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by Katrina Karkazis (Author)What happens when a baby is born with "ambiguous" genitalia or a combination of "male" and "female" body parts? Clinicians and parents in these situations are confronted with complicated questions such as whether a girl can have XY chromosomes, or whether some penises are "too small" for a male sex assignment. Since the 1950s, standard treatment has involved determining a sex for these infants and performing surgery to normalize the infant's genitalia. Over the pas...
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by Horace H. Cunningham (Author)The opening months of the Civil War went on in the midst of confusion and improvisation. This was especially true of the field medical services of both armies which were disorganized and understaffed-and hence not in position to cope with the vast number of wounded soldiers nor treat them properly. Moreover, the ambulance services were woefully inadequate, and the wounded men had to find their way back to the hospitals where overworked surgeons operated around ...
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by Warwick Anderson (Author)Colonial Pathologies is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while exerting control over and "civilizing" a population of seven million people spread out over seven thousand islands. In the process, he traces a significant transformation in the...
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by Richard Schulz (Editor)This collection provides a comprehensive analysis of intervention approaches to dementia caregiving. It reviews the existing knowledge and provides a conceptual framework for organizing caregiver interventions of all types. Of special interest is the design of an intervention study for a culturally diverse community. The volume concludes with a discussion of how to translate intervention research into public policy, with an assessment of the future of caregiving and ...
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by Susan Dowd Stone (Editor), Alexis E. Menken (Editor)As a psychotherapist and educator of future mental health practitioners, I believe this work fills an important gap in reference books for professionals who care for childbearing women. Since the volume provides invaluable neurobiological research on depression and anxiety, I recommend this work to all health and mental health professionals."--Illness, Crisis and Loss Over the past three years, pregnancy related mood disorders have become...
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by Michael J. Mahoney (Editor)"Öthe entire field of psychological services is moving through a developmental transformation of significant proportionsÖopen dialogue regarding its diversity is likely to be one of its saving graces in the centuries to come." - From the Editor's Conclusion Updated and expanded from the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Dr. Mahoney has assembled an impressive group of top psychologists to focus on current developments in cognitive and constructive...
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by Joyce Fitzpatrick (Editor), Adeline Nyamathi (Volume Editor), Deborah Koniak-Griffin (Volume Editor)This 25th anniversary edition of the Annual Review of Nursing Research is focused on nursing science in vulnerable populations. Identified as a priority in the nursing discipline, vulnerable populations are discussed in terms of the development of nursing science, diverse approaches in building the state of the science research, integrating biologic methods in the research, and research in r...
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by Lori R. Freedman (Author)Willing and Unable explores the social world where abortion politics and mainstream medicine collide. The author interviewed physicians of obstetrics and gynecology around the United States to find out why physicians rarely integrate abortion into their medical practice. While abortion stigma, violence, and political contention provide some explanation, her findings demonstrate that willing physicians are further encumbered by a variety of barriers within their pra...
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by Nancy Neveloff Dubler (Author), Carol B. Liebman (Author)Bioethics Mediation offers stories about patients, families, and health care providers enmeshed in conflict as they wrestle with decisions about life and death. It provides guidance for those charged with supporting the patient's traditional and religious commitments and personal wishes. Today's medical system, without intervention, privileges those within shared cultures of communication and disadvantages those lacking power and pos...
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by Vania Smith-Oka (Author)Mainstream Mexican views of indigenous women center on them as problematic mothers, and development programs have included the goal of helping these women become "good mothers." Economic incentives and conditional cash transfers are the vehicles for achieving this goal. With ethnographic immediacy, Shaping the Motherhood of Indigenous Mexico examines the dynamics among the various players--indigenous mothers, clinicians, and representatives of development programs. ...
