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Book SynopsisTracking the distribution of disease and pinpointing relevant risk factors, this book reveals how social problems are intrinsically linked to the health of populations. This book shows how the growing field of social epidemiology is both practical and activist. It draws on empirical findings to conduct policymaking research.Trade Review"A welcome addition to every practitioner and researcher's library, especially physicians" Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

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Book SynopsisTackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.Trade ReviewA great resource for understanding the development, problems, and possible solutions to health care in the US. ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction, Jacob S. Hacker 1. The Transformation of American Health Insurance, by Jill Quadagno and J. Brandon McKelvey 2. Uninsured in America: New Realities, New Risks, by Katherine Swartz 3. Get Sick, Go Broke, by Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren 4. Just How Good Is American Medical Care?, by Elizabeth A. McGlynn, David Meltzer, and Jacob S. Hacker 5. The New Push for American Health Security, by Jacob S. Hacker List of Contributors

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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 ReviewJonathan Kahn's approach offers an airtight analysis of the commoditization of race in pharmaceutical development, and Race in a Bottle should be of interest and deep concern to numerous audiences. -- Ruha Benjamin, Boston University Jonathan Kahn has produced a major and unique contribution, giving readers a 'big picture' understanding of this vital issue by integrating empirically grounded analysis of real controversies into a detailed conceptual roadmap. This is a substantial piece of scholarship and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the escalating, even geometrically expanding use of the concept of race in science and medicine. -- Troy Duster, University of California, Berkeley Jonathan Kahn is the undisputed Hercules Poirot of biomedicine. His unraveling of the nonsense, non-science, and complicated illogic that allowed the vasodilator BiDil to be approved by the FDA exclusively for 'black' patients is as compelling a read as any good mystery. This riveting book details what happens to scientific method when profit motive drives the marketing of a drug to the extent that its curative properties are touted as race-specific-even when they're not. Genetic variation in humans has no correlation to the shifting historical meanings of race, yet pharmaceutical companies continue to force the square peg of social category into the round hole of scientific fact. Race in a Bottle is a brilliant deconstruction of the kinds of thought processes that make for bad policy, bad medicine, and ultimately endanger our health as a species. -- Patricia Williams, Columbia Law School Jonathan Kahn brilliantly exposes the stunning truth behind new race-based medicines: they are driven by market incentives, not scientific evidence. Based on meticulous research and astute analysis, Kahn constructs a gripping, devastating portrait of profit motivating the use of race in genetic research and pharmaceuticals. Race in a Bottle is absolutely essential for understanding why the myth of biological race has reemerged in genomic science and biotechnology and how it is distorting research, damaging pubic health, and undermining justice in our supposedly post-racial society. -- Dorothy Roberts, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century Kahn expertly weaves together the legal and ethical ramifications of continuing to pursue racialized drugs... No background in health sciences or genetics is necessary to understand this work. Library Journal [Race in a Bottle] tackle[s] one of the most important concerns pertaining to race facing our society today... Must-read material. New Scientist An extraordinary book... I highly recommend it. -- Osagie Obasogie BioPolitical Times Mr. Kahn deserves credit for teasing out all the daunting complexities behind these events, including the details of genetic analysis, the perils of racial determinations, and the minutiae of patent law. -- Abigail Zuger, M.D. New York Times Kahn's book should be required reading. At a time when the ties between scientific researchers and the pharmaceutical industry are becoming ever more entangled, Race in a Bottle provides valuable insights into the consequences of these connections for health and health care - and, importantly, for what passes as knowledge. -- Lundy Braun GeneWatch A powerful saga packed with engrossing twists and turns of plot and filled with food for thought and debate on the politics and health implications of racial perception. Midwest Book Review Finely crafted and written. -- Alejandra Suarez PsycCritiques [Kahn] seems as much at home discussing epidemiology and drug marketing as he does the history of US race relations and the intricacies of patenting... Magnificent. -- Dr. Martyn Pickersgill The Biologist A compelling account of a fascinating case. -- Anne Pollock Bulletin of the History of Medicine Race in a Bottle is lucid and energetic, with fascinating and little-known evidence about clinical trials, the federal regulatory and patent systems, and the history of racial classification... Kahn offers a heartfelt and persuasive case against allowing race to be reduced to biology. -- Jennifer L. Hochschild Journal of American History [Kahn] skillfully uses the story of the drug BiDil... as the backdrop for examining the expanding role of race in medical genomics, even when the same science has called the existence of race into serious doubt. -- Aravinda Chakravarti Nature Medicine Highly recommended. Choice [Jonathan Kahn's] rich portrayal of the changing meaning and uses of race in the wake of genomics makes this