Ailments Diseases category: 10428 books
Facilitating Spiritual Reminiscence for People with Dementia
A Learning Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Spiritual reminiscence is a way of communicating that acknowledges the person as a spiritual being and seeks to engage the person in a more meaningful and personal way. This practical guide teaches carers how to facilitate engaging and stimulating spiritual reminiscence sessions with older people,...
Telling Tales About Dementia
Experiences of Caring
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
How does it feel when someone you love develops dementia? How do you cope with the shock, the stress and the grief? Can you be sure that you and your family will receive the support you need?
In Telling Tales About Dementia, thirty carers from different backgrounds and in different circumstances...
Losing Clive to Younger Onset Dementia
One Family's Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Clive Beaumont was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at age 45, when his children were aged just 3 and 4. He had become less and less able to do his job properly and had been made redundant from the Army the year before.
Clive's wife, Helen, tells of how she and the rest of the family made...
In the Wake of the Plague
The Black Death and the World It Made
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the final, awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or...
Rowing Without Oars
A Memoir of Living and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Ulla-Carin Lindquist was happily married, with four adoring children and a successful career as a newscaster. All of that changed when her fiftieth birthday drew near, and she was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. In the face of this incurable, degenerative disease, Ulla kept...
Summary & Study Guide - Brain Storms
The Race to Unlock the Secrets of Parkinson's Disease
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Comprehensive Review of Parkinson’s Disease
The must-read summary of “Brain Storms” by Jon Palfreman
When award-winning science journalist Jon Palfreman investigated a group of drug addicts who mysteriously ended up with Parkinson's-like symptoms, he never imagined that 25 years later...
Quick Creole for Medical Personnel
Hope Literature, Haitian Creole Medical Phrasebook
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Dorothy Shumans is a vibrant, devoted follower of Christ, mother of four and grandmother of nine who has served as Director of House of Hope Ministries, Inc. in Haiti for many years. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with certifications in Elementary Education, vocal music, Vocational...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
This book outlines the most updated clinical guidelines that are vital for the prevention infections and care of patients with joint infections following a replacement surgery, one of the highest volume medical interventions globally. Sections address the diagnosis, management approaches and prevention...
Hay una respuesta (There Is an Answer)
Cómo prevenir y entender el VHI y el SIDA (How to Prevent and Understand HIV/AIDS)
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 25, 2009
El VIH y el SIDA son temas que asustan. No sólo pueden destruir un cuerpo, sino que también pueden destruir una familia, las amistades y hasta una comunidad. A nadie le gusta hablar de eso, pero ignorar el problema no hará que éste desaparezca. La única manera en que podremos superar esta enfermedad...
Mixed Models
Theory and Applications with R
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Praise for the First Edition
“This book will serve to greatly complement the growing number of texts dealing with mixed models, and I highly recommend including it in one’s personal library.”
—Journal of the American Statistical Association
Mixed modeling is a crucial...
by Timothy L. Lash, Matthew P. Fox, Aliza K. Fink
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Bias analysis quantifies the influence of systematic error on an epidemiology study’s estimate of association. The fundamental methods of bias analysis in epi- miology have been well described for decades, yet are seldom applied in published presentations of epidemiologic research. More recent advances...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
On May 15, 2012, the Obama Administration presented a national plan to fight Alzheimer's disease. The plan, reproduced in this ebook, was outlined by HHS Secretary Sebelius and includes research funding, tools for health care providers, and an awareness campaign.
The administration described...
Vital statistics - E-Book
An introduction to health science statistics
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Vital Statistics: an introduction to health science statistics e-book is a new Australian publication. This textbook draws on real world, health-related and local examples, with a broad appeal to the Health Sciences student. It demonstrates how an understanding of statistics is useful in the real...
The Dry Eye Remedy, Revised Edition
The Complete Guide to Restoring the Health and Beauty of Your Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
New edition of the best-selling, practical guide to help dry eye sufferers improve their vision, reduce wrinkles and redness, and restore overall eye health, Includes up-to-date information on medications, procedures, testing, after-care, and more.
It can happen any time. Your eyes feel tired....