Hurt: Chronicles of the Drug War Generationweaves engaging first-person accounts of the lives of baby boomer drug users, including author Miriam Boeri's first-hand knowledge as the sister of a heroin addict.
James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities.
This indispensable guide to the Affordable Care Act, our new national health care law, lends an insider's deep understanding of policy to a lively and absorbing account of the extraordinary-and extraordinarily ambitious-legislative effort to reform the nation's health care system.
Grounded in intimate moments of family life in and out of hospitals, this book explores the hope that inspires us to try to create lives worth living, even when no cure is in sight.
A nutritional whodunit that takes readers from Greenland to Africa to Israel, The Queen of Fats gives a fascinating account of how we have become deficient in a nutrient that is essential for good health: the fatty acids known as omega-3s.
The psychiatric emergency room, a fast-paced combat zone with pressure to match, thrusts its medical providers into the outland of human experience where they must respond rapidly and decisively in spite of uncertainty and, very often, danger.
- Restructured and presented in 3 parts:- Section 1: Positioning Practice describes the context and importance of nursing in mental health and includes a new chapter on self-care- Section 2: Knowledge for Practice addresses the specialist practice of mental health nursing.
Black & Blue is the first systematic description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients.
Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "e;dangerous"e; babies.
This lively, inspiring, and informative book zeroes in on the state of American fitness-persistently sedentary, plagued by obesity-and issues a clarion call to action that reaches across economic, racial, and educational lines.
Reminiscent of Chekhov's stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room.
This book provides a fresh and even-handed account of the newly modernized AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons)-the 40-million member insurance giant and political lobby that continues to set the national agenda for Medicare and Social Security.
The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global 'state of the art' overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.
The gold standard in reengineering care deliveryWhen it comes to providing high-quality care in the most efficient, cost-effective way possible, ProvenCare has proven to be the gold standard in the industry.
The closest you can get to the Family Medicine clerkship shelf exam without actually taking itFamily Medicine: PreTest Self-Assessment & Review, Fourth Edition is the perfect way to assess your knowledge of Family Medicine for the USMLE Step 2 CK and clerkship shelf exam.
The insider's guide to acing the internal medicine boards written by physicians who passedThe perfect framework for score-boosting, time-efficient review, First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards, Fourth Edition delivers the high-yield information, mnemonics, and visual aids necessary to excel on the exam.
A fun, streamlined way to learn the major concepts and theories of critical care nursing - and how to apply them to real-world patient situationsValuable to professional nurses who wants to transition into critical care nursing or students seeking to excel in their advanced studies, Critical Care Nursing Demystified, Second Edition is the book they need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced trends of this specialty.
The single best resource for learning how technology can make the nursing experience as rewarding and successful as possibleA Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023!
The essential guide to more than 450 of the most commonly performed diagnostic tests - updated with the latest molecular, genetic, and microbiological testsA Doody's Core Title for 2019!
The most thorough and up-to-date review available for the Certified Emergency Nurse ExamEmergency Nursing Certification is a complete step-by-step guide that thoroughly covers everything you need to know to pass the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN ) examination.
The ONLY guide specifically created to prepare for the Canadian Family Medicine Licensing ExaminationEverything you need to ace the SAMPs portion of the exam!
A fun, fast, portable review of pharmacology for the USMLE Step 1Written by former medical students at Yale University, LANGE Pharmacology Flash Cards, Fourth Edition offer concise, yet complete coverage of the subject.
An expert guide to the complex, yet vital transition from student to employed nursing practitionerThe transition from nursing school graduate to professional nursing practitioner can be stressful and confusing.
HCISPP(R) HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner All-in-One Exam GuidePrepare for the current release of the HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) exam using the detailed information contained in this effective self-study resource.
Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade.
A young mother suspected of abusing her toddler, a severely behavior-disordered teenager who faces expulsion from his community residence, a depressed and illiterate homeless man who fears psychiatric evaluation.
In its updated and expanded second edition, this helpful guide offers a wealth of information for people living with HIV and for people caring for HIV-positive loved ones.
Millions of people experience symptoms of central sensitization (CS) and central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities.