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by Deborah Kowal (Author)In 1983 two doctors, one from each side of the world, decided to form a partnership, and so began a scientific adventure that would improve the odds that babies could be born healthy and whole. Neural tube defects that severely disabled or killed babies were epidemic in China (where the folk term was guai tai--roughly "monster baby"--for an infant whose embryonic neural tube doesn't completely close and whose head and neck may be misshapen or spine may protrude) and a...
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by John Nelson (Editor), Jean Watson (Editor)Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring (Caritas) is now used in approximately 300 health care institutions in the United States and other institutions worldwide. This is the first international compendium of Caritas research, presenting the findings of 41 studies from 7 countries. The book examines similarities and differences in the ways in which each country applies Watson's Theory and documents the outcomes of these interventions. It addresses rel...
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by Denise Glavan (Author), Cindy Longanacre (Author), John Spivey (Author)The authors offer a practical and comprehensive guide to hospice care, the changes that occur with terminal illness and ways to handle them, and a philosophy of caring.Author BiographyDenise Glavan, an ordained minister who has several years of experience as a hospice chaplin, is currently serving as a pastor. Cindy Longanacre is a hospice-certified registered nurse with six years of experience in patient care and admin...
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by Anastasia Kidd (Author)Whether your body is small or large, aged or young, disabled or abled, toned or soft, lithe or stiff--or somewhere in-between--anti-fatness affects us all, because it is intended to. Fat Church critiques anti-fat prejudice and the Church's historic participation in it, calling for a fatphobic reckoning for the sake of God's gospel of freedom.Pastor and theological educator Anastasia Kidd reviews the history of diet culture, fat studies, beauty, body policing--and the...
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by Sylvia Branzei (Author), Jack Keely (Illustrator)A classic of modern gross scholarship. Complete with hilariously disgusting illustrations and fun activities, this guide to all things gross covers everything from barf to farts to scabs. Discover the science behind the sickeningly cool stuff that comes out of our bodies!Author BiographySylvia Branzei is the author of Grossology, Animal Grossology, Grossology Begins at Home, Hands-On Grossology, and Virtual Grossology. She is the originator ...
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by Joseph Mercola (Author), Ben Lerner (Author)Childhood is a pivotal time for good nutrition. Organs and blood streams nurtured with junk food cannot build a foundation for good health and longevity as an adult. Drs. Joseph Mercola and Ben Lerner believe profound inactivity, addiction to electronic media, and diets of super-sized fast food and sugar-laden beverages have created a national emergency. Generation XL is a clarion call and a detailed guide to giving your child a vibrant, successf...
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by Lawrence Wyatt (Author)Differential Diagnosis of Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders is a pocket-sized handbook designed to provide the chiropractic physician, intern, and student with a quick reference manual for differential diagnosis. The topics covered encompass most of the syndromes seen in everyday chiropractic cases involving neurology, orthopaedics, and diagnostic imaging.
Number of Pages: 296
Dimensions: 0.67 x 7.8 x 5.08 IN
Publication Date: June 08, 1994
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by Rebecca Z. Shafir Ma CCC (Author)TV, radio, traffic, telephones, pagers - our minds are bombarded daily by constant noise and clutter. No wonder so many people find it increasingly difficult to listen and comprehend. Simple pieces of information such as names go "in one ear and out the other." Poor listening may have tragic consequences such as the Challenger disaster and the Potomac River crash of 1982, or it can result in smaller tragedies such as lost promotions, stalled marriages, and ...
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by Grace Growing Medicine (Author)Alcohol/drug addiction is a worldwide problem. But it is also a personal problem. Grace Growing Medicine E.R. knows: it was her problem. Negotiating Shadows traces her life from her birth into poverty and an abusive childhood into her womanhood as an addict. We accompany her on her dark journey as she negotiates the conflicts of life, via Alcoholics Anonymous and the Baha'i Faith, on her way to the Sun and her spiritual awakening.
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by A. Nursing Sister (Author)The first year of war on the Western Front The quality of medical and nursing care available to British soldiers on campaign had improved immeasurably since the days of the Crimean War in the middle of the nineteenth century when Florence Nightingale and her nurses had cared for wounded men who could scarcely believe that her presence was not other worldly. By the time of the First World War the organisation of medical care had become a fixture of the military es...
