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A Sacred Covenant: The Spiritual Ministry of Nursing: The Spiritual Ministry of Nursing - Paperback

$138.51

by Mary Elizabeth O'Brien (Author)New from celebrated author Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, A Sacred Covenant: The Spiritual Ministry of Nursing focuses on the nurse's personal spirituality and spiritual needs and is a great companion to her other books especially Spirituality In Nursing: Standing on Holy Ground. Each chapter is based in scripture, both Old and New Testament, providing a broad spiritual grounding for the topics discussed. Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8.48 x 5.9 IN Publica...

Handbook of Clinical Teaching in Nursing and Health Sciences - Spiral

$136.71

by Marcia Gardner (Author), Patricia Dunphy Suplee (Author)Due to the growing nursing faculty shortage, clinicians are being recruited directly from the practice setting for clinical teaching without formal training in educational strategies. Handbook of Clinical Teaching in Nursing and Health Care serves as a quick-reference for support of clinical teaching for nurses. It allows a clinical instructor to identify a question about clinical teaching and quickly get ideas about how to effectivel...

100 Questions & Answers about Von Willebrand Disease: . - Paperback

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by Andra H. James (Author)Preview this title's catalog page in a new window 100 Questions & Answers About Von Willerbrand Disease First Edition Second Edition Third Edition Fourth Edition Fifth Edition Sixth Edition Seventh Edition Eighth Edition Ninth Edition Tenth Edition Eleventh Edition Twelve Edition Authors: Andra H. James, MD, Duke University Medical Center Show degrees: Yes No Show affiliations: Yes No ISBN: 0763757675 ISBN-13: 9780763757670 Price: $17.95 Binding: Paperback Pages:...

Drug Safety Data: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk - Paperback

$181.71

by Michael J. Klepper (Author), Barton Cobert (Author)Drug Safety Data: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk was selected for The First Clinical Research Bookshelf - Essential reading for clinical research professionals by the Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices. Drug Safety Data: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk provides drug safety/pharmacovogilance professionals, pharmaceutical and clinical research scientists, statisticians, programmer...

Life, Death, and Catholic Medical Choice - Paperback

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by Kevin O'Neil (Author), Peter Black (Author)With the many medical options available for ourselves and loved ones, how do we make informed decisions which draw upon our Catholic tradition and so respect our human dignity and the dignity of others?This small book, using question-answer format, addresses topics that touch: On the beginning of human life; medical responses to infertility, stem cell research, etc.; On life "in between"; organ donation, genetic testing, experimental treatment...

Essentials of Public Health Communication - Paperback

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by Claudia Parvanta (Author), David E. Nelson (Author), Sarah A. Parvanta (Author)The field of communications is increasingly recognized as a powerful tool in addressing the world's most imperative public health challenges. Effective communication in health campaigns can inform, empower, or persuade individuals to adopt healthier lifestyles as well as foster public debate and policy change. Featuring a full chapter on informatics, this book is devoted to the competencies in health communicati...

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by Patrick Taylor (Author)Tis the season in Ballybucklebo with New York Times bestselling author Patrick Taylor's An Irish Country Christmas. Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not be coming home for the holidays. That unhappy prospect dampens his spirits somewhat, but Barry has little time to dwell on his romantic disappointments. Christmas may be drawing nigh, but ...

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The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy - Paperback

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by Paul P. Pearsall (Author)A fascinating synthesis of ancient wisdom, modern medicine, scientific research, and personal experiences that proves that the human heart, not the brain, holds the secrets that link body, mind, and spirit. You know that the heart loves and feels, but did you know that the heart also thinks, remembers, communicates with other hearts, helps regulate immunity, and contains stored information that continually pulses through your body? In The Heart's Code, Dr. Paul Pea...

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by Patrick Taylor (Author)An Irish Country Doctor from bestselling author Patick Taylor is a charming and engrossing tale that will captivate readers from the very first page--and leave them yearning to visit the Irish countryside of days gone by. Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the Northern Ireland village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there. But Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice. At le...

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An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea - Paperback

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by Patrick Taylor (Author)Doctor O'Reilly experiences both love and loss during World War II in this new novel in Patrick Taylor's beloved Irish Country series Long before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, young Surgeon-lieutenant O'Reilly answered the call of duty to serve in World War II. Fingal just wants to marry his beloved Deirdre and live happily ever after. First he must hone his skills at a British naval hospital before reporting bac...

Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis - Paperback

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by Lisa Sanders (Author)A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. "The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in ...

Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future - Paperback

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by Harriet A. Washington (Author)From the award-winning author of Medical Apartheid, an expos of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of life--including yours. Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of human life, and more are pending. If you undergo surgery in many hospitals you must sign away ownership rights to your excised tis...