book a 'must read' and 'must assign' for all sociologists of race and ethnicity. Sociology of Race and EthnicityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments INTRODUCTION: Race and Medicine: Framing [Is] the Problem 1. ORGANIZING RACE: Paths Toward the Re-Biologization of Race in Modern Biomedical Research, Practice, and Product Development 2. THE BIRTH OF BIDIL: How a Drug Becomes "Ethnic" 3. STATISTICAL MISCHIEF AND RACIAL FRAMES FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING 4. CAPITALIZING [ON] RACE IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT 5. RACE-ING PATENTS/PATENTING RACE: An Emerging Political Geography of Intellectual Property in Biotechnology 6. NOT FADE AWAY: The Persistence of Race and the Politics of the "Meantime" in Pharmacogenomics 7. FROM DISPARITY TO DIFFERENCE: The Politics of Racial Medicine CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Notes Index

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Book SynopsisBecause of rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing and the projections are grim. This title exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or halt Alzheimer's disease through early detection of presymptomatic biological changes in healthy individuals.Trade ReviewShortlisted for the 2014 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, Quebec Writers' Federation "[T]houghtful ... convincing... Margaret Lock is an extremely sharp critic of the Alzheimer's scene."--W. F. Bynum, Times Literary Supplement "[A] diligent survey of research, literature, conferences, and interviews... Lock proves that the science of the disease is just as compelling as poignant accounts from caregivers and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Lock highlights just how much we don't know, from problems with Alzheimer's pathology, testing, and diagnosis to the search for a drug treatment... While science plugs away at solving the Alzheimer's conundrum, Lock's call for improved care and social support takes on a new urgency."--Publishers Weekly "[Lock] delivers key concepts in epidemiology, neuroscience and genetics in a way that is both scholarly and free of unnecessary technical details. Lock's bird's-eye view and mix of diverging sources of information is refreshing... For its wide scope and balanced critical evaluation, The Alzheimer Conundrum is an inspiring read for everyone working in the field."--Eus Van Someren, Nature "Comprehensive, cogent, and densely detailed, The Alzheimer Conundrum provides a useful antidote to media hype about 'silver bullets' that are 'just around the corner' and makes an important contribution to our understanding of an achingly tragic disease that touches virtually all of us."--Glenn Altschuler, Psychology Today "The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging is a welcome addition to a body of work that has so productively explored the historical contingencies, cultural specificities, and philosophical dilemmas that surround and shape bodies and people's understandings and inhabitances of them."--Aaron Seaman, Somatosphere "The Alzheimer Conundrum is a gem for young scientists and medical students, and it will challenge them to step back from traditional models, standardised diagnostic procedures and disease specificity to adopt a broader philosophical approach: when is a disease not a disease? ... Lock's rigorous unpacking of research studies and refusal to accept statements and conclusions from research papers at face value result in a thorough and honest appraisal of the current state of the field. It will be a great help in understanding the confusion and conflicting evidence surrounding this highly important topic."--Rose Anne Kenny, Times Higher Education "Lock's empirical account is a very welcome addition to the literature on biomedical uncertainty."--Des Fitzgerald, LSE Review of Books "[W]hether medical researchers or the general reader, this is a meaningful reading."--Liu, Economic Observer (China) "The Alzheimer Conundrum is an engaging read that, while quite granular in its detail, is never dry... Lock clearly summarizes, synthesizes, and critiques the results from research in molecular biology, genetics, neuroimaging, and epidemiology."--Jason Karlawish, Health Affairs "The Alzheimer Conundrum is an eloquently reasoned, provocative work."--Choice "The strength of this book is the in-depth detailing of the limitations of the existing science of Alzheimer's... This book is particularly relevant for researchers in the field of dementia: for those coming from a bio-medical perspective it may help them to be more reflexive about the choices they make in their studies, and for social scientists it may help to further understandings of and potential links with more medically focused research."--Jane Tooke, Journal of Ageing & Society "Lock's book is balanced, brilliant, and inspirational... The sheer travel, research, and organization that went into its creation are beyond impressive. Its lasting contribution is to leave the thoughtful reader in the AD field pondering the notion of a conundrum--after all, riddles abound in many aspects of our lives, always pointing to uncertainty."--Daniel R. George and Peter J. Whitehouse, Culture, Medicine, & Psychiatry "The Alzheimer Conundrum is a provocative account of why Alzheimer's disease (AD) is such a puzzling mix of scientific hypotheses, research agendas, pharmaceutical interests, funding objectives, and theories of aging... A timely critique of the disease model and its cultural consequences. The book's appeal is that it takes readers beyond scientific fields to consider social, historical, and cross-cultural dimensions of AD that broaden conceptual debates about mind and body, nature and nurture, and normal and pathological."--Stephen Katz, Bulletin of the History of MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Orientations 1 Chapter 1 Making and Remaking Alzheimer Disease 26 Chapter 2 Striving to Standardize Alzheimer Disease 51 Chapter 3 Paths to Alzheimer Prevention 76 Chapter 4 Embodied Risk Made Visible 100 Chapter 5 Alzheimer Genes: Biomarkers of Prediction and Prevention 132 Chapter 6 Genome-Wide Association Studies: Back to the Future 156 Chapter 7 Living with Embodied Omens 174 Chapter 8 Chance Untamed and the Return of Fate 207 Chapter 9 Transcending Entrenched Tensions 229 Afterword: Portraits from the Mind 243 Notes 247 Bibliography 277 Index 301

