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Johns Hopkins University Press Depression and Anxiety in Later Life
Book SynopsisDepression and Anxiety in Later Life will help older people, their family members, and caregivers make positive changes to take control of their own individual situations.Trade ReviewA top recommendation for any collection strong in later-life issues. Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceI. Understanding Mood Disorders: Knowledge Is Power1. What You Need to Know about Depression2. What You Need to Know about AnxietyII. Handling Challenges over the Next Thirty Years3. Coping with Memory Loss4. Living with Illness and Disability5. Getting Relief from Physical Pain6. Understanding Sleep and Fatigue7. Coping with the Loss of a Loved One8. Stopping Overuse of Alcohol or Prescription Drugs9. Maintaining Healthy Body Weight and Nutrition10. Preserving (or Renewing) Sexual Pleasure11. Planning for Life's Final Phase12. Finding Meaning and Fulfillment—and FunAcknowledgmentsResourcesSelected ReferencesIndex
£19.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Mental Health Issues and the University Student
Book SynopsisAn essential component of the volume is a guide to making emergency assessments, from risk classification and hospitalization to public safety and communication within and outside the campus community.Trade ReviewIarovici navigates a passage between the science of diagnosis and the art of treatment. In doing so, she demonstrates an appreciation for the subtle nuances that affect the treatment of individuals poised on the cusp of adulthood. -- Joseph J. Guido PsycCRITIQUES I embarked on the reading of this book with great interest and was rewarded by the author's thoughtful analysis... a terrific texbook for psychiatric residents... very informative for university administrators in charge of program planning. -- Brunhild Kring American Journal of Psychiatry The particular strength of this book is the careful description of how these issues and problems manifest themselves in a higher education setting and the opportunities and challenges of addressing them in this setting. Choice I can picture myself in the middle of a complicated case reaching for this guide -- Suzanne Sorrentino, LCSW Journal of College Student PsychotherapyTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPart I. The Student in Context: The Interdependent CampusChapter 1. Crisis on the College Campus?Chapter 2. The Changing Face of the American University StudentChapter 3. Generational Issues on CampusChapter 4. The Psychiatrist's Role in College Mental HealthPart II. Clinical ChallengesChapter 5. Sleep Problems on CampusChapter 6. Alcohol on CampusChapter 7. Non-alcohol Substance Abuse on CampusChapter 8. Loneliness and Relationships on CampusChapter 9. PerfectionismChapter 10. Clash of Cultures: International StudentsChapter 11. Clash of Cultures: LGBT StudentsChapter 12. Disordered EatingChapter 13. Difficulty ConcentratingChapter 14. AnxietyChapter 15. Depression and Other Mood ProblemsChapter 16. Psychotic SymptomsChapter 17. Emergency Situations on CampusChapter 18. Impulse Control Problems, Behavioral Addictions, and Other Problematic BehaviorsChapter 19. The Nontraditional StudentChapter 20. Models of TreatmentChapter 21. Treatment Challenges in the University PopulationEpilogue. Student Emotional Well-Being: Looking toward the FutureNotesIndex
£29.25
Johns Hopkins University Press Seductive Delusions
Book SynopsisMaking emotionally and physically safe decisions about sex is easier when you know how STIs are spread, how to avoid getting one, what their symptoms are, and how they are diagnosed and treated.Trade ReviewEminently readable – applicable to and appropriate for all ages - this text anticipates and answers questions regarding the length and breadth of our current contemporary Sexually Transmitted Infections. When initially published in 2008 this outstanding text was vital, valuable and much needed; then, when published as a Second Edition in 2016 this text is even more vital, valuable and even more needed.—Sexually Transmitted DiseaseTable of ContentsPrefaceHerpes Simplex Virus1. Grace2. JustinHerpes Simplex Virus (HSV) FactsHuman Papilloma Virus3. Chase4. ChloeHuman Papilloma Virus (HPV) FactsCervical Cancer5. RachelCervical Cancer FactsChlamydia6. Tyler7. SofiaChlamydia FactsGonorrhea8. Kiara9. LoganGonorrhea FactsDate Rape10. AshleyDate Rape FactsTrichomoniasis11. Alyssa12. SeanTrichomoniasis FactsPubic Lice13. Zoe14. RyanPubic Lice FactsHIV15. Evan16. TanyaHIV FactsHepatitis C17. Shannon18. LukeHepatitis C (HCV) FactsSyphilis19. Gavin20. LizSyphilis Facts21. Grace's EpilogueBibliographySymptoms Index
£14.72
Johns Hopkins University Press Diabetes Head to Toe
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to understanding and managing your diabetes. Silver Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Awards (Health & Fitness) by the Independent Book Publishers Association; Winner of the Best Book Award (Health: Medical Reference) by the American Book Fest; Silver Winner of Book Award (Education) by the National Health Information AwardsDiabetes Head to Toe is an invaluable resource for anyone living with diabetes. It includes everything you should know about the diseasestraight from the experts. The authors, all doctors who specialize in diabetes care, offer simple explanations and essential advice on all things diabetes. Accessible and concise, Diabetes Head to Toe presents information at a glance, with conversational prose and easy-to-digest bullet points. Each chapter begins with a short introduction and includes helpful sections on What You Need to Know and What Does It All Mean? Other notable features include Tips, Myths and Facts, and frequently asked quTrade ReviewThe book explores everything; diagnosis, dietary and exercise advice, landmark studies, and even the technology used in insulin pumps and glucose meters . . . Any medical language is clearly explained making it easy to think about how this information can be conveyed and best understood in clinical practice . . . Given that no two diabetic patients are the same, something the book consistently points out, this would be particularly valuable for the ward-based bedside nurse at the forefront of patient care looking to comprehend this variety as quickly and easily as possible and incorporate it into their practice.—Nursing TimesDiabetes Head to Toe is a comprehensive guide to understanding and living with an epidemic, chronic disease.—Harvard MagazineDo you need a comprehensive reference book about all things diabetes? Pick up a copy of Diabetes Head to Toe . . . Dr. Kalyani is at the forefront of the movement to educate health care professionals about diabetes language and stigma and her book reflects that. You won't find any judgments, just a lot of practical information about overcoming denial, educating yourself, and making appropriate lifestyle changes . . . Everyone's diabetes is different and this book perfectly addresses that fact.—Shelby Kinnaird, Diabetic FoodieTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. A Quick Overview of Diabetes Introduction to Diabetes The Global Burden of DiabetesLandmark Studies in Diabetes CareChapter 2. Diagnosis, Screening, and Types of DiabetesDiagnosing DiabetesRisk Factors for Type 1 DiabetesRisk Factors for Type 2 DiabetesDifferences between Type 1 and Type 2 DiabetesTesting for PrediabetesLatent Autoimmune Diabetes in AdultsMaturity-Onset Diabetes of the YoungCystic Fibrosis–Related DiabetesDiabetes after Pancreatic SurgerySteroid-Induced DiabetesChapter 3. General Aspects of DiabetesMonitoring Blood Glucose LevelsHyperglycemic (High Blood Glucose) EmergenciesHypoglycemia (Low Blood Glucose)Routine Care and VaccinationsSocial and Legal IssuesChapter 4. Diabetes in Special PopulationsChildren and Type 2 DiabetesOlder Adults and DiabetesDiabetes among People Living with HIVRace and Ethnic Disparities in DiabetesDiabetes in American IndiansDiabetes Care during Times of Religious FastingDiabetes Care during a Hospital StayChapter 5. Lifestyle and Behavioral Changes in DiabetesDiabetes EducationDietary TherapyExerciseChapter 6. Obesity and DiabetesManaging ObesityBariatric SurgeryChapter 7. Diabetes Complications and Other Conditions Common in DiabetesThe BrainThe EyesThe EarsThe MouthThe ThyroidThe Heart and Related Conditions (Hypertension and Dyslipidemia)The CirculationThe Lungs and BreathingThe Stomach, Gut, Liver, and PancreasThe KidneysThe BladderThe NervesThe FeetThe Muscle, Skin, and BoneCancer and DiabetesAnemia, Infections, and the Immune SystemMen’s HealthWomen’s HealthChapter 8. An Overview of Treatments for Type 1 and Type 2 DiabetesType 1 Diabetes: Insulin TreatmentType 2 Diabetes: Non-insulin TreatmentType 2 Diabetes: Insulin TreatmentChapter 9. Medications Commonly Used to Treat DiabetesPills and Non-insulin Injectable MedicationsTypes of InsulinComplementary and Alternative Treatments for DiabetesChapter 10. Medications for Conditions Related to Cardiovascular DiseaseMedications for High Blood PressureMedications for Cholesterol AbnormalitiesMedications to Prevent Cardiovascular DiseaseChapter 11. Diabetes Technology and EquipmentGlucose MetersContinuous Glucose MonitorsUsing an Insulin Pump to Manage DiabetesTypes of Insulin Pump DevicesChapter 12. Cutting-Edge and Future Treatments for DiabetesPancreatic and Islet TransplantationThe Artificial PancreasAppendix: Diabetes Medications Currently Available in the United States (2018)Index
£46.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Diabetes Head to Toe
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to understanding and managing your diabetes. Silver Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Awards (Health & Fitness) by the Independent Book Publishers Association; Winner of the Best Book Award (Health: Medical Reference) by the American Book Fest; Silver Winner of Book Award (Education) by the National Health Information AwardsDiabetes Head to Toe is an invaluable resource for anyone living with diabetes. It includes everything you should know about the diseasestraight from the experts. The authors, all doctors who specialize in diabetes care, offer simple explanations and essential advice on all things diabetes. Accessible and concise, Diabetes Head to Toe presents information at a glance, with conversational prose and easy-to-digest bullet points. Each chapter begins with a short introduction and includes helpful sections on What You Need to Know and What Does It All Mean? Other notable features include Tips, Myths and Facts, and frequently asked quTrade ReviewThe book explores everything; diagnosis, dietary and exercise advice, landmark studies, and even the technology used in insulin pumps and glucose meters . . . Any medical language is clearly explained making it easy to think about how this information can be conveyed and best understood in clinical practice . . . Given that no two diabetic patients are the same, something the book consistently points out, this would be particularly valuable for the ward-based bedside nurse at the forefront of patient care looking to comprehend this variety as quickly and easily as possible and incorporate it into their practice.—Nursing TimesDiabetes Head to Toe is a comprehensive guide to understanding and living with an epidemic, chronic disease.—Harvard MagazineDo you need a comprehensive reference book about all things diabetes? Pick up a copy of Diabetes Head to Toe . . . Dr. Kalyani is at the forefront of the movement to educate health care professionals about diabetes language and stigma and her book reflects that. You won't find any judgments, just a lot of practical information about overcoming denial, educating yourself, and making appropriate lifestyle changes . . . Everyone's diabetes is different and this book perfectly addresses that fact.—Shelby Kinnaird, Diabetic FoodieTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. A Quick Overview of Diabetes Introduction to Diabetes The Global Burden of DiabetesLandmark Studies in Diabetes CareChapter 2. Diagnosis, Screening, and Types of DiabetesDiagnosing DiabetesRisk Factors for Type 1 DiabetesRisk Factors for Type 2 DiabetesDifferences between Type 1 and Type 2 DiabetesTesting for PrediabetesLatent Autoimmune Diabetes in AdultsMaturity-Onset Diabetes of the YoungCystic Fibrosis–Related DiabetesDiabetes after Pancreatic SurgerySteroid-Induced DiabetesChapter 3. General Aspects of DiabetesMonitoring Blood Glucose LevelsHyperglycemic (High Blood Glucose) EmergenciesHypoglycemia (Low Blood Glucose)Routine Care and VaccinationsSocial and Legal IssuesChapter 4. Diabetes in Special PopulationsChildren and Type 2 DiabetesOlder Adults and DiabetesDiabetes among People Living with HIVRace and Ethnic Disparities in DiabetesDiabetes in American IndiansDiabetes Care during Times of Religious FastingDiabetes Care during a Hospital StayChapter 5. Lifestyle and Behavioral Changes in DiabetesDiabetes EducationDietary TherapyExerciseChapter 6. Obesity and DiabetesManaging ObesityBariatric SurgeryChapter 7. Diabetes Complications and Other Conditions Common in DiabetesThe BrainThe EyesThe EarsThe MouthThe ThyroidThe Heart and Related Conditions (Hypertension and Dyslipidemia)The CirculationThe Lungs and BreathingThe Stomach, Gut, Liver, and PancreasThe KidneysThe BladderThe NervesThe FeetThe Muscle, Skin, and BoneCancer and DiabetesAnemia, Infections, and the Immune SystemMen’s HealthWomen’s HealthChapter 8. An Overview of Treatments for Type 1 and Type 2 DiabetesType 1 Diabetes: Insulin TreatmentType 2 Diabetes: Non-insulin TreatmentType 2 Diabetes: Insulin TreatmentChapter 9. Medications Commonly Used to Treat DiabetesPills and Non-insulin Injectable MedicationsTypes of InsulinComplementary and Alternative Treatments for DiabetesChapter 10. Medications for Conditions Related to Cardiovascular DiseaseMedications for High Blood PressureMedications for Cholesterol AbnormalitiesMedications to Prevent Cardiovascular DiseaseChapter 11. Diabetes Technology and EquipmentGlucose MetersContinuous Glucose MonitorsUsing an Insulin Pump to Manage DiabetesTypes of Insulin Pump DevicesChapter 12. Cutting-Edge and Future Treatments for DiabetesPancreatic and Islet TransplantationThe Artificial PancreasAppendix: Diabetes Medications Currently Available in the United States (2018)Index
£17.10
