Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

This book chronicles the intersection of chaplaincy, autopathography (illness narratives), and stigmatized illness through the observations and stories of a chaplain working at a facility for people with HIV and AIDS.

Frente a la agudización de las crisis alimentarias que desataron las cuarentenas del año 2020, este volumen se propone recuperar experiencias alimentarias esperanzadoras para una recuperación eco-social pospandemia.

Tobacco use kills more people than any other addiction and we know that addiction starts in childhood and youth.

During the early years of the AIDS epidemic, thousands of Americans became infected with HIV through the nation's blood supply.

Europe's "e;Black Death"e; contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation.

Today, most substance abuse treatment is administered by community-based organizations.

Today, most substance abuse treatment is administered by community-based organizations.

An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually.

The number of people infected with HIV or living with AIDS is increasing at unprecedented rates as various scientists, organizations, and institutions search for innovative solutions to combating and preventing the disease.

An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually.

HIV is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science.

The number of people infected with HIV or living with AIDS is increasing at unprecedented rates as various scientists, organizations, and institutions search for innovative solutions to combating and preventing the disease.

This book showcases developments in theory, research and practice regarding sexuality and ageing, considering the differences as well as similarities between and among ageing heterosexual and LGBT older people.

Todas las relaciones pasan por momentos difíciles sin embargo, como terapeuta de pareja, Aielet Zik Oppenheimer, su autora, tiene clara la existencia de herramientas para transformar esas crisis en fortalezas.

This text introduces undergraduate and graduate students in health or environment-related classes to the mounting crisis of syndemics through the lens of planetary health.

In diesem Buch zum Thema Lebensqualität im Alter wird ein inter- und trans-disziplinärer Ansatz gewählt, um neue Einsichten zu vermitteln.

The dangers of illegal drugs are well known and rarely disputed, but how harmful are alcohol and tobacco by comparison?

Alcohol, Crime and Public Health explores the issue of drinking in the criminal justice system, providing an overview of the topic from both a criminal justice and a public health perspective.

This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.

An understanding of the social sciences within infection prevention and control (IPC) is important for those working in health and social care.

This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.

An understanding of the social sciences within infection prevention and control (IPC) is important for those working in health and social care.

"e;Bennett and Holloway's Understanding Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime isthe best, most up-to-date and comprehensive examination for theUnited Kingdom of interactions among drugs, alcohol, and crime.

Regionale Vernetzung von Angeboten Früher Hilfen erhöht die Wahrscheinlichkeit für gesundes und sicheres Aufwachsen von Kleinkindern.

Für die Sozialwissenschaften erscheint das Gewissen als hilfreiches Erklärungskonzept, weil es das Zusammenspiel von Emotionen, moralischen Standards und Prozessen der Selbstreflexion betont.

THE VICTIMS OF THE AIDS PANDEMIC IN AFRICA ARE FAR MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE DEAD AND DYING.

La salud en la trama comunicacional contemporánea es un libro destinado a investigadores, estudiantes y profesores, tomado­ res de decisión, periodistas y comunicadores, equipos de salud, representantes de la sociedad civil, y a personas inte­resadas en las contribuciones del campo de la comunicación y salud al cambio social, el afianzamiento de la sociedad civil, la construcción de ciudadanía y prácticas democráticas.

Shim and Baek examine the evolving existential meanings of gift-making by interviewing donors of convalescent blood plasma during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This book creates a scope for achieving mental wellbeing apart from the currently dominant mental health practices, critiqued for their damaging effects on individuals and families.

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Six women - mothers, daughters, sisters - gone missing.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life globally through virus-related mortality and morbidity and the social and economic impacts of actions taken to stop the virus' spread.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life globally through virus-related mortality and morbidity and the social and economic impacts of actions taken to stop the virus' spread.

Michelle Halbheer wuchs bei einer schwer drogenabhängigen Mutter auf, die Ende der Achtzigerjahre auf dem Zürcher Platzspitz verkehrte, der als »Needle Park« traurige internationale Berühmtheit erlangte.

Michelle Halbheer wuchs bei einer schwer drogenabhängigen Mutter auf, die Ende der Achtzigerjahre auf dem Zürcher Platzspitz verkehrte, der als »Needle Park« traurige internationale Berühmtheit erlangte.

Un libro que aborda sin omisiones no solamente los estilos educativos de niños y adolescentes, sino también las diversas situaciones vitales ante las cuales debemos estar preparados, como el sexo, las drogas o las nuevas tecnologías.

This book theorizes the roles of optimism in anthropological thinking, research, writing, and practice.

This book theorizes the roles of optimism in anthropological thinking, research, writing, and practice.

In its third edition, The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments is the definitive guide to everything a minister might need to know about the most common psychological disorders and current evidence-based mental health treatments.

In its third edition, The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments is the definitive guide to everything a minister might need to know about the most common psychological disorders and current evidence-based mental health treatments.

Caribbean countries have had to navigate multiple crises, which have tested their collective resolve through time.

This new volume in the Reproductive Medicine for Clinicians series of the International Academy of Human Reproduction (IAHR) focuses on current hot topics in the field, their ethical and legal aspects and their impact on society.