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Book SynopsisDue to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing, and the projections are grim. Despite billions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The Alzheimer Conundrum exposes the predicaments embeddedTrade ReviewShortlisted for the 2014 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, Quebec Writers' Federation "[T]houghtful ... convincing... Margaret Lock is an extremely sharp critic of the Alzheimer's scene."--W. F. Bynum, Times Literary Supplement "[A] diligent survey of research, literature, conferences, and interviews... Lock proves that the science of the disease is just as compelling as poignant accounts from caregivers and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Lock highlights just how much we don't know, from problems with Alzheimer's pathology, testing, and diagnosis to the search for a drug treatment... While science plugs away at solving the Alzheimer's conundrum, Lock's call for improved care and social support takes on a new urgency."--Publishers Weekly "[Lock] delivers key concepts in epidemiology, neuroscience and genetics in a way that is both scholarly and free of unnecessary technical details. Lock's bird's-eye view and mix of diverging sources of information is refreshing... For its wide scope and balanced critical evaluation, The Alzheimer Conundrum is an inspiring read for everyone working in the field."--Eus Van Someren, Nature "Comprehensive, cogent, and densely detailed, The Alzheimer Conundrum provides a useful antidote to media hype about 'silver bullets' that are 'just around the corner' and makes an important contribution to our understanding of an achingly tragic disease that touches virtually all of us."--Glenn Altschuler, Psychology Today "The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging is a welcome addition to a body of work that has so productively explored the historical contingencies, cultural specificities, and philosophical dilemmas that surround and shape bodies and people's understandings and inhabitances of them."--Aaron Seaman, Somatosphere "The Alzheimer Conundrum is a gem for young scientists and medical students, and it will challenge them to step back from traditional models, standardised diagnostic procedures and disease specificity to adopt a broader philosophical approach: when is a disease not a disease? ... Lock's rigorous unpacking of research studies and refusal to accept statements and conclusions from research papers at face value result in a thorough and honest appraisal of the current state of the field. It will be a great help in understanding the confusion and conflicting evidence surrounding this highly important topic."--Rose Anne Kenny, Times Higher Education "Lock's empirical account is a very welcome addition to the literature on biomedical uncertainty."--Des Fitzgerald, LSE Review of Books "[W]hether medical researchers or the general reader, this is a meaningful reading."--Liu, Economic Observer (China) "The Alzheimer Conundrum is an engaging read that, while quite granular in its detail, is never dry... Lock clearly summarizes, synthesizes, and critiques the results from research in molecular biology, genetics, neuroimaging, and epidemiology."--Jason Karlawish, Health Affairs "The Alzheimer Conundrum is an eloquently reasoned, provocative work."--Choice "The strength of this book is the in-depth detailing of the limitations of the existing science of Alzheimer's... This book is particularly relevant for researchers in the field of dementia: for those coming from a bio-medical perspective it may help them to be more reflexive about the choices they make in their studies, and for social scientists it may help to further understandings of and potential links with more medically focused research."--Jane Tooke, Journal of Ageing & Society "Lock's book is balanced, brilliant, and inspirational... The sheer travel, research, and organization that went into its creation are beyond impressive. Its lasting contribution is to leave the thoughtful reader in the AD field pondering the notion of a conundrum--after all, riddles abound in many aspects of our lives, always pointing to uncertainty."--Daniel R. George and Peter J. Whitehouse, Culture, Medicine, & Psychiatry "The Alzheimer Conundrum is a provocative account of why Alzheimer's disease (AD) is such a puzzling mix of scientific hypotheses, research agendas, pharmaceutical interests, funding objectives, and theories of aging... A timely critique of the disease model and its cultural consequences. The book's appeal is that it takes readers beyond scientific fields to consider social, historical, and cross-cultural dimensions of AD that broaden conceptual debates about mind and body, nature and nurture, and normal and pathological."--Stephen Katz, Bulletin of the History of MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Orientations 1 Chapter 1 Making and Remaking Alzheimer Disease 26 Chapter 2 Striving to Standardize Alzheimer Disease 51 Chapter 3 Paths to Alzheimer Prevention 76 Chapter 4 Embodied Risk Made Visible 100 Chapter 5 Alzheimer Genes: Biomarkers of Prediction and Prevention 132 Chapter 6 Genome-Wide Association Studies: Back to the Future 156 Chapter 7 Living with Embodied Omens 174 Chapter 8 Chance Untamed and the Return of Fate 207 Chapter 9 Transcending Entrenched Tensions 229 Afterword: Portraits from the Mind 243 Notes 247 Bibliography 277 Index 301

