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Health of Black Americans from Post-Reconstruction to Integration, 1871-1960: An Annotated Bibliography of Contemporary Sources

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Report copyright infringementby Woodrow Jones (Author), Mitchell Rice (Author)This comprehensive annotated bibliography, the first of its kind, provides lengthy entries on articles dealing with black health published during three time periods from post reconstruction to 1960. The compilers', Mitchell F. Rice and Woodrow Jones, Jr., introduction reviews the literature that composes the bibliography and discusses trends in the mortality, morbidity, and health care utilization behaviors of black...

The Measurement of Health: Concepts and Indicators

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Report copyright infringementby James Larson (Author)How can the various indicators of health, available through vital statistics, government publications, private surveys and other sources, be measured? This and other questions are brought to light in James Larson's important study of concepts in the health measurement of individuals and populations. This book is intended to provide a backdrop for future research into determining health care needs, while allowing for more efficient allocatio...

Geriatric Nursing Assistants: An Annotated Bibliography with Models to Enhance Practice

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Report copyright infringementby George H. Weber (Author)This up-to-date bibliography of heretofore scattered references to nursing assistants includes literature pertinent to the construction of models to improve nursing assistant practice and emphasizes the psychosocial skills that are invaluable to the nursing assistant's work. Annotated reviews center on the tasks and context of nursing assistant work and ways to improve practice through training, organizational development, advocacy, and ...

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Report copyright infringementby K. Codell Carter (Author)This collection of translations of some of Koch's important essays represents an important first. It includes three of his essays on anthrax, three on tuberculosis, two on cholera, one on wound infections, and a relective essay entitled On Bacteriological Research. These papers clearly reflect the coherence and inter-connectedness of Koch's thought. They include the initial presentation of his ideas and also provide examples of his tena...

A Dictionary of Drug Abuse Terms and Terminology

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Report copyright infringementby Ernest L. Abel (Author), Unknown (Author)Product information not available. Number of Pages: 137 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: October 18, 1984

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Report copyright infringementby Ginger S. Frost (Author)The experiences of children growing up in Britain during Victorian times are often misunderstood to be either idyllic or wretched. Yet, the reality was more wide-ranging than most imagine. Here, in colorful detail and with firsthand accounts, Frost paints a complete picture of Victorian childhood that illustrates both the difficulties and pleasures of growing up during this period. Differences of class, gender, region, and time varied th...

When a Family Member Has Dementia: Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver

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Report copyright infringementby Susan M. McCurry (Author)Caring for a person with dementia is a difficult and often- overwhelming task. In addition to the inevitable decline in memory and physical function, most persons with dementia develop one or more troublesome behavior problems, such as depression, fearfulness, sleep disturbances, paranoia, or physical aggression at some point in their disease. Behavioral challenges in dementia are highly idiosyncratic. No two patients are alike, and int...

African American Women's Health and Social Issues

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Fisher Collins (Editor)Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today. Topics include African American women and heart disease, sickle cell, breast cancer, diabetes, HIV and AIDS, as well as mental illness. Social issues that affect health are also examined, including poverty, homelessness, stres...

The Ethics of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood: Brave New Families?

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Report copyright infringementby Scott B. Rae (Author)This study addresses the two most controversial issues in surrogate motherhood: the commercial aspect of the practice and the issue of parental rights. After setting the legal and moral backdrop of procreative liberty in general, Rae argues that commercial surrogacy is the moral equivalent of baby-selling and should be prohibited. Add to this the potential for exploitation of the surrogate in practices that are already in motion and it is n...

Acupuncture: A Viable Medical Alternative

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Report copyright infringementby Marie E. Cargill (Author)It will be an eye opener for the public to see that acupuncture is widely practiced and that research in this area is going on . . . all over the world . . . It has been proven many times . . . that acupuncture can work in many cases where conventional medicine has failed. Nelly Tsiving, licensed acupuncturist Throughout history, acupuncture has provided painless, low-cost, non-invasive relief for conditions ranging from back pain and h...

Male Homosexual Behavior and the Effects of AIDS Education: A Study of Behavior and Safer Sex in New Zealand and South Australia

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Report copyright infringementby B. R. Simon Rosser (Author), Eli Coleman (Foreword by)Since the AIDS epidemic was recognized, information on safer sex has been assumed to be the most crucial means of preventing further spread of the disease. But how well has AIDS education worked? What kinds of education work best and for whom? This study is the first to provide an in-depth analysis of the results of AIDS education programs and to explore the psychosocial factors that affect behavioral respon...