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Living Beyond Your Chronic Pain: 8 Simple Steps to a Pain-Free and Healthy Life - Paperback

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by Joseph Christiano (Author)Pain does not need to rule your life anymore!Living Beyond Your Chronic Pain is your daily "go-to" guide on breaking free from your prison of chronic pain. Chronic pain has become an epidemic, with over 100 million Americans suffering from this debilitating condition on a day-to-day basis. Dr. Joseph Christiano shares out of his personal struggle with chronic pain, turning his years of suffering into a message of hope for you to experience a pain-free life. He sho...

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by Megan Baxter (Author)"A pensive inquiry, often breathtakingly beautiful and relatable, into how and where and with whom we fit." --Kirkus The essays in Twenty Square Feet of Skin tell their stories through the body--encased as it is in "that greatest of organs, that membrane that protects the individual from the universe"--as Megan Baxter's entrée to and home within the larger world that surrounds her. What does a tattoo mean? How can plastic surgery transform? What is the history of pedi...

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by Peterson's (Author)Peterson's Master the NCLEX-PN is a comprehensive guide that helps prospective nursing students score their best on the licensing exam to become a practical nurse. With a review of the Practical Nursing studies content in outline form, this self-tutoring guide gives students valuable practice with the content they can expect to see on the actual exam. The guide also includes information about basic nursing concepts, nursing procedures, and pharmacology, plus details abo...

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by Peterson's (Author)Peterson's(R) Master(TM) the NCLEX-RN(R) is a comprehensive source of information designed to help candidates score their best on the licensing exam to become a registered nurse. With its content aligned to the test plan developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN(R)) and practice exercises built to reinforce those concepts, this guide provides effective test preparation for what candidates will encounter on the actual exam. It also includes infor...

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Classic Human Anatomy in Motion: The Artist's Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing - Hardcover

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by Valerie L. Winslow (Author)This essential companion book to the bestselling Classic Human Anatomy provides artists and art students with a deeper understanding of human anatomy and different types of motion, inspiring more realistic and energetic figurative art. Fine-art instruction books do not usually focus on anatomy as it relates to movement, despite its great artistic significance. Written by a long-time expert on drawing and painting human anatomy, Classic Human Anatomy in Motion off...

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League of Denial: The Nfl, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth - Paperback

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by Mark Fainaru-Wada (Author), Steve Fainaru (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "meticulously documented and endlessly chilling" (The New York Times) exploration of the NFL's decades-long attempt to deny and cover up mounting evidence connecting football and brain damage. "A first-rate piece of reporting [that] adds crucial detail, texture, and news to the concussion story, which despite the NFL's best efforts, isn't going away."--Time ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, N...

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The Complete Fibromyalgia Health, Diet Guide and Cookbook: Includes Practical Wellness Solutions and 100 Delicious Recipes - Paperback

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by Louise S. McCrindle (Author), Alison C. Bested (Author) According to the 2010 Canadian Community Health Survey there are 450,000 people in Canada who have fibromyalgia. In the United States, there are an estimated 5 million adults. This book, written by leading experts in fibromyalgia, gives common sense tools that will help fibromyalgia patients help themselves on to a road to improvement and perhaps recovery. There are few books on fibromyalgia that provide a program for recovery and a ...

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Crohn's & Colitis Diet Guide - Paperback

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by Hillary Steinhart (Author), Julie Cepo (Author) Diet is a huge priority for anyone living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. The authors provide crucial guidance for sufferers, families, friends and caregivers in helping to manage IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) symptoms. In a very informative and easy-to-understand manner, this updated third edition provides all the necessary guidelines regarding the specific foods that might cause problems, as well as IBD-tailored recipes tha...

The Origin, Persistence and Failings of Hiv/AIDS Theory - Paperback

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by Henry H. Bauer (Author) Thanks to enormous funding for educational programs, the whole world "knows" that HIV causes AIDS. But is what we know compatible with the facts? This book challenges the conventional wisdom on this issue. Collating and analyzing, for the first time, the results of more than two decades of HIV testing, it reveals that the common assumptions about HIV and AIDS are incompatible with the published data. Among the many topics explored are the failings of HIV testing, st...

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Kinesiology Taping the Essential Step-By-Step Guide: Taping for Sports, Fitness and Daily Life - 160 Conditions and Ailments - Paperback

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by John Langendoen (Author), Karin Sertel (Author) Includes 70 proven tape applications for more than 160 ailments and conditions, with step-by-step color photographs. Taping can be an effective and simple way to treat a variety of conditions like muscle pain, bruising, sore muscles, bad posture, swelling, strains, sprains, arthritic conditions, menstrual complaints, headaches and even sinusitis. Proper application can help the body rest and heal naturally, reduce inflammation, increase circ...