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to help doctors and health professionals with their writing problems. It consists of several hundred topics, from the process of writing to authorship, and from the use of semi-colons to the law of late literals. These are arranged alphabetically with cross referencing.Trade Review"To conclude, having this volume to hand is essential if you want to revise your writing skills in those idle moments and be amused at the same time." (Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, December 2010)

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Book SynopsisThrough the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has responded to them.Among the changes doctors have confronted are third-party pressures from government and hospital bureaucracies, greater public knowledge, improved technology, recognition of patients’ rights, and legal challenges. Blishen discusses how the doctors achieved dominance in the health field, reviews demographic changes within the profession and the larger population, examines data on the changing health status of Canadians, and charts physician supply against patient demand. He finds that the chief source of his profession’s collegial strength has been the homogeneity of its membership. This homogeneity is declining with increasing numbers of women and ethn

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Getting Familiar with Word Open Word 4 Explore the Word Window 6 Work with Backstage View 7 Change the Color Scheme 8 Find a Ribbon Command 10 Select Commands 12 Using Word on a Tablet PC 14 Work with the Mini Toolbar and Context Menus 16 Enter Text 18 Move Around in a Document 20 Chapter 2 Managing Documents Save a Document 24 Reopen an Unsaved Document 26 Save a Document in Word 97‐2003 Format 28 Save a Document in PDF or XPS Format 29 Set Options for Saving Documents 30 Open a Word Document 32 Open a Document of Another Format 34 Start a New Document 36 Switch Between Open Documents 38 Compare Documents Side by Side 40 Inspect a Document Before Sharing 42 Work with Protected Documents 44 Mark a Document as Final 46 Convert Word Documents from Prior Versions to Word 2016 48 Chapter 3 Editing Text Insert Text 52 Delete Text 54 Insert Blank Lines 56 Undo Changes 57 Select Text 58 Mark and Find Your Place 60 Move or Copy Text 62 Share Text Between Documents 64 Move or Copy Several Selections 66 Take Advantage of Paste Options 68 Switch Document Views 70 Understanding Document Views 71 Work with the Navigation Pane 72 Insert a Symbol 74 Work with Equations 76 Zoom an Object 78 Zoom In or Out 80 Translate Text 81 Set Options for Additional Actions 82 Using Additional Actions 83 Chapter 4 Proofreading Work in Read Mode View 86 Search for Text 90 Substitute Text 92 Count Words in a Document 94 Automatically Correct Mistakes 96 Automatically Insert Frequently Used Text 98 Check Spelling and Grammar 100 Disable Grammar and Spell Checking 102 Find a Synonym or Antonym with the Thesaurus 104 Find a Definition 106 Track Document Changes During Review 107 Lock and Unlock Tracking 108 Work with Comments 110 Review Tracked Changes 112 Combine Reviewers’ Comments 114 Chapter 5 Formatting Text Change the Font 118 Change Text Size 119 Emphasize Information with Bold, Italic, or Underline 120 Superscript or Subscript Text 121 Change Text Case 122 Change Text Color 123 Apply Text Effects 124 Apply a Font Style Set 125 Apply Highlighting to Text 126 Apply Strikethrough to Text 127 Copy Text Formatting 128 Remove Text Formatting 129 Set the Default Font for All New Documents 130 Chapter 6 Formatting Paragraphs Change Text Alignment 134 Set Line Spacing Within a Paragraph 135 Set Line Spacing Between Paragraphs 136 Create a Bulleted or Numbered List 138 Display Formatting Marks 140 Hide or Display the Ruler 141 Indent Paragraphs 142 Set Tabs 144 Add a Paragraph Border 148 Review and Change Formatting 150 Compare Formatting 152 Apply Formatting Using Styles 154 Switch Styles 156 Save Formatting in a Style 158 Expand or Collapse Document Content 160 Modify a Style 162 Add Paragraph Shading 163 Chapter 7 Formatting Pages Adjust Margins 166 Insert a Page Break 168 Control Text Flow and Pagination 170 Align Text Vertically on the Page 172 Change Page Orientation 173 Insert a Section Break 174 Add Page Numbers to a Document 176 Add Line Numbers to a Document 178 Using the Building Blocks Organizer 180 Add a Header or Footer 182 Using Different Headers or Footers Within a Document 184 Add a Footnote 186 Add an Endnote 187 Find, Edit, or Delete Footnotes or Endnotes 188 Convert Footnotes to Endnotes 190 Generate a Table of Contents 192 Add a Watermark 194 Add a Page Border 196 Apply Document Formatting 198 Create Newspaper Columns 200 Chapter 8 Printing Documents Preview and Print a Document 204 Print on Different Paper Sizes 206 Print an Envelope 208 Set Up Labels to Print 210 Chapter 9 Working with Tables and Charts Create a Table 214 Change the Row Height or Column Width 216 Move a Table 218 Resize a Table 219 Add or Delete a Row 220 Add or Delete a Column 222 Set Cell Margins 224 Add Space Between Cells 225 Combine Cells 226 Split Cells 227 Split a Table 228 Add a Formula to a Table 229 Align Text in Cells 230 Add Shading to Cells 231 Change Cell Borders 232 Format a Table 234 Add a Chart 236 Chart Concepts 238 Chapter 10 Working with Graphics Add WordArt 242 Add a Picture 244 Insert an Online Picture 246 Insert an Online Video 248 Add a Screenshot 250 Add a Shape 252 Add a Text Box 254 Move or Resize a Graphic 256 Understanding Graphics Modification Techniques 258 Understanding Text Wrapping and Graphics 260 Wrap Text Around a Graphic 261 Work with Diagrams 262 Chapter 11 Customizing Word Control the Display of Formatting Marks 268 Customize the Status Bar 269 Hide or Display Ribbon Buttons 270 Add a Predefined Group to a Ribbon Tab 272 Create Your Own Ribbon Group 274 Create Your Own Ribbon Tab 278 Work with the Quick Access Toolbar 282 Add Keyboard Shortcuts 286 Create a Macro 288 Run a Macro 290 Chapter 12 Working with Mass Mailing Tools Create Letters to Mass Mail 294 Create Labels for a Mass Mailing 300 Chapter 13 Word and the World Beyond Your Desktop Email a Document 308 Create a Hyperlink 310 Post to Your Blog 312 Office and the Cloud 314 Sign In to Office 365 316 Open a Cloud Document 318 Save a Document to the Cloud 320 Share a Document from Word 322 Download Apps from the Office Store 324 Using the Word Online App in OneDrive 326 Index 328