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by Simon Paul Caldwell (Author)When Ray Parker dies unexpectedly in Bethulia Park Hospital, his suspicious family launch a campaign for justice. They recruit the young and idealistic hospital chaplain Father Calvin Baines to find a beautiful nurse who might unmask the doctor they believe is guilty of murder. When Emerald Essien enters his life, the priest finds his high principles are put to the test in a way that drives him to the edge of despair as he is propelled into a dark world of sexua...
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by Donald Lathrop (Author), E. Mark Stern (Author), Karen Gibson (Author)Psychotherapy is profoundly indebted to Carl Jung, who among others, discovered the mappings of soul psychology. Carl Jung and Soul Psychology is a fascinating exploration of the identity and unifying work of soul psychology. The editors have met a monumental challenge in enlisting the scope of wisdom represented in this unique book.Author BiographyKaren Gibson, Donald Lathrop, E. Mark Stern
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by Joseph Victor Levy (Author), Paul Bach-Y-Rita (Author)The authors' objective is simple: The readers of their book should be better equipped to question their need for vitamins and to understand what they do and do not do for them. In addition, the information provided here should help readers to evaluate critically the many claims of the manufacturers and distributors of vitamins, and others who hold vested (although not necessarily commercial) interest or positions on vitamin use.Among th...
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by Humberto R. Maturana (Author), Francisco J. Varela (Author), J. Z. Young (Foreword by)"Knowing how we know" is the subject of this book. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence. Written for a general audience as well as for students, scholars, and scientists and abundantly illustrated with examples from biology, lin...
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by American Psychiatric Association (Author)This book seeks to enhance the assessment, treatment, and care in adolescents, young adults, and adults with an eating disorder. The guideline focuses on evidence-based pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and other nonpharmacological treatments for eating disorders, primarily anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
Number of Pages: 114
Dimensions: 0.27 x 10.91 x 8.41 IN
Publication Date: April 02, 2023
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by Volney Steele (Author)Bleed, Blister, and Purge traces the fits and starts of medical progress on the western frontier. With the authority of a scholar and the sparkle of an old-time storyteller, Dr. Volney Steele takes the reader from rotgut whiskey to modern anesthetics, from castor oil to antibiotics, and from barroom surgery to modern hospital operations. Dr. Steele wrote Bleed, Blister, and Purge "to shed light on and celebrate the dedication and humanitarianism of those many physicia...
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by Ted Andrews (Author)Noted healer and author Ted Andrews reveals how unbalanced or blocked emotions, attitudes, and thoughts deplete our natural physical energies and make us more susceptible to illness. The Healer's Manual shows specific techniques--involving color, sound, fragrance, herbs, and gemstones--to restore the natural flow of energy. Use the simple practices in this book to activate healing, alleviate aches and pains, and become the healthy person you're meant to be.Author Biogra...
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by Jude Todd (Author)Discover a simpler, more natural way of life. Pour yourself a cup of chamomile tea, find a quiet corner, and browse through the wealth of natural remedies, household tips, and beauty secrets presented in this tried and true guidebook. Now updated and expanded, Jude's Herbal Home Remedies offers more than 800 treatments, tinctures, tonics, and teas, using many easy-to-find herbs, as well as a comprehensive herbal index with over 200 illustrations.Author BiographyIn her mor...
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by Gladys Davis Turner (Author), Edgar Cayce (Photographer)Contains information on many of the medicines, products, oils, and formulas given in the Edgar Cayce readings. More than 100 remedies are arranged in alphabetical order with information about their ingredients, when and how to use them, and availability. Extensively indexed by ailment and remedy for easy reference.
Number of Pages: 136
Dimensions: 0.42 x 8.44 x 5.51 IN
Publication Date: January 01, 1982