Johns Hopkins University Press The Caregivers Encyclopedia
Book SynopsisAn indispensable, comprehensive reference for family caregivers. Caregivers hold the key to the health, well-being, and happiness of their aging relatives, partners, or friends. The Caregiver's Encyclopedia provides you with all of the information you need to take the best care of your loved onefrom making major medical decisions to making sure you don't burn out. Written by Muriel R. Gillick, MD, a geriatrician with more than 30 years' experience caring for older people, this book highlights the importance of understanding your friend's or family member's overall health. With compassion and expertise, this book will help you think like a doctor. The content helps you navigate the health-care system shares important information about treating basic geriatric syndromes, including delirium, dementia, and falls teaches you about preventive care options enables you to manage medical decisions related to both acute and chronic conditions discusses what Medicare coversand what it doesn'tTrade ReviewAn invaluable resource . . . Gillick knows the system inside and out and is brilliant at making complex systems easy to understand. If you've read her other books (which I recommend you do) you'll recognize her narrative style, which reads like advice from a caring and well-informed friend.—The Caregiver SpaceTable of ContentsIntroduction. What This Book Is (and What It Is Not) Part I. Underlying Health StateChapter 1. Why Health State Matters Chapter 2. Ingredients of the Underlying Health State Chapter 3. Thinking like a Geriatrician: Geriatric Syndromes Chapter 4. Determining Your Family Member's Health State Part II. Going to the Doctor Chapter 5. The Role of the Primary Care Physician Chapter 6. What to Expect from Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Chapter 7. What to Expect from Nurses, Social Workers, and Therapists Chapter 8. What to Expect from Medical Specialists Chapter 9. What a Geriatric Assessment Is and When to Ask for One Part III. Going to the Hospital Chapter 10. The Perils of Hospitalization Chapter 11. Choosing a Hospital Chapter 12. Working with a Hospitalist Chapter 13. The Technological Imperative Chapter 14. Acute Care for the Elderly Units Chapter 15. Hospital-Based Palliative Care Part IV. Going to the Rehabilitation Facility Chapter 16. Choosing a Rehab Facility Chapter 17. How Rehab Runs Chapter 18. Your Role in the Rehab Chapter 19. Hospital-Lite—Another Role for Rehab Chapter 20. Discharge Home Part V. Chronic Care at Home Chapter 21. Your Medical Bag Chapter 22. High Blood Pressure Chapter 23. High Cholesterol Chapter 24. Arthritis Chapter 25. Coronary Heart Disease Chapter 26. Diabetes Chapter 27. Chronic Kidney Disease Chapter 28. Heart Failure Chapter 29. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias Chapter 30. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Chapter 31. Depression Chapter 32. Prevention Part VI. Acute Care at Home Chapter 33. Chest Pain Chapter 34. Shortness of Breath Chapter 35. Cough Chapter 36. Nausea and Vomiting Chapter 37. Constipation Chapter 38. Confusion Chapter 39. Dizziness Chapter 40. Bleeding Chapter 41. Abdominal Pain Chapter 42. FeverPart VII. Care in the Nursing Home Chapter 43. Choosing a Nursing Home Chapter 44. Why You Will Still Be a Caregiver Chapter 45. Medical Care in the Nursing Home Chapter 46. Team Meetings in the Nursing Home Part VIII. Getting Additional Help Chapter 47. Choosing a Health Plan Chapter 48. Paying for Health Care Chapter 49. Planning for Future Medical Care Chapter 50. Community Resources Chapter 51. Home Hospice Chapter 52. Involving the Rest of the Family Chapter 53. Caregiver Support Epilogue. Rest in Peace Acknowledgments Index
£18.05
Johns Hopkins University Press The Busy Caregivers Guide to Advanced Alzheimer
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. What is Alzheimer Disease?2. What is the Dementia Connection Model?3. Using the Dementia Connection Model4. Communication Challenges5. Eating, Feeding, and Nutrition Challenges6. Sleeping Challenges7. Toileting Challenges8. Bathing Challenges9. Pain and Pain Management10. Depression, Hallucinations, and Delusions11. Repetitive Behavior, Rummaging, and Collecting12. Fight or Flight: Sundowning, Aggression, and Wandering13. Intentional Care14. Promoting Brain HealthReferencesIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press The Busy Caregivers Guide to Advanced Alzheimer
Book SynopsisThe only guide to caring for those with advanced Alzheimer disease. Winner of the IPPY Book Award Health/Medicine/Nutrition by the Independent PublisherCaring for someone living with advanced Alzheimer disease is a challenge. It can make you feel like you're on a hamster wheelrunning in circles, trying the same things over and over with no effect on your loved one. You may also find it difficult to connect with your loved one and to understand what those living with Alzheimer disease are going through. In The Busy Caregiver's Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease, Dr. Jennifer Stelter, a psychologist working in memory care, shares a new model designed to help caregivers understand, cope with, and handle some of the most challenging behaviors associated with the disease while encouraging and reinforcing independence and quality of life for their loved ones. Her Dementia Connection Model, which is based on current scientific research, will aid you in forging a positive bond with your lovTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. What is Alzheimer Disease?2. What is the Dementia Connection Model?3. Using the Dementia Connection Model4. Communication Challenges5. Eating, Feeding, and Nutrition Challenges6. Sleeping Challenges7. Toileting Challenges8. Bathing Challenges9. Pain and Pain Management10. Depression, Hallucinations, and Delusions11. Repetitive Behavior, Rummaging, and Collecting12. Fight or Flight: Sundowning, Aggression, and Wandering13. Intentional Care14. Promoting Brain HealthReferencesIndex
£15.68
Johns Hopkins University Press Weight Loss for Life
Book SynopsisThis is not a fad diet book. This is the most comprehensive, scientifically based program to lose weight and keep it off, with practical details about diet and nutrition, movement and motivation, medications, supplements, surgery, and more. In Weight Loss for Life, two experts from the Johns Hopkins Healthful Eating, Activity & Weight Program provide you with all of the information you need on your weight loss journey. They bring together leading experts in behavioral health, nutrition, exercise, and nursing to help you develop a plan that works best for youand that's not focused on just restricting calories or certain foods. Anyone struggling with unwanted weight gain or obesity will find this program to be helpful, compassionate, and clear. A central feature of the program is a Personal Plan of Action to help you set up reachable goals, plan your meals, and make time for movement. All the recommendations are customizable based on your personal health and needs. You'll enjoy the intTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsThe Johns Hopkins Healthful Eating, Activity & Weight ProgramChapter 1. We're Glad You're HereChapter 2. Getting ReadyChapter 3. Beginning Your Self-AssessmentChapter 4. Unlocking the Eight Keys to Your SuccessChapter 5. Strategic Stress ManagementChapter 6. Designing Your Dietary PlanChapter 7. Food Shopping, Meal Planning, and Monitoring PrinciplesChapter 8. Designing Your Daily Movement and Weekly Exercise PlanChapter 9. Keeping It OffChapter 10: Medical Solutions: Beyond Mindset and Behavior ChangeResourcesPersonal Plan of Action TemplateFood and Activity LogMovement and Activity AssessmentThe Energy Balance Equation AssessmentSMART FrameworkWeight Loss JournalReferencesIndex
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Thriving with Kidney Disease
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword, by Ronald D. Perrone, MDPrefaceChapter 1. Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease Chapter 2. What Kidneys DoChapter 3. Why Kidneys FailChapter 4. Diagnosing and Managing Chronic Kidney DiseaseChapter 5. Preventing, Postponing, and Treating Chronic Kidney DiseaseChapter 6. DialysisChapter 7. TransplantationChapter 8. Future Treatment OptionsEpilogueAppendixResourcesEducational ResourcesNutritionTransplant Donor WebsitesFinancial AidSmartphone Apps for Chronic Kidney DiseaseGlossaryReferencesAbout the AuthorIndex
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak
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£29.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Sleep
Book SynopsisA short but engaging analysis of why we sleep and how to improve our sleep hygiene. In Sleep, psychologist Christine Parsons lays out the benefits of sleeping for our bodies, minds, and societies. The negative effects of chronic sleep deprivation include correlations with Alzheimer's disease, relationship problems, and car crashes. To combat sleep deprivation, Parsons studies the effects of melatonin and caffeine and the importance of light and the circadian rhythm on the quality of our sleep. She provides helpful tricks, training, and therapy to overcome the most common obstacles to better sleep hygiene. Exploring different sleep styles and choices, Parsons assesses which ones work and which ones don'thelping lead us to a better night's rest. In Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on key concepts. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting Table of ContentsIn Search of the Sweet SpotSleep Styles and ChoicesObstacles Old and NewTricks, Training, and Therapy
£8.93
Johns Hopkins University Press The Expert Guide to Fertility
Book SynopsisThe essential guide to understanding fertility and improving your pregnancy chances. The journey to fertility can be daunting and filled with obstacles. In The Expert Guide to Fertility, OB-GYNs Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA, and Aarti Kumar, MD, offer the information you need in your journey to achieve pregnancy. They provide an overview of the human reproductive system, describe issues that may impede conception or cause infertility, and explain various medical, surgical, and lifestyle interventions shown to improve one's chances of becoming pregnant. Sanfilippo and Kumar offer important information on: A broad variety of assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization Diagnostic tests and what to expect throughout your fertility journey Fertility-preserving options for people diagnosed with cancer and people with recurrent miscarriages, polycystic ovaries, a low egg supply, or endometriosis Fertility options for LGBTQ+ readers, single parents, and military perTrade ReviewI recommend this book to patients and their families. The content is evidence-based and includes up-to-date diagnostic and treatment modalities.—Melanie Ochalski, MD, Shady Grove FertilityTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Christie's Story: A Personal Infertility ExperienceChapter 2. Enhancing Your Chances: Optimizing Natural FertilityChapter 3. Against All Odds: Female InfertilityChapter 4. We're Part of It, Too: Male InfertilityChapter 5. The Embryo Just Won't Stick: Reproductive ImmunologyChapter 6. Not Tonight, Wait till Ovulation: Sexual DysfunctionChapter 7. No Periods for Me: AmenorrheaChapter 8. I Just Can't Stop Bleeding: Abnormal Vaginal BleedingChapter 9. Painful Periods, Nobody's Listening: EndometriosisChapter 10. I Have Acne, I'm Hairy, and I Just Can't Get Pregnant: Polycystic OvariesChapter 11. No Room for the Fetus: Uterine FibroidsChapter 12. Too Little, Too Early: MiscarriagesChapter 13. Wrong Place, Painful Conception: Ectopic PregnancyChapter 14. Help Is Here: Assisted Reproductive TechnologyChapter 15. Keep My Eggs Ripe: Social Egg FreezingChapter 16. Cancer Can't Stop Me: Fertility PreservationChapter 17. Building a Nontraditional Family: Nonbinary FertilityChapter 18. Building a Family while Serving the Nation: Military Fertility ServicesChapter 19. Help Me Preserve My Sanity: Managing StressChapter 20. How to Pay for It All: Financing the Infertility JourneyChapter 21. The Nontraditional Conception: Donor Insemination, Adopting Embryos, and BeyondChapter 22. The End Is in Sight: You're Pregnant—What's Next?Final WordsAcknowledgmentsResourcesIndex
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press The Expert Guide to Fertility
Book SynopsisThe essential guide to understanding fertility and improving your pregnancy chances. The journey to fertility can be daunting and filled with obstacles. In The Expert Guide to Fertility, OB-GYNs Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA, and Aarti Kumar, MD, offer the information you need in your journey to achieve pregnancy. They provide an overview of the human reproductive system, describe issues that may impede conception or cause infertility, and explain various medical, surgical, and lifestyle interventions shown to improve one's chances of becoming pregnant. Sanfilippo and Kumar offer important information on: A broad variety of assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization Diagnostic tests and what to expect throughout your fertility journey Fertility-preserving options for people diagnosed with cancer and people with recurrent miscarriages, polycystic ovaries, a low egg supply, or endometriosis Fertility options for LGBTQ+ readers, single parents, and military perTrade ReviewI recommend this book to patients and their families. The content is evidence-based and includes up-to-date diagnostic and treatment modalities.—Melanie Ochalski, MD, Shady Grove FertilityTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Christie's Story: A Personal Infertility ExperienceChapter 2. Enhancing Your Chances: Optimizing Natural FertilityChapter 3. Against All Odds: Female InfertilityChapter 4. We're Part of It, Too: Male InfertilityChapter 5. The Embryo Just Won't Stick: Reproductive ImmunologyChapter 6. Not Tonight, Wait till Ovulation: Sexual DysfunctionChapter 7. No Periods for Me: AmenorrheaChapter 8. I Just Can't Stop Bleeding: Abnormal Vaginal BleedingChapter 9. Painful Periods, Nobody's Listening: EndometriosisChapter 10. I Have Acne, I'm Hairy, and I Just Can't Get Pregnant: Polycystic OvariesChapter 11. No Room for the Fetus: Uterine FibroidsChapter 12. Too Little, Too Early: MiscarriagesChapter 13. Wrong Place, Painful Conception: Ectopic PregnancyChapter 14. Help Is Here: Assisted Reproductive TechnologyChapter 15. Keep My Eggs Ripe: Social Egg FreezingChapter 16. Cancer Can't Stop Me: Fertility PreservationChapter 17. Building a Nontraditional Family: Nonbinary FertilityChapter 18. Building a Family while Serving the Nation: Military Fertility ServicesChapter 19. Help Me Preserve My Sanity: Managing StressChapter 20. How to Pay for It All: Financing the Infertility JourneyChapter 21. The Nontraditional Conception: Donor Insemination, Adopting Embryos, and BeyondChapter 22. The End Is in Sight: You're Pregnant—What's Next?Final WordsAcknowledgmentsResourcesIndex