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling beginner's guide to Microsoft Word Whether you've used older versions of this popular program or have never processed a single word, this hands-on guide gets you going with the latest version of Microsoft Word. In no time, you'll begin editing, formatting, proofing, and dressing up your Word documents like a pro. In this leading book about the world's number one word processing application, Dan Gookin talks about using Microsoft Word in friendly, easy-to-follow terms. Focusing on the needs of the beginning Word user, it provides everything you need to know about Wordwithout any painful jargon. Covers the new and improved features found in the latest version of WordCreate your own templatesExplains why you can't always trust the spell checkerOffers little-known keyboard shortcuts If you're new to Word and want to spend more time on your actual work rather than figuring out how to make it work for you, this new edition ofWord X For Dummieshas you covered.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 How to Use This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 What’s Not Here 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Your Introduction to Word 5 Chapter 1: Hello, Word! 7 Start Your Word Day 7 Behold the Word Program 9 End Your Word Day 16 Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21 Input Devices Galore 21 Keyboard Do’s and Don’ts 24 Stuff That Happens While You Type 26 Part 2: Your Basic Word 31 Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 33 Document Scrolling 33 Move the Insertion Pointer 36 Return to the Previous Edit 38 Go to Wherever with the Go To Command 39 Chapter 4: Text Editing 41 Remove Text You Don’t Want 41 Split and Join Paragraphs 45 Soft and Hard Returns 46 Undo Mistakes with Undo Haste 47 Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 49 Text Happily Found 49 Replace Found Text 56 Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text 59 Meet Mr. Block 59 Mark a Block of Text 61 Manipulate a Block of Text 65 Chapter 7: Spell It Write 71 Check Your Spelling 71 AutoCorrect in Action 74 Grammar Be Good 77 All-at-Once Document Proofing 78 Document Proofing Settings 80 Chapter 8: Documents New, Saved, and Opened 83 Some Terms to Get Out of the Way 83 Behold! A New Document 84 Save Your Stuff! 85 Open a Document 90 Recover a Draft 94 Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 95 Your Document on Paper 95 Electronically Publishing Your Document 104 Part 3: Fun with Formatting 107 Chapter 10: Character Formatting 109 Text-Formatting Techniques 109 Basic Text Formats 110 Text Transcending Teensy to Titanic 114 More Colorful Text 115 Change Text Case 117 Clear Character Formatting 118 Behold the Font Dialog Box 118 Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 121 Paragraph-Formatting Rules and Regulations 121 Justification and Alignment 124 Make Room Before, After, or Inside Paragraphs 126 Paragraph Indentation Madness 128 Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 133 Once Upon a Tab 133 The Standard Left Tab Stop 138 The Center Tab Stop 141 The Right Tab Stop 142 The Decimal Tab 145 The Bar Tab 146 Fearless Leader Tabs 147 Tab Stop, Be Gone! 148 Chapter 13: Page Formatting 149 Describe That Page 149 Page Numbering 155 New Pages from Nowhere 158 Page Background Froufrou 160 Chapter 14: More Page Formatting 163 Slice Your Document into Sections 163 That First Page 167 Headers and Footers 169 Chapter 15: Style Formatting 177 The Big Style Overview 177 Make Your Own Styles 181 Style Tips and Tricks 187 Chapter 16: Template and Themes Formatting 191 Instant Documents with Templates 191 Templates of Your Own 195 The Theme of Things 197 Chapter 17: Random Drawer Formatting 201 Weird and Fun Text Effects 201 Steal This Format! 203 Automatic Formatting 204 Center a Page, Top to Bottom 208 Part 4: Spruce Up a Dull Document 211 Chapter 18: They’re Called Borders 213 The Basics of Borders 214 The Borders and Shading Dialog Box 216 Stick a thick line between paragraphs 220 Chapter 19: Able Tables 221 Put a Table in Your Document 221 Text in Tables 227 Table Modification 229 Chapter 20: Columns of Text 233 All about Columns 233 Column Termination 237 Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 241 Lists with Bullets and Numbers 241 Document Content Lists 245 Footnotes and Endnotes 248 Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 251 Graphical Goobers in the Text 251 Image Layout 256 Image Editing 258 Image Arrangement 261 Chapter 23: Insert Tab Insanity 265 Characters Foreign and Funky 265 Spice Up a Document with a Text Box 268 Fun with Fields 269 The Date and Time 273 Part 5: The Rest of Word 275 Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 277 Multiple Document Mania 277 Many, Many Document Types 281 Chapter 25: Word for Writers 285 Organize Your Thoughts 285 Large Documents 291 Dan’s Writing Tips 294 Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out 297 Comments on Your Text 297 The Yellow Highlighter 301 Look What They’ve Done to My Text, Ma 302 Collaborate on the Internet 305 Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 307 About Mail Merge 307 The Main Document 310 The Recipient List 313 Fold in the Fields 320 Preview the Merged Documents 320 Mail Merge, Ho! 321 Chapter 28: Labels and Envelopes 325 Labels Everywhere 325 Instant Envelope 329 Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 333 A Better Status Bar 333 The Quick Access Toolbar 