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The Endometriosis Health and Diet Program: Get Your Life Back - Paperback

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by Andrew S. Cook (Author), Danielle Cook (Author) Endometriosis can have a profound impact on a woman's quality of life, and it affects the lives of 6 to 10 percent of women worldwide. This timely book will dispel the myths surrounding endometriosis and provide scientifically based recommendations that are easy to understand and follow. It offers recommendations on treating root causes rather than just symptoms -- it's a comprehensive, integrative program for treating endometriosis and serv...

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Using the Gaps Diet: 175 Recipes for Gaining Control of Your Gut Flora - Paperback

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by Signe Gad (Author), Irene Hage (Introduction by), Natasha Campbell-McBride (Foreword by) With a foreword by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride and an introduction by Dr. Irene Hage, this comprehensive introduction to the GAPS diet along with 175 tasty recipes will help you gain control of your health and intestinal flora. Coined by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, gut and psychology syndrome - or GAPS - is a generic term used for a range of modern chronic diseases that have their roots in compromi...

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You Are What Your Grandparents Ate: What You Need to Know about Nutrition, Experience, Epigenetics and the Origins of Chronic Disease - Hardcover

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by Judith Finlayson (Author), Kent Thornburg (Foreword by) Learn how to live a healthy life and leave a legacy of wellness by looking both to the past and to the future. You Are What Your Grandparents Ate takes conventional wisdom about the origins of chronic disease and turns it upside down. Rooted in the work of the late epidemiologist Dr. David Barker, it highlights the exciting research showing that heredity involves much more than the genes your parents passed on to you. Thanks to the r...

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The Human Body Atlas: How the Human Body Works - Hardcover

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by National Geographic (Author)The Human Body Atlas presents the human body and how it works, explaining the amazing work done behind the scenes by each part of the body. The human body is a complicated thing, but now you can learn how it works in-depth. The beautiful, full-color illustrations in The Human Body Atlas are accompanied by informative text explaining the major body systems, including: Circulatory Digestive Endocrine Lymphatic Muscular Nervous Autonomic nervous Reproductive Resp...

The Victorian Vivisection Debate: Frances Power Cobbe, Experimental Science and the

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by Theodore G. Obenchain (Author) Is it justifiable for scientists to subject live animals to open operations--forcing them to suffer for the benefit of humans? This book expounds upon a debate among such experimental scientists as Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch in Victorian England--at a time in which animal cruelty (bear-baiting, e.g.) was ubiquitous. Journalist and reformer Frances Power Cobbe became so incensed that she devoted her political and legislative talents over a th...

The Meaning of Addiction: An Unconventional View - Paperback

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by Stanton Peele (Author)A controversial and persuasive analysis of addiction A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction. ?David Cook, Counseling and Psychological Services, University ofWisconsin This compelling and controversial book challenges the widelyaccepted belief that alcohol and drug addiction have a genetic orbiolo...

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by Blaine J. Fowers (Author)According to psychologist Blaine Fowers, the myth of marital happiness-that good communication, emotional gratification, and intimacy result in a healthy relationship-has made marriages more fragile than ever before and we must let it go. Does this mean that we should give up on love, satisfaction, intimacy, emotional support, good communication, and good sex in marriage? That marriage must be continued solely on the basis of grim commitment? That no one should div...

Cannabis Extracts in Medicine: The Promise of Benefits in Seizure Disorders, Cancer and Other Conditions - Paperback

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by Jeffrey Dach (Author), Elaine A. Moore (Author), Justin Kander (Author)As of December 2014, medicinal cannabis is legal in 23 states where news and medical journals report success stories of people recovering from diverse medical conditions such as epilepsy, cancer and chronic pain. In states where cannabis remains illegal, users and providers risk arrest and imprisonment. While the United States government has restricted cannabis medical research, advances have been made in Israel, Spain ...

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Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America - Paperback

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by Polly J. Price (Author)An expert legal review of the US government's response to epidemics through history--with larger conclusions about COVID-19, and reforms needed for the next plague In this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, from yellow fever to the Spanish flu, from HIV/AIDS to Ebola, Polly J. Price examines how law and government affected the outcome of epidemics--and how those outbreaks in turn shaped our government. Price presents a fascinat...

The Martin Buber - Carl Rogers Dialogue: A New Transcript With Commentary - Paperback

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by Rob Anderson (Author), Kenneth N. Cissna (Author)A corrected and extensively annotated version of the sole meeting between two of the most important figures in twentieth-century intellectual life.The Martin Buber-Carl Rogers Dialogue offers a corrected and extensively annotated version of this central text in human sciences. Focusing on the sole meeting between these two central figures in twentieth-century intellectual life, Anderson and Cissna return to the original 1957 audio tape and t...