£18.00
Duke University Press All about Your Eyes Second Edition revised and
Book SynopsisA concise, easy-to-understand reference book, the revised and updated second edition of the bestselling All about Your Eyes tells you what you need to know to care for your eyes, various eye diseases and treatments, and what to expect from your eye doctor.Trade Review"An essential, reasonably priced resource for junior-high, high school, and public libraries, nursing homes, and hospital reference shelves." -- Mary Ellen Snodgrass * Booklist *Table of ContentsIllustrations xiii Foreword xiv Introduction 1 1. Anatomy of the Eye and How It Works 3 2. Preventive Eye Care 15 3. Why Do I Need Glasses? 20 4. Options for Correcting Vision 28 5. Eyelids and Eyelashes 36 6. Conjunctiva and Sclera 53 7. The Cornea 60 8. Lens and Cataract 74 9 Age-Related Macular Degeneration 83 10. Diabetic Retinopathy 87 11. Other Conditions of the Retina and Choroid 89 12. Infection and Inflammation of the Eye 126 13. Tumors of the Eye and Orbit 131 14. The Optic Nerve 139 15. The Eye Muscles 154 16. The Orbit 159 17. Eye Injury 163 18. Systemic Diseases the Affect Vision and the Eye 176 19. Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery 197 20. Living with Visual Impairment 201 21. What Tests May the Doctor Order? 210 Appendix: How to Put in Eye Drops 17 Glossary 219 Contributors 229 Index 233
£76.50
Duke University Press All about Your Eyes Second Edition revised and
Book SynopsisA concise, easy-to-understand reference book, the revised and updated second edition of the bestselling All about Your Eyes tells you what you need to know to care for your eyes, various eye diseases and treatments, and what to expect from your eye doctor.Trade Review"An essential, reasonably priced resource for junior-high, high school, and public libraries, nursing homes, and hospital reference shelves." -- Mary Ellen Snodgrass * Booklist *Table of ContentsIllustrations xiii Foreword xiv Introduction 1 1. Anatomy of the Eye and How It Works 3 2. Preventive Eye Care 15 3. Why Do I Need Glasses? 20 4. Options for Correcting Vision 28 5. Eyelids and Eyelashes 36 6. Conjunctiva and Sclera 53 7. The Cornea 60 8. Lens and Cataract 74 9 Age-Related Macular Degeneration 83 10. Diabetic Retinopathy 87 11. Other Conditions of the Retina and Choroid 89 12. Infection and Inflammation of the Eye 126 13. Tumors of the Eye and Orbit 131 14. The Optic Nerve 139 15. The Eye Muscles 154 16. The Orbit 159 17. Eye Injury 163 18. Systemic Diseases the Affect Vision and the Eye 176 19. Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery 197 20. Living with Visual Impairment 201 21. What Tests May the Doctor Order? 210 Appendix: How to Put in Eye Drops 17 Glossary 219 Contributors 229 Index 233
£18.89
New York University Press Health Care in Crisis
Book SynopsisAn inside look into how hospitals, nurses, and patients are faring under the Affordable Care Act More and more not-for-profit hospitals are becoming financially unstable and being acquired by large hospital systems. The effects range from not having necessary life-saving equipment to losing the most experienced nurses to better jobs at other hospitals. In Health Care in Crisis, Theresa Morris takes an in-depth look at how this unintended consequence of the Affordable Care Act plays out in a non-profit hospital's obstetrical ward. Based on ethnographic observations of and in-depth interviews with obstetrical nurses and hospital administrators at a community, not-for-profit hospital in New England, Health Care in Crisis examines how nurses' care of patients changed over the three-year period in which the Affordable Care Act was implemented, state Medicaid funds to hospitals were slashed, and hospitals were being acquired by a for-profit hospital system. Morris explains how the tumultuousTrade Review"Morris's detailed focus on hardworking individuals at one hospital shows in microcosm the difficult strains that plague our health care system writ large; as such, this book stands as a cautionary tale." * Choice *"Theresa Morris embeds herself with one hospital's nurses to witness firsthand how financial pressures on the institution impact patients at a particularly vulnerable moment in their lives: when they are giving birth. The news isn't good. Nurses are key here, and policy is driving them away from giving good patient care, in the delivery room and beyond. Healthcare in Crisis is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how our health system is failing patients, especially women and babies. Too often nurses have been left out of the conversation. Morris puts them in the center." -- Jennifer Block, Author of Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care"Theresa Morris's Health Care in Crisis offers an engaging treatment of organizational change. Using a community hospital as her focus, and the Affordable Care Act as the catalyst, she examines the ways in which institutional responses affect the nurse-patient relationship. Studying a maternity unit, and paying particular attention to care delivery, the author demonstrates that the ways in which health care systems are financed really matters." -- Beth Mintz, Author of Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom"In this compelling in-depth ethnography, Morris captures what its like to work as a labor and delivery nurse at a public community hospital in uncertain times. The administrators, reeling from the effects of some penalizing policies of the Affordable Care Act, seek a corporate buyer to relieve the hospitals economic distress. Morris illustrates how interlocking changes in finances and policies result in overworked nurses and negatively impact the care of women and babies. Healthcare in Crisis clearly documents the need for a single-payer system that values patient-centered medical service providers." -- Wendy Simonds, Author of Hospital Land USA: Sociological Adventures in Medicalization"Theresa Morris offers a careful analysis of how the intimate interaction between nurse and patient is embedded in the social dynamics of the workplace, in the occasionally tense relations of authority between professions, in the hospital’s budgetary constraints, and in the uncertainties of federal and state healthcare policy in the last decade. Morris’ thoroughly detailed and highly readable ethnography provides a vivid account of how these forces shape nurses’ work lives, with broad political and economic turmoil percolating down to the front lines of patient care." * Social Forces *"Health Care in Crisis offers a significant contribution to the sociology of public policy, medicine and health, organizations, and workplaces. It also represents a compelling investigation of uncertainty and unintended consequences. Highly readable and engaging, the book is well suited for adoption in undergraduate and graduate courses on medical sociology, work, social problems, and qualitative methods." * American Journal of Sociology *
£23.74
University of Toronto Press Nova Scotia
Book SynopsisTurning a critical eye to the health care system in Nova Scotia, Katherine Fierlbeck outlines the frameworks structuring provincial health care, while providing a detailed assessment of Nova Scotia's health financing, physical infrastructure, and service provision.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Series Editor’s Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments List of Acronym 1 Introduction and Overview 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Political context 1.3 Economic context 1.4 Health status of the population 1.5 Summary 2 Organization and Regulation 2.1 Overview and history 2.2 Organization of the provincial health system 2.2.1 The Nova Scotia Health Authority 2.2.2 Contractors (private not-for-profit) 2.2.3 Contractors (private for-profit) 2.3 Health system planning 2.4 Coverage and benefits 2.4.1 Eligibility for publicly insured benefits 2.4.2 Benefits (universal) 2.4.3 Targeted benefits for nonmedical services 2.5 Regulation 2.5.1 Providers 2.5.2 Facilities 2.5.3 Prescription drugs 2.5.4 Patient health information 2.6 Patients 2.7 Summary 3 Health Spending and Financing 3.1 Health expenditure and trends 3.2 Public revenue 3.3 Public financing flows 3.4 Summary 4 Physical Infrastructure 4.1 Hospitals and other treatment facilities 4.2 Long-term care facilities 4.3 Diagnostic facilities 4.3.1 Laboratory services 4.3.2 Diagnostic imaging 4.4 Public health facilities 4.5 Information and communications technology infrastructure 4.5.1 Core electronic information systems 4.5.2 Specialized electronic information systems 4.6 Research and evaluation infrastructure 4.7 Summary 5 Health Human Resources 5.1 Main workforce challenges 5.2 Physicians 5.3 Nurses 5.4 Other health care professionals 5.4.1 Paramedics 5.4.2 Pharmacists 5.4.3 Midwives 5.4.4 Medical laboratory technologists 5.4.5 Clinical assistants 5.4.6 Home care workers 5.5 HHR planning in Nova Scotia 5.6 Summary 6 Service and Program Provision 6.1 Public health 6.2 Primary care 6.3 Acute care 6.4 Long-term care 6.5 Prescription drugs 6.6 Workers’ Compensation Board programs 6.7 Mental health care 6.8 Dental health care 6.9 Targeted services 6.9.1 First Nations 6.9.2 African Nova Scotians 6.9.3 Acadian Nova Scotians 6.10 Palliative care 6.11 Assisted reproduction 6.12 Summary 7 Recent Health Reforms 7.1 The consolidation of district health authorities and the creation of the Nova Scotia Health Authority 7.2 The reorganization of the Department of Health and Wellness 7.3 Summary 8 Assessment of the Health System 8.1 The province’s strategic goals 8.1.1 Resource stewardship 8.1.2 Health of the population 8.1.3 Appropriate, good-quality care 8.1.4 Health system workforce 8.2 Equity in financing the health care system 8.3 Equity of access 8.4 Outcomes 8.4.1 Comparative outcomes 8.4.2 Chronological outcomes 8.4.3 Measuring and evaluating outcomes 8.4.4 User experience and satisfaction 8.5 Efficiency 8.6 Transparency and accountability 8.7 Summary 9 Conclusion Appendix: Laws on Health and Health Care in Nova Scotia References Index
£59.50
University of Toronto Press Nova Scotia
Book SynopsisDespite notable variation in health care policy from province to province, most scholarship published on the health care system in Canada uses a broad national perspective. Focusing on the health care systems of individual Canadian provinces and territories, our new series, Health System Profiles, examines the social, political, economic, and epidemiological context of health care policy in each Canadian province. Turning a critical eye to the health care system in Nova Scotia, author Katherine Fierlbeck outlines the organizational and regulatory frameworks structuring provincial health care, while providing a detailed assessment of Nova Scotia’s health financing, physical infrastructure, service provision, and the efficacy of technological resources used in data tracking and health quality assessments. Structured for ease of comparison, Nova Scotia: A Health System Profile will, along with other volumes in the series, help scholars draw Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Series Editor’s Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments List of Acronym 1 Introduction and Overview 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Political context 1.3 Economic context 1.4 Health status of the population 1.5 Summary 2 Organization and Regulation 2.1 Overview and history 2.2 Organization of the provincial health system 2.2.1 The Nova Scotia Health Authority 2.2.2 Contractors (private not-for-profit) 2.2.3 Contractors (private for-profit) 2.3 Health system planning 2.4 Coverage and benefits 2.4.1 Eligibility for publicly insured benefits 2.4.2 Benefits (universal) 2.4.3 Targeted benefits for nonmedical services 2.5 Regulation 2.5.1 Providers 2.5.2 Facilities 2.5.3 Prescription drugs 2.5.4 Patient health information 2.6 Patients 2.7 Summary 3 Health Spending and Financing 3.1 Health expenditure and trends 3.2 Public revenue 3.3 Public financing flows 3.4 Summary 4 Physical Infrastructure 4.1 Hospitals and other treatment facilities 4.2 Long-term care facilities 4.3 Diagnostic facilities 4.3.1 Laboratory services 4.3.2 Diagnostic imaging 4.4 Public health facilities 4.5 Information and communications technology infrastructure 4.5.1 Core electronic information systems 4.5.2 Specialized electronic information systems 4.6 Research and evaluation infrastructure 4.7 Summary 5 Health Human Resources 5.1 Main workforce challenges 5.2 Physicians 5.3 Nurses 5.4 Other health care professionals 5.4.1 Paramedics 5.4.2 Pharmacists 5.4.3 Midwives 5.4.4 Medical laboratory technologists 5.4.5 Clinical assistants 5.4.6 Home care workers 5.5 HHR planning in Nova Scotia 5.6 Summary 6 Service and Program Provision 6.1 Public health 6.2 Primary care 6.3 Acute care 6.4 Long-term care 6.5 Prescription drugs 6.6 Workers’ Compensation Board programs 6.7 Mental health care 6.8 Dental health care 6.9 Targeted services 6.9.1 First Nations 6.9.2 African Nova Scotians 6.9.3 Acadian Nova Scotians 6.10 Palliative care 6.11 Assisted reproduction 6.12 Summary 7 Recent Health Reforms 7.1 The consolidation of district health authorities and the creation of the Nova Scotia Health Authority 7.2 The reorganization of the Department of Health and Wellness 7.3 Summary 8 Assessment of the Health System 8.1 The province’s strategic goals 8.1.1 Resource stewardship 8.1.2 Health of the population 8.1.3 Appropriate, good-quality care 8.1.4 Health system workforce 8.2 Equity in financing the health care system 8.3 Equity of access 8.4 Outcomes 8.4.1 Comparative outcomes 8.4.2 Chronological outcomes 8.4.3 Measuring and evaluating outcomes 8.4.4 User experience and satisfaction 8.5 Efficiency 8.6 Transparency and accountability 8.7 Summary 9 Conclusion Appendix: Laws on Health and Health Care in Nova Scotia References Index