335 Customize the Ribbon 338 Part 6: The Part of Tens 339 Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 341 Thou Shalt Remember to Save Thy Work 342 Thou Shalt Not Use Spaces Unnecessarily 342 Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Enter Key 342 Thou Shalt Not Neglect Keyboard Shortcuts 342 Thou Shalt Not Manually Number Thy Pages 343 Thou Shalt Not Force a New Page 343 Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Undo Command 343 Honor Thy Printer 344 Thou Shalt Have Multiple Document Windows Before Thee 344 Neglecteth Not Windows 344 Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 345 Side-to-Side Page Movement 345 Automatic Save with AutoRecover 346 Accelerate the Ribbon 347 Ancient Word Keyboard Shortcuts 348 Build Your Own Fractions 348 Electronic Bookmarks 349 Lock Your Document 350 The Drop Cap 350 Map Your Document 351 Sort Your Text 352 Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 355 Equations 355 Video in Your Document 356 Hidden Text 356 The Developer Tab 357 Hyphenation 357 Document Properties 358 Document Version History 358 Collect-and-Paste 358 Click-and-Type 359 Translations 359 Chapter 33: Ten Automatic Features Worthy of Deactivation 361 Bye-Bye, Start Screen 362 Restore the Traditional Open and Save Dialog Boxes 362 Turn Off the Mini Toolbar 363 Select Text by Letter 363 Disable Click-and-Type 364 Paste Plain Text Only 364 Disable AutoFormat Features (×4) 365 Index 367

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Book SynopsisHighlighting and examining the vital role of nurses in protecting children from maltreatment, this book explores the input of nurses from different disciplines to the work of protecting children and young people. It draws on relevant theoretical, research and policy literature but focuses in particular on the evidence base for the value of their work.While orientated towards UK practice, the book includes some comparative material to add a wider European perspective. The text includes discussion of specialist public health nursing roles such as health visiting and school nursing, as well as the contribution of those who have more general nursing roles but whose work brings them into contact with children, young people and their families.This volume will inform all qualified nurses working in acute care and primary care settings who have contact with children, young people and their families. It will also be of use to those undertaking post-qualifying and post-graduate courses and is particularly relevant for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHNs) many of whom, once qualified, have significant child protection roles in practice.Trade Review‘This book is an interesting addition to the safeguarding literature as it looks specifically at the role of the public health nurse in safeguarding children and preventing abuse. It was developed from a series of papers forming a symposium that was delivered at the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect European regional conference held in 2013. There are a range of expert contributors from the safeguarding and nursing fields. The book provides an overview of safeguarding and child protection, with an outline of current policy and legislation, followed by a series of chapters from a variety of contributing authors considering ideas such as the importance of early detection, international approaches to public health nurses in child protection and the challenges of leading child protection in acute services.The chapter on the health visiting contribution to child protection is particularly useful for all health visitors, but especially those studying health visiting and safeguarding or those leading health visiting or safeguarding services. The chapter gives examples of the contribution of health visiting to safeguarding in all tiers of practice identified in the Health Visitor Implementation Plan. The chapter also discusses recent research and learning from serious case reviews.A clear argument from the book, that is not always highlighted in many texts around safeguarding, is that the health visitor’s role in safeguarding is more than identifying concerns and referring them to appropriate agencies. The authors highlight the vast amount of safeguarding work completed thatis preventive in nature and, as such, is often not seen as being ‘safeguarding’. For example, building early attachments between infants and parents, and increasing an understanding of healthy sexual relationships in young people are both roles of public health nurses that are preventive or an earlyintervention. This highlights the wider and sometimes less tangible public health role in safeguarding; as such, the text is relevant for those involved in the commissioning and design of services, especially during current commissioning changes where the need to articulate the vital role of the health visitor in safeguarding is so important.’ Journal of Health Visiting'An engaging and informative text which would be a valuable purchase for many practitioners, particularly those undertaking specialist community public health nursing courses.' Nursing Children and Young People (Royal College of Nursing)Table of ContentsAcknowledements. The Contributors. Glossary of Abbreviations. Foreword. 1: Child protection, public health and nursing (Appleton & Peckover); 2: Child maltreatment: An issue for public health nursing (Peckover); 3: The unique contribution of British health visiting to child protection practice (Appleton); 4: Looking beyond the UK (Bradbury-Jones, Paavilainen and Taylor); 5: Safeguarding and child protection: The important contribution of the wider nursing and midwifery workforce (Powell); 6: Small signs, big risks: The importance of early detection (Bradbury-Jones and Taylor); 7: Safeguarding services in NHS acute hospitals: The challenge of leadership (Smith); 8: Child protection, public health and nursing: Final thoughts (Appleton & Peckover). References. Index.

