaniazidTM) 140 Ancillary Antibiotics 142 Drug Resistance 143 Antiviral Agents On Viruses and Viral Diseases 146 Acyclovir (ZoviraxTM) 148 Ribavirin (VirazoleTM) 149 Oseltamivir (TamifluTM) 150 Zidovudine (Retrovir, AZTTM) 151 Zalcitabine (HividTM) 152 Nevirapine (ViramuneTM) 153 Efavirenz (SustivaTM) 154 Lopinavir + Ritonavir (KaletraTM) 155 UK427857 (Maraviroc) 156 Antifungal Agents Amphotericin (FungizoneTM) 160 Fluconazole (DiflucanTM) 161 Caspofungin (CancidasTM) 162 Terbinafine (LamisilTM) 163 Antimalarial and Antiparasitic Agents Parasitic Diseases: A Focus on Malaria 166 Chloroquine (ArdenTM) 167 Artemether + Lumefantrine (CoArtemTM) 168 Atovaquone + Proguanil (MalaroneTM) 169 Miltefosine (I mpavidoTM) 170 Nitazoxanide (AliniaTM) 171 Ivermectin (StromectolTM) 172 References for Part IV 173 Part V. Malignant Disease An Overview of Cancer 184 Capecitabine (XelodaTM) 187 Carboplatin (ParaplatinTM) 188 Vinblastine (VelbanTM) 189 Paclitaxel (TaxolTM) 190 Cyclophosphamide (CytoxanTM) 191 Tamoxifen (NolvadexTM) 192 Irinotecan (CamptosarTM) 193 Bleomycin (BlenoxaneTM) 194 Imatinib (GleevecTM) 195 Sunitinib (SutentTM) 196 Bortezomib (VelcadeTM) 197 Ancillary Anticancer Agents 198 References for Part V 200 Part VI. Drugs Acting on the Nervous System Pain and Analgesia Lidocaine (XylocaineTM) 208 Morphine (AvinzaTM) 209 Acetaminophen (Tylenol TM) 210 Fentanyl (DuragesicTM) 211 Sodium Thiopental (Sodium PentothalTM) 212 Gabapentin (NeurontinTM) 213 Diazepam (ValiumTM) 214 Sumatriptan (ImitrexTM) 215 Hypnotics (Insomnia) and Antismoking Zolpidem (AmbienTM) 218 Ramelteon (RozeremTM) 219 Varenicline (ChantixTM) 220 The Brain, Neurotransmission and Molecular Neurotransmitters 221 Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases Levodopa (LarodopaTM) 224 Donepezil (AriceptTM) 225 Antiepileptic Agents 226 Antianxiety Agents 228 Antidepressants 229 Antipsychotics 232 References for Part VI 233 Glossary 237 Index 249

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