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University of Toronto Press A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812
Book SynopsisA Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada. Norton saw more action during the conflict than almost anyone else, being present at the fall of Detroit; the capture of Fort Niagara; the battles of Queenston Heights, Fort George, Stoney Creek, Chippawa, and Lundy’s Lane; the blockades of Fort George and Fort Erie; and a large number of skirmishes and front-line patrols. His memoir describes the fighting, the stresses suffered by indigenous peoples, and the complex relationships between the Haudenosaunee and both their British allies and other First Nations communities. Norton’s account, written in 1815 and 1816, provides nearly one-third of the book’s content, with the remainder consisting of Carl Benn’s introductions and annotations, which enable readers to understand Norton’s fTrade Review“A significant achievement ... Benn’s work is a gift to those seeking to better understand the varied First Nations perspectives on the militarization and settlement of eastern North America, as well as the War of 1812 between Americans and British and their respective Native allies.” -- Carla J. Mulford, Pennsylvania State University * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction Memoir of John Norton – Teyoninhokarawen 1. Uncertainties, Diplomacy, and the Outbreak of War, 1811-12 2. Opening Moves, Disunion, and the Capture of Detroit, 1812 3. Niagara and Victory at Queenston Heights, 1812 4. Ambiguity and Frustration on the Detroit Front, 1813 5. The Fall of Fort George, Desperate Moments, and the Battle of Stoney Creek, 1813 6. The Blockade of Fort George, Intrigue, and the Capture of Fort Niagara, 1813 7. Quebec, Burlington, and the Battle of Chippawa, 1814 8. Discredit, Battles at Lundy’s Lane and Fort Erie, Murders, and the Defence of Grand River, 1814 Epilogue Appendix A: The Six Nations Population on the Grand River, 1811 and 1814 Appendix B: John Norton’s Spelling of Native Names when it Differed from Current Practice Acknowledgements Image Credits Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Principal Infectious Diseases of Childhood 2nd
Book SynopsisThis authoritative handbook, with its clear, concise descriptions of the important features of many common infectious diseases, will serve as a valuable guide for medical students and physicians in general paediatric practice. The authors’ aim throughout has been to provide details of the usual clinical picture, the management, and the preventive or control measures widely accepted in these common infections. Tey have emphasized differential diagnosis, comparing the principal infectious diseases, particularly those with a specific rash, to other diseases with similar features, in an effort to clarify some of the essential differential diagnostic points in these diseases.Dr. Anglin and Dr. Shusterman have collaborated with Dr. Silverthorne in preparing this revision, which contains important new sections on virus infections and on ocular diseases.When the first edition of this book was published in 1958, Acta Paediatrica wrote: ‘Dr. Silverthorne…has
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University of Toronto Press Ecology and Physiology of Parasites
Book SynopsisIncreasing wisdom and ingenuity are required if we are to master our environment and cope with the myriad of organisms that affect our existence. Not the least of these organisms are the parasites and pathogens which can be found in all animals. The ecological implications of parasitism are obvious, and the interrelationships among different organisms within the same host are fascinating, but more knowledge and understanding are needed. The symposium are held to stimulate discussion of the significance of ecological problems presented by parasites and to develop means of attacking some of these problems. The diversity of parasitism from protozoa to anthropods was emphasized and the speakers and topics were selected to interest those in various biological disciplines and professions. Organized by the Department of Parasitology in the School of Hygiene of the University of Toronto, and held at Toronto in February 1970, the symposium was an unqualified success. The enthusiastic
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Human Kinetics Publishers Live Well Comprehensive High School Health
Book SynopsisLive Well: Comprehensive High School Health helps students understand the importance of developing healthy habits, eating well, and being physically active. They’ll also learn how to maintain emotional, mental, and social health; how to avoid risky behaviors; and how to protect themselves and the environment.Through the text, students will develop skills like these: Identifying reliable sources of health information and becoming savvy consumers Strengthening decision making skills as they identify healthy solutions in challenging situations Sharpening communication skills as they share health knowledge, engage in advocacy, and manage interpersonal conflicts Analyzing the influences of family, peers, media, and technology on their health and wellness Students will also learn to set goals, establish healthy living plans, advocate for healthy living at home and in their communities, and discern how health and technology inteTable of ContentsUnit I. Foundations of Living WellChapter 1. Understanding My HealthLesson 1.1 Exploring Health and WellnessLesson 1.2 Developing Skills for Healthy LivingLesson 1.3 My Immune SystemLesson 1.4 Communicable DiseasesLesson 1.5 Noncommunicable DiseasesChapter 2. Personal and Consumer HealthLesson 2.1 Personal Health HabitsLesson 2.2 Healthy Vision and HearingLesson 2.3 Healthy Sleep and RestLesson 2.4 Being a Healthy ConsumerChapter 3. Health Equity and Public HealthLesson 3.1 Understanding Health EquityLesson 3.2 Disability and InclusionLesson 3.3 Public HealthUnit II. Eating Well and Being Physically ActiveChapter 4. Food and Your HealthLesson 4.1 Understanding Foods and NutrientsLesson 4.2 Energy Balance, Hunger, and AppetiteLesson 4.3 Tips and Tools for Eating WellLesson 4.4 The Digestive and Urinary SystemsLesson 4.5 Making Healthy Nutrition DecisionsChapter 5. Managing Good NutritionLesson 5.1 Eating Well Across the LifespanLesson 5.2 Food Access and SafetyLesson 5.3 Maintaining a Healthy WeightLesson 5.4 Your Body ImageLesson 5.5 Your Nutrition PlanChapter 6. Staying Active and HealthyLesson 6.1 Being Physically Active and Physically FitLesson 6.2 Health-Related and Skill-Related Fitness ComponentsLesson 6.3 Preparing for Physical ActivityLesson 6.4 Fitness PlanningUnit III. Your Emotional, Mental, and Social Well-BeingChapter 7. Emotional WellnessLesson 7.1 Your Emotional HealthLesson 7.2 Building Self-AwarenessLesson 7.3 Developing Emotional Health and Mental ToughnessLesson 7.4 Recognizing and Managing StressLesson 7.5 Understanding Grief and LossChapter 8. Mental HealthLesson 8.1 Understanding and Treating Mental DisordersLesson 8.2 Anxiety and Anxiety DisordersLesson 8.3 Depression and Mood DisordersLesson 8.4 Self-Harm and SuicideChapter 9. Relationships and Social HealthLesson 9.1 Relationships and Communication SkillsLesson 9.2 Family RelationshipsLesson 9.3 FriendshipsLesson 9.4 Dating RelationshipsUnit IV. Destructive and Damaging BehaviorsChapter 10. Violence and ConflictLesson 10.1 Understanding Violent BehaviorLesson 10.2 Anger, Aggression, and ConflictLesson 10.3 Bullying and HazingLesson 10.4 Violence, Weapons, and GangsLesson 10.5 Relationships and ViolenceChapter 11. AlcoholLesson 11.1 Alcohol Use, Effects, and ConsequencesLesson 11.2 Influences and AlcoholLesson 11.3 Treating Alcohol Use DisordersChapter 12. Tobacco and E-CigarettesLesson 12.1 Tobacco Products and VapingLesson 12.2 Regulations and Influences on Tobacco Product UseLesson 12.3 Avoiding and Quitting Tobacco Product UseChapter 13. Legal and Illicit DrugsLesson 13.1 Over-the-Counter and Prescription DrugsLesson 13.2 Illicit DrugsLesson 13.3 Influences on the Use of DrugsLesson 13.4 Prevention, Treatment, and Being Drug-FreeUnit V. Protecting Yourself and the EnvironmentChapter 14. Injury Prevention, Safety, and First AidLesson 14.1 Injury Prevention and Safety at HomeLesson 14.2 Safety in the CommunityLesson 14.3 Safety OnlineLesson 14.4 First Aid and Emergency ProceduresChapter 15. Environmental HealthLesson 15.1 Air, Water, and Noise PollutionLesson 15.2 Chemicals, the Environment, and Your HealthLesson 15.3 Conservation and Living GreenGlossary/Glosario
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University of Nebraska Press Bodies of Truth
Book Synopsis“Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves” writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care.Trade Review"Those seeking a fuller picture of what it's like living with disease or disability, as well as educators looking for teachable essays for a medical humanities class or writing group, will find this work outstanding."—Aaron Klink, Library Journal“Bodies of Truth takes us to a world of miraculous drugs and drug addictions, of doctors who wonder how to shake hands with the prisoners they treat and nurses who come to confession because death has worked its way into their souls. Above all, it’s truth: that our bodies, and the bodies of those we love and care for, so often take us to places we never knew existed, to find strengths we never knew we had. If illness and death are lonesome roads we must at some point travel, I can’t think of a more fitting companion than this volume. The writers here come as strangers to us, but they bring us gifts—their stories—that connect us whether in pain or compassion.”—Paul Shepherd, editor of Hospital Drive and author of More Like Not Running Away“I read Bodies of Truth almost in one sitting, so compelling are the stories. To read this many of them—different illnesses and disabilities, and from different perspectives—is strangely heartening. This is all of us, represented here, wounded in one way or another or looking after the wounded. If we can say how it is, and be listened to, surely the exposure will heal a lot of festering. I am glad to have this beautifully orchestrated, passionately written collection.”—Fleda Brown, author of My Wobbly Bicycle: Meditations on Cancer and the Creative Life“Bodies of Truth offers personal accounts of individuals caught up in the lived experience of illness. . . . They are not necessarily asking us to judge, to change the world, or even to react. They merely ask, as did Coleridge’s ancient mariner, that we pause to hear the tale, setting aside for a moment the tasks at hand.”—Jacek L. Mostwin, professor of urology and the director of the Division of Neurological and Reconstructive Urology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and faculty affiliate of the Berman Institute of BioethicsTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin Preface Two Hearts Brian Doyle Spared Deborah Burghardt A Measure of Acceptance Floyd Skloot One Little Mind, Our Lie, Dr. Lie Matthew S. Smith Locked into Life Mark Brazaitis Rendered Mute Teresa Blankmeyer Burke Jamie’s Place Michael Bérubé A Day in the Grammar of Disease Sonya Huber Marked William Bradley 750 Words about Cancer Rebecca Housel The Power of a Handshake Hugh Silk Submerged Tenley Lozano Where Do You Go from Alston Street? Kat Moore Confession Diane Kraynak This Moment Adriana Páramo Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes Elizabeth Brady Overtones Meredith Davies Hadaway The Way of the Spring Patrick Donnelly Type One Riley Passmore The Bad Patient Sandra Beasley A Tribute to the Pharmacist Taison Bell Flying into Jerusalem Katherine Macfarlane Reluctant Reliance Erin M. Kelly An Interview with My Mom Belinda Waller-Peterson Days of the Giants Madaline Harrison Source Acknowledgments List of Contributors
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Cornell University Press The Caring Class
Book SynopsisThe number of elderly and disabled Americans in need of home health care is increasing annually, even as the pool of peoplealmost always womenwilling to do this job gets smaller and smaller. The Caring Class takes readers inside the reality of home health care by following the lives of women training and working as home health aides in the South Bronx.Richard Schweid examines home health care in detail, focusing on the women who tend to our elderly and disabled loved ones and how we fail to value their work. They are paid minimum wage so that we might be absent, getting on with our own lives. The book calls for a rethinking of home health care and explains why changes are urgent: the current system offers neither a good way to live nor a good way to die. By improving the job of home health aide, Schweid shows, we can reduce income inequality and create a pool of qualified, competent home health care providers who would contribute to the well-being of us all. Trade ReviewSchweid treats his subjects and their community with generosity of heart and purpose. He places these women and their stories in the foreground, and the entire book benefits from that choice. Schweid approaches the dilemmas within the home health aide profession from numerous informative angles, but his writing remains broadly accessible. As a result, The Caring Class is easy to imagine in the hands of undergraduates, or even thoughtful high schoolers, studying all manner of subjects related to the social sciences or public health. * Chapter 16 *The Caring Class is an extremely readable and informative book for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners alike. [The author] provides an excellent understanding for necessary reforms at a national scale. * ILR Review *[The Caring Class] provides necessary information to understand deficiencies and challenges in the current system of home health care and a potential leverage point for building a strong workforce that is needed to have a sustainable care system where older adults who need care can continue to live in their homes with safety and dignity. * The Gerantologist *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Not for the Fainthearted 2. Observe, Record, and Report 3. Home Care for Sale 4. Parasites of the Elderly 5. Graduation Day 6. Welcome to These Shores 7. "I Don't Do It for the Money"