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Book SynopsisSince the publication of the third edition in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) has printed two major volumes concerning tumours of the thymus, and the authors of this volume collaborated on these books. In the last 10 years, little progress has been made in the study of tumours of the thymus, although a few new subtypes have been reported.The most significant change was the subtyping by the WHO of tumours of the thymus that do not cause constitutional changes. The present volume has adopted the WHO system of classification. For pathologists who are not as familiar with the WHO system, the authors clearly explain and illustrate both the morphologic and histogenetic classification systems that are its bases. Due to the changes in nomenclature, the chapter on thymic epithelial tumors has been considerably revised, although the main diagnostic terms are presented along with the previous conventional morphologic and histogenetic terms. Newly-recognised tumour entities, new cytologic and genetic findings, and recent references have been added, and the tables have been revised to reflect new data on survival, staging, and classification.This volume will be an authoritative reference on mediastinal tumours for years to come.

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Book SynopsisPengelly's user friendly text will encourage educators in medical science to consider using this material in the complementary medicine/nutraceuticals areas May I congratulate Andrew Pengelly for writing this text as it is going to be very popular with undergraduate students as well as more experienced readers.'D. Green, London Metropolitan University, UKThis unique book explains in simple terms the commonly occurring chemical constituents of medicinal plants. The major classes of plant constituents such as phenols, terpenes and polysaccharides, are described both in terms of their chemical structures and their pharmacological activities. Identifying specific chemical compounds provides insights into traditional and clinical use of these herbs, as well as potential for adverse reactions. Features include: * Over 100 diagrams of chemical structures* References to original research studies and clinical trials * References to plants commonly used throughout Europe, North America and Australasia.Written by an experienced herbal practitioner, The Constituents of Medicinal Plants seriously challenges any suggestion that herbal medicine remains untested and unproven, including as it does hundreds of references to original research studies and trials.Designed as an undergraduate text, the first edition of this book became an essential desktop reference for health practitioners, lecturers, researchers, producers and anyone with an interest in how medicinal herbs work. This edition has been extensively revised to incorporate up-to-date research and additional sections, including an expanded introduction to plant molecular structures, and is destined to become a classic in the literature of herbal medicine.Table of ContentsForewordPreface1. Introduction to Phytochemistry2. Phenols 3. Polyphenols - tannins and flavonoids4. Glycosides5. Terpenes6. Triterpenoids and saponins7. Essential oils and resins8. Fixed oils and alkamides9. Polysaccharides10. AlkaloidsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis accessible primer on health psychology covers the key theories and models of the discipline. Through the use of real-life case studies and examples, it covers a broad range of topics related to the field of health psychology including: health promotion, risky health behaviour and health in healthcare settings. It explains how health psychology serves to not only promote positive health and reduce maladaptive health behaviours, but also support those who are chronically ill.Unlike medicine, health psychology takes a more holistic approach through the interaction of psychological, social and biological factors to improve health. This book outlines the inter-relationship between how we think and feel, our biological systems and the social contexts in which we live. It discusses how belief and attitude can shape behavior, the pivotal role of stress and how we can adjust to chronic illness. Drawing from experience, the authors answer important and common questions like howTable of Contents The development of Health Psychology A bio/psycho/social approach to health and wellbeing Attitudes, beliefs & behaviour: Models of health behaviour Health behaviours of children & adolescence Stress, behaviour & illness Adjusting to chronic health conditions Health psychology in Health care settings Glossary

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Book SynopsisThis book takes the reader through the entire research process: choosing a question, designing a study, collecting the data, using univariate, bivariate and multivariable analysis, and publishing the results. It does so by using plain language rather than complex derivations and mathematical formulae. It focuses on the nuts and bolts of performing research by asking and answering the most basic questions about doing research studies. Making good use of numerous tables, graphs and tips, this book helps to demystify the process. A generous number of up-to-date examples from the clinical literature give an illustrated and practical account of how to use multivariable analysis.Trade Review'This is not a textbook of statistics. Neither is it accurate to say that it is a mere step-by-step 'how-to' guide. Rather it falls comfortably between the two extremes combining intelligent insight and practical know-how illustrated by plenty of 'real' examples taken from fully referenced published studies. … this book is very well laid out in the sense that it helps the reader to find exactly what is needed with ease. Thus, it is very easy to delve into this book and find what is the right test one needs and with the information provided, be confident of how and why that test is appropriate. … One striking feature of this book is how 'un-mathematical' it appears. It is not a book abounding in statistical equations. Instead, where equations are presented they are worded rather than