The Social Dimensions of AIDS: Method and Theory

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas a. Feldman (Author), T. M. Johnson (Author)A collection of original papers on the nature of AIDS social research, this volume brings together anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and public health researchers to consider the methodological, empirical, and conceptual aspects of the problem. Unlike other studies, which focus on the medical and epidemiological aspects of AIDS, this study specifically focuses on the social aspects of the disease, t...

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Report copyright infringementby R. B. Welbourn (Author), Stanley R. Friesen (Author), Ivan D. a. Johnston (Author)Richard B. Welbourn, a retired endocrine surgeon who has written two books on the subject, has compiled the definitive history of the new and advancing discipline of endocrine surgery. The book traces the history of endocrine surgery from its origins to the 1980s, detailing the stories behind the surgery of each gland. A valuable biographical index containing basic information as ...

Concepts and Strategies in New Drug Development

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Nwangwu (Author)Provides the first accessible introduction to concepts and strategies employed in clinical trials of drugs. Also covers essential strategies and proctical insights on clinical research methodology.Author Biographyangwu /f Peter /i U. /r ed. Number of Pages: 265 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 15, 1983

Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions

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Report copyright infringementby Gabrielle Hatfield (Author)A wide-ranging compilation on the materia medica of the ordinary people of Britain and North America, comparing practices in both places. Informative and engaging, yet authoritative and well researched, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine reveals previously unexamined connections between folk medicine practices on either side of the Atlantic, as well as within different cultures (Celtic, Native American, etc.) in the United Kingdom and Amer...

The Gut Microbiome: Exploring the Connection Between Microbes, Diet, and Health

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Report copyright infringementby Ana Maria R. Moise (Author)This accessibly written, comprehensive summary of research findings on the gut microbiome and its implications for health and disease--a topic of growing interest and concern--serves as an essential resource for teachers and students. Most people know that the digestive tract contains billions of helpful gut bacteria, but how does the gut microbiome affect our health? What exactly do these bacteria do, and what are the negative effect...

Advances in Psychedelic Medicine: State-Of-The-Art Therapeutic Applications

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Report copyright infringementby Michael J. Winkelman (Editor), Ben Sessa MD (Editor)Researchers, program administrators, and practicing clinicians explain the most recent developments in using psychedelic substances to treat psychological, physiological, and social problems. More than a decade ago, the U.S. government lifted its ban on all testing of psychedelic substances. Winkelman and Sessa now provide updated scientific research and applications of these substances, now moving into approv...

Doctors at the Borders: Immigration and the Rise of Public Health

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Report copyright infringementby Michael C. Lemay (Author)A unique resource for the general public and students interested in immigration and public health, this book presents a comprehensive history of public health and draws 10 key lessons for current immigration and health policymakers. The period of 1820 to 1920 was one of mass migration to the United States from other nations of origin. This century-long period served to develop modern medicine with the acceptance of the germ theory of di...

The Youth Sports Crisis: Out-Of-Control Adults, Helpless Kids

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Report copyright infringementby Steven J. Overman (Author)This provocative critique of the youth sports movement examines the various issues surrounding children in sports and provides a plan for reform based on a change in philosophy and practice. Many American children spend more than 20 hours a week in organized sports, forgoing free time and unstructured recreational activities for the rigors of training and competition. This book offers a comprehensive critique of the youth sports moveme...

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Report copyright infringementby Allison James (Author), Jenny Hockey (Author)How do we know we are ill? Are health, illness and disability universal categories? How important is the body in our understanding of health? These crucial questions are just some of the issues tackled in this comprehensive and insightful new book. Embodying Health Identities offers a fundamental account of the sociology of health, exploring the relationship between health and identity through a focus on embodiment. ...

Biology for Health: Applying the Activities of Daily Living

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Report copyright infringementby S. H. Cedar (Author)This textbook takes a unique approach by linking the elements of anatomy and physiology (A&P) with everyday activities we all do without thinking, the 'Activities of Daily Living' such as breathing or eating, in order to explain biological systems and making complex ideas and biological processes easier to understand and relate to practice. By connecting A&P with health, healthcare and wellbeing, the author's exceptional understandin...