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Cognella, Inc Management Practice in Dietetics
Book SynopsisA book that moves well beyond the view of dietetics management as primarily in foodservice, Management Practice in Dietetics deals with management in all areas of dietetics, and provides clear, relevant examples of management principles and the ways they can be applied. This book is unique in its approach to include examples for foodservices, clinical nutrition, and community nutrition management.The book demonstrates how leadership in dietetics and nutrition fits into the management structure of organizations. Students will become familiar with management tools such as decision-making, communication, and marketing. They will develop knowledge and skills related to human resources management, and acquire basic skills in finance. The book directly addresses management and customer service competencies that are required for accreditation of academic programs in dietetics and are included in the credentialing examination for registered dietitian nutritionists.Specific topics include developing and motivating employees, employee discipline, material management, workflow and production, budgeting, information management, and sustainability. Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide focus and direction for students. Margin definitions and a glossary introduce specialized vocabulary and increase comprehension. End of chapter activities aid retention and give students the opportunity for self-testing and application of the material.Written in an accessible style, Management Practice in Dietetics is designed for accredited dietetics programs.Trade ReviewVery succinct review of applicable concepts in management practice. Can be useful for students in internships as well as undergraduates learning new concepts of management practice." —Claudia Sealey-Potts, University of North Florida"Excellent coverage of critical need-to-know information for dietetic and food service management students." —Stephanie Nielsen, Winthrop University"Management Practice in Dietetics is an extremely thorough, informative, and engaging textbook. It does not leave the reader desiring more content. The text compels the reader to want to learn additional information in relation to the topics that are discussed." —Terry Fleming, Ivy Tech Community College
£117.00
Cognella, Inc A Student's Guide to Exercise for Improving Health
Book SynopsisMost college students know that regular exercise can improve their health and overall well-being, but with essays to write, labs to complete, and chapters to read before class, who has time to exercise? You do! A Student’s Guide to Exercise for Improving Health provides you with practical advice and suggestions that will help you balance a healthy, active lifestyle with academic success. You’ll learn about a myriad benefits of exercise on your mental, emotional, and physical well-being, how to design an exercise program that works with your course schedule, and how to set realistic and attainable fitness goals that will improve your health and happiness. In helping you to develop healthy habits and a regular exercise program, this guide will help you achieve goals related not only to physical fitness, but to academic success as well. A Student’s Guide to Exercise for Improving Health is part of the Cognella Series on Student Success, a collection of books designed to help students develop the essential life and learning skills needed to support a happy, healthy, and productive higher education experience.
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Gender, Health, and Popular Culture: Historical Perspectives
Book SynopsisHealth is a gendered concept in Western cultures. Customarily it is associated with strength in men and beauty in women. This gendered concept was transmitted through visual representations of the ideal female and male bodies, and ubiquitous media images resulted in the absorption of universal standards of beauty and health and generalized desires to achieve them. Today, genuine or self-styled experts--from physicians to newspaper columnists to advertisers--offer advice on achieving optimal health. Topics in this collection are wide ranging and include childbirth advice in Victorian Australia and Cold War America, menstruation films, Canadian abortion tourism, the Pap smear, the Body Worlds exhibition, and fat liberation. Masculinity is explored among drunkards in antebellum Philadelphia and family memoirs during the 1980s AIDS epidemic. Seemingly objective public health advisories are shown to be as influenced by commercial interests, class, gender, and other social differentiations as marketing approaches are, and the message presented is mediated to varying degrees by those receiving it. This book will be of interest to scholars in women's studies, health studies, marketing, media studies, social history and anthropology, and popular culture.Trade Review``Krasnick Warsh's edited collection succeeds in providing a wide variety of interesting analyses that examine the historical intersections of gender, health, and popular culture.'' -- Rebecca Godderis, Wilfrid Laurier University -- Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, Volume 29, number 2, 2012``The articles convincingly show how gender has influenced various aspect of health experiences, including the flow of information, the availability of services, and displays of healthfulness.... [In the first section] the authors are careful to tease apart the public health discourse from the patterns of behaviou and advice set by women themselves as they encounter different sets of experts claiming to know what is best for women's bodies.... The remaining articles on bodily representations highlight some of the innovative work being done in this field by exploring more recent manifestations of gendered identities and creatively challenging the idea of women as a collective.... Taken together, these essays provide sophisticated models for exploring the interplay between health and gender as represented in popular culture.... Although the majority of articles focus on Canadian developments, the North American breadth creates space for comparative studies, such as the one explored in the side-by-side articles on cervial cancer screening programs in the US and Canada. The book will likely appeal to a wide variety of readers with interests in health, feminism, reproduction, and body politics and offers a provocative collection of historically engaging and historiographically rich articles.'' -- Erika Dyck, University of Saskatchewan -- Labour / Le Travail, 70, 201302``This important work will be a welcome addition to the literature, especially in the North American context, where most of the essays are situated. No other work attempts to draw together these disparate fields of study, and the volume's inclusion of popular culture is what makes it so truly innovative.'' -- Jane Nicholas, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON -- 201101Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Gender, Health, and Popular Culture, edited by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh Introduction | Cheryl Krasnick Warsh Part I: The Transmission of Health Information Confined: Constructions of Childbirth in Popular and Elite Medical Culture in Late Nineteenth-Century Australia | Lisa Featherstone Eating for Two: Shaping Mothers' Figures and Babies' Futures in Modern American Culture | Lisa Forman Cody Advice to Adolescents: Menstrual Health and Menstrual Education Films, 1946-1982 | Sharra L. Vostral Controlling Conception: Images of Women, Safety, Sexuality and the Pill in the Sixties | Heather Molyneaux All Aboard? Canadian Women's Abortion Tourism, 1960-1980 | Christabelle Sethna Controlling Cervical Cancer from Screening to Vaccinations: An American Perspective | Kirsten E. Gardner The Challenge of Developing and Publicizing Cervical Cancer Screening Programs: A Canadian Perspective | Mandy Hadenko II: Popular Representations of the Body in Sickness and Health Hideous Monsters before the Eye: Delirium tremens and Manhood in Antebellum Philadelphia | Ric N. Caric From La Bambola to a Toronto Striptease: Drawing Out Public Consent to Gender Differentiation with Anatomical Materials | Annette Burfoot Let Me Hear Your Body Talk: Aerobics for Fat Women Only, 1981-1985 | Jenny Ellison "The Closest Thing to Perfect": Celebrity and the Body Politics of Jamie Lee Curtis | Christina Burr "Every Generation Has Its War": Representations of Gay Men with AIDS and Their Parents in the United States, 1983-1993 | Heather Murray Bibliography Contributors Index Contributors' Bios Annette Burfoot is an associate professor of sociology at Queen's University, teaching feminist science studies and visual culture. She edited The Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies and co-edited (with Susan Lord). Ric N. Caric is a professor of international and interdisciplinary studies at Morehead State University in Kentucky. His social theory and American history articles have appeared in Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Pennsylvania History, and other journals. Caric is finishing a book on popular culture in antebellum Philadelphia, and his political commentary can be found at his "Red State Impressions" blog. Lisa Forman Cody is an associate professor of history and associate dean of the Faculty of History at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles. She is the author of Birthing the Nation: Sex, Science, and the Conception of Eighteenth-Century Britons (2005), which won the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Best First Book of the Year Prize, the Phi Alpha Theta Best First Book Prize, and the Western Association of Women Historians Frances Keller Richardson-Sierra Prize. She is working on two books tentatively entitled Divided We Stand: Divorce and Sexual Scandal in the Age of the American Revolution and Imaginary Values: Health, Wealth, and Human Labor in the British Imperial imagination, 1660-1840. Jenny Ellison recently received her doctorate in history from York University in Toronto. Her research on the fat-acceptance movement has appeared in the Fat Studies Reader (2009) as well as the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. Her current research examines self-esteem as a women's health issue. Lisa Featherstone is a lecturer in Australian history at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has published in gender history, medical history, and the history of sexuality, and is currently writing a book entitled Let's Talk about Sex: Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill, to be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2011. Kirsten E. Gardner is an associate professor of history and women's studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the author of Early Detection: Women, Cancer, and Awareness Campaigns in Twentieth-Century United States. Mandy Hadenko is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History, York University, Toronto. Her dissertation is entitled "Cervical Cancer and the Canadian Woman: Provincial Roles in Cancer Prevention." Heather Molyneaux recently received her doctorate in history from the University of New Brunswick. Her dissertation examines the representation of women in the Canadian Medical Association Journal pharmaceutical advertisements. She has published in Acadiensis and has an article co-written with Linda Kealey in the Journal of Canadian Studies. Heather Murray is an assistant professor in the Department of History, University of Ottawa. Her monograph, Not in This Family: Gays and Their Parents in North America, 1945-1990s, was published in 2010 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Christabelle Sethna is an associate professor at the Institute of Women's Studies and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa. She has published numerous articles on sex education, contraception, and abortion history. She has completed a SSHRC-funded study on the impact of the birth control pill on single Canadian women between 1960 and 1980. She is currently working on another SSHRC-funded research project on the travel that Canadian women undertake to access abortion services, past and present. Sharra L. Vostral is an associate professor, holding a joint appointment in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her book, Under Wraps: A History of Menstrual Hygiene Technology (2008), examines the social and technological history of sanitary napkins and tampons, and the efforts to hide menstruation and menstrual artifacts, as well as the effects of technology upon women's experiences of menstruation. She co-edited Feminist Technology (2010), which explores feminist methods, theories, politics, and interventions in the design of artifacts. Her current research is a history of toxic shock syndrome and its relationship to tampon use during the early 1980s. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh is a professor of history at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Her publications include Prescribed Norms: Women and Health in Canada and the U.S. since 1800; Moments of Unreason: The Practice of Canadian Psychiatry and the Homewood Retreat, 1883-1923; and Consuming Modernity: Gendered Behaviour and Consumerism before the Baby Boom.
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Brookes Publishing Co Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS)
Book SynopsisThe TABS Screener helps identify children who should receive more thorough assessment for developmental items related to temperament and self-regulation. The 15-item checklist of Yes or No questions is completed by parents in approximately 5 minutes. If a child's scores indicate a potential problem, the more extensive Assessment Tool can be used.The TABS Screener is sold as a gummed tablet with 50 forms.This screener is part of the TABS, a norm-referenced screening and assessment tool designed to identify temperament and self-regulation problems that may indicate a child's risk for developmental delay. For use with children ages 11 to 71 months, TABS can be used for screening, research, determining eligibility for special services, planning programs, and monitoring child progress and program effectiveness.