expressed in the standard (and for some off-putting) algebraic form. This and the explanations that ensue, seek to spark the reader's interest rather than encumber him or her with calculations. In these days when statistical software packages tend to obfuscate as readily as the produce output and when a greater appreciation of what statistics is really about is needed, this book is a particularly welcome aid to those who want to understand what they are doing.' Journal of Biosocial ScienceTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Designing a study; 3. Data management; 4. Univariate statistics; 5. Bivariate statistics; 6. Multivariable statistics; 7. Sample size calculation; 8. Diagnostic and prognostic studies; 9. Limitations of statistics; 10. Special topics; 11. Writing up the study for publication; 12. Conclusion; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Medicine surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this 2006 volume traces the chronology of key developments and events, engaging with the issues, discoveries, and controversies that have characterized medical progress.Trade Review"It is a book by historians about the social and scientific history of medicine. It gives special attention to the past 200 years but also surveys primitive medicine, dating to prehistory. The book is both lucid and readable and ought to be of wide interest." New England Journal of Medicine, Robert N. Tyson, M.D., University of Washington"Porter and the other authors of the volume try to present a balanced view of modern medicine, pointing to both its achievements, such as the triumph over contagious diseases, and its problems, such as its overwhelming cost. There is much in this book that is interesting and worth learning about." H-Histsex, Robin Ganev, Department of History, University of ReginaTable of ContentsIntroduction Roy Porter; 1. The history of disease Kenneth F. Kiple; 2. The rise of medicine Vivian Nutton; 3. What is disease? Roy Porter; 4. Primary care Edward Shorter; 5. Medical science Roy Porter; 6. Hospitals and surgery Roy Porter; 7. Drug treatment and the rise in pharmacology Miles Weatherall; 8. Mental illness Roy Porter; 9. Medicine, society, and the state John Pickston; 10. Looking to the future (1995) Geoff Watts; Addendum: looking to the future revisited Geoff Watts.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Medicine surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this 2006 volume traces the chronology of key developments and events, engaging with the issues, discoveries, and controversies that have characterized medical progress.Trade Review"It is a book by historians about the social and scientific history of medicine. It gives special attention to the past 200 years but also surveys primitive medicine, dating to prehistory. The book is both lucid and readable and ought to be of wide interest." New England Journal of Medicine, Robert N. Tyson, M.D., University of Washington"Porter and the other authors of the volume try to present a balanced view of modern medicine, pointing to both its achievements, such as the triumph over contagious diseases, and its problems, such as its overwhelming cost. There is much in this book that is interesting and worth learning about." H-Histsex, Robin Ganev, Department of History, University of ReginaTable of ContentsIntroduction Roy Porter; 1. The history of disease Kenneth F. Kiple; 2. The rise of medicine Vivian Nutton; 3. What is disease? Roy Porter; 4. Primary care Edward Shorter; 5. Medical science Roy Porter; 6. Hospitals and surgery Roy Porter; 7. Drug treatment and the rise in pharmacology Miles Weatherall; 8. Mental illness Roy Porter; 9. Medicine, society, and the state John Pickston; 10. Looking to the future (1995) Geoff Watts; Addendum: looking to the future revisited Geoff Watts.

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Book SynopsisThe book covers over 40 different clinical scenarios most frequently encountered in the Anesthesia Oral Board exam. Answers to the questions are carefully structured to not only help the reader understand the medicine of anesthesia but also to provide the correct terminology needed for the exam.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. General: 1. Obesity/difficult airway Ruchir Gupta; 2. Myasthenia gravis/Eaton–Lambert syndrome Shimon Frankel; 3. Laryngeal papillomatosis Aimee Gretchen Kakascik; 4. Sickle cell disease Ruchir Gupta; 5. Liver transplant Federico Osorio; 6. Renal transplant/diabetes Ruchir Gupta, Anita Gupta and Sheryl Glassman; Part II. Endocrine: 7. Thyroidectomy Ruchir Gupta; 8. Carcinoid tumor Xiaodong Bao; 9. Pheochromocytoma Stanley Yuan and John Cooley; Part III. Orthopedics: 10. Shoulder surgery Sarah J. Madison; 11. Hip replacement in aortic stenosis Ruchir Gupta; Part IV. Trauma: 12. The burn patient Ruchir Gupta; 13. Multisystem injury Raymond Pesso; 14. Traumatic brain injury Ruchir Gupta; Part V. Urology: 15. TURP syndrome Mark Slomovits; Part VI. Pediatrics: 16. Foreign body aspiration Aimee Gretchen Kakascik; 17. Tracheoesophageal fistula repair Peggy Wingard; 18. Pyloric stenosis Julio R. Olaya; 19. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia Peggy Wingard; 20. Epiglottitis Julio R. Olaya; 21. Patent ductus arteriosis Peggy Wingard; 22. Tetralogy of fallout Ruchir Gupta; Part VII. Neuro: 23. Intracranial mass Sergey V. Pisklakov; 24. Cerebral aneurysm Sergey V. Pisklakov; Part VIII. Thoracic: 25. VATS (one-lung ventilation) Ruchir Gupta; 26. Mediastinal mass Stanley Yuan and Joseph Marino; Part IX. Cardiovascular: 27. Aortic dissection Ruchir Gupta; 28. Carotid endarterectomy Ruchir Gupta; 29. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) Ruchir Gupta; 30. Abdominal aortic aneurysm Ruchir Gupta; Part X. Obstetric: 31. Hemorrhage Edouard Belotte; 32. Preeclampsia Xiaodong Bao; Part XI. Additional Topics: 33. Cardiac Ruchir Gupta; 34. Obstetrics Anita Gupta and Nicholas Weber; 35. Pediatrics Ruchir Gupta, Monique Cadogan and Barbara Vickers; 36. Neuro Ruchir Gupta; 37. Pain management Ruchir Gupta; 38. Neuraxial anesthesia/anticoagulation Ruchir Gupta; 39. Critical care Ruchir Gupta; Algorithm appendix; Index.

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