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Report copyright infringementby Joy K. Rice (Foreword by), Joan C. Chrisler (Editor)Every woman in the world has the right to control her own body, plan her family, receive good quality medical care, and give birth to a healthy baby. This book takes a comprehensive look at the status of women's reproductive rights from a transnational, human-rights perspective. "Reproductive justice" is a relatively new term that underscores the fact that the existence of reproductive rights does not mean tha...

Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders: Understanding, Coping, and Prevention

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Report copyright infringementby Rudy Nydegger (Author)This thorough discussion and analysis of anxiety and related disorders looks at case studies, specific diagnostic categories, and treatments. Anxiety disorders are the most common and frequently misdiagnosed and undertreated of all mental health conditions. Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders: Understanding, Coping, and Prevention explains in accessible language the myths, misunderstandings, and realities of anxiety disorders, inclu...

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Iacobbo (Author), Michael Iacobbo (Author)The first complete history of vegetarianism in the United States, this story reveals the people, the organizations, and the events from the late 1700s to the present. Despite generally held notions that today's vegetarianism sprang from 1960s counterculture and that prior to that its only advocates were fanatics and fringe groups, the authors explore strong movements in other historical eras, the proponents of whi...

The American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia

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Report copyright infringementby Julie Willett (Editor)This is the first encyclopedia to focus exclusively on the many aspects of the American beauty industry, covering both its diverse origins and its global reach. The American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia is the first compilation to focus exclusively on this pervasive business, covering both its diverse origins and global reach. More than 100 entries were chosen specifically to illuminate the most iconic aspects of the industry's past and pr...

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Report copyright infringementby Giuseppe Roccatagliata (Author) Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: February 21, 1986

American Babies: Their Life and Times in the 20th Century

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth A. Reedy (Author)The focus of this book is the journey babies have made over the past century. The rise of the middle class in America dictated major changes in the ways babies were fed, cared for, and raised. Social programs focused on improving water and sanitation programs for all, which led directly to decreased infection among infants and improved morbidity and mortality rates. Other programs also focused attention on babies. Advances in medicine...

Social Workers Speak Out on the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Voices from and to African-American Communities

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Gant (Author), Vincent Lynch (Author), Patricia Stewart (Author)Written by a team of nationally recognized African American social work professionals with extensive and distinguished backgrounds of HIV/AIDS service, the book examines the crisis facing African American communities. The editors strive to convey to academics, researchers, and students the magnitude of the crisis and that individuals and organizations serving African Americans need to be able...

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Report copyright infringementby Adrienne B. Rosof (Editor), William Campbell Felch M. D. (Editor)The first edition of this book was intended to be a standard guide--a reference manual--that would be useful not only in the mechanics of producing a single program but also in organizing and operating a continuing medical education (CME) department on an ongoing basis. All over North America this primer has become a valuable aid to CME workers in the many locations--medical schools, professional ...

Hepatic Transplantation: Anesthetic and Perioperative Management

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Report copyright infringementby Yoo Goo Kang (Author), Peter M. Winter (Author)As a major transplantation center, the University of Pittsburgh has conducted more than 300 liver transplants. Because the problems faced by an institution contemplating the initiation of such an organ transplantation program are many, unique, and often unexpected, the university has been beseiged by requests from other physicians and hospitals for training and advice. This book represents much of the accumulated e...

Debating Your Plate: The Most Controversial Foods and Ingredients

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Report copyright infringementby Randi Minetor (Author)Examining the most controversial foods and ingredients, this book provides an objective, well-balanced look at their health benefits and risks. It equips readers with the information they need to make their own informed decisions about what they eat. Most people aspire to eat healthy, but what exactly does that mean? While some foods like vegetables are universally acknowledged as beneficial, and others like added sugars are widely condemn...

Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue: A Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Practitioners

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Report copyright infringementby Joel L. Young (Author)Some doctors still think Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a "fake" diagnosis. In this book, Joel Young, MD, presents the research, experience, and treatments that prove otherwise. Millions of Americans experience chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a continuous exhaustion and a feeling comparable to that of having just run a marathon when all they have done is a daily living task, such as taking a shower or getting dressed. Doctors don't have tests...