£29.71
University of Massachusetts Press Popular Print and Popular Medicine: Almanacs and
Book SynopsisIn this innovative study of the relationship between popular print and popular attitudes toward the body, health, and disease in antebellum America, Thomas A. Horrocks focuses our attention on a publication long neglected by scholars - the almanac. Approaching his subject as both a historian of the book and a historian of medicine, Horrocks contends that the almanac, the most popular secular publication in America from the late eighteenth century to the first quarter of the nineteenth, both shaped and was shaped by early Americans' beliefs and practices pertaining to health and medicine.Analyzing the astrological, therapeutic, and regimen advice offered in American almanacs over two centuries, and comparing it with similar advice offered in other genres of popular print of the period, Horrocks effectively demonstrates that the almanac was a leading source of health information in America prior to the Civil War. He contends that the almanac was an integral component of a complicated, fragmented, semi-vernacular health literature of the period, and that the genre played a leading role in disseminating astrological health advice as well as shaping contemporary and future perceptions of astrology.In terms of therapeutic and regimen advice, Horrocks asserts that the almanac performed a complementary role, confirming and reinforcing traditional beliefs and practices. By analyzing the almanac as a cultural artifact that represents a time, a place, and a certain set of assumptions and beliefs, he demonstrates that the genre can provide a lens through which scholars may examine early American attitudes and practices concerning their health in particular and American popular culture in general.Trade ReviewGiven the wide readership of almanacs in early America and their importance to the business of printing and publishing, the neglect of scholarship on almanacs verges on the scandalous.... Horrocks's intense focus, his broad range of primary sources, his grasp of the positions of other scholars, his crisp argumentation, and his clear, accessible prose combine to make this a valuable study. - E. Jennifer Monaghan, author of Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America
£25.16
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Living with Hearing Loss
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£13.49
Temple University Press,U.S. Alternative Health Care
Book SynopsisIn November of 1998 The Journal of the American Medical Association devoted an entire issue to alternative medicine for the first time in its publishing history. According to survey results reported in the journal, 83 million Americans used some form of alternative medicine to preserve and maintain their health in 1997, a sharp increase from the 61 million who turned to alternative forms of care in 1990. Michael S. Goldstein's Alternative Health Care is the first comprehensive account of the growing presence of alternative medicine in American society. Beginning with the basic premises of alternative medicine, Goldstein's book examines the clinical, economic, and political realities of the broad range of alternative care options and practices in the United States and explains why alternative medicine has become a viable choice for so many people who are ill or who seek to remain healthy. Bringing history, policy, practice, personal experience, and in-depth sociological analysis together into one comprehensive volume, Goldstein -- one of the first recipients of funding from the National Institute of Health for research on alternative medicine -- also studies the complexities of the relationship between spirituality and alternative medicine and the changing role of alternative medicine in the larger context of American health care. Probing such issues as the corporatization of medicine, the role of alternative medicine in health care, and the dynamic relationship between conventional and alternative treatments, Goldstein's Alternative Health Care is more than the long-awaited introduction to the many forms of alternative medicine. It is also the measure of the implications of such care for practitioners, businesses, policymakers, and patients alike. Alternative Health Care is the definitive guide for the millions of Americans interested in alternative medicine and treatment, American health care, the sociology of medicine, and American social issues.Trade Review"An important book and an informative, challenging and fun read. Goldstein's Alternative Health Care is the first, and greatly needed, extended overview of alternative health care, its development, and its impact." -Alexandra Todd, Professor and Chair of Sociology at Suffolk University "...[C]learly supportive of alternative medicine, [Goldstein] provides a logical explanation for its popularity that might enlighten its opponents. He explains alternative health care in the context of the problems with conventional health care. Indeed, looking at how these two worlds fit together or react to each other yields valuable information on how each field can respond better to patients." -Los Angeles Times "The author looks at the ethos of alternative medicine and examines broader questions of a possible 'paradigm shift' in medicine and whether alternative medicine might be integrated into mainstream medicine, given the current state of health care. Goldstein describes the range of alternative care, explores its popularity, its relation to spirituality, and its place in both the medical market and the current political climate." -The Hastings Center ReportTable of ContentsCONTENTS The Emergence of Alternative Medicine Victims of Medicine Mind and Body Health and Community Preventing versus Curing Crisis and Change in the Health Care System The Synergy of Complaint: Birth of a Grievance The Core of Alternative Medicine: Age Old Wisdom Made New Holism The Interpenetration of Mind, Body, and Spirit Health as a Positive State on a Continuum with Illness Life Suffused by the Flow of Energy Vitalism The Healing Process The Core of Alternative Medicine Medicine and the Spirit Spirituality in America Science and Spirit Conventional Medicine's Response Turning Religion into Medicine Turning Medicine into Religion Spirituality's Impact on the Future of Alternative Medicine Is There Really an Alternative Medicine? Alternative Medicine as a Professional Entity Gaining Legal Acceptance Recognition by Conventional Medicine The Mass Media and the Public Alternative Medicine as an Identity Freedom and Health The Politics of Alternative Medicine: Personal and Practical The Personal as Political Taking Responsibility: Community Empowerment and Coalitions Counterculture Politics Practical Politics Certification and Credentialing Licensure and Power Evaluating Alternative Approaches Federal Legislation The Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) Alternative Medicine, Mainstream Markets Alternative Medicine as Small Business Alternative Medicine as Big Business The Convergence into Mainstream Health Care Alternative Medicine as Corporate Medicine From Care to Commodity The Future of Alternative Medicine Assimilation and Cooptation: An Identity Movement
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Vegetarianism: Movement Or Moment: Promoting A
Book SynopsisVegetarianism seems to be increasing in popularity and acceptance in the United States and Canada, yet, quite surprisingly, the percentage of the population practicing vegetarian diets has not changed dramatically over the past 30 years. People typically view vegetarianism as a personal habit or food choice, even though organizations in North America have been promoting vegetarianism as a movement since the 1850s. This book examines the organizational aspects of vegetarianism and tries to explain why the predominant movement strategies have not successfully attracted more people to adopt a vegetarian identity. Vegetarianism: Movement or Moment? is the first book to consider the movement on a broad scale from a social science perspective. While this book takes into account the unique history of North American vegetarianism and the various reasons why people adopt vegetarian diets, it focuses on how movement leaders' beliefs regarding the dynamics of social change contributes to the selection of particular strategies for attracting people to vegetarianism. In the context of this focus, this book highlights several controversies about vegetarianism that have emerged in nutrition and popular media over the past 30 years. Author note: Donna Maurer is a long-time vegetarian and freelance academic editor who also teaches online for the University of Maryland University College, where she is Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology. She has co-edited three books on food and body weight issues (with Jeffery Sobal), including Eating Agendas: Food and Nutrition as Social Problems. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study of Food and Society.Trade Review"Donna Maurer's Vegetarianism: Movement or Moment? is the best resource on vegetarianism I have ever read. This book is not only filled with information; it is as readable as a best-selling novel. I was drawn into the book from start to finish and I loved reading every page."-Howard F. Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy "Donna Maurer offers a great service by taking us inside the modern vegetarian movement. She does a very fine job of explaining why people do and do not stop eating meat. [It] will serve as the basic guide to American vegetarianism for many years to come."-Warren Belasco, author of Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took on the Food Industry "All new vegetarian advocates should read Dr. Maurer's book. It will give them an understanding of the issues. It shows both where the movement has come from and the outreach methods it has attempted. If someone were to read Vegetarianism early in their advocacy, it would quickly advance their thought on the subject, saving them years of discovering things on their own."-Jack Norris, R.D., President, Vegan Outreach "As both a careful sociologist and a committed vegan, Donna Maurer brings fresh insight into the multi-dimensional character of vegetarianism in the United States: its values, assumptions, and practices."-Amy Bently, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University "[This book does] a good job of describing the history of a particular movement that has not received a lot of well-researched coverage."-KliattTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. What Is Vegetarianism? And Who Are the Vegetarians?2. Vegetarian Diets and the Health Professions: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues3. Charting the Contemporary Vegetarian Movement in the Social Movement Field4. Vegetarianism: Expressions of Ideology in Vegetarian Organizations5. The Beliefs and Strategies of Vegetarian Movement Leaders6. Organizational Strategy in Action: Promoting a Vegetarian Collective Identity7. The Food Industry's Role in Promoting and Gaining Acceptance for Vegetarian Diets
£22.49
Temple University Press,U.S. The Gold Standard: The Challenge Of
Book SynopsisThe first book to explore the effects of dramatic changes in the delivery of medical careTrade Review"The Gold Standard is an engaging, well thought-out examination of a timely topic-evidence-based medicine. Timmermans and Berg raise taken-for-granted concepts such as power, objectivity, standardization, EBM and discuss them in innovative and complicated interpretations. The arguments presented here provide clarity on animportant subject, highlighting the always interesting impact of unintended consequences."-Alexandra Dundas Todd, Department of Sociology, Suffolk University, and author of Double Vision, An East-West Collaboration for Coping with Cancer "The Gold Standard is an intelligent and well-written analysis of crucial developments in biomedical practice over the past century. Timmermans and Berg provide us with a comprehensive study of the growing movement to standardize biomedicine, calling attention to the risks and benefits for doctors and patients alike. This unique and important book should attract interest among medical sociologists, science studies scholars, bioethicists, health policy analysts, and all those who care about the practice of medicine today."-Steven Epstein, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego, and author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge "This book sets the standard for the study of standardization in medicine. Focusing on evidence based medicine's meteoric rise and influence, Timmermans and Berg go beyond the professional rhetoric to examine its impact on the practice of medicine. Well-written and replete with sociological case studies, this book is must reading for social scientists, physicians and policy-makers."-Peter Conrad, Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences, Brandeis University "It is rare to find a book that can serve both as an excellent introduction to its subject for people who have not previously given it much thought or study and also as an advanced reading for people who know the subject area well. Happily, The Gold Standard is such a book."-The Journal of Legal Medicine "This eminently readable book is recommended to healthcare industry personnel and to policy makers who would be interested in a thoughtful study of the political, ethical, and functional aspects of the standardization of clinical behavior."-Quality Management in Health Care "[T]his is a surprising work...its scope places it in the realm of monumental works like Paul Starr's Pulitzer-Prize winning [book]. This book is highly recommended...especially to those grappling with the challenge of creating consistently high-quality health care at a cost our nation can afford."-Inquiry "...a highly readable and comprehensive book... I can recommend this book to everyone who is interested in the subject."-Medicine Health Care and Philosophy: A European Journal (pdf) "This book is helpful to physicians and healthcare executives who need to have a better understanding of the evolution and application of evidence-based medicine."-The Journal of the National Medical AssociationTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Politics of Standardization1. Standardization in Medicine in the Twentieth Century: The Emergence of the Paper-Based Patient Record2. Standards at Work: A Dynamic Transformation of Medicine3. From Autonomy to Accountability? Clinical Practice Guidelines and Professionalization4. Guidelines, Professionals, and the Production of Objectivity in Insurance Medicine5. Evidence-Based Medicine and Learning to Doctor6. Standardizing Risk: A Case Study of ThalidomideEpilogue: The Quest for QualityNotesBibliographyIndex
£999.99
Momentum Press Fuel for Sport: The Basics
Book SynopsisFuel for Sport is a nutrition text designed to help readers understand and apply basic sports nutrition information. It emphasizes the unique needs and challenges of meeting those needs in adolescent athletes. Readers can expect to learn and understand theories related to nutrition and human performance, such as energy content of food and how this energy is transferred to the body; how ATP relates to energy and force production; the concepts of energy balance and fuel storage within the body and their effects on power output and endurance; the important roles of each of the macronutrients and micronutrients; and how fluids before, during, and after exercise facilitate thermoregulation, nutrient transport, and maintenance of stroke volume.In addition to important information related to exercise physiology and nutrient metabolism, readers are presented with real-world applications of these principles. The author often relates theories and principles to dietary recommendations and athletic scenarios. Understanding of each topic is also enhanced through liberal use of summaries, lists, and tables.Fuel for Sport presents up-to-date, sport-specific dietary and fluid recommendations and adopts a foods-first approach to meeting macro- and micronutrient needs; included are ample examples of convenient sources of the discussed nutrients as well as dietary strategies and ideas to implement recommendations.
£62.10
Michigan State University Press Taking Care of Time
Book SynopsisFor poet and nurse practitioner Cortney Davis, the truth revealed through poetry is similar to what she has experienced in the heightened and urgent dramas that occur in health care - those suspended moments in which a dying heart might be revived or unbearable suffering relieved. We are vulnerable, her poems say, and we are dependent on one another - on the ways in which we care or fail to care for one another, in how we love or fail to love.In poems that are sensual, emotionally searing, and yet unfailingly tender, Davis shines a caregiver’s light on the most intimate details of the human body and the spirit within - how the flesh might betray, how it endures, and how ultimately it triumphs.
£19.27
The Experiment LLC Never Too Late to go Vegan
Book SynopsisAuthors Carol J. Adams, Patti Breitman, and Virginia Messina bring 75 years of vegan experience to this book to address the unique concerns of those coming to veganism later in life, with guidance on: the nutritional needs that change with aging; how your diet choices can reduce your odds of developing heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other conditions; easy steps for going vegan, including how to veganize your favorite recipes and navigate restaurant menus, travel, and more; how to discuss your decision to go vegan with friends and family; the challenges of caring for aging or ailing relatives who are not vegan; and many other topics of particular interest to those over 50. Warmly written, down-to-earth, and filled with practical advice, plus insights from dozens of seasoned over-50 vegans, Never Too Late to Go Vegan makes it easier than ever to reap the full rewards of a whole-foods, plant-rich diet.
£11.99
The Experiment LLC The Long COVID Survival Guide: Stories and Advice
Book SynopsisThe first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID - with expert advice and an afterword by the leading research scientist. For people living with Long COVID, navigating the uncharted territory of this new chronic illness can be challenging. With over two hundred unique symptoms, and with doctors continuing to work toward a cure, people experiencing Long COVID are often left with more questions than answers. A support group in book form, The Long COVID Survival Guide is here to help. Twenty contributors - from award-winning journalists, neuroscientists, and patient-researchers to corporate strategists, activists, and artists - share their stories and insight on topics including: getting diagnosed, finding a caregiver, confronting medical racism and gaslighting, navigating employment issues, dealing with fatigue and brain fog, caring for your mental health, and more. This vital resource provides the answers and reassurance you need, to live with and heal from Long COVID. Contributors: Karyn Bishof, JD Davids, Pato Hebert, Heather Hogan, Monique Jackson, Naina Khanna, Lisa McCorkell, Karla Monterroso, Dona Kim Murphey, Padma Priya, David Putrino, Yochai Re’em, Rachel Robles, Alison Sbrana, Chimére L. Smith, Letícia Soares, Morgan Stephens, and Terri L. Wilder
£12.99
Information Age Publishing Improving Employee Health and Well Being
Book SynopsisIt is widely recognized that healthy employees are happier and more productive at work. Experiencing stress at work decreases employee’s health and affects their well-being. The American Institute of Stress (AIS) estimated that US$ 300 billion/year are spent on conditions related elevated stress levels. Stress is an everyday part of life for most people in any society. However, when people experience too much stress, serious psychological and physical health problems can result. This book provides an in-depth examination of how to improve employee health and well-being. It features the research, knowledge, and experience presented by over two dozen stress scholars who author twelve chapters.Not all stress can be prevented, and many jobs are highly demanding in multiple ways. Thus, if you cannot prevent stress, effort should be put into understanding occupational stressors and improving employee health. This book on employee health and well-being is aimed at assisting occupational health professionals and academics find ways to help employees managing stress and improve their health. But, it also can be helpful for employees to learn to how they can improve their occupational health. The research findings and knowledge offered by these well-respected leaders in stress scholarship give both employers and employees an awareness of the implications of workplace stress on employee health, and provides avenues for both organizations and individuals to improve worker well-being.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Improving Employee Health and Well Being
Book SynopsisIt is widely recognized that healthy employees are happier and more productive at work. Experiencing stress at work decreases employee’s health and affects their well-being. The American Institute of Stress (AIS) estimated that US$ 300 billion/year are spent on conditions related elevated stress levels. Stress is an everyday part of life for most people in any society. However, when people experience too much stress, serious psychological and physical health problems can result. This book provides an in-depth examination of how to improve employee health and well-being. It features the research, knowledge, and experience presented by over two dozen stress scholars who author twelve chapters.Not all stress can be prevented, and many jobs are highly demanding in multiple ways. Thus, if you cannot prevent stress, effort should be put into understanding occupational stressors and improving employee health. This book on employee health and well-being is aimed at assisting occupational health professionals and academics find ways to help employees managing stress and improve their health. But, it also can be helpful for employees to learn to how they can improve their occupational health. The research findings and knowledge offered by these well-respected leaders in stress scholarship give both employers and employees an awareness of the implications of workplace stress on employee health, and provides avenues for both organizations and individuals to improve worker well-being.
£82.80
Information Age Publishing Stress and Quality of Working Life: Interpersonal
Book SynopsisThis book offers twelve chapters organized into three major sections that address occupational stress and quality of working life. The authors are an internationally renowned team of scholar-research-practitioners who are grounded in applied science and clinical practice. Section 1 includes five chapters that address the organizational and individual costs of occupational stress. The costs are humanitarian and economic; both human suffering and financial burdens are important. Section 2 includes three chapters that focus on ways to mitigate the negative effects of occupational stress.We must help those who are suffering but we must do more by preventing distress where we can and building on positive, strength factors where possible. Section 3 includes four chapters that examine and expand our understanding of work life quality. Work life quality is so important because of the effects it has on workers and leaders, as well as the spillover impact into families and communities.These twelve chapters, highlight both core knowledge and new developments within the rapidly growing field of research on stress and the quality of working life. We believe this information can help to raise awareness of the causes and costs of occupational stress and poor quality of working life. Further, this should provide a challenge, some incentive, and renewed insight for organizations in Brazil and elsewhere to begin thinking about and acting in ways that lead to a less stressful environment for their workforce.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Stress and Quality of Working Life: Interpersonal
Book SynopsisThis book offers twelve chapters organized into three major sections that address occupational stress and quality of working life. The authors are an internationally renowned team of scholar-research-practitioners who are grounded in applied science and clinical practice. Section 1 includes five chapters that address the organizational and individual costs of occupational stress. The costs are humanitarian and economic; both human suffering and financial burdens are important. Section 2 includes three chapters that focus on ways to mitigate the negative effects of occupational stress.We must help those who are suffering but we must do more by preventing distress where we can and building on positive, strength factors where possible. Section 3 includes four chapters that examine and expand our understanding of work life quality. Work life quality is so important because of the effects it has on workers and leaders, as well as the spillover impact into families and communities.These twelve chapters, highlight both core knowledge and new developments within the rapidly growing field of research on stress and the quality of working life. We believe this information can help to raise awareness of the causes and costs of occupational stress and poor quality of working life. Further, this should provide a challenge, some incentive, and renewed insight for organizations in Brazil and elsewhere to begin thinking about and acting in ways that lead to a less stressful environment for their workforce.
£82.80
WW Norton & Co CBD Oil: Everyday Secrets: A Lifestyle Guide to
Book SynopsisCannabidiol (CBD) oil is quickly becoming one of the biggest trends in beauty and wellness, as top athletes, celebrities and doctors embrace its anti-anxiety, antioxidant and pain-relieving properties. A powerful anti-inflammatory agent, this non-psychoactive compound of the cannabis plant can benefit the body and skin in myriad ways. Using the latest science and drawing from the knowledge of leaders in the health and wellness world, this book is a one-stop lifestyle resource for all things CBD, including how to pick a high-quality product and what you need to know before you take CBD for the first time. Thirty appealing recipes—from CBD-infused popcorn to ginger tonics to chocolates—help readers incorporate CBD into their daily routine. Recipes include: • CBD-Infused After Dinner Drink • Skin-Brightening Probiotic Face Mask • Adaptogenic Hot ChocolateTrade Review"CBD Oil: Everyday Secrets is a game-changer for anyone that wants to know exactly how to harness the many health benefits of CBD oil. This book demystifies and destigmatizes CBD and reveals to the world it’s true potential for our wellness. As a functional medicine practitioner I have seen the far-reaching uses of CBD and now Gretchen is giving you the research-backed ways for you to do it for yourself." -- Dr. Will Cole, functional medicine practitioner at www.drwillcole.com, author of Ketotarian"CBD Oil: Everyday Secrets is a must-read book for anyone who's curious about this calming, anti-inflammatory super supplement. With so much confusion in the CBD world, Gretchen offers a voice of reason, sanity, wisdom, and even a very welcome dose of wit. The information is sound, science-backed and easy to understand, and the recipes are scrumptious enough to convert even CBD-skeptics!" -- Liz Moody, Food Director at mindbodygreen, author of the Healthier Together cookbook and host of the Healthier Together Podcast
£11.99
WW Norton & Co How to Be Well When You're Not
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive wellness guidebook for anyone suffering from a chronic illness or pain offers advice and suggestions from emotional coping mechanisms to recipes with specific uses and mental exercises to help readers get in touch with their bodies in new and valuable ways. Chef and certified nutritionist, Ariane Resnick guides readers to a state where they can facilitate the recovery capabilities of their bodies.
£16.14
Red Lightning Books The Wellness Lifestyle: A Chef's Recipe for Real
Book SynopsisHave you meticulously counted calories and obsessed over what you eat and how you move, only to feel exhausted, unfulfilled, and overweight? The Wellness Lifestyle: A Chef's Recipe for Real Life is the easy-to-follow and life-changing book for those who love food and want a healthier and more fulfilling life. Renowned chef Daniel Orr (Chef D) teams up with wellness coach Kelly Baute (Dr. K) to identify and navigate the eight dimensions of wellness: nutritional, physical, social, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, occupational, and environmental. The result is a fulfilling recipe for everyone interested in improving their overall health and shedding pounds while still enjoying life.The path to total wellness is a lifelong journey of self-exploration and adaptation. Chef D and Dr. K explain how to implement and maintain effective behavior changes, including better ways to move, like yoga; better ways to think, like through meditation; and better ways to eat, with easy recipes for whole, healthful foods. From Muscle Mud Breakfast Bars to Cauliflower "Popcorn," Happy Mouth Quinoa Salad to Tuscan Flatiron Steak with Garlic, Rosemary, and Lemon, The Wellness Lifestyle is packed with delicious and fun recipes that combine the healthy nutrients your body needs with the great flavors you crave. Featuring the secrets to good food and an even better life, The Wellness Lifestyle is essential for every kitchen.Trade ReviewIt may seem overwhelming, but Orr and Baute break it all down and enliven the book with tips and personal stories. * Bloom Magazine *"The beautiful photography presents mouth-watering dishes that make a reader want to dive right in." * Indianapolis Star *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. An Introduction to the MyTendWell Lifestyle Plan2. Who Am I and Why Am I Reading the MyTendWell Lifestyle Book?3. Cultivating a New You: The MyTendWell Lifestyle Plan Mind and Body4. Enlightening Yourself With the MyTendWell Lifestyle Plan5. Dipping into the MyTendWell Well of Knowledge6. Dipping into the MyTendWell Well of RecipesHealthy Foods GlossaryIndex
£21.59
Human Kinetics Publishers Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical
Book SynopsisThis is the loose-leaf version of Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, which offers students a less expensive, printed version of the text.Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical Activity, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, offers students a comprehensive overview of the field of kinesiology and explores the subdisciplinary fields of study, common career paths, and emerging ideas that are part of this dynamic and expanding discipline. This engaging, full-color introductory text stimulates curiosity about the vast field of kinesiology and generates awareness of the long-standing and current issues that kinesiology professionals seek to understand and solve.Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition, features a three-section structure that has always been a strength of this leading introductory textbook. Part I examines the diversity of physical activity and kinesiology and summarizes the importance of knowledge gained through physical activity experiences. Part II delves into the seven major subdisciplines of kinesiology, with an overview of major historical events, research methods, professional work and application, and ideas for career advancement in each. Part III elaborates on professionalism and then examines five main areas for career opportunities. With hundreds of updated references, the sixth edition includes the latest research and data available as well as an increased emphasis on sensitivity and inclusion. New editor Timothy A. Brusseau, a national youth physical activity expert who has served on the board of directors for the American Kinesiology Association, contributes his expertise and insight to the text. Additional updates to the sixth edition include the following: Related online learning tools delivered through HKPropel offer interactive opportunities to engage with and better understand the content. Updates to data, research, and graphics incorporate the most recent discoveries. New Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Kinesiology sidebars highlight influential contemporary studies and discuss how they can be applied in professional settings as an evidence-based practice. New Subdisciplinary Highlight sidebars feature trending topics in the subdisciplines of kinesiology. New Hot Career Opportunity sidebars discuss emerging career paths for kinesiology and exercise science majors. The online learning activities include audio, video, drag-and-drop activities, and scenario-based exercises to fully immerse students into the various aspects of kinesiology. Students will learn how to read and evaluate research and will develop the ability to think critically in order to confront specific challenges. Most of the activities can be assigned, and progress tracked, directly through HKPropel. Chapter quizzes (assessments), which are automatically graded, may also be assigned to test comprehension of critical concepts. Ample learning aids within the text—such as chapter objectives, summaries, key points, and review questions—will also aid in knowledge retention. Opening scenarios at the beginning of each chapter feature a specific athlete, activity, or issue in kinesiology that serves to illustrate the main points.Introduction to Kinesiology provides essential information for students embarking on their study of kinesiology, and this updated sixth edition prepares them for future courses and further study. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.Table of ContentsPart I. Kinesiology and Physical Activity ExperienceChapter 1. Introduction to KinesiologyDuane V. Knudson and Timothy A. Brusseau Interest in the Discipline of Kinesiology Physical Activity: The Focus of Kinesiology Some Focuses of Physical Activity in Kinesiology Kinesiology and Evidence-Based Practice Wrap-UpChapter 2. Importance of the Physical Activity ExperienceTimothy A. Brusseau and Duane V. Knudson Sphere of Self-Sufficiency Sphere of Self-Expression Sphere of Work Sphere of Education Sphere of Leisure Sphere of Health Sphere of Competition Factors That Influence Kinds of Experience in Physical Activity Ways in Which Experience Can Affect Physical Activity Heredity and Experience Subjective Experience of Physical Activity Wrap-UpPart II. Scholarly Study of Physical ActivityChapter 3. Philosophy of Physical ActivityCesar R. Torres and Scott Kretchmar Why Use Philosophical Thinking? What Do Philosophers Do? Research Methods for Philosophy of Physical Activity History and Future of Philosophy of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in Philosophy of Physical Activity Wrap-UpChapter 4. History of Physical ActivityLindsay Parks Pieper Why Use History of Physical Activity? What Do Historians of Physical Activity Do? History of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Research Methods for History of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in History of Physical Activity Wrap-UpChapter 5. Sociology of Physical ActivityKatherine M. Jamieson Why Use Sociology of Physical Activity? What Do Sociologists of Physical Activity Do? History of Sociology of Physical Activity Research Methods for Sociology of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in Sociology of Physical Activity Wrap-UpChapter 6. Motor BehaviorKatherine T. Thomas, Xiangli Gu, and Jerry R. Thomas Why Use Motor Behavior? What Do Motor Behaviorists Do? History of Motor Behavior Research Methods for Motor Behavior Overview of Knowledge in Motor Behavior Wrap-UpChapter 7. Sport and Exercise PsychologyRobin S. Vealey Why Use Sport and Exercise Psychology? What Do Sport and Exercise Psychology Professionals Do? History of Sport and Exercise Psychology Research Methods for Sport and Exercise Psychology Overview of Knowledge in Sport and Exercise Psychology Wrap-UpChapter 8. Biomechanics of Physical ActivityKathy Simpson Why Use Biomechanics of Physical Activity? What Do Biomechanists Do? History of Biomechanics Research Methods for Biomechanics Overview of Knowledge in Biomechanics Wrap-UpChapter 9. Physiology of Physical ActivityJennifer L. Caputo Why Use Physiology of Physical Activity? What Do Exercise Physiologists Do? History of Physiology of Physical Activity Research Methods for Physiology of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in Physiology of Physical Activity Wrap-UpPart III. Practicing a Profession in Physical ActivityChapter 10. Becoming a Physical Activity ProfessionalDuane V. Knudson and Timothy A. Brusseau What Is a Profession? How Do Our Values Shape Our Professional Conduct? How Are Physical Activity Professionals Educated for the Workforce? Are You Suited for a Career in the Physical Activity Professions? Wrap-UpChapter 11. Careers in Health and FitnessWarren D. Franke The Need for Health and Fitness Professionals Settings for Health and Fitness Roles for Health and Fitness Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Health and Fitness Advice for Health and Fitness Students Wrap-UpChapter 12. Careers in Medicine and Allied HealthChad Starkey The Diagnostic Process Integrating Exercise Into Medicine and Allied Health Medical and Allied Health Settings Roles for Medical and Allied Health Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Medicine and Allied Health Advice for Students Interested in Medicine and Allied Health Wrap-UpChapter 13. Careers in Teaching Physical EducationKim C. Graber and Thomas J. Templin What Is the Teaching of Physical Education? Settings for Teaching Physical Education Roles for Physical Education Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Teaching Physical Education Advice for Physical Education Students Wrap-UpChapter 14. Careers in Coaching and Sport InstructionJoseph A. Luxbacher and Duane V. Knudson What Are Coaching and Sport Instruction? Settings for Coaching and Sport Instruction Roles for Coaching and Sport Instruction Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Coaching and Sport Instruction Advice for Coaching and Sport Instruction Students Wrap-UpChapter 15. Careers in Sport ManagementG. Clayton Stoldt and Mark C. Vermillion What Is Sport Management? Settings for Sport Management Roles for Sport Management Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Sport Management Advice for Sport Management Students Wrap-Up
£114.30
Human Kinetics Publishers Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical
Book SynopsisThis is the loose-leaf version of Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, which offers students a less expensive, printed version of the text.Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical Activity, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, offers students a comprehensive overview of the field of kinesiology and explores the subdisciplinary fields of study, common career paths, and emerging ideas that are part of this dynamic and expanding discipline. This engaging, full-color introductory text stimulates curiosity about the vast field of kinesiology and generates awareness of the long-standing and current issues that kinesiology professionals seek to understand and solve.Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition, features a three-section structure that has always been a strength of this leading introductory textbook. Part I examines the diversity of physical activity and kinesiology and summarizes the importance of knowledge gained through physical activity experiences. Part II delves into the seven major subdisciplines of kinesiology, with an overview of major historical events, research methods, professional work and application, and ideas for career advancement in each. Part III elaborates on professionalism and then examines five main areas for career opportunities. With hundreds of updated references, the sixth edition includes the latest research and data available as well as an increased emphasis on sensitivity and inclusion. New editor Timothy A. Brusseau, a national youth physical activity expert who has served on the board of directors for the American Kinesiology Association, contributes his expertise and insight to the text. Additional updates to the sixth edition include the following: Related online learning tools delivered through HKPropel offer interactive opportunities to engage with and better understand the content. Updates to data, research, and graphics incorporate the most recent discoveries. New Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Kinesiology sidebars highlight influential contemporary studies and discuss how they can be applied in professional settings as an evidence-based practice. New Subdisciplinary Highlight sidebars feature trending topics in the subdisciplines of kinesiology. New Hot Career Opportunity sidebars discuss emerging career paths for kinesiology and exercise science majors. The online learning activities include audio, video, drag-and-drop activities, and scenario-based exercises to fully immerse students into the various aspects of kinesiology. Students will learn how to read and evaluate research and will develop the ability to think critically in order to confront specific challenges. Most of the activities can be assigned, and progress tracked, directly through HKPropel. Chapter quizzes (assessments), which are automatically graded, may also be assigned to test comprehension of critical concepts. Ample learning aids within the text—such as chapter objectives, summaries, key points, and review questions—will also aid in knowledge retention. Opening scenarios at the beginning of each chapter feature a specific athlete, activity, or issue in kinesiology that serves to illustrate the main points.Introduction to Kinesiology provides essential information for students embarking on their study of kinesiology, and this updated sixth edition prepares them for future courses and further study. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.Table of ContentsPart I. Kinesiology and Physical Activity ExperienceChapter 1. Introduction to KinesiologyDuane V. Knudson and Timothy A. Brusseau Interest in the Discipline of Kinesiology Physical Activity: The Focus of Kinesiology Some Focuses of Physical Activity in Kinesiology Kinesiology and Evidence-Based Practice Wrap-UpChapter 2. Importance of the Physical Activity ExperienceTimothy A. Brusseau and Duane V. Knudson Sphere of Self-Sufficiency Sphere of Self-Expression Sphere of Work Sphere of Education Sphere of Leisure Sphere of Health Sphere of Competition Factors That Influence Kinds of Experience in Physical Activity Ways in Which Experience Can Affect Physical Activity Heredity and Experience Subjective Experience of Physical Activity Wrap-UpPart II. Scholarly Study of Physical ActivityChapter 3. Philosophy of Physical ActivityCesar R. Torres and Scott Kretchmar Why Use Philosophical Thinking? What Do Philosophers Do? Research Methods for Philosophy of Physical Activity History and Future of Philosophy of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in Philosophy of Physical Activity Wrap-UpChapter 4. History of Physical ActivityLindsay Parks Pieper Why Use History of Physical Activity? What Do Historians of Physical Activity Do? History of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Research Methods for History of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in History of Physical Activity Wrap-UpChapter 5. Sociology of Physical ActivityKatherine M. Jamieson Why Use Sociology of Physical Activity? What Do Sociologists of Physical Activity Do? History of Sociology of Physical Activity Research Methods for Sociology of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in Sociology of Physical Activity Wrap-UpChapter 6. Motor BehaviorKatherine T. Thomas, Xiangli Gu, and Jerry R. Thomas Why Use Motor Behavior? What Do Motor Behaviorists Do? History of Motor Behavior Research Methods for Motor Behavior Overview of Knowledge in Motor Behavior Wrap-UpChapter 7. Sport and Exercise PsychologyRobin S. Vealey Why Use Sport and Exercise Psychology? What Do Sport and Exercise Psychology Professionals Do? History of Sport and Exercise Psychology Research Methods for Sport and Exercise Psychology Overview of Knowledge in Sport and Exercise Psychology Wrap-UpChapter 8. Biomechanics of Physical ActivityKathy Simpson Why Use Biomechanics of Physical Activity? What Do Biomechanists Do? History of Biomechanics Research Methods for Biomechanics Overview of Knowledge in Biomechanics Wrap-UpChapter 9. Physiology of Physical ActivityJennifer L. Caputo Why Use Physiology of Physical Activity? What Do Exercise Physiologists Do? History of Physiology of Physical Activity Research Methods for Physiology of Physical Activity Overview of Knowledge in Physiology of Physical Activity Wrap-UpPart III. Practicing a Profession in Physical ActivityChapter 10. Becoming a Physical Activity ProfessionalDuane V. Knudson and Timothy A. Brusseau What Is a Profession? How Do Our Values Shape Our Professional Conduct? How Are Physical Activity Professionals Educated for the Workforce? Are You Suited for a Career in the Physical Activity Professions? Wrap-UpChapter 11. Careers in Health and FitnessWarren D. Franke The Need for Health and Fitness Professionals Settings for Health and Fitness Roles for Health and Fitness Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Health and Fitness Advice for Health and Fitness Students Wrap-UpChapter 12. Careers in Medicine and Allied HealthChad Starkey The Diagnostic Process Integrating Exercise Into Medicine and Allied Health Medical and Allied Health Settings Roles for Medical and Allied Health Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Medicine and Allied Health Advice for Students Interested in Medicine and Allied Health Wrap-UpChapter 13. Careers in Teaching Physical EducationKim C. Graber and Thomas J. Templin What Is the Teaching of Physical Education? Settings for Teaching Physical Education Roles for Physical Education Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Teaching Physical Education Advice for Physical Education Students Wrap-UpChapter 14. Careers in Coaching and Sport InstructionJoseph A. Luxbacher and Duane V. Knudson What Are Coaching and Sport Instruction? Settings for Coaching and Sport Instruction Roles for Coaching and Sport Instruction Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Coaching and Sport Instruction Advice for Coaching and Sport Instruction Students Wrap-UpChapter 15. Careers in Sport ManagementG. Clayton Stoldt and Mark C. Vermillion What Is Sport Management? Settings for Sport Management Roles for Sport Management Professionals Trends and Opportunities in Sport Management Advice for Sport Management Students Wrap-Up
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NewSouth Publishing Vital Signs: Stories from intensive care
Book SynopsisThe majority of us now die in hospitals and many of us will end up in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the last few days of our lives. Yet for most people, what happens in an ICU remains a mystery. This collection of stories about the experiences of intensive care patients, their families and carers, is about ordinary people facing terrible tragedies and the ways they cope with them. The author, a practicing intensive care clinician, takes the reader on a journey inside an ICU and reveals to the public, for the first time, what really happens inside ICU. The book traces the personal tragedies of ICU patients and their families and the struggles of staff providing care in this critical environment. The core function of the ICU has slowly changed from being life saving to becoming life sustaining - even when there is no hope of a meaningful recovery. Admission to the ICU is often sudden and unexpected and there are few guidelines for dealing with dying under these circumstances. ICU patients are often in a coma or sedated, which means decisions relating to their care must be made by their families. Many of the stories in this collection are about the dilemmas associated with withdrawing and withholding treatment that are faced by family and medical staff in ICU each day. They are about the ways we die and the ways we deal with death. They are about the people who care for us in our last moments: not only our friends and family, but the doctors and nurses who care for us and face these tragedies daily. The book carefully details the pressures on staff and the ways they cope with the intensity of providing this level of care. It is brimming with moments of humour and sadness that cut through the institutional reality of ICU, revealing the very human experience of this institution.
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